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e stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.] Thou diest on point of fox. Shak.

ducted that a mixture of liquids, differing considerably from each other in their boiling points, can be separated into its constituents.

A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.

mixture (of salt and snow or of chemical salts) for producing intense cold. -- Freezing point, that degree of a thermometer at which a fluid begins to freeze; -- applied particularly to water, whose freezing point is at 32º Fahr., and at 0º Centigrade.

A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling.

absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of which anything proceeds; -- the aritithesis and correlative of t…

To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose. Shall the adversary thus obtain His end and frustrate thine Milton.

The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's designs

To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business.

rtain principles in statics, consisting of a cord or chain attached at one end to a fixed point, and having the other passed over a pulley and sustaining a weight, while one or more other weights are suspended from the cord at points between the fixed support and the pulley. -- Funicular polygon (Mech.), the polygonal…

To be blended, as if melted together. Fusing point, the degree of temperature at which a substance melts; the point of fusion.

l groove on the surface of the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring.

The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.

t is white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and remarcable for its low melting point (86

That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game.

to take the place of a fallen defender or supporter. -- To stop a gap, to secure a weak point; to repair a defect.

breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath. At the last gasp, at the point of death. Addison.

ving an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round, to a templet or gauge. -- Gauge point, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc. -- Gauge rod, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of barrels, ca…

To announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy.

A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority. Johnson.