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(Naut.) A convex deck at the bow or stern of a vessel, so made to shed the seas quickly.

ot twinkle when viewed through telescopes that have large apertures. Sir I. Newton. The western sky twinkled with stars. Sir W. Scott.

A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors. [R.] Sterne.

Becoming an understrapper; subservient. [R.] Sterne.

To deprive of a guard; to leave unprotected. [R.] Sterne.

To undo the mechanism of; to unmake; as, to unmechanize a structure. [Obs.] Sterne.

Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel. -- Un`re*lent"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`re*lent"ing*ness, n.

Unresisting. [Obs.] "The unsisting postern." Shak.

A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.

A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman. [Southwestern U. S.] Bartlett.

ngings or drapery. His old fringed chair valanced around with party-colored worsted bobs. Sterne.

The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Q. vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers.

ersons asleep, thus causing their death. This superstition is now prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730. The persons who turn vampires are generally wizards, witches, suicides, and persons who have come to a violent end, or have been cursed by their parents or b…

One who has charge of cattle, horses, etc.; a herdsman. [Southwestern U. S.]

A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like. Let him produce his vase and tubs, in opposition to heaps of arms and standards. Addison.

The quality or state of being versable. [R.] Sterne

To weave; to fabricate. [R. & Poetic.] Nares. While doth he mischief warp. Sternhold.

A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening.

. the bowl at the foot of a cliff over which the stream leaps when in the flood stage. [Western U. S.]

A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, or potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems.