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m; ceremonial code of polite society. The pompous etiquette to the court of Louis the Fourteenth. Prescott.

Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee.

Esteem; opinion; reputation. [Obs.] Steele.

to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight. Milton.

Standing out or above any surface; protruded. That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums. Ray. A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant. Bentley.

suring the extension of a body, especially for measuring the elongation of bars of iron, steel, or other material, when subjected to a tensile force.

A canine tooth of the upper jaw. See Teeth. To cut one's eyeteeth, to become acute or knowing. [Colloq.]

One of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their colors) in the games of the circus.

Descent of water; a cascade; a cataract; a rush of water down a precipice or steep; -- usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular; as, the falls of Niagara.

tree (Corypha umbraculifera) of Ceylon and Malaya. The leaves of the latter are often eighteen feet long and fourteen wide, and are used for umbrellas, tents, and roofs. When cut up, they are used for books and manuscripts.

haul it down. Fancy roller (Carding Machine), a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer. -- Fancy stocks, a species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are artificial. -- Fancy store, one…

To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch. [Obs.] Shak. He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged. J. Webster.

to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- calles also pontee and punty.

Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding; as, men of fashion.

Genteel; well-bred; as, fashionable society. Time is like a fashionable host That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand. Shak.

Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate. "The fateful steel." J. Barlow.

Regarded with particular affection, esteem, or preference; as, a favorite walk; a favorite child. "His favorite argument." Macaulay.

king, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon. You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. Shak. Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. Milton. Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. Macaulay.

of (a thing) with the body or limbs. Who feel Those rods of scorpions and those whips of steel. Creecn.

A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, -- once common in the Mediterranean.