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the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W. (b) pl.

reat, etc. -- Beat of a watch, or clock, the stroke or sound made by the action of the escapement. A clock is in beat or out of beat, according as the strokes is at equal or unequal intervals.

To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade. The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. Longfellow.

A kind of collar or cape worn by ladies.

One who blasphemes. And each blasphemer quite escape the rod, Because the insult's not on man, but God Pope.

One who, or that which, scares another; specifically, a person stationed to prevent the escape of the deer, at a hunt. See Blancher. [Obs.]

and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a va…

dly at another; or to appear both to favor and to oppose. -- To blow off, to let steam escape through a passage provided for the purpose; as, the engine or steamer is blowing off. -- To blow out. (a) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapor; as, a steam cock or valve sometimes blows out. (b) To talk…

Steep; abrupt; prominent. Where the bold cape its warning forehead rears. Trumbull.

A sudden flight, as to escape creditors. This gentleman was so hopelessly involved that he contemplated a bolt to America -- or anywhere. Compton Reade.

A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks.

A large South African tree snake (Bucephalus Capensis). Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs.

A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape.

To prance; to caper. [Scot.] Jamieson.

o the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel.

join. -- To bring off, to bear or convey away; to clear from condemnation; to cause to escape. -- To bring on. (a) To cause to begin. (b) To originate or cause to exist; as, to bring on a disease. -- To bring one on one's way, to accompany, guide, or attend one. -- To bring out, to expose; to detect; to bring to li…

ge and savage species of the same genus (B. Caffer) found in South Africa; -- called also Cape buffalo.

A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse. [R.] "A fine burst of country." Jane Austen.

One who roams, or hides, among the bushes; especially, in Australia, an escaped criminal living in the bush.

licious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports. Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. Shak.