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om corner to corner; crossing at an angle with one of the sides. Diagonal bond (Masonry), herringbone work. See Herringbone, a. -- Diagonal built (Shipbuilding), built by forming the outer skin of two layers of planking, making angles of about 45º with the keel, in opposite directions. -- Diagonal cleavage. See under…

less, volatile, alkaline liquid, NH(C2H5)2, having a strong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf. Methylamine.

to make unfamiliar. [Obs.] While my sick heart With dismal smart Is disacquainted never. Herrick.

To torture; to excruciate. [Obs.] Discruciate a man in deep distress. Herrick.

The berry of the dogwood; -- called also dogcherry. Dr. Prior. Dogberry tree (Bot.), the dogwood.

in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.

An old game, played by holding up the fingers. Herrick.

t valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is succulent in the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, etc.; dry and subcoriaceous in the almond; and fibrous in the cocoanut.

A kind of sour cherry. Bacon.

deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension. Herror, though his candor remained unimpaired. Bancroft.

at part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting. Fall herring (Zoöl.), a herring of the Atlantic (Clupea mediocris); -- also called tailor herring, and hickory shad. -- To try a fall, to try a bout at wrestling. Shak.

A fall or falling band. [Obs.] These laces, ribbons, and these faules. Herrick.

A vessel in which passengers and goods are conveyed over narrow waters; a ferryboat; a wherry.

Neat; feat. [Obs.] Herrick.

llip; as, to flip up a cent. As when your little ones Do 'twixt their fingers flip their cherry stones. W. Browne.

A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, or Cæsalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies. Baird.

sweetmeat made by boiling solutions to the point of crystallization, usually molded; as, cherry fondant.

The spart; -- called also garvie herring, and garvock. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium); also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color.

To take out the entrails of (herrings).