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An inversion of the natural order of words; as, echoed the hills, for, the hills echoed.

A warm waterproof overshoe. [U.S.]

o complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force.

The principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity. W. Smith.

peared in Italy before the restoration of learning; so denominated from Averroes, or Averrhoes, a celebrated Arabian philosopher. He held the doctrine of monopsychism.

A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.

ine (Magnetism), the line taken by the magnetic force in passing from one pole of a horseshoe magnet to the other. Faraday.

he utterance of the ejaculation "Ay me !" [Obs.] See Ay, interj. "Aymees and hearty heigh-hoes." J. Fletcher.

The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.

s, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.

A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front. A man who uses his balmorals to tread on your toes. George Eliot.

slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar. Bar shoe (Far.), a kind of horseshoe having a bar across the usual opening at the heel, to protect a tender frog from injury. -- Bar shot, a double headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a ball or half ball at each end; -- formerly us…

With the feet bare; without shoes or stockings.

To work upon ( as to dig, hoe, hack, or chop anything) with a bill.

A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.

e is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelæus phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.

Any preparation for making things black; esp. one for giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves.

A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc. The blacksmith may forge what he pleases. Howell.

A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.

A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc. A horse . . . which Philip had bought . . . and because of his fierceness kept him within a brake of iron bars. J. Brende.