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To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity. See Illust. under Mya, and Lamellibranchiata.

ne who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commons, originally, the mouthpiece of the House to address the king; the Speaker of a House of Representatives.

nd lighted his majesty through a suite of rooms till they came to a private door into the library. Boswell.

ura and a row of minute selenium cells. The receiver includes an oscillograph, ralay, equilibrator, and an induction coil the sparks from which perforate a paper with tiny holes that form the image.

A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.

A lamellibranch which has three muscular scars on each valve.

buildings at Rome, near the church of St. Peter, including the pope's palace, a museum, a library, a famous chapel, etc.

A constellation of the zodiac, now occupying chiefly the sign Libra, and containing the bright star Spica.

A basket used in offices, libraries, etc., as a receptacle for waste paper.

Free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to the use of my library.