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To spout; to emit in a stream or jet. A dozen angry models jetted steam. Tennyson.

uliar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model.

A plan; a scheme. [Slang] Dickens. Lay figure. (a) A jointed model of the human body that may be put in any attitude; -- used for showing the disposition of drapery, etc. (b) A mere puppet; one who serves the will of others without independent volition. -- Lay race, that part of a lay on which the shuttle travels in w…

One who is conspicuous or noteworthy; a model or example; as, the lights of the age or of antiquity. Joan of Are, A light of ancient France. Tennyson.

A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk. Admiral Foote.

That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.

An artist's model of wood or other material.

A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different parts and organs, their relative position, etc.

A model or measure.

That on which, or in accordance with which, anything is modeled or formed; anything which serves to regulate the size, form, etc., as the pattern or templet used by a shipbuilder, carpenter, or mason. The glass of fashion and the mold of form. Shak.

A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.] What motion's this the model of Nineveh Beau. & Fl.

l philosophy. -- Natural scale (Mus.), a scale which is written without flats or sharps. Model would be a preferable term, as less likely to mislead, the so-called artificial scales (scales represented by the use of flats and sharps) being equally natural with the so-called natural scale -- Natural science, natural hi…

A rule or authoritative standard; a model; a type.

A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard. J. S. Mill.

A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, the remodeling of an old obligation.

A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like. Brande & C.

An example; a model; a pattern. [R.] "The paradigms and patterns of all things." Cudworth.

To set forth as a model or example. [Obs.] Hammond.

A model or pattern; a pattern of excellence or perfection; as, a paragon of beauty or eloquence. Udall. Man, . . . the paragon of animals ! Shak. The riches of sweet Mary's son, Boy-rabbi, Israel's paragon. Emerson.

Something made after a model; a copy. Shak. The patterns of things in the heavens. Heb. ix. 23.