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The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to 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.

The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, suspercilious manners, or confident assertions. The imperious browbeating and scorn of great men. L'Estrange.

Browsing. [Obs.] Evelyn.

ersity. He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but . . . fitted to endure the buffeting on the rudest storm. Wirt.

A barbarous sport, of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, -- still popular in Spain. -- Bull"fight`er (, n.

A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidæ).

A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals.

Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.

An abuttal; a boundary. Without buttings or boundings on any side. Bp. Beveridge.

the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; -- sometimes called abutting joint.

A forest composed of stunted trees and thorny bushes, found in areas of small rainfall in Brazil.

Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition. Calculating machine, a machine for the mechanical performance of mathematical operations, for the most part invented by Charles Babbage and G. and E. Scheutz. It computes logarithmic and other mathematical tables of a high d…

The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement. [Cant, U. S.]

tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone. - Cant"ing*ly, adv. -- Cant"ing*ness, n. Canting arms, Canting heraldry (Her.), bearings in the nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope A…

Having power to captivate or cham; fascinating; as, captivating smiles. -- Cap"tiva`ting*ly, adv.

Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general. The floor was covered with rich carpeting. Prescott.

That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.

Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.

Singing, esp. as a chant is sung. Chanting falcon (Zoöl.), an African falcon (Melierax canorus or musicus). The male has the habit, remarkable in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she is incubating.

A European bunting (Emberiza cirlus).