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tion formally; to question; to examine by asking questions; as, to interrogate a witness. Wilt thou, uncalled, interrogate, Talker! the unreplying Fate Emerson.

Hardware; a general name for all articles made of iron. Gwilt.

urface of wall, as the of a chimney-breast or of a pier, as distinguished from its face. Gwilt.

rt; sometimes, loosely, to dowel. The struts of a roof are joggled into the truss posts. Gwilt.

t consists of compartments, sunk or hollowed without spaces or bands between the panels. Gwilt

ody on a plane, so that the dimensions of the different sides may be easily ascertained. Gwilt. [Written also ledgement, legement, and ligement.]

c building, which is used for keeping the records, charters, seals, deeds, and the like. Gwilt.

öl.) See Hydromedusa. -- Naked flooring (Carp.), the timberwork which supports a floor. Gwilt. -- Naked mollusk (Zoöl.), a nudibranch. -- Naked wood (Bot.), a large rhamnaceous tree (Colibrina reclinata) of Southern Florida and the West Indies, having a hard and heavy heartwood, which takes a fine polish. C. S. Sarg…

ssent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to Ant: affirmative. If thou wilt confess, Or else be impudently negative. Shak. Denying me any power of a negative voice. Eikon Basilike. Something between an affirmative bow and a negative shake. Dickens.

Wilt not. [Obs.]

early equivalent to ever, if ever, or whenever; as, once kindled, it may not be quenched. Wilt thou not be made clean When shall it once be Jer. xiii. 27. To be once in doubt Is once to be resolved. Shak.

To open. [Poetic] Wilt thou not ope thy heart to know What rainbows teach and sunsets show Emerson.

ree; esp., a local law enacted by a municipal government; as, a municipal ordinance. Thou wilt die by God's just ordinance. Shak. By custom and the ordinance of times. Shak. Walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. Luke i. 6.

One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved. Gwilt.

One of the faces of a hewn stone. Gwilt.

ith respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage. "Wilt thou deny thy parentage" Shak. Though men esteem thee low of parentage. Milton.

A place for keeping and rearing pheasants. Gwilt.

ammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also pisé work. Gwilt.

have like; as, to play King Lear; to play the woman. Thou canst play the rational if thou wilt. Sir W. Scott.

business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc. Gwilt.