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A curved plank, placed edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel. R. H. Dana, Jr.

A true saying; truth. [Obs.]

t of making a speech or speeches. [Used derisively or humorously.] The dinner and speechifying . . . at the opening of the annual season for the buckhounds. M. Arnold.

delineation of the whole on paper; the act or occupation of making surveys. Geodetic surveying, geodesy. -- Maritime, or Nautical, surveying, that branch of surveying which determines the forms of coasts and harbors, the entrances of rivers, with the position of islands, rocks, and shoals, the depth of water, etc. --…

An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses. Crabb.

A substance extracted from trees of the genus Thuja, or Thuya, and probably identical with quercitrin. [Written also thujin.]

The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic resin called sandarach. Rev. xviii. 12.

In a toying manner.

Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe; afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position.

p. pr. of Tie.

Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles.

Not dying; imperishable; unending; immortal; as, the undying souls of men.

a. & n. from Vary. Varying hare (Zoöl.), any hare or rabbit which becomes white in winter, especially the common hare of the Northern United States and Canada.

a. & n. from Vie. -- Vy"ing*ly, adv.

The process of cleansing wool, cotton, or the like, with a willy, or willow. Willying machine. Same as 1st Willow, 2

In a worrying manner.

An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and signifying one or any, but less emphatically.

A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36½, at Hamburg 38¼. [Written also Aum and Awm.]

To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye. [Archaic] Bacon. Saying so, he abased his lance. Shelton.

Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay. [Obs.]