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To carry on a suit by judicial process.

The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.

To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.

Lixiviating; the process of separating a soluble substance form one that is insoluble, by washing with some solvent, as water; leaching.

tern. Loam mold (Founding), a mold made with loam. See Loam, n., 2. -- Loam molding, the process or business of making loam molds. Loam plate, an iron plate upon which a section of a loam mold rests, or from which it is suspended. -- Loam work, loam molding or loam molds.

The act or process of locating.

nment. -- To heave the log (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's speed by the log.

of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be conducted; the science of the formation and application of general notions; the science of generalization, judgment, classification, reasoning, and systematic arrangement; correct reasoning.…

The act or process of rolling logs from the place where they were felled to the stream which floats them to the sawmill or to market. In this labor neighboring camps of loggers combine to assist each other in turn. Longfellow. [U.S.]

The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a loxodromic curve.

are decorated by applying to the glazing metallic oxides, which acquire brilliancy in the process of baking.

The act or process of imparting a luster, as to pottery.

The act or process luxuriating.

A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces together. Lymph corpuscles (Anat.), finely granular nucleated cells, identical with the colorless blood corpuscles, present in the lym…

practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law.

The process or act of macadamizing.

The act or process of macerating.

tove having a chamber for holding fuel which is supplied to the fire by some self-feeding process, as in the common base-burner.

degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation.

on. -- Malicious prosecution or arrest (Law), a wanton prosecution or arrest, by regular process in a civil or criminal proceeding, without probable cause. Bouvier.