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A sheet of partially felted fur before it is united to the hat body. Knight.

ion. See Quotation under Natural, a., 3. -- Natural vowel, the vowel sound heard in urn, furl, sir, her, etc.; -- so called as being uttered in the easiest open position of the mouth organs. See Neutral vowel, under Neutral and Guide to Pronunciation, § 17.

The hemp; -- so called as furnishing ropes for hanging criminals. Dr. prior.

rests, when a building is shored up to allow of alterations in the lower part. -- Needle furze (Bot.), a prickly leguminous plant of Western Europe; the petty whin (Genista Anglica). -- Needle gun, a firearm loaded at the breech with a cartridge carrying its own fulminate, which is exploded by driving a slender needl…

A theory or practice which is a further development, on more rigorously scientific lines, of the theory and practice of Impressionism, originated by George Seurat (1859-91), and carried on by Paul Signac (1863- -) and others. Its method is marked by the laying of pure primary colors in minute dots upon a white ground,…

A prohibition against proceeding further; an insuperable obstacle or limiting condition. [Obs. or R.]

liliaceous herb (Phormium tenax), having very long, sword-shaped, distichous leaves which furnish a fine, strong fiber very valuable for cordage and the like. (b) The fiber itself. -- New Zealand tea (Bot.), a myrtaceous shrub (Leptospermum scoparium) of New Zealand and Australia, the leaves of which are used as a sub…

To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to nib a pen.

Nose hammer (Mach.), a frontal hammer. -- Nose hole (Glass Making), a small opening in a furnace, before which a globe of crown glass is held and kept soft at the beginning of the flattening process. -- Nose key (Carp.), a fox wedge. -- Nose leaf (Zoöl.), a thin, broad, membranous fold of skin on the nose of many sp…

ow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment. He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. Is. xliv. 14.

The fur of the coypu. See Coypu.

A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings.

Furnished with oars; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a four- oared boat.

Wearing or furnished with an ochrea or legging; wearing boots; booted. A scholar undertook...to address himself ochreated unto the vice chancellor. Fuller.

Furnished with eyes.

To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. Marshall.

Decorated or furnished with olive trees. [R.] T. Warton.

Hatred; fury; envy. [Obs.]

Wavy; having the surface marked by waves or slightly depressed furrows; as, ondoyant glass.

An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault. By storm and onslaught to proceed. Hudibras.