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An instrument for measuring the size of the pupil of the pupil of the eye.

Ornamentation on the border of a thing; specifically, the inlaid border of a musical instrument, as a violin.

A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.

to put one over the river. -- To put the hand to or unto. (a) To take hold of, as of an instrument of labor; as, to put the hand to the plow; hence, to engage in (any task or affair); as, to put one's hand to the work.

An instrument for measuring the direct heating effect of the sun's rays.

A process of printing, ornamenting, or carving, by burning with heated instruments.

An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat.

Pertaining to, or obtained by, the pyrometer; as, pyrometrical instruments; pyrometrical measurements.

A musical instrument in which the tones are produced by flames of hydrogen, or illuminating gas, burning in tubes of different sizes and lengths.

An instrument for measuring the intensity of heat radiating from a fire, or the cooling influence of bodies. It is a differential thermometer, having one bulb coated with gold or silver leaf. [R.]

An instrument for measuring altitudes, variously constructed and mounted for different specific uses in astronomy, surveying, gunnery, etc., consisting commonly of a graduated arc of 90º, with an index or vernier, and either plain or telescopic sights, and usually having a plumb line or spirit level for fixing the vert…

An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows.

d result from the general principles of law, but does not affect the negotiability of the instrument. Story. -- Qualified negative (Legislation), a limited veto power, by which the chief executive in a constitutional government may refuse assent to bills passed by the legislative body, which bills therefore fail to be…

A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.

A quartet; -- applied chiefly to instrumental compositions.

form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument

The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.

A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music.

A release or relinquishment of a claim; a deed of release; an instrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim, which one person has, or is supposed to have, in or to an estate held by himself or another, is released or relinquished, the grantor generally covenanting only against persons who claim under himsel…

A dissecting instrument for opening the spinal canal. [Written also rachiotome.]