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A method of armature winding in which the wire is wound upon the outer surface of a cylinder or drum from end to end of the cylinder; -- distinguished from ring winding, etc.

A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.

Fuel. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

The art or process of gilding copper, iron, etc., by means of voltaic electricity.

Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death.

More than usual; extraordinary; more than sufficient; measureless. "The exceeding riches of his grace." Eph. ii. 7. -- Ex*ceed"ing*ness, n. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

To a very great degree; beyond what is usual; surpassingly. It signifies more than very.

That expands, or may be expanded; extending; spreading; enlarging. Expanding bit, Expanding drill (Mech.), a bit or drill made adjustable for holes of various sizes; one which can be expanded in diameter while boring. -- Expanding pulley (Mach.), a pulley so made, as in sections, that its diameter can be increased or…

An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song. "Fading is a fine jig." [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

A frieze or rough-napped cloth. [Obs.]

The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen.

A farthingale. [Obs.]

The fourth part of an acre of land. [Obs.] [Written also farding dale, fardingale, etc.]

A farmstead. [Scot.] Black.

The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj.

That which furnishes or affords food, especially for animals; pasture land. Feeding bottle. See under Bottle.

A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book. It is supposed to have consisted of a few acres only. [Obs.]

The act of playing as a fielder.

a man hath been laboring . . . in the deep mines of knowledge, hath furnished out his findings in all their equipage. Milton.

The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess.