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The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation. Longfellow.

Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.

Self-moving; moving automatically.

In fire-alarm telegraphy, a system so arranged that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.

At work; in action. [Archaic or Colloq.] Spenser.

The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward.

The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold.

In a hot or baking manner.

In manner to balk or frustrate.

The business of a bank or of a banker. Banking house, an establishment or office in which, or a firm by whom, banking is done.

Instruments used in taking off the bark of trees. Gardner.

One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species.

The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery : -- made originally at Bagdad. [Spelt also baudkin, baudkyn, bawdekin, and baldakin.] Nares.

The skin of a bear.

A young bird. Thackeray.

Any preparation for making things black; esp. one for giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves.

The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks.

The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice.

A literary lady; a female pedant. [Colloq.]

The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry. [Colloq.]