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The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or smeering smile. I.Watts. He showed twenty teeth at a grin. Addison.

One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole.

ting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle. With busy hammers closing rivets up. Shak.

passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening.

Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).

The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part. "The heel of a hunt." A. Trollope. "The heel of the white loaf." Sir W. Scott.

A screen of boards inclosing a house and materials while builders are at work. [Eng.] Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. London Graphic.

e frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.

s; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.

etc. (b) (Gas Works) An inverted cup with a partition dipping into water, for opening or closing communication between two gas mains, the open ends of which protrude about the water.

To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc.

An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed. H. Brooke.

The act or process of inclosing with a case, or the state of being incased.

Not closing or shutting.

The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.

Inclosing; encircling; surrounding. The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow. Shak.

Not conclusive; leading to no conclusion; not closing or settling a point in debate, or a doubtful question; as, evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as to satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt. Arguments . . . inconclusive and impertinent. South.…

imal, or thing of any kind; a thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its identity; especially, a human being; a person. Cowper. An object which is in the strict and primary sense one, and can not be logically divided, is called an individual. Whately. That individuals die, his will ordains.…

A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower.

A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit; a vibrating spring or tuning fork, arranged to make and break a circuit at rapidly recurring intervals, by the action of the current itself.