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In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised.

team engine whose piston descends by the pressure of the atmosphere, when the steam which raised it is condensed within the cylinder. Tomlinson. -- Atmospheric line (Steam Engin.), the equilibrium line of an indicator card. Steam is expanded "down to the atmosphere" when its pressure is equal to that of the atmosphere…

An inordinate desire for some supposed good. All are taught an avarice of praise. Goldsmith.

A pole or a frame raised as a sea beacon or a landmark.

A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow. They cast up a bank against the city. 2 Sam. xx. 15.

A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.

ncroachment of the waves. -- Beach wagon, a light open wagon with two or more seats. -- Raised beach, an accumulation of water-worn stones, gravel, sand, and other shore deposits, above the present level of wave action, whether actually raised by elevation of the coast, as in Norway, or left by the receding waters, a…

able dam, in one form consisting of two leaves resting against each other at the top when raised and folding down one over the other when lowered, for deepening shallow parts in a river.

o the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink.

A European fish (Pagellus centrodontus); the sea bream or braise.

A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground. "Beds of hyacinth and roses." Milton.

To laud or praise greatly.

exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.

Puffed; praised. Carlyle.

obber on; to smear with spittle running from the mouth. Also Fig.: as, to beslobber with praise.

That which is given or bestowed. They almost refuse to give due praise and credit to God's own bestowments. I. Taylor.

uation of the fourth degree, or an equation in some term of which the unknown quantity is raised to the fourth power. -- Biquadratic root of a number, the square root of the square root of that number. Thus the square root of 81 is 9, and the square root of 9 is 3, which is the biquadratic root of 81. Hutton.…

Anything added to raise the sides of a ship. Bailey.

A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit. According to military practice, the bread or biscuit of the Romans was twice prepared in the oven. Gibbon.

A white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables, used esp. for braised meat.