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A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet.

Having the beak bent upwards.

mparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.

hord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.

ove from a lower position to a higher; to ascend; to mount up. Specifically: -- (a) To go upward by walking, climbing, flying, or any other voluntary motion; as, a bird rises in the air; a fish rises to the bait.

A shaft excavated from below upward.

Attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the rising moon.

rks, and the ejection, at intervals, of brilliant balls or stars of fire which are thrown upward as they become ignited. -- Roman Catholic, of, pertaining to, or the religion of that church of which the pope is the spiritual head; as, a Roman Catholic priest; the Roman Catholic Church. -- Roman cement, a cement havin…

ight. -- Round tower, one of certain lofty circular stone towers, tapering from the base upward, and usually having a conical cap or roof, which crowns the summit, -- found chiefly in Ireland. They are of great antiquity, and vary in heigh from thirty-five to one hundred and thiry feet. -- Round trot, one in which th…

To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.

Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as, serrate leaves. Doubly serrate, having small serratures upon the large ones, as the leaves of the elm. -- Serrate-ciliate, having fine hairs, like the eyelashes, on the serratures; -- said of a leaf. -- Serrate-dentate, having the serratures toothed.…

The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side.

siphon bottle. Inverted siphon, a tube bent like a siphon, but having the branches turned upward; specifically (Hydraulic Engineering), a pipe for conducting water beneath a depressed place, as from one hill to another across an intervening valley, following the depression of the ground. -- Siphon barometer. See under…

A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding.

An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.

Is it thus do you mean what you say -- with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses So [Colloq.]

To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings. Chaucer. When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled. Byron.

nce which is emitted by a body in combustion. Man is born unto trouble, as hte sparks fly upward. Job v. 7.

to six per cent) and some manganese. When the manganese reaches twenty-five per cent and upwards it has a granular structure, and constitutes the alloy ferro manganese, largely used in the manufacture of Bessemer steel. Called also specular pig iron, spiegel, and spiegeleisen.

A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward.