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Apt to take; alluring; attracting. Subtile in making his temptations most taking. Fuller.

A tough vegetable fiber used as a substitute for bristles in making brushes. The piassava and the ixtle are both used under this name.

A firm composition of emery and a certain kind of cement, used for making grinding wheels, slabs, etc.

A kind of clay for making melting pots. Percy Smith.

refreshments are served. -- Tea plant (Bot.), any plant, the leaves of which are used in making a beverage by infusion; specifically, Thea Chinensis, from which the tea of commerce is obtained. -- Tea rose (Bot.), a delicate and graceful variety of the rose (Rosa Indica, var. odorata), introduced from China, and so n…

One of the series of boilers in which the cane juice is treated in making sugar; especially, the last boiler of the series. Ure.

A kettle in which water is boiled for making tea, coffee, etc.

The longer wood for making or mending fences. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Any apparatus for making distant objects visible by the aid of electric transmission.

The art or practice of using or making telescopes.

An instrument, usually electrical, making such records.

To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.

a series of special days, designated by scientists of different nations or stations, for making synoptic magnetic, meteorological, or other physical observations.

he like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various oth…

make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation, for the purpose of establishing, or making proof of, some fact to a court; to give testimony in a cause depending before a tribunal. One witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. Num. xxxv. 30.

Hence, the whole divine revelation; the sacre The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. Ps. xix. 7.

Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.

hree processes of twisting, first into singles, two or more of which are twisted together making dumb singles, and several of these twisted together to make thrown singles.

short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in; as, to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface. Totten.

hings.] [Prov. Eng.] Thrusting screw, the screw of a screw press, as for pressing curd in making cheese. [R.]