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A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n. Atlas powder, a nitroglycerin blasting compound of pasty consistency and great explosive power.

l; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register. To be avenged On him who had stole Jove's authentic fire. Milton.

Pertaining to, or used in, the process of autography; as, autographic ink, paper, or press.

A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone. Ure.

The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. Bouvier.

A similar but cheaper machine-made carpet, resembling moquette in construction and appearance, but finer and of better material.

A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages.

A piece of parchment, or paper, containing a recognizance or bail bond.

A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking. Numb. xxii. 30. [Cant] Balaam basket or box (Print.), the receptacle for rejected articles. Blackw. Mag.

ereign states or between dominant parties in a state. -- Balance sheet (Bookkeeping), a paper showing the balances of the open accounts of a business, the debit and credit balances footing up equally, if the system of accounts be complete and the balances correctly taken. -- Balance thermometer, a thermometer mounted…

A soft fabric with a kind of basket weave and a diapered pattern.

worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis.

A form of barometer so constructed as to inscribe of itself upon paper a record of the variations of atmospheric pressure.

Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.

A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.

four and a half ounces of zinc and one pound of copper. -- Bath note, a folded writing paper, 8 1/2 by 14 inches. -- Bath stone, a species of limestone (oölite) found near Bath, used for building.

A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell o…

Readily imbibing fluids or moisture; spongy; as, bibulous blotting paper.

A paper, written or printed, and posted up or given away, to advertise something, as a lecture, a play, or the sale of goods; a placard; a poster; a handbill. She put up the bill in her parlor window. Dickens.

A small paper; a note; a short letter. "I got your melancholy billet." Sterne.