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A gay, lively dance for one couple, -- said to have been borrowed from Provence in France. W. Irving. Whose dancing dogs in rigadoons excel. Wolcott.

rpendicularly. -- Right and left, in both or all directions. [Colloq.] -- Right and left coupling (Pipe fitting), a coupling the opposite ends of which are tapped for a right-handed screw and a left-handed screw, respectivelly. -- Right angle. (a) The angle formed by one line meeting another perpendicularly, as the a…

ight cylinder. -- Round clam (Zoöl.), the quahog. -- Round dance one which is danced by couples with a whirling or revolving motion, as the waltz, polka, etc. -- Round game, a game, as of cards, in which each plays on his own account. -- Round hand, a style of penmanship in which the letters are formed in nearly an…

To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. [U. S.] Shackle bar, the coupling between a locomotive and its tender. [U.S.] -- Shackle bolt, a shackle. Sir W. Scott.

ed with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn. Pope. Where the shapely column stood. Couper.

Like, or appropriate to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive. Here's couple of sirenical rascals shall enchant ye. Marton.

lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose.

Pertaining to, or consisting of, stanzas; as, a couplet in stanzaic form.

ose of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil.

Either of the two bars used in coupling the front and rear sleds of a logging sled; also, the bar used to couple two logging cars.

The coupling together of different feet; as, in Greek verse, an iambic syzygy.

conductors used to produce a thermoelectric current, as in one form of pyrometer; a thermocouple.

The floor of a coal mine. Raymond. Thill coupling, a device for connecting the thill of a vehicle to the axle.

That which tends to produce torsion; a couple of forces. J. Thomson.

ouble curvature. -- Moment of torsion (Mech.) the moment of a pair of equal and opposite couples which tend to twist a body. -- Torsion balance (Physics.), an instrument for estimating very minute forces, as electric or magnetic attractions and repulsions, by the torsion of a very slender wire or fiber having at its…

God in the world; the catholic church. See the Note under Catholic, a., 1. -- Universal coupling. (Mach.) Same as Universal joint, below. -- Universal dial, a dial by which the hour may be found in any part of the world, or under any elevation of the pole. -- Universal instrument (Astron.), a species of altitude an…

aracter, frequently embodying a satire on some person or event, sung to a familiar air in couplets with a refrain; a street song; a topical song.

f the first stanza alternating as the third verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the close. E. W. Gosse.

t without claiming or exercising a right of searching the vessel. It is, however, usually coupled with the right of search (see under Search), visitation being used for the purpose of search.

The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench. Carriage wrench, a wrench adapted for removing or tightening the nuts that confine the wheels on the axles, or fo…