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intervals of which it consists are repeated in the contrary direction, rising instead of falling, or vice versa.

To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.

A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to figurative uses. The lapse to indolence is soft and imperceptible. Rambler. Bacon was content to wait the lapse of long centuries for his expected revenue of fame. I. Tayl…

esia of the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition there may be wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails, and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the bones and joints. It is incurable, and is probably contagious.Mycobacterium leprae, curable in most cases by therapy with a combinatio…

Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection. H. Sweet. Level line (Shipbuilding), the outline of a section which is horizontal crosswise, and parallel with the rabbet of the keel lengthwise. Level surface (Physics), an equipotential surface at right angles at every point to the lines of force.…

vilify; to asperse. To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling. South.

A kind of veil, covering the head and falling down upon the shoulders; -- worn in Spain, Mexico, etc.

Falling in small drops; mistling; mizzing. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.

A petty falling out; a tiff; a quarrel; offense. Fielding.

Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist.

h, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.

A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident. The unlooked-for incidents of family history, and its hidden excitements, and its arduous occasions. I. Taylor.

Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western.

To or against the surface of; -- used to indicate the motion of a thing as coming or falling to the surface of another; as, rain falls on the earth. Whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken. Matt. xxi. 44.

A chiton, or loose, ungirded tunic, falling in straight folds.

A quarrel; a falling out. [Prov. Eng.]

d; off; away; as, a ship bound outward. The wrong side may be turned outward. Shak. Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. Sir I. Newton. Outward bound, bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to homeward bound.

within a polar circle, whose shadows, during some summer days, will move entirely round, falling toward every point of the compass.

A line or plane falling at right angles on another line or surface, or making equal angles with it on each side.

Smooth; polished. [Obs.] Rays of light falling on a polite surface. Sir I. Newton.