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otestant system the creed is not coördinate with, but always subordinate to, the Bible. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.

A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc.

hand or finger, as a means of conferring blessing or preserving from evil, is very old. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. Before the cross has waned the crescent's ray. Sir W. Scott. Tis where the cross is preached. Cowper.

A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory. Shaftesbury.

convinced of the reality of a better self, and of. thecult or homage which is due to it. Shaftesbury.

Derisive; mocking. Shaftesbury.

The distance through the lower part of the shaft of a column, used as a standard measure for all parts of the order. See Module. Conjugate diameters. See under Conjugate.

The shaft, or main part, of a bone, which is first ossified.

A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a dicker. [U.S.] For peddling dicker, not for honest sales. Whittier.

p coupling used in light machinery to regulate at pleasure the velocity of the connected shaft. -- Differential duties (Polit. Econ.), duties which are not imposed equally upon the same products imported from different countries. -- Differential galvanometer (Elec.), a galvanometer having two coils or circuits, usual…

rule (Arch.), a board cut with a concave edge, for fixing the entasis and curvature of a shaft. -- Diminishing stile (Arch.), a stile which is narrower in one part than in another, as in many glazed doors.

Tending to diminish. [R.] Diminutive of liberty. Shaftesbury.

Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious; harmful; unserviceable. Shaftesbury. -- Dis*serv"ice*a*ble*ness, n. Norris. -- Dis*serv"ice*a*bly, adv.

A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz. [Persia]

grade; a down train on a railway. Down draught, a downward draft, as in a flue, chimney, shaft of a mine, etc. -- Down in the mouth, chopfallen; dejected.

A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.

ng, from eating draff and husks. Shak. The draff and offal of a bygone age. Buckle. Mere chaff and draff, much better burnt. Tennyson.

A link connecting the cranks of two shafts.

To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.