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One who gathers or collects.

A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center.

Of them; their. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. On here bare knees adown they fall. Chaucer.

The aqueous vapor of the entire atmosphere.

Not adhering.

The quality or state of being incoherent; want of coherence; want of cohesion or adherence. Boyle.

Not coherent; wanting cohesion; loose; unconnected; physically disconnected; not fixed to each; -- said of material substances. Woodward.

Causing incoherence. [R.]

In an incoherent manner; without due connection of parts.

Incoherence.

To be inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (to); to belong, as attributes or qualities. They do but inhere in the subject that supports them. Digby.

The state of inhering; permanent existence in something; innateness; inseparable and essential connection. Jer. Taylor.

attached or connected; naturally pertaining to; innate; inalienable; as, polarity is an inherent quality of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life, liberty, and protection. "A most inherent baseness." Shak. The sore disease which seems inherent in civilization. Southey.

By inherence; inseparably. Matter hath inherently and essentially such an internal energy. Bentley.

To place in, or as in, an orb a sphere. Cf. Ensphere. Bright aërial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air. Milton.

A line connecting points on the earth's surface having the same mean summer temperature.

Covered, or bound round, with a kercher. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See 1st Lathe.

An imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth.

See Lecher, n. Marston.