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ay them either upon some smooth table, boards, or flakes of wands, and they will last the longer. English Husbandman.

A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer lin Totten.

The front skirt of a garment, in distinction from the train. Honor's train Is longer than his foreskirt. Shak.

Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds. Fork-tailed flycatcher (Zoöl.), a tropical American flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus). -- Fork-tailed gull (Zoöl.), a gull of the genus Xema, of two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean. -- Fork-tailed kite (Zoöl.)…

The state of being fozy; spiritlessness; dullness. [Scot.] [The Whigs'] foziness can no longer be concealed. Blackwood's.

mplete closure, of the organs of articulation, and hence capable of being continued or prolonged; -- said of certain consonantal sounds, as f, v, s, z, etc. -- n.

of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.

l. See Geal.] (Chem.) Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons,…

from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its fore legs are much longer than its hind legs.

osition; amiability; state of being in good humor. The good nature and generosity which belonged to his character. Macaulay. The young count's good nature and easy persuadability were among his best characteristics. Hawthorne. -- Good people. See Good folk (above). -- Good speed, good luck; good success; godspeed; --…

manners; perfection of form. Grace in women gains the affections sooner, and secures them longer, than any thing else. Hazlitt. I shall answer and thank you again For the gift and the grace of the gift. Longfellow.

- said of a bird's tail when the outer feathers are shortest, and the others successively longer. Graduated tube, bottle, cap, or glass, a vessel, usually of glass, having horizontal marks upon its sides, with figures, to indicate the amount of the contents at the several levels. -- Graduated spring (Railroads), a com…

Long continued; lengthened in duration; prolonged in time; as, a great while; a great interval.

hen one can not see. We grope for the wall like the blind. Is. lix. 10. To grope a little longer among the miseries and sensualities ot a worldly life. Buckminster.

To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.

at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new.

r sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than he is wanted. Goldsmith.

ling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air.

he vertebral column evidently continued into the upper lobe of the tail, which is usually longer than the lower one, as in sharks.

To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval. The merchants among the people sha…