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A raised work like a bench. [Obs.] Parkhurst.

ignition -- now little used), by a hot tube (tube ignition) or the like, by an electric spark (electric ignition, the usual method is gasoline engines, or by the heat of compression, as in the Diesel engine. Gas and oil engines are chiefly of the stationary type. Gasoline engines are largely used for automobile vehicl…

the Mint family (Phlomis tuberosa). -- Jerusalem thorn (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree (Parkinsonia aculeata), widely dispersed in warm countries, and used for hedges. -- The New Jerusalem, Heaven; the Celestial City.

One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc. ; the keeper of attached property; hence, one who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver. The Lord is thy keeper. Ps. cxxi. 6.

A hipped roof. [Prov. Eng.] Parker.

Any intricate or involved inclosure; especially, an ornamental maze or inclosure in a park or garden.

Lamentable. Martin Parker.

A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc.

Fig.: To be or appear gay, cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport. Then laughs the childish year, with flowerets crowned. Dryden. In Folly's cup still laughs the bubble Joy. Pope. To laugh at, to make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride. No wit to flatter left…

Having a lawn; characterized by a lawn or by lawns; like a lawn. Musing through the lawny park. T. Warton.

ists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals. Lodge gate, a park gate, or entrance gate, near the lodge. See Lodge, n., 1 (b).

Bright; shining; luminous. " Good sparks and lustrous." Shak. -- Lus"trous*ly, adv.

on, esp. on board ship. The tub contains a little water in the bottom, for extinguishing sparks from the lighted matches. -- Quick match, threads of cotton or cotton wick soaked in a solution of gunpowder mixed with gum arabic and boiling water and afterwards strewed over with mealed powder. It burns at the rate of on…

The production and working or manufacture of metals. [R.] R. Park.

Shining sparks thrown off from melted brass.

A dolt; a blockhead. [Obs.] Bp. Parker.

building for making observations on the heavenly bodies. The new observatory in Greenwich Park. Evelyn.

anized structure; producing an organism; acting through, or resulting from, organs. Prof. Park.

A small inclosure or park for sporting. [Obs.]

f building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile.