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other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which preceeds spinning.

Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.

On these two general heads all other specialities are depedent. Hooker. Strive, while improving your one talent, to enrich your whole capital as a man. It is in this way that you escape from the wretched narrow- mindedness which is the characteristic of every one who cultivates his speciality. Ld. Lytton. We 'll say,…

A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings.

Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary.

A roving vagabond. Shak.

The act of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification.

The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof.

andwriting in those jurisdictions in which comparison of hands is permitted as a mode of proving handwriting. -- Test tube. (Chem.) (a) A simple tube of thin glass, closed at one end, for heating solutions and for performing ordinary reactions. (b) A graduated tube.

A solemn declaration or affirmation made for the purpose of establishing or proving some fact.

The act of testing or proving; trial; proof.

A roving hither and thither.

A group of roving Turanian tribes occupying Eastern Siberia and the Amoor valley. They resemble the Mongols. [Written also Tungooses.]

To make wild or roving.

Not approving; disapproving. [Obs.] Shak.

A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also veto message. [U.S.]

ess of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts.

Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. "In woods and wanton wilderness." Spenser. "A wild and wanton herd." Shak. A wanton and a merry [friar]. Chaucer. [She] her unadorned golden tresses wore Disheveled, but in wanton ringlets waved. Milton. How does your tongue grow w…

s side or party; to obtain the favor, friendship, or support of; to render friendly or approving; as, to win an enemy; to win a jury.