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ip, in form. (b) A child's toy, consisting of an ark-shaped box containing many different wooden animals.

A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.

Rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of a wooden frame, in building.

A wooden bar, or iron pin. W. C. Russell.

Something shaped like the letter O; a circle or oval. "This wooden O [Globe Theater]". Shak.

A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery. Fairholt.

nor parts, as corner boards, hanging stiles, etc., required to complete the exterior of a wooden building; -- rare in masonry.

A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also pail-mail and pell-mell.] Sir K. Digby. Eve…

A wooden implement used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works. It is oval, round, and of other forms.

, and then passes or sends it to the purchaser. (b) See Bank book. -- Pass box (Mil.), a wooden or metallic box, used to carry cartridges from the service magazine to the piece. -- Pass check, a ticket of admission to a place of entertainment, or of readmission for one who goes away in expectation of returning.…

A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.

of black lead, colored chalk, slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case, which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing. See Graphite.

The barrel of a wooden pump.

A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.

A small wooden pail or tub with an upright stave for a handle, -- often used as a dipper.

A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.

A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even. Hansard. Planer centers. See under Center.

The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel.

original weapon consisting of a stone or piece of antler fastened to the end of a slender wooden handle, used by American Indians from the Great Plains to the Mackenzie River.

f a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See Maypole. (d) A barber's pole,…