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In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 inches by 3½, lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line. Object balls in an anchor space are treated as in balk.

To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre. Dryden.

Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc. Dunglison.

rsal vertebræ, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebræ are inclined.

, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb.

eople of ancient times. That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has Sir W. Raleigh.

An instrument for measuring the height of objects. Knight.

An accuser. [Obs.] Raleigh.

To estimate; to conjecture. Enoch . . . appraised his weight. Tennyson.

A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

upport or supporter; a stay; a prop. [Obs.] If a be to climb trees that are of any great height, there would be stays and appuies set to it. Holland. Point d'appui. Etym: [F., a point of support.] (Mil.) (a) A given point or body, upon which troops are formed, or by which are marched in line or column. (b) An advantage…

itrator or judge; as, to arbitrate upon several reports;; to arbitrate in disputes among heighbors; to arbitrate between parties to a suit.

m disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed.

The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted.

as an element, contained in the atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness. Rayleigh and Ramsay.

An inhabitant of Albania and neighboring mountainous regions, specif. one serving as a soldier in the Turkish army.

Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place. [Colloq. U. S.]

A Spanish weight used in Mexico and South America = 25.36 lbs. avoir.; also, an old Portuguese weight, used in Brazil = 32.38 lbs. avoir.

e element and its compounds are active poisons. Specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. Atomic weight. Symbol As.

in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts. In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts. Pope. Four years spent in the arts (as they are called in colleges) is, perhaps, laying too laborious a foundation. Goldsmith.