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An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.

ic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger.

or exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air of force in into a closed space.

A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel.

cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and open below, and has its open end plunged into water.

Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.

ture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.

A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German.

An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry.

t of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit (called also ethyl alcohol); the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, wh…

To convert into alcohol; to rectify; also, to saturate with alcohol.

A recessed portion of a room, or a small room opening into a larger one; especially, a recess to contain a bed; a lateral recess in a library.

An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.

A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.

To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.

To range or place in a line; to bring into line; to align. Evelyn.

One who adjusts things to a line or lines or brings them into line. Evelyn.

Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.

To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to.

The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.