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The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed. Knight.

One who cringes meanly; a fawner.

Spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of a building.

The act of one who culls.

The act or state of that which curls; as, the curling of smoke when it rises; the curling of a ringlet; also, the act or process of one who curls something, as hair, or the brim of hats.

With a curl, or curls.

The art of making edged tools or cutlery. [Obs.] Milton.

The act, art, or practice, of riding a cycle, esp. a bicycle or tricycle.

A scalloped or "pattypan" variety of summer squash.

In a dabbling manner.

A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.

A dwarf; a dandiprat. [r.]

In the dark. [Poetic] So, out went the candle, and we were left darkling. Shak. As the wakeful bird Sings darkling. Milton.

One dearly beloved; a favorite. And can do naught but wail her darling's loss. Shak.

A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.

In a dazzling manner.

rds to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person. Double dealing, insincere, treacherous dealing; duplicity. -- Plain dealing, fair, sincere, honorable dealing; honest, outspoken expression of opinion.

A darling. [Obs.] Spenser.

Beheading. [R.] By a speedy dethroning and decolling of the king. Parliamentary History (1648).

A dentilingual sound or letter. The letters of this fourth, dentilingual or linguidental, class, viz., d, t, s, z, l, r. Am. Cyc.