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ther, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed. It is used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.

A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.

ially, having long, narrow openings, as a sleeve or other part of a garment, to show rich lining or under vesture. A gray jerkin, with scarlet and slashed sleeves. Sir W. Scott.

Something lying in a reclining posture or position. Specifically: --

Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting. -- Slop"ing*ly, adv. The sloping land recedes into the clouds. Cowper.

To assume a spread-eagled position; -- it may be done reclining, for relaxation, or momentarily, as an exhibitionary maneuver in a sport.

trips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure; esp., one of the strips which form the sides of a cask, a pail, etc.

A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel.

A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.

A lining made of brick, stone, or other hard material, as for a well. [Written also steaning.]

A mark of a line or lines under a word in a sentence, or under another line; underlining.

Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined. If the vine On rising ground be placed, or hills supine. Dryden.

A fixed or movable ring, tube, or lining placed in a hole.

The covering or lining of tin thus put on.

A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.

The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education. Fan training (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall radiate from the stem like a fan. -- Horizontal training (Hort.), the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc.…

Of or pertaining to a triclinium, or to the ancient mode of reclining at table.

A couch for reclining at meals, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts.

A channel cut behind the brick lining of a shaft. Raymond.

A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety.