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A round building; especially, one that is round both on the outside and inside, like the Pantheon at Rome. Less properly, but very commonly, used for a large round room; as, the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington.

oliched by friction against each other. rumble seat, a seat in the rear of an automobile, outside the passenger cabin, which folds out from the body

vable; salvableness. [R.] In the Latin scheme of redemption, salvability was not possible outside the communion of the visible organization. A. V. G. Allen.

he tide, and putting in a stock of merit. Swift. To save appearance, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things.

The nape of the neck; the loose outside skin, as of the back of the neck.

A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid. Specifically:

ained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine. (a) A steam engine having both bearings for the crank shaft attached to the frame of the engine. (b) A steam engine and boiler combined and fastened together; a portable…

A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal. Specifically:

Trousers or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on the outside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like.

A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so as to exclude air and outside moisture. See Ensilage.

To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin. You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . . Singe my white head! Shak. I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass. L'Estrange.

That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole. Totten.

An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc.

An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip.

it an insulated wire which is connected with the induction coil or magneto circuit on the outside, and forms, with another terminal on the base of the plug, a spark gap inside the cylinder.

An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange. [Cant]

f the universe of brighter stars as it would appear to an observer transported into space outside or beyond our universe of stars.

An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.