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A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.

or violet colors. They are also characterized by the power of destroying the distinctive properties of alkalies or bases, combining with them to form salts, at the same time losing their own peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united with a more negative element or radical, either alone, or more generally w…

l of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, the certificate of the officer attesting such declaration. Acknowledgment money, in some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lor…

oustic vessels, brazen tubes or vessels, shaped like a bell, used in ancient theaters to propel the voices of the actors, so as to render them audible to a great distance.

Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance. Bouvier.

The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.

Possessing acres or landed property; -- used in composition; as, large-acred men.

One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats.

The property of radiant energy (found chiefly in solar or electric light) by which chemical changes are produced, as in photography.

ction as distinct from mere existence or state. Active capital, Active wealth, money, or property that may readily be converted into money.

A registar or clerk; -- used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk or registar generally.

easantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. D. C. Eaton.

A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (or Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.

Proper to be added; positive; -- opposed to subtractive.

has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.

Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse.

rom something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.

A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard.

The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation. Success depends on the nicest and minutest adjustment of the parts concerned. Paley.