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The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring.

The cerebellum. Derham.

Pertaining to the cerebellum.

The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ.

Carryng on war in conjunction with another power.

A genus of univale shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money.

A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.

A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used to include the stringcourse on them.

Corbel work or the construction of corbels; a series of corbels or piece of continuous corbeled masonry, sometimes of decorative purpose, as in the stalactite ornament of the Moslems.

A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (Ciniflonidæ), used for spinning a special kind of silk.

To conquer. [Obs.] Milton.

To subdue; to conquer in war. [Obs.] Speed.

The act of conquering or subduing. [Obs.]

The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief. Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing. Tillotson. No sadder proof can be given by a man of his…

Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual. Assertions for which there is abundant positive evidence are often disbelieved, on account of what is called their improbability or impossibility. J. S. Mill.

One who disbelieves, or refuses belief; an unbeliever. Specifically, one who does not believe the Christian religion. I. Watts.

To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn. Carlyle.

An aqueous solution of carbolic acid, borax, sodium bicarbonate, and glycerin, used as a spray in diseases of the nose and throat.

A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnastic exercise.