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h slaughters were from thence called Bartelmies, simply in a perpetual stigma of that butchery. Sir G. Buck.

A smith's shop; a smithy; a smithery; a forge. "As foul as Vulcan's stithy." Shak.

A place of bestial debauchery. To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty. Milton.

889 by Otto Anschütz of Berlin, in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel.

A downy or feathery appendage to certain achens. It is formed of the permanent elongated style.

A kind of carriage. See Whiskey. Southery.

A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece. Toe biter (Zoöl.), a tadpole; a polliwig. -- Toe drop (Med.), a morbid condition of the foot in which the toe is depressed and the heel elevated, as in talipes equinus. See Talipes.

A lover of archery; one devoted to archery.

Treachery. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless. Loyal father of a treacherous son. Shak. The treacherous smile, a mask for secret hate. Cowper.

A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.

ned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill.

allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery. The treason of the murthering in the bed. Chaucer.

r or river turtles which have the shell imperfectly developed and covered with a soft leathery skin. They are noted for their agility and rapacity. Called also soft tortoise, soft-shell tortoise, and mud turtle.

The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty. Chaucer.

hear . . . Or whistle from the lodge, or village cock Count the night watches to his feathery dames. Milton.

the carcasses of whales. [Canada] -- Whale fin (Com.), whalebone. Simmonds. -- Whale fishery, the fishing for, or occupation of taking, whales. -- Whale louse (Zoöl.), any one of several species of degraded amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus Cyamus, especially C. ceti. They are parasitic on various cetacean…

A man employed in the whale fishery.

A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.

Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot. 'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white. Shak.