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of the Fungi, a large and very complex group of thallophytes of low organization, -- the molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, mushrooms, toadstools, puff balls, and the allies of each.

A molding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of architecture.

Formed by melting and pouring into a mold; cast; founded. [Obs.] Milton.

To become moldy; to smell ill. [Obs.]

Moldy; ill-smelling. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

A fusty state or quality; moldiness; mustiness; an ill smell from moldiness.

Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank. "A fusty plebeians." Shak.

A piece of iron imbedded in the sand of a mold to keep the sand in place.

The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mold; the ingate.

th of cut. Knight. -- Gauge stuff, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet. -- Gauge wheel, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow. -- Joiner's gauge, an instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a bo…

Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge. Gauged brick, brick molded, rubbed, or cut to an exact size and shape, for arches or ornamental work. -- Gauged mortar. See Gauge stuff, under Gauge, n.

The channel or spout through which molten metal runs into a mold in casting. [Written also git, gate.]

Pertaining to, or derived from, earthy or vegetable mold. Geic acid. (Chem.) See Humin.

An ornament produced by notching or carving a rounded molding.

A concave molding; a cavetto. Gwilt.

he termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column.

A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core.

of the Christian population of Russia (of which this is the established church), Greece, Moldavia, and Wallachia. The Greek Church is governed by patriarchs and is called also the Byzantine Church. -- Greek cross. See Illust. (10) Of Cross. -- Greek Empire. See Byzantine Empire. -- Greek fire, a combustible composi…

onsisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides of platinum. -- Green sand (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made. -- Green sea (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a vessel's deck. -- Green sickness (Med.), chlorosis. -- Green snake (Zoöl.),…

A furrow, channel, or long hollow, such as may be formed by cutting, molding, grinding, the wearing force of flowing water, or constant travel; a depressed way; a worn path; a rut.