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Slightly conical.

Slightly tepid.

Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant.

Slightly woody at the base.

A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent.

rnished with a tap; as, a barrel on tap. -- Plug tap (Mech.), a screw-cutting tap with a slightly tapering end. -- Tap bolt, a bolt with a head on one end and a thread on the other end, to be screwed into some fixed part, instead of passing through the part and receiving a nut. See Illust. under Bolt. -- Tap cinder…

A screw link, to which is attached the rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drill jar at each stroke.

Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants.

A picture (as of a slice of wood) obtained by first wetting the object slightly with hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid, then taking an impression with a press, and next strongly heating this impression.

ther substance, either by mixture, or by application to the surface; especially, to color slightly; to stain; as, to tinge a blue color with red; an infusion tinged with a yellow color by saffron. His [Sir Roger's] virtues, as well as imperfections, are tinged by a certain extravagance. Addison.

To strike slightly; to tap. A third rogue tips me by the elbow. Swift.

alking, incline from the other foot. toe in, to align the front wheels so that they point slightly toward each other.

To infect; to affect slightly. Bacon.

Cleft to the middle, or slightly beyond the middle, into three parts; three-cleft.

n of the vapor of cyanic acid on cold aldehyde, as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste and faint smell; -- called also ethidene- or ethylidene-biuret.

Doric order, repeated at equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendic…

acid obtained from atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline substance slightly soluble in water.

Slightly tumid; swollen, as certain moss capsules.

a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test.

glycerin, occurring in butter, dolphin oil., and forming an forming an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant odor.