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Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads.

To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.

The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise.

phing with dry plates. -- Dry point. (Fine Arts) (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made. -- Dry…

A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.

r, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; -- distinguished from Jehovist. S. Davidson.

exploits. I love thy courage yet and bolt emprise; But here thy sword can do thee little stead. Milton.

Increasing by internal growth and elongation at the summit, instead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, and bark, as the rattan, the palm, the cornstalk.

A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity.

Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depressed. Bp. Gauden.

ent to a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument, for making the image erect instead of inverted.

der and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities. C. L. Flint.

A six-pointed star whose rays are wavy, instead of straight like those of a mullet. [Written also étoile.] Estoile of eight points, a star which has four straight and four wavy rays. -- Estoile of four points. Same as Cross estoilé, under Cross.

ne (Mach.), a condensing engine like a steam engine, but operated by the vapor of ether instead of by steam.

affect on the signification. It becomes ef- before f, as in effuse. The form e- occurs instead of ex- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v, as in ebullient, emanate, enormous, etc. In words from the French it often appears as es-, sometimes as s- or é-; as, escape, scape, élite. Ex-, prefixed to names implying office, st…

raught, a forced draught produced by drawing air through a place, as through a furnace, instead of blowing it through. -- Exhaust fan, a fan blower so arranged as to produce an exhaust draught, or to draw air or gas out of a place, as out of a room in ventilating it. -- Exhaust nozzle, Exhaust orifice (Steam Engine),…

n (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a properly organized fetus. -- False croup (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane. -- False door or window (…

To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. "He found his legs falter." Wiseman.

The buildings and yards necessary for the business of a farm; a homestead. [Eng.]

Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.