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That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force. Knight.

t a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship. With many a curve my banks I fret. Tennyson.

The worn side of the bank of a river. See 4th Fret, n., 4.

favorable; propitious; serviceable; as, a friendly breeze or gale. On the first friendly bank he throws him down. Addison.

ofit; that reserve by means of which expenses and credit are supported; as, the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.

To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away. "Bankrupts or sots who have gambled or slept away their estates." Ames.

announce or publish in a gazette; to announce officially, as an appointment, or a case of bankruptcy.

A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin).

A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters, when the tide is out. [Written also gowt.]

A banker. [Obs.]

r stake indicating by its height or by marks on it the grade of a railroad, highway, or embankment, etc., at that spot.

The bank of a canal opposite, and corresponding to, that of the towpath; berm. [U. S.]

gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech. Hop hornbeam. (Bot.) See under Hop.

ic mining, a system of mining in which the force of a jet of water is used to wash down a bank of gold-bearing gravel or earth. [Pacific Coast] -- Hydraulic press, a hydrostatic press. See under Hydrostatic. -- Hydraulic propeller, a device for propelling ships by means of a stream of water ejected under water rearwar…

n- in. See In-. Im- also occurs in composition with some words not of Latin origin; as, imbank, imbitter.

Not perforated; having no opening or aperture. Sir J. Banks.

e; to fold (a thing) within another or into the same parcel; as, to inclose a letter or a bank note. The inclosed copies of the treaty. Sir W. Temple.

nged into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie. Walsh.

Not incorporated; not existing as a corporation; as, an incorporate banking association.

debtors, upon their delivering up their property for the benefit of their creditors. See Bankrupt law, under Bankrupt, a.