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See under Robin, and Illustration in Appendix.

A reaping machine containing mechanism for binding the grain into sheaves.

The quality or state of being sghabby.

Quality of being shrubby.

A glucoside found in the seeds of white mustard (Brassica alba, formerly Sinapis alba), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

Quality of being slabby.

Adapted for forming slabs, or for dressing flat surfaces. Slabbing machine, a milling machine.

from Slub. Slubbing billy, or Slubbing machine, the machine by which slubs are formed.

A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs.

An unfermentable sugar, isomeric with glucose, found in the ripe berries of the rowan tree, or sorb, and extracted as a sweet white crystalline substance; -- called also mountain-ash sugar.

To bind or hold by, or as if by, a spell or charm; to fascinate, esp. by eloquence of speech, as in a political campaign. - - Spell"bind`er (#), n.

By stabbing; with intent to injure covertly. Bp. Parker.

Antimony hydride, or hydrogen antimonide, a colorless gas produced by the action of nascent hydrogen on antimony. It has a characteristic odor and burns with a characteristic greenish flame. Formerly called also antimoniureted hydrogen.

The act or art of dealing in stocks; the business of a stockjobber.

The state of being stubby.

A slight charge or accusation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

etter or symbol to distinguish the symbol; thus, a0, b1, c2, xn, have 0, 1, 2, and n as subindices.

To indicate by signs or hints; to indicate imperfectly. [R.] Dr. H. More.

The act of indicating by signs; a slight indication. [R.] "The subindication and shadowing of heavenly things." Barrow.

A division of that which is individual. An individual can not branch itself into subindividuals. Milton.