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eved by the Chinese to attend the natural features of landscape; also, a kind of geomancy dealing with these influences, used in determining sites for graves, houses, etc.

Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he has a great deal of fight in him. [Colloq.]

To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape. If love, alas! be pain I bear, No thought can figure, and no tongue declare.Prior.

ce against fire. -- Fire opal, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections. -- Fire ordeal, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon red-hot irons. Abbot. -- Fire pan, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun.…

A dealer in fish.

Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings; depressed; dull; as, the market is flat.

One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander. [R.] Shak.

A cultivator of, or dealer in, flowers.

One who deals in frippery or in old clothes. [Obs.] Bacon.

One who deals in fruit; a seller of fruits.

A dealer in furs; one who makes or sells fur goods.

A future tense. To deal in futures, to speculate on the future values of merchandise or stocks. [Brokers' cant]

ngle match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards. Talk the game o'er between the deal. Lloyd.

. To run the gantlet, to suffer the punishment of the gantlet; hence, to go through the ordeal of severe criticism or controversy, or ill-treatment at many hands. Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights. Palfrey.

inner wall (the hypoblast). See Illust. under Invagination. In a more general sense, an ideal stage in embryonic development. See Gastræa. -- a.

A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware.

." J. H. Newman. -- To handle without gloves, to treat without reserve or tenderness; to deal roughly with. [Colloq.] -- To take up the glove, to accept a challenge or adopt a quarrel. -- To throw down the glove, to challenge to combat.

Flattery; adulation; smooth speech. Now to plain dealing; lay these glozes by. Shak.

Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable; esp., in the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good degree, a good share or part, etc.

A trader who deals in tea, sugar, spices, coffee, fruits, and various other commodities. Grocer's itch (Med.), a disease of the akin, caused by handling sugar and treacle.