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The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch. Wilhelm.

sness to; to Her tall figure relieved against the blue sky; seemed almost of supernatural height. Sir W. Scott.

erience, in moving in a fluid, less resistance than any other solid having the same base, height, and volume.

To grow upward; to attain a certain heght; as, this elm rises to the height of seventy feet.

ho dances, walks, or performs acrobatic feats, on a rope extended through the air at some height. -- Rope"dan`cing, n.

ed rubble, rubble masonry in which courses are formed by leveling off the work at certain heights.

lessened since the late proclamation came out against ruffs; . . . they were come to that height of excess herein, that twenty shillings were used to be paid for starching of a ruff. Howell.

A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.

A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like.

made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof. 2 Chron. iv. 2.

ig tree" of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.

d in mountainous districts in the middle and south of Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150 feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine. -- Silver foil, foil made of silver. -- Silver fox (Zoöl.), a variety of the common fox (Vulpes vulpes, variety argenteus) found in the northern parts…

decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height. The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. Addison.

h the vacuum is maintained by the downward flow of water through a vertical pipe of great height. -- Siphon cup, a cup with a siphon attached for carrying off any liquid in it; specifically (Mach.), an oil cup in which oil is carried over the edge of a tube in a cotton wick, and so reaches the surface to be lubricated…

Small or narrow in proportion to the length or the height; not thick; slim; as, a slender stem or stalk of a plant. "A slender, choleric man." Chaucer. She, as a veil down to the slender waist, Her unadorned golden tresses wore. Milton.

Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree. Grose.

of the family Elateridæ, which, when laid on its back, is able to leap to a considerable height by means of a thoracic spring; -- called also snapping beetle. -- Snap flask (Molding), a flask for small work, having its sides separable and held together by latches, so that the flask may be removed from around the sand…

solution, than at a time when magnificent and seductive systems of worship were at their height of energy and splendor. I. Taylor.

ses; a lead. Hansard. -- Space rule (Print.), a fine, thin, short metal rule of the same height as the type, used in printing short lines in tabular matter.

To leap; to bound; to jump. The mountain stag that springs From height to height, and bounds along the plains. Philips.