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part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself.

f the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. D. C. Eaton. Called also sap rot, and, in the United States, powder post. Hebert. -- Dry stove, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates. Brande & C. -- Dry vat, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for…

sometimes so eager, as artists call it, that it will as little endure the hammer as glass itself. Locke.

or into, to make way by corrosion; to gnaw; to consume. "A sword laid by, which eats into itself." Byron. -- To eat to windward (Naut.), to keep the course when closehauled with but little steering; -- said of a vessel.

A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions.

A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direction in which involves polarity, or opposition of properties in opposite directions; also, by attraction for many substances, by a law involving attraction between surface…

to or from different floors or levels; -- called in England a lift; the cage or platform itself.

The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan course.

Issuing or flowing forth; emanating; passing forth into an act, or making itself apparent by an effect; -- said of mental acts; as, an emanant volition.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, emmetropia. The normal or emmetropic eye adjusts itself perfectly for all distances. J. Le Conte.

To discharge itself; as, a river empties into the ocean.

er a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.

ce of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.

Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; essence. [Obs.]

Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.

tal to law, properly so called, and complemental of it. Equity had been gradually shaping itself into a refined science which no human faculties could master without long and intense application. Macaulay.

Supposed matter above the air; the air itself.

early and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe. The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul. Sir. M. Hale. The principles which art involves, science alone evolves. Whewell. Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above.…

pread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden. Afford art an ample field in which to expatiate itself. Dryden.

To make external; to manifest by outward form. Thought externalizes itself in language. Soyce.