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The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster. Knight.

The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed. Knight.

or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures. Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant. Shelton. Bavarian cream, a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold. -- Cold cream, an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose water, and borax, and used as a salve for the…

A tool for making the band impression distinct on the back. Knight.

Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by René of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services. Brande & C.

iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. Knight.

his lofty crest. Sir W. Scott. And on his head there stood upright A crest, in token of a knight. Gower.

The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a lamp. Knight.

A small jackscrew. Knight.

A wooden tool used in graining leather. Knight.

Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface. Knight.

-- Cross handle, a handle attached transversely to the axis of a tool, as in the augur. Knight. -- Cross lode (Mining), a vein intersecting the true or principal lode. -- Cross purpose. See Cross-purpose, in the Vocabulary. -- Cross reference, a reference made from one part of a book or register to another part, w…

A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts.

A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc. Knight.

bit, a stiff bit having branches by which a leverage is obtained upon the jaws of horse. Knight. -- Curb pins (Horology), the pins on the regulator which restrain the hairspring. -- Curb plate (Arch.), a plate serving the purpose of a curb. -- Deck curb. See under Deck.

An armor-bearer to a knight. [Obs.]

r a rotating stock to which cutters may be attached, as in a planing or matching machine. Knight.

period which have severed as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend aof Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins.

achine for measuring at any moment velocity of rotation, as of a wheel of a steam engine. Knight.

A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame. Knight.