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box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night. Totten.

The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers. Knight.

A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara.

The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack.

Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly. -- n.

opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes. O night, with hue so black! Shak.

t Calcutta, into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20, 17656, and in which 123 of the prisoners died before morning from lack of air. A discipline of unlimited autocracy, upheld by rods, and ferules, and the black hole. H. Spencer.

A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale.

A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses. No blackstrap to-night; switchel, or ginger pop. Judd.

rk wrought by blacksmiths; -- so called in distinction from that wrought by whitesmiths. Knight.

end; a cul-de-sac. -- Blind axle, an axle which turns but does not communicate motion. Knight. -- Blind beetle, one of the insects apt to fly against people, esp. at night. -- Blind cat (Zoöl.), a species of catfish (Gronias nigrolabris), nearly destitute of eyes, living in caverns in Pennsylvania. -- Blind coal,…

A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well- tanned leather. Knight.

, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at sea, and in military operations. -- Blue mantle (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms; -- so called from the color of his official robes. -- Blue mass, a preparation of mercury from w…

A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia (Cyanecula Suecica), related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warbler.

Abode. There that night they bode. Tennyson.

venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous. Throngs of knights and barons bold. Milton.

ock, used in veering or fastening ropes. Bollard timber (Naut.), a timber, also called a knighthead, rising just within the stem in a ship, on either side of the bowsprit, to secure its end.

ects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying. Knight. Joiners, etc., bone their work with two straight edges. W. M. Buchanan.

To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon. Alarm guns booming through the night air. W. Irving.

oring tool (Metal Working), a cutting tool placed in a cutter head to dress round holes. Knight.