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ass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint.

A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.

The hooded snake (Naia tripudians), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting India.

A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle.

der Attach, v. t. -- Clustered column. See under Cluster, v. t. -- Column rule, a thin strip of brass separating columns of type in the form, and making a line between them in printing.

umstance, as increase of travel; specif., a ticket for a certain number of, or for daily, trips between neighboring places at a reduced rate, such as are commonly used by those doing business in a city and living in a suburb. Commutation tickets are excepted from the prohibition against special rates contained in the I…

A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.

cting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price of a stripulation; compensation; equivalent. Bouvier.

A fish, the European striped wrasse.

A striped satin made in India. McElrath.

Striped or ribbed with cords; as, cloth with a corded surface.

churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis. Fairholt.

A piece of music in triple time; also, a lively dance; a coranto.

A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain. [U.S.]

A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps.

or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.

The winter crookneck belongs to a distinct species (C. moschata) and is smooth and often striped. [U. S.]

A kind of sweet cake cut in strips and curled or twisted, and fried crisp in boiling fat. [Also written kruller.]

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

A shered; a fragment; a strip of wood. [Obs.] Chaucer.