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Flattened lengthwise. Compessed air engine, an engine operated by the elastic force of compressed air.

A cake yeast made by filtering the cells from the liquid in which they are grown, subjecting to heavy pressure, and mixing with starch or flour.

Compressed or flattened antero-posteriorly, or in a way opposite to the usual one.

Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.

nd shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.

To pour out or upon. [R.] I first affused water upon the compressed beans. Boyle.

A kind of atomizer for applying liquid coloring matter in a spray by compressed air.

An engine driven by heated or by compressed air. Knight.

h the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger.

f fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.…

on each square inch. -- Atmospheric railway, one in which pneumatic power, obtained from compressed air or the creation of a vacuum, is the propelling force. -- Atmospheric tides. See under Tide.

Acting or moving automatically by means of compressed air.

A European fish (Box vulgaris), having a compressed body and bright colors; -- called also box, and bogue.

A marine fish of the family Chætodontidæ. The chætodonts have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors.

The skin is covered with fine granmulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back.

intenance. Chapeau bras ( Etym: [F. chapeau hat + bras arm], a hat so made that it can be compressed and carried under the arm without injury. Such hats were particularly worn on dress occasions by gentlemen in the 18th century. A chapeau bras is now worn in the United States army by general and staff officers.…

The compressed clay of coal strata. Brande & C.

The clearance space in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine where the charge is compressed and ignited.

ressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water. Events of centuries . . . compressed within the compass of a single life. D. Webster. The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues. Melmoth.

The act of compressing, or state of being compressed. "Compression of thought." Johnson.