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imp. & p. p. of Ring.

The upper end of a floor timber in a ship.

A philosophic movement of the 18th century characterized by a lively questioning of authority, keen interest in matters of politics and general culture, and an emphasis on empirical method in science. It received its impetus from the unsystematic but vigorous skepticism of Pierre Bayle, the physical doctrines of Newton…

Strung to a high pitch; spirited; sensitive; as, a high-strung horse.

Between ungulæ; as, interungular glands.

imp. & p. p. of Spring.

imp. & p. p. of String.

Injured or hurt in the withers, as a horse.

imp. & p. p. of Wring.

Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor.

ce (such as egg and bread crumbs) used for covering bits of meat, small birds, or fish, strung on skewers for frying.

A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.

the position of, an anchor. -- Bell buoy, a large buoy on which a bell is mounted, to be rung by the motion of the waves. -- Breeches buoy. See under Breeches. -- Cable buoy, an empty cask employed to buoy up the cable in rocky anchorage. -- Can buoy, a hollow buoy made of sheet or boiler iron, usually conical or p…

Bound; measure. [Obs.] The poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all cess. Shak.

An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum. [Written also cithern.] Shak.

of a human being; -- used also Fig. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. D. Webster. Corpse candle. (a) A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the customary watching with a corpse on the night before its interment. (b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a candle…

ers who owe largely in a community. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. D. Webster.

dle. So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. Sir W. Scott.

Powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together. [Obs.]

With nerves unstrung; weak. [Obs.] Spenser.