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The quality of being wide; extent from side to side; breadth; wideness; as, the width of cloth; the width of a door.

A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width.

The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more beam than another.

A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend.

A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.

m side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.

A fine smooth-faced woolen cloth for men's garments, usually of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.

One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexter and sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center.

A bearing like a chevron, but of only half its width.

e, and one adjustable end by means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.

Plain India muslin, of various qualities and widths.

ply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancetté has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon.

ng; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.

ial which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper. [Spelt also deckel, and deckle.]

The length of a straight line through the center of an object from side to side; width; thickness; as, the diameter of a tree or rock.

-- Edge rail. (Railroad) (a) A rail set on edge; -- applied to a rail of more depth than width. (b) A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch. Knight. -- Edge railway, a railway having the rails set on edge. -- Edge stone, a curbstone. -- Edge tool. (a) Any tool instrument having a sharp edge intended f…

A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).

The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face.

A chisel, thin in proportion to its width. It has a tang to enter the handle instead of a socket for receiving it. Knight.

The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc. GAPES; THE GAPES The gapes.