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Vault
v. t.
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To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court.
Air pump
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A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air or force it into a closed space.
Larch
n.
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A genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see Illust. of Fascicle).
Dwindle
v. i.
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To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
Convoluluses
pl.
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of Convolvulus
Obstupefy
v. t.
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See Stupefy.
Frush
n.
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The frog of a horse's foot.
Dew
n.
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Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
Ornithopappi
n. pl.
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An extinct order of birds. It includes only the Archaeopteryx.
Hydrosulphate
n.
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Same as Hydrosulphurent.
Leaflet
n.
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A leaflike organ or part; as, a leaflet of the gills of fishes.
Harquebuse
n.
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A firearm with match holder, trigger, and tumbler, made in the second half of the 15th century. the barrel was about forty inches long. A form of the harquebus was subsequently called arquebus with matchlock.
Dew
n.
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Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night.
Stromata
pl.
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of Stroma
Leaguerer
n.
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A besieger.
Harre
n.
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A hinge.
Obtained
imp. & p. p.
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of Obtain
Dermoid
a.
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Same as Dermatoid.
Obtest
v. t.
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To call to witness; to invoke as a witness.
Hydrostatics
n.
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The branch of science which relates to the pressure and equilibrium of nonelastic fluids, as water, mercury, etc.; the principles of statics applied to water and other liquids.
Obtrusionist
n.
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One who practices or excuses obtrusion.
Stroller
n.
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One who strolls; a vagrant.
Butlerage
n.
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A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butler for the king.
Obtaining
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Obtain
Devulgarize
v. t.
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To free from what is vulgar, common, or narrow.
Hydrostatician
n.
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One who is versed or skilled in hydrostatics.
Butment
n.
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A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.
Joggle
n.
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A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly, applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like.
Stroll
n.
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A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.
Wood-bound
a.
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Incumbered with tall, woody hedgerows.