The American Dictionary And Cyclopedia

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ...the Mediterranean, small yullefe, if compared with the oceun."--Hcentsylyn.-Coomoyraphie. 3. A gore in a shirt. II. Technically.' 1. Clo. Erig..' A narrow working cutting made in the formatioii of an excavation, _iind used as a. fl1f.'lll'lS of laying down a pair of rails to bring the dirt-cars to the bank. 2. Harness: The lower end of u horse-collar, around which passes the choke-strap, and the breast-strap which supports the pole of a carriage. 3. Saws: A hollow cut awa ' in front of each sawtooth. in continuation of tie face, on alternate sides of the blade. Such saws are known as giill0tsaws or brier-tooth saws. The ullot is adapted to allow the saw to be sha ened y a round or halfround file, by which the ace of the tooth becomes concave when viewed edgeways, and acquires a thin cutting edge. The increased curvilinear space also allows more room for the sawdust. GULLET-SA'. rather; Arabia. Gun-.a.aic. " Dro tears as fast an the Arabian trees Their medicinal gum." Slakeap..-Othello, V. 2. 3. Phav-m_.: Gum is used as a demulcent to allay the irritation of the mucous membrane also for suspending hea_vy powders, a_s nitrate of bismuth, when they are given in a liquid. 4. The same as Guuumo (qt. v.). Ti (1) Chewing-gum: Gum rpm the spruce tree is extensively used as a confection, and is commonly called chewing-gu1_n. The term chewigg gum is also applied to other kinds of gum prepar and sold as a confection. _ (2) Doctor's gum is said to be furnished b Rhus metopium. a Jamaica plant, to which, as wel as to some other plants, Hog gum has been attributed. Other compounds, in which gum is the last word, will be found scattered through the book. gum-arabic, 0. 1. B01. (2 Comm.: A gum obtained from the Acaci

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