Almain rivets,
Almayne rivets, or
Alman rivets
n.
v. i. [ See Gain. ] To avail. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Gayety; finery. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Lanier. ] A whiplash. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
A process for preserving timber and rendering it incombustible by impregnating it successively with solutions of sulphate of iron and calcium chloride in vacuo. --