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n. The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art of keeping accounts. The books commonly used are a daybook, cashbook, journal, and ledger. See Daybook, Cashbook, Journal, and Ledger. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bookkeeping by single entry, the method of keeping books by carrying the record of each transaction to the debit or credit of a single account. --
Bookkeeping by double entry, a mode of bookkeeping in which two entries of every transaction are carried to the ledger, one to the Dr., or left hand, side of one account, and the other to the Cr., or right hand, side of a corresponding account, in order tha&unr_; the one entry may check the other; -- sometimes called, from the place of its origin, the Italian method. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Naut.) The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an act of derring-do in which a person jumps from a high platform, such as a bridge, attached (usually by the legs) to a bungee cord, which is set to a length that will halt the drop before the person reaches the surface of the earth or the water. [ PJC ]

n. a reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
Syn. -- belch, belching, burping, eructation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. Lodging in a camp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ See Camp, n., 6 ] A game of football. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Join.) A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.

-- Carp"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. (Naut.) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or process of cutting or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) The chippy. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Chipmunk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cheering; enlivening. [ 1913 Webster ]

He takes his chirping pint, he cracks his jokes. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a chirping manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of cutting by strokes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chopping block, a solid block of wood on which butchers and others chop meat, etc. --
Chopping knife, a knife for chopping or mincing meat, vegetables, etc.; -- usually with a handle at the back of the blade instead of at the end. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Chubby. ] Stout or plump; large. [ Obs. ] Fenton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Chop to barter. ] Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of embracing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins. This practise was common when precious metals such as silver or gold were used in commonly circulated major coins, such as the dime, quarter, and higher denominations; scoundrels would remove small slivers of precious metal from the edges of many coins, eventually accumulating enough precious metal to be worth a significant sum, while passing on the clipped coins at their nominal values. After most governments discontinued coinage in silver and gold in the late 1900's, the practice became obsolete. The serrations, or milling, at the edges of coins was introduced to defeat the practice by making the result of clipping evident. Many coins continued to be made with milled edges even after the practice of clipping was rendered pointless by use of non-precious metals in coinage. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

clipping by Englishmen is robbing the honest man who receives clipped money. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece separated by clipping; as, newspaper clippings. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Football) The act of hitting a player from behind, for the purpose of blocking. It is illegal in football because it can lead to injury to the blocked player, who cannot anticipate the action. A penalty of 10 yards or more may be assessed against the team of the offending player. [ PJC ]

a. Boorish; rude. C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. compingere. ] To compress; to shut up. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cope, n. ] (Arch.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping. Gwill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Same as Countertrippant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. “Every creeping thing.” Gen. vi. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils. [ 1913 Webster ]

Casements lined with creeping herbs. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ceeping crowfoot (Bot.), a plant, the Ranunculus repens. --
Creeping snowberry, an American plant (Chiogenes hispidula) with white berries and very small round leaves having the flavor of wintergreen. [ 1913 Webster ]

. The stonecrop (Sedum acre). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly. [ 1913 Webster ]

How slily and creepingly did he address himself to our first parents. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cupping glass, a glass cup in which a partial vacuum is produced by heat, in the process of cupping. --
Dry cupping, the application of a cupping instrument without scarification, to draw blood to the surface, produce counter irritation, etc. --
Wet cupping, the operation of drawing blood by the application of a cupping instrument after scarification. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. not industrialized but undergoing industrialization; -- sometimes used as a euphemism for "undeveloped"; -- of nations.
Syn. -- underdeveloped. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. [ pr. p. of develop (WN definition 5) ] becoming or arising; as, the rushing yellow of the developing day. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the process of treating a photosensitive material with chemicals in order to make a latent image visible.
Syn. -- development. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. The act or process of immersing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of inclining downward. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The practice of taking snuff by rubbing the teeth or gums with a stick or brush dipped in snuff. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Dipping needle, a magnetic needle suspended at its center of gravity, and moving freely in a vertical plane, so as to indicate on a graduated circle the magnetic dip or inclination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A falling in drops, or the sound so made. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dripping pan, a pan for receiving the fat which drips from meat in roasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a drooping manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The action of causing to drop or of letting drop; falling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of animals; -- often used in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dropping bottle, an instrument used to supply small quantities of a fluid to a test tube or other vessel. --
Dropping fire, a continued irregular discharge of firearms. --
Dropping tube, a tube for ejecting any liquid in drops. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In drops. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. fecal matter of animals; plural of dropping{ 2 }.
Syn. -- dung, muck. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Law) The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet for private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Lamp. ] Shining. [ Obs. ] G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or the process of making electrotypes. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. surrounding closely on all sides.
Syn. -- ambient, encompassing, surrounding(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. the act or process of enclosing something inside something else.
Syn. -- enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosure. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Mil.) An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Frap. ] (Naut.) A lashing binding a thing tightly or binding things together. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Going at a gallop; progressing rapidly; as, a galloping horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is an object of open-mouthed wonder. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was to be a gapingstock and a scorn to the young volunteers. Godwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Seizing; embracing; catching. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man. -- Grasp"ing*ly, adv. -- Grasp"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a griping or oppressive manner. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a groping manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Fine Arts) The disposal or relative arrangement of figures or objects, as in, drawing, painting, and sculpture, or in ornamental design. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the harp; as, harping symphonies. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ F. harper to grasp strongly. See Harpoon. ] A harpoon. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]