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Rake :: Rake (n.) A fissure or mineral vein traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so; -- called also rake-vein..

Bell :: Bell (n.) That part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital..

Indicatrix :: Indicatrix (n.) A certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of curvature of the surface at the point of contact. The curve is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel to the tangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an ellipse when the curvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola when the curvature is anticlastic..

Escarpment :: Escarpment (n.) A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp..

Bystander :: Bystander (n.) One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting.

Rounding :: Rounding (a.) Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.

Cleft :: Cleft (a.) Incised nearly to the midrib; as, a cleft leaf..

Tautog :: Tautog (n.) An edible labroid fish (Haitula onitis, or Tautoga onitis) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. When adult it is nearly black, more or less irregularly barred, with greenish gray. Called also blackfish, oyster fish, salt-water chub, and moll..

Gordius :: Gordius (n.) A genus of long, slender, nematoid worms, parasitic in insects until near maturity, when they leave the insect, and live in water, in which they deposit their eggs; -- called also hair eel, hairworm, and hair snake, from the absurd, but common and widely diffused, notion that they are metamorphosed horsehairs..

Sleevehand :: Sleevehand (n.) The part of a sleeve nearest the hand; a cuff or wristband.

Frock :: Frock (n.) A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord..

Interlineary :: Interlineary (n.) A book containing interlineations.

Square :: Square (n.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers..

Conformable :: Conformable (a.) Parallel, or nearly so; -- said of strata in contact..

Ectal :: Ectal (a.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the surface; outer; -- opposed to ental..

Coast :: Coast (v. t.) The seashore, or land near it..

Capitibranchiata :: Capitibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near the head. See Tubicola.

Approach :: Approach (v. i.) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer..

Derby :: Derby (n.) A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1780..

Rack-rent :: Rack-rent (n.) A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent..

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