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Spangle :: Spangle (v. i.) To show brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to glitter.

Course :: Course (n.) The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

Charity :: Charity (n.) Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions..

Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion..

Go :: Go (v. i.) To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; -- in opposition to stay and come..

Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.

Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped..

Umbilicus :: Umbilicus (n.) A point of a surface at which the curvatures of the normal sections are all equal to each other. A sphere may be osculatory to the surface in every direction at an umbilicus. Called also umbilic.

Cancer :: Cancer (n.) The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of the summer solstice. See Tropic..

Amplitude :: Amplitude (n.) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator..

Push :: Push (v. t.) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.

Epigrammatical :: Epigrammatical () Suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an epigram; pointed; piquant; as, epigrammatic style, wit, or sallies of fancy..

Liquidator :: Liquidator (n.) An officer appointed to conduct the winding up of a company, to bring and defend actions and suits in its name, and to do all necessary acts on behalf of the company..

Fetlock :: Fetlock (n.) The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair..

Point :: Point (n.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes..

Iridize :: Iridize (v. t.) To point or tip with iridium, as a gold pen..

Virial :: Virial (n.) A certain function relating to a system of forces and their points of application, -- first used by Clausius in the investigation of problems in molecular physics..

Appointable :: Appointable (a.) Capable of being appointed or constituted.

Tail :: Tail (n.) The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the expression heads or tails, employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall..

Crampoons :: Crampoons (n.) Iron instruments with sharp points, worn on the shoes to assist in gaining or keeping a foothold..

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