Definition of surface

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Surface (v. t.) To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain..

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Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air..
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like..
Lymph :: Lymph (n.) A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces together..
Alcarraza :: Alcarraza (n.) A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface..
Through :: Through (prep.) From end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore through a piece of timber, or through a board; a ball passes through the side of a ship..
Gibbose :: Gibbose (a.) Humped; protuberant; -- said of a surface which presents one or more large elevations.
Terrene :: Terrene (n.) The earth's surface; the earth.
Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Soft and fair; -- said of the skin or a surface; as, a delicate cheek; a delicate complexion..
Pteropoda :: Pteropoda (n. pl.) A class of Mollusca in which the anterior lobes of the foot are developed in the form of broad, thin, winglike organs, with which they swim at near the surface of the sea..
Concave :: Concave (a.) Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky..
Seat :: Seat (n.) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat..
Cupping :: Cupping (n.) 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..
Hotpress :: Hotpress (v. t.) To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.; as, to hotpress paper, linen, etc..
Electro-polar :: Electro-polar (a.) Possessing electrical polarity; positively electrified at one end, or on one surface, and negatively at the other; -- said of a conductor..
Surface :: Surface (n.) The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body..
Mantle :: Mantle (v. i.) To spread over the surface as a covering; to overspread; as, the scum mantled on the pool..
Scutellated :: Scutellated (a.) Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon..
Reversible :: Reversible (a.) Hence, having a pattern or finished surface on both sides, so that either may be used; -- said of fabrics..
Smooth :: Smooth (superl.) Causing no resistance to a body sliding along its surface; frictionless.
Plain :: Plain (a.) Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies..
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