{ } n. (Mach.) The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also baseplate and soleplate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, as a Carolus or Jacobus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cod, n., &unr_; + piece. ] A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous. Shak. Fosbroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Head. [ 1913 Webster ]

In his headpiece he felt a sore pain. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Understanding; mental faculty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eumenes had the best headpiece of all Alexander's captains. Prideaux. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bowling) n. The front pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins.
Syn. -- kingpin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The most important North American species are the pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin (Tringa alpina); the purple sandpiper (Tringa maritima: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot (Tringa canutus); the semipalmated sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail (Actitis macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or upland plover. See under Upland. Among the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucus syn. Tringoides hypoleucus), called also fiddler, peeper, pleeps, weet-weet, and summer snipe. Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called sandpipers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A small lamprey eel; the pride. [ 1913 Webster ]

Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew. --
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) The purple sandpiper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Engin.) A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level at a distance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Steam Boiler) A supply pipe of sufficient elevation to enable the water to flow into the boiler, notwithstanding the pressure of the steam. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung. [ 1913 Webster ]