n. a passage allowing entry or exit; an entryway.
n. The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building; facing. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus
n. (Bot.) A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (
Australian lancewood,
n. Same as Lattice, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed. [ 1913 Webster ]
The reaping was piecework, at so much per acre. R. Jefferies. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) The wood of two small tropical American trees (Hamelia ventricosa, and Cordia gerascanthoides). It is brownish, veined with lighter color. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) The squinancy. Called also
n. An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) An American shrub (Lindera Benzoin), the bark of which has a spicy taste and odor; -- called also