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n. Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem. [ 1913 Webster ]

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Job. v. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Croftland. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Textile Manuf.) Exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. writing a first version to be filled out and polished later. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the craft of drawing blueprints.
Syn. -- mechanical drawing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. a creation of artistic drawings.
Syn. -- drawing, draftsmanship. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the decade from 1950 to 1959. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the time of life between 50 and 60.
Syn. -- mid-fifties. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ AS. fīftigoða. See Fifty. ] 1. Next in order after the forty-ninth; -- the ordinal of fifty. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting of one of fifty equal parts or divisions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of fifty equal parts; the quotient of a unit divided by fifty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Hort.) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Surg.) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Carp.) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cleft grafting (Hort.) a method of grafting in which the scion is placed in a cleft or slit in the stock or stump made by sawing off a branch, usually in such a manaer that its bark evenly joins that of the stock. --
Crown grafting or
Rind grafting, (Hort.) a method of grafting which the alburnum and inner bark are separated, and between them is inserted the lower end of the scion cut slantwise. --
Saddle grafting, a mode of grafting in which a deep cleft is made in the end of the scion by two sloping cuts, and the end of the stock is made wedge-shaped to fit the cleft in the scion, which is placed upon it saddlewise. --
Side grafting, a mode of grafting in which the scion, cut quite across very obliquely, so as to give it the form of a slender wedge, is thrust down inside of the bark of the stock or stem into which it is inserted, the cut side of the scion being next the wood of the stock. --
Skin grafting. (Surg.) See Autoplasty. --
Splice grafting (Hort.), a method of grafting by cutting the ends of the scion and stock completely across and obliquely, in such a manner that the sections are of the same shape, then lapping the ends so that the one cut surface exactly fits the other, and securing them by tying or otherwise. --
Whip grafting, tongue grafting, the same as splice grafting, except that a cleft or slit is made in the end of both scion and stock, in the direction of the grain and in the middle of the sloping surface, forming a kind of tongue, so that when put together, the tongue of each is inserted in the slit of the other. --
Grafting scissors, a surgeon's scissors, used in rhinoplastic operations, etc. --
Grafting tool. (a) Any tool used in grafting. (b) A very strong curved spade used in digging canals. --
Grafting wax, a composition of rosin, beeswax tallow, etc., used in binding up the wounds of newly grafted trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an intermission between the first and second half of a game, especially a football game. Also used attributively, as the halftime entertainment [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. Inclined toward the political left. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a person who belongs to the political left.
Syn. -- socialist, collectivist, left-winger. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. same as left-wing.
Syn. -- left-of-center, left-wing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Used in, or for, or by, lifting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lifting bridge, a lift bridge. --
Lifting jack. See 2d Jack, 5. --
Lifting machine. See Health lift, under Health. --
Lifting pump. (Mach.) (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level. (b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump. --
Lifting rod, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats. --
Lifting sail (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ From Lofty. ] In a lofty manner or position; haughtily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being lofty. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Golf) Same as Lofter. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. the time of life between 50 and 60.
Syn. -- fifties. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Muftis [ Ar. mufti. ] 1. An official expounder of Muslim law. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the chief legal advisers to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. [ PJC ]

n. Ordinary civilian dress when worn by persons who serve in a uniformed service, such as the military or police. It originally was used in reference to British naval or military officers, and originated with the British service in India. [ Colloq. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The business of making or managing rafts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mach.) Shafts, collectivelly; a system of connected shafts for communicating motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being shifty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Diplomatic shiftiness and political versatility. J. A. Syminds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Adapted or used for shifting anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shifting backstays (Naut.), temporary stays that have to be let go whenever the vessel tacks or jibes. --
Shifting ballast, ballast which may be moved from one side of a vessel to another as safety requires. --
Shifting center. See Metacenter. --
Shifting locomotive. See Switching engine, under Switch. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a shifting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Larceny committed in a shop; the stealing of anything from a shop. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Snift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Snifting valve, a small valve opening into the atmosphere from the cylinder or condenser of a steam engine, to allow the escape of air when the piston makes a stroke; -- so called from the noise made by its action. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat soft. De Witt Clinton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a thrifty manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Carefully; properly; becomingly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A young clerk . . . in Latin thriftily them gret [ greeted ]. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. Unthriftiness. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Not thriftily. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Improperly; unbecomingly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]