Spiral definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SPI'RAL, a. [L. spira ... in the Place Vendeme, at Paris, is divided by a spiral line into compartments. It is formed with spiral compartments, on which are engraved figures emblematical of the victories ... the French armies. A whirlwind is so named from the spiral motion of the air. Water in a tunnel descends in a spiral form. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: in the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate] n 1: a plane ...
... Rivers spring from lakes or ponds. 10. To leap; to bound; to jump. The mountain stag that springs from highth to ... an abutment or pier. SPRING, n. 1. A leap; a bound; a jump; as of an animal. The prisner with a ... propelled movement upwards or forwards [syn: leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce] v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The ... puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" [syn: jump, leap, bound, spring] 2: develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began ... after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet] 4: develop suddenly; "The tire sprang ... the act or an instance of leaping up or forward ; bound b. (1) capacity for springing ; resilience (2) energy, bounce ...
... to a great height. 2. To spring; to leap; to bound; to prance; to frolic. Their bridles they would champ - and ... with a broad.] RAMP, n. A leap; a spring; a bound. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an inclined surface ... snatch, and cf. Romp.] 1. To spring; to leap; to bound; to rear; to prance; to become rampant; hence, to frolic ... Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. n. Leap, spring, bound. II. v. n. 1. Climb, creep up. 2. Spring, bound, leap, prance, gambol, frolic, sport, play, romp. 3. Spring violently, rage, bound wildly. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue To snatch, ...
... obligatory. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bind Bind, v. t. [imp. Bound; p. p. Bound, formerly Bounden; p. pr. & vb. n. Binding.] [AS. bindan, perfect ... the floods from overflowing. --Job xxviii. 11. Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years. --Luke xiii. 16. 3. To cover ... tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other. Who made ... indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service. To bind over, to put under bonds ... sewing, signature, skirting, slipcase, slipcover, smashing, soft binding, solid, sound, spiral binding, splice, stamping, standard, stapling, statutory, sticking, substantial, sufficient, ...
... bulging in the middle, made of staves and heading, and bound with hoops. 2. The quantity which a barrel contains. Of ... greater length than breadth that is usually made of staves bound with hoops and has flat ends of equal diameter 2 ... in which an aircraft follows a single turn of a spiral while rolling once about its longitudinal axis. barrel vault Archit ... volta an arch. See the Etymology above.] A leap or bound. Specifically: (a) (Man.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet. (b) A leap ... than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. 2. ...
... a leap. See Spring, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke ... The principal varieties of springs used in mechanisms are the spiral spring (Fig. a), the coil spring (Fig. b), the elliptic ... which is to make the leaves of a book thus bound (as a ledger or other account or blank book) spring ... for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring of steel. Spring beam, a beam that supports the ... fr. Gr. ? driver, fr. ? to drive.] 1. (Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the spores, as in some liverworts. 2 ...
... A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell. Coarctate, or Obtected, pupa, a pupa which is incased ... in many Diptera. Masked pupa, a pupa whose limbs are bound down and partly concealed by a chitinous covering, as in ... A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell. Coarctate, or Obtected, pupa, a pupa which is incased ... in many Diptera. Masked pupa, a pupa whose limbs are bound down and partly concealed by a chitinous covering, as in ...
... a leap. See Spring, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke ... The principal varieties of springs used in mechanisms are the spiral spring (Fig. a), the coil spring (Fig. b), the elliptic ... which is to make the leaves of a book thus bound (as a ledger or other account or blank book) spring ... for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring of steel. Spring beam, a beam that supports the ...
... a leap. See Spring, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke ... The principal varieties of springs used in mechanisms are the spiral spring (Fig. a), the coil spring (Fig. b), the elliptic ... which is to make the leaves of a book thus bound (as a ledger or other account or blank book) spring ... for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring of steel. Spring beam, a beam that supports the ...
... a leap. See Spring, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke ... The principal varieties of springs used in mechanisms are the spiral spring (Fig. a), the coil spring (Fig. b), the elliptic ... which is to make the leaves of a book thus bound (as a ledger or other account or blank book) spring ... for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring of steel. Spring beam, a beam that supports the ...
... a leap. See Spring, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke ... The principal varieties of springs used in mechanisms are the spiral spring (Fig. a), the coil spring (Fig. b), the elliptic ... which is to make the leaves of a book thus bound (as a ledger or other account or blank book) spring ... for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring of steel. Spring beam, a beam that supports the ...
... a leap. See Spring, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke ... The principal varieties of springs used in mechanisms are the spiral spring (Fig. a), the coil spring (Fig. b), the elliptic ... which is to make the leaves of a book thus bound (as a ledger or other account or blank book) spring ... for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring of steel. Spring beam, a beam that supports the ...
... a leap. See Spring, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke ... The principal varieties of springs used in mechanisms are the spiral spring (Fig. a), the coil spring (Fig. b), the elliptic ... which is to make the leaves of a book thus bound (as a ledger or other account or blank book) spring ... for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring of steel. Spring beam, a beam that supports the ...
... a leap. See Spring, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke ... The principal varieties of springs used in mechanisms are the spiral spring (Fig. a), the coil spring (Fig. b), the elliptic ... which is to make the leaves of a book thus bound (as a ledger or other account or blank book) spring ... for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring of steel. Spring beam, a beam that supports the ...