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slovo definícia COMPAN (bouvier) COMPANY. An association of a number of individuals for the purpose of carrying on some legitimate business. 2. This term is not synonymous with partnership, though every such unincorporated compass is a partnership. 3. Usage has reserved this term to associations whose members are in greater number, their capital more considerable, and their enterprises greater, either on account of their risk or importance. 4. When these companies are authorized by the government, they are known by the name of corporations. (q.v.) 5. Sometimes the word is used to represent those members of a partnership whose names do not appear in the name of the firm; as, A.B & Company. Vide, 12 Toull. n, 97; Mortimer on Commerce, 128. Vide Club; Corporation; Firm; Parties to actions; Partnership.

podobné slovo definícia accompanied (mass) accompanied - sprevádzaný accompaniment (mass) accompaniment - sprievod accompanist (mass) accompanist - sprievod, korepetítor accompany (mass) accompany - sprevádzať accompanying (mass) accompanying - spravádzajúci companion (mass) companion - spoločník, sprievodca companionship (mass) companionship - spoločenstvo, priateľstvo company (mass) company - podnik, firma, spoločnosť insurance company (mass) insurance company - poisťovňa travel companion (mass) travel companion - spolucestujúci Accompanable (gcide) Accompanable \Ac*com"pa*na*ble\, a. Sociable. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] accompanied (gcide) accompanied \accompanied\ adj. 1. having companions or an escort Syn: accompanied (vs. un), attended [WordNet 1.5]Accompany \Ac*com"pa*ny\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accompanied; p. pr. & vb. n. Accompanying] [OF. aacompaignier, F. accompagner, to associate with, fr. OF. compaign, compain, companion. See Company.] 1. To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow. [1913 Webster] The Persian dames, . . . In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march. --Glover. [1913 Webster] They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To cohabit with. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert. [1913 Webster] Syn: To attend; escort; go with. Usage: To Accompany, Attend, Escort. We accompany those with whom we go as companions. The word imports an equality of station. We attend those whom we wait upon or follow. The word conveys an idea of subordination. We escort those whom we attend with a view to guard and protect. A gentleman accompanies a friend to some public place; he attends or escorts a lady. [1913 Webster] Accompanied (gcide) accompanied \accompanied\ adj. 1. having companions or an escort Syn: accompanied (vs. un), attended [WordNet 1.5]Accompany \Ac*com"pa*ny\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accompanied; p. pr. & vb. n. Accompanying] [OF. aacompaignier, F. accompagner, to associate with, fr. OF. compaign, compain, companion. See Company.] 1. To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow. [1913 Webster] The Persian dames, . . . In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march. --Glover. [1913 Webster] They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To cohabit with. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert. [1913 Webster] Syn: To attend; escort; go with. Usage: To Accompany, Attend, Escort. We accompany those with whom we go as companions. The word imports an equality of station. We attend those whom we wait upon or follow. The word conveys an idea of subordination. We escort those whom we attend with a view to guard and protect. A gentleman accompanies a friend to some public place; he attends or escorts a lady. [1913 Webster] Accompanier (gcide) Accompanier \Ac*com"pa*ni*er\, n. He who, or that which, accompanies. --Lamb. [1913 Webster] Accompaniment (gcide) Accompaniment \Ac*com"pa*ni*ment\ (-ment), n. [F. accompagnement.] That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry. Specifically: (Mus.) A part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass. --P. Cyc. [1913 Webster] Accompanist (gcide) Accompanist \Ac*com"pa*nist\, n. The performer in music who takes the accompanying part. --Busby. [1913 Webster] Accompany (gcide) Accompany \Ac*com"pa*ny\, v. i. 1. To associate in a company; to keep company. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Men say that they will drive away one another, . . . and not accompany together. --Holland. [1913 Webster] 2. To cohabit (with). [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition. [1913 Webster]Accompany \Ac*com"pa*ny\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accompanied; p. pr. & vb. n. Accompanying] [OF. aacompaignier, F. accompagner, to associate with, fr. OF. compaign, compain, companion. See Company.] 1. To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow. [1913 Webster] The Persian dames, . . . In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march. --Glover. [1913 Webster] They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To cohabit with. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert. [1913 Webster] Syn: To attend; escort; go with. Usage: To Accompany, Attend, Escort. We accompany those with whom we go as companions. The word imports an equality of station. We attend those whom we wait upon or follow. The word conveys an idea of subordination. We escort those whom we attend with a view to guard and protect. A gentleman accompanies a friend to some public place; he attends or escorts a lady. [1913 Webster] Accompanying (gcide) Accompany \Ac*com"pa*ny\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accompanied; p. pr. & vb. n. Accompanying] [OF. aacompaignier, F. accompagner, to associate with, fr. OF. compaign, compain, companion. See Company.] 1. To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow. [1913 Webster] The Persian dames, . . . In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march. --Glover. [1913 Webster] They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To cohabit with. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert. [1913 Webster] Syn: To attend; escort; go with. Usage: To Accompany, Attend, Escort. We accompany those with whom we go as companions. The word imports an equality of station. We attend those whom we wait upon or follow. The word conveys an idea of subordination. We escort those whom we attend with a view to guard and protect. A gentleman accompanies a friend to some public place; he attends or escorts a lady. [1913 Webster] accompanyist (gcide) accompanyist \accompanyist\ n. 1. a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano). Syn: accompanist [WordNet 1.5] Companable (gcide) Companable \Com"pa*na*ble\, a. [OF. compaignable.] Companionable; sociable. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Companator (gcide) Companator \Com"pa*na`tor\, n. [LL. companatores, pl.] (Eccl.) Same as Impanator. [1913 Webster] Companiable (gcide) Companiable \Com*pan"i*a*ble\, a. Companionable; sociable. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Companied (gcide) Company \Com"pa*ny\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Companied; p. pr. & vb. n. Companying.] To accompany or go with; to be companion to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Companies (gcide) Company \Com"pa*ny\ (k[u^]m"p[.a]*n[y^]), n.; pl. Companies (k[u^]m"p[.a]*n[i^]z). [F. compagnie, fr. OF. compaing. See Companion.] 1. The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Evil company doth corrupt good manners. --1 Cor. xv. 33. (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster] Brethren, farewell: your company along I will not wish. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A companion or companions. [1913 Webster] To thee and thy company I bid A hearty welcome. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient. [1913 Webster] Thou shalt meet a company of prophets. --1 Sam. x. 5. [1913 Webster] 4. Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine. [1913 Webster] 5. Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse. [1913 Webster] Nature has left every man a capacity of being agreeable, though not of shining in company. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 6. An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company. [1913 Webster] 7. Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co. [1913 Webster] 8. (Mil.) A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men. [1913 Webster] 9. (Naut.) The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company. [1913 Webster] 10. The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play. [1913 Webster] To keep company with. See under Keep, v. t. Syn: Assemblage; assembly; society; group; circle; crowd; troop; crew; gang; corporation; association; fraternity; guild; partnership; copartnery; union; club; party; gathering. [1913 Webster] Companion (gcide) Companion \Com*pan"ion\ (k[o^]m*p[a^]n"y[u^]n), n. [F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. an assumed LL. companio (cf. companium fellowship, a mess), fr. L. com- + panis bread. See Pantry.] 1. One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner. [1913 Webster] The companions of his fall. --Milton. [1913 Webster] The companion of fools shall smart for it. --Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster] Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest companions in the world. --Shak. [1913 Webster] A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate. --Trench. [1913 Webster] 2. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath. [1913 Webster] 3. A fellow; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. [Cf. OSp. compa[~n]a an outhouse, office.] (Naut.) (a) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck. (b) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch. [1913 Webster] Companion hatch (Naut.), a wooden porch over the entrance or staircase of the cabin. Companion ladder (Naut.), the ladder by which officers ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck. --Totten. Companion way (Naut.), a staircase leading to the cabin. Knights companions, in certain honorary orders, the members of the lowest grades as distinguished from knights commanders, knights grand cross, and the like. Syn: Associate; comrade; mate; compeer; partner; ally; confederate; coadjutor; accomplice. [1913 Webster]Companion \Com*pan"ion\, v. t. 1. To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany. [R.] --Ruskin. [1913 Webster] 2. To qualify as a companion; to make equal. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Companion me with my mistress. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Companion hatch (gcide) Hatch \Hatch\, n. [OE. hacche, AS. h[ae]c, cf. haca the bar of a door, D. hek gate, Sw. h[aum]ck coop, rack, Dan. hekke manger, rack. Prob. akin to E. hook, and first used of something made of pieces fastened together. Cf. Heck, Hack a frame.] 1. A door with an opening over it; a half door, sometimes set with spikes on the upper edge. [1913 Webster] In at the window, or else o'er the hatch. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish. [1913 Webster] 3. A flood gate; a sluice gate. --Ainsworth. [1913 Webster] 4. A bedstead. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 5. An opening in the deck of a vessel or floor of a warehouse which serves as a passageway or hoistway; a hatchway; also; a cover or door, or one of the covers used in closing such an opening. [1913 Webster] 6. (Mining) An opening into, or in search of, a mine. [1913 Webster] Booby hatch, Buttery hatch, Companion hatch, etc. See under Booby, Buttery, etc. To batten down the hatches (Naut.), to lay tarpaulins over them, and secure them with battens. To be under hatches, to be confined below in a vessel; to be under arrest, or in slavery, distress, etc. [1913 Webster]Companion \Com*pan"ion\ (k[o^]m*p[a^]n"y[u^]n), n. [F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. an assumed LL. companio (cf. companium fellowship, a mess), fr. L. com- + panis bread. See Pantry.] 1. One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner. [1913 Webster] The companions of his fall. --Milton. [1913 Webster] The companion of fools shall smart for it. --Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster] Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest companions in the world. --Shak. [1913 Webster] A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate. --Trench. [1913 Webster] 2. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath. [1913 Webster] 3. A fellow; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. [Cf. OSp. compa[~n]a an outhouse, office.] (Naut.) (a) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck. (b) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch. [1913 Webster] Companion hatch (Naut.), a wooden porch over the entrance or staircase of the cabin. Companion ladder (Naut.), the ladder by which officers ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck. --Totten. Companion way (Naut.), a staircase leading to the cabin. Knights companions, in certain honorary orders, the members of the lowest grades as distinguished from knights commanders, knights grand cross, and the like. Syn: Associate; comrade; mate; compeer; partner; ally; confederate; coadjutor; accomplice. [1913 Webster] Companion ladder (gcide) Companion \Com*pan"ion\ (k[o^]m*p[a^]n"y[u^]n), n. [F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. an assumed LL. companio (cf. companium fellowship, a mess), fr. L. com- + panis bread. See Pantry.] 1. One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner. [1913 Webster] The companions of his fall. --Milton. [1913 Webster] The companion of fools shall smart for it. --Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster] Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest companions in the world. --Shak. [1913 Webster] A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate. --Trench. [1913 Webster] 2. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath. [1913 Webster] 3. A fellow; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. [Cf. OSp. compa[~n]a an outhouse, office.] (Naut.) (a) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck. (b) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch. [1913 Webster] Companion hatch (Naut.), a wooden porch over the entrance or staircase of the cabin. Companion ladder (Naut.), the ladder by which officers ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck. --Totten. Companion way (Naut.), a staircase leading to the cabin. Knights companions, in certain honorary orders, the members of the lowest grades as distinguished from knights commanders, knights grand cross, and the like. Syn: Associate; comrade; mate; compeer; partner; ally; confederate; coadjutor; accomplice. [1913 Webster] Companion way (gcide) Companion \Com*pan"ion\ (k[o^]m*p[a^]n"y[u^]n), n. [F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. an assumed LL. companio (cf. companium fellowship, a mess), fr. L. com- + panis bread. See Pantry.] 1. One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner. [1913 Webster] The companions of his fall. --Milton. [1913 Webster] The companion of fools shall smart for it. --Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster] Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest companions in the world. --Shak. [1913 Webster] A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate. --Trench. [1913 Webster] 2. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath. [1913 Webster] 3. A fellow; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. [Cf. OSp. compa[~n]a an outhouse, office.] (Naut.) (a) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck. (b) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch. [1913 Webster] Companion hatch (Naut.), a wooden porch over the entrance or staircase of the cabin. Companion ladder (Naut.), the ladder by which officers ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck. --Totten. Companion way (Naut.), a staircase leading to the cabin. Knights companions, in certain honorary orders, the members of the lowest grades as distinguished from knights commanders, knights grand cross, and the like. Syn: Associate; comrade; mate; compeer; partner; ally; confederate; coadjutor; accomplice. [1913 Webster] Companionable (gcide) Companionable \Com*pan"ion*a*ble\, a. Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable. "Each companionable guest." --Mallett. "Companionable wit." --Clarendon. -- Com*pan"ion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*pan"ion*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster] Companionableness (gcide) Companionable \Com*pan"ion*a*ble\, a. Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable. "Each companionable guest." --Mallett. "Companionable wit." --Clarendon. -- Com*pan"ion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*pan"ion*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster] Companionably (gcide) Companionable \Com*pan"ion*a*ble\, a. Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable. "Each companionable guest." --Mallett. "Companionable wit." --Clarendon. -- Com*pan"ion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*pan"ion*a*bly, adv. [1913 Webster] companionate (gcide) companionate \companionate\ adj. companionlike; as, companionate marriage; a companionate dog. [WordNet 1.5] Companionless (gcide) Companionless \Com*pan"ion*less\, a. Without a companion. [1913 Webster] Companionship (gcide) Companionship \Com*pan"ion*ship\, n. Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping company with any one. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He never seemed to avail himself of my sympathy other than by mere companionship. --W. Irving [1913 Webster] companionway (gcide) companionway \companionway\ n. 1. a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship. [WordNet 1.5] Companula Trachelium (gcide) Mariet \Mar"i*et\, n. [F. mariette, prop. dim. of Marie Mary.] (Bot.) A kind of bellflower, Companula Trachelium, once called Viola Mariana; but it is not a violet. [1913 Webster] Company (gcide) Company \Com"pa*ny\ (k[u^]m"p[.a]*n[y^]), n.; pl. Companies (k[u^]m"p[.a]*n[i^]z). [F. compagnie, fr. OF. compaing. See Companion.] 1. The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Evil company doth corrupt good manners. --1 Cor. xv. 33. (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster] Brethren, farewell: your company along I will not wish. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A companion or companions. [1913 Webster] To thee and thy company I bid A hearty welcome. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient. [1913 Webster] Thou shalt meet a company of prophets. --1 Sam. x. 5. [1913 Webster] 4. Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine. [1913 Webster] 5. Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse. [1913 Webster] Nature has left every man a capacity of being agreeable, though not of shining in company. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 6. An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company. [1913 Webster] 7. Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co. [1913 Webster] 8. (Mil.) A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men. [1913 Webster] 9. (Naut.) The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company. [1913 Webster] 10. The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play. [1913 Webster] To keep company with. See under Keep, v. t. Syn: Assemblage; assembly; society; group; circle; crowd; troop; crew; gang; corporation; association; fraternity; guild; partnership; copartnery; union; club; party; gathering. [1913 Webster]Company \Com"pa*ny\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Companied; p. pr. & vb. n. Companying.] To accompany or go with; to be companion to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]Company \Com"pa*ny\, v. i. 1. To associate. [1913 Webster] Men which have companied with us all the time. --Acts i. 21. [1913 Webster] 2. To be a gay companion. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. To have sexual commerce. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] Companying (gcide) Company \Com"pa*ny\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Companied; p. pr. & vb. n. Companying.] To accompany or go with; to be companion to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Discompany (gcide) Discompany \Dis*com"pa*ny\, v. t. To free from company; to dissociate. [R.] [1913 Webster] It she be alone now, and discompanied. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] Fire company (gcide) Fire \Fire\ (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[=y]r; akin to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[=y]ri, f[=u]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf. Empyrean, Pyre.] 1. The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition. [1913 Webster] Note: The form of fire exhibited in the combustion of gases in an ascending stream or current is called flame. Anciently, fire, air, earth, and water were regarded as the four elements of which all things are composed. [1913 Webster] 2. Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace. [1913 Webster] 3. The burning of a house or town; a conflagration. [1913 Webster] 4. Anything which destroys or affects like fire. [1913 Webster] 5. Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth; consuming violence of temper. [1913 Webster] he had fire in his temper. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] 6. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal. [1913 Webster] And bless their critic with a poet's fire. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 7. Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star. [1913 Webster] Stars, hide your fires. --Shak. [1913 Webster] As in a zodiac representing the heavenly fires. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 8. Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction. [1913 Webster] 9. The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire. [1913 Webster] Blue fire, Red fire, Green fire (Pyrotech.), compositions of various combustible substances, as sulphur, niter, lampblack, etc., the flames of which are colored by various metallic salts, as those of antimony, strontium, barium, etc. Fire alarm (a) A signal given on the breaking out of a fire. (b) An apparatus for giving such an alarm. Fire annihilator, a machine, device, or preparation to be kept at hand for extinguishing fire by smothering it with some incombustible vapor or gas, as carbonic acid. Fire balloon. (a) A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire placed in the lower part. (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height. --Simmonds. Fire bar, a grate bar. Fire basket, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight. Fire beetle. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary. Fire blast, a disease of plants which causes them to appear as if burnt by fire. Fire box, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for the fire. Fire brick, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and used for lining fire boxes, etc. Fire brigade, an organized body of men for extinguished fires. Fire bucket. See under Bucket. Fire bug, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac. [U.S.] Fire clay. See under Clay. Fire company, a company of men managing an engine in extinguishing fires. Fire cross. See Fiery cross. [Obs.] --Milton. Fire damp. See under Damp. Fire dog. See Firedog, in the Vocabulary. Fire drill. (a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for practice. (b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; -- used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by many savage peoples. Fire eater. (a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire. (b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur. [Colloq.] Fire engine, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels, for throwing water to extinguish fire. Fire escape, a contrivance for facilitating escape from burning buildings. Fire gilding (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off afterward by heat. Fire gilt (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire gilding. Fire insurance, the act or system of insuring against fire; also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium or small percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an owner of property from loss by fire during a specified period. Fire irons, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs, poker, and shovel. Fire main, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out fire. Fire master (Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the composition of fireworks. Fire office, an office at which to effect insurance against fire. Fire opal, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections. Fire ordeal, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon red-hot irons. --Abbot. Fire pan, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun. Fire plug, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires. Fire policy, the writing or instrument expressing the contract of insurance against loss by fire. Fire pot. (a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles, formerly used as a missile in war. (b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a furnace. (c) A crucible. (d) A solderer's furnace. Fire raft, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting fire to an enemy's ships. Fire roll, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to their quarters in case of fire. Fire setting (Mining), the process of softening or cracking the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond. Fire ship, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting fire to an enemy's ships. Fire shovel, a shovel for taking up coals of fire. Fire stink, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites, caused by the formation of hydrogen sulfide. --Raymond. Fire surface, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of combustion; heating surface. Fire swab, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc. --Farrow. Fire teaser, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine. Fire water, a strong alcoholic beverage; -- so called by the American Indians. Fire worship, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India. Greek fire. See under Greek. On fire, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager; zealous. Running fire, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of troops. St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn. St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint Elmo. To set on fire, to inflame; to kindle. To take fire, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion. [1913 Webster] Flank company (gcide) Flank \Flank\ (fl[a^][ng]k), n. [F. flanc, prob. fr. L. flaccus flabby, with n inserted. Cf. Flaccid, Flanch, Flange.] 1. The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mil.) (a) The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side. [1913 Webster] When to right and left the front Divided, and to either flank retired. --Milton. (b) (Fort.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet. See Illust. of Bastion. [1913 Webster] 3. (Arch.) The side of any building. --Brands. [1913 Webster] 4. That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line. [1913 Webster] Flank attack (Mil.), an attack upon the side of an army or body of troops, distinguished from one upon its front or rear. Flank company (Mil.), a certain number of troops drawn up on the right or left of a battalion; usually grenadiers, light infantry, or riflemen. Flank defense (Fort.), protection of a work against undue exposure to an enemy's direct fire, by means of the fire from other works, sweeping the ground in its front. Flank en potence (Mil.), any part of the right or left wing formed at a projecting angle with the line. Flank files, the first men on the right, and the last on the left, of a company, battalion, etc. Flank march, a march made parallel or obliquely to an enemy's position, in order to turn it or to attack him on the flank. Flank movement, a change of march by an army, or portion of one, in order to turn one or both wings of the enemy, or to take up a new position. Flanks of a frontier, salient points in a national boundary, strengthened to protect the frontier against hostile incursion. Flank patrol, detachments acting independently of the column of an army, but patrolling along its flanks, to secure it against surprise and to observe the movements of the enemy. [1913 Webster] Foot company (gcide) Foot \Foot\ (f[oo^]t), n.; pl. Feet (f[=e]t). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[=o]t, pl. f[=e]t; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[=o]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f[=o]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy`s, Skr. p[=a]d, Icel. fet step, pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way. [root]77, 250. Cf. Antipodes, Cap-a-pie, Expedient, Fet to fetch, Fetlock, Fetter, Pawn a piece in chess, Pedal.] 1. (Anat.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum. [1913 Webster] 3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking. [1913 Webster] 4. The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain, column, or page; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed;; the foot of the page. [1913 Webster] And now at foot Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular. [1913 Webster] Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason. --Berkeley. [1913 Webster] 6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular. [R.] [1913 Webster] As to his being on the foot of a servant. --Walpole. [1913 Webster] 7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard. [1913 Webster] Note: This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. It differs in length in different countries. In the United States and in England it is 304.8 millimeters. [1913 Webster] 8. (Mil.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. "Both horse and foot." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 9. (Pros.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent. [1913 Webster] 10. (Naut.) The lower edge of a sail. [1913 Webster] Note: Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or lower part. It is also much used as the first of compounds. [1913 Webster] Foot artillery. (Mil.) (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot. (b) Heavy artillery. --Farrow. Foot bank (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet. Foot barracks (Mil.), barracks for infantery. Foot bellows, a bellows worked by a treadle. --Knight. Foot company (Mil.), a company of infantry. --Milton. Foot gear, covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots. Foot hammer (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle. Foot iron. (a) The step of a carriage. (b) A fetter. Foot jaw. (Zool.) See Maxilliped. Foot key (Mus.), an organ pedal. Foot level (Gunnery), a form of level used in giving any proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance. --Farrow. Foot mantle, a long garment to protect the dress in riding; a riding skirt. [Obs.] Foot page, an errand boy; an attendant. [Obs.] Foot passenger, one who passes on foot, as over a road or bridge. Foot pavement, a paved way for foot passengers; a footway; a trottoir. Foot poet, an inferior poet; a poetaster. [R.] --Dryden. Foot post. (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot. (b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers. Fot pound, & Foot poundal. (Mech.) See Foot pound and Foot poundal, in the Vocabulary. Foot press (Mach.), a cutting, embossing, or printing press, moved by a treadle. Foot race, a race run by persons on foot. --Cowper. Foot rail, a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the lower side. Foot rot, an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness. Foot rule, a rule or measure twelve inches long. Foot screw, an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place. Foot secretion. (Zool.) See Sclerobase. Foot soldier, a soldier who serves on foot. Foot stick (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place. Foot stove, a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for warming the feet. Foot tubercle. (Zool.) See Parapodium. Foot valve (Steam Engine), the valve that opens to the air pump from the condenser. Foot vise, a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by a treadle. Foot waling (Naut.), the inside planks or lining of a vessel over the floor timbers. --Totten. Foot wall (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein. [1913 Webster] By foot, or On foot, by walking; as, to pass a stream on foot. Cubic foot. See under Cubic. Foot and mouth disease, a contagious disease (Eczema epizo["o]tica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc., characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in the mouth and about the hoofs. Foot of the fine (Law), the concluding portion of an acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of land was conveyed. See Fine of land, under Fine, n.; also Chirograph. (b). Square foot. See under Square. To be on foot, to be in motion, action, or process of execution. To keep the foot (Script.), to preserve decorum. "Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God." --Eccl. v. 1. To put one's foot down, to take a resolute stand; to be determined. [Colloq.] To put the best foot foremost, to make a good appearance; to do one's best. [Colloq.] To set on foot, to put in motion; to originate; as, to set on foot a subscription. To put one on his feet, or set one on his feet, to put one in a position to go on; to assist to start. Under foot. (a) Under the feet; (Fig.) at one's mercy; as, to trample under foot. --Gibbon. (b) Below par. [Obs.] "They would be forced to sell . . . far under foot." --Bacon. [1913 Webster] holding company (gcide) holding company \holding company\ n. (Finance) A company that controls other independently incorporated companies by ownership of most or all of their stock, but does not directly control the daily operations of those companies. [PJC] hook-and-ladder company (gcide) hook-and-ladder company \hook"-and-lad"der com"pa*ny\, n. A company of firefighters who operate a hook-and-ladder truck; a fire company; called also ladder company. [PJC] hook and ladder truck hook-and-ladder truck Hose company (gcide) Hose \Hose\ (h[=o]z), n.; pl. Hose, formerly Hosen (h[=o]"z'n). [AS. hose; akin to D. hoos, G. hose breeches, OHG. hosa, Icel. hosa stocking, gather, Dan. hose stocking; cf. Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.] 1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn, reaching to the knee. [1913 Webster] These men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments. --Dan. iii. 21. [1913 Webster] His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a stocking or stockings. [1913 Webster] 3. A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine. [1913 Webster] Hose carriage, Hose cart, or Hose truck, a wheeled vehicle fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires. Hose company, a company of men appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [U.S.] Hose coupling, coupling with interlocking parts for uniting hose, end to end. Hose wrench, a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite or disconnect them. [1913 Webster] Independent company (gcide) Independent \In`de*pend"ent\, a. [Pref. in- not + dependent: cf. F. ind['e]pendant.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; as, few men are wholly independent. [1913 Webster] A dry, but independent crust. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 2. Affording a comfortable livelihood; as, an independent property. [1913 Webster] 3. Not subject to bias or influence; not obsequious; self-directing; as, a man of an independent mind. [1913 Webster] 4. Expressing or indicating the feeling of independence; free; easy; bold; unconstrained; as, an independent air or manner. [1913 Webster] 5. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective. [1913 Webster] That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement. --R. P. Ward. [1913 Webster] 6. (Eccl.) Belonging or pertaining to, or holding to the doctrines or methods of, the Independents. [1913 Webster] 7. (Math.) Not dependent upon another quantity in respect to value or rate of variation; -- said of quantities or functions. [1913 Webster] 8. (U. S. Politics) Not bound by party; exercising a free choice in voting with either or any party. [1913 Webster] Independent company (Mil.), one not incorporated in any regiment. Independent seconds watch, a stop watch having a second hand driven by a separate set of wheels, springs, etc., for timing to a fraction of a second. Independent variable. (Math.) See Dependent variable, under Dependent. Syn: Free; uncontrolled; separate; uncoerced; self-reliant; bold; unconstrained; unrestricted. [1913 Webster] Insurance company (gcide) Insurance \In*sur"ance\, n. [From Insure.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. Assurance, n., 6. [1913 Webster] Note: The person who undertakes to pay in case of loss is termed the insurer; the danger against which he undertakes, the risk; the person protected, the insured; the sum which he pays for the protection, the premium; and the contract itself, when reduced to form, the policy. --Johnson's Cyc. [1913 Webster] 2. The premium paid for insuring property or life. [1913 Webster] 3. The sum for which life or property is insured. [1913 Webster] 4. A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The most acceptable insurance of the divine protection. --Mickle. [1913 Webster] 5. Hence: Any means of assuring against loss; a precaution; as, we always use our seat belts as insurance against injury. [PJC] Accident insurance, insurance against pecuniary loss by reason of accident to the person. Endowment insurance or Endowment assurance, a combination of life insurance and investment such that if the person upon whose life a risk is taken dies before a certain specified time the insurance becomes due at once, and if he survives, it becomes due at the time specified. Also called whole life insurance. Fire insurance. See under Fire. Insurance broker, a broker or agent who effects insurance. Insurance company, a company or corporation whose business it is to insure against loss, damage, or death. Insurance policy, a certificate of insurance; the document containing the contract made by an insurance company with a person whose property or life is insured. Life insurance. See under Life. [1913 Webster] Joint-stock company (gcide) Joint \Joint\ (joint), a. [F., p. p. of joindre. See Join.] [1913 Webster] 1. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as, joint action. [1913 Webster] 2. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together. [1913 Webster] I read this joint effusion twice over. --T. Hook. [1913 Webster] 3. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; a joint bank account; joint debtor, etc. "Joint tenants of the world." --Donne. [1913 Webster] 4. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond. [1913 Webster] A joint burden laid upon us all. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Joint committee (Parliamentary Practice), a committee composed of members of the two houses of a legislative body, for the appointment of which concurrent resolutions of the two houses are necessary. --Cushing. Joint meeting, or Joint session, the meeting or session of two distinct bodies as one; as, a joint meeting of committees representing different corporations; a joint session of both branches of a State legislature to chose a United States senator. "Such joint meeting shall not be dissolved until the electoral votes are all counted and the result declared." --Joint Rules of Congress, U. S. Joint resolution (Parliamentary Practice), a resolution adopted concurrently by the two branches of a legislative body. "By the constitution of the United States and the rules of the two houses, no absolute distinction is made between bills and joint resolutions." --Barclay (Digest). Joint rule (Parliamentary Practice), a rule of proceeding adopted by the concurrent action of both branches of a legislative assembly. "Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that the sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the remainder of the session." --Journal H. of R., U. S. Joint and several (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt, credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged both together and individually thus a joint and several debt is one for which all the debtors may be sued together or either of them individually; used especially in the phrase joint and several liability. Joint stock, stock held in company. Joint-stock company (Law), a species of partnership, consisting generally of a large number of members, having a capital divided, or agreed to be divided, into shares, the shares owned by any member being usually transferable without the consent of the rest. Joint tenancy (Law), a tenure by two or more persons of estate by unity of interest, title, time, and possession, under which the survivor takes the whole. --Blackstone. Joint tenant (Law), one who holds an estate by joint tenancy. Contrassted with tenant in common. [1913 Webster] Knights companions (gcide) Companion \Com*pan"ion\ (k[o^]m*p[a^]n"y[u^]n), n. [F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. an assumed LL. companio (cf. companium fellowship, a mess), fr. L. com- + panis bread. See Pantry.] 1. One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner. [1913 Webster] The companions of his fall. --Milton. [1913 Webster] The companion of fools shall smart for it. --Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster] Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest companions in the world. --Shak. [1913 Webster] A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate. --Trench. [1913 Webster] 2. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath. [1913 Webster] 3. A fellow; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. [Cf. OSp. compa[~n]a an outhouse, office.] (Naut.) (a) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck. (b) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch. [1913 Webster] Companion hatch (Naut.), a wooden porch over the entrance or staircase of the cabin. Companion ladder (Naut.), the ladder by which officers ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck. --Totten. Companion way (Naut.), a staircase leading to the cabin. Knights companions, in certain honorary orders, the members of the lowest grades as distinguished from knights commanders, knights grand cross, and the like. Syn: Associate; comrade; mate; compeer; partner; ally; confederate; coadjutor; accomplice. [1913 Webster] ladder company (gcide) hook-and-ladder company \hook"-and-lad"der com"pa*ny\, n. A company of firefighters who operate a hook-and-ladder truck; a fire company; called also ladder company. [PJC] hook and ladder truck hook-and-ladder truckladder company \ladder company\, ladder truck \ladder truck\n. Same as hook-and-ladder company, hook-and-ladder truck. [PJC] Limited company (gcide) Limited \Lim"it*ed\ (l[i^]m"[i^]t*[e^]d), a. Confined within limits; narrow; circumscribed; restricted; as, our views of nature are very limited. [1913 Webster] Limited company, a company in which the liability of each shareholder is limited by the number of shares he has taken, so that he can not be called on to contribute beyond the amount of his shares. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. [1913 Webster] Mutual insurance company (gcide) Mutual \Mu"tu*al\, a. [F. mutuel, L. mutuus, orig., exchanged, borrowed, lent; akin to mutare to change. See Mutable.] 1. Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, advantage, assistance, aversion, etc. [1913 Webster] Conspiracy and mutual promise. --Sir T. More. [1913 Webster] Happy in our mutual help, And mutual love. --Milton. [1913 Webster] A certain shyness on such subjects, which was mutual between the sisters. --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] 2. Possessed, experienced, or done by two or more persons or things at the same time; common; joint; as, mutual happiness; a mutual effort. --Burke. [1913 Webster] A vast accession of misery and woe from the mutual weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth. --Bentley. [1913 Webster] Note: This use of mutual as synonymous with common is inconsistent with the idea of interchange, or reciprocal relation, which properly belongs to it; but the word has been so used by many writers of high authority. The present tendency is toward a careful discrimination. [1913 Webster] Mutual, as Johnson will tell us, means something reciprocal, a giving and taking. How could people have mutual ancestors? --P. Harrison. [1913 Webster] Mutual insurance, agreement among a number of persons to insure each other against loss, as by fire, death, or accident. Mutual insurance company, one which does a business of insurance on the mutual principle, the policy holders sharing losses and profits pro rata. [1913 Webster] Syn: Reciprocal; interchanged; common. [1913 Webster] Pot companion (gcide) Pot \Pot\, n. [Akin to LG. pott, D. pot, Dan. potte, Sw. potta, Icel. pottr, F. pot; of unknown origin.] 1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot. [1913 Webster] 2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug. [1913 Webster] 3. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale. "Give her a pot and a cake." --De Foe. [1913 Webster] 4. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot. [1913 Webster] 5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot. [1913 Webster] 6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc. [1913 Webster] 7. A perforated cask for draining sugar. --Knight. [1913 Webster] 8. A size of paper. See Pott. [1913 Webster] 9. marijuana. [slang] [PJC] 10. The total of the bets at stake at one time, as in racing or card playing; the pool; also (Racing, Eng.) a horse heavily backed; a favorite. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 11. (Armor) A plain defensive headpiece; later, and perhaps in a jocose sense, any helmet; -- called also {pot helmet}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 12. (Card Playing) The total of the bets at one time; the pool. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Jack pot. See under 2d Jack. Pot cheese, cottage cheese. See under Cottage. Pot companion, a companion in drinking. Pot hanger, a pothook. Pot herb, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane, and many others. Pot hunter, one who kills anything and everything that will help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for the table or for the market. Pot metal. (a) The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron. (b) An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts. --Ure. (c) A kind of stained glass, the colors of which are incorporated with the melted glass in the pot. --Knight. Pot plant (Bot.), either of the trees which bear the monkey-pot. Pot wheel (Hydraul.), a noria. To go to pot, to go to destruction; to come to an end of usefulness; to become refuse. [Colloq.] --Dryden. --J. G. Saxe. [1913 Webster]