- Improvises
- Improvises when Liberal Party member is exposed in sad bungle
- Speaks off the cuff to leave tabloids in a frenzy
- Speaks without notes
- Wings it
- Bind
- Bind securely
- Bridge support
- Tie up
- A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass.
- A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the
body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a woman's dress; a
stomacher.
- A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up
the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other
purposes.
- A small New Zealand owl (Sceloglaux albifacies). It has
short wings and long legs, and lives chiefly on the ground.
- A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to
be fatal. See Basilisk.
- A representation of this serpent. It has the head,
wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.
- A venomous serpent which which cannot now be
identified.
- Any venomous or deadly thing.
- An outwork composed of two demibastions joined by a
curtain. It is connected with the works in rear by long wings.
- Situated below the costas, or ribs; as, the subcostal
muscles.
- A subcostal muscle.
- One of the principal nervures of the wings of an insect.
It is situated next beneath or behind the costal. See Nervure.
- A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the
size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed delicious food when
fattened. Called also bunting.
- In England, the wheatear (Saxicola oenanthe).
- In America, the sora, or Carolina rail (Porzana Carolina).
See Sora.