direct draft

In steam-boilers, when the hot air and smoke pa off in a single direct flue. In contradistinction to a reverting, a wheel, or a split draft. IMG:content-2574.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To point, set, or lay in a direct or straight line toward a place or object. "And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen." Gen. xlvi. 20. 2. To point out or show the direct or right road to. "Direct me, if it be your will, Where great Aufidius lies." --Shakesp.: Coriol., iv. 4. 3. To addre , or inscribe with an addre or direction. "A cargo of copes, images, beads, cro es, and censers arrived at Leith directed to Lord Perth."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. vi. 4. To addre , speak, or utter to a person. "Words sweetly placed and modestly directed." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I., v. 3. 5. To aim or point; to design, to intend. "Offenders against whom Sacheverell's clause was directed."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xv. 6. To lead, to guide, to regulate, to prescribe a course to. IMG:content-2575.png:[blocks in formation] How I shall take her from her father's house." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice, ii. 4. man of busine 1417 To direct is always used with regard to others; to regulate frequently with regard to ourselves. One person directs another according to his better judgment; he regulates his own conduct by principles or circumstances." ( Crabb : Eng . Synon.) (2) For the difference between to direct and to conduct , see CONDUCT. di-rect-ěd, pa . par . or a. [DIRECT, v.] *di-rěc-tër, di-rěc-tõr, s . [DIRECTOR.] di-rěct'-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [DIRECT, v.] directly (2) He thus discriminates between direction and order: " Direction contains most of instruction in it; order most of authority. Directions should be followed; orders obeyed. It is nece ary to direct those who are unable to act for themselves; it is nece ary to order those whose busine it is to exe cute the orders. Directions extend to the moral conduct of others, as well as to the ordinary concerns of life; orders are confined to the personal convenience of the individual. A parent directs a child as to his behavior in company, or as to his conduct when he enters life; a teacher directs his A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the pupil in the choice of books, or in the distribution verb.) C. As substantive: 1. The act of laying, placing, or setting in a direct line with any object or place. 2. The act of addre ing, or inscribing with the addre or direction of a person. 3. The act of instructing, guiding, leading, or ordering. directing-circle, s. Fort.: A ring used in giving the proper shape in making gabions.