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2008 novel by Joan Thomas
Reading by Lightning is the debut novel by Joan Thomas, published in 2008 by Goose Lane Editions. The novel's central character is Lily Piper, a young
Reading_by_Lightning
Weather phenomenon involving electrostatic discharge
Lightning is a natural phenomenon consisting of electrostatic discharges occurring through the atmosphere between two electrically charged regions. One
Lightning
Atmospheric electrical phenomenon
Ball lightning is a rare and unexplained phenomenon described as luminescent spherical objects that vary from pea-sized to several meters in diameter
Ball_lightning
Proprietary computer bus and power connector by Apple Inc
Lightning is a discontinued proprietary computer bus and power connector, created and designed by Apple Inc. It was introduced on September 12, 2012,
Lightning_(connector)
American stealth multirole fighter aircraft
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, supersonic stealth strike fighters. A multirole combat aircraft
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II
Play written by David Ives
with the director/writer reading the part of Severin von Kushemski. Much happens during this dynamic reading, as lightning flashes and thunder crashes
Venus_in_Fur
Interceptor aircraft, British, 1960s–1980s
Electric Lightning is a British fighter aircraft that served as an interceptor from 1960 to 1988. It is capable of a top speed above Mach 2. The Lightning was
English_Electric_Lightning
Canadian book publishing company
General's Award for English-language fiction, Joan Thomas whose novel Reading by Lightning won the 2009 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book (Canada
Goose_Lane_Editions
Canadian novelist and book reviewer
Magazine Award in 1996 for her journalism. Thomas's debut novel Reading by Lightning won the 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book (Canada/Caribbean)
Joan_Thomas
Children's television series
Ace Lightning is a children's television series co-produced by the BBC and Alliance Atlantis. The series was originally broadcast in the United Kingdom
Ace_Lightning
Stanley Cup Eastern Conference First Round series between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Columbus Blue Jackets was a playoff series in the National Hockey
2019 Tampa Bay Lightning–Columbus Blue Jackets playoff series
2019_Tampa_Bay_Lightning–Columbus_Blue_Jackets_playoff_series
American Toy Company
(launched in 1964) and Johnny Lightning (launched in 1969) toys were the most popular; for girls, the Dawn Doll. Deluxe Reading dolls were sold in the 1950s–1970s
Deluxe_Reading
American actress
actress. She is best known for portraying Anissa Pierce in The CW's Black Lightning and Robyn Crawford in the 2022 Whitney Houston biopic Whitney Houston:
Nafessa_Williams
Storm characterized by lightning
also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and thunder. Relatively weak thunderstorms
Thunderstorm
American novelist
Writer. Her first novel, Too Like the Lightning, was published in May 2016. The work has been well received by critics and was a finalist for the Hugo
Ada_Palmer
Olive Kitteridge (March 25) Tom Rob Smith – Child 44 Joan Thomas – Reading by Lightning David Turashvili – Flight from the USSR John Updike – The Widows
2008_in_literature
American actor, director, and television host (born 1957)
series Reading Rainbow for 23 years (1983–2006). Burton received 12 Daytime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award as host and executive producer of Reading Rainbow
LeVar_Burton
Legendary creature in the folklore of the tribes of South Africa
The lightning bird or impundulu or thekwane (or izulu, inyoni yezulu) is a creature in the folklore of the Zulu people. The impundulu (which translates
Lightning_bird
2012 wildfire in Northern California
2012 Reading Fire was a large wildfire in Lassen Volcanic National Park and the Lassen National Forest in Northern California. Ignited by a lightning strike
Reading_Fire
Japanese mythological creature
creature and yōkai associated with lightning and thunder, as well as the god Raijin. It is said to appear with lightning strikes. Legends of the creature
Raijū
1998 novel by David Drake
With the Lightnings is a 1998 science fiction novel by David Drake. It is the first part of the military space opera RCN Series. The style and character
With_the_Lightnings
Japanese god of lightning
Narukami (鳴る神), Raikō (雷公), and Kamowakeikazuchi-no-kami is a god of lightning, thunder, and storms in Japanese mythology and the Shinto and Buddhist
Raijin
tainted by an undercurrent of anti-Semitism. [...] I believed what should have been obvious to anyone else, that he was being used as a lightning conductor
Antisemitism in the British Conservative Party
Antisemitism_in_the_British_Conservative_Party
any case, since the "weapon" that Indra uses is the Vajra which emits "lightning bolts", the "battles" could not have been physical ones. J. P. Mallory
Botanical identity of soma–haoma
Botanical_identity_of_soma–haoma
American football player (born 1933)
athleticism earned him the nicknames "The Reading Rocket", "The Reading Rambler", "Lightning Lenny" and "Spats" (for the way he taped his high-top shoes,
Lenny_Moore
Land art installation in New Mexico, US
The Lightning Field (1977) is a land art work in Catron County, New Mexico, by sculptor Walter De Maria. It consists of 400 stainless steel poles with
The_Lightning_Field
Lion's personal Zyuoh Cube that can turn into a lion. It can also fire a lightning blast from its mouth and perform biting attacks. Cube Elephant (キューブエレファント
List of Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger characters
List_of_Doubutsu_Sentai_Zyuohger_characters
series shows the Hurricanes' result first regardless of the outcome, followed by opposite team in parentheses. Beginning in 2005, ties were eliminated Beginning
List of Carolina Hurricanes seasons
List_of_Carolina_Hurricanes_seasons
film A Princesa e o Robô. He gained consciousness after being struck by lightning from the Pulsar star and had a strong love for Princess Mimi and became
List of Monica and Friends characters
List_of_Monica_and_Friends_characters
3rd episode of the 3rd season of The X-Files
"Live Fast, Diarrhea" by The Vandals is heard. The genesis of this episode can be traced back to a note card reading "Lightning Boy" that series creator
D.P.O._(The_X-Files)
British bank robber and mixed martial artist (born 1977)
Fight promoter Andy Jardine stated: "He was so quick they called him 'Lightning' Lee Murray." Murray's successful debut led him to seriously pursue a
Lee_Murray
instead. Nubia is a member of the G-Men with thunder and lightning-based powers who was killed by Silver Kincaid and reanimated as a semi-conscious zombie
List_of_The_Boys_characters
Metres of Persian poetry
– u – – 'The vainglory of life is wind; the brilliances of youth are lightning; find a moment when you are able; make haste, since life is in haste.'
Persian_metres
Military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
conducted another similar operation in Libya, code-named Operation Odyssey Lightning, during the battle of Sirte, which was the local capital of IS's Libyan
Operation_Inherent_Resolve
Canadian literary award
literary award, co-presented by Amazon.ca and The Walrus to the best first novel in English published the previous year by a citizen or resident of Canada
Amazon Canada First Novel Award
Amazon_Canada_First_Novel_Award
Family of beetles
light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production of light, mainly during
Firefly
"Feudal Lords". Flagship. No. 3. pp. 4–7. Church, Davin (September 2019). ""Lightning" Galac-Tac: A Retrospective" (PDF). Suspense and Decision. No. 19. playbymail
List_of_play-by-mail_games
Heavy/destroyer Fighter Aircraft-wing of World War II
On 10 April ZG 1 lost one Bf 110 in a collision with a Lockheed P-38 Lightning form the US 82nd Fighter Group over Cape Bon while escorting Ju 52s. The
Zerstörergeschwader_1
Month of 1980
Lecavalier, Canadian NHL star for 17 seasons, primarily for the Tampa Bay Lightning; the NHL's top scorer in 2007 and 2004 Olympic gold medalist; in L'Île-Bizard
April_1980
Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. "Initial roster of the London Lightning". London Free Press. November 3, 2011. Archived from the original on January
List_of_people_from_Phoenix
Aerospace research facility in the United States
dates back to the original Lockheed Corporation and started with the P-38 Lightning in 1939 and the P-80 Shooting Star in 1943. During this time, the group
Skunk_Works
Software library providing an embedded transactional key-value database
Lightning Memory-Mapped Database (LMDB) is an embedded transactional database in the form of a key-value store. LMDB is written in C with API bindings
Lightning Memory-Mapped Database
Lightning_Memory-Mapped_Database
8th episode of the 1st season of The Twilight Zone
Bemis (/ˈbiːmɪs/), played by Burgess Meredith, who loves books but is surrounded by those who would prevent him from reading them. The episode follows
Time_Enough_at_Last
Malaysia Airlines flight MH1348 from Kuala Lumpur to Langkawi which was hit by lightning strike, landed safely at Langkawi International Airport, Langkawi 21
2014_in_Malaysia
Ring's money was inherited by Charley's brother. It was stolen by The Rhodent and was later struck by a bolt of lightning which caused it to be fused
List_of_Dick_Tracy_characters
Decade
catches fire and crashes through the nave roof, probably as the result of a lightning strike. The spire is not rebuilt. The nobility of Harrien-Wierland and
1560s
Chinese characters used in Japanese writing
By contrast, readings for individual characters are conventionally written in katakana for on readings, and hiragana for kun readings. Kun readings may
Kanji
2015 United States Supreme Court case
concurring). 135 S. Ct. at 2752 (Thomas, J., concurring) citing McCord, Lightning Still Strikes, 71 Brooklyn L. Rev. 797, 833–834 (2005). 135 S. Ct. at
Glossip_v._Gross
1937 BBC television series
wondering quite what it was we had just seen and heard – a poetry-reading, a lightning-artist display, a mannequin parade, or what?" As they went on to
Clothes-Line
Rail-based amusement park ride
hybrid steel-wood coaster New Texas Giant. Lightning Racer at Hersheypark is a racing, dueling roller coaster made by GCI. This all-wooden roller coaster, built
Roller_coaster
World's first military metallic-cartridge repeating rifle
included the Battle of Hoover's Gap (where Colonel John T. Wilder's "Lightning Brigade" of mounted infantry effectively demonstrated the firepower of
Spencer_repeating_rifle
Decade
vows to become a monk in a moment of terror, as a result of a close lightning strike during a thunderstorm, near the village of Stotternheim. July 17
1500s_(decade)
Burst of gamma rays produced in the Earth's atmosphere
A terrestrial gamma-ray flash (TGF), also known as dark lightning, is a burst of gamma rays produced in Earth's atmosphere. TGFs have been recorded to
Terrestrial_gamma-ray_flash
2024 film by Chris Sanders
with all animals, she signals for retrieval, but gets struck by lightning and is attacked by animals. While fleeing from an aggressive grizzly bear named
The_Wild_Robot
1937 airship fire in the US
explanation for the conflagration: lightning. Like many other aircraft, the Hindenburg had been struck by lightning several times in its years of operation
Hindenburg_disaster
American slave rebellion leader (1800–1831)
of apprehension, surpassed by few". He grew up deeply religious and was often seen fasting, praying, or immersed in reading the stories of the Bible. Benjamin
Nat_Turner
Australian punk rock band
co-lead guitarist. In March 2022, the band shared the single "Struck by Lightning". In May, the band announced their second studio album Get Fucked, released
The_Chats
American rock band
2012. On July 11, 2013, the band announced that their tenth studio album Lightning Bolt would be released internationally on October 14, 2013, and on the
Pearl_Jam
Second season of American western drama
made filming both interior and exterior scenes uncomfortable. Frequent lightning in Texas also caused weather-related delays in thirty-minute increments
1923_season_2
1995 novel by Danielle Steel
Lightning is a 1995 romance novel by American author Danielle Steel, published by Delacorte Press. It follows a married couple, Alexandra and Sam Parker
Lightning_(Steel_novel)
Using tarot cards to perform divination
Tarot card reading is a form of cartomancy whereby practitioners use tarot cards to purportedly gain insight into the past, present or future. The process
Tarot_card_reading
English actor (born 1974)
John Stonehouse in Stonehouse (2023) and Charles J. Guiteau in Death by Lightning (2025). In film, Macfadyen is known for his roles in Death at a Funeral
Matthew_Macfadyen
Anecdote in Greek philosophical history
(1911). How to Visit the Great Picture Galleries (Reprinted by READ BOOKS, 2008 ed.). Lightning Source Incorporated. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-4437-6963-1. {{cite
Diogenes_and_Alexander
Paula's house is at point A. Dave negligently ignites a fire at point B. Lightning simultaneously strikes point C, starting a second fire. The fire at point
United_States_tort_law
But they remained dangerous. Cornwallis sent Tarleton and his men on a lightning raid against the Virginia Patriot government at Charlottesville, Virginia
Loyalists fighting in the American Revolution
Loyalists_fighting_in_the_American_Revolution
beginning of Great Guardians, she and Kan'u fight until she is struck by lightning. She is supposedly dead, however, she reappears to Ryomou without any
List of Ikki Tousen characters
List_of_Ikki_Tousen_characters
2004 ice hockey championship series
2004 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Western Conference champion Calgary Flames in seven games
2004_Stanley_Cup_Final
American professional wrestler
Championship Wrestling show in Warren, Ohio. On August 22, Jugan wrestled J.T. Lightning at a United States Wrestling League show. On December 13, 1997, Jugan
Lord_Zoltan
Charter airline of the United Kingdom (1961–1970)
reported lightning and heavy turbulence during its descent, and sighting the runway while descending to 500 ft (150 m). This was followed by a slight
Caledonian_Airways
Bilateral relations
Pelegrin was invited to direct the construction of Japan's first gas-lightning system in the streets of Nihonbashi, Ginza and Yokohama. In 1872, Paul
France–Japan relations (19th century)
France–Japan_relations_(19th_century)
United States Air Force general
Arizona, was in the Curtiss AT-9, followed by transition fighter training to the Lockheed P-38 Lightning in its P-322 variant. After gunnery training
Robin_Olds
Naval battle in 1000 in the Baltic Sea
ship in search of the king, a light flashed before him as though it were lightning, and when the light disappeared, the king himself was gone." Other sagas
Battle_of_Svolder
information has been found on the tornado besides a child dying from a lightning strike associated with the parent storm. The lack of information on the
List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks (pre-2000)
List_of_Canadian_tornadoes_and_tornado_outbreaks_(pre-2000)
Luyanda Ntshangase, 21, South African footballer (Maritzburg United), lightning strike. Abi Ofarim, 80, Israeli musician ("Cinderella Rockefella") and
Deaths_in_May_2018
American actor and singer
revival of Les Misérables, and for originating the titular character in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical in its Off-Broadway premiere, 2019 tour
Chris_McCarrell
related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing
Sailing at the 1999 Pan American Games
Sailing_at_the_1999_Pan_American_Games
American actor and comedian (born 1977)
other reliable sources of information. "Suicide Squad Photo of Cast Table Reading". Variety. April 8, 2015. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015.
Ike_Barinholtz
1894 forest fire in Minnesota, U.S.
howling darkness like flashes of lightning. Frame buildings detonated like bundles of fireworks. Some residents escaped by climbing into wells (where some
Great_Hinckley_Fire
Told by Ginger is an American animated series that ran from October 25, 2000, to November 14, 2006. The series ended production in 2004, and by 2005 the
List of As Told by Ginger episodes
List_of_As_Told_by_Ginger_episodes
Branch of Austronesian languages
*ˈkobit 'knife' *ˈkuy-ô 'fingernail' *ˈlɛbo 'flame' *ˈlekat 'bad' *ˈlilas 'lightning' *ˈpokal 'short' *ˈpoy-ô 'head' *ˈsɛpo 'fruit' *ˈtakis 'sea water' *ˈtɛbal
South_Halmahera_languages
Violent or aggressive acts in sports
May of that year. The Canadiens would eventually fall to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2021 Stanley Cup Finals in five games, and would finish in last
Violence_in_sports
U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C.
was vaporized from its tip by lightning strikes during 1885–1934, when it was protected from further damage by tall lightning rods surrounding it. Its base
Washington_Monument
American actress (born 1968)
tournament. Procter also sings in a 1980s cover band originally called White Lightning but since renamed Motion. Procter has volunteered with the Young Storytellers
Emily_Procter
Pair of music festivals
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds, England. The events both happen on the bank
Reading and Leeds Festivals line-ups
Reading_and_Leeds_Festivals_line-ups
American actress and singer (born 1998)
began starring in The CW superhero series Black Lightning (2018–2021) as Jennifer Pierce / Lightning. She also reprised her character Jazmine Payne on
China_Anne_McClain
Raceway in Riverside, California. June 14 – A small wildfire is started by a lightning strike in Montana, United States, near the boundary for Yellowstone
1988_in_the_United_States
American actor (born 1968)
"torture". During filming in Italy in the winter, he was struck by lightning, scourged by accident, dislocated his shoulder, and suffered from pneumonia
Jim_Caviezel
1928 Broadway drama
Gods of the Lightning was a 1928 Broadway three-act drama written by Maxwell Anderson and Harold Hickerson, produced by Hamilton MacFadden and Kellogg
Gods_of_the_Lightning
Canadian actress
Choi in Black Lightning. Thuy was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. Her parents are refugees from Vietnam, having fled the Vietnam War by boat and eventually
Chantal_Thuy
International. May 31, 1964. "Lightning fatal". The Rochester Sentinel. Associated Press. July 22, 1964. "Funeral services set for lightning victims". The Indianapolis
List of fatalities at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
List_of_fatalities_at_the_Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway
Heavenly beings who directly attend to God
their fire "went up and down", and lightning burst forth from it. The cherubs also moved like flashes of lightning. In Ezekiel 10, another detailed description
Cherub
Swedish-American guitarist (born 1963)
2019. Retrieved 12 July 2018. "Yngwie Malmsteen's track-by-track guide to new album Blue Lightning". 29 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2021. Lewry, Fraser
Yngwie_Malmsteen
Environmental impact of agricultural and industrial nitrogen
NH3. Lastly, N2 is converted to NO by energy from lightning, which is negligible in current temperate ecosystems, or by fossil fuel combustion. Until 1850
Human impact on the nitrogen cycle
Human_impact_on_the_nitrogen_cycle
Biblical prophet
"choppa" ritual associated with lightning strikes and certain mental illnesses. If a person or animal was struck by lightning, a circle dance was performed
Elijah
American politician and military figure
forces. On July 6, 1912, Major Davis and a group of soldiers were struck by lightning at Camp Lincoln outside of Springfield, Illinois. A Chicago Tribune article
Abel_Davis
row, caused by US embassy personnel conducting secret surveillance on host country citizens and inhabitants. Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II F-35 contract:
Contents of the United States diplomatic cables leak (Europe)
Contents_of_the_United_States_diplomatic_cables_leak_(Europe)
Violently rotating column of air
and patterns of lightning. Tornadic storms do not produce more lightning than other storms and some tornadic cells never produce lightning at all. More often
Tornado
Tarot card of the Major Arcana
card is called La Foudre or La Fouldre ('The Lightning'), and depicts a tree being struck by lightning. In the Tarot of Paris (17th century), the image
The_Tower_(tarot_card)
British World War II flying ace
Luxembourg in variants of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and English Electric Lightning. His tenure at SHAPE ended in 1964. In 1961 he accepted an invitation
John_Braham_(RAF_officer)
American actor (born 1959)
District. One of Rhames' junior high school teachers praised his poetry reading. On a whim, he applied to New York's High School of Performing Arts, where
Ving_Rhames
READING BY-LIGHTNING
READING BY-LIGHTNING
Boy/Male
English
Son of Reed.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Son of the Red-haired
Surname or Lastname
English (Avon)
English (Avon) : unexplained; possibly a variant of Melling.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Reading.Dutch and German : variant of Redding 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Probably a respelling of Irish Hearon.Possibly also an altered form of German Haering (see Hering).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Reading.German and Dutch : patronymic from any of the Germanic personal names with the first element rÄd ‘counsel’, ‘advice’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an Old English personal name C̄ting, a derivative of C̄ta (see Kite).Irish (of Norman origin) : Americanized form of Céitinn, a Gaelicized form of de Ketyng (probably a habitational name), which was taken to southern Ireland by Anglo-Norman settlers.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from a Germanic personal name beginning with the element gÄ“r, gÄr ‘spear’ (see Geary 2).Probably an Americanized spelling of German Gehring.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : presumably a variant of Reddan or Reading.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the county seat of Berkshire, which gets its name from Old English Rēadingas ‘people of Rēad(a)’, a byname meaning ‘red’.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, an unattested Old English ryding.
Surname or Lastname
English (Hampshire and the Isle of Wight)
English (Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) : habitational name from a place on the Isle of Wight named Brading, from Old English brerd ‘hillside’ + -ingas ‘dwellers at’, i.e. ‘(settlement of) the dwellers on the hillside’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Leeming.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Son of the Red-haired
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Reading.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Redden.Irish : variant of Roden.German and Dutch : variant of Redding 2.
Boy/Male
English
Son of Reed.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Reading 2.
Boy/Male
British, English
Son of the Red-haired
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Feering, a village in Essex, named from the Old English personal name Fēra + -ingas ‘people of’, i.e. ‘(settlement of) Fēra’s people’.Americanized spelling of German Viering, a topographic name for someone from a swampy area, from a derivative of Germanic vir ‘bog’, ‘swamp’, or a variant of Fehring 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; perhaps an altered form of Eddings.
READING BY-LIGHTNING
READING BY-LIGHTNING
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Loving & caring Alive, life and joyous
Girl/Female
Arabic, Gujarati, Indian, Kannada, Muslim
Highest Garden in Paradise; Paradise
Girl/Female
Muslim
Belonging to night, Young lady
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Cowdiy, SODI means "an acquaintance of God." In the bible, this is the name of the father of Gaddiel.
Boy/Male
Armenian, Australian, French
An Armenian King
Boy/Male
English
From the Rook's Town; Fortress
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Handsome
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
A Delicate Flower; Winter; Moon
Boy/Male
Afghan, African, American, Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Iranian, Marathi, Muslim, Parsi, Pashtun, Swahili
Kind; Generous; Humane; Noble; Exalted; High-born
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Vishnu
READING BY-LIGHTNING
READING BY-LIGHTNING
READING BY-LIGHTNING
READING BY-LIGHTNING
READING BY-LIGHTNING
a.
Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.
a.
Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
n.
Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.
a.
Bending or leaning backward.
a.
Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example.
n.
The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky.
v. i.
To learn by reading.
n.
An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
n.
The act or process of generating or bearing.
adv.
Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.
a.
Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use.
n.
The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery.
n.
The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.
a.
Practicing plain dealing; artless. See Plain dealing, under Dealing.
a.
Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words.
adv.
Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
n.
Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
n.
That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.
a.
Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.