on tap
         adj 1: (of liquids) available by turning a tap; "ale on tap";
                  "hot and cold running water on tap"
         2: available for immediate use; "extra personnel on tap"; "other
            sports and entertainment facilities are on tap"; "there are
            numerous projects on tap"

English Dictionary: on the button	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
on the average adv typically; "on average he watches three movies a week" Synonym(s): on the average, on average
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
on the button adv just as it should be; "`Precisely, my lord,' he said" Synonym(s): precisely, exactly, on the nose, on the dot, on the button adj being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion; "his guess was on the nose"; "the prediction for snow was right on the button" Synonym(s): on the nose, on the button
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
on the face of it adv from appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the problem seems minor" Synonym(s): apparently, seemingly, ostensibly, on the face of it
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
on the fence adj characterized by indecision; "some who had been on the fence came out in favor of the plan"; "too many voters still declare they are undecided" Synonym(s): on the fence(p), undecided
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
on the fly adv on the run or in a hurry; "she wrote those letters on the fly"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
on the offensive adj actively attacking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deposit \De*pos"it\, n. [L. depositum, fr. depositus, p. p. of       deponere: cf. F. d[82]p[93]t, OF. depost. See {Deposit}, v.       t., and cf. {Depot}.]       1. That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a             deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a             solution (as the siliceous deposits of hot springs), or             that which is mechanically deposited (as the mud, gravel,             etc., deposits of a river).                         The deposit already formed affording to the                      succeeding portion of the charged fluid a basis.                                                                               --Kirwan.          2. (Mining) A natural occurrence of a useful mineral under             the conditions to invite exploitation. --Raymond.          3. That which is placed anywhere, or in any one's hands, for             safe keeping; something intrusted to the care of another;             esp., money lodged with a bank or banker, subject to             order; anything given as pledge or security.          4. (Law)             (a) A bailment of money or goods to be kept gratuitously                   for the bailor.             (b) Money lodged with a party as earnest or security for                   the performance of a duty assumed by the person                   depositing.          5. A place of deposit; a depository. [R.]          {Bank of deposit}. See under {Bank}.          {In deposit}, or {On deposit}, in trust or safe keeping as a             deposit; as, coins were received on deposit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tap \Tap\, n. [AS. t[91]ppa, akin to D. tap, G. zapfen, OHG.       zapfo, Dan. tap, Sw. tapp, Icel. tappi. Cf. {Tampion},       {Tip}.]       1. A hole or pipe through which liquor is drawn.          2. A plug or spile for stopping a hole pierced in a cask, or             the like; a faucet.          3. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or             quality of liquor; as, a liquor of the same tap. [Colloq.]          4. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a             bar. [Colloq.]          5. (Mech.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut,             consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved             longitudinally so as to have cutting edges.          {On tap}.             (a) Ready to be drawn; as, ale on tap.             (b) Broached, or furnished with a tap; as, a barrel on                   tap.          {Plug tap} (Mech.), a screw-cutting tap with a slightly             tapering end.          {Tap bolt}, a bolt with a head on one end and a thread on the             other end, to be screwed into some fixed part, instead of             passing through the part and receiving a nut. See Illust.             under {Bolt}.          {Tap cinder} (Metal.), the slag of a puddling furnace.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beam \Beam\, n. [AS. be[a0]m beam, post, tree, ray of light;       akin to OFries. b[be]m tree, OS. b[?]m, D. boom, OHG. boum,       poum, G. baum, Icel. ba[?]mr, Goth. bahms and Gr. [?] a       growth, [?] to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod, spoke       of a wheel, beam or ray, and G. strahl arrow, spoke of a       wheel, ray or beam, flash of lightning. [?]97. See {Be}; cf.       {Boom} a spar.]       1. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to             its thickness, and prepared for use.          2. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or             ship.                         The beams of a vessel are strong pieces of timber                      stretching across from side to side to support the                      decks.                                                --Totten.          3. The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more             beam than another.          4. The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales             are suspended.                         The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.                                                                               --Pope.          5. The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which             bears the antlers, or branches.          6. The pole of a carriage. [Poetic] --Dryden.          7. A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which             weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder             on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being             called the fore beam, the other the back beam.          8. The straight part or shank of an anchor.          9. The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter             are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen             or horses that draw it.          10. (Steam Engine) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating             motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected             with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and             the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called             also {working beam} or {walking beam}.          11. A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun             or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.                         How far that little candle throws his beams !                                                                               --Shak.          12. Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.                         Mercy with her genial beam.               --Keble.          13. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called             also {beam feather}.          {Abaft the beam} (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon between a             line that crosses the ship at right angles, or in the             direction of her beams, and that point of the compass             toward which her stern is directed.          {Beam center} (Mach.), the fulcrum or pin on which the             working beam of an engine vibrates.          {Beam compass}, an instrument consisting of a rod or beam,             having sliding sockets that carry steel or pencil points;             -- used for drawing or describing large circles.          {Beam engine}, a steam engine having a working beam to             transmit power, in distinction from one which has its             piston rod attached directly to the crank of the wheel             shaft.          {Before the beam} (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon included             between a line that crosses the ship at right angles and             that point of the compass toward which the ship steers.          {On the beam}, in a line with the beams, or at right angled             with the keel.          {On the weather beam}, on the side of a ship which faces the             wind.          {To be on her beam ends}, to incline, as a vessel, so much on             one side that her beams approach a vertical position.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bow \Bow\ (b[d3]), n. [Icel. b[d3]gr shoulder, bow of a ship.       See {Bough}.]       1. (Naut.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the             stream or prow.          2. (Naut.) One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the             bow oar.          {Bow chaser} (Naut.), a gun in the bow for firing while             chasing another vessel. --Totten.          {Bow piece}, a piece of ordnance carried at the bow of a             ship.          {On the bow} (Naut.), on that part of the horizon within             45[deg] on either side of the line ahead. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.]                         A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B.                                                                               Jonson.          4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger.          5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for             hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.]          6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes,             the length from the [bd]union[b8] to the extreme end.          7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the             wind blows.          8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are             marked; the compass card. --Totten.          9. (Mech.)             (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a                   fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of                   machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the                   striking part of a clock.             (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends                   on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the                   motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the                   power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome,                   is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining                   press. See {Fly wheel} (below).          10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which             holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is             penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight.          11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a             spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.          12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or             jerk. --Knight.          13.             (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from                   the press.             (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power                   to a power printing press for doing the same work.          14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn             over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof             of the tent at no other place.          15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.          16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers,             overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.          17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable             distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a             ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.          {Black fly}, {Cheese fly}, {Dragon fly, etc.} See under             {Black}, {Cheese}, etc. -- {Fly agaric} (Bot.), a mushroom             ({Agaricus muscarius}), having a narcotic juice which, in             sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- {Fly block}             (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the             working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used             in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- {Fly board} (Printing             Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by             the fly. -- {Fly book}, a case in the form of a book for             anglers' flies. --Kingsley.{Fly cap}, a cap with wings,             formerly worn by women. -- {Fly drill}, a drill having a             reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the             driving power being applied by the hand through a cord             winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it             rotates backward and forward. --Knight.{Fly fishing}, the             act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial             flies. --Walton.{Fly flap}, an implement for killing             flies. -- {Fly governor}, a governor for regulating the             speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes             revolving in the air. -- {Fly honeysuckle} (Bot.), a plant             of the honeysuckle genus ({Lonicera}), having a bushy stem             and the flowers in pairs, as {L. ciliata} and {L.             Xylosteum}. -- {Fly hook}, a fishhook supplied with an             artificial fly. -- {Fly leaf}, an unprinted leaf at the             beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. --       {Fly maggot}, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray.          {Fly net}, a screen to exclude insects.          {Fly nut} (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger             nut.          {Fly orchis} (Bot.), a plant ({Ophrys muscifera}), whose             flowers resemble flies.          {Fly paper}, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that             feed upon or are entangled by it.          {Fly powder}, an arsenical powder used to poison flies.          {Fly press}, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc.,             operated by hand and having a heavy fly.          {Fly rail}, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged             leaf of a table.          {Fly rod}, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly.          {Fly sheet}, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill.          {Fly snapper} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Phainopepla             nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male             is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray.          {Fly wheel} (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to             equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by             its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to             accumulate or give out energy for a variable or             intermitting resistance. See {Fly}, n., 9.          {On the fly} (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a             batted ball caught before touching the ground.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hoof \Hoof\, n.          {On the hoof}, of cattle, standing (on the hoof); not             slaughtered. Hook \Hook\, n. (Geog.)       A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at       the outer end; as, Sandy Hook.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Point \Point\, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L.       punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See       {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.]       1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything,             esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle             or a pin.          2. An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle             used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others;             also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point;             -- called also {pointer}.          3. Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined             termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a             tract of land extending into the water beyond the common             shore line.          4. The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument,             as a needle; a prick.          5. An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or             supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither             parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has             neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes             conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of             which a line is conceived to be produced.          6. An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant;             hence, the verge.                         When time's first point begun Made he all souls.                                                                               --Sir J.                                                                               Davies.          7. A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the             divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed             in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a             stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence,             figuratively, an end, or conclusion.                         And there a point, for ended is my tale. --Chaucer.                         Commas and points they set exactly right. --Pope.          8. Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative             position, or to indicate a transition from one state or             position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position             or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of             depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by             tenpoints. [bd]A point of precedence.[b8] --Selden.             [bd]Creeping on from point to point.[b8] --Tennyson.                         A lord full fat and in good point.      --Chaucer.          9. That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or             character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a             peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as,             the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story,             etc.                         He told him, point for point, in short and plain.                                                                               --Chaucer.                         In point of religion and in point of honor. --Bacon.                         Shalt thou dispute With Him the points of liberty ?                                                                               --Milton.          10. Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an             argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp.,             the proposition to be established; as, the point of an             anecdote. [bd]Here lies the point.[b8] --Shak.                         They will hardly prove his point.      --Arbuthnot.          11. A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a             punctilio.                         This fellow doth not stand upon points. --Shak.                         [He] cared not for God or man a point. --Spenser.          12. (Mus.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or             time; as:             (a) (Anc. Mus.) A dot or mark distinguishing or                   characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of                   perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a                   tune. [bd]Sound the trumpet -- not a levant, or a                   flourish, but a point of war.[b8] --Sir W. Scott.             (b) (Mod. Mus.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note,                   to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half,                   as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a                   half note equal to three quarter notes.          13. (Astron.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or             zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the             intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere,             and named specifically in each case according to the             position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the             solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points,             etc. See {Equinoctial Nodal}.          14. (Her.) One of the several different parts of the             escutcheon. See {Escutcheon}.          15. (Naut.)             (a) One of the points of the compass (see {Points of the                   compass}, below); also, the difference between two                   points of the compass; as, to fall off a point.             (b) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See                   {Reef point}, under {Reef}.          16. (Anc. Costume) A a string or lace used to tie together             certain parts of the dress. --Sir W. Scott.          17. Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels             point. See Point lace, below.          18. pl. (Railways) A switch. [Eng.]          19. An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.             [Cant, U. S.]          20. (Cricket) A fielder who is stationed on the off side,             about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in             advance of, the batsman.          21. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game;             as, the dog came to a point. See {Pointer}.          22. (Type Making) A standard unit of measure for the size of             type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica             type. See {Point system of type}, under {Type}.          23. A tyne or snag of an antler.          24. One of the spaces on a backgammon board.          25. (Fencing) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as,             tierce point.          Note: The word point is a general term, much used in the                sciences, particularly in mathematics, mechanics,                perspective, and physics, but generally either in the                geometrical sense, or in that of degree, or condition                of change, and with some accompanying descriptive or                qualifying term, under which, in the vocabulary, the                specific uses are explained; as, boiling point, carbon                point, dry point, freezing point, melting point,                vanishing point, etc.          {At all points}, in every particular, completely; perfectly.             --Shak.          {At point}, {In point}, {At}, {In}, [or] On, {the point}, as             near as can be; on the verge; about (see {About}, prep.,             6); as, at the point of death; he was on the point of             speaking. [bd]In point to fall down.[b8] --Chaucer.             [bd]Caius Sidius Geta, at point to have been taken,             recovered himself so valiantly as brought day on his             side.[b8] --Milton.          {Dead point}. (Mach.) Same as {Dead center}, under {Dead}.          {Far point} (Med.), in ophthalmology, the farthest point at             which objects are seen distinctly. In normal eyes the             nearest point at which objects are seen distinctly; either             with the two eyes together (binocular near point), or with             each eye separately (monocular near point).          {Nine points of the law}, all but the tenth point; the             greater weight of authority.          {On the point}. See {At point}, above.          {Point lace}, lace wrought with the needle, as distinguished             from that made on the pillow.          {Point net}, a machine-made lace imitating a kind of Brussels             lace (Brussels ground).          {Point of concurrence} (Geom.), a point common to two lines,             but not a point of tangency or of intersection, as, for             instance, that in which a cycloid meets its base.          {Point of contrary flexure}, a point at which a curve changes             its direction of curvature, or at which its convexity and             concavity change sides.          {Point of order}, in parliamentary practice, a question of             order or propriety under the rules.          {Point of sight} (Persp.), in a perspective drawing, the             point assumed as that occupied by the eye of the             spectator.          {Point of view}, the relative position from which anything is             seen or any subject is considered.          {Points of the compass} (Naut.), the thirty-two points of             division of the compass card in the mariner's compass; the             corresponding points by which the circle of the horizon is             supposed to be divided, of which the four marking the             directions of east, west, north, and south, are called             cardinal points, and the rest are named from their             respective directions, as N. by E., N. N. E., N. E. by N.,             N. E., etc. See Illust. under {Compass}.          {Point paper}, paper pricked through so as to form a stencil             for transferring a design.          {Point system of type}. See under {Type}.          {Singular point} (Geom.), a point of a curve which possesses             some property not possessed by points in general on the             curve, as a cusp, a point of inflection, a node, etc.          {To carry one's point}, to accomplish one's object, as in a             controversy.          {To make a point of}, to attach special importance to.          {To make}, [or] {gain}, {a point}, accomplish that which was             proposed; also, to make advance by a step, grade, or             position.          {To mark}, [or] {score}, {a point}, as in billiards, cricket,             etc., to note down, or to make, a successful hit, run,             etc.          {To strain a point}, to go beyond the proper limit or rule;             to stretch one's authority or conscience.          {Vowel point}, in Hebrew, and certain other Eastern and             ancient languages, a mark placed above or below the             consonant, or attached to it, representing the vowel, or             vocal sound, which precedes or follows the consonant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Half volley}.             (a) (Tennis) A return of the ball immediately after is has                   touched the ground.             (b) (Cricket) A sending of the ball so that after touching                   the ground it flies towards the top of the wicket.                   --R. A. Proctor.          {On the volley}, at random. [Obs.] [bd]What we spake on the             volley begins work.[b8] --Massinger.          {Volley gun}, a gun with several barrels for firing a number             of shots simultaneously; a kind of mitrailleuse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tiptoe \Tip"toe`\, n.; pl. {Tiptoes}.       The end, or tip, of the toe.                   He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes].                                                                               --Chaucer.                   Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by.      --Spenser.          {To be}, [or] {To stand}, {a tiptoe} [or] {on tiptoe}, to be             awake or alive to anything; to be roused; to be eager or             alert; as, to be a tiptoe with expectation.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
OMNITAB          Statistical analysis and desk calculator.   Version: OMNITAB       II.          ["OMNITAB II User's Reference Manual", NBS Tech Note 552 (Oct       1971).   Sammet 1969, pp. 296-299].