Definition of passage
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Passage (v. i.) The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body..
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Vent ::
Vent (n.) Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
Sequence ::
Sequence (n.) A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.
Bridge ::
Bridge (n.) A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other..
Insertion ::
Insertion (n.) The act of inserting; as, the insertion of scions in stocks; the insertion of words or passages in writings..
Slype ::
Slype (n.) A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery..
Elohist ::
Elohist (n.) The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; -- distinguished from Jehovist..
Cheval-de-frise ::
Cheval-de-frise (n.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc..
Passage ::
Passage (v. i.) A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time..
Four-way ::
Four-way (a.) Allowing passage in either of four directions; as, a four-way cock, or valve..
Collectanea ::
Collectanea (v. t.) Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology..
Flume ::
Flume (n.) A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for conveying logs or lumber down a declivity..
Cantabile ::
Cantabile (n.) A piece or passage, whether vocal or instrumental, peculiarly adapted to singing; -- sometimes called cantilena..
Snakehead ::
Snakehead (n.) A loose, bent-up end of one of the strap rails, or flat rails, formerly used on American railroads. It was sometimes so bent by the passage of a train as to slip over a wheel and pierce the bottom of a car..
Ventilate ::
Ventilate (v. t.) To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine..
Interpretation ::
Interpretation (n.) The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture..
Spilt ::
Spillway (n.) A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam..
Regress ::
Regress (n.) The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. The progress or regress of man..
Calculus ::
Calculus (n.) Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc..
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