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Definition of passage

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Passage (v. i.) In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed..

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Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) An artificial passage or archway for conducting canals or railroads under elevated ground, for the formation of roads under rivers or canals, and the construction of sewers, drains, and the like..

Slype :: Slype (n.) A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery..

Crescendo :: Crescendo (n.) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.

Impassable :: Impassable (a.) Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf..

Evangelistary :: Evangelistary (n.) A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service..

Ticket :: Ticket (v.) A certificate or token of right of admission to a place of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket..

Sentiment :: Sentiment (a.) A sentence, or passage, considered as the expression of a thought; a maxim; a saying; a toast..

Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal..

Gullet :: Gullet (n.) A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons..

Booking Clerk :: Booking clerk () A clerk who registers passengers, baggage, etc., for conveyance, as by railway or steamship, or who sells passage tickets at a booking office..

Meatus :: Meatus (n. sing. & pl.) A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of Ear..

Codetta :: Codetta (n.) A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda..

Sostenuto :: Sostenuto (a.) Sustained; -- applied to a movement or passage the sounds of which are to sustained to the utmost of the nominal value of the time; also, to a passage the tones of which are to be somewhat prolonged or protacted..

Conduit :: Conduit (n.) A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid..

Gut :: Gut (n.) A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso..

Boat :: Boat (n.) Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats..

Cough :: Cough (v. t.) To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm..

Quote :: Quote (v. t.) To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer..

Ventiduct :: Ventiduct (n.) A passage for wind or air; a passage or pipe for ventilating apartments.

Rut :: Rut (n.) A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.