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Second :: Second (a.) To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate.

Reperusal :: Reperusal (n.) A second or repeated perusal.

Redraft :: Redraft (n.) A second draft or copy.

Knot :: Knot (n.) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour..

Pricket :: Pricket (n.) A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck.

Shall :: Shall (v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates a duty or necessity whose obligation is derived from the person speaking; as, you shall go; he shall go; that is, I order or promise your going. It thus ordinarily expresses, in the second and third persons, a command, a threat, or a promise. If the auxillary be emphasized, the command is made more imperative, the promise or that more positive and sure. It is also employed in the language of prophecy; as, the day shall come when . .

Retail :: Retail (n.) To sell at second hand.

Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral..

Reticulum :: Reticulum (n.) The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach..

Trochee :: Trochee (n.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus..

Hamite :: Hamite (n.) A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x. 6-20..

Scamillus :: Scamillus (n.) A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal..

Secondary :: Secondary (n.) A secondary quill.

Re :: Re () A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the American system, to the second tone of any diatonic scale..

Dagger :: Dagger (n.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [/]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk.

Trochantine :: Trochantine (n.) The second joint of the leg of an insect, -- often united with the coxa..

Subpyriform :: Subpurchaser (n.) A purchaser who buys from a purchaser; one who buys at second hand.

Solicitor-general :: Solicitor-general (n.) The second law officer in the government of Great Britain; also, a similar officer under the United States government, who is associated with the attorney-general; also, the chief law officer of some of the States..

Second :: Second (a.) To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to encourage.

Zif :: Zif (n.) The second month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding to our May..

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