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Definition of stead
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Stayship
(n.) A
remora,
--
fabled
to stop ships by
attaching
itself
to
them..
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Guy
::
Guy (n.) A rope,
chain,
or rod
attached
to
anything
to
steady
it; as: a rope to
steady
or guide an
object
which is being
hoisted
or
lowered;
a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope
connecting
a
suspension
bridge
with the land on
either
side to
prevent
lateral
swaying;
a rod or rope
attached
to the top of a
structure,
as of a
derrick,
and
extending
obliquely
to the
ground,
where it is
fastened..
Cross-reading
::
Cross-reading
(n.) The
reading
of the lines of a
newspaper
directly
across
the page,
instead
of down the
columns,
thus
producing
a
ludicrous
combination
of
ideas..
Drawbore
::
Drawbore
(v. t.) To
enlarge
the bore of a gun
barrel
by
drawing,
instead
of
thrusting,
a
revolving
tool
through
it..
Steadying
::
Steadied
(imp. & p. p.) of
Stead.
Noonstead
::
Noonstead
(n.) The
position
of the sun at noon.
Props
::
Props (n. pl.) A game of
chance,
in which four sea
shells,
each
called
a prop, are used
instead
of
dice..
Heliostat
::
Heliostat
(n.) An
instrument
consisting
of a
mirror
moved by
clockwork,
by which a
sunbeam
is made
apparently
stationary,
by being
steadily
directed
to one spot
during
the whole of its
diurnal
period;
also, a
geodetic
heliotrope..
Water Barometer
::
Water
barometer
() A
barometer
in which the
changes
of
atmospheric
pressure
are
indicated
by the
motion
of a
column
of water
instead
of
mercury.
It
requires
a
column
of water about
thirty-three
feet in
height.
Rather
::
Rather
(a.) On the other hand; to the
contrary
of what was said or
suggested;
instead.
Truck
::
Truck (n.) The
practice
of
paying
wages in goods
instead
of
money;
--
called
also truck
system.
Shaper
::
Shaper
(n.) A kind of
planer
in which the tool,
instead
of the work,
receives
a
reciprocating
motion,
usually
from a
crank..
Valance
::
Valance
(n.)
Hanging
drapery
for a bed,
couch,
window,
or the like,
especially
that which hangs
around
a
bedstead,
from the bed to the
floor..
Volt
::
Volt (n.) The unit of
electro-motive
force;
--
defined
by the
International
Electrical
Congress
in 1893 and by
United
States
Statute
as, that
electro-motive
force which
steadily
applied
to a
conductor
whose
resistance
is one ohm will
produce
a
current
of one
ampere.
It is
practically
equivalent
to / the
electro-motive
force of a
standard
Clark's
cell at a
temperature
of 15? C..
Hypallage
::
Hypallage
(n.) A
figure
consisting
of a
transference
of
attributes
from their
proper
subjects
to
other.
Thus
Virgil
says, dare
classibus
austros,
to give the winds to the
fleets,
instead
of dare
classibus
austris,
to give the
fleets
to the
winds..
Bedcord
::
Bedcord
(n.) A cord or rope
interwoven
in a
bedstead
so as to
support
the bed.
Fix
::
Fix (v. t.) To hold
steadily;
to
direct
unwaveringly;
to
fasten,
as the eye on an
object,
the
attention
on a
speaker..
Augite
::
Augite
(n.) A
variety
of
pyroxene,
usually
of a black or dark green
color,
occurring
in
igneous
rocks,
such as
basalt;
-- also used
instead
of the
general
term
pyroxene..
But
::
But (v. t.) A kind of hinge used in
hanging
doors,
etc.; -- so named
because
fastened
on the edge of the door, which butts
against
the
casing,
instead
of on its face, like the strap
hinge;
also
called
butt
hinge..
Acacia
::
Acacia
(n.) A genus of
leguminous
trees and
shrubs.
Nearly
300
species
are
Australian
or
Polynesian,
and have
terete
or
vertically
compressed
leaf
stalks,
instead
of the
bipinnate
leaves
of the much fewer
species
of
America,
Africa,
etc. Very few are found in
temperate
climates..
Spondee
::
Spondaical
(a.)
Containing
spondees
in
excess;
marked
by
spondees;
as, a
spondaic
hexameter,
i. e., one which has a
spondee
instead
of a
dactyl
in the fifth
foot..
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