Definition of along

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Along () (Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of..

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Bound :: Bound (v. t.) To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine..
Aboard :: Aboard (adv.) Alongside; as, close aboard..
Chassis :: Chassis (n.) A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.].
Running :: Running (a.) Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation..
Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A board extending from the ridge to the eaves along the slope of the gable, and forming a close junction between the shingling of a roof and the side of the building beneath..
Line :: Line (v. t.) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding anything; to fortify; as, to line works with soldiers..
Fringe :: Fringe (n.) Something resembling in any respect a fringe; a line of objects along a border or edge; a border; an edging; a margin; a confine.
Dorsibranchiata :: dorsibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of chaetopod annelids in which the branchiae are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Chaetopoda.].
Drawknife :: Drawknife (n.) A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood..
Swal :: Swaip (v. i.) To walk proudly; to sweep along.
Down :: Down (adv.) In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well..
Scurry :: Scurry (v. i.) To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away..
Flank :: Flank (n.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet..
Ambulacrum :: Ambulacrum (n.) One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or tentacles, which protrude from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the grooves along the under side of the rays..
Wag :: Wag (v. i.) To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir.
Departure :: Departure (n.) The distance due east or west which a person or ship passes over in going along an oblique line.
Quicksand :: Quicksand (n.) Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it..
Balustrade :: Balustrade (n.) A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building..
Driveway :: Driveway (n.) A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven.
Kalong :: Kalong (n.) A fruit bat, esp. the Indian edible fruit bat (Pteropus edulis)..
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