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Definition of about
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About
(adv.)
Here and
there;
around;
in one place and
another.
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Well
::
Well (v. t.) Fully or
about;
-- used with
numbers.
Roll
::
Roll (v. i.) To
incline
first to one side, then to the
other;
to rock; as, there is a great
difference
in ships about
rolling;
in a
general
semse,
to be
tossed
about..
Schooner
::
Schooner
(n.)
Originally,
a
small,
sharp-built
vessel,
with two masts and
fore-and-aft
rig.
Sometimes
it
carried
square
topsails
on one or both masts and was
called
a
topsail
schooner.
About 1840,
longer
vessels
with three
masts,
fore-and-aft
rigged,
came into use, and since that time
vessels
with four masts and even with six
masts,
so
rigged,
are
built.
Schooners
with more than two masts are
designated
three-masted
schooners,
four-masted
schooners,
etc. See
Illustration
in
Appendix..
Galliwasp
::
Galliwasp
(n.) A West
Indian
lizard
(Celestus
occiduus),
about a foot long,
imagined
by the
natives
to be
venomous..
Encircle
::
Encircle
(v. t.) To form a
circle
about;
to
inclose
within
a
circle
or ring; to
surround;
as, to
encircle
one in the arms; the army
encircled
the
city..
Zwanziger
::
Zwanziger
(n.) An
Austrian
silver
coin
equivalent
to 20
kreutzers,
or about 10
cents..
Centumvir
::
Centumvir
(n.) One of a court of about one
hundred
judges
chosen
to try civil
suits.
Under the
empire
the court was
increased
to 180, and met
usually
in four
sections..
Handkerchief
::
Handkerchief
(n.) A piece of cloth
shaped
like a
handkerchief
to be worn about the neck; a
neckerchief;
a
neckcloth.
Landlouping
::
Landlouping
(a.)
Vagrant;
wandering
about.
Batten
::
Batten
(n .) A strip of sawed
stuff,
or a
scantling;
as, (a) pl. (Com. &
Arch.)
Sawed
timbers
about 7 by 2 1/2
inches
and not less than 6 feet long.
Brande
& C. (b)
(Naut.)
A strip of wood used in
fastening
the edges of a
tarpaulin
to the deck, also
around
masts to
prevent
chafing.
(c) A long, thin strip used to
strengthen
a part, to cover a
crack,
etc..
Parceling
::
Parceling
(n.) Long,
narrow
slips of
canvas
daubed
with tar and wound about a rope like a
bandage,
before
it is
served;
used, also, in
mousing
on the
stayes,
etc..
Fuss
::
Fuss (n.) One who is
unduly
anxious
about
trifles.
Gambol
::
Gambol
(v. i.) To dance and skip about in
sport;
to
frisk;
to skip; to play in
frolic,
like boys or
lambs..
Conoid
::
Conoid
(n.) A solid
formed
by the
revolution
of a conic
section
about its axis; as, a
parabolic
conoid,
elliptic
conoid,
etc.; -- more
commonly
called
paraboloid,
ellipsoid,
etc..
Second
::
Second
(a.) The
sixtieth
part of a
minute
of time or of a
minute
of
space,
that is, the
second
regular
subdivision
of the
degree;
as, sound moves about 1,140
English
feet in a
second;
five
minutes
and ten
seconds
north of this
place..
Desultory
::
Desultory
(a.)
Leaping
or
skipping
about.
Sport
::
Sport (n.) That with which one
plays,
or which is
driven
about in play; a toy; a
plaything;
an
object
of
mockery..
Orchidaceous
::
Orchidaceous
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
resembling,
a
natural
order
(Orchidaceae)
of
endogenous
plants
of which the genus
Orchis
is the type. They are
mostly
perennial
herbs
having
the
stamens
and
pistils
united
in a
single
column,
and
normally
three
petals
and three
sepals,
all
adherent
to the
ovary.
The
flowers
are
curiously
shaped,
often
resembling
insects,
the odd or lower petal
(called
the lip) being
unlike
the
others,
and
sometimes
of a
strange
and
unexpected
appearance.
About one
hundred
spec
Farfetch
::
Farfetch
(n.)
Anything
brought
from far, or
brought
about with
studious
care; a deep
strategem..
Sowle
::
Sowle (v. t.) To pull by the ears; to drag
about.
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