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Definition of instead
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Instead
(adv.)
In the place or room; --
usually
followed
by of.
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Bow-compass
::
Bow-compass
(n.) A small pair of
compasses,
one leg of which
carries
a
pencil,
or a pen, for
drawing
circles.
Its legs are often
connected
by a
bow-shaped
spring,
instead
of by a
joint..
Wear
::
Wear (v. t.) To cause to go
about,
as a
vessel,
by
putting
the helm up,
instead
of alee as in
tacking,
so that the
vessel's
bow is
turned
away from, and her stern is
presented
to, the wind, and, as she turns still
farther,
her sails fill on the other side; to
veer..
Firmer-chisel
::
Firmer-chisel
(n.) A
chisel,
thin in
proportion
to its
width.
It has a tang to enter the
handle
instead
of a
socket
for
receiving
it..
Plica
::
Plica (v.) A
diseased
state in
plants
in which there is an
excessive
development
of small
entangled
twigs,
instead
of
ordinary
branches..
Harpsichord
::
Harpsichord
(n.) A
harp-shaped
instrument
of music set
horizontally
on legs, like the grand
piano,
with
strings
of wire,
played
by the
fingers,
by means of keys
provided
with
quills,
instead
of
hammers,
for
striking
the
strings.
It is now
superseded
by the
piano..
Hendiadys
::
Hendiadys
(n.) A
figure
in which the idea is
expressed
by two nouns
connected
by and,
instead
of by a noun and
limiting
adjective;
as, we drink from cups and gold, for
golden
cups..
Water Thermometer
::
Water
thermometer
() A
thermometer
filled
with water
instead
of
mercury,
for
ascertaining
the
precise
temperature
at which water
attains
its
maximum
density.
This is about 39?
Fahr.,
or 4?
Centigrade;
and from that point down to 32?
Fahr.,
or 0?
Centigrade,
or the
freezing
point,
it
expands..
Carvelbuilt
::
Carvelbuilt
(a.)
Having
the
planks
meet flush at the
seams,
instead
of
lapping
as in a
clinker-built
vessel..
Tablature
::
Tablature
(n.) An
ancient
mode of
indicating
musical
sounds
by
letters
and other signs
instead
of by
notes.
Endogenous
::
Endogenous
(a.)
Increasing
by
internal
growth
and
elongation
at the
summit,
instead
of
externally,
and
having
no
distinction
of pith, wood, and bark, as the
rattan,
the palm, the
cornstalk..
Props
::
Props (n. pl.) A game of
chance,
in which four sea
shells,
each
called
a prop, are used
instead
of
dice..
Worthy
::
Worthy
(n.)
Having
suitable,
adapted,
or
equivalent
qualities
or
value;
--
usually
with of
before
the thing
compared
or the
object;
more
rarely,
with a
following
infinitive
instead
of of, or with that; as,
worthy
of, equal in
excellence,
value,
or
dignity
to;
entitled
to;
meriting;
--
usually
in a good
sense,
but
sometimes
in a bad one..
Demicadence
::
Demicadence
(n.) An
imperfect
or half
cadence,
falling
on the
dominant
instead
of on the key
note..
Inversion
::
Inversion
(n.) Said of a
subject,
or
phrase,
when the
intervals
of which it
consists
are
repeated
in the
contrary
direction,
rising
instead
of
falling,
or vice
versa..
Blueberry
::
Blueberry
(n.) The berry of
several
species
of
Vaccinium,
an
ericaceous
genus,
differing
from the
American
huckleberries
in
containing
numerous
minute
seeds
instead
of ten
nutlets.
The
commonest
species
are V.
Pennsylvanicum
and V.
vacillans.
V.
corymbosum
is the tall
blueberry..
Madia
::
Madia (n.) A genus of
composite
plants,
of which one
species
(Madia
sativa)
is
cultivated
for the oil
yielded
from its seeds by
pressure.
This oil is
sometimes
used
instead
of olive oil for the
table..
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..
Lozenge
::
Lozenge
(n.) A form of the
escutcheon
used by women
instead
of the
shield
which is used by men.
Potpie
::
Potpie
(n.) A meat pie which is
boiled
instead
of being
baked.
Mine
::
Mine
(pron.
& a.)
Belonging
to me; my. Used as a
pronominal
to me; my. Used as a
pronominal
adjective
in the
predicate;
as,
Vengeance
is mine; I will
repay.
Rom. xii. 19. Also, in the old
style,
used
attributively,
instead
of my,
before
a noun
beginning
with a
vowel..
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