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Toise :: Toise (a.) An old measure of length in France, containing six French feet, or about 6.3946 French feet..

Value :: Value (n.) The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [/] has the value of two eighth notes [/]..

Thick :: Thick (superl.) Measuring in the third dimension other than length and breadth, or in general dimension other than length; -- said of a solid body; as, a timber seven inches thick..

Enlengthen :: Enlengthen (v. t.) To lengthen.

Ceratosaurus :: Ceratosaurus (n.) A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix..

Paragnathous :: Paragnathous (a.) Having both mandibles of equal length, the tips meeting, as in certain birds..

Produce :: Produce (v. t.) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore..

Prolongation :: Prolongation (n.) The act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction.

Longitudinally :: Longitudinally (adv.) In the direction of length.

Longspun :: Longspun (a.) Spun out, or extended, to great length; hence, long-winded; tedious..

Ichthyosaurus :: Ichthyosaurus (n.) An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes. Several species, varying in length from ten to thirty feet, are known from the Liassic, Oolitic, and Cretaceous formations..

Opsiometer :: Opsiometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the limits of distincts vision in different individuals, and thus determiming the proper focal length of a lens for correcting imperfect sight..

Surveyor :: Surveying (n.) That branch of applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of any portion of the earth's surface, the length and directions of the bounding lines, the contour of the surface, etc., with an accurate delineation of the whole on paper; the act or occupation of making surveys..

Pianoforte :: Pianoforte (a.) A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys..

Use :: Use (v. t.) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging..

Strappado :: Strappado (n.) A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated..

Spread :: Spread (v. t.) To extend in length and breadth, or in breadth only; to stretch or expand to a broad or broader surface or extent; to open; to unfurl; as, to spread a carpet; to spread a tent or a sail..

Measure :: Measure (v. i.) To be of a certain size or quantity, or to have a certain length, breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure; as, cloth measures three fourths of a yard; a tree measures three feet in diameter..

Tonophant :: Tonophant (n.) A modification of the kaleidophon, for showing composition of acoustic vibrations. It consists of two thin slips of steel welded together, their length being adjystable by a screw socket..

Lengthwise :: Lengthwise (adv.) In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.

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