Definition of length

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Length (v. t.) To lengthen.

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Protractive :: Protractive (a.) Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying.
Lengthy :: Lengthy (superl.) Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like..
Brahma :: Brahma (n.) A valuable variety of large, domestic fowl, peculiar in having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well feathered. There are two breeds, the dark or penciled, and the light; -- called also Brahmapootra..
Serval :: Serval (n.) An African wild cat (Felis serval) of moderate size. It has rather long legs and a tail of moderate length. Its color is tawny, with black spots on the body and rings of black on the tail..
Board :: Board (n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc..
Lengthways :: Lengthways (adv.) Alt. of Lengthwis.
Arshine :: Arshine (n.) A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.
Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length..
Thread :: Thread (n.) A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length; a compound cord consisting of two or more single yarns doubled, or joined together, and twisted..
Addition :: Addition (n.) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
Lug :: Lug (n.) A measure of length, being 16/ feet; a rod, pole, or perch..
Finger :: Finger (n.) The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard..
Longitudinal :: Longitudinal (a.) Of or pertaining to longitude or length; as, longitudinal distance..
Enfilade :: Enfilade (n.) A firing in the direction of the length of a trench, or a line of parapet or troops, etc.; a raking fire..
Double :: Double (n.) Twice as much; twice the number, sum, quantity, length, value, and the like..
Ruff :: Ruff (n.) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird..
Uneven :: Uneven (a.) Not equal; not of equal length.
Thrust :: Thrust (n.) A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a term of fencing..
Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch.
Machete :: Machete (n.) A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes..
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