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Motion :: Motion (n.) Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of the planets is from west to east..

Rifle :: Rifle (n.) A gun, the inside of whose barrel is grooved with spiral channels, thus giving the ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket..

Nimbly :: Nimbly (adv.) In a nimble manner; with agility; with light, quick motion..

Hairspring :: Hairspring (n.) The slender recoil spring which regulates the motion of the balance in a timepiece.

Distortion :: Distortion (n.) The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body..

Insensibility :: Insensibility (n.) Want of tenderness or susceptibility of emotion or passion; dullness; stupidity.

Traverse :: Traverse (v. i.) To use the posture or motions of opposition or counteraction, as in fencing..

Gyre :: Gyre (n.) A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit..

Speed :: Speed (n.) The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel..

Sticker :: Sticker (n.) In the organ, a small wooden rod which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing..

Pleasure :: Pleasure (n.) The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc..

Course :: Course (n.) Motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument..

Touch :: Touch (v.) Act or power of exciting emotion.

Apathetical :: Apathetical (a.) Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.

Manometer :: Manometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing the gas to exert its elastic force in raising a column of mercury in an open tube, or in compressing a portion of air or other gas in a closed tube with mercury or other liquid intervening, or in bending a metallic or other spring so as to set in motion an index; a pressure gauge. See Pressure, and Illust. of Air pump..

Motioning :: Motioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Motio.

Overslaugh :: Overslaugh (v. t.) To hinder or stop, as by an overslaugh or an impediment; as, to overslaugh a bill in a legislative body; to overslaugh a military officer, that is, to hinder his promotion or employment..

Plasmodium :: Plasmodium (n.) A jellylike mass of free protoplasm, without any union of amoeboid cells, and endowed with life and power of motion..

Link Motion :: Link motion () A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines..

Lash :: Lash (v. t.) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail..

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