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A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, being the force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one second, causes it to acquire by the of that time a velocity of one foot per second. It is about equal to the weight of
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A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, being the force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one second, causes it to acquire by the of that time a velocity of one foot per second. It is about equal to the weight of half an ounce, and is 13,825 dynes.
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- ACTURE
Action. Shak. - SECOND
1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other. And he slept and dreamed the second time. Gen. xli. 5. 2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, - BELLMAN
A man who rings a bell, especially to give notice of anything in the streets. Formerly, also, a night watchman who called the hours. Milton. - BELIAL
An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil. What concord hath Christ with Belia 2 Cor. vi. 15. A son of Belial, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. 1 Sam. ii. 12. - ACTURIENCE
Tendency or impulse to act. Acturience, or desire of action, in one form or another, whether as restlessness, ennui, dissatisfaction, or the imagination of something desirable. J. Grote. - BESCRATCH
To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches. - BEASTLIHEAD
Beastliness. Spenser. - BASE
1. To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower. If any . . . based his pike. Sir T. North. 2. To reduce the value of; to debase. Metals which we can not base. Bacon. - BASKING SHARK
One of the largest species of sharks , so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species. - BEWRAP
To wrap up; to cover. Fairfax. - ACTINOLITE
A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses. - BERGOMASK
A rustic dance, so called in ridicule of the people of Bergamo, in Italy, once noted for their clownishness. - ACTINOSTOME
The mouth or anterior opening of a coelenterate animal. - BASIFY
To convert into a salifiable base. - BESCATTER
1. To scatter over. 2. To cover sparsely by scattering ; to strew. "With flowers bescattered." Spenser. - BEVELMENT
The replacement of an edge by two similar planes, equally inclined to the including faces or adjacent planes. - BELEAVE
To leave or to be left. May. - BESCORN
To treat with scorn. "Then was he bescorned." Chaucer. - BETSO
A small brass Venetian coin. - BASQUE
1. One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France. 2. The language spoken by the Basque people. 3. A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this - COMBER
1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc. 2. A long, curling wave. - GABBER
1. A liar; a deceiver. 2. One addicted to idle talk. - HAIRBELL
See HAREBELL - SELF-ACTIVE
Acting of one's self or of itself; acting without depending on other agents. - ORBED
Having the form of an orb; round. The orbèd eyelids are let down. Trench. - PHYLACTERED
Wearing a phylactery. - GERBE
A kind of ornamental firework. Farrow. - CHYLIFACTIVE
Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle. - LAMBERT PINE
The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (Pinus Lambertiana). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States. - HEMIDACTYL
Any species of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath. - FORCE
To stuff; to lard; to farce. Wit larded with malice, and malice forced with wit. Shak.