An important army term, meaning firstly the sum to be paid by officers when exchanging from the half to full pay; and, secondly, the price or difference in value of the several commissions.
·noun Choice; preference. II. Difference ·vt To cause to differ; to make different; to mark as diff...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The equinoctial arc intercepted between the right and oblique ascensions (which see). ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The distance between any two places on the same meridian, or the difference between the parallels of...
The difference of any place from another eastward or westward, counted in degrees of the equator: th...