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Second
·noun Aid; assistance; help.
II. Second ·noun The second part in a concerted piece;
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second
The sixtieth part of a minute. A division of a degree of a circle. A term applied both to time and t...
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Counter
·adv At or against the front or face.
II. Counter ·vt Money; coin;
— used in contempt.
III. Count...
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counter
A term which enters into the composition of divers words of our language, and generally implies oppo...
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Second-class
·adj Of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second-rate; as, a second-class house; ...
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Second-rate
·adj Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a secon...
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Second-sight
·noun The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future event...
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Second-sighted
·adj Having the power of second-sight.
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Thirty-second
·adj Being one of thirty-two equal parts into which anything is divided.
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Twelfth-second
·noun A unit for the measurement of small intervals of time, such that 1012 (ten trillion) of these ...
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Second Postern
Between London Wall and Fore Street, east of Aldermanbury Postern (Rocque, 1746-London Guide, 1758, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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second-captain
Commanders under captains in the navy, of late.
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second-futtocks
The frame-timbers scarphed on the end of the futtock-timbers.
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second-hand
A term in fishing-boats to distinguish the second in charge.
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second officer
Second mate in merchantmen.
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second-rate
Vessels of seventy-four guns (on the old scale).
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Counter brace
·- The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.
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Counter tenor
·- One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor.
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Counter weight
·noun A <<Counterpoise>>.
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Counter-compony
·adj ·see <<Compony>>.
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Counter-couchant
·adj Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions;
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Counter-courant
·adj Running in opposite directions;
— said of animals borne in a coast of arms.
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Counter-paly
·adj Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors...
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Counter-roll
·noun A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll...
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Counter-salient
·adj Leaping from each other;
— said of two figures on a coast of arms.
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Hunt-counter
·noun A worthless dog that runs back on the scent; a blunderer.
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Speed counter
·add. ·- A device for automatically counting the revolutions or pulsations of an engine or other mac...
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Counter Alley
See Compter Alley, Compter Court.
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counter-approaches
Works effected outside the place by the garrison during a siege, to enfilade, command, or otherwise ...
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counter-current
That portion of water diverted from the main stream of a current by the particular formation of the ...
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counter-line
A word often used for contravallation.
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counter-mould
The converse of mould (which see).
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counter-rails
The balustrade work, or ornamental moulding across a square stern, where the counter terminates.
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counter-sea
The disturbed state of the sea after a gale, when, the wind having changed, the sea still runs in it...
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counter-sunk
Those holes which are made for the heads of bolts or nails to be sunk in, so as to be even with the ...
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counter-timbers
Short right-aft timbers for the purpose of strengthening the counter, and forming the stern.
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counter-trenches
See counter-approaches.
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lower counter
The counter between the upper counter and the rail under the lights.
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upper counter
The counter between the wing transom and the rail. (See counter.)
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Temple, the Second
After the return from captivity, under Zerubbabel (q.v.) and the high priest Jeshua, arrangements we...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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to play second fiddle
is to take an inferior part in any project or undertaking. A metaphor borrowed from a musical perfor...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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counter-balance weight
in the marine engine. (See lever.) Also in many marine barometers, where it slides and is fixed by a...
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counter-brace, to
Is bracing the head-yards one way, and the after-yards another. The counter-brace is the lee-brace o...
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side counter-timber
The stern timber which partakes of the shape of the top-side, and heels upon the end of the wing-tra...
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John, Second Epistle of
Is addressed to "the elect lady," and closes with the words, "The children of thy elect sister greet...
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Peter, Second Epistle of
The question of the authenticity of this epistle has been much discussed, but the weight of evidence...
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Timothy, Second Epistle to
Was probably written a year or so after the first, and from Rome, where Paul was for a second time a...
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Peter, Second Epistle Of
The following is a brief outline of the contents of this epistle: The customary opening salutation i...
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Corinthians, Second Epistle to the
Shortly after writing his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul left Ephesus, where intense exciteme...
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Corinthians, Second Epistle To The
was written a few months subsequent to the first, in the same year-about the autumn of A.D. 57 or 58...
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Esdras, The Second Book Of
This exists in a Latin translation, the Greek being lost. Chapters 3-14 consist of a series of angel...
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Thessalonians, Second Epistle To The
appears to have been written from Corinth not very long after the first, for Silvanus and Timotheus ...
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Chronicles, First And Second Books Of
the name originally given to the record made by the appointed historiographers in the kingdoms of Is...
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Kings, First And Second Books Of
originally only one book in the Hebrew canon, from in the LXX. and the Vulgate the third and fourth ...
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John, The Second And Third Epistles Of
The second epistle is addressed to an individual woman. One who had children, and a sister and niece...
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