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Mesne :: Mesne (a.) Middle; intervening; as, a mesne lord, that is, a lord who holds land of a superior, but grants a part of it to another person, in which case he is a tenant to the superior, but lord or superior to the second grantee, and hence is called the mesne lord..

Second :: Second (a.) The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten seconds north of this place..

Secondary :: Secondary (n.) A satellite.

Dogwatch :: Dogwatch (n.) A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch from 6 to 8 o'clock, p. m..

Tricrotism :: Tricrotism (n.) That condition of the arterial pulse in which there is a triple beat. The pulse curve obtained in the sphygmographic tracing characteristic of tricrotism shows two secondary crests in addition to the primary.

Parastichy :: Parastichy (n.) A secondary spiral in phyllotaxy, as one of the evident spirals in a pine cone..

Heterodactylous :: Heterodactylous (a.) Having the first and second toes turned backward, as in the trogons..

Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.

Phosphinic :: Phosphinic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain acids analogous to the phosphonic acids, but containing two hydrocarbon radicals, and derived from the secondary phosphines by oxidation..

Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. t.) To mark or measure by moving to and fro; as, a pendulum vibrating seconds..

Reassertion :: Reassertion (n.) A second or renewed assertion of the same thing.

Repleader :: Repleader (n.) A second pleading, or course of pleadings; also, the right of pleading again..

Art :: Art () The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style..

Deuterogamy :: Deuterogamy (n.) A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See Bigamy..

V :: V () V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about like Engli

Waxwing :: Waxwing (n.) Any one of several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. The Bohemian waxwing (see under Bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also waxbird..

Repay :: Repay (v. t.) To pay anew, or a second time, as a debt..

Pricket :: Pricket (n.) A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck.

Antimask :: Antimask (n.) A secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask..

Reprint :: Reprint (v. t.) To print again; to print a second or a new edition of.

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