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3. Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe.
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But Banquo's safe?
Ay, my good lord, safe in a ditch he bides. Shak.
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Coloq. Safe hit (Baseball), a hit which enables the batter to get to first base even if no error is made by the other side.
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Syn. -- Secure; unendangered; sure.
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Safe (?), n. A place for keeping things in safety. Specifically: (a) A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like. (b) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
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Safe, v. t. To render safe; to make right. [Obs.] Shak.
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Safe-conduct (?), n. [Safe + conduct: cf. F. sauf-conduit.] That which gives a safe passage; either (a) a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or (b) a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak.
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Safe-conduct (?), v. t. To conduct safely; to give safe-conduct to. [Poetic]
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He him by all the bonds of love besought
To safe-conduct his love. Spenser.
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Safeguard (?), n. [Safe = guard: cf. F. sauvegarde.] 1. One who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection. Shak.
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Thy sword, the safeguard of thy brother's throne. Granville.
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2. A convoy or guard to protect a traveler or property.
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3. A pass; a passport; a safe-conduct. Shak.
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Safeguard, v. t. To guard; to protect. Shak.
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Safe-keeping (?), n. [Safe + keep.] The act of keeping or preserving in safety from injury or from escape; care; custody.
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Safely, adv. In a safe manner; danger, injury, loss, or evil consequences.
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Safeness, n. The quality or state of being safe; freedom from hazard, danger, harm, or loss; safety; security; as the safeness of an experiment, of a journey, or of a possession.
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Safe-pledge (?), n. (Law) A surety for the appearance of a person at a given time. Bracton.
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Safety (?), n. [Cf. F. sauveté.] 1. The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.
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Up led by thee,
Into the heaven I have presumed,
An earthly guest . . . With like safety guided down,
Return me to my native element. Milton.
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2. Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc.
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Would there were any safety in thy sex,
That I might put a thousand sorrows off,
And credit thy repentance! Beau. & Fl.
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3. Preservation from escape; close custody.
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Imprison him, . . .
Deliver him to safety; and return. Shak.
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4. (Amer. Football) the act or result of a ball-carrier on the offensive team being tackled behind his own goal line, or the downing of a ball behind the offensive team's own goal line when it had been carried or propelled behind that goal line by a player on the offensive tream; such a play causes a score of two points to be awarded to the defensive team; -- it is distinguished from touchback, when the ball is downed behind the goal after being propelled there or last touched by a player of the defending team. See . Same as Safety touchdown, below.
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5. Short for . [archaic]
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6. a switch on a firearm that locks the trigger and prevents the firearm from being discharged unintentionally; -- also called safety catch, safety lock, or lock. [archaic]
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Safety bicycle. A bicycle with equal or nearly equal wheels, usually about 28 inches diameter, driven by pedals connected to the rear (driving) wheel by a multiplying gear. Since the 1930's this has been the most common type of bicycle, now simply called bicycle. The older high-wheelers are often referred to as bone-rattlers.
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Safety chain. (a) (Railroads) A normally slack chain for preventing excessive movement between a truck and a car body in sluing. (b) An auxiliary watch chain, secured to the clothes, usually out of sight, to prevent stealing of the watch. (c) A chain of sheet metal links with an elongated hole through each broad end, made up by doubling the first link on itself, slipping the next link through and doubling, and so on.
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Coloq. Safety arch (Arch.), a discharging arch. See under , v. t. -- Coloq. Safety belt , a belt made of some buoyant material, or which is capable of being inflated, so as to enable a person to float in water; a life preserver. -- Coloq. Safety buoy , a buoy to enable a person to float in water; a safety belt. -- Coloq. Safety cage (Mach.), a cage for an elevator or mine lift, having appliances to prevent it from dropping if the lifting rope should break. -- Coloq. Safety lamp . (Mining) See under . -- Coloq. Safety match , a match which can be ignited only on a surface specially prepared for the purpose. -- Coloq. Safety pin , a pin made in the form of a clasp, with a guard covering its point so that it will not prick the wearer. -- Coloq. Safety plug . See Fusible plug, under . -- Coloq. Safety switch . See . -- Coloq. Safety touchdown (Football), the act or result of a player's touching to the ground behind his own goal line a ball which received its last impulse from a man on his own side; -- distinguished from touchback. See . Same as -- Coloq. Safety tube (Chem.), a tube to prevent explosion, or to control delivery of gases by an automatic valvular connection with the outer air; especially, a bent funnel tube with bulbs for adding those reagents which produce unpleasant fumes or violent effervescence. -- Coloq. Safety valve , a valve which is held shut by a spring or weight and opens automatically to permit the escape of steam, or confined gas, water, etc., from a boiler, or other vessel, when the pressure becomes too great for safety; also, sometimes, a similar valve opening inward to admit air to a vessel in which the pressure is less than that of the atmosphere, to prevent collapse.
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Safflow (?), n. (Bot.) The safflower. [Obs.]
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Safflower (?), n. [F. safleur, saflor, for safran, influenced by fleur flower. See , and .] 1. (Bot.) An annual composite plant (Carthamus tinctorius), the flowers of which are used as a dyestuff and in making rouge; bastard, or false, saffron.
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2. The dried flowers of the Carthamus tinctorius.
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3. A dyestuff from these flowers. See (b).
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Coloq. Oil of safflower , a purgative oil expressed from the seeds of the safflower.
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Saffron (?; 277), n. [OE. saffran, F. safran; cf. It. zafferano, Sp. azafran, Pg. açafrão; all fr. Ar. & Per. za' farān.] 1. (Bot.) A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See .
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2. The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine.
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3. An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus.
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Coloq. Bastard saffron , Coloq. Dyer's saffron . (Bot.) See . -- Coloq. Meadow saffron (Bot.), a bulbous plant (Colchichum autumnale) of Europe, resembling saffron. -- Coloq. Saffron wood (Bot.), the yellowish wood of a South African tree (Elæodendron croceum); also, the tree itself. -- Coloq. Saffron yellow , a shade of yellow like that obtained from the stigmas of the true saffron (Crocus sativus).
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Saffron (?; 277), a. Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.
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Saffron, v. t. To give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice. [Obs.]
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And in Latyn I speak a wordes few,
To saffron with my predication. Chaucer.
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Saffrony (?), a. Having a color somewhat like saffron; yellowish. Lord (1630).
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Safranin (?), n. (Chem.) (a) An orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron. [R.] (b) A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet; -- called also Spanish red, China lake, and carthamin. (c) An orange-red dyestuff prepared from certain nitro compounds of creosol, and used as a substitute for the safflower dye.
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Safranine (? or ?), n. [So called because used as a substitute for safranin.] (Chem.) An orange-red nitrogenous dyestuff produced artificially by oxidizing certain aniline derivatives, and used in dyeing silk and wool; also, any one of the series of which safranine proper is the type.
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Sag (săg), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sagged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sagging (?).] [Akin to Sw. sacka to settle, sink down, LG. sacken, D. zakken. Cf. , v. i.] 1. To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.
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2. Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced. [R.]
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The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear,
Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear. Shak.
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3. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
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Coloq. To sag to leeward (Naut.), to make much leeway by reason of the wind, sea, or current; to drift to leeward; -- said of a vessel. Totten.
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Sag, v. t. To cause to bend or give way; to load.
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Sag, n. State of sinking or bending; sagging.
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Saga (sāgȧ), n.; pl. Sagas (-gȧz). [Icel., akin to E. saw a saying. See , and cf. .] A Scandinavian legend, or heroic or mythic tradition, among the Norsemen and kindred people; a northern European popular historical or religious tale of olden time.
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And then the blue-eyed Norseman told
A saga of the days of old. Longfellow.
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Sagacious (?), a. [L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See , and cf. .] 1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.
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Sagacious of his quarry from so far. Milton.
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2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark.
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Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious above our apprehension. Dr. H. More.
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Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions. Locke.
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Syn. -- See .
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-- Sagaciously, adv. -- Sagaciousness, n.
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Sagacity (?), n. [L. sagacitas. See .] The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.
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Some [brutes] show that nice sagacity of smell. Cowper.
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Natural sagacity improved by generous education. V. Knox.
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Syn. -- Penetration; shrewdness; judiciousness. -- , . Penetration enables us to enter into the depths of an abstruse subject, to detect motives, plans, etc. Sagacity adds to penetration a keen, practical judgment, which enables one to guard against the designs of others, and to turn everything to the best possible advantage.
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Sagamore (?), n. 1. [Cf. .] The head of a tribe among the American Indians; a chief; -- generally used as synonymous with sachem, but some writters distinguished between them, making the sachem a chief of the first rank, and a sagamore one of the second rank. “Be it sagamore, sachem, or powwow.” Longfellow.
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2. A juice used in medicine. [Obs.] Johnson.
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Sagapen (?), n. Sagapenum.
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Sagapenum (?), n. [L. sagapenon, sacopenium, Gr. �: cf. F. sagapin, gomme sagapin, sagapénum, Ar. sikbīnaj, Per. sakbīnah, sikbīnah.] (Med.) A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of Ferula. It has been used in hysteria, etc., but is now seldom met with. U. S. Disp.
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Sagathy (?), n. [F. sagatis: cf. Sp. sagatí, saetí.] A mixed woven fabric of silk and cotton, or silk and wool; sayette; also, a light woolen fabric.
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Sage (?), n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See .] (Bot.) (a) A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage. (b) The sagebrush.
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Coloq. Meadow sage (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia (S. pratensis) growing in meadows in Europe. -- Coloq. Sage cheese , cheese flavored with sage, and colored green by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which are added to the milk. -- Coloq. Sage cock (Zoöl.), the male of the sage grouse; in a more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse. -- Coloq. Sage green , of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves of garden sage. -- Coloq. Sage grouse (Zoöl.), a very large American grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), native of the dry sagebrush plains of Western North America. Called also cock of the plains. The male is called sage cock, and the female sage hen. -- Coloq. Sage hare , or Coloq. Sage rabbit (Zoöl.), a species of hare (Lepus Nuttalli syn. Lepus artemisia) which inhabits the arid regions of Western North America and lives among sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit. -- Coloq. Sage hen (Zoöl.), the female of the sage grouse. -- Coloq. Sage sparrow (Zoöl.), a small sparrow (Amphispiza Belli, var. Nevadensis) which inhabits the dry plains of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush. -- Coloq. Sage thrasher (Zoöl.), a singing bird (Oroscoptes montanus) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western North America. -- Coloq. Sage willow (Bot.), a species of willow (Salix tristis) forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green leaves.
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Sage (?), a. [Compar. Sager (?); superl. Sagest.] [F., fr. L. sapius (only in nesapius unwise, foolish), fr. sapere to be wise; perhaps akin to E. sap. Cf. , , .] 1. Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious.
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All you sage counselors, hence! Shak.
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2. Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose.
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Commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counseled the general to retreat. Milton.
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3. Grave; serious; solemn. [R.] “[Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.” Milton.
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Syn. -- Wise; sagacious; sapient; grave; prudent; judicious.
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Sage, n. A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher.
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At his birth a star,
Unseen before in heaven, proclaims him come,
And guides the Eastern sages. Milton.
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Sagebrush (?), n. A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the order Compositæ, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains; -- called also sagebush, and wild sage.
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Sagebrush State. Nevada; -- a nickname.
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Sagely, adv. In a sage manner; wisely.
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Sagene (?), n. [Russ. sajene.] A Russian measure of length equal to about seven English feet.
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Sageness (?), n. The quality or state of being sage; wisdom; sagacity; prudence; gravity. Ascham.
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Sagenite (?), n. [F. sagénite, fr. L. sagena a large net. See .] (Min.) Acicular rutile occurring in reticulated forms imbedded in quartz.
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Sagenitic (?), a. (Min.) Resembling sagenite; -- applied to quartz when containing acicular crystals of other minerals, most commonly rutile, also tourmaline, actinolite, and the like.
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Sagger (?), n. [See .] 1. A pot or case of fire clay, in which fine stoneware is inclosed while baking in the kiln; a seggar.
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2. The clay of which such pots or cases are made.
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Sagging (?), n. A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. .
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Saginate (?), v. t. [L. saginatus, p. p. of saginare to fat, fr. sagina stuffing.] To make fat; to pamper. [R.] “Many a saginated boar.” Cowper.
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Sagination (?), n. [L. saginatio.] The act of fattening or pampering. [R.] Topsell.
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Sagitta (?), n. [L., an arrow.] 1. (Astron.) A small constellation north of Aquila; the Arrow.
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2. (Arch.) The keystone of an arch. [R.] Gwilt.
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3. (Geom.) The distance from a point in a curve to the chord; also, the versed sine of an arc; -- so called from its resemblance to an arrow resting on the bow and string. [Obs.]
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4. (Anat.) The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes.
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5. (Zoöl.) A genus of transparent, free-swimming marine worms having lateral and caudal fins, and capable of swimming rapidly. It is the type of the class Chætognatha.
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