| slovo | definícia |
passage
(mass) | passage
- prechod, priechod |
passage
(encz) | passage,chodba n: |
passage
(encz) | passage,pasáž n: Zdeněk Brož |
passage
(encz) | passage,plavba n: Zdeněk Brož |
passage
(encz) | passage,průchod n: |
passage
(encz) | passage,průjezd n: |
passage
(encz) | passage,přechod n: Zdeněk Brož |
passage
(encz) | passage,přejezd n: Zdeněk Brož |
Passage
(gcide) | Passage \Pas"sage\, n. [F. passage. See Pass, v. i.]
1. The act of passing; transit from one place to another;
movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or
through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the
passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the
passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the
body.
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What! are my doors opposed against my passage!
--Shak.
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2. Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water,
carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or
means, of passing; conveyance.
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The ship in which he had taken passage. --Macaulay.
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3. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's
passage.
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4. Removal from life; decease; departure; death. [R.] "Endure
thy mortal passage." --Milton.
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When he is fit and season'd for his passage. --Shak.
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5. Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one
passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit.
Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a
building; a hall; a corridor.
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And with his pointed dart
Explores the nearest passage to his heart. --Dryden.
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The Persian army had advanced into the . . .
passages of Cilicia. --South.
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6. A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or
continuous series; as, the passage of time.
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The conduct and passage of affairs. --Sir J.
Davies.
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The passage and whole carriage of this action.
--Shak.
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7. A separate part of a course, process, or series; an
occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. "In thy passages
of life." --Shak.
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The . . . almost incredible passage of their
unbelief. --South.
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8. A particular portion constituting a part of something
continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical
composition; a paragraph; a clause.
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How commentators each dark passage shun. --Young.
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9. Reception; currency. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby.
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10. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.
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No passages of love
Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. --Tennyson.
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11. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.
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12. In parliamentary proceedings:
(a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.)
through the several stages of consideration and
action; as, during its passage through Congress the
bill was amended in both Houses.
(b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from
one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp.,
the final affirmative action of the body upon a
proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the
passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.
"The passage of the Stamp Act." --D. Hosack.
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The final question was then put upon its
passage. --Cushing.
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In passage, in passing; cursorily. "These . . . have been
studied but in passage." --Bacon.
Middle passage, Northeast passage, Northwest passage.
See under Middle, Northeast, etc.
Of passage, passing from one place, region, or climate, to
another; migratory; -- said especially of birds. "Birds of
passage." --Longfellow.
Passage hawk, a hawk taken on its passage or migration.
Passage money, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, --
usually for carrying passengers by water.
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Syn: Vestibule; hall; corridor. See Vestibule.
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passage
(wn) | passage
n 1: the act of passing from one state or place to the next
[syn: passage, transition]
2: a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
3: a way through or along which someone or something may pass
4: the passing of a law by a legislative body [syn: enactment,
passage]
5: a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"
[syn: passage, transit]
6: a short section of a musical composition [syn: passage,
musical passage]
7: a path or channel or duct through or along which something
may pass; "the nasal passages" [syn: passage, passageway]
8: a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to
another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of
flatus" [syn: passage, passing]
9: the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar
passings can perturb the orbits of comets" [syn: passing,
passage]
10: the act of passing something to another person [syn:
passage, handing over] |
PASSAGE
(bouvier) | PASSAGE. A way over water; a voyage made over the sea or great river; as,
the Sea Gull had a quick passage: the money paid for the transportation of a
person over the sea; as, my, passage to Europe was one hundred and fifty
dollars.
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passage
(mass) | passage
- prechod, priechod |
passageway
(mass) | passageway
- priechod |
musical passage
(encz) | musical passage, n: |
passage
(encz) | passage,chodba n: passage,pasáž n: Zdeněk Brožpassage,plavba n: Zdeněk Brožpassage,průchod n: passage,průjezd n: passage,přechod n: Zdeněk Brožpassage,přejezd n: Zdeněk Brož |
passage for vehicles
(encz) | passage for vehicles,průjezd |
passages
(encz) | passages,průchody n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
passageway
(encz) | passageway,průchod n: passageway,průjezd n: Zdeněk Brož |
purple passage
(encz) | purple passage, n: |
rite of passage
(encz) | rite of passage, |
Bird of passage
(gcide) | Bird \Bird\ (b[~e]rd), n. [OE. brid, bred, bird, young bird,
bird, AS. bridd young bird. [root]92.]
1. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a
nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
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That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird. --Shak.
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The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes.
--Tyndale
(Matt. viii.
20).
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2. (Zool.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with
wings. See Aves.
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3. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
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4. Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
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And by my word! the bonny bird
In danger shall not tarry. --Campbell.
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Arabian bird, the phenix.
Bird of Jove, the eagle.
Bird of Juno, the peacock.
Bird louse (Zool.), a wingless insect of the group
Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very
numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite
(Zool.), a small mite (genera Dermanyssus,
Dermaleichus and allies) parasitic upon birds. The
species are numerous.
Bird of passage, a migratory bird.
Bird spider (Zool.), a very large South American spider
(Mygale avicularia). It is said sometimes to capture and
kill small birds.
Bird tick (Zool.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds
(genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually winged.
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By-passage
(gcide) | By-passage \By"-pas`sage\, n.
A passage different from the usual one; a byway.
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False passage
(gcide) | False \False\, a. [Compar. Falser; superl. Falsest.] [L.
falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.
faux, and AS. fals fraud. See Fail, Fall.]
1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;
dishnest; as, a false witness.
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2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,
vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false
friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
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I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.
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3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or
likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
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4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;
counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;
false colors; false jewelry.
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False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
--Shak.
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5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,
a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in
grammar.
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Whose false foundation waves have swept away.
--Spenser.
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6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which
are temporary or supplemental.
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7. (Mus.) Not in tune.
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False arch (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an
arch, though not of arch construction.
False attic, an architectural erection above the main
cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or
inclosing rooms.
False bearing, any bearing which is not directly upon a
vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has
a false bearing.
False cadence, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.
False conception (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a
mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a
properly organized fetus.
False croup (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx
attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but
unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.
False door or False window (Arch.), the representation of
a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors
or windows or to give symmetry.
False fire, a combustible carried by vessels of war,
chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the
purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for
decoying a vessel to destruction.
False galena. See Blende.
False imprisonment (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a
person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or
the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.
False keel (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to
serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's
lateral resistance.
False key, a picklock.
False leg. (Zool.) See Proleg.
False membrane (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in
croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an
animal membrane.
False papers (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving
false representations respecting her cargo, destination,
etc., for the purpose of deceiving.
False passage (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off
from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced
usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.
False personation (Law), the intentional false assumption
of the name and personality of another.
False pretenses (Law), false representations concerning
past or present facts and events, for the purpose of
defrauding another.
False rail (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of
the head rail to strengthen it.
False relation (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a
certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed
by a flat or sharp.
False return (Law), an untrue return made to a process by
the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.
False ribs (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are
five pairs in man.
False roof (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and
the roof. --Oxford Gloss.
False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for
fraudulent purposes.
False scorpion (Zool.), any arachnid of the genus
Chelifer. See Book scorpion.
False tack (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling
away again on the same tack.
False vampire (Zool.), the Vampyrus spectrum of South
America, formerly erroneously supposed to have
blood-sucking habits; -- called also vampire, and {ghost
vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the
genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.
False window. (Arch.) See False door, above.
False wing. (Zool.) See Alula, and Bastard wing, under
Bastard.
False works (Civil Engin.), construction works to
facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,
bridge centering, etc.
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Gum passages
(gcide) | Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis,
fr. Gr. ?, prob. from an Egyptian form kam?; cf. It.
gomma.]
1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens
when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic;
gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with
less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water;
as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.
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2. (Bot.) See Gum tree, below.
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3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any
roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow
log. [Southern U. S.]
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4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.]
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Black gum, Blue gum, British gum, etc. See under
Black, Blue, etc.
Gum Acaroidea, the resinous gum of the Australian grass
tree (Xanlhorrh[oe]a).
Gum animal (Zool.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called
because it feeds on gums. See Galago.
Gum animi or anim['e]. See Anim['e].
Gum arabic, a gum yielded mostly by several species of
Acacia (chiefly A. vera and A. Arabica) growing in
Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also gum acacia.
East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange
family which bears the elephant apple.
Gum butea, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea
frondosa} and B. superba, and used locally in tanning
and in precipitating indigo.
Gum cistus, a plant of the genus Cistus ({Cistus
ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose.
Gum dragon. See Tragacanth.
Gum elastic, Elastic gum. See Caoutchouc.
Gum elemi. See Elemi.
Gum juniper. See Sandarac.
Gum kino. See under Kino.
Gum lac. See Lac.
Gum Ladanum, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental
species of Cistus or rock rose.
Gum passages, sap receptacles extending through the
parenchyma of certain plants (Amygdalace[ae],
Cactace[ae], etc.), and affording passage for gum.
Gum pot, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and
mixing other ingredients.
Gum resin, the milky juice of a plant solidified by
exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures
of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin
containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter.
Gum sandarac. See Sandarac.
Gum Senegal, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees
(Acacia Verek and A. Adansoni[aum]) growing in the
Senegal country, West Africa.
Gum tragacanth. See Tragacanth.
Gum water, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water.
Gum wood, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the
Eucalyptus piperita, of New South Wales.
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In passage
(gcide) | Passage \Pas"sage\, n. [F. passage. See Pass, v. i.]
1. The act of passing; transit from one place to another;
movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or
through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the
passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the
passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the
body.
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What! are my doors opposed against my passage!
--Shak.
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2. Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water,
carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or
means, of passing; conveyance.
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The ship in which he had taken passage. --Macaulay.
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3. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's
passage.
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4. Removal from life; decease; departure; death. [R.] "Endure
thy mortal passage." --Milton.
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When he is fit and season'd for his passage. --Shak.
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5. Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one
passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit.
Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a
building; a hall; a corridor.
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And with his pointed dart
Explores the nearest passage to his heart. --Dryden.
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The Persian army had advanced into the . . .
passages of Cilicia. --South.
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6. A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or
continuous series; as, the passage of time.
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The conduct and passage of affairs. --Sir J.
Davies.
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The passage and whole carriage of this action.
--Shak.
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7. A separate part of a course, process, or series; an
occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. "In thy passages
of life." --Shak.
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The . . . almost incredible passage of their
unbelief. --South.
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8. A particular portion constituting a part of something
continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical
composition; a paragraph; a clause.
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How commentators each dark passage shun. --Young.
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9. Reception; currency. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby.
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10. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.
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No passages of love
Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. --Tennyson.
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11. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.
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12. In parliamentary proceedings:
(a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.)
through the several stages of consideration and
action; as, during its passage through Congress the
bill was amended in both Houses.
(b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from
one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp.,
the final affirmative action of the body upon a
proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the
passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.
"The passage of the Stamp Act." --D. Hosack.
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The final question was then put upon its
passage. --Cushing.
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In passage, in passing; cursorily. "These . . . have been
studied but in passage." --Bacon.
Middle passage, Northeast passage, Northwest passage.
See under Middle, Northeast, etc.
Of passage, passing from one place, region, or climate, to
another; migratory; -- said especially of birds. "Birds of
passage." --Longfellow.
Passage hawk, a hawk taken on its passage or migration.
Passage money, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, --
usually for carrying passengers by water.
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Syn: Vestibule; hall; corridor. See Vestibule.
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Middle passage
(gcide) | Passage \Pas"sage\, n. [F. passage. See Pass, v. i.]
1. The act of passing; transit from one place to another;
movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or
through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the
passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the
passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the
body.
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What! are my doors opposed against my passage!
--Shak.
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2. Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water,
carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or
means, of passing; conveyance.
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The ship in which he had taken passage. --Macaulay.
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3. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's
passage.
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4. Removal from life; decease; departure; death. [R.] "Endure
thy mortal passage." --Milton.
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When he is fit and season'd for his passage. --Shak.
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5. Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one
passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit.
Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a
building; a hall; a corridor.
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And with his pointed dart
Explores the nearest passage to his heart. --Dryden.
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The Persian army had advanced into the . . .
passages of Cilicia. --South.
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6. A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or
continuous series; as, the passage of time.
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The conduct and passage of affairs. --Sir J.
Davies.
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The passage and whole carriage of this action.
--Shak.
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7. A separate part of a course, process, or series; an
occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. "In thy passages
of life." --Shak.
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The . . . almost incredible passage of their
unbelief. --South.
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8. A particular portion constituting a part of something
continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical
composition; a paragraph; a clause.
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How commentators each dark passage shun. --Young.
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9. Reception; currency. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby.
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10. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.
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No passages of love
Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. --Tennyson.
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11. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.
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12. In parliamentary proceedings:
(a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.)
through the several stages of consideration and
action; as, during its passage through Congress the
bill was amended in both Houses.
(b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from
one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp.,
the final affirmative action of the body upon a
proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the
passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.
"The passage of the Stamp Act." --D. Hosack.
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The final question was then put upon its
passage. --Cushing.
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In passage, in passing; cursorily. "These . . . have been
studied but in passage." --Bacon.
Middle passage, Northeast passage, Northwest passage.
See under Middle, Northeast, etc.
Of passage, passing from one place, region, or climate, to
another; migratory; -- said especially of birds. "Birds of
passage." --Longfellow.
Passage hawk, a hawk taken on its passage or migration.
Passage money, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, --
usually for carrying passengers by water.
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Syn: Vestibule; hall; corridor. See Vestibule.
[1913 Webster]Middle \Mid"dle\ (m[i^]d"d'l), a. [OE. middel, AS. middel; akin
to D. middel, OHG. muttil, G. mittel. [root]271. See Mid,
a.]
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1. Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of
things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house
in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of
middle summer; men of middle age.
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2. Intermediate; intervening.
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Will, seeking good, finds many middle ends. --Sir J.
Davies.
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Note: Middle is sometimes used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, middle-sized,
middle-witted.
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Middle Ages, the period of time intervening between the
decline of the Roman Empire and the revival of letters.
Hallam regards it as beginning with the sixth and ending
with the fifteenth century.
Middle class, in England, people who have an intermediate
position between the aristocracy and the artisan class. It
includes professional men, bankers, merchants, and small
landed proprietors
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The middle-class electorate of Great Britain. --M.
Arnold.
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Middle distance. (Paint.) See Middle-ground.
Middle English. See English, n., 2.
Middle Kingdom, China.
Middle oil (Chem.), that part of the distillate obtained
from coal tar which passes over between 170[deg] and
230[deg] Centigrade; -- distinguished from the {light
oil}, and the heavy oil or dead oil.
Middle passage, in the slave trade, that part of the
Atlantic Ocean between Africa and the West Indies.
Middle post. (Arch.) Same as King-post.
Middle States, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and
Delaware; which, at the time of the formation of the
Union, occupied a middle position between the Eastern
States (or New England) and the Southern States. [U.S.]
Middle term (Logic), that term of a syllogism with which
the two extremes are separately compared, and by means of
which they are brought together in the conclusion.
--Brande.
Middle tint (Paint.), a subdued or neutral tint.
--Fairholt.
Middle voice. (Gram.) See under Voice.
Middle watch, the period from midnight to four a. m.; also,
the men on watch during that time. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Middle weight, a pugilist, boxer, or wrestler classed as of
medium weight, i. e., over 140 and not over 160 lbs., in
distinction from those classed as light weights, {heavy
weights}, etc.
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Northeast passage
(gcide) | Northeast \North`east"\, a.
Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the
northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course;
a northeast wind.
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Northeast passage, a passage or communication by sea
between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north
coast of Asia.
[1913 Webster]Passage \Pas"sage\, n. [F. passage. See Pass, v. i.]
1. The act of passing; transit from one place to another;
movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or
through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the
passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the
passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the
body.
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What! are my doors opposed against my passage!
--Shak.
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2. Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water,
carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or
means, of passing; conveyance.
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The ship in which he had taken passage. --Macaulay.
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3. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's
passage.
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4. Removal from life; decease; departure; death. [R.] "Endure
thy mortal passage." --Milton.
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When he is fit and season'd for his passage. --Shak.
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5. Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one
passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit.
Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a
building; a hall; a corridor.
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And with his pointed dart
Explores the nearest passage to his heart. --Dryden.
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The Persian army had advanced into the . . .
passages of Cilicia. --South.
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6. A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or
continuous series; as, the passage of time.
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The conduct and passage of affairs. --Sir J.
Davies.
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The passage and whole carriage of this action.
--Shak.
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7. A separate part of a course, process, or series; an
occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. "In thy passages
of life." --Shak.
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The . . . almost incredible passage of their
unbelief. --South.
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8. A particular portion constituting a part of something
continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical
composition; a paragraph; a clause.
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How commentators each dark passage shun. --Young.
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9. Reception; currency. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby.
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10. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.
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No passages of love
Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. --Tennyson.
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11. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.
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12. In parliamentary proceedings:
(a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.)
through the several stages of consideration and
action; as, during its passage through Congress the
bill was amended in both Houses.
(b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from
one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp.,
the final affirmative action of the body upon a
proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the
passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.
"The passage of the Stamp Act." --D. Hosack.
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The final question was then put upon its
passage. --Cushing.
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In passage, in passing; cursorily. "These . . . have been
studied but in passage." --Bacon.
Middle passage, Northeast passage, Northwest passage.
See under Middle, Northeast, etc.
Of passage, passing from one place, region, or climate, to
another; migratory; -- said especially of birds. "Birds of
passage." --Longfellow.
Passage hawk, a hawk taken on its passage or migration.
Passage money, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, --
usually for carrying passengers by water.
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Syn: Vestibule; hall; corridor. See Vestibule.
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Northwest passage
(gcide) | Northwest \North`west"\, a.
1. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between
the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the
northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest
coast.
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2. Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind.
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Northwest passage, a passage or communication by sea
between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north
coast of America, long sought for by navigators.
[1913 Webster]Passage \Pas"sage\, n. [F. passage. See Pass, v. i.]
1. The act of passing; transit from one place to another;
movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or
through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the
passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the
passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the
body.
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What! are my doors opposed against my passage!
--Shak.
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2. Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water,
carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or
means, of passing; conveyance.
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The ship in which he had taken passage. --Macaulay.
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3. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's
passage.
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4. Removal from life; decease; departure; death. [R.] "Endure
thy mortal passage." --Milton.
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When he is fit and season'd for his passage. --Shak.
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5. Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one
passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit.
Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a
building; a hall; a corridor.
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And with his pointed dart
Explores the nearest passage to his heart. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
The Persian army had advanced into the . . .
passages of Cilicia. --South.
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6. A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or
continuous series; as, the passage of time.
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The conduct and passage of affairs. --Sir J.
Davies.
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The passage and whole carriage of this action.
--Shak.
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7. A separate part of a course, process, or series; an
occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. "In thy passages
of life." --Shak.
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The . . . almost incredible passage of their
unbelief. --South.
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8. A particular portion constituting a part of something
continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical
composition; a paragraph; a clause.
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How commentators each dark passage shun. --Young.
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9. Reception; currency. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby.
[1913 Webster]
10. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.
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No passages of love
Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. --Tennyson.
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11. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.
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12. In parliamentary proceedings:
(a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.)
through the several stages of consideration and
action; as, during its passage through Congress the
bill was amended in both Houses.
(b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from
one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp.,
the final affirmative action of the body upon a
proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the
passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.
"The passage of the Stamp Act." --D. Hosack.
[1913 Webster]
The final question was then put upon its
passage. --Cushing.
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In passage, in passing; cursorily. "These . . . have been
studied but in passage." --Bacon.
Middle passage, Northeast passage, Northwest passage.
See under Middle, Northeast, etc.
Of passage, passing from one place, region, or climate, to
another; migratory; -- said especially of birds. "Birds of
passage." --Longfellow.
Passage hawk, a hawk taken on its passage or migration.
Passage money, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, --
usually for carrying passengers by water.
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Syn: Vestibule; hall; corridor. See Vestibule.
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Of passage
(gcide) | Passage \Pas"sage\, n. [F. passage. See Pass, v. i.]
1. The act of passing; transit from one place to another;
movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or
through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the
passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the
passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the
body.
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What! are my doors opposed against my passage!
--Shak.
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2. Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water,
carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or
means, of passing; conveyance.
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The ship in which he had taken passage. --Macaulay.
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3. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's
passage.
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4. Removal from life; decease; departure; death. [R.] "Endure
thy mortal passage." --Milton.
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When he is fit and season'd for his passage. --Shak.
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5. Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one
passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit.
Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a
building; a hall; a corridor.
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And with his pointed dart
Explores the nearest passage to his heart. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
The Persian army had advanced into the . . .
passages of Cilicia. --South.
[1913 Webster]
6. A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or
continuous series; as, the passage of time.
[1913 Webster]
The conduct and passage of affairs. --Sir J.
Davies.
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The passage and whole carriage of this action.
--Shak.
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7. A separate part of a course, process, or series; an
occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. "In thy passages
of life." --Shak.
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The . . . almost incredible passage of their
unbelief. --South.
[1913 Webster]
8. A particular portion constituting a part of something
continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical
composition; a paragraph; a clause.
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How commentators each dark passage shun. --Young.
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9. Reception; currency. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby.
[1913 Webster]
10. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.
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No passages of love
Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. --Tennyson.
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11. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.
[1913 Webster]
12. In parliamentary proceedings:
(a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.)
through the several stages of consideration and
action; as, during its passage through Congress the
bill was amended in both Houses.
(b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from
one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp.,
the final affirmative action of the body upon a
proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the
passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.
"The passage of the Stamp Act." --D. Hosack.
[1913 Webster]
The final question was then put upon its
passage. --Cushing.
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In passage, in passing; cursorily. "These . . . have been
studied but in passage." --Bacon.
Middle passage, Northeast passage, Northwest passage.
See under Middle, Northeast, etc.
Of passage, passing from one place, region, or climate, to
another; migratory; -- said especially of birds. "Birds of
passage." --Longfellow.
Passage hawk, a hawk taken on its passage or migration.
Passage money, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, --
usually for carrying passengers by water.
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Syn: Vestibule; hall; corridor. See Vestibule.
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Passage
(gcide) | Passage \Pas"sage\, n. [F. passage. See Pass, v. i.]
1. The act of passing; transit from one place to another;
movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or
through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the
passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the
passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the
body.
[1913 Webster]
What! are my doors opposed against my passage!
--Shak.
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2. Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water,
carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or
means, of passing; conveyance.
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The ship in which he had taken passage. --Macaulay.
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3. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's
passage.
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4. Removal from life; decease; departure; death. [R.] "Endure
thy mortal passage." --Milton.
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When he is fit and season'd for his passage. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one
passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit.
Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a
building; a hall; a corridor.
[1913 Webster]
And with his pointed dart
Explores the nearest passage to his heart. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
The Persian army had advanced into the . . .
passages of Cilicia. --South.
[1913 Webster]
6. A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or
continuous series; as, the passage of time.
[1913 Webster]
The conduct and passage of affairs. --Sir J.
Davies.
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The passage and whole carriage of this action.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
7. A separate part of a course, process, or series; an
occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. "In thy passages
of life." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
The . . . almost incredible passage of their
unbelief. --South.
[1913 Webster]
8. A particular portion constituting a part of something
continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical
composition; a paragraph; a clause.
[1913 Webster]
How commentators each dark passage shun. --Young.
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9. Reception; currency. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby.
[1913 Webster]
10. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.
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No passages of love
Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
11. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.
[1913 Webster]
12. In parliamentary proceedings:
(a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.)
through the several stages of consideration and
action; as, during its passage through Congress the
bill was amended in both Houses.
(b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from
one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp.,
the final affirmative action of the body upon a
proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the
passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.
"The passage of the Stamp Act." --D. Hosack.
[1913 Webster]
The final question was then put upon its
passage. --Cushing.
[1913 Webster]
In passage, in passing; cursorily. "These . . . have been
studied but in passage." --Bacon.
Middle passage, Northeast passage, Northwest passage.
See under Middle, Northeast, etc.
Of passage, passing from one place, region, or climate, to
another; migratory; -- said especially of birds. "Birds of
passage." --Longfellow.
Passage hawk, a hawk taken on its passage or migration.
Passage money, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, --
usually for carrying passengers by water.
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Syn: Vestibule; hall; corridor. See Vestibule.
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Passage hawk
(gcide) | Passage \Pas"sage\, n. [F. passage. See Pass, v. i.]
1. The act of passing; transit from one place to another;
movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or
through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the
passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the
passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the
body.
[1913 Webster]
What! are my doors opposed against my passage!
--Shak.
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2. Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water,
carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or
means, of passing; conveyance.
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The ship in which he had taken passage. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
3. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's
passage.
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4. Removal from life; decease; departure; death. [R.] "Endure
thy mortal passage." --Milton.
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When he is fit and season'd for his passage. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one
passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit.
Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a
building; a hall; a corridor.
[1913 Webster]
And with his pointed dart
Explores the nearest passage to his heart. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
The Persian army had advanced into the . . .
passages of Cilicia. --South.
[1913 Webster]
6. A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or
continuous series; as, the passage of time.
[1913 Webster]
The conduct and passage of affairs. --Sir J.
Davies.
[1913 Webster]
The passage and whole carriage of this action.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
7. A separate part of a course, process, or series; an
occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. "In thy passages
of life." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
The . . . almost incredible passage of their
unbelief. --South.
[1913 Webster]
8. A particular portion constituting a part of something
continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical
composition; a paragraph; a clause.
[1913 Webster]
How commentators each dark passage shun. --Young.
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9. Reception; currency. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby.
[1913 Webster]
10. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.
[1913 Webster]
No passages of love
Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
11. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.
[1913 Webster]
12. In parliamentary proceedings:
(a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.)
through the several stages of consideration and
action; as, during its passage through Congress the
bill was amended in both Houses.
(b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from
one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp.,
the final affirmative action of the body upon a
proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the
passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.
"The passage of the Stamp Act." --D. Hosack.
[1913 Webster]
The final question was then put upon its
passage. --Cushing.
[1913 Webster]
In passage, in passing; cursorily. "These . . . have been
studied but in passage." --Bacon.
Middle passage, Northeast passage, Northwest passage.
See under Middle, Northeast, etc.
Of passage, passing from one place, region, or climate, to
another; migratory; -- said especially of birds. "Birds of
passage." --Longfellow.
Passage hawk, a hawk taken on its passage or migration.
Passage money, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, --
usually for carrying passengers by water.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Vestibule; hall; corridor. See Vestibule.
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Passage money
(gcide) | Passage \Pas"sage\, n. [F. passage. See Pass, v. i.]
1. The act of passing; transit from one place to another;
movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or
through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the
passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the
passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the
body.
[1913 Webster]
What! are my doors opposed against my passage!
--Shak.
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2. Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water,
carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or
means, of passing; conveyance.
[1913 Webster]
The ship in which he had taken passage. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
3. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's
passage.
[1913 Webster]
4. Removal from life; decease; departure; death. [R.] "Endure
thy mortal passage." --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
When he is fit and season'd for his passage. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one
passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit.
Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a
building; a hall; a corridor.
[1913 Webster]
And with his pointed dart
Explores the nearest passage to his heart. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
The Persian army had advanced into the . . .
passages of Cilicia. --South.
[1913 Webster]
6. A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or
continuous series; as, the passage of time.
[1913 Webster]
The conduct and passage of affairs. --Sir J.
Davies.
[1913 Webster]
The passage and whole carriage of this action.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
7. A separate part of a course, process, or series; an
occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. "In thy passages
of life." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
The . . . almost incredible passage of their
unbelief. --South.
[1913 Webster]
8. A particular portion constituting a part of something
continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical
composition; a paragraph; a clause.
[1913 Webster]
How commentators each dark passage shun. --Young.
[1913 Webster]
9. Reception; currency. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby.
[1913 Webster]
10. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.
[1913 Webster]
No passages of love
Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
11. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.
[1913 Webster]
12. In parliamentary proceedings:
(a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.)
through the several stages of consideration and
action; as, during its passage through Congress the
bill was amended in both Houses.
(b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from
one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp.,
the final affirmative action of the body upon a
proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the
passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.
"The passage of the Stamp Act." --D. Hosack.
[1913 Webster]
The final question was then put upon its
passage. --Cushing.
[1913 Webster]
In passage, in passing; cursorily. "These . . . have been
studied but in passage." --Bacon.
Middle passage, Northeast passage, Northwest passage.
See under Middle, Northeast, etc.
Of passage, passing from one place, region, or climate, to
another; migratory; -- said especially of birds. "Birds of
passage." --Longfellow.
Passage hawk, a hawk taken on its passage or migration.
Passage money, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, --
usually for carrying passengers by water.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Vestibule; hall; corridor. See Vestibule.
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Passager
(gcide) | Passager \Pas"sa*ger\, n. [See Passenger.]
A passenger; a bird or boat of passage. [Obs.] --Ld. Berners.
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Passageway
(gcide) | Passageway \Pas"sage*way`\, n.
A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5.
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Repassage
(gcide) | Repassage \Re*pas"sage\ (r?-p?s"s?j;48), n.
The act of repassing; passage back. --Hakluyt.
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To work a passage
(gcide) | Work \Work\ (w[^u]rk), v. t.
1. To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to;
to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor.
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He could have told them of two or three gold mines,
and a silver mine, and given the reason why they
forbare to work them at that time. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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2. To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or
toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work
wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to
work cotton or wool into cloth.
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Each herb he knew, that works or good or ill.
--Harte.
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3. To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring
gradually into any state by action or motion. "Sidelong he
works his way." --Milton.
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So the pure, limpid stream, when foul with stains
Of rushing torrents and descending rains,
Works itself clear, and as it runs, refines,
Till by degrees the floating mirror shines.
--Addison.
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4. To influence by acting upon; to prevail upon; to manage;
to lead. "Work your royal father to his ruin." --Philips.
[1913 Webster]
5. To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to
embroider; as, to work muslin.
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6. To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to
keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine.
[1913 Webster]
Knowledge in building and working ships.
--Arbuthnot.
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Now, Marcus, thy virtue's the proof;
Put forth thy utmost strength, work every nerve.
--Addison.
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The mariners all 'gan work the ropes,
Where they were wont to do. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
7. To cause to ferment, as liquor.
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To work a passage (Naut.), to pay for a passage by doing
work.
To work double tides (Naut.), to perform the labor of three
days in two; -- a phrase which alludes to a practice of
working by the night tide as well as by the day.
To work in, to insert, introduce, mingle, or interweave by
labor or skill.
To work into, to force, urge, or insinuate into; as, to
work one's self into favor or confidence.
To work off, to remove gradually, as by labor, or a gradual
process; as, beer works off impurities in fermenting.
To work out.
(a) To effect by labor and exertion. "Work out your own
salvation with fear and trembling." --Phil. ii. 12.
(b) To erase; to efface. [R.]
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Tears of joy for your returning spilt,
Work out and expiate our former guilt. --Dryden.
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(c) To solve, as a problem.
(d) To exhaust, as a mine, by working.
To work up.
(a) To raise; to excite; to stir up; as, to work up the
passions to rage.
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The sun, that rolls his chariot o'er their
heads,
Works up more fire and color in their cheeks.
--Addison.
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(b) To expend in any work, as materials; as, they have
worked up all the stock.
(c) (Naut.) To make over or into something else, as yarns
drawn from old rigging, made into spun yarn, foxes,
sennit, and the like; also, to keep constantly at work
upon needless matters, as a crew in order to punish
them. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
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air passage
(wn) | air passage
n 1: a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines) [syn: {air
passage}, air duct, airway] |
bird of passage
(wn) | bird of passage
n 1: someone who leads a wandering unsettled life [syn:
wanderer, roamer, rover, bird of passage]
2: any bird that migrates seasonally |
inland passage
(wn) | Inland Passage
n 1: a naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in
southeastern Alaska [syn: Inland Passage, {Inside
Passage}] |
inside passage
(wn) | Inside Passage
n 1: a naturally protected waterway from Seattle to Skagway in
southeastern Alaska [syn: Inland Passage, {Inside
Passage}] |
musical passage
(wn) | musical passage
n 1: a short section of a musical composition [syn: passage,
musical passage] |
northwest passage
(wn) | Northwest Passage
n 1: a water route between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific
Ocean along the northern coast of North America; Europeans
since the 16th century had searched for a short route to
the Far East before it was successfully traversed by Roald
Amundsen (1903-1906) |
passage
(wn) | passage
n 1: the act of passing from one state or place to the next
[syn: passage, transition]
2: a section of text; particularly a section of medium length
3: a way through or along which someone or something may pass
4: the passing of a law by a legislative body [syn: enactment,
passage]
5: a journey usually by ship; "the outward passage took 10 days"
[syn: passage, transit]
6: a short section of a musical composition [syn: passage,
musical passage]
7: a path or channel or duct through or along which something
may pass; "the nasal passages" [syn: passage, passageway]
8: a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to
another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of
flatus" [syn: passage, passing]
9: the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar
passings can perturb the orbits of comets" [syn: passing,
passage]
10: the act of passing something to another person [syn:
passage, handing over] |
passageway
(wn) | passageway
n 1: a passage between rooms or between buildings
2: a path or channel or duct through or along which something
may pass; "the nasal passages" [syn: passage, passageway] |
purple passage
(wn) | purple passage
n 1: a passage full of ornate and flowery language |
rite of passage
(wn) | rite of passage
n 1: a ritual performed in some cultures at times when an
individual changes status (as from adolescence to
adulthood) |
windward passage
(wn) | Windward Passage
n 1: a channel between eastern Cuba and western Haiti that
connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea |
PASSAGE MONEY
(bouvier) | PASSAGE MONEY, contracts. The sum claimable for the conveyance of a person
with or without luggage on the water.
2. The difference between freight and passage money is this, that the
former is claimable for the carriage of goods, and the latter for the
carriage of the person. The same rules which govern the claim for freight
affect that for passage money. 3 Chit. Com. Law, 424; 1 Pet. Adm. Dee. 126;
3 John. 335.
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PUBLIC PASSAGE
(bouvier) | PUBLIC PASSAGE. This term is synonymous with public highway, with this
difference; by the latter, is understood a right to pass over the land of
another; by the former is meant the right of going over the water which is
on another's land. Carth. 193; Hamm. N. P. 195. See Passage.
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