Definition of passage

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Passage (v. i.) 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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Gorge :: Gorge (n.) A narrow passage or entranc.
Flume :: Flume (n.) A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for conveying logs or lumber down a declivity..
Limber :: Limber (n.) Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
Spiritous :: Spiritoso (a. & adv.) Spirited; spiritedly; -- a direction to perform a passage in an animated, lively manner..
Hatchway :: Hatchway (n.) A square or oblong opening in a deck or floor, affording passage from one deck or story to another; the entrance to a cellar..
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river..
Road :: Road (n.) A place where one may ride; an open way or public passage for vehicles, persons, and animals; a track for travel, forming a means of communication between one city, town, or place, and another..
In Transitu :: In transitu () In transit; during passage; as, goods in transitu..
Fist :: Fist (n.) the index mark [/], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows..
Narrow :: Narrow (n.) A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor..
Jehovist :: "Jehovist (n.) The writer of the passages of the Old Testament, especially those of the Pentateuch, in which the Supreme Being is styled Jehovah. See Elohist..
Excerpt :: Excerpt (n.) An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.
Crescendo :: Crescendo (n.) A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.
Transaudient :: Transaudient (a.) Permitting the passage of sound.
Leviathan :: Leviathan (n.) An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture..
Slype :: Slype (n.) A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery..
Access :: Access (n.) The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land..
Bridge :: Bridge (n.) A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other..
Grace :: Grace (n.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs are called grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc..
Alley :: Alley (n.) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length..
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