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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Bookmark :: Bookmark (n.) Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate..
Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel..
Water Gang :: Water gang () A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes..
Maze :: Maze (n.) A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an intricacy; a labyrinth..
Alley :: Alley (n.) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length..
Asterisk :: Asterisk (n.) The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character..
Subterranity :: Subterraneous (a.) Being or lying under the surface of the earth; situated within the earth, or under ground; as, subterranean springs; a subterraneous passage..
Herisson :: Herisson (n.) A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage..
Evangelistary :: Evangelistary (n.) A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service..
Impassable :: Impassable (a.) Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf..
By-passage :: By-passage (n.) A passage different from the usual one; a byway.
Thoroughfare :: Thoroughfare (n.) A passing or going through; passage.
Rosalia :: Rosalia (n.) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence..
Yield :: Yield (v. t.) To permit; to grant; as, to yield passage..
Regress :: Regress (n.) The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression. The progress or regress of man..
Yawn :: Yawn (n.) A chasm, mouth, or passageway..
Postern :: Postern (n.) A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks..
Cannulated :: Cannulated (a.) Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle..
Of :: Of (prep.) Denoting passage from one state to another; from.
Vent :: Vent (n.) Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
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