Definition of passage

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Passage (v. i.) 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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Evacuation :: Evacuation (n.) Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means..
Voyage :: Voyage (n.) Formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or water from one place, port, or country, to another; especially, a passing or journey by water to a distant place or country..
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile; a ford; as, a mountain pass..
Meatus :: Meatus (n. sing. & pl.) A natural passage or canal; as, the external auditory meatus. See Illust. of Ear..
Fist :: Fist (n.) the index mark [/], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows..
Causey :: Causey (n.) A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground..
Estuary :: Estuary (n.) A passage, as the mouth of a river or lake, where the tide meets the current; an arm of the sea; a frith..
Paage :: Paage (n.) A toll for passage over another person's grounds.
Elohist :: Elohist (n.) The writer, or one of the writers, of the passages of the Old Testament, notably those of Elohim instead of Jehovah, as the name of the Supreme Being; -- distinguished from Jehovist..
Obstruct :: Obstruct (v. t.) To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the channels of the body..
Driveway :: Driveway (n.) A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven.
Transit :: Transit (n.) The passage of a smaller body across the disk of a larger, as of Venus across the sun's disk, or of a satellite or its shadow across the disk of its primary..
Hydronephrosis :: Hydronephrosis (n.) An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages..
Transit :: Transit (n.) The act of passing; passage through or over.
Parallel :: Parallel (a.) Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage..
Misurato :: Misurato (a.) Measured; -- a direction to perform a passage in strict or measured time.
Quote :: Quote (v. t.) To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer..
Lungworm :: Lungworm (n.) Any one of several species of parasitic nematoid worms which infest the lungs and air passages of cattle, sheep, and other animals, often proving fatal. The lungworm of cattle (Strongylus micrurus) and that of sheep (S. filaria) are the best known..
Pianissimo :: Pianissimo (a.) Very soft; -- a direction to execute a passage as softly as possible. (Abbrev. pp..
Postil :: Postil (n.) A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture; as, the first postils were composed by order of Charlemagne..
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