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Stichometrical :: Stichomancy (n.) Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard..

Stowboard :: Stowaway (n.) One who conceals himself board of a vessel about to leave port, or on a railway train, in order to obtain a free passage..

Porous :: Porous (n.) Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood..

Galvanocautery :: Galvanocautery (n.) Cautery effected by a knife or needle heated by the passage of a galvanic current.

Flourish :: Flourish (n.) A fantastic or decorative musical passage; a strain of triumph or bravado, not forming part of a regular musical composition; a cal; a fanfare..

Allegorize :: Allegorize (v. t.) To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figuratively, he who gives it a figurative sense is said to allegorize it..

Through :: Through (a.) Going or extending through; going, extending, or serving from the beginning to the end; thorough; complete; as, a through line; a through ticket; a through train. Also, admitting of passage through; as, a through bridge..

Slype :: Slype (n.) A narrow passage between two buildings, as between the transept and chapter house of a monastery..

Crescendo :: Crescendo (n.) A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.

Bibliomancy :: Bibliomancy (n.) A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events..

Motive :: Motive (n.) The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is develpoed. See also Leading motive, under Leading..

Interpretation :: Interpretation (n.) The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture..

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..

Quote :: Quote (v. t.) To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare..

Gut :: Gut (n.) A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso..

Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as a passage from a book..

Vent :: Vent (v. t.) To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or outlet to..

Boat :: Boat (n.) Hence, any vessel; usually with some epithet descriptive of its use or mode of propulsion; as, pilot boat, packet boat, passage boat, advice boat, etc. The term is sometimes applied to steam vessels, even of the largest class; as, the Cunard boats..

Passage :: Passage (v. i.) A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.

Entry :: Entry (n.) That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an adit, as of a mine..

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