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

Skip :: Skip (n.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.

Rivage :: Rivage (n.) A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.

Codetta :: Codetta (n.) A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda..

Vent :: Vent (n.) Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight..

Euphroe :: Euphroe (n.) A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up..

Gateway :: Gateway (n.) A passage through a fence or wall; a gate; also, a frame, arch, etc., in which a gate in hung, or a structure at an entrance or gate designed for ornament or defense..

Fist :: Fist (n.) the index mark [/], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows..

Barricade :: Barricade (n.) To fortify or close with a barricade or with barricades; to stop up, as a passage; to obstruct; as, the workmen barricaded the streets of Paris..

Asterism :: Asterism (n.) Three asterisks placed in this manner, /, to direct attention to a particular passage..

Piano :: Piano (a. & adv.) Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.).

Arterialization :: Arterialization (n.) The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also aeration and hematosis..

Transition :: Transition (n.) Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold..

Diathermic :: Diathermic (a.) Affording a free passage to heat; as, diathermic substances..

Instantaneous :: Instantaneous (a.) Done or occurring in an instant, or without any perceptible duration of time; as, the passage of electricity appears to be instantaneous..

Fair :: Fair (superl.) Free from obstacles or hindrances; unobstructed; unincumbered; open; direct; -- said of a road, passage, etc.; as, a fair mark; in fair sight; a fair view..

Wayfare :: Wayfare (n.) The act of journeying; travel; passage.

Maze :: Maze (n.) A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an intricacy; a labyrinth..

Lobby :: Lobby (n.) A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved..

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