Definition of second

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Second (n.) One who follows or attends another for his support and aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as another's aid in a duel..

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Cavatina :: Cavatina (n.) Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used..
Remarriage :: Remarriage (n.) A second or repeated marriage.
Speculum :: Speculum (n.) A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female..
Reissue :: Reissue (n.) A second or repeated issue.
Hemapophysis :: Hemapophysis (n.) The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib..
Scaphocerite :: Scaphocerite (n.) A flattened plate or scale attached to the second joint of the antennae of many Crustacea.
Sixteenth :: Sixteenth (n.) An interval comprising two octaves and a second.
Finos :: Finos (n. pl.) Second best wool from Merino sheep.
Yearling :: Yearling (n.) An animal one year old, or in the second year of its age; -- applied chiefly to cattle, sheep, and horses..
Demisemiquaver :: Demisemiquaver (n.) A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note..
Hash :: Hash (n.) A new mixture of old matter; a second preparation or exhibition.
Mediately :: Mediately (adv.) In a mediate manner; by a secondary cause or agent; not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to immediately.
Retry :: Retry (v. t.) To try (esp. judicially) a second time; as, to retry a case; to retry an accused person..
Volta :: Volta (n.) A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated one, two, or more times; as, una volta, once. Seconda volta, second time, points to certain modifications in the close of a repeated strain..
Secundo-geniture :: Secundo-geniture (n.) A right of inheritance belonging to a second son; a property or possession so inherited.
Kshatruya :: Kshatruya (n.) The military caste, the second of the four great Hindoo castes; also, a member of that caste. See Caste..
Floating :: Floating (n.) The second coat of three-coat plastering.
Underlet :: Underlet (v. t.) To let or lease at second hand; to sublet.
Gemara :: Gemara (n.) The second part of the Talmud, or the commentary on the Mishna (which forms the first part or text)..
Doric :: Doric (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order..
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