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Prime :: Prime (a.) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; -- so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.

Perpend :: Perpend (v. t.) To weight carefully in the mind.

Weight :: Weight (v. t.) The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it..

Ton :: Ton (n.) A measure of weight or quantity.

Strain :: Strain (n.) A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain..

Under :: Under (prep.) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short..

Woolpack :: Woolpack (n.) A pack or bag of wool weighing two hundred and forty pounds.

Great :: Great (superl.) Entitled to earnest consideration; weighty; important; as, a great argument, truth, or principle..

As :: As (n.) A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces..

Thrust :: Thrust (n.) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.

Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor..

Poundal :: Poundal (n.) A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, being the force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one second, causes it to acquire by the of that time a velocity of one foot per second. It is about equal to the weight of half an ounce, and is 13,825 dynes..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake..

Importance :: Importance (n.) The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance.

Deliberative :: Deliberative (n.) A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined..

Overpoise :: Overpoise (n.) Preponderant weight; a counterbalance.

Lintel :: Lintel (n.) A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture..

Heave :: Heave (n.) An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy..

Pregnant :: Pregnant (a.) Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies..

Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything..

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