Definition of by

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By (pref.) Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty..

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Delineate :: Delineate (v. t.) To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation..
Courteous :: Courteous (a.) Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant..
Jehovah :: "Jehovah (n.) A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the ""ineffable name"" of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced by the Jews..
Flea-bite :: Flea-bite (n.) The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite..
Sign :: Sign (n.) That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.
Noncontagious :: Noncontagious (a.) Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact.
Dazzle :: Dazzle (v. t.) To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.
Compound :: Compound (v. t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine..
Xeroderma :: Xeroderma (n.) A skin disease characterized by the presence of numerous small pigmented spots resembling freckles, with which are subsequently mingled spots of atrophied skin..
Writing :: Writing (n.) The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs..
Eventless :: Eventless (a.) Without events; tame; monotomous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful.
Work :: Work (v. t.) To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth..
Stead :: Stayship (n.) A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them..
Tenant :: Tenant (n.) One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; -- correlative to landlord. See Citation from Blackstone, under Tenement, 2..
Mete :: Mete (a.) To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure..
Sea Risk :: Sea risk () Risk of injury, destruction, or loss by the sea, or while at sea..
Run :: Run (a.) To travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago..
Invective :: Invective (n.) An expression which inveighs or rails against a person; a severe or violent censure or reproach; something uttered or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another; a harsh or reproachful accusation; -- followed by against, having reference to the person or thing affected; as an invective against tyranny..
Divisibility :: Divisibility (n.) The quality of being divisible; the property of bodies by which their parts are capable of separation.
Drill Press :: Drill press () A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a screw..
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