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Definition of instead
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Instead
(adv.)
In the place or room; --
usually
followed
by of.
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For
::
For
(prep.)
Indicating
that on place of or
instead
of which
anything
acts or
serves,
or that to which a
substitute,
an
equivalent,
a
compensation,
or the like, is
offered
or made;
instead
of, or place of..
Shaper
::
Shaper
(n.) A kind of
planer
in which the tool,
instead
of the work,
receives
a
reciprocating
motion,
usually
from a
crank..
Larviparous
::
Larviparous
(a.)
Depositing
living
larvae,
instead
of eggs; -- said of
certain
insects..
But
::
But (v. t.) A kind of hinge used in
hanging
doors,
etc.; -- so named
because
fastened
on the edge of the door, which butts
against
the
casing,
instead
of on its face, like the strap
hinge;
also
called
butt
hinge..
Distemper
::
Distemper
(v. t.) A
preparation
of
opaque
or body
colors,
in which the
pigments
are
tempered
or
diluted
with weak glue or size (cf.
Tempera)
instead
of oil,
usually
for scene
painting,
or for walls and
ceilings
of
rooms..
Mount
::
Mount (v.) A mass of
earth,
or earth and rock,
rising
considerably
above the
common
surface
of the
surrounding
land; a
mountain;
a high hill; -- used
always
instead
of
mountain,
when put
before
a
proper
name; as, Mount
Washington;
otherwise,
chiefly
in
poetry..
Peltated
::
Peltated
(a.)
Shield-shaped;
scutiform;
(Bot.)
having
the stem or
support
attached
to the lower
surface,
instead
of at the base or
margin;
-- said of a leaf or other
organ..
Metonymy
::
Metonymy
(n.) A trope in which one word is put for
another
that
suggests
it; as, we say, a man keeps a good table
instead
of good
provisions;
we read
Virgil,
that is, his
poems;
a man has a warm
heart,
that is, warm
affections..
Deed Poll
::
Deed poll () A deed of one part, or
executed
by only one
party,
and
distinguished
from an
indenture
by
having
the edge of the
parchment
or paper cut even, or
polled
as it was
anciently
termed,
instead
of being
indented..
Plica
::
Plica (v.) A
diseased
state in
plants
in which there is an
excessive
development
of small
entangled
twigs,
instead
of
ordinary
branches..
Ex-
::
Ex- () A
prefix
from the latin
preposition,
ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek
signifying
out of, out,
proceeding
from.
Hence,
in
composition,
it
signifies
out of, as, in
exhale,
exclude;
off, from, or out. as in
exscind;
beyond,
as, in
excess,
exceed,
excel;
and
sometimes
has a
privative
sense of
without,
as in
exalbuminuos,
exsanguinous.
In some
words,
it
intensifies
the
meaning;
in
others,
it has
little
affect
on the
signification.
It
becomes
ef-
before
f, as in
effuse.
The form e-
occurs
instead
of
Erector
::
Erector
(n.) An
attachment
to a
microscope,
telescope,
or other
optical
instrument,
for
making
the image erect
instead
of
inverted..
Doublethreaded
::
Doublethreaded
(a.)
Having
two screw
threads
instead
of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the
distance
between
the
centers
of
adjacent
threads.
Plunger
::
Plunger
(n.) A long solid
cylinder,
used,
instead
of a
piston
or
bucket,
as a
forcer
in
pumps..
Pizzicato
::
Pizzicato
() A
direction
to
violinists
to pluck the
string
with the
finger,
instead
of using the bow.
(Abrev.
pizz.).
Endogenous
::
Endogenous
(a.)
Increasing
by
internal
growth
and
elongation
at the
summit,
instead
of
externally,
and
having
no
distinction
of pith, wood, and bark, as the
rattan,
the palm, the
cornstalk..
Contrate
::
Contrate
(a.)
Having
cogs or teeth
projecting
parallel
to the axis,
instead
of
radiating
from it..
Hurdy-gurdy
::
Hurdy-gurdy
(n.) A
stringled
instrument,
lutelike
in
shape,
in which the sound is
produced
by the
friction
of a wheel
turned
by a crank at the end,
instead
of by a bow, two of the
strings
being tuned as
drones,
while two or more, tuned in
unison,
are
modulated
by
keys..
Dash
::
Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in
writing
or
printing,
denoting
a
sudden
break,
stop, or
transition
in a
sentence,
or an
abrupt
change
in its
construction,
a long or
significant
pause,
or an
unexpected
or
epigrammatic
turn of
sentiment.
Dashes
are also
sometimes
used
instead
of marks or
parenthesis..
Coquet
::
Coquet
(v. i.) To
trifle
in love; to
stimulate
affection
or
interest;
to play the
coquette;
to deal
playfully
instead
of
seriously;
to play
(with);
as, we have
coquetted
with
political
crime..
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