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Measure :: Measure (n.) An instrument by means of which size or quantity is measured, as a graduated line, rod, vessel, or the like..

Seal :: Seal (v. t.) To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality; as, to seal weights and measures; to seal silverware..

Strike :: Strike (n.) An old measure of four bushels.

Level :: Level (n.) A measurement of the difference of altitude of two points, by means of a level; as, to take a level..

Proceeding :: Proceeding (n.) The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding..

Step :: Step (v. i.) Proceeding; measure; action; an act.

Trimeter :: Trimeter (a.) Consisting of three poetical measures.

Furlong :: Furlong (a.) A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.

Stichometry :: Stichometry (n.) Measurement of books by the number of lines which they contain.

Prose :: Prose (n.) The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition..

Modulus :: Modulus (n.) A quantity or coefficient, or constant, which expresses the measure of some specified force, property, or quality, as of elasticity, strength, efficiency, etc.; a parameter..

Pole :: Pole (n.) A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/ yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch..

Mazurka :: Mazurka (n.) A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat..

Depthless :: Depthless (a.) Of measureless depth; unfathomable.

Atmo :: Atmo (n.) The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0� Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris..

Perch :: Perch (n.) In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.

Forestall :: Forestall (v. t.) To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance..

Esthesiometer :: Esthesiometer (n.) An instrument to measure the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered..

Urge :: Urge (v. t.) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat..

Public-spirited :: Public-spirited (a.) Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure..

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