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Webster 1913 Edition
Second
Sec′ond
,Adj.
1.
Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occurring again; another; other.
And he slept and dreamed the
second
time. Gen. xli. 5.
2.
Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
May the day when we become the
second
people upon earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation. Landor.
3.
Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a prototype;
as, a
. second
Cato; a second
Troy; a second
delugeA Daniel, still say I, a
second
Daniel! Shakespeare
Second Adventist
. See
– Adventist
. Second cousin
, the child of a cousin.
– Second-cut file
. See under
– File
. Second distance
(Art)
, that part of a picture between the foreground and the background; – called also
middle ground
, or middle distance
. [R.]
– Second estate
(Eng.)
, the House of Peers.
– Second girl
, a female house-servant who does the lighter work, as chamber work or waiting on table.
– Second intention
. See under
– Intention
. Second story
, Second floor
in America, the second range of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is called the
– first floor
, the one beneath being the ground floor
. Second thought
or Second thoughts
consideration of a matter following a first impulse or impression; reconsideration.
On
second thoughts
, gentlemen, I don’t wish you had known him. Dickens.
Sec′ond
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power.
Man
An angel's
An angel's
second
, nor his second
long. Young.
2.
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.
Being sure enough of
seconds
after the first onset. Sir H. Wotton.
3.
Aid; assistance; help.
[Obs.]
Give
Is everlasting thine.
second
, and my loveIs everlasting thine.
J. Fletcher.
4.
pl.
An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.
5.
The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the second regular subdivision of the degree;
as, sound moves about 1,140 English feet in a
second
; five minutes and ten seconds
north of this place.6.
7.
(Mus.)
(a)
The interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff next above it.
(b)
The second part in a concerted piece; – often popularly applied to the alto.
Second hand
, the hand which marks the seconds on the dial of a watch or a clock.
Sec′ond
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Seconded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Seconding
.] 1.
To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate.
[R.]
In the method of nature, a low valley is immediately
seconded
with an ambitious hill. Fuller.
Sin is
seconded
with sin. South.
2.
To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to encourage.
We have supplies to
second
our attempt. Shakespeare
In human works though labored on with pain,
A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain;
In God's, one single can its end produce,
Yet serves to
A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain;
In God's, one single can its end produce,
Yet serves to
second
too some other use. Pope.
3.
Specifically,
(Parliamentary Procedure)
to support, as a motion{6} or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Second
SEC'OND
,Adj.
1. That immediately follows the first; the mext following the first in order of place or time; the ordinal of two. Take the second book from the shelf. Enter the second house.
And he slept and dreamed the second time. Gen. 41.
2. Next in value, power, excellence, dignity or rank; inferior. The silks of China are second to none. Lord Chatham was second to none in eloquence. Dr. Johnson was second to none in itellecual powers, but second to many in research and erudition.