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A second crop or harvest in the same year. Mortimer.

A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient. Wotton. Aftergame at Irish, an ancient game very nearly resembling backgammon. Beau. & Fl.

A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development. J. S. Mill.

A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen. Holland.

A railway brake operated by condensed air. Knight.

A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill. Knight.

A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger.

A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air of force in into a closed space.

A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheæ, of plants spiral vessels.

The fruit of Ammi Copticum, syn. Carum Ajowan, used both as a medicine and as a condiment. An oil containing thymol is extracted from it. Called also Javanee seed, Javanese seed, and ajava.

The state or condition of being an albino: abinoism; leucopathy.

lso used of the lower animals, as white mice, elephants, etc.; and of plants in a whitish condition from the absence of chlorophyll. Amer. Cyc.

The state or condition of being an albino; albinism.

A morbid condition due to excessive increase of albuminous elements in the blood.

A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

The jurisdiction or office of an alcalde; also, the building or chamber in which he conducts the business of his office.

A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.

The condition, position, or office of an alderman. Fabyan.

A colorless liquid, C4H8O2, obtained by condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde: CH3CHO + CH3CHO = H3CH(OH)CH2CO; also, any of various derivatives of this. The same reaction has been applied, under the name of aldol condensation, to the production of many compounds.

In a leaking condition.