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Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge. While I descend . . . to my associate powers. Milton.

Accustomedness; habit; habitual use. Assuetude of things hurtful doth make them lose their force to hurt. Bacon.

definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction. Astatic pair (Magnetism), a pair of magnetic needles so mounted as to be nearly or quite astatic, as in some galvanometers.

A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not inclosed in a capsule. See Tubularian.

The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; anas, an attachment to a friend, or to a party.

A form of Ambry, a closet; but confused with Almonry, as if a place for alms.

nsists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest. Dunglison.

sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities; an arithmetical mean. Thus, if A loses 5 dollars, B 9, and C 16, the sum is 30, and the average 10.

Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.

is etymologically related to p , v , f , w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. pear; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr.ptan. The form o…

To disclose by too free talk, as a secret.

In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first "table".

The outer wall of a feudal castle. Hence: The space inclosed by it; the outer court. Holinshed.

The name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days after the fast.

. The order and balance of the country were destroyed. Buckle. English workmen completely lose their balance. J. S. Mill.

A protecting ruffle or frill, as of silk or lace, sewed close to the lower edge of a skirt on the inside.

m projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.

k cartridge, containing only powder. -- Ball cock, a faucet or valve which is opened or closed by the fall or rise of a ball floating in water at the end of a lever. -- Ball gudgeon, a pivot of a spherical form, which permits lateral deflection of the arbor or shaft, while retaining the pivot in its socket. Knight.…

A smokeless powder containing equal parts of soluble nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin.

To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank. "Banked well with earth." Holland.