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At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree; not remote; nigh. My wife! my traitress! let her not come near me. Milton.

Seeing distinctly at short distances only; shortsighted. -- Near"sight`ed*ness, n.

An instrument for reckoning the distances or velocities of clouds.

computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846. Its mean distance from the sun is about 2,775,000,000 miles, and its period of revolution is about 164,78 years. Neptune powder, an explosive containing nitroglycerin, -- used in blasting. -- Neptune's cup (Zoöl.), a very large, cup-shape…

The point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each; the northeast part or region.

Distance northward from any point of departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to Ant: southing.

ay of some of the senses; something visible or tangible; as, he observed an object in the distance; all the objects in sight; he touched a strange object in the dark.

ight ascension of a star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star, with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer, etc.

A machine for registering the distance traversed by a vehicle or pedestrain.

An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed.

Serving to measure distance on a road. [R.] Sydney Smith.

Measurement of distances by the odometer.

Denoting nearness or distance, either in space or time; from; as, within a league of the town; within an hour of the appointed time.

Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.

house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. [Eng.] As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon.

That part of the sea at a good distance from the shore, or where there is deep water and no need of a pilot; also, distance from the shore; as, the ship had ten miles offing; we saw a ship in the offing.

A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.

That part of a landscape which recedes from the spectator into distance. [R.] Fairholt.

roduced in, a kitchen garden; used for kitchen purposes; as, olitory seeds. At convenient distance towards the olitory garden. Evelyn.

people; especially, one with seats running lengthwise, used in conveying passengers short distances.