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. Stand by (Naut.), a preparatory order, equivalent to Be ready. -- To stand against, to opposite; to resist. -- To stand by. (a) To be near; to be a spectator; to be present.

d the parts together, or stiffen them. Stay bolt (Mech.), a bolt or short rod, connecting opposite plates, so as to prevent them from being bulged out when acted upon by a pressure which tends to force them apart, as in the leg of a steam boiler. -- Stay busk, a stiff piece of wood, steel, or whalebone, for the front…

imbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes.

The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.

incipal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie.

also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel. Brande & C.

cutaneous operation (Surg.), an operation performed without opening that part of the skin opposite to, or over, the internal section.

A number or mark placed opposite the lower part of a letter or symbol to distinguish the symbol; thus, a0, b1, c2, xn, have 0, 1, 2, and n as subindices.

To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.

A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.

om.) See under Axis. -- Respective symmetry, that disposition of parts in which only the opposite sides are equal to each other.

le, of two vowels that are ordinarily separated in syllabification; synecphonesis; -- the opposite of diæresis.

Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.

A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared. Crabb.

in which each germ is supposed to contain the germs of all subsequent generations; -- the opposite of epigenesis.

to complex conceptions, species into genera, individual propositions into systems; -- the opposite of Ant: analysis. Analysis and synthesis, though commonly treated as two different methods, are, if properly understood, only the two necessary parts of the same method. Each is the relative and correlative of the other.…

The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the expression "heads or tails," employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall.

of each side being to wrap the string around the pole by striking the ball in a direction opposite to the other.

The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis.

Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a thick plank; thick cloth; thick paper; thick neck.