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of a canal or watercourse, for carrying off the water that may soak through. -- Counter extension (Surg.), the fixation of the upper part of a limb, while extension is practiced on the lower part, as in cases of luxation or fracture. -- Counter fissure (Surg.) Same as Contrafissure. -- Counter indication. (Med.) Sa…

A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent. [U. S.]

Tough; thick; capable of extension. [Obs.] Some bodies are of a more depectible nature than oil. Bacon.

By extension, to Christians isolated from their own communion, as among the Moravians to those living, usually as missionaries, outside of the parent congregation.

The act of diffusing, or the state of being diffused; a spreading; extension; dissemination; circulation; dispersion. A diffusion of knowledge which has undermined superstition. Burke.

Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural, measure in length and breadth, or in length, breadth, and thickness; extent; size; as, the dimensions of a room, or of a ship; the dimensions of a farm, of a kingdom. Gentlemen of more t…

t be divided into units, as number, and is opposed to continued quantity, as duration, or extension.

By extension, any material used for the same purpose.

The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension. "Elongation of the fibers." Arbuthnot.

th great emphasis. External objects stand before us . . . in all the life and emphasis of extension, figure, and color. Sir W. Hamilton.

ng in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.

the place where troops on the march halt over night; also, by extension, the distance marched during a day.

Enlargement or extension of business transaction; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes.

Unlimited extension. [Obs.] An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale.

Suited for, or capable of, extension; extensible. Owen.

An instrument for measuring the extension of a body, especially for measuring the elongation of bars of iron, steel, or other material, when subjected to a tensile force.

Extension. [R.] Drayton.

so, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. Filleting.…

A homaloid space or extension.

a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.