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tableware, knife handles, frames, cases, bearings of machinery, etc., but is now largely superseded by other white alloys. -- German steel (Metal.), a metal made from bog iron ore in a forge, with charcoal for fuel. -- German text (Typog.), a character resembling modern German type, used in English printing for orna…

ans of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.

The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and th…

ian year, the year of 365 days, 6 hours, adopted in the Julian calendar, and in use until superseded by the Gregorian year, as established in the reformed or Gregorian calendar.

Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, laborsaving machinery.

y of account, afterward a silver coin equal to 20 sous. It is not now in use, having been superseded by the franc.

.] -- Martial law, the law administered by the military power of a government when it has superseded the civil authority in time of war, or when the civil authorities are unable to enforce the laws. It is distinguished from military law, the latter being the code of rules for the regulation of the army and navy alone,…

title of courtesy formerly prefixed to the name of a woman, married or unmarried, but now superseded by the contracted forms, Mrs., for a married, and Miss, for an unmarried, woman. Now Mistress Gilpin (careful soul). Cowper.

d finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle.

No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes. And eke when I say "ye," ne say not "nay." Chaucer. I tell you nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewisr perish. Luke xiii. 3. And now do they thrust us out privily nay, verily; but let them come themselves and fetch…

To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto.

To supersede, reject, annul, or rule against; as, the plea, or the decision, was overruled by the court.

k, to be exploded against and break down gates, barricades, drawbridges, etc. It has been superseded.

weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.

ormerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master. [Eng.] Wharton. Burrill.

rse, with the sun and stars revolving around it. This theory was received for ages, until superseded by the Copernican system.

ant of; to fulfull the end or office of. This duty of right intention does not replace or supersede the duty of consideration. Whewell.

ball a rotary motion and insuring greater accuracy of fire. As a military firearm it has superseded the musket.

a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy.

pular sense. For this reason the terms Anthrophyta, Phænogamia, and Panerogamia have been superseded as names of the phylum by Spermatophyta.