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The termination of the past participle of regular, or weak, verbs; also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns; as, pigmented; talented.

Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice. Upon the edge of yonder coppice. Shak. In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of battle. Milton. Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. Sir W. Scott.

The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act or process of training by a prescribed or customary course of study or discipline; as, an education for the bar or the pulpit; he has finished his education. To prepare us…

An apparatus for determining the amount of oil contained in any substance, or for ascertaining the degree of purity of oil.

A method of determining the presence or absence of life in an animal organism with a current of electricity, by noting the presence or absence of muscular contraction.

dium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current.

A bay. [R.] The embayment which is terminated by the land of North Berwick. Sir W. Scott.

The germ of the plant, which is inclosed in the seed and which is developed by germination. In embryo, in an incipient or undeveloped state; in conception, but not yet executed. "The company little suspected what a noble work I had then in embryo." Swift.

The termination of the past participle of many strong verbs; as, in broken, gotten, trodden.

Purpose; determination. [Obs.]

the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to Ant: beginning, when used of anything having a first part. Better is the end of a thing than…

That may be ended; terminable.

Complete termination. [R.] That but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. Shak.

Termination; concluding part; result; conclusion; destruction; death.

Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor.

the radicle of the embryo sheathed by the cotyledon, through which the embryo bursts in germination, as in many monocotyledonous plants.

The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined or determined either way. South.

give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in determination of conflicting claims; impartiality. Christianity secures both the private interests of men and the public peace, enforcing all justice and equity. Tillotson.

The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See Equivalent, n., 2. [R.]

by weight of an element which possesses the same chemical value as other elements, as determined by actual experiment and reference to the same standard. Specifically: