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mentation during which the yeast cells are carried to the top of the fermening liquid. It proceeds with some violence and requires a temperature of 14-30º C. (58-86º F.). It is used in the production of ale, porter, etc., and of wines high in alcohol, and in distilling.

A double ear trumpet for estimating the direction from which sounds proceed, esp. for the use of navigators.

To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired. The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travelers. De Quincey.

round, in which the shaft is lined with tubbing and provided with an air lock, work being proceeded with under air pressure.

To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n.

Done without due consideration; wanton; rash; inconsiderate; as, an unadvised proceeding. -- Un`ad*vis"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`ad*vis"ed*ness, n.

A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. Dryden.

Not right; not lawful or legal; improper; as, an undue proceeding. Bacon.

Identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds proceeding from an equality in the number of vibrations made in a given time by two or more sonorous bodies. Parts played or sung in octaves are also said to be in unison, or in octaves.

To undo, disprove, or refute by reasoning. [Obs.] To unreason the equity of God's proceedings. South.

; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause. That after act vacating the authority of the precedent. Eikon Basilike. The necessity of observing the Jewish Sabbath was Vacated by the apostolical institution of the Lord's Day. R. Nelson.…

Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess. "With lawyers in the vacation." Shak.

An order of court by which a proceeding is set aside or annulled.

a living pledge, which exists where an estate is granted until a debt is paid out of its proceeds.

Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report. Some legend strange and value. Longfellow. Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.

Avails; profit; return; proceeds. [Obs.] My house is as were the cave where the young outlaw hoards the stolen vails of his occupation. Chapman.

A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof. Bouvier. A variance, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or controversy; at enmity. "What cause brought him so s…

f. 2, above. -- Vestry clerk, an officer chosen by the vestry, who keeps a record of its proceedings; also, in England, one who keeps the parish accounts and books. -- Vestry meeting, the meeting of a vestry or vestry board; also, a meeting of a parish held in a vestry or other place.

Proceeding from, or showing, extreme depravity; suited to a villain; as, a villainous action.

ope, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his journey; a visa.