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To operate upon by ricochet firing. See Ricochet, n. [R.]

See Roperand.

To perform any act, function, or operation in turn, to hold office in turn; as, to rotate in office.

The operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by means of a machine for the purpose, called a roving frame, or roving machine.

fasten the rudder to the quarters to prevent its loss in case it gets unshipped, and for operating it in case the tiller or the wheel is broken. -- Rudder coat (Naut.), a covering of tarred canvas used to prevent water from entering the rudderhole. -- Rudder fish. (Zoöl.) (a) The pilot fish. (b) The amber fish (Seri…

The shank of a rudder, having the blade at one end and the attachments for operating it at the other.

A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root.

To continue in operation; to be kept in action or motion; as, this engine runs night and day; the mill runs six days in the week. When we desire anything, our minds run wholly on the good circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones. Swift.

runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation; as, the first running of a still.

ut one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father.

[R.] Earth, yield me roots; Who seeks for better of thee, sauce his palate With thy most operant poison! Shak.

o make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account. [Cant]

A scene in an opera.

A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.

been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge. All this new science that men lere [teach]. Chaucer. Science is . . .…

The clippings of metals made in various mechanical operations.

m line and scope. Shak. In the fate and fortunes of the human race, scope is given to the operation of laws which man must always fail to discern the reasons of. I. Taylor. Excuse me if I have given too much scope to the reflections which have arisen in my mind. Burke. An intellectual cultivation of no moderate depth o…

lar or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house.

Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary.

The operation of fastening together or lashing.