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A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced.

Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous. Addison.

An umpire; a third arbiter, appointed when two arbiters, previously selected, disagree.

e carbohydrates are secretion products of the chloroplasts, derived from decomposition of previously formed proteids. The food substances are usually quickly translocated, those that accumulate being changed to starch, which appears in the cells almost simultaneously with the sugars. The chloroplasts perform photosynth…

nterbit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to form a counterbore around it. -- Plug rod (Steam Eng.) , a rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine. -- Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case like the…

A division; a divided share. To make pourparty, to divide and apportion lands previously held in common.

This previously known, or which should be known in order to understand something else.

To acquaint previously or beforehand. Fielding.

To act beforehand; to perform previously.

To admonish previously.

To appoint previously, or beforehand. Carlyle.

Previous caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent mischief or secure good; as, his life was saved by precaution. They [ancient philosophers] treasured up their supposed discoveries with miserable precaution. J. H. Newman.

A collection previously made. [R.]

The act of preconceiving; conception or opinion previously formed.

Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand. -- Pre`con*cert"ed*ly, adv. -- Pre`con*cert"ed*ness, n.

To contract, engage, or stipulate previously.

A dedication made previously or beforehand.

To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously; to preoccupy. But he was preëngaged by former ties. Dryden.

To exist previously; to exist before something else.

Existing previously; preceding existence; as, a preëxistent state. Pope.