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ich, or by means of which, one part is alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another part, as occasion may require.

said especially of steam vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.

ll in striking it that influences the direction it will take after touching a cushion or another ball. The King's, or Queen's, English. See under King.

to enter into a quarrel; a merchant enters into partnership with some one; to enter upon another's land; the boy enters on his tenth year; to enter upon a task; lead enters into the composition of pewter.

To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation. Enumerating the services he had done. Ludlow.

One who envies; one who desires inordinately what another possesses.

, disposition, feeling, act, etc.; jealously pained by the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging; -- followed by of, at, and against; as, an envious man, disposition, attack; envious tongues. My soul is envious of mine eye. Keble. Neither be thou envious at the wicked. Prov. xxiv. 19.…

The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town. Chesterfield.

Chagrin, mortification, discontent, or uneasiness at the sight of another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with some degree of hatred and a desire to possess equal advantages; malicious grudging; -- usually followed by of; as, they did this in envy of Cæsar. Envy is a repining at the prosperity or good of anot…

A circle which rolls on the circumference of another circle, either externally or internally.

A figure by which one striking circumstance is added, in due gradation, to another; climax; e. g., "He not only spared his enemies, but continued them in employment; not only continued, but advanced them." Johnson.

Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; -- said of external parasites.

ce of Chaucer continued to live even during the dreary interval which separates from one another two important epochs of our literary history. A. W. Ward.

One not inferior or superior to another; one having the same or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength, or other quality or condition; an equal quantity or number; as, "If equals be taken from equals the remainders are equal." Those who were once his equals envy and defame him. Addison.…

To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing. Bp. Wilkins.

The comparative proportions by which one element replaces another in any particular compound; thus, as zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric acid, their equivalents are 32.5 and 1. (b) The combining proportion by weight of a substance, or the number expressing this proportion, in any particular compound; as, the equiv…

To put an equal value upon; to put (something) on a par with another thing. W. Taylor.

s crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion. All Paris was quiet . . . to gather fresh strength for the next day's eruption. W. Irving.

A license formerly required for the making over a bill of exchange to another over sea. Cowell.

One who espouses; one who embraces the cause of another or makes it his own.