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An element possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree and not malleable, as arsenic, antimony, bismuth, molybdenum, uranium, etc. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to a semimetal; possessing metallic properties in an inferior degree; resembling metal.

aspect of the planets when distant from each other the half of a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half. Hutton.

n aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.

he planets when they are distant from each other the twelfth part of a circle, or thirty degrees. Hutton.

Slightly clear; transmitting light in a slight degree.

Of the seventh degree or order. -- n. (Alg.)

Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps.

An interval embracing seven diatonic degrees of the scale.

The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter.

Of the sixth degree or order. -- n. (Alg.)

Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees. Glanvill.

Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink. White, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees, or shades and mixtures, as green only in by the eyes. Locke.

A small degree; a shade. "No variableness, neither shadow of turning." James i. 17.

That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical. Specifically:

A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.

ctly, a foretelling or an expectation of my going, in which, naturally enough, a certain degree of plan or intention may be included; emphasize the shall, and the event is described as certain to occur, and the expression approximates in meaning to our emphatic "I will go." In a question, the relation of speaker and so…

To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.

ignification or meaning; expressive of a meaning or purpose; significant. Neither in the degrees of kindred they were destitute of significative words. Camden. -- Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ly, adv. -- Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ness, n.

A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the "noble" metals, so-called, not being e…