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The condition of increased irritability of a nerve in the region of the cathode or negative electrode, on the passage of a current of electricity through it.

e raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States

t of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.

To increase a hundredfold.

Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks. Channel bar, Channel iron (Arch.), an iron bar or beam having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel. -- Channel bill (Zoöl.), a very large Australian cucko (Scythro…

uce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron.

e anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places. Baron of the Cinque Ports. See under Baron.

ding by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold.

s in consistence; hence sometimes applied to similar changes in other organs, caused by increase in the fibrous framework and decrease in the proper substance of the organ.

face of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day.

Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent. Glanvill.

A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine. In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs. Harvey. Clog almanac, a primitive kind of almanac or calendar, formerly used i…

sed mostly by yachts having a fore-and-aft rig. It has a short "club" or "jack yard" to increase its spread.

eir adjacent surfaces. Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion, which, being increased, turns a fluid into a solid. Arbuthnot.

suitableness for its purpose; convience; roominess. Of cities, the greatness and riches increase according to the commodiousness of their situation. Sir W. Temple. The commodiousness of the harbor. Johnson.

for transportation at a reduced rate in consideration of some special circumstance, as increase of travel; specif., a ticket for a certain number of, or for daily, trips between neighboring places at a reduced rate, such as are commonly used by those doing business in a city and living in a suburb. Commutation tickets…

rection. He that firat discovered the use of the compass did more for the supplying and increase of useful commodities than those who built workhouses. Locke.

nfederate. [Obs.] Every hour more competitors Flock to their aid, and still their power increaseth. Shak.

To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to Ant: dilute. Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength. Arbuthnot.…

Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.