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One who illustrates any subject, or enlightens mankind; as, Newton was a distinguished luminary.

the intervals of empty spaces between them may be equal in magnitude to them all. Sir I. Newton.

to treat; to handle. Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be easily managed. Sir I. Newton. What wars Imanage, and what wreaths I gain. Prior.

, and all things in them, would grow cold and freeze, and become inactive masses. Sir I. Newton. A deep mass of continual sea is slower stirred To rage. Savile.

paper covered with a thin solution of lime, whiting, and size. When written upon with a pewter or brass pencil, the lines can hardly be effaced. -- Metallic tinking (Med.), a sound heard in the chest, when a cavity communicating with the air passages contains both air and liquid.

ese bodies [small, solid bodies] before they come into the air, I call meteoroids. H. A. Newton.

n generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles. Sir I. Newton. Few agree in their notions about these words. Cheyne. That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the "idea" of hunger, cold, etc. I. Watts. Notion, again, signifies eit…

t the several intervals of the teeth of the comb do the office of so many prisms. Sir I. Newton.

ide may be turned outward. Shak. Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. Sir I. Newton. Outward bound, bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to homeward bound.

"If ye pinch me like a pasty." Shak. "Apple pasties." Dickens. A large pasty baked in a pewter platter. Sir W. Scott.

y diligent; as, patient endeavor. Whatever I have done is due to patient thought. Sir I. Newton.

umination between the umbra, or perfect shadow, on all sides, and the full light. Sir I. Newton.

e body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report. Sir I. Newton.

Watery. [Obs.] "Aqueous and phlegmatic." Sir I. Newton.

A name given to apples of several different kinds, as Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden pippin. We will eat a last year's pippin. Shak. Normandy pippins, sun-dried apples for winter use.

by friction; a gloss or luster. Another prism of clearer glass and better polish. Sir I. Newton.

Smooth; polished. [Obs.] Rays of light falling on a polite surface. Sir I. Newton.

An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.

oint considered; -- also called potential function, or force function. It is called also Newtonian potential when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the center.

s, love predominated in her heart. [Certain] rays may predominate over the rest. Sir. I. Newton.