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Hence, refuse; fifth; offal. [Obs.] auden.

An imperfect or diminished fifth. Busby.

First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.

A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic scale.

dees; as, a spondaic hexameter, i. e., one which has a spondee instead of a dactyl in the fifth foot.

The fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic; -- so called as being under the dominant.

The fifth power of a number; as, a is the sursolid of a, or 32 that of 2. [R.] Hutton.

A small, flexible twig or rod. Mauritania, on the fifth medal, leads a horse with something like a thread; in her other hand she holds a switch. Addison.

The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday. Holy Thursday. See under Holy.

The common chord, consisting of a tone with its third and fifth, with or without the octave.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranial nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth; trifacial.

An interval comprising an octave and a fifth.

rom; hooklike. Unciform bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.

An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass. Viola da braccio Etym: [It., viol for the arm], the tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the alto. -- Viola da gamba Etym: [It., viol for the…

tives, etc. -- Balance wheel. See in the Vocab. -- Bevel wheel, Brake wheel, Cam wheel, Fifth wheel, Overshot wheel, Spinning wheel, etc. See under Bevel, Brake, etc. -- Core wheel. (Mach.) (a) A mortise gear. (b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear. -- Measuring w…

An old money of account in Bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee.

Y, the twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, at the beginning of a word or syllable, except when a prefix (see Y-), is usually a fricative vocal consonant; as a prefix, and usually in the middle or at the end of a syllable, it is a vowel. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 145, 178-9, 272.