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The theory, advanced by Thomson (Lord Kelvin) on the basis of investigation by Helmholtz, that the atoms are vortically moving ring-shaped masses (or masses of other forms having a similar internal motion) of a homogeneous, incompressible, frictionless fluid. Various properties of such atoms (vortex atoms) can be mathe…

f a plate, so as to form a trough for holding the acid used in etching, and the like. Fairholt.

A sea view; -- distinguished from landscape. [Jocose] Fairholt.

mper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry. Shak. Fairholt.

apon of war used in former times by the Welsh, commonly regarded as a kind of poleax. Fairholt. Craig. -- Welsh mortgage (O. Eng. Law), a species of mortgage, being a conveyance of an estate, redeemable at any time on payment of the principal, with an understanding that the profits in the mean time shall be received b…