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ll moons and the eclipses recur on the same days of the week and month and year as in the previous period. It consists of 532 common years, being the least common multiple of the numbers of years in the cycle of the sun and the cycle of the moon.

d of the rights or safety of others; willfulness. Malice aforethought or prepense, malice previously and deliberately entertained.

The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events. Memory is the purveyor of reason. Rambler.

A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced.

Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously kniwn or famous. Addison.

at a certain price, to demand the delivery of the stock (giving one day's notice) at any previous time at the market price. -- Seller's option, an option allowed to one who contracts to deliver stock art a certain price on a certain future date, to deliver it (giving one day's notice) at any previous time at the mark…

The fore part of the night last past; the previous evening. [R.] Shak.

An umpire; a third arbiter, appointed when two arbiters, previously selected, disagree.

e carbohydrates are secretion products of the chloroplasts, derived from decomposition of previously formed proteids. The food substances are usually quickly translocated, those that accumulate being changed to starch, which appears in the cells almost simultaneously with the sugars. The chloroplasts perform photosynth…

nterbit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to form a counterbore around it. -- Plug rod (Steam Eng.) , a rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine. -- Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case like the…

A division; a divided share. To make pourparty, to divide and apportion lands previously held in common.

This previously known, or which should be known in order to understand something else.

Previous accusation.

To acquaint previously or beforehand. Fielding.

Previous acquaintance or knowledge. Harris.

To act beforehand; to perform previously.

Previous action.

Previous adjustment.

Previous administration. Bp. Pearson.

Lit., previous admission; specif. (Engin.),