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urrent value; to withdraw from use, as money. They [gold mohurs] have been completely demonetized by the [East India] Company. R. Cobden.

A light, open, two-wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind of gig. ("The term and vehicle common about 1825." Latham.)

A body having diamagnetic polarity.

Pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, diamagnetism; taking, or being of a nature to take, a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force. See Paramagnetic. Diamagnetic attraction. See under Attraction.

In the manner of, or according to, diamagnetism.

The science which treats of diamagnetic phenomena, and of the properties of diamagnetic bodies.

Revolving on an axis. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A female dolphin. [R.] Spenser.

Same as Donat. Piers Plowman.

A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing.

A little dragon. Spenser.

A net for catching the larger sorts of birds; also, a dragnet. Crabb.

A kite of the genus Elanus.

Of or pertaining to electro-kinetics.

That branch of electrical science which treats of electricity in motion.

A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe.…

Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric current. Electro-magnetic engine, an engine in which the motive force is electro-magnetism. -- Electro-magnetic theory of light (Physics), a theory of light which makes it consist in the rapid alternation of transient electri…

The magnetism developed by a current of electricity; the science which treats of the development of magnetism by means of voltaic electricity, and of the properties or actions of the currents evolved.

Endogenous.

Bestowing praise; eulogistic; laudatory. [Obs.] E. Phillips.