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e; a deadlock; as, to be at a dead set. (c) A concerted scheme to defraud by gaming; a determined onset. -- To make a dead set, to make a determined onset, literally or figuratively.

Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.

Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing. There is something in the wind. Shak. The whole world has something to do, something to talk of, something to wish for, and something to be employed about.…

box, and divided into different lengths at pleasure by a bridge, the place of which is determined by a scale on the face of the box.

group of existing things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties determined by scientific observation.

-- On, or Upon, the spot, immediately; before moving; without changing place. It was determined upon the spot. Swift.

To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate. He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief. Rom. iv. 20.

One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or…

To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion. Locke.

s or disbursements are temporarily entered until their proper position in the books is determined.

Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.

th to share together good and bad fortune; hence, faithful friends. -- Sworn enemies, determined or irreconcilable enemies. -- Sworn friends, close friends.

Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates.

Standardized; determined or analyzed by titration; as, titrated solutions.

ion exerted on the skin is recognized; the sense by which the properties of bodies are determined by contact; the tactile sense. See Tactile sense, under Tactile. The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine. Pope.

d in a given substance, especially when so small that the amount is not quantitatively determined in an analysis;-hence, in stating an analysis, often contracted to tr.

In the Kantian system, of or pertaining to that which can be determined a priori in regard to the fundamental principles of all human knowledge. What is transcendental, therefore, transcends empiricism; but is does not transcend all human knowledge, or become transcendent. It simply signifies the a priori or necessary…

A winning card; one of a particular suit (usually determined by chance for each deal) any card of which takes any card of the other suits.

A test by which the fitness of a player or contestant to remain in a certain class is determined.

A switch which opens a circuit when the current falls below a certain predetermined value, used to protect certain types of motors from running at excessive speed upon decrease of load.