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An instrument for recording minor fluctuations of atmospheric pressure, as opposed to general barometric surges.

A microseismometer; specif., a microseismometer producing a graphic record.

, a thermometer for recording the lowest temperature since its last adjustment.

The memorandum; a record; a note to preserve the memory of anything; as, to take minutes of a contract; to take minutes of a conversation or debate.

A writ for removing records from one court to another. Brande & C.

nd written in the Moabite alphabet, the oldest Phonician type of the Semitic alphabet. It records the victories of Mesha, king of Moab, esp. those over Israel (2 Kings iii. 4, 5, 27).

to preserve memory; a reminder; a monument; hence, a mark; an image; a superscription; a record. [Obs.] Spenser.

A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record. Acts and Monuments of these latter and perilous days. Foxe.

A record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is enabled to defend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers. Blount. Muniment house or room, that room in a cathedral, castle, or other public building, which is used for keeping the records, charters, seals, deeds, and the like. Gwilt.

An instrument for determining and recording the different phases, as the intensity, velocity, etc., of a muscular contraction.

The doctrine of those who deny a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in spiritual influences; also, any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature to a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by one…

An instrument or register which records the presence of watchmen on their beats. Knight.

A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal; -- distinguished from diary. [R.] Addison.

Will not prosecute; -- an entry on the record, denoting that a plaintiff discontinues his suit, or the attorney for the public a prosecution; either wholly, or as to some count, or as to some of several defendants.

To determine, adjudge, or record (a plaintiff) as having dropped his suit, upon his withdrawal or failure to follow it up. "When two are joined in a writ, and one is nonsuited." Z. Swift.

One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body.

The act or practice of recording anything by marks, figures, or characters.

To record in writing; to make a memorandum of. Every unguarded word . . . was noted down. Maccaulay.

A device for recording the length and rapidity of stride and the number of steps taken by a walker.

office or duty to perform. -- Office copy (Law), an authenticated or certified copy of a record, from the proper office. See Certified copies, under Copy. Abbott. -- Office-found (Law), the finding of an inquest of office. See under Inquest. -- Office holder. See Officeholder in the Vocabulary