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xtent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width. Provided the length do not exceed the latitude above one third part. Sir H. Wotton.

To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.

uality, character, etc., conceived of as in one of several planes of different elevation. Providence, for the most part, sets us on a level. Addison. Somebody there of his own level. Swift. Be the fair level of thy actions laid As temperance wills and prudence may persuade. Prior.

. A stable where horses are kept for hire, and where stabling is provided. See Livery, n., 3 (e) (f) & (g).

ir bosom . . . the lodging of delight. Spenser. Lodging house, a house where lodgings are provided and let. -- Lodging room, a room in which a person lodges, esp. a hired room.

Provided with loopholes.

Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars…

Provided with mandibles adapted for biting, as many insects.

One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.

d mud. The female fills the cells with insects or spiders, paralyzed by a sting, and thus provides food for its larvæ

to be harshly or oppressively dealt with. -- To take measures, to make preparations; to provide means. -- To take one's measure, to measure one, as for a garment; hence, to form an opinion of one's disposition, character, ability, etc. -- To tread a measure, to dance in the style so called. See 9 (a). Say to her, w…

minute; continuing; unceasing. [Obs.] Throwing themselves absolutely upon God's minutely providence. Hammond.

re is also a mixture of good and evil wisely distributed by God, to serve the ends of his providence. Atterbury.

That by which a thing is to be measured; standard. He that despairs measures Providence by his own little, contracted model. South.

To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite. -- Mo`ti*va"tion (#), n. William James.

One who attends a funeral as a hired mourner. Mourners were provided to attend the funeral. L'Estrange.

Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare. Patriots who had exposed themselves for the public, and whom they say now left naked. Milton.

eutral. [Archaic] In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter. South.

A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings. Solder nipple, a short pipe, usually of brass, one end of which is tapered and adapted for attachment to the end of a lead pipe by soldering.

t member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor. Provide neither gold nor silver, nor brass, in your purses, nor scrip for your journey. Matt. x. 9, 10. Where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt. Matt. vi. 20. I love him not, nor fear him. Shak. Where neither party is nor true, n…