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A device to measure the resistance of a wire or other conductor forming part of an electric circuit.

an officer whose duty is to inspect troops in companies before they are mustered into service. -- Brigade major, an officer who may be attached to a brigade to assist the brigadier in his duties.

s of a river or pit; a verge; a border; as, the brink of a chasm. Also Fig. "The brink of vice." Bp. Porteus. "The brink of ruin." Burke. The plashy brink of weedy lake. Bryant.

n; a subject or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp. one in the British military or naval service. [Now used jocosely]

An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, churning, sweeping. [Scot.]

Intense excitement at the sight of deer or other game, such as often unnerves a novice in hunting. [Colloq.]

A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue.

It is used for carrying powder from the magazine to the battery, in siege or seacoast service.

One guilty of buggery or unnatural vice; a sodomite.

es or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to build on the opinions or advice of others.

one hundred ships; not so great of bulk indeed, but of a more nimble motion, and more serviceable. Bacon.

e held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft. Burrill.

One guilty of the crime of burglary. Burglar alarm, a device for giving alarm if a door or window is opened from without.

y religious ceremonies. -- Burial place, any place where burials are made. -- Burial service. (a) The religious service performed at the interment of the dead; a funeral service. (b) That portion of a liturgy which is read at an interment; as, the English burial service.

That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission. The daughter of the King of France, On serious business, craving quick despatch, Importunes personal conference. Shak. What business has the tortoise among the clouds L'Estrange.

ionary motor. -- Cable's length, the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile). -- Cable tier.…

A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich.

iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice.

employment. -- To call out. (a) To summon to fight; to challenge. (b) To summon into service; as, to call out the militia. -- To call over, to recite separate particulars in order, as a roll of names. -- To call to account, to demand explanation of. -- To call to mind, to recollect; to revive in memory. -- To cal…

A hood of other material than mail; esp. (Eccl.), a hood worn in church services, -- the amice, or the like.