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hings are gathered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attaction.

To be placed in a center; to be central.

An instrument turning on a center, for boring holes. See Bit, n., 3.

A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the co…

See under Cartridge.

Same as Center, n., 6. [Written also centring.]

An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure.

The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle.

To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center. God, in whom all perfections concenter. Bp. Beveridge.

The center of the circle inscribed in a triangle.

The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium.

That point in which the three perpendiculars let fall from the angles of a triangle upon the opposite sides, or the sides produced, mutually intersect.

To center again; to restore to the center. Coleridge.

Centered in itself, or in one's self. There hangs the ball of earth and water mixt, Self-centered and unmoved. Dryden.

Centering in one's self.

To throw from its center.

beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.

The center of an escutcheon.

Not centered; without a center.

Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.