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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



20 words match “COLLATERAL”

COLLATERAL a. 7 definitions
Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure. "Collateral light." Shak.
COLLATERALLY adv. 3 definitions
Side by side; by the side. These pulleys . . . placed collaterally. Bp. Wilkins.
COLLATERALNESS n.
The state of being collateral.
BY a.
used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by- design, by-interest, etc.…
CASE SYSTEM n.
tudy of leading or selected cases, with or without the use of textbooks for reference and collateral reading.
CONCOMITANT n.
One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment. Reproach is a concomitant to greatness. Addison. The other concomitant of ingratitude is hardheartedness. South.
CONSANGUINITY n.
tion from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity; collateral consanguinity. Invoking aid by the ties of consanguinity. Prescott.
COSINAGE n. 2 definitions
Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity. Burrill.
COUSIN n.
One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
DEFEASANCE n.
n, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment, or other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated.
DIRECT a.
In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line.
INCIDENTAL a.
ity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses. By some, religious duties . . . appear to be regarded . . . as an incidental business. Rogers.
ISSUE n.
the summer day As if you brought a candle out of doors. Mrs. Browning. -- Bank of issue, Collateral issue, etc. See under Bank, Collateral, etc. -- Issue pea, a pea, or a similar round body, used to maintain irritation in a wound, and promote the secretion and discharge of pus. -- To join, or take, issue, to take op…
LINEAL a.
ding in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant. The prime and ancient right of lineal succession. Locke.
MARGIN n.
Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc. N. Biddle. Margin draft (Masonry), a smooth cut margin on the face of hammer-dressed ashlar, adjacent to the joints. -- Margi…
OBITER adv.
In passing; incidentally; by the way. Obiter dictum (Law), an incidental and collateral opinion uttered by a judge. See Dictum, n., 2(a).
OBLIQUE a.
Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral. His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak. Baker. Oblique angle, Oblique ascension, etc. See under Angle,Ascension, etc. -- Oblique arch (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face, and w…
SIDE a.
Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark. The law hath no side respect to their persons. Hooker.
SUB- n.
espectively. Before c, p, and t it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-).
UNDERPLOT n.
A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. Dryden.