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Autogenous solderingAutogenous Au*tog"e*nous, a. [Gr. ?; ? self + root of ? to be
born.]
1. (Biol.) Self-generated; produced independently.
2. (Anat.) Developed from an independent center of
ossification. --Owen.
Autogenous soldering, the junction by fusion of the joining
edges of metals without the intervention of solder. Beholder
Beholder Be*hold"er, n.
One who beholds; a spectator.
Bill holder
Bill holder Bill" hold`er
1. A person who holds a bill or acceptance.
2. A device by means of which bills, etc., are held.
Bondholder
Bondholder Bond"hold`er, n.
A person who holds the bonds of a public or private
corporation for the payment of money at a certain time.
Bookholder
Bookholder Book"hold`er, n.
1. A prompter at a theater. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
2. A support for a book, holding it open, while one reads or
copies from it.
Boroughholder
Boroughholder Bor"ough*hold"er, n.
A headborough; a borsholder.
boroughholderHeadborough Head"bor*ough, Headborrow Head"bor*row n.
1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary,
consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder,
boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes
tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.] --Blackstone.
2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.] BorsholderBorsholder Bors"hold`er, n. [OE. borsolder; prob. fr. AS.
borg, gen. borges, pledge + ealdor elder. See Borrow, and
Elder, a.] (Eng. Law)
The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d
Borough); the headborough; a parish constable. --Spelman. borsholderHeadborough Head"bor*ough, Headborrow Head"bor*row n.
1. The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary,
consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder,
boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes
tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.] --Blackstone.
2. (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.] Bottleholder
Bottleholder Bot"tle*hold`er, n.
1. One who attends a pugilist in a prize fight; -- so called
from the bottle of water of which he has charge.
2. One who assists or supports another in a contest; an
abettor; a backer. [Colloq.]
Lord Palmerston considered himself the bottleholder
of oppressed states. --The London
Times.
Candleholder
Candleholder Can"dle*hold`er, n.
One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists
another, but is otherwise not of importance. --Shak.
Compound householderCompound Com"pound, a. [OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See
Compound, v. t.]
Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts;
produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or
things; composite; as, a compound word.
Compound substances are made up of two or more simple
substances. --I. Watts.
Compound addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of
compound numbers.
Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one
seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined
according to regular laws of composition.
Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which
the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder
is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure
cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders,
successively.
Compound ether. (Chem.) See under Ether.
Compound flower (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single
flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in
a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or
dandelion.
Compound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction.
Compound fracture. See Fracture.
Compound householder, a householder who compounds or
arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be
included in his rents. [Eng.]
Compound interest. See Interest.
Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny.
Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate
blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk.
Compound microscope. See Microscope.
Compound motion. See Motion.
Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a
varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.;
-- called also denominate number.
Compound pier (Arch.), a clustered column.
Compound quantity (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or
more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign +
(plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are
compound quantities.
Compound radical. (Chem.) See Radical.
Compound ratio (Math.), the product of two or more ratios;
thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c
and b:d.
Compound rest (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine
lathe.
Compound screw (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two
or more screws with different pitch (a differential
screw), or running in different directions (a right and
left screw).
Compound time (Mus.), that in which two or more simple
measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining
of two measures of 3-8 time.
Compound word, a word composed of two or more words;
specifically, two or more words joined together by a
hyphen. Compound householderHouseholder House"hold`er, n.
The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house with
his family.
Towns in which almost every householder was an English
Protestant. --Macaulay.
Compound householder. See Compound, a. Copyholder
Copyholder Cop"y*hold`er, n.
1. (Eng. Law) One possessed of land in copyhold.
2. (print.)
(a) A device for holding copy for a compositor.
(b) One who reads copy to a proof reader.
Folder
Folder Fold"er, n.
One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike
instrument used for folding paper.
Folderol
Folderol Fol"de*rol`, n.
Nonsense. [Colloq.]
Freeholder
Freeholder Free"hold`er, n. (Law)
The possessor of a freehold.
Fundholder
Fundholder Fund"hold"er, a.
One who has money invested in the public funds. --J. S. Mill.
high-holderFlicker Flick"er, n.
1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden
and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of
the dying flame.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes
aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also
yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and
yucca.
The cackle of the flicker among the oaks.
--Thoureau. High-holderHigh-holder High"-hold`er, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The flicker; -- called also high-hole. [Local, U. S.] Holder
Holder Hold"er, n.
One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
Holder
Holder Hold"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, holds.
2. One who holds land, etc., under another; a tenant.
3. (Com.) The payee of a bill of exchange or a promissory
note, or the one who owns or holds it.
Note: Holder is much used as the second part of a compound;
as, shareholder, officeholder, stockholder,etc.
Holder-forth
Holder-forth Hold"er-forth`, n.
One who speaks in public; an haranguer; a preacher.
--Addison.
HouseholderHouseholder House"hold`er, n.
The master or head of a family; one who occupies a house with
his family.
Towns in which almost every householder was an English
Protestant. --Macaulay.
Compound householder. See Compound, a. Inholder
Inholder In*hold"er, n.
An inhabitant. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Innholder
Innholder Inn"hold`er, n.
One who keeps an inn.
LandholderLandholder Land"hold`er, n.
A holder, owner, or proprietor of land. -- Land"hold`ing,
n. & a. LeaseholderLeaseholder Lease"hold`er, n.
A tenant under a lease. -- Lease"hold`ing, a. & n. Molder
Molder Mold"er, Moulder Mould"er, n.
One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape;
specifically (Founding), one skilled in the art of making
molds for castings.
Moldery
Moldery Mold"er*y, Mouldery Mould"er*y, a.
Covered or filled with mold; consisting of, or resembling,
mold.
Meaning of OLDER from wikipedia
- Look up
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Older is the
comparative form of "
old". It may
refer to:
Older (George
Michael album), 1996 "
Older" (George...
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containing much
older material as well; Job was
completed by the 6th
century BC;
Ecclesiastes by the 3rd
century BC.
Throughout the
Old Testament, God...
- as in aftur,
aftor (
older aptr);
North of Bergen, /i/
appeared in aftir, after; and East
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Old Norse was a moderately...
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old in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Old or
OLD may
refer to:
Old, Baranya,
Hungary Old, Northamptonshire,
England Old Street station, a railway...
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afflict older adults (geriatrics),
technology to
support the
aging society (gerontechnology), and
leisure and
sport activities adapted to
older people...
- "Charles
Older, 88;
Presided Over
Manson Trial". The
Washington Post. ****ociated Press. June 17, 2006.
Douglas Martin (June 21, 2006). "Charles H.
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- Upon release,
Older was met with
widespread acclaim from
music critics.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine from
AllMusic website described Older as
George Michael's...
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instead of runes. The
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- and said it was "an
allegorical existential sort of
meditation on
getting older."
Other cast
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Nikki Amuka-Bird said the film was about...
