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Second
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8.
(2):
(a.) The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten seconds north of this place.
(3):
(a.) Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.
(4):
(a.) Specifically, to support, as a motion or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.
(5):
(a.) To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to encourage.
(6):
(a.) To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate.
(7):
(n.) The second part in a concerted piece; - often popularly applied to the alto.
(8):
(n.) The interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff next above it.
(9):
(a.) Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge.
(10):
(a.) Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
(11):
(n.) An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.
(12):
(n.) Aid; assistance; help.
(13):
(n.) One who follows or attends another for his support and aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as another's aid in a duel.
(14):
(n.) One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Second'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/second.html. 1828.
