prep.
Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. →
An abbreviation of Non prosequitur. →
n.
An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle. →
n.
A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire. →
n.
The arrangement or distribution of nerves, as in the leaves of a plant or the wings of an insect; nervation. →
n.
Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage. →
n.
A hard compact mineral, of a dark green color, formerly worn as a remedy for diseases of the kidneys, whence its name; kidney stone; a kind of jade. See Jade. →