n.
Hence, a wandering of the thoughts; a wild or fanciful freak; a whim; a whimsical purpose. →
n.
A foot of four syllables, one long and three short, admitting of four combinations, according to the place of the long syllable. →
n.
A piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end, connecting it with the lower end of the stem. →
p. a.
Finely granulated; -- said of quicksilver which has been granulated by agitation during the amalgamation process. →
n.
A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so graduated that a certain convenient number of its divisions are just equal to a certain number, either one less or one more, of the divisions of the instrument, so that parts of a division are determined by observing what line on the vernier coincides with a line on the instrument. →