n.
The liberation of an estate from a mortgage, or the taking back of property mortgaged, upon performance of the terms or conditions on which it was conveyed; also, the right of redeeming and reentering upon an estate mortgaged. See Equity of redemption, under Equity. →
a.
A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly. →
n.
The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past condition and changes of the earth. →
n.
A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat. →
a.
The whole; the total; that which comprehends or relates to all, or the chief part; -- opposed to particular. →