Sec"ond (?), a. [F., fr. L.
secundus second, properly, following, fr. sequi to
follow. See Sue to follow, and cf. Secund.]
1. Immediately following the first; next to the
first in order of place or time; hence, occurring again; another;
other.
And he slept and dreamed the second
time.
Gen. xli. 5.
2. Next to the first in value, power,
excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate;
inferior.
May the day when we become the second people
upon earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation.
Landor.
3. Being of the same kind as another that has
preceded; another, like a prototype; as, a second Cato; a
second Troy; a second deluge.
A Daniel, still say I, a second
Daniel!
Shak.
Second Adventist. See Adventist.
-- Second cousin, the child of a cousin. --
Second-cut file. See under File. --
Second distance (Art), that part of a
picture between the foreground and the background; -- called also
middle ground, or middle distance. [R.] --
Second estate (Eng.), the House of
Peers. -- Second girl, a female house-
servant who does the lighter work, as chamber work or waiting on
table. -- Second intention. See under
Intention. -- Second story,
Second floor, in America, the second range of
rooms from the street level. This, in England, is called the first
floor, the one beneath being the ground floor. --
Second thought or thoughts,
consideration of a matter following a first impulse or impression;
reconsideration.
On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you
had known him.
Dickens.
Sec"ond (?), n. 1.
One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and
inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or
power.
Man
An angel's second, nor his second long.
Young.
2. 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.
Being sure enough of seconds after the first
onset.
Sir H. Wotton.
3. Aid; assistance; help. [Obs.]
Give second, and my love
Is everlasting thine.
J. Fletcher.
4. pl. An article of merchandise of a
grade inferior to the best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of
flour.
5. [F. seconde. See Second,
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.
6. In the duodecimal system of mensuration,
the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and
Prime, n., 8.
7. (Mus.) (a) The
interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the
degree of the staff next above it. (b) The
second part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly applied to the
alto.
Second hand, the hand which marks the seconds
on the dial of a watch or a clock.
Sec"ond, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Seconded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Seconding.] [Cf. F. seconder, L. secundare, from
secundus. See Second, a.]
1. To follow in the next place; to succeed; to
alternate. [R.]
In the method of nature, a low valley is immediately
seconded with an ambitious hill.
Fuller.
Sin is seconded with sin.
South.
2. 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.
We have supplies to second our
attempt.
Shak.
In human works though labored on with pain,
A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain;
In God's, one single can its end produce,
Yet serves to second too some other use.
Pope.
3. Specifically, to support, as a motion or
proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or
proposer.
Sec"ond (?), a. [F., fr. L.
secundus second, properly, following, fr. sequi to
follow. See Sue to follow, and cf. Secund.]
1. Immediately following the first; next to the
first in order of place or time; hence, occurring again; another;
other.
And he slept and dreamed the second
time.
Gen. xli. 5.
2. Next to the first in value, power,
excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate;
inferior.
May the day when we become the second people
upon earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation.
Landor.
3. Being of the same kind as another that has
preceded; another, like a prototype; as, a second Cato; a
second Troy; a second deluge.
A Daniel, still say I, a second
Daniel!
Shak.
Second Adventist. See Adventist.
-- Second cousin, the child of a cousin. --
Second-cut file. See under File. --
Second distance (Art), that part of a
picture between the foreground and the background; -- called also
middle ground, or middle distance. [R.] --
Second estate (Eng.), the House of
Peers. -- Second girl, a female house-
servant who does the lighter work, as chamber work or waiting on
table. -- Second intention. See under
Intention. -- Second story,
Second floor, in America, the second range of
rooms from the street level. This, in England, is called the first
floor, the one beneath being the ground floor. --
Second thought or thoughts,
consideration of a matter following a first impulse or impression;
reconsideration.
On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you
had known him.
Dickens.
Sec"ond (?), n. 1.
One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and
inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or
power.
Man
An angel's second, nor his second long.
Young.
2. 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.
Being sure enough of seconds after the first
onset.
Sir H. Wotton.
3. Aid; assistance; help. [Obs.]
Give second, and my love
Is everlasting thine.
J. Fletcher.
4. pl. An article of merchandise of a
grade inferior to the best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of
flour.
5. [F. seconde. See Second,
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.
6. In the duodecimal system of mensuration,
the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and
Prime, n., 8.
7. (Mus.) (a) The
interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the
degree of the staff next above it. (b) The
second part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly applied to the
alto.
Second hand, the hand which marks the seconds
on the dial of a watch or a clock.
Sec"ond, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Seconded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Seconding.] [Cf. F. seconder, L. secundare, from
secundus. See Second, a.]
1. To follow in the next place; to succeed; to
alternate. [R.]
In the method of nature, a low valley is immediately
seconded with an ambitious hill.
Fuller.
Sin is seconded with sin.
South.
2. 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.
We have supplies to second our
attempt.
Shak.
In human works though labored on with pain,
A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain;
In God's, one single can its end produce,
Yet serves to second too some other use.
Pope.
3. Specifically, to support, as a motion or
proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or
proposer.
