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Second (?), 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.
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And he slept and dreamed the second time. Gen. xli. 5.
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2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
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May the day when we become the second people upon earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation. Landor.
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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”.
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A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! Shak.
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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 Second thoughts, consideration of a matter following a first impulse or impression; reconsideration.
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On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had known him. Dickens.
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Second (?), n.
1. 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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Man
An angel's second, nor his second long. Young.
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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.
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Being sure enough of seconds after the first onset. Sir H. Wotton.
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3. Aid; assistance; help. [Obs.]
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Give second, and my love
Is everlasting thine. J. Fletcher.
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4. pl. An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.
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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.”
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6. In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8.
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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.
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8. (Parliamentary Procedure) A motion in support of another motion which has been moved in a deliberative body; “ a motion without a second dies without discussion”.
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Second hand, the hand which marks the seconds on the dial of a watch or a clock.
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Second, 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.]
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In the method of nature, a low valley is immediately seconded with an ambitious hill. Fuller.
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Sin is seconded with sin. South.
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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.
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We have supplies to second our attempt. Shak.
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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.
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3. Specifically, (Parliamentary Procedure) to support, as a motion6 or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.
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☞ Under common parliamentary rules used by many organizations, especially legislative bodies, a motion must be seconded in order to come properly before the deliberative body for discussion. Any motion6 for which there is no second8 dies for lack thereof.
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