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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Pair \Pair\ (p[^a]r), n. [F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of par pair, fr. par, adj., equal. Cf. Apparel, Par equality, Peer an equal.] [1913 Webster] 1. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." --Chaucer. --Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs." --Macaulay. Note: [Now mostly or quite disused.] [1913 Webster] Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 2. Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes. [1913 Webster] 3. Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen. [1913 Webster] 4. A married couple; a man and wife. "A happy pair." --Dryden. "The hapless pair." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of pants; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows. [1913 Webster] 6. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question (in order, for example, to allow the members to be absent during the vote without affecting the outcome of the vote), or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote. [Parliamentary Cant] Note: A member who is thus paired with one who would have voted oppositely is said to be paired for or paired against a measure, depending on the member's position. [1913 Webster +PJC] 7. (Kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion. [1913 Webster] Note: Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a sliding pair, a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc. Any pair in which the constraining contact is along lines or at points only (as a cam and roller acting together), is designated a higher pair; any pair having constraining surfaces which fit each other (as a cylindrical pin and eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is called a lower pair. [1913 Webster] Pair royal (pl. Pairs Royal) three things of a sort; -- used especially of playing cards in some games, as cribbage; as three kings, three "eight spots" etc. Four of a kind are called a double pair royal. "Something in his face gave me as much pleasure as a pair royal of naturals in my own hand." --Goldsmith. "That great pair royal of adamantine sisters [the Fates]." --Quarles. [Written corruptly parial and prial.] [1913 Webster] Syn: Pair, Flight, Set. Usage: Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but was applied to any number of equal things (pares), that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair (pack) of cards. A "pair of stairs" is still in popular use, as well as the later expression, "flight of stairs." [1913 Webster] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Turning \Turn"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a flexure; a meander. [1913 Webster] Through paths and turnings often trod by day. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road. [1913 Webster] It is preached at every turning. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 3. Deviation from the way or proper course. --Harmar. [1913 Webster] 4. Turnery, or the shaping of solid substances into various forms by means of a lathe and cutting tools. [1913 Webster] 5. pl. The pieces, or chips, detached in the process of turning from the material turned; -- usually used in the plural. [1913 Webster] 6. (Mil.) A maneuver by which an enemy or a position is turned. [1913 Webster] Turning and boring mill, a kind of lathe having a vertical spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring large work. Turning bridge. See the Note under Drawbridge. Turning engine, an engine lathe. Turning lathe, a lathe used by turners to shape their work. Turning pair. See the Note under Pair, n. Turning point, the point upon which a question turns, and which decides a case. [1913 Webster] | ||
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