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Immediately following the first; next to the first in order
of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other. |
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Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or
rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior. |
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Being of the same kind as another that has preceded;
another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second
deluge. |
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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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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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Aid; assistance; help. |
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An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best;
esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour. |
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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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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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The interval between any tone and the tone which is
represented on the degree of the staff next above it. |
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The second part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly
applied to the alto. |
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To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate. |
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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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Specifically, to support, as a motion or proposal, by
adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer. |
