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n.
A machine for spinning wool, cotton, etc., from the rove, consisting of a set of drawing rollers with bobbins and flyers, and differing from the mule in having the twisting apparatus stationary and the processes continuous; -- so called because it makes a singing noise.
v. i.
To sew, as a seam, by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
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In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms.
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A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railroad train.
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To exert continuous activity; to proceed; as, to run through life; to run in a circle.
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A loud, continuous, and confused sound; as, the roar of a cannon, of the wind, or the waves; the roar of ocean.
v. t.
To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line, men or animals on shore being the motive power; to tow.
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Not divided; not separated or disunited; unbroken; whole; continuous; as, plains undivided by rivers or mountains.
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A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct.
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The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.
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Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity.
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Thread; continuous line.
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Not broken; continuous; unsubdued; as, an unbroken colt.
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To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.
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To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers roared at his jokes.
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A motion to and fro, up and down, or from side to side, in any fluid or elastic medium, propagated continuously among its particles, but with no translation of the particles themselves in the direction of the propagation of the wave; a wave motion; a vibration.
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To produce thunder; to sound, rattle, or roar, as a discharge of atmospheric electricity; -- often used impersonally; as, it thundered continuously.
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Continuous; keeping along step by step; as, he stated the facts with a running explanation.
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One of the large cells in woody tissue which have spiral, annular, or other markings, and are connected longitudinally so as to form continuous ducts.
adv.
In a continuous maner; without interruption.
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