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A measure of energy or work done, being the amount expended in raising one kilogram through the height of one meter, in the latitude of Paris.
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A measure of length, being a thousand meters. It is equal to 3,280.8 feet, or 62137 of a mile.
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A measure of weight, being a thousand grams, equal to 2.2046 pounds avoirdupois (15,432.34 grains). It is equal to the weight of a cubic decimeter of distilled water at the temperature of maximum density, or 39° Fahrenheit.
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A mediator. One who mediates; especially, one who interposes between parties at variance for the purpose of reconciling them; hence, an intercessor.
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A medicine having, or supposed to have, the power of expelling calculous matter with the urine.
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A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.
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A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body.
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A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post.
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