Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Roman antiquity, a bolt.
- n. [NL.] In obstetrics, a curved fenestrated instrument similar to one of the blades of the obstetrical forceps, used in certain cases to aid delivery. Commonly called lever.
Examples
“Fourth, place a balance or beam below, hanging down perpendicularly for some distance with a small weight attached to its end, pendent exactly in line with the centre of gravity; the longer this beam is, the lighter must it be, for it must have the same proportion as the well-known vectis or steel-yard.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘vectis’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Things I never find at rummage sales ...
(No matter how hard I try.)
theodolite, astrolabe, zither, autoharp, Latvian-English D..., equestrian helmet, early works by Ja..., The Century Dicti..., nuclear reactor, stuffed bilby, trichobezoar, Keith Floyd DVD's and 15 more...
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Verba Dilecta
delectable, notate, pauciloquy, paucity, pauciloquent, paucify, interscapilium, uropygium, inferna, nota, equipollent, prepollent and 677 more...
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Never For Sale On Craigslist
List of items never for sale on craigslist.
Should you find one of these for sale, let us know. We'll scare you up a coupon for a free day at a gym or something.vectis, soupir, porcupine-machine, electric pig, poke-bonnet, shawm, staddle stone, beating-engine, hicon, figurehead, low-warp loom, radevore and 516 more...
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Brochettes of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for words or phrases that haven't yet found a place in one or more of my other lists.
nonexclusivity, adaptationist, paxillin, adduct, unblushingly cribbed, ptomaïne, microsievert, millisievert, too big to jail, tastemaker, tinsmithing, Nimzo-Indian and 1616 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for vectis.
hernesheir Beat you to it, zuzu! Jan 3, 2012
ruzuzu I think I saw one of these in a museum, once. Jan 3, 2012
hernesheir Another one of those things never for sale on craigslist.
Oh! Time for a new list. Jan 3, 2012