Bead proof |
Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters. |
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Bead proof |
A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken. |
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Plot |
A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot. |
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Plot |
A plantation laid out. |
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Plot |
A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale. |
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Plot |
To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate. |
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Plot |
Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot. |
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Plot |
A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy. |
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Plot |
Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue. |
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Plot |
A plan; a purpose. |
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Plot |
In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means. |
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Plot |
To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire. |
v. i. |
Plot |
To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme. |
v. i. |
Plot |
To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly. |
v. t. |
Proof |
Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial. |
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Proof |
That degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments that induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration. |
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Proof |
The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness that resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies. |
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Proof |
Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken. |
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Proof |
A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet. |
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Proof |
A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. Prove, v. t., 5. |
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