Alarm (n.) A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. |
Alarm (n.) Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger |
Alarm (n.) A sudden attack |
Alarm (n.) Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger |
Alarm (n.) A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention |
Alarm (v. t.) To call to arms for defense |
Alarm (v. t.) To keep in excitement |
Alarm (v. t.) To surprise with apprehension of danger |
Blow valve () See Snifting valve. |
Double-beat valve () See under Valve. |
D valve () A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide. |
Kingston valve () A conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through the side of a vessel below the water line. |
Station (n.) The act of standing |
Station (n.) A state of standing or rest |
Station (n.) The spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time |
Station (n.) A regular stopping place in a stage road or route |
Station (n.) The headquarters of the police force of any precinct. |
Station (n.) The place at which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying. |
Station (n.) The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs |
Station (n.) A place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely. |
Station (n.) A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty. |
Station (n.) A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them |
Station (n.) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc. |
Station (n.) Post assigned |
Station (n.) Situation |
Station (n.) State |
Station (n.) The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion. |
Station (n.) A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers. |
Station (n.) One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion |
Station (v. t.) To place |
Valve (n.) A door |
Valve (n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid. |
Valve (n.) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction |
Valve (n.) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts. |
Valve (n.) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom. |
Valve (n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry. |
Valve (n.) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells. |
Valve-shell (n.) Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata. |