Barrage
(n.) An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water |
Horse power
() The power which a horse exerts. |
Horse power
() A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute |
Horse power
() A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery |
Power
(n.) Same as Poor, the fish. |
Power
(n.) Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent |
Power
(n.) Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted |
Power
(n.) Capacity of undergoing or suffering |
Power
(n.) The exercise of a faculty |
Power
(n.) The agent exercising an ability to act |
Power
(n.) A military or naval force |
Power
(n.) A large quantity |
Power
(n.) The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously |
Power
(n.) A mechanical agent |
Power
(n.) Applied force |
Power
(n.) A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery |
Power
(n.) The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself |
Power
(n.) Mental or moral ability to act |
Power
(n.) The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies |
Power
(n.) An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person |
Power
(n.) Hence, vested authority to act in a given case |
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 |
Water power
() The power of water employed to move machinery, etc. |
Water power
() A fall of water which may be used to drive machinery |