Second

(sekund.) [From L. secund us, following.] (Geom. and Chron., .) The 60th part of a minute, whether of a degree, or of an hour; it is designated by two small accents, thus ("). -(Mus.) An interval of a conjoint degree, being the difference between the sound and the next nearest sound above or below it. - S. distance. (Paint.) That portion of a picture embraced between the fore-ground and back-ground.-S. coat. (Building.) The floating, when the plaster of a wall is roughed-in, floated, and set for paper.-S. terms. (Algeb.) Terms in which the unknown quantity has a degree of power le than it has in the term where it is raised to the highest.-S. sight. (Superstitions.) A notion peculiar to the Scots Highlanders, by which certain persons are believed to be gifted with a kind of supernatural vision, or the power of seeing future or distant events as if they really happened. [s. 810] IMG:plate0855.jpg:Gravür