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\Sec"ond\, a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly,
following, fr. sequi to follow. See {Sue} to follow, and cf.
{Secund}.]
1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in
   order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another;
   other.
         And he slept and dreamed the second time. --Gen.
                                               xli. 5.
2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or
   rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
         May the day when we become the second people upon
         earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation.
                                               --Landor.
3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded;
   another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy;
   a second deluge.
         A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! --Shak.
{Second Adventist}. See {Adventist}.
{Second cousin}, the child of a cousin.
{Second-cut file}. See under {File}.
{Second distance} (Art), that part of a picture between the
   foreground and the background; -- called also {middle
   ground}, or {middle distance}. [R.]
{Second estate} (Eng.), the House of Peers.
{Second girl}, a female house-servant who does the lighter
   work, as chamber work or waiting on table.
{Second intention}. See under {Intention}.
{Second story}, {Story floor}, in America, the second range
   of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is
   called the {first floor}, the one beneath being the ground
   floor.
{Second} {thought or thoughts}, consideration of a matter
   following a first impulse or impression; reconsideration.
         On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had
         known him.                            --Dickens.

\Sec"ond\, n.
1. One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next
   and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence,
   or power.
         Man an angel's second, nor his second long. --Young.
2. One who follows or attends another for his support and
   aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as
   another's aid in a duel.
         Being sure enough of seconds after the first onset.
                                               --Sir H.
                                               Wotton.
3. Aid; assistance; help. [Obs.]
         Give second, and my love Is everlasting thine. --J.
                                               Fletcher.
4. pl. An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the
   best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.
5. [F. seconde. See {Second}, a.] The sixtieth part of a
   minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the
   second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves
   about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten
   seconds north of this place.
6. In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part
   of an inch or prime; a line. See {Inch}, and {Prime}, n.,
   8.
7. (Mus.)
   (a) The interval between any tone and the tone which is
       represented on the degree of the staff next above it.
   (b) The second part in a concerted piece; -- often
       popularly applied to the alto.
{Second hand}, the hand which marks the seconds on the dial
   of a watch or a clock.

\Sec"ond\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seconded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Seconding}.] [Cf. F. seconder, L. secundare, from
secundus. See {Second}, a.]
1. To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate.
   [R.]
         In the method of nature, a low valley is immediately
         seconded with an ambitious hill.      --Fuller.
         Sin is seconded with sin.             --South.
2. To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to
   support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to
   forward; to encourage.
         We have supplies to second our attempt. --Shak.
         In human works though labored on with pain, A
         thousand movements scarce one purpose gain; In
         God's, one single can its end produce, Yet serves to
         second too some other use.            --Pope.
3. Specifically, to support, as a motion or proposal, by
   adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.