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aneroid (medicine)


aneroid


Containing no liquid; said of kind of barometer. Aneroid barometer, a barometer the action of which depends on the varying pressure of the atmosphere upon the elastic top of a metallic box (shaped like a watch) from which the air has been exhausted. An index shows the variation of pressure.

Origin: Gr. Priv. + wet, moist: cf. F. Aneroide.

Source: Websters Dictionary


vest 2, verb (oh)



2 v law
vest in [vest sth in sb] phr v
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: vestir 'to clothe, invest', from Latin vestire 'to clothe', from vestis; VEST1]
to give someone the official right to do or own something
::Copyright is vested in the author for 50 years.