Adjacent Words
PerpetratedPerpetrating
Perpetration
Perpetrator
Perpetuable
Perpetual
perpetual calendar
perpetual check
Perpetual curacy
perpetual fugues
perpetual lever
perpetual motion
perpetual motion machine
perpetual warrant
perpetual-motion
PERPETUAL; PERPETUALLY; PERPETUITY
Perpetually
Perpetualty
Perpetuance
Perpetuate
Perpetuated
Perpetuating
Perpetuation
perpetuator
Perpetuity
perpetuum mobile
Full-text Search for "Perpetual screw"
6327
Perpetual screw definitions
|
| Tweet |
|
|---|
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Perpetual Per*pet"u*al, a. [OE. perpetuel, F. perp['e]tuel, fr. L. perpetualis, fr. perpetuus continuing throughout, continuous, fr. perpes, -etis, lasting throughout.] Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time; unfailing; everlasting; continuous. Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. --Shak. Perpetual feast of nectared sweets. --Milton. Circle of perpetual apparition, or occultation. See under Circle. Perpetual calendar, a calendar so devised that it may be adjusted for any month or year. Perpetual curacy (Ch. of Eng.), a curacy in which all the tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed. --Blackstone. Perpetual motion. See under Motion. Perpetual screw. See Endless screw, under Screw. Syn: Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant; constant; eternal. See Constant.
