a unit of length, equal to the distance between the tips of the middle fingers of both hands, when stretched apart away from the chest.

the cardinal number hundred; 100.

a man suffering from a disease; a sick man.

the sky.

the gaseous envelope surrounding the earth; atmosphere.

the symbol or number 0; zero.

(pros.) a metrical foot consisting of two long syllablic instants followed by one short one (--u); anti-bacchius.