*centre*

{ } v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Centered or Centred p. pr. & vb. n. Centering or Centring. ] 1. To be placed in a center; to be central. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where there is no visible truth wherein to center, error is as wide as men's fancies. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our hopes must center in ourselves alone. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. 1. To place or fix in the center or on a central point. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To collect to a point; to concentrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy joys are centered all in me alone. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mech.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See Center. [ chiefly British ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. An instrument turning on a center, for boring holes. See Bit, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Naut.) A retractable or sliding keel used on sailboats, formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent drifting to leeward when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States
Syn. -- centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as centerboard.
Syn. -- centerboard, drop keel, sliding keel. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. same as centered.
Syn. -- centered, centralized, focused. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. 1. An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: An arrangement of flowers placed in the center of a table as an ornament while dining. [ PJC ]

3. The central or most important feature of an activity, plan, or object; as, the centerpiece of her campaign was a proposal to slash taxes. [ PJC ]

n. same as centerpiece.
Syn. -- centerpiece. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ or }. (Mech.) (a) A punch for making indentations or dots in a piece of work, as for suspension between lathe centers, etc. (b) A punch for punching holes in sheet metal, having a small conical center to insure correct locating. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ or }. (Gas Manuf.) A compound hydraulic valve for regulating the passage of the gas through a set of purifiers so as to cut out each one in turn for the renewal of the lime. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a contracted form of CENTRal EXchange. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Concentered or Concentred p. pr & vb. n. Concentering r Concentring ] [ F. concentrer, fr. L. con- + centrum center. See Center, and cf. Concentrate ] To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center. [ 1913 Webster ]

God, in whom all perfections concenter. Bp. Beveridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, v. t. To draw or direct to a common center; to bring together at a focus or point, as two or more lines; to concentrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

In thee concentering all their precious beams. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

All is concentered in a life intense. Byren. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ it>or }, n. [ Pref. meta- + center. ] (Hydrostatics) The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When the metacenter is above the center of gravity, the position of the body is stable; when below it, unstable. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Centered in itself, or in one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

There hangs the ball of earth and water mixt,
Self-centered and unmoved. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. interested solely or primiarily in oneself, or one's own welfare; disinclined to consider the interests of others; selfish; egotistical. [ PJC ]