a. [ Auto- + dynamic. ] Supplying its own power, as a hydraulic ram. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ L. custodia, fr. custos guard; prob. akin to Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to hide, and E. hide. Seee Hide to cover. ]
A fleet of thirty ships for the custody of the narrow seas. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Jailer, take him to thy custody. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
What pease will be given
To us enslaved, but custody severe,
And stripes and arbitrary punishment? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Hemadynamometer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Photo- + dynamics. ] (Plant Physiol.) The relation of light to the movements of plants and their organs; the study of the phenomena of curvatures induced by the stimulus of light. --
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