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  Second \Sec"ond\, a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly,
     following, fr. sequi to follow. See Sue to follow, and cf.
     Secund.]
     1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in
        order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another;
        other.
  
              And he slept and dreamed the second time. --Gen.
                                                    xli. 5.
  
     2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or
        rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
  
              May the day when we become the second people upon
              earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation.
                                                    --Landor.
  
     3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded;
        another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy;
        a second deluge.
  
              A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! --Shak.
  
     Second Adventist. See Adventist.
  
     Second cousin, the child of a cousin.
  
     Second-cut file. See under File.
  
     Second distance (Art), that part of a picture between the
        foreground and the background; -- called also middle
        ground, or middle distance. [R.]
  
     Second estate (Eng.), the House of Peers.
  
     Second girl, a female house-servant who does the lighter
        work, as chamber work or waiting on table.
  
     Second intention. See under Intention.
  
     Second story, Story floor, in America, the second range
        of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is
        called the first floor, the one beneath being the ground
        floor.
  
     Second thought or thoughts, consideration of a matter
        following a first impulse or impression; reconsideration.
  
              On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had
              known him.                            --Dickens.