- A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the
optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; --
called also gutta serena, the "drop serene" of Milton.
- Heaviness - Importance; heaviness - Measure of an object's heaviness - Measure of an object’s heaviness - We might drop a thousand from load - The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by
which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of
gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain units or
standards, as pounds, grams, etc. - The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the
center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the
balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit;
as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds.