[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

second \sec"ond\, n.
   1. one who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next
      and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence,
      or power.
      1913 webster

            man
            an angel's second, nor his second long. --young.
      1913 webster

   2. one who follows or attends another for his support and
      aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as
      another's aid in a duel.
      1913 webster

            being sure enough of seconds after the first onset.
                                                  --sir h.
                                                  wotton.
      1913 webster

   3. aid; assistance; help. obs.
      1913 webster

            give second, and my love
            is everlasting thine.                 --j. fletcher.
      1913 webster

   4. pl. an article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the
      best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.
      1913 webster

   5. f. seconde. see second, a. the sixtieth part of a
      minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the
      second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves
      about 1,140 english feet in a second; five minutes and ten
      seconds north of this place.
      1913 webster

   6. in the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part
      of an inch or prime; a line. see inch, and prime, n.,
      8.
      1913 webster

   7. mus.
      a the interval between any tone and the tone which is
          represented on the degree of the staff next above it.
      b the second part in a concerted piece; -- often
          popularly applied to the alto.
          1913 webster

   8. parliamentary procedure a motion in support of another
      motion which has been moved in a deliberative body; a
      motion without a second dies without discussion.
      pjc

   second hand, the hand which marks the seconds on the dial
      of a watch or a clock.
      1913 webster
see also:
second inch prime second hand 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

second hand
     n 1: an intermediate person; used in the phrase `at second hand';
          "he could learn at second hand from books"
     2: hand marking seconds on a timepiece
     adv : from a source of previously owned goods; "i prefer to buy
           second hand"

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