Two such silver currents, when they join, Do glorify
the banks that bound them in. --Shak.
The surface of the ocean is furrowed by currents,
whose direction . . . the navigator should know.
--Nichol.
2. General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and
connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of
opinion, etc.
{Current meter}, an instrument for measuring the velocity,
force, etc., of currents.
{Current mill}, a mill driven by a current wheel.
{Current wheel}, a wheel dipping into the water and driven by
the current of a stream or by the ebb and flow of the
tide.
Syn: Stream; course. See {Stream}.
Like the current fire, that renneth Upon a cord.
--Gower.
To chase a creature that was current then In these
wild woods, the hart with golden horns. --Tennyson.
2. Now passing, as time; as, the current month.
3. Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand;
circulating through the community; generally received;
common; as, a current coin; a current report; current
history.
That there was current money in Abraham's time is
past doubt. --Arbuthnot.
Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current.
--Shak.
His current value, which is less or more as men have
occasion for him. --Grew.
4. Commonly estimated or acknowledged.
5. Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic;
passable.
O Buckingham, now do I play the touch To try if thou
be current gold indeed. --Shak.
{Account current}. See under {Account}.
{Current money}, lawful money. --Abbott.