English Dictionary: Aufgrabung | by the DICT Development Group |
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Dozen \Doz"en\, n.; pl. {Dozen} (before another noun), {Dozens}. [OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See {Two}, {Ten}, and cf. {Duodecimal}.] 1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows. [bd]Some six or seven dozen of Scots.[b8] [bd]A dozen of shirts to your back.[b8] [bd]A dozen sons.[b8] [bd]Half a dozen friends.[b8] --Shak. 2. An indefinite small number. --Milton. {A baker's dozen}, thirteen; -- called also a {long dozen}. | |
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Baker \Bak"er\, n. [AS. b[91]cere. See {Bake}, v. i.] 1. One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc. 2. A portable oven in which baking is done. [U.S.] {A baker's dozen}, thirteen. {Baker foot}, a distorted foot. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. {Baker's itch}, a rash on the back of the hand, caused by the irritating properties of yeast. {Baker's salt}, the subcarbonate of ammonia, sometimes used instead of soda, in making bread. | |
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[Colloq.] An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop whenever he can do so with impunity. --Thomas Hamilton. {To cut a caper}. See under {Caper}. {To cut the cards}, to divide a pack of cards into portions, in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change the cards to be dealt. {To cut a dash} [or] {a figure}, to make a display. [Colloq.] {To cut down}. (a) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate. [bd]Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of Cilicia.[b8] --Knolles. (b) To put down; to abash; to humble. [Obs] [bd]So great is his natural eloquence, that he cuts doun the finest orator.[b8] --Addison (c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down expenses. (d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a sloop. {To cut the knot} [or] {the Gordian knot}, to dispose of a difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary action, rather than by skill or patience. {To cut lots}, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw lots. {To cut off}. (a) To sever; to separate. I would to God, . . . The king had cut off my brother's. --Shak. (b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to destroy. [bd]Iren[91]us was likewise cut off by martyrdom.[b8] --Addison. (c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam engine. (d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat. (e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate. {To cut out}. (a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a piece from a board. (b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment. [bd] A large forest cut out into walks.[b8] --Addison. (c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out work for another day. [bd]Every man had cut out a place for himself.[b8] --Addison. (d) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to cut out a rival. [Colloq.] (e) To debar. [bd]I am cut out from anything but common acknowledgments.[b8] --Pope. (f) To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or from under the guns of an enemy. {To cut to pieces}. (a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces. (b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces. {To cut a play} (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out passages, to adapt it for the stage. {To cut rates} (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for transportation below the rates established between competing lines. {To cut short}, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a sudden termination. [bd]Achilles cut him short, and thus replied.[b8] --Dryden. {To cut stick}, to make off clandestinely or precipitately. [Slang] {To cut teeth}, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce through the gum and appear. {To have cut one's eyeteeth}, to be sharp and knowing. [Colloq.] {To cut one's wisdom teeth}, to come to years of discretion. {To cut under}, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor in trade. {To cut up}. (a) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes. (b) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut up a book or its author by severe criticism. [bd]This doctrine cuts up all government by the roots.[b8] --Locke. (c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.] --Thackeray. | |
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Pipit \Pip"it\, n. [So named from its call note.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to {Anthus} and allied genera, of the family {Motacillid[91]}. They strongly resemble the true larks in habits, colors, and the great length of the hind claw. They are, therefore, often called {titlarks}, and {pipit larks}. Note: The {meadow pipit} ({Anthus pratensis}); the {tree pipit}, or tree lark ({A. trivialis}); and the {rock pipit}, or sea lark ({A. obscurus}) are well-known European species. The common American pipit, or brown lark, is {Anthus Pensilvanicus}. The Western species ({A. Spraguei}) is called the {American skylark}, on account of its musical powers. | |
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Abaiser \A*bai"ser\ ([adot]*b[amac]"s[etil]r), n. Ivory black or animal charcoal. --Weale. | |
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Abaser \A*bas"er\ ([adot]*b[amac]s"[etil]r), n. He who, or that which, abases. | |
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{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of wheels, and for other purposes. {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}. {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show the white feather}, under {Feather}, n. {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A. concolor}. {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under {Ruffed}. [Canada] {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}. {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. {White garnet} (Min.), leucite. {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica}) with greenish-white pale[91]. {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The white ptarmigan. (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.] {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and other plants, and often do much damage. {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under {Squirrel}. {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier. {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which they emit. {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum} ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2. {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak. {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.] {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps. {The White House}. See under {House}. {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba}) having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}. {White iron}. (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron. (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large proportion of combined carbon. {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite. {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry, but blackish after rain. [Eng.] {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting. {White lead}. (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for other purposes; ceruse. (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite. {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and salt. {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}. {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under {Rattlesnake}. {White lie}. See under {Lie}. {White light}. (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the same proportion as in the light coming directly from the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1. (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white illumination for signals, etc. {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for whitewashing; whitewash. {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line, on a printed page; a blank line. {White meat}. (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry. (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc. Driving their cattle continually with them, and feeding only upon their milk and white meats. --Spenser. {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew. {White metal}. (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia, etc. (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a certain stage in copper smelting. {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common clothes moth. (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}. {White money}, silver money. {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common mouse. {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema}) ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; -- called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}. {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its head, which give the appearance of a hood. {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}. {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The snowy owl. (b) The barn owl. {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana}) valued as a food fish. (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum. (c) Any California surf fish. {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}. {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele. {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}. {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise. [Obs.] A pistol charged with white powder. --Beau. & Fl. {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}. {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage. (b) An albino rabbit. {White rent}, (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; -- opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3. (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.] {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}. (b) The umhofo. {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral purity; as, the White-ribbon Army. {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope. {White rot}. (Bot.) (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease called rot in sheep. (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}. {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter fat}. {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon. {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt. {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii}) injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under {Orange}. {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See under {Shark}. {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under {Softening}. {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1. {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on the surface of the sea. {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of England. --Macaulay. {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork. {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose} (d) . {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common sucker. (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}). {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee, produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind. {White tombac}. See {Tombac}. {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United States. {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White vitriol}, under {Vitriol}. {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail. {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching. {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga. {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew. {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color, bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; -- distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer. {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather. {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and {Thibetan wolf}. (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf. {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called from the color of the under parts. | |
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Hemlock \Hem"lock\, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the {Cicuta maculata}, {bulbifera}, and {virosa}, and the {Conium maculatum}. See {Conium}. Note: The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by some thought to have been a decoction of {Cicuta virosa}, or water hemlock, by others, of {Conium maculatum}. 2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America ({Abies, [or] Tsuga, Canadensis}); hemlock spruce. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. --Longfellow. 3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree. {Ground hemlock}, [or] {Dwarf hemlock}. See under {Ground}. | |
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Abjuration \Ab`ju*ra"tion\, n. [L. abjuratio: cf. F. abjuration.] 1. The act of abjuring or forswearing; a renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return. 2. A solemn recantation or renunciation; as, an abjuration of heresy. {Oath of abjuration}, an oath asserting the right of the present royal family to the crown of England, and expressly abjuring allegiance to the descendants of the Pretender. --Brande & C. | |
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Abjuratory \Ab*ju"ra*to*ry\, a. Containing abjuration. | |
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Abjure \Ab*jure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abjured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abjuring}.] [L. abjurare to deny upon oath; ab + jurare to swear, fr. jus, juris, right, law; cf. F. abjurer. See {Jury}.] 1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever. 2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors. [bd]Magic I here abjure.[b8] --Shak. Syn: See {Renounce}. | |
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Abjure \Ab*jure"\, v. i. To renounce on oath. --Bp. Burnet. | |
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Abjure \Ab*jure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abjured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abjuring}.] [L. abjurare to deny upon oath; ab + jurare to swear, fr. jus, juris, right, law; cf. F. abjurer. See {Jury}.] 1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever. 2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors. [bd]Magic I here abjure.[b8] --Shak. Syn: See {Renounce}. | |
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Abjurement \Ab*jure"ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. Renunciation. [R.] | |
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Abjurer \Ab*jur"er\, n. One who abjures. | |
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Abjure \Ab*jure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abjured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abjuring}.] [L. abjurare to deny upon oath; ab + jurare to swear, fr. jus, juris, right, law; cf. F. abjurer. See {Jury}.] 1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever. 2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors. [bd]Magic I here abjure.[b8] --Shak. Syn: See {Renounce}. | |
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Absorb \Ab*sorb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Absorbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Absorbing}.] [L. absorbere; ab + sorbere to suck in, akin to Gr. [?]: cf. F. absorber.] 1. To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include. [bd]Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all.[b8] --Cowper. The large cities absorb the wealth and fashion. --W. Irving. 2. To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body. --Bacon. 3. To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth. 4. To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass. --Nichol. --p. 8 Syn: To {Absorb}, {Engross}, {Swallow up}, {Engulf}. Usage: These words agree in one general idea, that of completely taking up. They are chiefly used in a figurative sense and may be distinguished by a reference to their etymology. We speak of a person as absorbed (lit., drawn in, swallowed up) in study or some other employment of the highest interest. We speak of a person as ebgrossed (lit., seized upon in the gross, or wholly) by something which occupies his whole time and thoughts, as the acquisition of wealth, or the attainment of honor. We speak of a person (under a stronger image) as swallowed up and lost in that which completely occupies his thoughts and feelings, as in grief at the death of a friend, or in the multiplied cares of life. We speak of a person as engulfed in that which (like a gulf) takes in all his hopes and interests; as, engulfed in misery, ruin, etc. | |
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Absorbability \Ab*sorb`a*bil"i*ty\, n. The state or quality of being absorbable. --Graham (Chemistry). | |
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Absorbable \Ab*sorb"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. absorbable.] Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up. --Kerr. | |
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Absorb \Ab*sorb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Absorbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Absorbing}.] [L. absorbere; ab + sorbere to suck in, akin to Gr. [?]: cf. F. absorber.] 1. To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include. [bd]Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all.[b8] --Cowper. The large cities absorb the wealth and fashion. --W. Irving. 2. To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body. --Bacon. 3. To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth. 4. To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass. --Nichol. --p. 8 Syn: To {Absorb}, {Engross}, {Swallow up}, {Engulf}. Usage: These words agree in one general idea, that of completely taking up. They are chiefly used in a figurative sense and may be distinguished by a reference to their etymology. We speak of a person as absorbed (lit., drawn in, swallowed up) in study or some other employment of the highest interest. We speak of a person as ebgrossed (lit., seized upon in the gross, or wholly) by something which occupies his whole time and thoughts, as the acquisition of wealth, or the attainment of honor. We speak of a person (under a stronger image) as swallowed up and lost in that which completely occupies his thoughts and feelings, as in grief at the death of a friend, or in the multiplied cares of life. We speak of a person as engulfed in that which (like a gulf) takes in all his hopes and interests; as, engulfed in misery, ruin, etc. | |
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Absorbedly \Ab*sorb"ed*ly\, adv. In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged. | |
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Absorbency \Ab*sorb"en*cy\, n. Absorptiveness. | |
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Absorbent \Ab*sorb"ent\, a. [L. absorbens, p. pr. of absorbere.] Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive. {Absorbent ground} (Paint.), a ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted to the colors. | |
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Absorbent \Ab*sorb"ent\, n. 1. Anything which absorbs. The ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat. --Darwin. 2. (Med.) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts. 3. pl. (Physiol.) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants. | |
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Absorbent \Ab*sorb"ent\, a. [L. absorbens, p. pr. of absorbere.] Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive. {Absorbent ground} (Paint.), a ground prepared for a picture, chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted to the colors. | |
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Absorber \Ab*sorb"er\, n. One who, or that which, absorbs. | |
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Absorb \Ab*sorb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Absorbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Absorbing}.] [L. absorbere; ab + sorbere to suck in, akin to Gr. [?]: cf. F. absorber.] 1. To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include. [bd]Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all.[b8] --Cowper. The large cities absorb the wealth and fashion. --W. Irving. 2. To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body. --Bacon. 3. To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth. 4. To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass. --Nichol. --p. 8 Syn: To {Absorb}, {Engross}, {Swallow up}, {Engulf}. Usage: These words agree in one general idea, that of completely taking up. They are chiefly used in a figurative sense and may be distinguished by a reference to their etymology. We speak of a person as absorbed (lit., drawn in, swallowed up) in study or some other employment of the highest interest. We speak of a person as ebgrossed (lit., seized upon in the gross, or wholly) by something which occupies his whole time and thoughts, as the acquisition of wealth, or the attainment of honor. We speak of a person (under a stronger image) as swallowed up and lost in that which completely occupies his thoughts and feelings, as in grief at the death of a friend, or in the multiplied cares of life. We speak of a person as engulfed in that which (like a gulf) takes in all his hopes and interests; as, engulfed in misery, ruin, etc. | |
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Absorbing \Ab*sorb"ing\, a. Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit. -- {Ab*sorb"ing}, adv. | |
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Absorbition \Ab`sor*bi"tion\, n. Absorption. [Obs.] | |
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Absorpt \Ab*sorpt`\, a. [L. absorptus, p. p.] Absorbed. [Arcahic.] [bd]Absorpt in care.[b8] --Pope. | |
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Absorption \Ab*sorp"tion\, n. [L. absorptio, fr. absorbere. See {Absorb}.] 1. The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger. 2. (Chem. & Physics) An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc. 3. (Physiol.) In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs. 4. Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment. | |
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Spectrum \Spec"trum\, n.; pl. {Spectra}. [L. See {Specter}.] 1. An apparition; a specter. [Obs.] 2. (Opt.) (a) The several colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and observed or studied either as spread out on a screen, by direct vision, by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of {Light}, and {Spectroscope}. (b) A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also {ocular spectrum}. {Absorption spectrum}, the spectrum of light which has passed through a medium capable of absorbing a portion of the rays. It is characterized by dark spaces, bands, or lines. {Chemical spectrum}, a spectrum of rays considered solely with reference to their chemical effects, as in photography. These, in the usual photogrophic methods, have their maximum influence at and beyond the violet rays, but are not limited to this region. {Chromatic spectrum}, the visible colored rays of the solar spectrum, exhibiting the seven principal colors in their order, and covering the central and larger portion of the space of the whole spectrum. {Continous spectrum}, a spectrum not broken by bands or lines, but having the colors shaded into each other continously, as that from an incandescent solid or liquid, or a gas under high pressure. {Diffraction spectrum}, a spectrum produced by diffraction, as by a grating. {Gaseous spectrum}, the spectrum of an incandesoent gas or vapor, under moderate, or especially under very low, pressure. It is characterized by bright bands or lines. {Normal spectrum}, a representation of a spectrum arranged upon conventional plan adopted as standard, especially a spectrum in which the colors are spaced proportionally to their wave lengths, as when formed by a diffraction grating. {Ocular spectrum}. See {Spectrum}, 2 (b), above. {Prismatic spectrum}, a spectrum produced by means of a prism. {Solar spectrum}, the spectrum of solar light, especially as thrown upon a screen in a darkened room. It is characterized by numerous dark lines called Fraunhofer lines. {Spectrum analysis}, chemical analysis effected by comparison of the different relative positions and qualities of the fixed lines of spectra produced by flames in which different substances are burned or evaporated, each substance having its own characteristic system of lines. {Thermal spectrum}, a spectrum of rays considered solely with reference to their heating effect, especially of those rays which produce no luminous phenomena. | |
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Absorptive \Ab*sorp"tive\, a. Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe. --E. Darwin. | |
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Absorptiveness \Ab*sorp"tive*ness\, n. The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power. | |
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Absorptivity \Ab`sorp*tiv"i*ty\, n. Absorptiveness. | |
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Absurd \Ab*surd"\, a. [L. absurdus harsh-sounding; ab + (prob) a derivative fr. a root svar to sound; not connected with surd: cf. F. absurde. See {Syringe}.] Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream. This proffer is absurd and reasonless. --Shak. 'This phrase absurd to call a villain great. --Pope. --p. 9 Syn: Foolish; irrational; ridiculous; preposterous; inconsistent; incongruous. Usage: {Absurd}, {Irrational}, {Foolish}, {Preposterous}. Of these terms, irrational is the weakest, denoting that which is plainly inconsistent with the dictates of sound reason; as, an irrational course of life. Foolish rises higher, and implies either a perversion of that faculty, or an absolute weakness or fatuity of mind; as, foolish enterprises. Absurd rises still higher, denoting that which is plainly opposed to received notions of propriety and truth; as, an absurd man, project, opinion, story, argument, etc. Preposterous rises still higher, and supposes an absolute inversion in the order of things; or, in plain terms, a [bd]putting of the cart before the horse;[b8] as, a preposterous suggestion, preposterous conduct, a preposterous regulation or law. | |
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Absurd \Ab*surd"\ ([acr]b*s[ucir]rd"), n. An absurdity. [Obs.] --Pope. | |
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Absurdity \Ab*surd"i*ty\ (-[icr]*t[ycr]), n.; pl. {Absurdities} (-t[icr]z). [L. absurditas: cf. F. absurdite.] 1. The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. [bd]The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number.[b8] --Locke. 2. That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. His travels were full of absurdities. --Johnson. | |
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Absurdity \Ab*surd"i*ty\ (-[icr]*t[ycr]), n.; pl. {Absurdities} (-t[icr]z). [L. absurditas: cf. F. absurdite.] 1. The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. [bd]The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number.[b8] --Locke. 2. That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. His travels were full of absurdities. --Johnson. | |
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Absurdly \Ab*surd"ly\, adv. In an absurd manner. | |
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Absurdness \Ab*surd"ness\, n. Absurdity. [R.] | |
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Abuser \A*bus"er\, n. One who abuses [in the various senses of the verb]. | |
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Apocarpous \Ap`o*car"pous\, a. [Pref. apo- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to {syncarpous}. --Lindley. | |
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Apochromatic \Ap`o*chro*mat"ic\, a. [Pref. apo- + chromatic.] (Optics) Free from chromatic and spherical aberration; -- said esp. of a lens in which rays of three or more colors are brought to the same focus, the degree of achromatism thus obtained being more complete than where two rays only are thus focused, as in the ordinary achromatic objective. -- {Ap`o*chro"ma*tism}, n. | |
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Apochromatic \Ap`o*chro*mat"ic\, a. [Pref. apo- + chromatic.] (Optics) Free from chromatic and spherical aberration; -- said esp. of a lens in which rays of three or more colors are brought to the same focus, the degree of achromatism thus obtained being more complete than where two rays only are thus focused, as in the ordinary achromatic objective. -- {Ap`o*chro"ma*tism}, n. | |
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Apocrisiary \Ap`o*cris"i*a*ry\, d8Apocrisiarius \[d8]Ap`o*cris`i*a"ri*us\, n. [L. apocrisiarius, apocrisarius, fr. Gr. [?] answer, fr. [?] to answer; [?] from + [?] to separate.] (Eccl.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople. | |
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Apocrustic \Ap`o*crus"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] able to drive off, fr. [?] to drive off.] (Med.) Astringent and repellent. -- n. An apocrustic medicine. | |
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Apocrypha \A*poc"ry*pha\, n. pl., but often used as sing. with pl. {Apocryphas}. [L. apocryphus apocryphal, Gr. [?] hidden, spurious, fr. [?] to hide; [?] from + [?] to hide.] 1. Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively. [Obs.] --Locke. 2. Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others. Note: Fourteen such writings, or books, formed part of the Septuagint, but not of the Hebrew canon recognized by the Jews of Palestine. The Council of Trent included all but three of these in the canon of inspired books having equal authority. The German and English Reformers grouped them in their Bibles under the title Apocrypha, as not having dogmatic authority, but being profitable for instruction. The Apocrypha is now commonly [?]mitted from the King James's Bible. | |
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Apocryphal \A*poc"ry*phal\, a. 1. Pertaining to the Apocrypha. 2. Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false. The passages . . . are, however, in part from apocryphal or fictitious works. --Sir G. C. Lewis. | |
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Apocryphalist \A*poc"ry*phal*ist\, n. One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha. [R.] | |
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Apocryphally \A*poc"ry*phal*ly\, adv. In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably. | |
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Apocryphalness \A*poc"ry*phal*ness\, n. The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness. | |
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Apocrypha \A*poc"ry*pha\, n. pl., but often used as sing. with pl. {Apocryphas}. [L. apocryphus apocryphal, Gr. [?] hidden, spurious, fr. [?] to hide; [?] from + [?] to hide.] 1. Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively. [Obs.] --Locke. 2. Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others. Note: Fourteen such writings, or books, formed part of the Septuagint, but not of the Hebrew canon recognized by the Jews of Palestine. The Council of Trent included all but three of these in the canon of inspired books having equal authority. The German and English Reformers grouped them in their Bibles under the title Apocrypha, as not having dogmatic authority, but being profitable for instruction. The Apocrypha is now commonly [?]mitted from the King James's Bible. | |
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Apograph \Ap"o*graph\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] from + [?] to write: cf. F. apographe.] A copy or transcript. --Blount. | |
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d8Potto \[d8]Pot"to\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A nocturnal mammal ({Perodictius potto}) of the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary forefingers. Called also {aposoro}, and {bush dog}. (b) The kinkajou. | |
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Appeacher \Ap*peach"er\, n. An accuser. [Obs.] --Raleigh. | |
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Appeaser \Ap*peas"er\, n. One who appeases; a pacifier. | |
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Apposer \Ap*pos"er\, n. An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs' accounts. | |
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Avoucher \A*vouch"er\, n. One who avouches. | |
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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Abieezer father of help; i.e., "helpful." (1.) The second of the three sons of Hammoleketh, the sister of Gilead. He was the grandson of Manasseh (1 Chr. 7:18). From his family Gideon sprang (Josh. 17:2; comp. Judg. 6:34; 8:2). He was also called Jeezer (Num. 26:30). (2.) One of David's thirty warriors (2 Sam. 23:27; comp. 1 Chr. 27:12). (3.) The prince of the tribe of Dan at the Exodus (Num. 1:12). | |
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Abiezrite father of help, a descendant of Abiezer (Judg. 6:11,24; 8:32). | |
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Abishur father of the wall; i.e., "mason", one of the two sons of Shammai of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 2:28,29). | |
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Apocrypha hidden, spurious, the name given to certain ancient books which found a place in the LXX. and Latin Vulgate versions of the Old Testament, and were appended to all the great translations made from them in the sixteenth century, but which have no claim to be regarded as in any sense parts of the inspired Word. (1.) They are not once quoted by the New Testament writers, who frequently quote from the LXX. Our Lord and his apostles confirmed by their authority the ordinary Jewish canon, which was the same in all respects as we now have it. (2.) These books were written not in Hebrew but in Greek, and during the "period of silence," from the time of Malachi, after which oracles and direct revelations from God ceased till the Christian era. (3.) The contents of the books themselves show that they were no part of Scripture. The Old Testament Apocrypha consists of fourteen books, the chief of which are the Books of the Maccabees (q.v.), the Books of Esdras, the Book of Wisdom, the Book of Baruch, the Book of Esther, Ecclesiasticus, Tobit, Judith, etc. The New Testament Apocrypha consists of a very extensive literature, which bears distinct evidences of its non-apostolic origin, and is utterly unworthy of regard. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Abiezer, father of help | |
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Abishur, father of the wall; father of uprightness | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Apocrypha, hidden |