English Dictionary: Auslandsstimmen | by the DICT Development Group |
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Rocambole \Roc"am*bole\, n. [F.] [Written also {rokambole}.] (Bot.) A name of {Allium Scorodoprasum} and {A. Ascalonium}, two kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called {shallot}. | |
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Calamus \Cal"a*mus\, n.; pl. {Calami}. [L., a reed. See {Halm}.] 1. (Bot.) The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See {Rattan}, and {Dragon's blood}. 2. (Bot.) A species of {Acorus} ({A. calamus}), commonly called {calamus}, or {sweet flag}. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill. | |
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Clean \Clean\, a. [Compar. {Cleaner}; superl. {Cleanest}.] [OE. clene, AS. cl[?]ne; akin to OHG. chleini pure, neat, graceful, small, G. klein small, and perh. to W. glan clean, pure, bright; all perh. from a primitive, meaning bright, shining. Cf. {Glair}.] 1. Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes. 2. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber. 3. Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence. 4. Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style. 5. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire. When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of corners of thy field. --Lev. xxiii. 22. 6. Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure. Create in me a clean heart, O God. --Ps. li. 10 That I am whole, and clean, and meet for Heaven --Tennyson. 7. (Script.) Free from ceremonial defilement. 8. Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy. [bd]Lothair is clean.[b8] --F. Harrison. 9. Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs. {A clean bill of health}, a certificate from the proper authority that a ship is free from infection. {Clean breach}. See under {Breach}, n., 4. {To make a clean breast}. See under {Breast}. | |
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Breach \Breach\, n. [OE. breke, breche, AS. brice, gebrice, gebrece (in comp.), fr. brecan to break; akin to Dan. br[91]k, MHG. breche, gap, breach. See {Break}, and cf. {Brake} (the instrument), {Brack} a break] . 1. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. 2. Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise. 3. A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture. Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead. --Shak. 4. A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf. The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. --2 Sam. v. 20[?] {A clear breach} implies that the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. {A clean breach} implies that everything on deck is swept away. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 5. A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture. There's fallen between him and my lord An unkind breach. --Shak. 6. A bruise; a wound. Breach for breach, eye for eye. --Lev. xxiv. 20[?] 7. (Med.) A hernia; a rupture. 8. A breaking out upon; an assault. The Lord had made a breach upon Uzza. --1. Chron. xiii. 11[?] {Breach of falth}, a breaking, or a failure to keep, an expressed or implied promise; a betrayal of confidence or trust. {Breach of peace}, disorderly conduct, disturbing the public peace. {Breach of privilege}, an act or default in violation of the privilege or either house of Parliament, of Congress, or of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false swearing before a committee. --Mozley. Abbott. {Breach of promise}, violation of one's plighted word, esp. of a promise to marry. {Breach of trust}, violation of one's duty or faith in a matter entrusted to one. Syn: Rent; cleft; chasm; rift; aperture; gap; break; disruption; fracture; rupture; infraction; infringement; violation; quarrel; dispute; contention; difference; misunderstanding. | |
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Galanga \Ga*lan"ga\, Galangal \Ga*lan"gal\, n.[OE. galingale, OF. galingal, garingal, F. galanga (cf. Sp. galanga), prob. fr. Ar. khalanj[?]n. ] The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of {Alpinia} ({A. Galanga} and {A. officinarum}) and of the {K[91]mpferia Galanga}), -- all of the Ginger family. | |
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Acauline \A*cau"line\, a. [Pref. a- not + cauline.] (Bot.) Same as {Acaulescent}. | |
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Acclaim \Ac*claim"\, v. t. [L. acclamare; ad + clamare to cry out. See {Claim}, {Clamor}.] [R.] 1. To applaud. [bd]A glad acclaiming train.[b8] --Thomson. 2. To declare by acclamations. While the shouting crowd Acclaims thee king of traitors. --Smollett. 3. To shout; as, to acclaim my joy. | |
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Acclaim \Ac*claim"\, v. i. To shout applause. | |
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Acclaim \Ac*claim"\, n. Acclamation. [Poetic] --Milton. | |
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Acclaimer \Ac*claim"er\, n. One who acclaims. | |
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Acclamation \Ac`cla*ma"tion\, n. In parliamentary usage, the act or method of voting orally and by groups rather than by ballot, esp. in elections; specif. (R. C. Ch.), the election of a pope or other ecclesiastic by unanimous consent of the electors, without a ballot. | |
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Acclamation \Ac`cla*ma"tion\, n. [L. acclamatio: cf. F. acclamation.] 1. A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause. On such a day, a holiday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children. --Southey. 2. (Antiq.) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy. {Acclamation medals} are those on which laudatory acclamations are recorded. --Elmes. | |
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Acclamation \Ac`cla*ma"tion\, n. [L. acclamatio: cf. F. acclamation.] 1. A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause. On such a day, a holiday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children. --Southey. 2. (Antiq.) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy. {Acclamation medals} are those on which laudatory acclamations are recorded. --Elmes. | |
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Acclamatory \Ac*clam"a*to*ry\, a. Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation. | |
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Acclimatable \Ac*cli"ma*ta*ble\, a. Capable of being acclimated. | |
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Acclimatation \Ac*cli`ma*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. acclimation. See {Acclimate}.] Acclimatization. | |
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Acclimate \Ac*cli"mate\ (#; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acclimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acclimating}.] [F. acclimater; [85] (l. ad) + climat climate. See {Climate}.] To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize. --J. H. Newman. | |
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Acclimate \Ac*cli"mate\ (#; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acclimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acclimating}.] [F. acclimater; [85] (l. ad) + climat climate. See {Climate}.] To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize. --J. H. Newman. | |
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Acclimatement \Ac*cli"mate*ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. Acclimation. [R.] | |
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Acclimate \Ac*cli"mate\ (#; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acclimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acclimating}.] [F. acclimater; [85] (l. ad) + climat climate. See {Climate}.] To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize. --J. H. Newman. | |
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Acclimation \Ac`cli*ma"tion\, n. The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization. | |
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Acclimatizable \Ac*cli"ma*ti`za*ble\, a. Capable of being acclimatized. | |
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Acclimatization \Ac*cli"ma*ti*za"tion\, n. The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured. --Darwin. | |
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Acclimatize \Ac*cli"ma*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acclimatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acclimatizing}.] To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants. | |
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Acclimatize \Ac*cli"ma*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acclimatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acclimatizing}.] To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants. | |
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Acclimatize \Ac*cli"ma*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acclimatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acclimatizing}.] To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants. | |
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Acclimature \Ac*cli"ma*ture\ (#; 135), n. The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated. [R.] --Caldwell. | |
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Yarrow \Yar"row\, n. [OE. yarowe, yarwe, [f4]arowe, AS. gearwe; akin to D. gerw, OHG. garwa, garawa, G. garbe, schafgarbe, and perhaps to E. yare.] (Bot.) An American and European composite plant ({Achillea Millefolium}) with very finely dissected leaves and small white corymbed flowers. It has a strong, and somewhat aromatic, odor and taste, and is sometimes used in making beer, or is dried for smoking. Called also {milfoil}, and {nosebleed}. | |
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Milfoil \Mil"foil\, n. [F. mille-feuille, L. millefolium; mille thousand + folium leaf. See {Foil} a leaf.] (Bot.) A common composite herb ({Achillea Millefolium}) with white flowers and finely dissected leaves; yarrow. {Water milfoil} (Bot.), an aquatic herb with dissected leaves ({Myriophyllum}). | |
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Achillean \Ach`il*le"an\, a. Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible. | |
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Achlamydate \A*chlam"y*date\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?]. [?]. a short cloak.] (Zo[94]l.) Not possessing a mantle; -- said of certain gastropods. | |
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Achlamydeous \Ach`la*myd"e*ous\, a. (Bot.) Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla. | |
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Aclinic \A*clin"ic\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] to incline.] (Physics.) Without inclination or dipping; -- said the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator. --Prof. August. | |
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Agalmatolite \Ag`al*mat"o*lite\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], image, statue + -lite: cf. F. agalmatolithe.] (Min.) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called {figure stone}, and {pagodite}. It is probably a variety of pinite. | |
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Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass, troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass, ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass, etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}. Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}. Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}. Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}. Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass, valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass, hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}. Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not true grasses botanically considered, such as black grass, goose grass, star grass, etc. {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}), growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay. {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum avenaceum} of Europe. {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia} growing in wet ground. The European species is {P. palustris}; in the United States there are several species. {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass. {Grass bird}, the dunlin. {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the grass-cloth plant. {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and strong fibers suited for textile purposes. {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and {bay-winged bunting}. (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of which several species are known. {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land and giving rich milk. {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled. {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus {Crambus}, found in grass. {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; -- used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc. {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix Capensis}). {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also applied to the zebra parrakeet. {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover. {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson. {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of the head and chest black and often marked with yellow. {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States. See {Green snake}, under {Green}. {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America. {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered with dew. {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge from Florida and the Bahamas. {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}. {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with narrow grasslike leaves. {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G. strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.] (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.] (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her husband. [Slang.] {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass. {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the surface of the ground. {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze a season, as cattle. | |
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Agglomerate \Ag*glom"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Agglomerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Agglomerating}.] [L. agglomeratus, p. p. of agglomerare; ad + glomerare to form into a ball. See {Glomerate}.] To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass. Where he builds the agglomerated pile. --Cowper. | |
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Agglomerate \Ag*glom"er*ate\, v. i. To collect in a mass. | |
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Agglomerate \Ag*glom"er*ate\, Agglomerated \Ag*glom"er*a`ted\, a. 1. Collected into a ball, heap, or mass. 2. (Bot.) Collected into a rounded head of flowers. | |
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Agglomerate \Ag*glom"er*ate\, n. 1. A collection or mass. 2. (Geol.) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; -- distinguished from conglomerate. | |
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Agglomerate \Ag*glom"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Agglomerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Agglomerating}.] [L. agglomeratus, p. p. of agglomerare; ad + glomerare to form into a ball. See {Glomerate}.] To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass. Where he builds the agglomerated pile. --Cowper. | |
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Agglomerate \Ag*glom"er*ate\, Agglomerated \Ag*glom"er*a`ted\, a. 1. Collected into a ball, heap, or mass. 2. (Bot.) Collected into a rounded head of flowers. | |
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Agglomerate \Ag*glom"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Agglomerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Agglomerating}.] [L. agglomeratus, p. p. of agglomerare; ad + glomerare to form into a ball. See {Glomerate}.] To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass. Where he builds the agglomerated pile. --Cowper. | |
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Agglomeration \Ag*glom`er*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. agglom[82]ration.] 1. The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together. An excessive agglomeration of turrets. --Warton. 2. State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster. | |
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Agglomerative \Ag*glom"er*a*tive\, a. Having a tendency to gather together, or to make collections. Taylor is eminently discursive, accumulative, and (to use one of his own words) agglomerative. --Coleridge. | |
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Agileness \Ag"ile*ness\, n. Agility; nimbleness. [R.] | |
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Agleam \A*gleam"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + gleam.] Gleaming; as, faces agleam. --Lowell. | |
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Aglimmer \A*glim"mer\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + glimmer.] In a glimmering state. --Hawthorne. | |
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Aquiline \Aq"ui*line\ (?; 277), a. [L. aquilinus, fr. aquila eagle: cf. F. aquilin. See {Eagle}. ] 1. Belonging to or like an eagle. 2. Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose Terribly arched and aquiline his nose. --Cowper. | |
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Aquilon \Aq"ui*lon\, n. [L. aquilo, -lonis: cf. F. aquilon.] The north wind. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Aslant \A*slant"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + slant.] Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely. [The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. --Dryden. | |
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Aslant \A*slant"\, prep. In a slanting direction over; athwart. There is a willow grows aslant a brook. --Shak. | |
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Assailant \As*sail"ant\, a. [F. assaillant, p. pr. of assaillir.] Assailing; attacking. --Milton. | |
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Assailant \As*sail"ant\, n. [F. assaillant.] One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer. An assailant of the church. --Macaulay. | |
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Assail \As*sail"\ ([acr]s*s[amac]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assailed} (-s[amac]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Assailing}.] [OE. assailen, asailen, OF. asaillir, assailler, F. assaillir; a (L. ad) + saillir to burst out, project, fr. L. salire to leap, spring; cf. L. assilire to leap or spring upon. See {Sally}.] 1. To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery. No rude noise mine ears assailing. --Cowper. No storm can now assail The charm he wears within. --Keble. 2. To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like. The thorny wilds the woodmen fierce assail. --Pope. 3. To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like. The papal authority . . . assailed. --Hallam. They assailed him with keen invective; they assailed him with still keener irony. --Macaulay. Syn: To attack; assault; invade; encounter; fall upon. See {Attack}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Assailment \As*sail"ment\, n. The act or power of assailing; attack; assault. [R.] His most frequent assailment was the headache. --Johnson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Assoilment \As*soil"ment\, n. Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Assoilment \As*soil"ment\, n. A soiling; defilement. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Asylum \A*sy"lum\, n.; pl. E. {Asylums}, L. {Asyla}. [L. asylum, Gr. [?], fr. [?] exempt from spoliation, inviolable; 'a priv. + [?] right of seizure.] 1. A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege. So sacred was the church to some, that it had the right of an asylum or sanctuary. --Ayliffe. Note: The name was anciently given to temples, altars, statues of the gods, and the like. In later times Christian churches were regarded as asylums in the same sense. 2. Any place of retreat and security. Earth has no other asylum for them than its own cold bosom. --Southey. 3. An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Asylum \A*sy"lum\, n.; pl. E. {Asylums}, L. {Asyla}. [L. asylum, Gr. [?], fr. [?] exempt from spoliation, inviolable; 'a priv. + [?] right of seizure.] 1. A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege. So sacred was the church to some, that it had the right of an asylum or sanctuary. --Ayliffe. Note: The name was anciently given to temples, altars, statues of the gods, and the like. In later times Christian churches were regarded as asylums in the same sense. 2. Any place of retreat and security. Earth has no other asylum for them than its own cold bosom. --Southey. 3. An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Axial \Ax"i*al\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis. To take on an axial, and not an equatorial, direction. --Nichol. 2. (Anat.) Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones. {Axial line} (Magnetism), the line taken by the magnetic force in passing from one pole of a horseshoe magnet to the other. --Faraday. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pinkster \Pink"ster\, n. [D. pinkster, pinksteren, fr. Gr. [?]. See {Pentecost}.] Whitsuntide. [Written also {pingster} and {pinxter}.] {Pinkster flower} (Bot.), the rosy flower of the {Azalea nudiflora}; also, the shrub itself; -- called also {Pinxter blomachee} by the New York descendants of the Dutch settlers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Honeysuckle \Hon"ey*suc`kle\, n. [Cf. AS. hunis[?]ge privet. See {Honey}, and {Suck}.] (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance. Note: The honeysuckles are properly species of the genus {Lonicera}; as, {L. Caprifolium}, and {L. Japonica}, the commonly cultivated fragrant kinds; {L. Periclymenum}, the fragrant woodbine of England; {L. grata}, the American woodbine, and {L. sempervirens}, the red-flowered trumpet honeysuckle. The European fly honeysuckle is {L. Xylosteum}; the American, {L. ciliata}. The American Pinxter flower ({Azalea nudiflora}) is often called honeysuckle, or false honeysuckle. The name {Australian honeysuckle} is applied to one or more trees of the genus {Banksia}. See {French honeysuckle}, under {French}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ashland, AL (town, FIPS 2860) Location: 33.27097 N, 85.83070 W Population (1990): 2034 (894 housing units) Area: 17.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36251 Ashland, CA (CDP, FIPS 2980) Location: 37.69470 N, 122.11536 W Population (1990): 16590 (7061 housing units) Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Ashland, IL (village, FIPS 2505) Location: 39.88869 N, 90.00866 W Population (1990): 1257 (523 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Ashland, KS (city, FIPS 2675) Location: 37.18678 N, 99.76885 W Population (1990): 1032 (568 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67831 Ashland, KY (city, FIPS 2368) Location: 38.45919 N, 82.64492 W Population (1990): 23622 (11021 housing units) Area: 27.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41102 Ashland, LA (village, FIPS 3145) Location: 32.11627 N, 93.11459 W Population (1990): 289 (140 housing units) Area: 70.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Ashland, MA Zip code(s): 01721 Ashland, ME Zip code(s): 04732 Ashland, MO (city, FIPS 2242) Location: 38.77387 N, 92.25668 W Population (1990): 1252 (576 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65010 Ashland, MS (town, FIPS 2140) Location: 34.83275 N, 89.17662 W Population (1990): 490 (253 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Ashland, MT (CDP, FIPS 2800) Location: 45.62353 N, 106.31435 W Population (1990): 484 (156 housing units) Area: 19.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59003 Ashland, NE (city, FIPS 2305) Location: 41.04050 N, 96.37090 W Population (1990): 2136 (882 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68003 Ashland, NH Zip code(s): 03217 Ashland, NY Zip code(s): 12407 Ashland, OH (city, FIPS 2568) Location: 40.86695 N, 82.31761 W Population (1990): 20079 (8020 housing units) Area: 24.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44805 Ashland, OK (town, FIPS 3050) Location: 34.76684 N, 96.06947 W Population (1990): 56 (33 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Ashland, OR (city, FIPS 3050) Location: 42.19020 N, 122.69957 W Population (1990): 16234 (7204 housing units) Area: 16.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97520 Ashland, PA (borough, FIPS 3264) Location: 40.78095 N, 76.34566 W Population (1990): 3859 (1792 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17921 Ashland, VA (town, FIPS 3368) Location: 37.76160 N, 77.47638 W Population (1990): 5864 (2106 housing units) Area: 10.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 23005 Ashland, WI (city, FIPS 3225) Location: 46.58015 N, 90.87415 W Population (1990): 8695 (3733 housing units) Area: 34.1 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ashland City, TN (town, FIPS 2180) Location: 36.27688 N, 87.05979 W Population (1990): 2552 (1094 housing units) Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37015 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ashland County, OH (county, FIPS 5) Location: 40.84301 N, 82.27214 W Population (1990): 47507 (18139 housing units) Area: 1099.2 sq km (land), 6.4 sq km (water) Ashland County, WI (county, FIPS 3) Location: 46.70833 N, 90.55846 W Population (1990): 16307 (8371 housing units) Area: 2703.7 sq km (land), 3238.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ACCLAIM [What's it about?] (1994-11-08) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ajalon and Aij'alon, place of deer. (1.) A town and valley originally assigned to the tribe of Dan, from which, however, they could not drive the Amorites (Judg. 1:35). It was one of the Levitical cities given to the Kohathites (1 Chr. 6:69). It was not far from Beth-shemesh (2 Chr. 28:18). It was the boundary between the kingdoms of Judah and Israel, and is frequently mentioned in Jewish history (2 Chr. 11:10; 1 Sam. 14:31; 1 Chr. 8:13). With reference to the valley named after the town, Joshua uttered the celebrated command, "Sun, stand thou still on Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon" (Josh. 10:12). It has been identified as the modern Yalo, at the foot of the Beth-horon pass (q.v.). In the Tell Amarna letters Adoni-zedek (q.v.) speaks of the destruction of the "city of Ajalon" by the invaders, and describes himself as "afflicted, greatly afflicted" by the calamities that had come on the land, urging the king of Egypt to hasten to his help. (2.) A city in the tribe of Zebulun (Judg. 12:12), the modern Jalun, three miles north of Cabul. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Ajalon, a chain; strength; a stag | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Askelon, weight; balance; fire of infamy |