English Dictionary: Cabalist | by the DICT Development Group |
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Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts ({Caranx chrysos}), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also {hardtail}, {horse crevall[82]}, {jack}, {buffalo jack}, {skipjack}, {yellow mackerel}, and sometimes, improperly, {horse mackerel}. Other species of {Caranx} (as {C. fallax}) are also sometimes called jurel. | |
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Mamgabey \Mam"ga*bey\, n. [So called by Buffon from Mangaby, in Madagascar, where he erroneously supposed them be native.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several African monkeys of the genus {Cercocebus}, as the sooty mangabey ({C. fuliginosus}), which is sooty black. [Also written {mangaby}.] | |
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Sapajou \Sap"a*jou\, n. [F. sapajou, sajou, Braz. sajuassu.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus {Cebus}, having long and prehensile tails. Some of the species are called also {capuchins}. The bonnet sapajou ({C. subcristatus}), the golden-handed sapajou ({C. chrysopus}), and the white-throated sapajou ({C. hypoleucus}) are well known species. See {Capuchin}. | |
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Marigold \Mar"i*gold\, n. [Mary + gold.] (Bot.) A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the {Calendula officinalis} (see {Calendula}), and the cultivated species of {Tagetes}. Note: There are several yellow-flowered plants of different genera bearing this name; as, the {African [or] French marigold} of the genus {Tagetes}, of which several species and many varieties are found in gardens. They are mostly strong-smelling herbs from South America and Mexico: {bur marigold}, of the genus {Bidens}; {corn marigold}, of the genus {Chrysanthemum} ({C. segetum}, a pest in the cornfields of Italy); {fig marigold}, of the genus {Mesembryanthemum}; {marsh marigold}, of the genus {Caltha} ({C. palustris}), commonly known in America as the cowslip. See {Marsh Marigold}. {Marigold window}. (Arch.) See {Rose window}, under {Rose}. | |
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Marsh marigold \Marsh mar"i*gold\ (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus {Caltha} ({C. palustris}), growing in wet places and bearing bright yellow flowers. In the United States it is used as a pot herb under the name of {cowslip}. See {Cowslip}. | |
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Carline thistle \Car"line this`tle\ [F. carline, It., Sp., & Pg., carlina. Said to be so called from the Emperor Charlemagne, whose army is reputed to have used it as a remedy for pestilence.] (Bot.) A prickly plant of the genus {Carlina} ({C. vulgaris}), found in Europe and Asia. | |
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Crocodile \Croc"o*dile\ (kr?k"?-d?l; 277), n. [L. crocodilus, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?]: cf. F. crocodile. Cf. {Cookatrice}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A large reptile of the genus {Crocodilus}, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile ({C. vulgaris}, or {C. Niloticus}). The Florida crocodile ({C. Americanus}) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator. 2. (Logic) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile. {Crocodile bird} (Zo[94]l.), an African plover ({Pluvianus [91]gypticus}) which alights upon the crocodile and devours its insect parasites, even entering its open mouth (according to reliable writers) in pursuit of files, etc.; -- called also {Nile bird}. It is the {trochilos} of ancient writers. {Crocodile tears}, false or affected tears; hypocritical sorrow; -- derived from the fiction of old travelers, that crocodiles shed tears over their prey. | |
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Cabalism \Cab"a*lism\ (k[acr]b"[adot]*l[icr]z'm), n. [Cf. F. cabalisme.] 1. The secret science of the cabalists. 2. A superstitious devotion to the mysteries of the religion which one professes. [R] --Emerson. | |
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Cabalist \Cab"a*list\ (-l[icr]st), n. [Cf. F. cabaliste.] One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions. [bd]Studious cabalists.[b8] --Swift. | |
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Cabalistic \Cab`a*lis"tic\ (k[acr]b`[adot]*l[icr]s"t[icr]k), Cabalistical \Cab`a*lis"tic*al\ (-t[icr]*k[ait]l)a. Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an occult meaning; mystic. The Heptarchus is a cabalistic exposition of the first chapter of Genesis. --Hallam. | |
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Cabalistic \Cab`a*lis"tic\ (k[acr]b`[adot]*l[icr]s"t[icr]k), Cabalistical \Cab`a*lis"tic*al\ (-t[icr]*k[ait]l)a. Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an occult meaning; mystic. The Heptarchus is a cabalistic exposition of the first chapter of Genesis. --Hallam. | |
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Cabalistically \Cab`a*lis"tic*al*ly\, adv. In a cabalistic manner. | |
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Cabalize \Cab"a*lize\, v. i. [Cf. F. cabaliser.] To use cabalistic language. [R] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Cablegram \Ca"ble*gram`\ (k[amac]"b'l*gr[acr]m`), n. [Cable, n. + Gr. gra`mma a writing, a letter.] A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable. Note: [A recent hybrid, sometimes found in the newspapers.] | |
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Cable \Ca"ble\ (k[amac]"b'l), n. [F. c[83]ble, LL. capulum, caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G. kabel, from the French. See {Capable}.] 1. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links. 2. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable. 3. (Arch) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also {cable molding}. {Bower cable}, the cable belonging to the bower anchor. {Cable road}, a railway on which the cars are moved by a continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor. {Cable's length}, the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile). {Cable tier}. (a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed. (b) A coil of a cable. {Sheet cable}, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor. {Stream cable}, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas. {Submarine cable}. See {Telegraph}. {To pay out the cable}, {To veer out the cable}, to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole. {To serve the cable}, to bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et. {To slip the cable}, to let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die. | |
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Eland \E"land\, n. [D. eland elk, of Slav. origin; cf. Pol. jelen stag, Russ. ol[82]ne, Lith. elnis; perh. akin to E. elk.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A species of large South African antelope ({Oreas canna}). It is valued both for its hide and flesh, and is rapidly disappearing in the settled districts; -- called also {Cape elk}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The elk or moose. | |
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Elk \Elk\, n. [Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh, OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.] (Zo[94]l.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk ({Alces machlis} or {Cervus alces}) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti ({Cervus Canadensis}), is closely related to the European stag. See {Moose}, and {Wapiti}. {Irish elk} (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer ({Cervus giganteus}) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also Illustration of {Antler}. {Cape elk} (Zo[94]l.), the eland. | |
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Capillaceous \Cap`il*la"ceous\, a. [L. capillaceus hairy, fr. capillus hair.] Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. See {Capillary}. | |
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Capillose \Cap"il*lose`\, a. [L. capillosus.] Having much hair; hairy. [R.] | |
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Cavalcade \Cav"al*cade`\, n. [F. cavalcade, fr. It. cavalcata, fr. cavalcare to go on horseback, fr. LL. caballicare, fr. L. caballus an inferior horse, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Cavalier}, {Cavalry}.] A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade. He brought back war-worn cavalcade to the city. --Prescott. | |
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Cavilous \Cav"il*ous\ [or] Cavillous \Cav"il*lous\, a. [L. cavillosus.] Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing. [R.] -- {Cav"il*ous*ly}, adv. [R.] -- {Cav"il*ous*ness}, n. [R.] | |
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Cavilous \Cav"il*ous\ [or] Cavillous \Cav"il*lous\, a. [L. cavillosus.] Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing. [R.] -- {Cav"il*ous*ly}, adv. [R.] -- {Cav"il*ous*ness}, n. [R.] | |
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Cavilous \Cav"il*ous\ [or] Cavillous \Cav"il*lous\, a. [L. cavillosus.] Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing. [R.] -- {Cav"il*ous*ly}, adv. [R.] -- {Cav"il*ous*ness}, n. [R.] | |
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Cavilous \Cav"il*ous\ [or] Cavillous \Cav"il*lous\, a. [L. cavillosus.] Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing. [R.] -- {Cav"il*ous*ly}, adv. [R.] -- {Cav"il*ous*ness}, n. [R.] | |
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Ipecacuanha \Ip`e*cac`u*an"ha\, n. [Pg. ipecacuanha (cf. Sp. ipecacuana); fr. Braz. ipe-kaa-guena, prop., a creeping plant that causes vomiting.] (Med. & Bot.) The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb ({Cepha[89]lis Ipecacuanha}), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac ({Psychotria emetica}), the white ipecac ({Ionidium Ipecacuanha}), the bastard or wild ipecac ({Asclepias Curassavica}), and the undulated ipecac ({Richardsonia scabra}). | |
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Batfish \Bat"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic ({Cephalacanthus spinarella}). (c) The California batfish or sting ray ({Myliobatis Californicus}.) | |
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{Flying army} (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm. --Farrow. {Flying artillery} (Mil.), artillery trained to rapid evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to spring upon the guns and caissons when they change position. {Flying bridge}, {Flying camp}. See under {Bridge}, and {Camp}. {Flying buttress} (Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The word is generally applied only to the straight bar with supporting arch. {Flying colors}, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence: {To come off with flying colors}, to be victorious; to succeed thoroughly in an undertaking. {Flying doe} (Zo[94]l.), a young female kangaroo. {Flying dragon}. (a) (Zo[94]l.) See {Dragon}, 6. (b) A meteor. See under {Dragon}. {Flying Dutchman}. (a) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail the seas till the day of judgment. (b) A spectral ship. {Flying fish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Flying fish}, in the Vocabulary. {Flying fox} (Zo[94]l.), the colugo. {Flying frog} (Zo[94]l.), an East Indian tree frog of the genus {Rhacophorus}, having very large and broadly webbed feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to make very long leaps. {Flying gurnard} (Zo[94]l.), a species of gurnard of the genus {Cephalacanthus} or {Dactylopterus}, with very large pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying fish, but not for so great a distance. Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is {Cephalacanthus volitans}. {Flying jib} (Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing jib, on the flying-jib boom. {Flying-jib boom} (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom. {Flying kites} (Naut.), light sails carried only in fine weather. {Flying lemur}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Colugo}. {Flying level} (Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over the course of a projected road, canal, etc. {Flying lizard}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dragon}, n. 6. {Flying machine}, an apparatus for navigating the air; a form of balloon. -- {Flying mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the opossum mouse ({Acrobates pygm[91]us}), of Australia. Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying squirrels. -- {Flying party} (Mil.), a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an enemy. -- {Flying phalanger} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of small marsuupials of the genera {Petaurus} and {Belideus}, of Australia and New Guinea, having lateral folds like those of the flying squirrels. The sugar squirrel ({B. sciureus}), and the ariel ({B. ariel}), are the best known; -- called also {squirrel petaurus} and {flying squirrel}. See {Sugar squirrel}. -- {Flying pinion}, the fly of a clock. -- {Flying sap} (Mil.), the rapid construction of trenches (when the enemy's fire of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching), by means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with earth. -- {Flying shot}, a shot fired at a moving object, as a bird on the wing. -- {Flying spider}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ballooning spider}. -- {Flying squid} (Zo[94]l.), an oceanic squid ({Ommastrephes, [or] Sthenoteuthis, Bartramii}), abundant in the Gulf Stream, which is able to leap out of the water with such force that it often falls on the deck of a vessel. -- {Flying squirrel} (Zo[94]l.) See {Flying squirrel}, in the Vocabulary. -- {Flying start}, a start in a sailing race in which the signal is given while the vessels are under way. -- {Flying torch} (Mil.), a torch attached to a long staff and used for signaling at night. | |
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Cephalic \Ce*phal"ic\, a. [L. cephalicus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] head: cf. F. c[82]phalique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the head. See the Note under {Anterior}. {Cephalic index} (Anat.), the ratio of the breadth of the cranium to the length, which is taken as the standard, and equal to 100; the breadth index. {Cephalic vein}, a large vein running from the back of the head alond the arm; -- so named because the ancients used to open it for disorders of the head. --Dunglison. | |
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Cephalic \Ce*pha"lic\, n. A medicine for headache, or other disorder in the head. | |
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Cephalic \Ce*phal"ic\, a. [L. cephalicus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] head: cf. F. c[82]phalique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the head. See the Note under {Anterior}. {Cephalic index} (Anat.), the ratio of the breadth of the cranium to the length, which is taken as the standard, and equal to 100; the breadth index. {Cephalic vein}, a large vein running from the back of the head alond the arm; -- so named because the ancients used to open it for disorders of the head. --Dunglison. | |
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Cephalic \Ce*phal"ic\, a. [L. cephalicus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] head: cf. F. c[82]phalique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the head. See the Note under {Anterior}. {Cephalic index} (Anat.), the ratio of the breadth of the cranium to the length, which is taken as the standard, and equal to 100; the breadth index. {Cephalic vein}, a large vein running from the back of the head alond the arm; -- so named because the ancients used to open it for disorders of the head. --Dunglison. | |
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Cephalism \Ceph"a*lism\, n. [Gr. [?] head.] (Anthropol.) Form or development of the skull; as, the races of man differ greatly in cephalism. | |
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Cephalization \Ceph`a*li*za"tion\, n. Domination of the head in animal life as expressed in the physical structure; localization of important organs or parts in or near the head, in animal development. --Dana. | |
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Cephalocercal \Ceph`a*lo*cer"cal\, a. [Cephalo- + Gr. [?] tail.] (Zo[94]l.) Relating to the long axis of the body. | |
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Cephalosome \Ceph"a*lo*some\, n. [Cephalo- + -some body.] (Zo[94]l.) The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods. --Packard. | |
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Cephalostyle \Ceph"a*lo*style\, n. [Cephalo- + Gr. [?] a pillar.] (Anat.) The anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in the base of cartilaginous crania. | |
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Cephalous \Ceph"a*lous\, a. [Gr. [?] head.] (Zo[94]l.) Having a head; -- applied chiefly to the Cephalata, a division of mollusks. | |
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d8Duykerbok \[d8]Duy"ker*bok\, n. [D. duiker diver + bok a buck, lit., diver buck. So named from its habit of diving suddenly into the bush.] (Zo[94]l.) A small South African antelope ({Cephalous mergens}); -- called also {impoon}, and {deloo}. | |
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Chaffless \Chaff"less\, a. Without chaff. | |
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Chapeless \Chape"less\, a. Without a chape. | |
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Chapless \Chap"less\, a. Having no lower jaw; hence, fleshless. [R.] [bd]Yellow, chapless skulls.[b8] --Shak. | |
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d8Cheval \[d8]Che*val"\ (sh[eit]*v[adot]l"), n.; pl. {Chevaux} (-v[omac]"). [F. See {Cavalcade}.] A horse; hence, a support or frame. {Cheval glass}, a mirror swinging in a frame, and large enough to reflect the full length figure. | |
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Chiefless \Chief"less\, a. Without a chief or leader. | |
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Chop-logic \Chop"-log`ic\, n. One who bandies words or is very argumentative. [Jocular] --Shak. | |
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Civil \Civ"il\, a. [L. civilis, fr. civis citizen: cf. F. civil. See {City}.] 1. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state. 2. Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community. England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil. --Spenser. 3. Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual. Civil men come nearer the saints of God than others; they come within a step or two of heaven. --Preston 4. Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable. Note: [bd]A civil man now is one observant of slight external courtesies in the mutual intercourse between man and man; a civil man once was one who fulfilled all the duties and obligations flowing from his position as a 'civis' and his relations to the other members of that 'civitas.'[b8] --Trench 5. Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state. 6. Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings. {Civil action}, an action to enforce the rights or redress the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal proceeding. {Civil architecture}, the architecture which is employed in constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in distinction from military and naval architecture, as private houses, palaces, churches, etc. {Civil death}. (Law.) See under {Death}. {Civil engineering}. See under {Engineering}. {Civil law}. See under {Law}. {Civil list}. See under {List}. {Civil remedy} (Law), that given to a person injured, by action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution. {Civil service}, all service rendered to and paid for by the state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or military affairs. {Civil service reform}, the substitution of business principles and methods for the spoils system in the conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of appointments to office. {Civil state}, the whole body of the laity or citizens not included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical states. {Civil suit}. Same as {Civil action}. {Civil war}. See under {War}. {Civil year}. See under {Year}. | |
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2. A limit or boundary; a border. The very list, the very utmost bound, Of all our fortunes. --Shak. 3. The lobe of the ear; the ear itself. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 4. A stripe. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 5. A roll or catalogue, that is row or line; a record of names; as, a list of names, books, articles; a list of ratable estate. He was the ablest emperor of all the list. --Bacon. 6. (Arch.) A little square molding; a fillet; -- called also {listel}. 7. (Carp.) A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board. 8. (Rope Making) A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman. 9. (Tin-plate Manuf.) (a) The first thin coat of tin. (b) A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated. {Civil list} (Great Britain & U.S.), the civil officers of government, as judges, ambassadors, secretaries, etc. Hence, the revenues or appropriations of public money for the support of the civil officers. More recently, the civil list, in England, embraces only the expenses of the reigning monarch's household. {Free list}. (a) A list of articles admitted to a country free of duty. (b) A list of persons admitted to any entertainment, as a theater or opera, without payment, or to whom a periodical, or the like, is furnished without cost. Syn: Roll; catalogue; register; inventory; schedule. Usage: {List}, {Boll}, {Catalogue}, {Register}, {Inventory}, {Schedule}. A list is properly a simple series of names, etc., in a brief form, such as might naturally be entered in a narrow strip of paper. A roll was originally a list containing the names of persons belonging to a public body (as Parliament, etc.), which was rolled up and laid aside among its archives. A catalogue is a list of persons or things arranged in order, and usually containing some description of the same, more or less extended. A register is designed for record or preservation. An inventory is a list of articles, found on hand in a store of goods, or in the estate of a deceased person, or under similar circumstances. A schedule is a formal list or inventory prepared for legal or business purposes. | |
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Civil \Civ"il\, a. [L. civilis, fr. civis citizen: cf. F. civil. See {City}.] 1. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state. 2. Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community. England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil. --Spenser. 3. Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual. Civil men come nearer the saints of God than others; they come within a step or two of heaven. --Preston 4. Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable. Note: [bd]A civil man now is one observant of slight external courtesies in the mutual intercourse between man and man; a civil man once was one who fulfilled all the duties and obligations flowing from his position as a 'civis' and his relations to the other members of that 'civitas.'[b8] --Trench 5. Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state. 6. Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings. {Civil action}, an action to enforce the rights or redress the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal proceeding. {Civil architecture}, the architecture which is employed in constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in distinction from military and naval architecture, as private houses, palaces, churches, etc. {Civil death}. (Law.) See under {Death}. {Civil engineering}. See under {Engineering}. {Civil law}. See under {Law}. {Civil list}. See under {List}. {Civil remedy} (Law), that given to a person injured, by action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution. {Civil service}, all service rendered to and paid for by the state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or military affairs. {Civil service reform}, the substitution of business principles and methods for the spoils system in the conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of appointments to office. {Civil state}, the whole body of the laity or citizens not included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical states. {Civil suit}. Same as {Civil action}. {Civil war}. See under {War}. {Civil year}. See under {Year}. | |
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Civil \Civ"il\, a. [L. civilis, fr. civis citizen: cf. F. civil. See {City}.] 1. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state. 2. Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community. England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil. --Spenser. 3. Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual. Civil men come nearer the saints of God than others; they come within a step or two of heaven. --Preston 4. Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable. Note: [bd]A civil man now is one observant of slight external courtesies in the mutual intercourse between man and man; a civil man once was one who fulfilled all the duties and obligations flowing from his position as a 'civis' and his relations to the other members of that 'civitas.'[b8] --Trench 5. Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state. 6. Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings. {Civil action}, an action to enforce the rights or redress the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal proceeding. {Civil architecture}, the architecture which is employed in constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in distinction from military and naval architecture, as private houses, palaces, churches, etc. {Civil death}. (Law.) See under {Death}. {Civil engineering}. See under {Engineering}. {Civil law}. See under {Law}. {Civil list}. See under {List}. {Civil remedy} (Law), that given to a person injured, by action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution. {Civil service}, all service rendered to and paid for by the state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or military affairs. {Civil service reform}, the substitution of business principles and methods for the spoils system in the conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of appointments to office. {Civil state}, the whole body of the laity or citizens not included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical states. {Civil suit}. Same as {Civil action}. {Civil war}. See under {War}. {Civil year}. See under {Year}. | |
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Civil Service Commission \Civil Service Commission\ In the United States, a commission appointed by the President, consisting of three members, not more than two of whom may be adherents of the same party, which has the control, through examinations, of appointments and promotions in the classified civil service. It was created by act of Jan, 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403). | |
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Civil Service Reform \Civil Service Reform\ The substitution of business principles and methods for political methods in the conduct of the civil service. esp. the merit system instead of the spoils system in making appointments to office. | |
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Reform \Re*form"\, n. [F. r[82]forme.] Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government. {Civil service reform}. See under {Civil}. {Reform acts} (Eng. Politics), acts of Parliament passed in 1832, 1867, 1884, 1885, extending and equalizing popular representation in Parliament. {Reform school}, a school established by a state or city government, for the confinement, instruction, and reformation of juvenile offenders, and of young persons of idle, vicious, and vagrant habits. [U. S.] Syn: Reformation; amendment; rectification; correction. See {Reformation}. | |
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Civil \Civ"il\, a. [L. civilis, fr. civis citizen: cf. F. civil. See {City}.] 1. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state. 2. Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community. England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil. --Spenser. 3. Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual. Civil men come nearer the saints of God than others; they come within a step or two of heaven. --Preston 4. Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable. Note: [bd]A civil man now is one observant of slight external courtesies in the mutual intercourse between man and man; a civil man once was one who fulfilled all the duties and obligations flowing from his position as a 'civis' and his relations to the other members of that 'civitas.'[b8] --Trench 5. Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state. 6. Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings. {Civil action}, an action to enforce the rights or redress the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal proceeding. {Civil architecture}, the architecture which is employed in constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in distinction from military and naval architecture, as private houses, palaces, churches, etc. {Civil death}. (Law.) See under {Death}. {Civil engineering}. See under {Engineering}. {Civil law}. See under {Law}. {Civil list}. See under {List}. {Civil remedy} (Law), that given to a person injured, by action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution. {Civil service}, all service rendered to and paid for by the state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or military affairs. {Civil service reform}, the substitution of business principles and methods for the spoils system in the conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of appointments to office. {Civil state}, the whole body of the laity or citizens not included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical states. {Civil suit}. Same as {Civil action}. {Civil war}. See under {War}. {Civil year}. See under {Year}. | |
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Civil Service Reform \Civil Service Reform\ The substitution of business principles and methods for political methods in the conduct of the civil service. esp. the merit system instead of the spoils system in making appointments to office. | |
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Reform \Re*form"\, n. [F. r[82]forme.] Amendment of what is defective, vicious, corrupt, or depraved; reformation; as, reform of elections; reform of government. {Civil service reform}. See under {Civil}. {Reform acts} (Eng. Politics), acts of Parliament passed in 1832, 1867, 1884, 1885, extending and equalizing popular representation in Parliament. {Reform school}, a school established by a state or city government, for the confinement, instruction, and reformation of juvenile offenders, and of young persons of idle, vicious, and vagrant habits. [U. S.] Syn: Reformation; amendment; rectification; correction. See {Reformation}. | |
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Civil \Civ"il\, a. [L. civilis, fr. civis citizen: cf. F. civil. See {City}.] 1. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state. 2. Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community. England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil. --Spenser. 3. Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual. Civil men come nearer the saints of God than others; they come within a step or two of heaven. --Preston 4. Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable. Note: [bd]A civil man now is one observant of slight external courtesies in the mutual intercourse between man and man; a civil man once was one who fulfilled all the duties and obligations flowing from his position as a 'civis' and his relations to the other members of that 'civitas.'[b8] --Trench 5. Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state. 6. Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings. {Civil action}, an action to enforce the rights or redress the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal proceeding. {Civil architecture}, the architecture which is employed in constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in distinction from military and naval architecture, as private houses, palaces, churches, etc. {Civil death}. (Law.) See under {Death}. {Civil engineering}. See under {Engineering}. {Civil law}. See under {Law}. {Civil list}. See under {List}. {Civil remedy} (Law), that given to a person injured, by action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution. {Civil service}, all service rendered to and paid for by the state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or military affairs. {Civil service reform}, the substitution of business principles and methods for the spoils system in the conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of appointments to office. {Civil state}, the whole body of the laity or citizens not included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical states. {Civil suit}. Same as {Civil action}. {Civil war}. See under {War}. {Civil year}. See under {Year}. | |
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Civil \Civ"il\, a. [L. civilis, fr. civis citizen: cf. F. civil. See {City}.] 1. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state. 2. Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community. England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil. --Spenser. 3. Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual. Civil men come nearer the saints of God than others; they come within a step or two of heaven. --Preston 4. Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable. Note: [bd]A civil man now is one observant of slight external courtesies in the mutual intercourse between man and man; a civil man once was one who fulfilled all the duties and obligations flowing from his position as a 'civis' and his relations to the other members of that 'civitas.'[b8] --Trench 5. Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state. 6. Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings. {Civil action}, an action to enforce the rights or redress the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal proceeding. {Civil architecture}, the architecture which is employed in constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in distinction from military and naval architecture, as private houses, palaces, churches, etc. {Civil death}. (Law.) See under {Death}. {Civil engineering}. See under {Engineering}. {Civil law}. See under {Law}. {Civil list}. See under {List}. {Civil remedy} (Law), that given to a person injured, by action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution. {Civil service}, all service rendered to and paid for by the state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or military affairs. {Civil service reform}, the substitution of business principles and methods for the spoils system in the conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of appointments to office. {Civil state}, the whole body of the laity or citizens not included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical states. {Civil suit}. Same as {Civil action}. {Civil war}. See under {War}. {Civil year}. See under {Year}. | |
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Civil \Civ"il\, a. [L. civilis, fr. civis citizen: cf. F. civil. See {City}.] 1. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state. 2. Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community. England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil. --Spenser. 3. Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual. Civil men come nearer the saints of God than others; they come within a step or two of heaven. --Preston 4. Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable. Note: [bd]A civil man now is one observant of slight external courtesies in the mutual intercourse between man and man; a civil man once was one who fulfilled all the duties and obligations flowing from his position as a 'civis' and his relations to the other members of that 'civitas.'[b8] --Trench 5. Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state. 6. Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings. {Civil action}, an action to enforce the rights or redress the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal proceeding. {Civil architecture}, the architecture which is employed in constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in distinction from military and naval architecture, as private houses, palaces, churches, etc. {Civil death}. (Law.) See under {Death}. {Civil engineering}. See under {Engineering}. {Civil law}. See under {Law}. {Civil list}. See under {List}. {Civil remedy} (Law), that given to a person injured, by action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution. {Civil service}, all service rendered to and paid for by the state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or military affairs. {Civil service reform}, the substitution of business principles and methods for the spoils system in the conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of appointments to office. {Civil state}, the whole body of the laity or citizens not included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical states. {Civil suit}. Same as {Civil action}. {Civil war}. See under {War}. {Civil year}. See under {Year}. | |
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Civilist \Civ"il*ist\, n. A civilian. [R.] --Warbur[?]on. | |
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Civilizable \Civ"i*li`za*ble\, a. Capable of being civilized. | |
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Hallstatt \Hall"statt\, Hallstattian \Hall*stat"ti*an\, a. Of or pert. to Hallstatt, Austria, or the Hallstatt civilization. {Hallstatt, [or] Hallstattian}, {civilization}, a prehistoric civilization of central Europe, variously dated at from 1000 to 1500 b. c. and usually associated with the Celtic or Alpine race. It was characterized by expert use of bronze, a knowledge of iron, possession of domestic animals, agriculture, and artistic skill and sentiment in manufacturing pottery, ornaments, etc. The Hallstattian civilization flourished chiefly in Carinthia, southern Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, Silesia, Bosnia, the southeast of France, and southern Italy. --J. Deniker. {H. epoch}, the first iron age, represented by the {Hallstatt civilization}. | |
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Civilization \Civ`i*li*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. civilisation.] 1. The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement. Our manners, our civilization, and all the good things connected with manners, and with civilization, have, in this European world of ours, depended for ages upon two principles -- . . . the spirit of a gentleman, and spirit of religion. --Burke 2. (Law) Rendering a criminal process civil. [Obs.] | |
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Hallstatt \Hall"statt\, Hallstattian \Hall*stat"ti*an\, a. Of or pert. to Hallstatt, Austria, or the Hallstatt civilization. {Hallstatt, [or] Hallstattian}, {civilization}, a prehistoric civilization of central Europe, variously dated at from 1000 to 1500 b. c. and usually associated with the Celtic or Alpine race. It was characterized by expert use of bronze, a knowledge of iron, possession of domestic animals, agriculture, and artistic skill and sentiment in manufacturing pottery, ornaments, etc. The Hallstattian civilization flourished chiefly in Carinthia, southern Germany, Switzerland, Bohemia, Silesia, Bosnia, the southeast of France, and southern Italy. --J. Deniker. {H. epoch}, the first iron age, represented by the {Hallstatt civilization}. | |
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Civilization \Civ`i*li*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. civilisation.] 1. The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement. Our manners, our civilization, and all the good things connected with manners, and with civilization, have, in this European world of ours, depended for ages upon two principles -- . . . the spirit of a gentleman, and spirit of religion. --Burke 2. (Law) Rendering a criminal process civil. [Obs.] | |
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Civilize \Civ"i*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Civilized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Civilizing}.] [Cf. F. civilizer, fr.L. civilis civil. See {Civil}.] 1. To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine. Yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose Her land to civilize, as to subdue. --Dryden 2. To admit as suitable to a civilized state. [Obs. or R.] [bd]Civilizing adultery.[b8] --Milton. Syn: To polish; refine; humanize. | |
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Civilize \Civ"i*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Civilized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Civilizing}.] [Cf. F. civilizer, fr.L. civilis civil. See {Civil}.] 1. To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine. Yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose Her land to civilize, as to subdue. --Dryden 2. To admit as suitable to a civilized state. [Obs. or R.] [bd]Civilizing adultery.[b8] --Milton. Syn: To polish; refine; humanize. | |
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Civilized \Civ"i*lized\, a. Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated. Sale of conscience and duty in open market is not reconcilable with the present state of civilized society. --J. Quincy. | |
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Civilizer \Civ"i*li*zer\, n. One who, or that which, civilizes or tends to civilize. | |
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Civilize \Civ"i*lize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Civilized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Civilizing}.] [Cf. F. civilizer, fr.L. civilis civil. See {Civil}.] 1. To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine. Yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose Her land to civilize, as to subdue. --Dryden 2. To admit as suitable to a civilized state. [Obs. or R.] [bd]Civilizing adultery.[b8] --Milton. Syn: To polish; refine; humanize. | |
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Cob \Cob\, n. [Cf. AS. cop, copp, head, top, D. kop, G. kopf, kuppe, LL. cuppa cup (cf. E. brainpan), and also W. cob tuft, spider, cop, copa, top, summit, cobio to thump. Cf. {Cop} top, {Cup}, n.] 1. The top or head of anything. [Obs.] --W. Gifford. 2. A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person. [Obs.] All cobbing country chuffs, which make their bellies and their bags their god, are called rich cobs. --Nash. 3. The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow. [U. S.] 4. (Zo[94]l.) A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head. 5. (Zo[94]l.) A young herring. --B. Jonson. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A fish; -- also called {miller's thumb}. 7. A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the saddle. [Eng.] 8. (Zo[94]l.) A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull ({Larus marinus}). [Written also {cobb}.] 9. A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone. 10. A cobnut; as, Kentish cobs. See {Cobnut}. [Eng.] 11. Clay mixed with straw. [Prov. Eng.] The poor cottager contenteth himself with cob for his walls, and thatch for his covering. --R. Carew. 12. A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood. --Wright. 13. A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d. [Obs.] --Wright. {Cob coal}, coal in rounded lumps from the size of an egg to that of a football; -- called also {cobbles}. --Grose. {Cob loaf}, a crusty, uneven loaf, rounded at top. --Wright. {Cob money}, a kind of rudely coined gold and silver money of Spanish South America in the eighteenth century. The coins were of the weight of the piece of eight, or one of its aliquot parts. | |
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Cobblestone \Cob"ble*stone`\, n. A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes. | |
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Cobelligerent \Co`bel*lig"er*ent\, a. Carrying on war in conjunction with another power. | |
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Cobelligerent \Co`bel*lig"er*ent\, n. A nation or state that carries on war in connection with another. | |
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Copple-crown \Cop"ple-crown\, n. A created or high-topped crown or head. [bd]Like the copple-crown the lapwing has.[b8] --T. Randolph. -- {Cop"ple-crowned`}, a. | |
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Copple-crown \Cop"ple-crown\, n. A created or high-topped crown or head. [bd]Like the copple-crown the lapwing has.[b8] --T. Randolph. -- {Cop"ple-crowned`}, a. | |
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Copplestone \Cop"ple*stone`\, n. A cobblestone. [Obs.] | |
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Couple-close \Cou"ple-close`\ (k?p"?-kl?s`), n.; pl. {Couple-closes} (-kl[?]"s[?]z). 1. (Her.) A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised. 2. (Arch.) A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam. [Engl.] | |
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Couple-close \Cou"ple-close`\ (k?p"?-kl?s`), n.; pl. {Couple-closes} (-kl[?]"s[?]z). 1. (Her.) A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised. 2. (Arch.) A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam. [Engl.] | |
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Cowblakes \Cow"blakes`\ (-bl[amac]ks`), n. pl. Dried cow dung used as fuel.[Prov. Eng.] --Simmonds. | |
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Cubilose \Cu"bi*lose`\ (k?"b?-l?s`), n. [L. cubile bed, nest.] A mucilagenous secretion of certain birds found as the characteristic ingredient of edible bird's-nests. | |
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Cubless \Cub"less\ (k?b"l?s), a. Having no cubs. --Byron. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cupful \Cup"ful\ (k?p"f?l), n.; pl. {Cupfuls} (-f[?]lz). As much as a cup will hold. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cupola \Cu"po*la\ (k?"p?-l?), n.; pl. {Cupolas} (-l[?]z). [It. cupola, LL. cupula, cuppula (cf. L. cupula little tub). fr. cupa, cuppa, cup; cf. L. cupa tub. So called on account of its resemblance to a cup turned over. See {Cup}, and cf. {Cupule}.] 1. (Arch.) A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called {dome}. 2. A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern. 3. A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works. 4. A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance. 5. (Anat.) The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear. | |
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Cabell County, WV (county, FIPS 11) Location: 38.41844 N, 82.24170 W Population (1990): 96827 (43596 housing units) Area: 729.4 sq km (land), 16.6 sq km (water) | |
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Cape Elizabeth, ME Zip code(s): 04107 | |
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Chappells, SC (town, FIPS 13240) Location: 34.18247 N, 81.86999 W Population (1990): 45 (29 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29037 | |
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Chief Lake, WI (CDP, FIPS 14440) Location: 45.92664 N, 91.33277 W Population (1990): 570 (419 housing units) Area: 54.7 sq km (land), 6.5 sq km (water) | |
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Chippewa Lake, OH Zip code(s): 44215 | |
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Cibola County, NM (county, FIPS 6) Location: 34.92048 N, 107.98896 W Population (1990): 23794 (9692 housing units) Area: 11757.5 sq km (land), 6.5 sq km (water) | |
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Cobleskill, NY (village, FIPS 16628) Location: 42.67909 N, 74.48607 W Population (1990): 5268 (1665 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12043 | |
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Copalis Beach, WA Zip code(s): 98535 | |
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Copalis Crossing, WA Zip code(s): 98536 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
COBOL-1961 Extended A short-lived separation of {COBOL} specifications. [Sammet 1969, p. 339]. (1994-10-28) |