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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Trapdoor \Trap"door`\, n. 1. (Arch.) A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor. 2. (Mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; -- called also {weather door}. --Raymond. {Trapdoor spider} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spiders which make a nest consisting of a vertical hole in the earth, lined with a hinged lid, like a trapdoor. Most of the species belong to the genus {Cteniza}, as the California species ({C. Californica}). | |
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Hickory \Hick"o*ry\, n. [North American Indian pawcohiccora (Capt. J. Smith) a kind of milk or oily liquor pressed from pounded hickory nuts. [bd]Pohickory[b8] is named in a list of Virginia trees, in 1653, and this was finally shortened to [bd]hickory.[b8] --J. H. Trumbull.] (Bot.) An American tree of the genus {Carya}, of which there are several species. The shagbark is the {C. alba}, and has a very rough bark; it affords the hickory nut of the markets. The pignut, or brown hickory, is the {C. glabra}. The swamp hickory is {C. amara}, having a nut whose shell is very thin and the kernel bitter. {Hickory shad}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The mattowacca, or fall herring. (b) The gizzard shad. | |
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Coffee \Cof"fee\ (?; 115), n. [Turk. qahveh, Ar. qahuah wine, coffee, a decoction of berries. Cf. {Caf[82]}.] 1. The [bd]beans[b8] or [bd]berries[b8] (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus {Coffea}, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America. 2. The coffee tree. Note: There are several species of the coffee tree, as, {Coffea Arabica}, {C. occidentalis}, and {C. Liberica}. The white, fragrant flowers grow in clusters at the root of the leaves, and the fruit is a red or purple cherrylike drupe, with sweet pulp, usually containing two pyrenes, commercially called [bd]beans[b8] or [bd]berries[b8]. 3. The beverage made from the roasted and ground berry. They have in Turkey a drink called coffee. . . . This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and helpeth digestion. --Bacon. Note: The use of coffee is said to have been introduced into England about 1650, when coffeehouses were opened in Oxford and London. {Coffee bug} (Zo[94]l.), a species of scale insect ({Lecanium coff[91]a}), often very injurious to the coffee tree. {Coffee rat} (Zo[94]l.) See {Musang}. | |
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Camellia \Ca*mel"li*a\, n. [NL.; -- named after Kamel, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the East.] (Bot.) An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. {Camellia Japonica} is much cultivated for ornament, and {C. Sassanqua} and {C. oleifera} are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of {Camellia Thea}. | |
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Calabar \Cal"a*bar\, n. A district on the west coast of Africa. {Calabar bean}, The of a climbing legumious plant ({Physostigma venenosum}), a native of tropical Africa. It is highly poisonous. It is used to produce contraction of the pupil of the eye; also in tetanus, neuralgia, and rheumatic diseases; -- called also {ordeal bean}, being used by the negroes in trials for witchcraft. | |
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Calabar \Cal"a*bar\, n. A district on the west coast of Africa. {Calabar bean}, The of a climbing legumious plant ({Physostigma venenosum}), a native of tropical Africa. It is highly poisonous. It is used to produce contraction of the pupil of the eye; also in tetanus, neuralgia, and rheumatic diseases; -- called also {ordeal bean}, being used by the negroes in trials for witchcraft. | |
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Calabarine \Cal"a*bar*ine\, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid resembling physostigmine and occurring with it in the calabar bean. | |
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Calaveras skull \Ca`la*ve"ras skull\ A human skull reported, by Prof. J. D. Whitney, as found in 1886 in a Tertiary auriferous gravel deposit, lying below a bed of black lava, in Calaveras County, California. It is regarded as very doubtful whether the skull really belonged to the deposit in which it was found. If it did, it indicates an unprecedented antiquity for human beings of an advanced type. | |
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Calaverite \Ca`la*ve"rite\, n. (Min.) A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California. | |
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Caliber \Cal"i*ber\, Calibre \Cal"ibre\, n. [F. calibre, perh. fr. L. qualibra of what pound, of what weight; hence, of what size, applied first to a ball or bullet; cf. also Ar. q[be]lib model, mold. Cf. {Calipers}, {Calivere}.] 1. (Gunnery) The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber. The caliber of empty tubes. --Reid. A battery composed of three guns of small caliber. --Prescott. Note: The caliber of firearms is expressed in various ways. Cannon are often designated by the weight of a solid spherical shot that will fit the bore; as, a 12-pounder; pieces of ordnance that project shell or hollow shot are designated by the diameter of their bore; as, a 12 inch mortar or a 14 inch shell gun; small arms are designated by hundredths of an inch expressed decimally; as, a rifle of .44 inch caliber. 2. The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column. 3. Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind. --Burke. {Caliber compasses}. See {Calipers}. {Caliber rule}, a gunner's calipers, an instrument having two scales arranged to determine a ball's weight from its diameter, and conversely. {A ship's caliber}, the weight of her armament. | |
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Caliber \Cal"i*ber\, Calibre \Cal"ibre\, n. [F. calibre, perh. fr. L. qualibra of what pound, of what weight; hence, of what size, applied first to a ball or bullet; cf. also Ar. q[be]lib model, mold. Cf. {Calipers}, {Calivere}.] 1. (Gunnery) The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber. The caliber of empty tubes. --Reid. A battery composed of three guns of small caliber. --Prescott. Note: The caliber of firearms is expressed in various ways. Cannon are often designated by the weight of a solid spherical shot that will fit the bore; as, a 12-pounder; pieces of ordnance that project shell or hollow shot are designated by the diameter of their bore; as, a 12 inch mortar or a 14 inch shell gun; small arms are designated by hundredths of an inch expressed decimally; as, a rifle of .44 inch caliber. 2. The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column. 3. Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind. --Burke. {Caliber compasses}. See {Calipers}. {Caliber rule}, a gunner's calipers, an instrument having two scales arranged to determine a ball's weight from its diameter, and conversely. {A ship's caliber}, the weight of her armament. | |
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Calipers \Cal"i*pers\, n. pl. [Corrupted from caliber.] An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also {caliper compasses}, or {caliber compasses}. {Caliper square}, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws. --Knight. {Vernier calipers}. See {Vernier}. | |
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Compasses \Com"pass*es\, n., pl. An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move. Note: The compasses for drawing circles have adjustable pen points, pencil points, etc.; those used for measuring without adjustable points are generally called dividers. See {Dividers}. {Bow compasses}. See {Bow-compass}. {Caliber compasses}, {Caliper compasses}. See {Calipers}. {Proportional}, {Triangular}, etc., {compasses}. See under {Proportional}, etc. | |
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Caliber \Cal"i*ber\, Calibre \Cal"ibre\, n. [F. calibre, perh. fr. L. qualibra of what pound, of what weight; hence, of what size, applied first to a ball or bullet; cf. also Ar. q[be]lib model, mold. Cf. {Calipers}, {Calivere}.] 1. (Gunnery) The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber. The caliber of empty tubes. --Reid. A battery composed of three guns of small caliber. --Prescott. Note: The caliber of firearms is expressed in various ways. Cannon are often designated by the weight of a solid spherical shot that will fit the bore; as, a 12-pounder; pieces of ordnance that project shell or hollow shot are designated by the diameter of their bore; as, a 12 inch mortar or a 14 inch shell gun; small arms are designated by hundredths of an inch expressed decimally; as, a rifle of .44 inch caliber. 2. The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column. 3. Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind. --Burke. {Caliber compasses}. See {Calipers}. {Caliber rule}, a gunner's calipers, an instrument having two scales arranged to determine a ball's weight from its diameter, and conversely. {A ship's caliber}, the weight of her armament. | |
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Calipers \Cal"i*pers\, n. pl. [Corrupted from caliber.] An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also {caliper compasses}, or {caliber compasses}. {Caliper square}, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws. --Knight. {Vernier calipers}. See {Vernier}. | |
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Compasses \Com"pass*es\, n., pl. An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move. Note: The compasses for drawing circles have adjustable pen points, pencil points, etc.; those used for measuring without adjustable points are generally called dividers. See {Dividers}. {Bow compasses}. See {Bow-compass}. {Caliber compasses}, {Caliper compasses}. See {Calipers}. {Proportional}, {Triangular}, etc., {compasses}. See under {Proportional}, etc. | |
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Caliber \Cal"i*ber\, Calibre \Cal"ibre\, n. [F. calibre, perh. fr. L. qualibra of what pound, of what weight; hence, of what size, applied first to a ball or bullet; cf. also Ar. q[be]lib model, mold. Cf. {Calipers}, {Calivere}.] 1. (Gunnery) The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber. The caliber of empty tubes. --Reid. A battery composed of three guns of small caliber. --Prescott. Note: The caliber of firearms is expressed in various ways. Cannon are often designated by the weight of a solid spherical shot that will fit the bore; as, a 12-pounder; pieces of ordnance that project shell or hollow shot are designated by the diameter of their bore; as, a 12 inch mortar or a 14 inch shell gun; small arms are designated by hundredths of an inch expressed decimally; as, a rifle of .44 inch caliber. 2. The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column. 3. Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind. --Burke. {Caliber compasses}. See {Calipers}. {Caliber rule}, a gunner's calipers, an instrument having two scales arranged to determine a ball's weight from its diameter, and conversely. {A ship's caliber}, the weight of her armament. | |
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Calipers \Cal"i*pers\, n. pl. [Corrupted from caliber.] An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also {caliper compasses}, or {caliber compasses}. {Caliper square}, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws. --Knight. {Vernier calipers}. See {Vernier}. | |
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Compasses \Com"pass*es\, n., pl. An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move. Note: The compasses for drawing circles have adjustable pen points, pencil points, etc.; those used for measuring without adjustable points are generally called dividers. See {Dividers}. {Bow compasses}. See {Bow-compass}. {Caliber compasses}, {Caliper compasses}. See {Calipers}. {Proportional}, {Triangular}, etc., {compasses}. See under {Proportional}, etc. | |
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Rule \Rule\, n. [OE. reule, riule, OF. riule, reule, F. r[82]gle, fr. L. regula a ruler, rule, model, fr. regere, rectum, to lead straight, to direct. See {Right}, a., and cf. {Regular}.] 1. That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket. We profess to have embraced a religion which contains the most exact rules for the government of our lives. --Tillotson. 2. Hence: (a) Uniform or established course of things. 'T is against the rule of nature. --Shak. (b) Systematic method or practice; as, my ule is to rise at six o'clock. (c) Ordibary course of procedure; usual way; comon state or condition of things; as, it is a rule to which there are many exeptions. (d) Conduct in general; behavior. [Obs.] This uncivil rule; she shall know of it. --Shak. 3. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control. Obey them that have the rule over you. --Heb. xiii. 17. His stern rule the groaning land obeyed. --Pope. 4. (Law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit. --Wharton. 5. (Math.) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result; as, a rule for extracting the cube root. 6. (Gram.) A general principle concerning the formation or use of words, or a concise statement thereof; thus, it is a rule in England, that s or es, added to a noun in the singular number, forms the plural of that noun; but [bd]man[b8] forms its plural [bd]men[b8], and is an exception to the rule. 7. (a) A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler. (b) A measuring instrument consisting of a graduated bar of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, which is usually marked so as to show inches and fractions of an inch, and jointed so that it may be folded compactly. A judicious artist will use his eye, but he will trust only to his rule. --South. 8. (Print.) (a) A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work. (b) A composing rule. See under {Conposing}. {As a rule}, as a general thing; in the main; usually; as, he behaves well, as a rule. {Board rule}, {Caliber rule}, etc. See under {Board}, {Caliber}, etc. {Rule joint}, a knuckle joint having shoulders that abut when the connected pieces come in line with each other, and thus permit folding in one direction only. {Rule of three} (Arith.), that rule which directs, when three terms are given, how to find a fourth, which shall have the same ratio to the third term as the second has to the first; proportion. See {Proportion}, 5 (b) . {Rule of thumb}, any rude process or operation, like that of using the thumb as a rule in measuring; hence, judgment and practical experience as distinguished from scientific knowledge. Syn: regulation; law; precept; maxim; guide; canon; order; method; direction; control; government; sway; empire. | |
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Caliber \Cal"i*ber\, Calibre \Cal"ibre\, n. [F. calibre, perh. fr. L. qualibra of what pound, of what weight; hence, of what size, applied first to a ball or bullet; cf. also Ar. q[be]lib model, mold. Cf. {Calipers}, {Calivere}.] 1. (Gunnery) The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber. The caliber of empty tubes. --Reid. A battery composed of three guns of small caliber. --Prescott. Note: The caliber of firearms is expressed in various ways. Cannon are often designated by the weight of a solid spherical shot that will fit the bore; as, a 12-pounder; pieces of ordnance that project shell or hollow shot are designated by the diameter of their bore; as, a 12 inch mortar or a 14 inch shell gun; small arms are designated by hundredths of an inch expressed decimally; as, a rifle of .44 inch caliber. 2. The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column. 3. Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind. --Burke. {Caliber compasses}. See {Calipers}. {Caliber rule}, a gunner's calipers, an instrument having two scales arranged to determine a ball's weight from its diameter, and conversely. {A ship's caliber}, the weight of her armament. | |
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Calibrate \Cal"i*brate\, v. i. To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards or graduated instruments. | |
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Calibration \Cal`ibra"*tion\, n. The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the determination of the true value of the spaces in any graduated instrument. | |
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Caliber \Cal"i*ber\, Calibre \Cal"ibre\, n. [F. calibre, perh. fr. L. qualibra of what pound, of what weight; hence, of what size, applied first to a ball or bullet; cf. also Ar. q[be]lib model, mold. Cf. {Calipers}, {Calivere}.] 1. (Gunnery) The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber. The caliber of empty tubes. --Reid. A battery composed of three guns of small caliber. --Prescott. Note: The caliber of firearms is expressed in various ways. Cannon are often designated by the weight of a solid spherical shot that will fit the bore; as, a 12-pounder; pieces of ordnance that project shell or hollow shot are designated by the diameter of their bore; as, a 12 inch mortar or a 14 inch shell gun; small arms are designated by hundredths of an inch expressed decimally; as, a rifle of .44 inch caliber. 2. The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column. 3. Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind. --Burke. {Caliber compasses}. See {Calipers}. {Caliber rule}, a gunner's calipers, an instrument having two scales arranged to determine a ball's weight from its diameter, and conversely. {A ship's caliber}, the weight of her armament. | |
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Excalibur \Ex*cal"i*bur\, n. The name of King Arthur's mythical sword. [Written also {Excalibar}, {Excalibor}, {Escalibar}, and {Caliburn}.] --Tennyson. | |
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California jack \Cal`i*for"ni*a jack"\ A game at cards, a modification of seven-up, or all fours. | |
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Laurel \Lau"rel\, n. [OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier, laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus {Laurus} ({L. nobilis}), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also {sweet bay}. Note: The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks to crown the victor in the games of Apollo. At a later period, academic honors were indicated by a crown of laurel, with the fruit. The leaves and tree yield an aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce. Note: The name is extended to other plants which in some respect resemble the true laurel. See Phrases, below. 2. A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels. 3. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel. {Laurel water}, water distilled from the fresh leaves of the cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other products carried over in the process. {American laurel}, [or] {Mountain laurel}, {Kalmia latifolia}. See under {Mountain}. {California laurel}, {Umbellularia Californica}. {Cherry laurel} (in England called {laurel}). See under {Cherry}. {Great laurel}, the rosebay ({Rhododendron maximum}). {Ground laurel}, trailing arbutus. {New Zealand laurel}, {Laurelia Nov[91] Zelandi[91]}. {Portugal laurel}, the {Prunus Lusitanica}. {Rose laurel}, the oleander. See {Oleander}. {Sheep laurel}, a poisonous shrub, {Kalmia angustifolia}, smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and redder flowers. {Spurge laurel}, {Daphne Laureola}. {West Indian laurel}, {Prunus occidentalis}. | |
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Lilac \Li"lac\ (l[imac]"l[ait]k), n. [Also {lilach}.] [Sp. lilac, lila, Ar. l[c6]lak, fr. Per. l[c6]laj, l[c6]lanj, l[c6]lang, n[c6]laj, n[c6]l, the indigo plant, or from the kindred l[c6]lak bluish, the flowers being named from the color. Cf. {Anil}.] 1. (Bot.) A shrub of the genus {Syringa}. There are six species, natives of Europe and Asia. {Syringa vulgaris}, the common lilac, and {S. Persica}, the Persian lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance and beauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British colonies various other shrubs have this name. 2. A light purplish color like that of the flower of the purplish lilac. {California lilac} (Bot.), a low shrub with dense clusters of purplish flowers ({Ceanothus thyrsiflorus}). | |
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Nutmeg \Nut"meg\, n. [OE. notemuge; note nut + OF. muge musk, of the same origin as E. musk; cf. OF. noix muguette nutmeg, F. noix muscade. See {Nut}, and {Musk}.] (Bot.) The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree ({Myristica fragrans}), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics. Note: This fruit is a nearly spherical drupe, of the size of a pear, of a yellowish color without and almost white within. This opens into two nearly equal longitudinal valves, inclosing the nut surrounded by its aril, which is mace The nutmeg is an aromatic, very grateful to the taste and smell, and much used in cookery. Other species of {Myristica} yield nutmegs of inferior quality. {American}, {Calabash}, [or] {Jamaica}, {nutmeg}, the fruit of a tropical shrub ({Monodora Myristica}). It is about the size of an orange, and contains many aromatic seeds imbedded in pulp. {Brazilian nutmeg}, the fruit of a lauraceous tree, {Cryptocarya moschata}. {California nutmeg}, tree of the Yew family ({Torreya Californica}), growing in the Western United States, and having a seed which resembles a nutmeg in appearance, but is strongly impregnated with turpentine. {Clove nutmeg}, the {Ravensara aromatica}, a laura ceous tree of Madagascar. The foliage is used as a spice, but the seed is acrid and caustic. {Jamaica nutmeg}. See American nutmeg (above). {Nutmeg bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Indian finch ({Munia punctularia}). {Nutmeg butter}, a solid oil extracted from the nutmeg by expression. {Nutmeg flower} (Bot.), a ranunculaceous herb ({Nigella sativa}) with small black aromatic seeds, which are used medicinally and for excluding moths from furs and clothing. {Nutmeg liver} (Med.), a name applied to the liver, when, as the result of heart or lung disease, it undergoes congestion and pigmentation about the central veins of its lobules, giving it an appearance resembling that of a nutmeg. {Nutmeg melon} (Bot.), a small variety of muskmelon of a rich flavor. {Nutmeg pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of pigeons of the genus {Myristicivora}, native of the East Indies and Australia. The color is usually white, or cream-white, with black on the wings and tail. {Nutmeg wood} (Bot.), the wood of the Palmyra palm. {Peruvian nutmeg}, the aromatic seed of a South American tree ({Laurelia sempervirens}). {Plume nutmeg} (Bot.), a spicy tree of Australia ({Atherosperma moschata}). | |
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Pitcher \Pitch"er\, n. [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar, pehh[be]ri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf. {Beaker}.] 1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle. 2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. {American pitcher plants}, the species of Sarracenia. See {Sarracenia}. {Australian pitcher plant}, the {Cephalotus follicularis}, a low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a cockleshell. {California pitcher plant}, the {Darlingtonia California}. See {Darlingtonia}. {Pitcher plant}, any plant with the whole or a part of the leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs, especially the species of {Nepenthes}. See {Nepenthes}. | |
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Poppy \Pop"py\, n.; pl. {Poppies}. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L. papaver.] (Bot.) Any plant or species of the genus {Papaver}, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species ({Papaver somniferum}) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of {Capsule}. {California poppy} (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the genus {Eschscholtzia}. {Corn poppy}. See under {Corn}. {Horn}, [or] {Horned}, {poppy}. See under {Horn}. {Poppy bee} (Zo[94]l.), a leaf-cutting bee ({Anthocopa papaveris}) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for the lining of its cells; -- called also {upholsterer bee}. {Prickly poppy} (Bot.), {Argemone Mexicana}, a yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly as a thistle. {Poppy seed}, the seed the opium poppy ({P. somniferum}). {Spatling poppy} (Bot.), a species of Silene ({S. inflata}). See {Catchfly}. | |
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Yew \Yew\, n. [OE. ew, AS. e[a2]w, [c6]w, eoh; akin to D. ijf, OHG. [c6]wa, [c6]ha, G. eibe, Icel. [ymac]r; cf. Ir. iubhar, Gael. iubhar, iughar, W. yw, ywen, Lith. j[89]va the black alder tree.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen tree ({Taxus baccata}) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards. 2. The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain. Note: The {American yew} ({Taxus baccata}, var. {Canadensis}) is a low and straggling or prostrate bush, never forming an erect trunk. The {California yew} ({Taxus brevifolia}) is a good-sized tree, and its wood is used for bows, spear handles, paddles, and other similar implements. Another yew is found in Florida, and there are species in Japan and the Himalayas. 3. A bow for shooting, made of the yew. | |
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Californian \Cal`i*for"ni*an\, a. Of or pertaining to California. -- n. A native or inhabitant of California. | |
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Calipers \Cal"i*pers\, n. pl. [Corrupted from caliber.] An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also {caliper compasses}, or {caliber compasses}. {Caliper square}, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws. --Knight. {Vernier calipers}. See {Vernier}. | |
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Compasses \Com"pass*es\, n., pl. An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move. Note: The compasses for drawing circles have adjustable pen points, pencil points, etc.; those used for measuring without adjustable points are generally called dividers. See {Dividers}. {Bow compasses}. See {Bow-compass}. {Caliber compasses}, {Caliper compasses}. See {Calipers}. {Proportional}, {Triangular}, etc., {compasses}. See under {Proportional}, etc. | |
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Calipers \Cal"i*pers\, n. pl. [Corrupted from caliber.] An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also {caliper compasses}, or {caliber compasses}. {Caliper square}, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws. --Knight. {Vernier calipers}. See {Vernier}. | |
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Compasses \Com"pass*es\, n., pl. An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move. Note: The compasses for drawing circles have adjustable pen points, pencil points, etc.; those used for measuring without adjustable points are generally called dividers. See {Dividers}. {Bow compasses}. See {Bow-compass}. {Caliber compasses}, {Caliper compasses}. See {Calipers}. {Proportional}, {Triangular}, etc., {compasses}. See under {Proportional}, etc. | |
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Micrometer \Mi*crom"e*ter\, n. [Micro- + -meter: cf. F. microm[8a]tre.] An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which subtend minute angles. The measurement given directly is that of the image of the object formed at the focus of the object glass. {Circular, [or] Ring}, {micrometer}, a metallic ring fixed in the focus of the object glass of a telescope, and used to determine differences of right ascension and declination between stars by observations of the times at which the stars cross the inner or outer periphery of the ring. {Double image micrometer}, a micrometer in which two images of an object are formed in the field, usually by the two halves of a bisected lens which are movable along their line of section by a screw, and distances are determined by the number of screw revolutions necessary to bring the points to be measured into optical coincidence. When the two images are formed by a bisected object glass, it is called a divided-object-glass micrometer, and when the instrument is large and equatorially mounted, it is known as a heliometer. {Double refraction micrometer}, a species of double image micrometer, in which the two images are formed by the double refraction of rock crystal. {Filar, [or] Bifilar}, {micrometer}. See under {Bifilar}. {Micrometer} {caliper [or] gauge} (Mech.), a caliper or gauge with a micrometer screw, for measuring dimensions with great accuracy. {Micrometer head}, the head of a micrometer screw. {Micrometer microscope}, a compound microscope combined with a filar micrometer, used chiefly for reading and subdividing the divisions of large astronomical and geodetical instruments. {Micrometer screw}, a screw with a graduated head used in some forms of micrometers. {Position micrometer}. See under {Position}. {Scale}, [or] {Linear}, {micrometer}, a minute and very delicately graduated scale of equal parts used in the field of a telescope or microscope, for measuring distances by direct comparison. | |
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Calipers \Cal"i*pers\, n. pl. [Corrupted from caliber.] An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also {caliper compasses}, or {caliber compasses}. {Caliper square}, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws. --Knight. {Vernier calipers}. See {Vernier}. | |
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Calipers \Cal"i*pers\, n. pl. [Corrupted from caliber.] An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also {caliper compasses}, or {caliber compasses}. {Caliper square}, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws. --Knight. {Vernier calipers}. See {Vernier}. | |
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Caliver \Cal"i*ver\, n. [Corrupted fr. caliber.] An early form of hand gun, variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Call \Call\, n. 1. The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call. [bd]Call of the trumpet.[b8] --Shak. I rose as at thy call, but found thee not. --Milton. 2. A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty. 3. (Eccl.) An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor. 4. A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal. Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity. --Addison. Running into danger without any call of duty. --Macaulay. 5. A divine vocation or summons. St. Paul himself believed he did well, and that he had a call to it, when he persecuted the Christians. --Locke. 6. Vocation; employment. Note: [In this sense, calling is generally used.] 7. A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders. The baker's punctual call. --Cowper. 8. (Hunting) A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds. 9. (Naut.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty. 10. (Fowling) The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry. 11. (Amer. Land Law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land. 12. The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on. [Brokers' Cant] 13. See {Assessment}, 4. {At call}, or {On call}, liable to be demanded at any moment without previous notice; as money on deposit. {Call bird}, a bird taught to allure others into a snare. {Call boy} (a) A boy who calls the actors in a theater; a boy who transmits the orders of the captain of a vessel to the engineer, helmsman, etc. (b) A waiting boy who answers a cal, or cames at the ringing of a bell; a bell boy. {Call note}, the note naturally used by the male bird to call the female. It is artificially applied by birdcatchers as a decoy. --Latham. {Call of the house} (Legislative Bodies), a calling over the names of members, to discover who is absent, or for other purposes; a calling of names with a view to obtaining the ayes and noes from the persons named. {Call to the bar}, admission to practice in the courts. | |
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Callipers \Cal`li*pers\, n. pl. See Calipers. | |
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Calvary \Cal"va*ry\ (k[acr]l"v[adot]*r[ycr]), n. [L. calvaria a bare skull, fr. calva the scalp without hair. fr. calvus bald; cf. F. calvaire.] 1. The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill outside of Jerusalem. --Luke xxiii. 33. Note: The Latin calvaria is a translation of the Greek krani`on of the Evangelists, which is an interpretation of the Hebrew Golgotha. --Dr. W. Smith. 2. A representation of the crucifixion, consisting of three crosses with the figures of Christ and the thieves, often as large as life, and sometimes surrounded by figures of other personages who were present at the crucifixion. 3. (Her.) A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called {cross calvary}. | |
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Calver \Cal"ver\ (k[acr]l"v[etil]r), v. i. 1. To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon. [Obs.] For a change, leave calvered salmon and eat sprats. --Massinger. 2. To crimp; as, calvered salmon. --Nares. | |
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Calver \Cal"ver\, v. i. To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered; as, grayling's flesh will calver. --Catton. | |
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Cauliform \Cau"li*form\, a. [L. caulis + -form.] (Bot.) Having the form of a caulis. | |
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Celebrant \Cel"e*brant\, n. [L. celebrans, p. pr. of celebrare. See {Celebrate}.] One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants. | |
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Celebrate \Cel"e*brate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Celebrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Celebrating}.] [L. celebratus, p. p. of celebrare to frequent, to celebrate, fr. celeber famous.] 1. To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High. 2. To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday. From even unto even shall ye celebrate your Sabbath. --Lev. xxiii. 32. 3. To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage. Syn: To commemorate; distinguish; honor. Usage: To {Celebrate}, {Commemorate}. We commemorate events which we desire to keep in remembrance, when we recall them by some special observace; as, to commemorate the death of our Savior. We celebrate by demonstrations of joy or solemnity or by appropriate ceremonies; as, to celebrate the birthday of our Independence. We are called upon to commemorate a revolution as surprising in its manner as happy in its consequences. --Atterbury. Earth, water, air, and fire, with feeling glee, Exult to celebrate thy festival. --Thomson. | |
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Celebrate \Cel"e*brate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Celebrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Celebrating}.] [L. celebratus, p. p. of celebrare to frequent, to celebrate, fr. celeber famous.] 1. To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High. 2. To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday. From even unto even shall ye celebrate your Sabbath. --Lev. xxiii. 32. 3. To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage. Syn: To commemorate; distinguish; honor. Usage: To {Celebrate}, {Commemorate}. We commemorate events which we desire to keep in remembrance, when we recall them by some special observace; as, to commemorate the death of our Savior. We celebrate by demonstrations of joy or solemnity or by appropriate ceremonies; as, to celebrate the birthday of our Independence. We are called upon to commemorate a revolution as surprising in its manner as happy in its consequences. --Atterbury. Earth, water, air, and fire, with feeling glee, Exult to celebrate thy festival. --Thomson. | |
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Celebrated \Cel"e*bra`ted\, a. Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned. Celebrated for the politeness of his manners. --Macaulay. Syn: Distinguished; famous; noted; famed; renowned; illustrious. See {Distinguished}. | |
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Celebrate \Cel"e*brate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Celebrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Celebrating}.] [L. celebratus, p. p. of celebrare to frequent, to celebrate, fr. celeber famous.] 1. To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High. 2. To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday. From even unto even shall ye celebrate your Sabbath. --Lev. xxiii. 32. 3. To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage. Syn: To commemorate; distinguish; honor. Usage: To {Celebrate}, {Commemorate}. We commemorate events which we desire to keep in remembrance, when we recall them by some special observace; as, to commemorate the death of our Savior. We celebrate by demonstrations of joy or solemnity or by appropriate ceremonies; as, to celebrate the birthday of our Independence. We are called upon to commemorate a revolution as surprising in its manner as happy in its consequences. --Atterbury. Earth, water, air, and fire, with feeling glee, Exult to celebrate thy festival. --Thomson. | |
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Celebration \Cel`e*bra"tion\, n. [L. celebratio.] The act, process, or time of celebrating. His memory deserving a particular celebration. --Clarendok. Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass --Cath. Dict. To hasten the celebration of their marriage. --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Celebrator \Cel"e*bra`tor\, n. [L.] One who celebrates; a praiser. --Boyle. | |
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Celebrious \Ce*le"bri*ous\, a. Famous. [Obs.] --Speed. | |
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Celebrity \Ce*leb"ri*ty\, n.; pl. {Celebrities}. [L. celebritas: cf. F. c[82]l[82]brit[82].] 1. Celebration; solemnization. [Obs.] The celebrity of the marriage. --Bacon. 2. The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington. An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy. --Whewell. 3. A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place. | |
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Celebrity \Ce*leb"ri*ty\, n.; pl. {Celebrities}. [L. celebritas: cf. F. c[82]l[82]brit[82].] 1. Celebration; solemnization. [Obs.] The celebrity of the marriage. --Bacon. 2. The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington. An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy. --Whewell. 3. A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place. | |
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Cell \Cell\, n. [OF. celle, fr. L. cella; akin to celare to hide, and E. hell, helm, conceal. Cf. {Hall}.] 1. A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit. The heroic confessor in his cell. --Macaulay. 2. A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent. [bd]Cells or dependent priories.[b8] --Milman. 3. Any small cavity, or hollow place. 4. (Arch.) (a) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof. (b) Same as {Cella}. 5. (Elec.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery. 6. (Biol.) One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed. Note: All cells have their origin in the primary cell from which the organism was developed. In the lowest animal and vegetable forms, one single cell constitutes the complete individual, such being called unicelluter orgamisms. A typical cell is composed of a semifluid mass of protoplasm, more or less granular, generally containing in its center a nucleus which in turn frequently contains one or more nucleoli, the whole being surrounded by a thin membrane, the cell wall. In some cells, as in those of blood, in the am[d2]ba, and in embryonic cells (both vegetable and animal), there is no restricting cell wall, while in some of the unicelluliar organisms the nucleus is wholly wanting. See Illust. of {Bipolar}. {Air cell}. See {Air cell}. {Cell development} (called also {cell genesis}, {cell formation}, and {cytogenesis}), the multiplication, of cells by a process of reproduction under the following common forms; segmentation or fission, gemmation or budding, karyokinesis, and endogenous multiplication. See {Segmentation}, {Gemmation}, etc. {Cell theory}. (Biol.) See {Cellular theory}, under {Cellular}. | |
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Cellepore \Cel"le*pore\, n. [L. cella cell + porus, Gr. [?], passage.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa. | |
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Celliferous \Cel*lif"er*ous\, a. [Cell + -ferous.] Bearing or producing cells. | |
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Chelifer \Chel"i*fer\, n. [Gr. chhlh` claw + -fer.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Book scorpion}, under {Book}. | |
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Book \Book\ (b[oocr]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[omac]c; akin to Goth. b[omac]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b[omac]k, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b[omac]k, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. b[omac]c, b[emac]ce, beech; because the ancient Saxons and Germans in general wrote runes on pieces of beechen board. Cf. {Beech}.] 1. A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing. Note: When blank, it is called a blank book. When printed, the term often distinguishes a bound volume, or a volume of some size, from a pamphlet. Note: It has been held that, under the copyright law, a book is not necessarily a volume made of many sheets bound together; it may be printed on a single sheet, as music or a diagram of patterns. --Abbott. 2. A composition, written or printed; a treatise. A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. --Milton. 3. A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of [bd]Paradise Lost.[b8] 4. A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc. 5. Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set. Note: Book is used adjectively or as a part of many compounds; as, book buyer, bookrack, book club, book lore, book sale, book trade, memorandum book, cashbook. {Book account}, an account or register of debt or credit in a book. {Book debt}, a debt for items charged to the debtor by the creditor in his book of accounts. {Book learning}, learning acquired from books, as distinguished from practical knowledge. [bd]Neither does it so much require book learning and scholarship, as good natural sense, to distinguish true and false.[b8] --Burnet. {Book louse} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of minute, wingless insects injurious to books and papers. They belong to the {Pseudoneuroptera}. {Book moth} (Zo[94]l.), the name of several species of moths, the larv[91] of which eat books. {Book oath}, an oath made on {The Book}, or Bible. {The Book of Books}, the Bible. {Book post}, a system under which books, bulky manuscripts, etc., may be transmitted by mail. {Book scorpion} (Zo[94]l.), one of the false scorpions ({Chelifer cancroides}) found among books and papers. It can run sidewise and backward, and feeds on small insects. {Book stall}, a stand or stall, often in the open air, for retailing books. {Canonical books}. See {Canonical}. {In one's books}, in one's favor. [bd]I was so much in his books, that at his decease he left me his lamp.[b8] --Addison. {To bring to book}. (a) To compel to give an account. (b) To compare with an admitted authority. [bd]To bring it manifestly to book is impossible.[b8] --M. Arnold. {To curse by bell, book, and candle}. See under {Bell}. {To make a book} (Horse Racing), to lay bets (recorded in a pocket book) against the success of every horse, so that the bookmaker wins on all the unsuccessful horses and loses only on the winning horse or horses. {To speak by the book}, to speak with minute exactness. {Without book}. (a) By memory. (b) Without authority. | |
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Cheliferous \Che*lif"er*ous\, a. [Gr. chhlh` claw + -ferous.] (Zo[94]l.) Having cheliform claws, like a crab. | |
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Cheliform \Chel"i*form\, a. [Gr. chhlh` claw + -form.] (Zo[94]l.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike. | |
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Chyliferous \Chy*lif"er*ous\, a. [Chyle + -ferous: cf. F. chylif[8a]re.] (Physiol.) Transmitting or conveying chyle; as, chyliferous vessels. | |
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Ciliform \Cil"i*form\, Ciliiform \Cil"i*i*form`\, a. [Cilium + -form] Having the form of cilia; very fine or slender. | |
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Ciliform \Cil"i*form\, Ciliiform \Cil"i*i*form`\, a. [Cilium + -form] Having the form of cilia; very fine or slender. | |
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Clabber \Clab"ber\, n. [See {Bonnyclabber}] Milk curdled so as to become thick. | |
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Clabber \Clab"ber\, v. i. To become clabber; to lopper. | |
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Clapboard \Clap"board\, n. 1. A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses. [U. S.] 2. A stave for a cask. [Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Clapboard \Clap"board\, v. t. To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house. [U. S.] --Bartlett. | |
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Clapbread \Clap"bread`\, Clapcake \Clap"cake`\, n. Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin. [Obs.] --Halliwell. | |
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Knacker \Knack"er\, n. 1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc. --Mortimer. 2. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also {clapper}. --Halliwell. | |
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Clapper \Clap"per\, n. 1. A person who claps. 2. That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of {Bell}. {Clapper rail} (Zo[94]l.), an Americam species of rail ({Rallus scepitans}). | |
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Clapper \Clap"per\, n. [F. clapier.] A rabbit burrow. [Obs.] | |
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Knacker \Knack"er\, n. 1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc. --Mortimer. 2. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also {clapper}. --Halliwell. | |
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Clapper \Clap"per\, n. 1. A person who claps. 2. That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of {Bell}. {Clapper rail} (Zo[94]l.), an Americam species of rail ({Rallus scepitans}). | |
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Clapper \Clap"per\, n. [F. clapier.] A rabbit burrow. [Obs.] | |
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Clapper \Clap"per\, n. 1. A person who claps. 2. That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of {Bell}. {Clapper rail} (Zo[94]l.), an Americam species of rail ({Rallus scepitans}). | |
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Clapperclaw \Clap"per*claw\, v. t. [Clap + claw.] 1. To fight and scratch. --C. Smart. 2. To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold. | |
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Claver \Clav"er\, n. [Obs.] See {Clover}. --Holland. | |
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Claver \Clav"er\, n. Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chattering. [Scot. & North of Eng.] Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers. --Thackeray. | |
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Clavier \Cla"vi*er\ (? F. ?), n. [F., fr. L. clavis key.] (Mus.) The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium. Note: Clavier ([?]) is the German name for a pianoforte. | |
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Clay-brained \Clay"-brained`\, a. Stupid. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Cleaver \Cleav"er\, n. One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces. | |
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{Goose grass}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Galium} ({G. Aparine}), a favorite food of geese; -- called also {catchweed} and {cleavers}. (b) A species of knotgrass ({Polygonum aviculare}). (c) The annual spear grass ({Poa annua}). {Goose neck}, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook connecting a spar with a mast. {Goose quill}, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a pen made from it. {Goose skin}. See {Goose flesh}, above. {Goose tongue} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands. {Sea goose}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Phalarope}. {Solan goose}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gannet}. | |
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Cleavers \Cleav"ers\, n. [From {Cleave} to stick.] (Bot.) A species of {Galium} ({G. Aparine}), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, {goose grass}, {catchweed}, etc. | |
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{Goose grass}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Galium} ({G. Aparine}), a favorite food of geese; -- called also {catchweed} and {cleavers}. (b) A species of knotgrass ({Polygonum aviculare}). (c) The annual spear grass ({Poa annua}). {Goose neck}, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook connecting a spar with a mast. {Goose quill}, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a pen made from it. {Goose skin}. See {Goose flesh}, above. {Goose tongue} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands. {Sea goose}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Phalarope}. {Solan goose}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gannet}. | |
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Cleavers \Cleav"ers\, n. [From {Cleave} to stick.] (Bot.) A species of {Galium} ({G. Aparine}), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, {goose grass}, {catchweed}, etc. | |
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Clever \Clev"er\, a. [Origin uncertain. Cf. OE. cliver eager, AS. clyfer (in comp.) cloven; or clifer a claw, perh. connected with E. cleave to divide, split, the meaning of E. clever perh. coming from the idea of grasping, seizing (with the mind).] 1. Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert. Though there were many clever men in England during the latter half of the seventeenth century, there were only two great creative minds. --Macaulay. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever. --C. Kingsley. 2. Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick. --Byron. 3. Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness. [bd]T would sound more clever To me and to my heirs forever. --Swift. 4. Well-shaped; handsome. [bd]The girl was a tight, clever wench as any was.[b8] --Arbuthnot. 5. Good-natured; obliging. [U. S.] Syn: See {Smart}. | |
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Cleverish \Clev"er*ish\, a. Somewhat clever. [R.] | |
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Cleverly \Clev"er*ly\, adv. In a clever manner. Never was man so clever absurd. --C. Smart. | |
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Cleverness \Clev"er*ness\, n. The quality of being clever; skill; dexterity; adroitness. Syn: See {Ingenuity}. | |
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Clipper \Clip"per\, n. 1. One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin. | |
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The value is pared off from it into the clipper's pocket. --Locke. 2. A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses. 3. (Naut.) A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing. -- {Clip"per-built`}, a. Note: The name was first borne by [bd]Baltimore clippers[b8] famous as privateers in the early wars of the United States. | |
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Clivers \Cliv"ers\ (? [or] ?), n. See {Cleavers}. | |
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Clover \Clo"ver\ (kl[omac]"v[etil]r), n. [OE. claver, clover, AS. cl[aemac]fre; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee, Sw. kl[94]fver.] (Bot.) A plant of different species of the genus {Trifolium}; as the common red clover, {T. pratense}, the white, {T. repens}, and the hare's foot, {T. arvense}. {Clover weevil} (Zo[94]l.) a small weevil ({Apion apricans}), that destroys the seeds of clover. {Clover worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth ({Asopia costalis}), often very destructive to clover hay. {In clover}, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. [Colloq.] {Sweet clover}. See {Meliot}. | |
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Clover \Clo"ver\ (kl[omac]"v[etil]r), n. [OE. claver, clover, AS. cl[aemac]fre; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee, Sw. kl[94]fver.] (Bot.) A plant of different species of the genus {Trifolium}; as the common red clover, {T. pratense}, the white, {T. repens}, and the hare's foot, {T. arvense}. {Clover weevil} (Zo[94]l.) a small weevil ({Apion apricans}), that destroys the seeds of clover. {Clover worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth ({Asopia costalis}), often very destructive to clover hay. {In clover}, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. [Colloq.] {Sweet clover}. See {Meliot}. | |
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Clover \Clo"ver\ (kl[omac]"v[etil]r), n. [OE. claver, clover, AS. cl[aemac]fre; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee, Sw. kl[94]fver.] (Bot.) A plant of different species of the genus {Trifolium}; as the common red clover, {T. pratense}, the white, {T. repens}, and the hare's foot, {T. arvense}. {Clover weevil} (Zo[94]l.) a small weevil ({Apion apricans}), that destroys the seeds of clover. {Clover worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth ({Asopia costalis}), often very destructive to clover hay. {In clover}, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. [Colloq.] {Sweet clover}. See {Meliot}. | |
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Clovered \Clo"vered\, a. Covered with growing clover. Flocks thick nibbling through the clovered vale. --Thomson. | |
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Club \Club\, n. [CF. Icel. klubba, klumba, club, klumbuf[?]ir a clubfoot, SW. klubba club, Dan. klump lump, klub a club, G. klumpen clump, kolben club, and E. clump.] 1. A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel. But make you ready your stiff bats and clubs; Rome and her rats are at the point of battle. --Shak. 2. [Cf. the Spanish name bastos, and Sp. baston staff, club.] Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure. 3. An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members. They talked At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics. --Tennyson. He [Goldsmith] was one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes been called the Literary Club, but which has always disclaimed that epithet, and still glories in the simple name of the Club. --Macaulay. 4. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund. They laid down the club. --L'Estrange. We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings for our part of the club. --Pepys. {Club law}, government by violence; lynch law; anarchy. --Addison. {Club moss} (Bot.), an evergreen mosslike plant, much used in winter decoration. The best know species is {Lycopodium clavatum}, but other {Lycopodia} are often called by this name. The spores form a highly inflammable powder. {Club root} (Bot.), a disease of cabbages, by which the roots become distorted and the heads spoiled. {Club topsail} (Naut.), a kind of gaff topsail, used mostly by yachts having a fore-and-aft rig. It has a short [bd]club[b8] or [bd]jack yard[b8] to increase its spread. | |
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Rush \Rush\, n. [OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to LG. rusk, risch, D. & G. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of {Juncus} and {Scirpus}. Note: Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting mats, and the pith is used in some places for wicks to lamps and rushlights. 2. The merest trifle; a straw. John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush. --Arbuthnot. {Bog rush}. See under {Bog}. {Club rush}, any rush of the genus {Scirpus}. {Flowering rush}. See under {Flowering}. {Nut rush} (a) Any plant of the genus {Scleria}, rushlike plants with hard nutlike fruits. (b) A name for several species of {Cyperus} having tuberous roots. {Rush broom}, an Australian leguminous plant ({Viminaria denudata}), having long, slender branches. Also, the Spanish broom. See under {Spanish}. {Rush candle}, See under {Candle}. {Rush grass}, any grass of the genus {Vilfa}, grasses with wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets. {Rush toad} (Zo[94]l.), the natterjack. {Scouring rush}. (Bot.) Same as {Dutch rush}, under {Dutch.} {Spike rush}, any rushlike plant of the genus {Eleocharis}, in which the flowers grow in dense spikes. {Sweet rush}, a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc. ({Andropogon sch[d2]nanthus}), used in Oriental medical practice. {Wood rush}, any plant of the genus {Luzula}, which differs in some technical characters from {Juncus}. | |
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Clubber \Club"ber\, n. 1. One who clubs. 2. A member of a club. [R.] --Massinger. | |
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Clubroom \Club"room`\, n. The apartment in which a club meets. --Addison. | |
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Club-rush \Club"-rush`\, n. (Bot.) A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus {Scirpus}. See {Bulrush}. | |
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Syle \Syle\, n. [See {Sile} a young herring.] (Zo[94]l.) A young herring ({Clupea harengus}). [Also written {sile}.] But our folk call them syle, and nought but syle, And when they're grown, why then we call them herring. --J. Ingelow. | |
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Coal \Coal\, n. [AS. col; akin to D. kool, OHG. chol, cholo, G. kohle, Icel. kol, pl., Sw. kol, Dan. kul; cf. Skr. jval to burn. Cf. {Kiln}, {Collier}.] 1. A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal. 2. (Min.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter. Note: This word is often used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, coal-black; coal formation; coal scuttle; coal ship. etc. Note: In England the plural coals is used, for the broken mineral coal burned in grates, etc.; as, to put coals on the fire. In the United States the singular in a collective sense is the customary usage; as, a hod of coal. {Age of coal plants}. See {Age of Acrogens}, under {Acrogen}. {Anthracite} or {Glance coal}. See {Anthracite}. {Bituminous coal}. See under {Bituminous}. {Blind coal}. See under {Blind}. {Brown coal}, [or] {Lignite}. See {Lignite}. {Caking coal}, a bituminous coal, which softens and becomes pasty or semi-viscid when heated. On increasing the heat, the volatile products are driven off, and a coherent, grayish black, cellular mass of coke is left. {Cannel coal}, a very compact bituminous coal, of fine texture and dull luster. See {Cannel coal}. {Coal bed} (Geol.), a layer or stratum of mineral coal. {Coal breaker}, a structure including machines and machinery adapted for crushing, cleansing, and assorting coal. {Coal field} (Geol.), a region in which deposits of coal occur. Such regions have often a basinlike structure, and are hence called {coal basins}. See {Basin}. {Coal gas}, a variety of carbureted hydrogen, procured from bituminous coal, used in lighting streets, houses, etc., and for cooking and heating. {Coal heaver}, a man employed in carrying coal, and esp. in putting it in, and discharging it from, ships. {Coal measures}. (Geol.) (a) Strata of coal with the attendant rocks. (b) A subdivision of the carboniferous formation, between the millstone grit below and the Permian formation above, and including nearly all the workable coal beds of the world. {Coal oil}, a general name for mineral oils; petroleum. {Coal plant} (Geol.), one of the remains or impressions of plants found in the strata of the coal formation. {Coal tar}. See in the Vocabulary. {To haul over the coals}, to call to account; to scold or censure. [Colloq.] {Wood coal}. See {Lignite}. | |
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Coal \Coal\, n. [AS. col; akin to D. kool, OHG. chol, cholo, G. kohle, Icel. kol, pl., Sw. kol, Dan. kul; cf. Skr. jval to burn. Cf. {Kiln}, {Collier}.] 1. A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal. 2. (Min.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter. Note: This word is often used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, coal-black; coal formation; coal scuttle; coal ship. etc. Note: In England the plural coals is used, for the broken mineral coal burned in grates, etc.; as, to put coals on the fire. In the United States the singular in a collective sense is the customary usage; as, a hod of coal. {Age of coal plants}. See {Age of Acrogens}, under {Acrogen}. {Anthracite} or {Glance coal}. See {Anthracite}. {Bituminous coal}. See under {Bituminous}. {Blind coal}. See under {Blind}. {Brown coal}, [or] {Lignite}. See {Lignite}. {Caking coal}, a bituminous coal, which softens and becomes pasty or semi-viscid when heated. On increasing the heat, the volatile products are driven off, and a coherent, grayish black, cellular mass of coke is left. {Cannel coal}, a very compact bituminous coal, of fine texture and dull luster. See {Cannel coal}. {Coal bed} (Geol.), a layer or stratum of mineral coal. {Coal breaker}, a structure including machines and machinery adapted for crushing, cleansing, and assorting coal. {Coal field} (Geol.), a region in which deposits of coal occur. Such regions have often a basinlike structure, and are hence called {coal basins}. See {Basin}. {Coal gas}, a variety of carbureted hydrogen, procured from bituminous coal, used in lighting streets, houses, etc., and for cooking and heating. {Coal heaver}, a man employed in carrying coal, and esp. in putting it in, and discharging it from, ships. {Coal measures}. (Geol.) (a) Strata of coal with the attendant rocks. (b) A subdivision of the carboniferous formation, between the millstone grit below and the Permian formation above, and including nearly all the workable coal beds of the world. {Coal oil}, a general name for mineral oils; petroleum. {Coal plant} (Geol.), one of the remains or impressions of plants found in the strata of the coal formation. {Coal tar}. See in the Vocabulary. {To haul over the coals}, to call to account; to scold or censure. [Colloq.] {Wood coal}. See {Lignite}. | |
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Coal-whipper \Coal"-whip`per\, n. One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship. [Eng.] --Dickens. | |
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Colaborer \Co*la"bor*er\, n. One who labors with another; an associate in labor. | |
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Colbertine \Col"ber*tine\, n. [From Jean Baptiste Colbert, a minister of Louis XIV., who encouraged the lace manufacture in France.] A kind of lace. [Obs.] Pinners edged with colbertine. --Swift. Difference rose between Mechlin, the queen of lace, and colbertine. --Young. | |
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Coleperch \Cole"perch`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A kind of small black perch. | |
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{Naked bed}, a bed the occupant of which is naked, no night linen being worn in ancient times. --Shak. {Naked eye}, the eye alone, unaided by glasses, or by telescope, microscope, or the like. {Naked-eyed medusa}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Hydromedusa}. {Naked flooring} (Carp.), the timberwork which supports a floor. --Gwilt. {Naked mollusk} (Zo[94]l.), a nudibranch. {Naked wood} (Bot.), a large rhamnaceous tree ({Colibrina reclinata}) of Southern Florida and the West Indies, having a hard and heavy heartwood, which takes a fine polish. --C. S. Sargent. Syn: Nude; bare; denuded; uncovered; unclothed; exposed; unarmed; plain; defenseless. | |
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Collaboration \Col*lab`o*ra"tion\, n. The act of working together; united labor. | |
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Collaborator \Col*lab"o*ra`tor\, n. [L. collaborare to labor together; col- + laborare to labor: cf. F. collaborateur.] An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor. | |
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Collophore \Col"lo*phore\, n. [Gr. ko`lla glue + [?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola. (b) An adhesive marginal organ of the Lucernariae. | |
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Colportage \Col"por`tage\, n. [F.] The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs. | |
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Colporter \Col"por`ter\, n. Same as {Colporteur}. | |
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Colporteur \Col"por`teur\ (?; 277), n. [F. colporteur one who carries on his neck, fr. colporter to carry on one's neck; col (L. collum) neck + porter (L. portare) to carry.] A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books. | |
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Pilot \Pi"lot\, n. [F. pilote, prob. from D. peillood plummet, sounding lead; peilen, pegelen, to sound, measure (fr. D. & G. peil, pegel, a sort of measure, water mark) + lood lead, akin to E. lead. The pilot, then, is the lead man, i. e., he who throws the lead. See {Pail}, and {Lead} a metal.] 1. (Naut.) One employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman; a steersman. --Dryden. 2. Specifically, a person duly qualified, and licensed by authority, to conduct vessels into and out of a port, or in certain waters, for a fixed rate of fees. 3. Figuratively: A guide; a director of another through a difficult or unknown course. 4. An instrument for detecting the compass error. 5. The cowcatcher of a locomotive. [U.S.] {Pilot balloon}, a small balloon sent up in advance of a large one, to show the direction and force of the wind. {Pilot bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A bird found near the Caribbee Islands; -- so called because its presence indicates to mariners their approach to these islands. --Crabb. (b) The black-bellied plover. [Local, U.S.] {Pilot boat}, a strong, fast-sailing boat used to carry and receive pilots as they board and leave vessels. {Pilot bread}, ship biscuit. {Pilot cloth}, a coarse, stout kind of cloth for overcoats. {Pilot engine}, a locomotive going in advance of a train to make sure that the way is clear. {Pilot fish}. (Zo[94]l) (a) A pelagic carangoid fish ({Naucrates ductor}); -- so named because it is often seen in company with a shark, swimming near a ship, on account of which sailors imagine that it acts as a pilot to the shark. (b) The rudder fish ({Seriola zonata}). {Pilot jack}, a flag or signal hoisted by a vessel for a pilot. {Pilot jacket}, a pea jacket. {Pilot nut} (Bridge Building), a conical nut applied temporarily to the threaded end of a pin, to protect the thread and guide the pin when it is driven into a hole. --Waddell. {Pilot snake} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large North American snake ({Coluber obsoleus}). It is lustrous black, with white edges to some of the scales. Called also {mountain black snake}. (b) The pine snake. {Pilot whale}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Blackfish}, 1. | |
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Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE. grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See {Grow.}] 1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald. 2. Having a sickly color; wan. To look so green and pale. --Shak. 3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound. As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation. --Burke. 4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc. 5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.] We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L. Watts. 6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment. I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs. --Sir W. Scott. 7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc. --Shak. {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the United States; -- called also {cat brier}. {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock. {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally named {joe-rocker}. {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root crop, etc. {Green diallage}. (Min.) (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene. (b) Smaragdite. {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip; -- called also {dragon root}. {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}. {Green ebony}. (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing. (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}. {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate), to which the color of the flame is due. {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants. {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary. {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91]. {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.] {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in the West Indies and in South America, used for shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is the {Colubrina ferruginosa}. {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite. {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima}); -- called also {green sloke}. {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite. {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch. {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm. {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine. {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment. See {Greengill}. {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West Indies early in the last century, and has become very abundant there. {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides of platinum. {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made. {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a vessel's deck. {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis. {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are bright green in color. {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See {Turtle}. {Green vitriol}. (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc. (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate of iron}. {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not yet baked. {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}. | |
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Colubrine \Col"u*brine\, a. [L. colubrinus.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) like or related to snakes of the genus Coluber. 2. Like a snake; cunning; crafty. --Johnson. | |
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Culprit \Cul"prit\ (k[ucr]l"pr?t), n. [Prob. corrupted for culpate, fr. Law Latin culpatus the accused, p. p. of L. culpare to blame. See {Culpable}.] 1. One accused of, or arraigned for, a crime, as before a judge. An author is in the condition of a culprit; the public are his judges. --Prior. 2. One quilty of a fault; a criminal. | |
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Culver \Cul"ver\, n. [Abbrev. fr. {Culverin}.] A culverin. Falcon and culver on each tower Stood prompt their deadly hail to shower. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Culver \Cul"ver\ (k?"v?r), n. [AS. culfre, perh. fr. L. columba.] A dove. [bd]Culver in the falcon's fist.[b8] --Spenser. | |
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Culverhouse \Cul"ver*house`\ (-hous`), n. A dovecote. | |
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Culverin \Cul"ver*in\ (k?l"v?r-?n), n.[F. coulevrine, prop. fem. of couleuvrin like a serpent, fr. couleuvre adder, fr. L. coluber, colubra.] A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles. Trump, and drum, and roaring culverin. --Macaulay. | |
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Culverkey \Cul"ver*key`\ (-k?`), n. 1. A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree. --Wright. 2. An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill ({Scilla nutans}). [Obs.] A girl cropping culverkeys and cowslips to make garlands. --Walton. | |
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Culver's physic \Cul"ver's phys"ic\, or Culver's root \Cul"ver's root`\ [So called after a Dr. Culver, who used it.] (Bot.) The root of a handsome erect herb ({Leptandra, syn. Veronica, Virginica}) common in most moist woods of North America, used as an active cathartic and emetic; also, the plant itself. | |
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Culver's physic \Cul"ver's phys"ic\, or Culver's root \Cul"ver's root`\ [So called after a Dr. Culver, who used it.] (Bot.) The root of a handsome erect herb ({Leptandra, syn. Veronica, Virginica}) common in most moist woods of North America, used as an active cathartic and emetic; also, the plant itself. | |
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Culvert \Cul"vert\ (k?l"v?rt), n. [Prob. from OF. coulouere, F. couloir, channel, gutter, gallery, fr. couler to flow. See {Cullis}.] A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge. | |
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Culvertail \Cul"ver*tail`\ (k?l"v?r-t?l`), n. (Carp.) Dovetail. | |
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Culvertailed \Cul"ver*tailed`\ (-t?ld`), a. United or fastened by a dovetailed joint. | |
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Calaveras County, CA (county, FIPS 9) Location: 38.20754 N, 120.55179 W Population (1990): 31998 (19153 housing units) Area: 2642.3 sq km (land), 43.3 sq km (water) | |
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Calvert County, MD (county, FIPS 9) Location: 38.53128 N, 76.52850 W Population (1990): 51372 (18974 housing units) Area: 557.4 sq km (land), 336.5 sq km (water) | |
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Calverton, MD (CDP, FIPS 12350) Location: 39.05635 N, 76.94822 W Population (1990): 12046 (4481 housing units) Area: 12.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Calverton, NY (CDP, FIPS 11781) Location: 40.92391 N, 72.76189 W Population (1990): 4759 (2341 housing units) Area: 72.5 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 11933 | |
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Claiborne County, MS (county, FIPS 21) Location: 31.97254 N, 90.91431 W Population (1990): 11370 (4099 housing units) Area: 1260.9 sq km (land), 37.9 sq km (water) Claiborne County, TN (county, FIPS 25) Location: 36.48393 N, 83.66248 W Population (1990): 26137 (10711 housing units) Area: 1124.8 sq km (land), 18.8 sq km (water) | |
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Cleburne, TX (city, FIPS 15364) Location: 32.34925 N, 97.40634 W Population (1990): 22205 (9234 housing units) Area: 50.4 sq km (land), 6.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76031 | |
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Cleburne County, AL (county, FIPS 29) Location: 33.67087 N, 85.51739 W Population (1990): 12730 (5232 housing units) Area: 1450.9 sq km (land), 2.2 sq km (water) Cleburne County, AR (county, FIPS 23) Location: 35.54243 N, 92.02899 W Population (1990): 19411 (10802 housing units) Area: 1432.5 sq km (land), 100.7 sq km (water) | |
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Clifford, IN (town, FIPS 13582) Location: 39.28304 N, 85.86964 W Population (1990): 308 (115 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Clifford, KY Zip code(s): 41230 Clifford, MI (village, FIPS 16420) Location: 43.31426 N, 83.17882 W Population (1990): 354 (134 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48727 Clifford, ND (city, FIPS 14740) Location: 47.34827 N, 97.40929 W Population (1990): 51 (23 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58016 | |
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Clover, SC (town, FIPS 15355) Location: 35.11206 N, 81.22705 W Population (1990): 3422 (1414 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Clover, VA (town, FIPS 17632) Location: 36.83389 N, 78.73389 W Population (1990): 198 (100 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24534 | |
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Clover Hill, MD (CDP, FIPS 18100) Location: 39.45746 N, 77.42993 W Population (1990): 2823 (947 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Cloverdale, CA (city, FIPS 14190) Location: 38.79968 N, 123.01742 W Population (1990): 4924 (2033 housing units) Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95425 Cloverdale, IN (town, FIPS 13852) Location: 39.52127 N, 86.79872 W Population (1990): 1681 (690 housing units) Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46120 Cloverdale, OH (village, FIPS 16266) Location: 41.01962 N, 84.30418 W Population (1990): 270 (68 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45827 Cloverdale, OR Zip code(s): 97112 Cloverdale, VA (CDP, FIPS 17680) Location: 37.35696 N, 79.90685 W Population (1990): 1689 (739 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24077 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cloverleaf, TX (CDP, FIPS 15628) Location: 29.78735 N, 95.17280 W Population (1990): 18230 (6913 housing units) Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cloverly, MD (CDP, FIPS 18150) Location: 39.10285 N, 76.97658 W Population (1990): 7904 (2493 housing units) Area: 10.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cloverport, KY (city, FIPS 15904) Location: 37.83095 N, 86.62993 W Population (1990): 1207 (592 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40111 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Coal Fork, WV (CDP, FIPS 16612) Location: 38.31652 N, 81.52093 W Population (1990): 2100 (861 housing units) Area: 18.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Coalburg, AL Zip code(s): 35068 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Coalport, PA (borough, FIPS 14656) Location: 40.74846 N, 78.53213 W Population (1990): 578 (270 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16627 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Colbert, GA (city, FIPS 17552) Location: 34.03699 N, 83.21296 W Population (1990): 443 (199 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30628 Colbert, OK (town, FIPS 16050) Location: 33.85743 N, 96.50421 W Population (1990): 1043 (465 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74733 Colbert, WA Zip code(s): 99005 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Colbert County, AL (county, FIPS 33) Location: 34.70730 N, 87.79657 W Population (1990): 51666 (21812 housing units) Area: 1539.9 sq km (land), 75.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Colebrook, CT Zip code(s): 06021 Colebrook, NH Zip code(s): 03576 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Collbran, CO (town, FIPS 15605) Location: 39.23929 N, 107.95865 W Population (1990): 228 (122 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81624 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Colver, PA (CDP, FIPS 15416) Location: 40.54291 N, 78.78756 W Population (1990): 1024 (432 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15927 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Culberson County, TX (county, FIPS 109) Location: 31.44536 N, 104.52374 W Population (1990): 3407 (1286 housing units) Area: 9874.9 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Culbertson, MT (town, FIPS 18475) Location: 48.14728 N, 104.51540 W Population (1990): 796 (370 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59218 Culbertson, NE (village, FIPS 11615) Location: 40.22846 N, 100.83565 W Population (1990): 795 (372 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69024 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Culebra zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 22589) Location: 18.31322 N, 65.30567 W Population (1990): 1244 (498 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Culver, IN (town, FIPS 16300) Location: 41.21791 N, 86.42252 W Population (1990): 1404 (812 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Culver, KS (city, FIPS 16700) Location: 38.96831 N, 97.75931 W Population (1990): 162 (62 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67484 Culver, MN Zip code(s): 55727 Culver, OR (city, FIPS 17300) Location: 44.52494 N, 121.20928 W Population (1990): 570 (198 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97734 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Culver City, CA (city, FIPS 17568) Location: 34.00580 N, 118.39612 W Population (1990): 38793 (16943 housing units) Area: 13.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 90230, 90232 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Culver Military, IN Zip code(s): 46511 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
clobber vt. To overwrite, usually unintentionally: "I walked off the end of the array and clobbered the stack." Compare {mung}, {scribble}, {trash}, and {smash the stack}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
clover key n. [Mac users] See {feature key}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) {Home (http://coyote.csusm.edu/)}. (1994-12-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
call-by-reference An argument passing convention where the address of an argument variable is passed to a function or procedure, as opposed to where the value of the argument expression is passed. Execution of the function or procedure may have {side-effect}s on the actual argument as seen by the caller. The C language's "&" (address of) and "*" (dereference) operators allow the programmer to code explicit call-by-reference. Other languages provide special syntax to declare reference arguments (e.g. {ALGOL 60}). See also {call-by-name}, {call-by-value}, {call-by-value-result}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
clipboard information within a document being edited or between documents or between programs. The fundamental operations are "cut" which moves data from a document to the clipboard, "copy" which copies it to the clipboard, and "paste" which inserts the clipboard contents into the current document in place of the current selection. Different {Graphical User Interfaces} vary in how they handle the different types of data which a user might want to transfer via the clipboard, some (e.g. the {X Window System}) support only plain text, others (e.g. {NEXTSTEP}) support arbitrarily typed data. (1996-08-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Clipper 1. implements the {SkipJack} {algorithm}. The Clipper is manufactured by the US government to encrypt telephone data. It has the added feature that it can be decrypted by the US government, which has tried to make the chip compulsory in the United States. Phil Zimmerman (inventor of {PGP}) remarked, "This doesn't even pass the sniff test" (i.e. it stinks). {(http://www.wired.com/clipper/)}. {news:alt.privacy.clipper} 2. A compiled {dBASE} dialect from Nantucket Corp, LA. Versions: Winter 85, Spring 86, Autumn 86, Summer 87, 4.5 (Japanese Kanji), 5.0. (1995-03-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
clobber To overwrite, usually unintentionally: "I walked off the end of the array and clobbered the stack." Compare {mung}, {scribble}, {trash}, and {smash the stack}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Clover radio} or {AMTOR}. (1995-03-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
clover key {feature key} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CLP(R) Constraint Logic Programming (Real). A {constraint logic programming} language with {real} arithmetic {constraint}s developed by Joxan Jaffar {Monash University} in 1986. The implementation contains a {byte-code compiler} and a built-in constraint solver which deals with linear arithmetic and contains a mechanism for delaying {nonlinear} constraints until they become linear. Since CLP(R) is a superse of {PROLOG}, the system is also usable as a general-purpose {logic programming} language. There are also powerful facilities for {meta programming} with constraints. Significant CLP(R) applications have been published in diverse areas such as molecular biology, finance and physical modelling. Version 1.2 for {Unix}, {MS-DOS} and {OS/2} is available from the authors. It is free for academic and research purposes. E-mail: Roland Yap ["The CLP(R) Language and System", J. Jaffar et al, IBM RR RC16292 (#72336) (Nov 1990)]. (1992-10-14) | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
californium Symbol: Cf Atomic number: 98 Atomic weight: (249) Radioactive metallic transuranic element. Belongs to actinoid series. Cf-251 has a half life of about 700 years. Nine isotopes are known. Cf-252 is an intense {neutron} source, which makes it an intense {neutron} source and gives it a use in {neutron} activation analysis and a possible use as a radiation source in medicine. First produced by Glenn T. Seaborg and associates in 1950. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Calvary only in Luke 23:33, the Latin name Calvaria, which was used as a translation of the Greek word _Kranion_, by which the Hebrew word _Gulgoleth_ was interpreted, "the place of a skull." It probably took this name from its shape, being a hillock or low, rounded, bare elevation somewhat in the form of a human skull. It is nowhere in Scripture called a "hill." The crucifixion of our Lord took place outside the city walls (Heb. 13:11-13) and near the public thoroughfare. "This thing was not done in a corner." (See {GOLGOTHA}.) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Calvary, the place of a skull | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Clipperton Island (possession of France) Clipperton Island:Geography Location: Middle America, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, southwest of Mexico Map references: World Area: total area: 7 sq km land area: 7 sq km comparative area: about 12 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 11.1 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: claimed by Mexico Climate: tropical Terrain: coral atoll Natural resources: none Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0% other: 100% (all coral) Irrigated land: 0 sq km Environment: current issues: NA natural hazards: NA international agreements: NA Note: reef about 8 km in circumference Clipperton Island:People Population: uninhabited Clipperton Island:Government Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Clipperton Island local long form: none local short form: Ile Clipperton former: sometimes called Ile de la Passion Digraph: IP Type: French possession administered by France from French Polynesia by High Commissioner of the Republic Capital: none; administered by France from French Polynesia Independence: none (possession of France) Economy Overview: The only economic activity is a tuna fishing station. Clipperton Island:Transportation Ports: none; offshore anchorage only Clipperton Island:Defense Forces Note: defense is the responsibility of France |