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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crawfish \Craw"fish`\ (kr[add]"f[icr]sh`), Crayfish \Cray"fish`\ (kr[amac]"f[icr]sh`), n.; pl. {-fishes} or {-fish}. [Corrupted fr. OE. crevis, creves, OF. crevice, F. [82]crevisse, fr. OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See {Crab}. The ending -fish arose from confusion with E. fish.] (Zo[94]l.) Any crustacean of the family {Astacid[91]}, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus {Cambarus}. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is {Cambarus pellucidus}. The common European species is {Astacus fluviatilis}. | |
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Camber \Cam"ber\, n. [Of. cambre bent, curved; akin to F. cambrer to vault, to bend, fr. L. camerare to arch over, fr. camera vault, arch. See {Chamber}, and cf. {Camerate}.] 1. (Shipbuilding) An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck). 2. (Arch.) An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See {Hogback}. {Camber arch} (Arch.), an arch whose intrados, though apparently straight, has a slightly concave curve upward. {Camber beam} (Arch.), a beam whose under side has a concave curve upward. | |
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Camber \Cam"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cambered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cambering}.] To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve. | |
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Camber \Cam"ber\, v. i. To curve upward. | |
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Camber \Cam"ber\, n. [Of. cambre bent, curved; akin to F. cambrer to vault, to bend, fr. L. camerare to arch over, fr. camera vault, arch. See {Chamber}, and cf. {Camerate}.] 1. (Shipbuilding) An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck). 2. (Arch.) An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See {Hogback}. {Camber arch} (Arch.), an arch whose intrados, though apparently straight, has a slightly concave curve upward. {Camber beam} (Arch.), a beam whose under side has a concave curve upward. | |
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Camber \Cam"ber\, n. [Of. cambre bent, curved; akin to F. cambrer to vault, to bend, fr. L. camerare to arch over, fr. camera vault, arch. See {Chamber}, and cf. {Camerate}.] 1. (Shipbuilding) An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck). 2. (Arch.) An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See {Hogback}. {Camber arch} (Arch.), an arch whose intrados, though apparently straight, has a slightly concave curve upward. {Camber beam} (Arch.), a beam whose under side has a concave curve upward. | |
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Camber \Cam"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cambered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cambering}.] To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve. | |
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Camber \Cam"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cambered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cambering}.] To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve. | |
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Camberkeeled \Cam"ber*keeled\, a. (Naut.) Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship. | |
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Cambrasine \Cam"bra*sine\, n. A kind of linen cloth made in Egypt, and so named from its resemblance to cambric. | |
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Cambrel \Cam"brel\, n. See {Gambrel}, n., 2. --Wright. | |
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Cambria \Cam"bri*a\, n. The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets. | |
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Primordial \Pri*mor"di*al\, a. [L. primordialis, from primordium the first beginning; primus first + ordiri to begin a web, to begin: cf. F. primordial.] 1. First in order; primary; original; of earliest origin; as, primordial condition. [bd]The primordial facts of our intelligent nature.[b8] --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest beds of the Silurian age, corresponding to the Acadian and Potsdam periods in American geology. It is called also {Cambrian}, and by many geologists is separated from the Silurian. 3. (Biol.) Originally or earliest formed in the growth of an individual or organ; as, a primordial leaf; a primordial cell. {Primordial utricle} (Bot.), the interior lining of a young vegetable cell. | |
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Cambrian \Cam"bri*an\, n. 1. A native of Cambria or Wales. 2. (Geol.) The Cambrian formation. | |
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Cambrian \Cam"bri*an\, a. 1. (Geog.) Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales. 2. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under {Geology}. | |
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Cambric \Cam"bric\, n. [OE. camerike, fr. Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of Flanders), where it was first made.] 1. A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen. He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; . . . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. --Shak. 2. A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called {cotton cambric}, and {cambric muslin}. | |
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Cambric \Cam"bric\, n. [OE. camerike, fr. Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of Flanders), where it was first made.] 1. A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen. He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; . . . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. --Shak. 2. A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called {cotton cambric}, and {cambric muslin}. | |
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Sewen \Sew"en\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A British trout usually regarded as a variety (var. {Cambricus}) of the salmon trout. | |
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Cambro-Briton \Cam"bro-Brit"on\, n. A Welshman. | |
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Camper \Camp"er\, n. One who lodges temporarily in a hut or camp. | |
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Camphire \Cam"phire\, n. An old spelling of {Camphor}. | |
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Camphor \Cam"phor\, v. t. To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate. [R.] --Tatler. | |
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Camphor \Cam"phor\, n. [OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It. camfara, Sp. camfara, alcanfor, LL. camfora, camphara, NGr. [?]), fr. Ar. k[be]f[d4]r, prob. fr. Skr. karp[d4]ra.] 1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the {Laurus} family, esp. from {Cinnamomum camphara} (the {Laurus camphara} of Linn[91]us.). Camphor, {C10H16O}, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative. 2. A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree ({Dryobalanops camphora}) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also {Malay camphor}, {camphor of Borneo}, or {borneol}. See {Borneol}. Note: The name camphor is also applied to a number of bodies of similar appearance and properties, as {cedar camphor}, obtained from the red or pencil cedar ({Juniperus Virginiana}), and {peppermint camphor}, or {menthol}, obtained from the oil of peppermint. {Camphor oil} (Chem.), name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree. {Camphor tree}, a large evergreen tree ({Cinnamomum Camphora}) with lax, smooth branches and shining triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China, but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood and subliming the product. | |
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Asarone \As"a*rone\, n. [L. asarum hazelwort, wild spikenard, Gr. 'a`saron] (Chem.) A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the {Asarum Europ[91]um}; -- called also {camphor of asarum}. | |
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Camphor \Cam"phor\, n. [OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It. camfara, Sp. camfara, alcanfor, LL. camfora, camphara, NGr. [?]), fr. Ar. k[be]f[d4]r, prob. fr. Skr. karp[d4]ra.] 1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the {Laurus} family, esp. from {Cinnamomum camphara} (the {Laurus camphara} of Linn[91]us.). Camphor, {C10H16O}, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative. 2. A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree ({Dryobalanops camphora}) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also {Malay camphor}, {camphor of Borneo}, or {borneol}. See {Borneol}. Note: The name camphor is also applied to a number of bodies of similar appearance and properties, as {cedar camphor}, obtained from the red or pencil cedar ({Juniperus Virginiana}), and {peppermint camphor}, or {menthol}, obtained from the oil of peppermint. {Camphor oil} (Chem.), name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree. {Camphor tree}, a large evergreen tree ({Cinnamomum Camphora}) with lax, smooth branches and shining triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China, but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood and subliming the product. | |
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Camphor \Cam"phor\, n. [OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It. camfara, Sp. camfara, alcanfor, LL. camfora, camphara, NGr. [?]), fr. Ar. k[be]f[d4]r, prob. fr. Skr. karp[d4]ra.] 1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the {Laurus} family, esp. from {Cinnamomum camphara} (the {Laurus camphara} of Linn[91]us.). Camphor, {C10H16O}, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative. 2. A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree ({Dryobalanops camphora}) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also {Malay camphor}, {camphor of Borneo}, or {borneol}. See {Borneol}. Note: The name camphor is also applied to a number of bodies of similar appearance and properties, as {cedar camphor}, obtained from the red or pencil cedar ({Juniperus Virginiana}), and {peppermint camphor}, or {menthol}, obtained from the oil of peppermint. {Camphor oil} (Chem.), name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree. {Camphor tree}, a large evergreen tree ({Cinnamomum Camphora}) with lax, smooth branches and shining triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China, but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood and subliming the product. | |
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Camphor \Cam"phor\, n. [OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It. camfara, Sp. camfara, alcanfor, LL. camfora, camphara, NGr. [?]), fr. Ar. k[be]f[d4]r, prob. fr. Skr. karp[d4]ra.] 1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the {Laurus} family, esp. from {Cinnamomum camphara} (the {Laurus camphara} of Linn[91]us.). Camphor, {C10H16O}, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative. 2. A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree ({Dryobalanops camphora}) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also {Malay camphor}, {camphor of Borneo}, or {borneol}. See {Borneol}. Note: The name camphor is also applied to a number of bodies of similar appearance and properties, as {cedar camphor}, obtained from the red or pencil cedar ({Juniperus Virginiana}), and {peppermint camphor}, or {menthol}, obtained from the oil of peppermint. {Camphor oil} (Chem.), name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree. {Camphor tree}, a large evergreen tree ({Cinnamomum Camphora}) with lax, smooth branches and shining triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China, but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood and subliming the product. | |
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Camphoraceous \Cam`pho*ra"ceous\, a. Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor. --Dunglison. | |
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Camphorate \Cam"phor*ate\, v. t. To impregnate or treat with camphor. | |
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Camphorate \Cam"phor*ate\, n. [Cf. F. camphorate.] (Chem.) A salt of camphoric acid. | |
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Camphorate \Cam"phor*ate\, Camporated \Cam"por*a`ted\, Combined or impregnated with camphor. {Camphorated oil}, an oleaginous preparation containing camphor, much used as an embrocation. | |
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Camphorate \Cam"phor*ate\, Camporated \Cam"por*a`ted\, Combined or impregnated with camphor. {Camphorated oil}, an oleaginous preparation containing camphor, much used as an embrocation. | |
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Camphoric \Cam*phor"ic\, a. [Cf. F. camphorique.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, camphor. {Camphoric acid}, a white crystallizable substance, {C10H16O4}, obtained from the oxidation of camphor. Note: Other acid of camphor are campholic acid, {C10H18O2}, and camphoronic acid, {C9H12O5}, white crystallizable substances. | |
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Camphoric \Cam*phor"ic\, a. [Cf. F. camphorique.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, camphor. {Camphoric acid}, a white crystallizable substance, {C10H16O4}, obtained from the oxidation of camphor. Note: Other acid of camphor are campholic acid, {C10H18O2}, and camphoronic acid, {C9H12O5}, white crystallizable substances. | |
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Camphretic \Cam*phret"ic\, a. [rom {Camphor}.] Pertaining to, or derived from camphor. [R.] | |
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Camphorate \Cam"phor*ate\, Camporated \Cam"por*a`ted\, Combined or impregnated with camphor. {Camphorated oil}, an oleaginous preparation containing camphor, much used as an embrocation. | |
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Cane \Cane\, n. [OE. cane, canne, OF. cane, F. canne, L. canna, fr. Gr. [?], [?]; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. q[be]neh reed. Cf. {Canister}, {canon}, 1st {Cannon}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of {Calamus} and {D[91]manorops}, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans. (b) Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane. (c) Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry. Like light canes, that first rise big and brave. --B. Jonson. Note: In the Southern United States {great cane} is the {Arundinaria macrosperma}, and {small cane} is. {A. tecta}. 2. A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane. Stir the fire with your master's cane. --Swift. 3. A lance or dart made of cane. [R.] Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign The flying skirmish of the darted cane. --Dryden. 4. A local European measure of length. See {Canna}. {Cane borer} (Zo[94].), A beetle {(Oberea bimaculata)} which, in the larval state, bores into pith and destroy the canes or stalks of the raspberry, blackberry, etc. {Cane mill}, a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the manufacture of sugar. {Cane trash}, the crushed stalks and other refuse of sugar cane, used for fuel, etc. | |
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Brake \Brake\, n. [OE. brake fern; cf. AS. bracce fern, LG. brake willow bush, Da. bregne fern, G. brach fallow; prob. orig. the growth on rough, broken ground, fr. the root of E. break. See {Break}, v. t., cf. {Bracken}, and 2d {Brake}, n.] 1. (Bot.) A fern of the genus {Pteris}, esp. the {P. aquilina}, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern. 2. A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes. Rounds rising hillocks, brakes obscure and rough, To shelter thee from tempest and from rain. --Shak. He stayed not for brake, and he stopped not for stone. --Sir W. Scott. {Cane brake}, a thicket of canes. See {Canebrake}. | |
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Canebrake \Cane"brake\, n. A thicket of canes. --Ellicott. | |
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Goggle-eye \Gog"gle-eye`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of two or more species of American fresh-water fishes of the family {Centrarchid[91]}, esp. {Ch[91]nobryttus antistius}, of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters, and {Ambloplites rupestris}, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi Valley; -- so called from their prominent eyes. (b) The goggler. | |
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Warmouth \War"mouth\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American freshwater bream, or sunfish ({Ch[91]nobryttus gulosus}); -- called also {red-eyed bream}. | |
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Chain \Chain\, n. [F. cha[8c]ne, fr. L. catena. Cf. {Catenate}.] 1. A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc. [They] put a chain of gold about his neck. --Dan. v. 29. 2. That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit. Driven down To chains of darkness and the undying worm. --Milton. 3. A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas. 4. (Surv.) An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land. Note: One commonly in use is Gunter's chain, which consists of one hundred links, each link being seven inches and ninety-two one hundredths in length; making up the total length of rods, or sixty-six, feet; hence, a measure of that length; hence, also, a unit for land measure equal to four rods square, or one tenth of an acre. 5. pl. (Naut.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels. 6. (Weaving) The warp threads of a web. --Knight. {Chain belt} (Mach.), a belt made of a chain; -- used for transmitting power. {Chain boat}, a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables, anchors, etc. {Chain bolt} (a) (Naut.) The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate, which fastens it to the vessel's side. (b) A bolt with a chain attached for drawing it out of position. {Chain bond}. See {Chain timber}. {Chain bridge}, a bridge supported by chain cables; a suspension bridge. {Chain cable}, a cable made of iron links. {Chain coral} (Zo[94]l.), a fossil coral of the genus {Halysites}, common in the middle and upper Silurian rocks. The tubular corallites are united side by side in groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When perfect, the calicles show twelve septa. {Chain coupling}. (a) A shackle for uniting lengths of chain, or connecting a chain with an object. (b) (Railroad) Supplementary coupling together of cars with a chain. {Chain gang}, a gang of convicts chained together. {Chain hook} (Naut.), a hook, used for dragging cables about the deck. {Chain mail}, flexible, defensive armor of hammered metal links wrought into the form of a garment. {Chain molding} (Arch.), a form of molding in imitation of a chain, used in the Normal style. {Chain pier}, a pier suspended by chain. {Chain pipe} (Naut.), an opening in the deck, lined with iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers or tiers. {Chain plate} (Shipbuilding), one of the iron plates or bands, on a vessel's side, to which the standing rigging is fastened. {Chain pulley}, a pulley with depressions in the periphery of its wheel, or projections from it, made to fit the links of a chain. {Chain pumps}. See in the Vocabulary. {Chain rule} (Arith.), a theorem for solving numerical problems by composition of ratios, or compound proportion, by which, when several ratios of equality are given, the consequent of each being the same as the antecedent of the next, the relation between the first antecedent and the last consequent is discovered. {Chain shot} (Mil.), two cannon balls united by a shot chain, formerly used in naval warfare on account of their destructive effect on a ship's rigging. {Chain stitch}. See in the Vocabulary. {Chain timber}. (Arch.) See {Bond timber}, under {Bond}. {Chain wales}. (Naut.) Same as {Channels}. {Chain wheel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Closed chain}, {Open chain} (Chem.), terms applied to the chemical structure of compounds whose rational formul[91] are written respectively in the form of a closed ring (see {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}), or in an open extended form. {Endless chain}, a chain whose ends have been united by a link. | |
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Chain \Chain\, n. [F. cha[8c]ne, fr. L. catena. Cf. {Catenate}.] 1. A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc. [They] put a chain of gold about his neck. --Dan. v. 29. 2. That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit. Driven down To chains of darkness and the undying worm. --Milton. 3. A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas. 4. (Surv.) An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land. Note: One commonly in use is Gunter's chain, which consists of one hundred links, each link being seven inches and ninety-two one hundredths in length; making up the total length of rods, or sixty-six, feet; hence, a measure of that length; hence, also, a unit for land measure equal to four rods square, or one tenth of an acre. 5. pl. (Naut.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels. 6. (Weaving) The warp threads of a web. --Knight. {Chain belt} (Mach.), a belt made of a chain; -- used for transmitting power. {Chain boat}, a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables, anchors, etc. {Chain bolt} (a) (Naut.) The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate, which fastens it to the vessel's side. (b) A bolt with a chain attached for drawing it out of position. {Chain bond}. See {Chain timber}. {Chain bridge}, a bridge supported by chain cables; a suspension bridge. {Chain cable}, a cable made of iron links. {Chain coral} (Zo[94]l.), a fossil coral of the genus {Halysites}, common in the middle and upper Silurian rocks. The tubular corallites are united side by side in groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When perfect, the calicles show twelve septa. {Chain coupling}. (a) A shackle for uniting lengths of chain, or connecting a chain with an object. (b) (Railroad) Supplementary coupling together of cars with a chain. {Chain gang}, a gang of convicts chained together. {Chain hook} (Naut.), a hook, used for dragging cables about the deck. {Chain mail}, flexible, defensive armor of hammered metal links wrought into the form of a garment. {Chain molding} (Arch.), a form of molding in imitation of a chain, used in the Normal style. {Chain pier}, a pier suspended by chain. {Chain pipe} (Naut.), an opening in the deck, lined with iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers or tiers. {Chain plate} (Shipbuilding), one of the iron plates or bands, on a vessel's side, to which the standing rigging is fastened. {Chain pulley}, a pulley with depressions in the periphery of its wheel, or projections from it, made to fit the links of a chain. {Chain pumps}. See in the Vocabulary. {Chain rule} (Arith.), a theorem for solving numerical problems by composition of ratios, or compound proportion, by which, when several ratios of equality are given, the consequent of each being the same as the antecedent of the next, the relation between the first antecedent and the last consequent is discovered. {Chain shot} (Mil.), two cannon balls united by a shot chain, formerly used in naval warfare on account of their destructive effect on a ship's rigging. {Chain stitch}. See in the Vocabulary. {Chain timber}. (Arch.) See {Bond timber}, under {Bond}. {Chain wales}. (Naut.) Same as {Channels}. {Chain wheel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Closed chain}, {Open chain} (Chem.), terms applied to the chemical structure of compounds whose rational formul[91] are written respectively in the form of a closed ring (see {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}), or in an open extended form. {Endless chain}, a chain whose ends have been united by a link. | |
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Chamber \Cham"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chambered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chambering}.] 1. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers. 2. To be lascivious. [Obs.] | |
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Chamber \Cham"ber\, v. t. 1. To shut up, as in a chamber. --Shak. 2. To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun. | |
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Chamber \Cham"ber\, n. [F. chambre, fr. L. camera vault, arched roof, in LL. chamber, fr. Gr. [?] anything with a vaulted roof or arched covering; cf. Skr. kmar to be crooked. Cf. {Camber}, {Camera}, {Comrade}.] 1. A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers. | |
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2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. [bd]A bachelor's life in chambers.[b8] --Thackeray. 3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. 4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. 5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye. 6. pl. (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court. 7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.] 8. (Mil.) (a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. (c) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. {Air chamber}. See {Air chamber}, in the Vocabulary. {Chamber of commerce}, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city. {Chamber council}, a secret council. --Shak. {Chamber} {counsel [or] counselor}, a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court. {Chamber fellow}, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum. {Chamber hangings}, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. {Chamber lye}, urine. --Shak. {Chamber music}, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church. {Chamber practice} (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court. {To sit at chambers}, to do business in chambers, as a judge. | |
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2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. [bd]A bachelor's life in chambers.[b8] --Thackeray. 3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. 4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. 5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye. 6. pl. (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court. 7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.] 8. (Mil.) (a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. (c) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. {Air chamber}. See {Air chamber}, in the Vocabulary. {Chamber of commerce}, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city. {Chamber council}, a secret council. --Shak. {Chamber} {counsel [or] counselor}, a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court. {Chamber fellow}, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum. {Chamber hangings}, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. {Chamber lye}, urine. --Shak. {Chamber music}, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church. {Chamber practice} (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court. {To sit at chambers}, to do business in chambers, as a judge. | |
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2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. [bd]A bachelor's life in chambers.[b8] --Thackeray. 3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. 4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. 5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye. 6. pl. (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court. 7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.] 8. (Mil.) (a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. (c) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. {Air chamber}. See {Air chamber}, in the Vocabulary. {Chamber of commerce}, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city. {Chamber council}, a secret council. --Shak. {Chamber} {counsel [or] counselor}, a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court. {Chamber fellow}, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum. {Chamber hangings}, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. {Chamber lye}, urine. --Shak. {Chamber music}, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church. {Chamber practice} (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court. {To sit at chambers}, to do business in chambers, as a judge. | |
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2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. [bd]A bachelor's life in chambers.[b8] --Thackeray. 3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. 4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. 5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye. 6. pl. (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court. 7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.] 8. (Mil.) (a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. (c) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. {Air chamber}. See {Air chamber}, in the Vocabulary. {Chamber of commerce}, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city. {Chamber council}, a secret council. --Shak. {Chamber} {counsel [or] counselor}, a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court. {Chamber fellow}, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum. {Chamber hangings}, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. {Chamber lye}, urine. --Shak. {Chamber music}, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church. {Chamber practice} (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court. {To sit at chambers}, to do business in chambers, as a judge. | |
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2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. [bd]A bachelor's life in chambers.[b8] --Thackeray. 3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. 4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. 5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye. 6. pl. (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court. 7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.] 8. (Mil.) (a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. (c) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. {Air chamber}. See {Air chamber}, in the Vocabulary. {Chamber of commerce}, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city. {Chamber council}, a secret council. --Shak. {Chamber} {counsel [or] counselor}, a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court. {Chamber fellow}, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum. {Chamber hangings}, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. {Chamber lye}, urine. --Shak. {Chamber music}, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church. {Chamber practice} (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court. {To sit at chambers}, to do business in chambers, as a judge. | |
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2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. [bd]A bachelor's life in chambers.[b8] --Thackeray. 3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. 4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. 5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye. 6. pl. (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court. 7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.] 8. (Mil.) (a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. (c) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. {Air chamber}. See {Air chamber}, in the Vocabulary. {Chamber of commerce}, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city. {Chamber council}, a secret council. --Shak. {Chamber} {counsel [or] counselor}, a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court. {Chamber fellow}, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum. {Chamber hangings}, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. {Chamber lye}, urine. --Shak. {Chamber music}, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church. {Chamber practice} (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court. {To sit at chambers}, to do business in chambers, as a judge. | |
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2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. [bd]A bachelor's life in chambers.[b8] --Thackeray. 3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. 4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. 5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye. 6. pl. (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court. 7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.] 8. (Mil.) (a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. (c) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. {Air chamber}. See {Air chamber}, in the Vocabulary. {Chamber of commerce}, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city. {Chamber council}, a secret council. --Shak. {Chamber} {counsel [or] counselor}, a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court. {Chamber fellow}, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum. {Chamber hangings}, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. {Chamber lye}, urine. --Shak. {Chamber music}, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church. {Chamber practice} (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court. {To sit at chambers}, to do business in chambers, as a judge. | |
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Commerce \Com"merce\, n. Note: (Formerly accented on the second syllable.) [F. commerce, L. commercium; com- + merx, mercis, merchandise. See {Merchant}.] 1. The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic. The public becomes powerful in proportion to the opulence and extensive commerce of private men. --Hume. 2. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity. Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser. --Macaulay. 3. Sexual intercourse. --W. Montagu. 4. A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade. --Hoyle. {Chamber of commerce}. See {Chamber}. Syn: Trade; traffic; dealings; intercourse; interchange; communion; communication. | |
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Deputy \Dep"u*ty\, n.; pl. {Deputies}. [F. d[82]put[82], fr. LL. deputatus. See {Depute}.] 1. One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc. There was then [in the days of Jehoshaphat] no king in Edom; a deputy was king. --1 Kings xxii. 47. God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight. --Shak. Note: Deputy is used in combination with the names of various executive officers, to denote an assistant empowered to act in their name; as, deputy collector, deputy marshal, deputy sheriff. 2. A member of the Chamber of Deputies. [France] {Chamber of Deputies}, one of the two branches of the French legislative assembly; -- formerly called {Corps L[82]gislatif}. Its members, called deputies, are elected by the people voting in districts. Syn: Substitute; representative; legate; delegate; envoy; agent; factor. | |
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Parament \Par"a*ment\, n. [Sp. paramento, from parar to prepare, L. parare.] Ornamental hangings, furniture, etc., as of a state apartment; rich and elegant robes worn by men of rank; -- chiefly in the plural. [Obs.] Lords in paraments on their coursers. --Chaucer. {Chamber of paraments}, presence chamber of a monarch. | |
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2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. [bd]A bachelor's life in chambers.[b8] --Thackeray. 3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. 4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. 5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye. 6. pl. (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court. 7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.] 8. (Mil.) (a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. (c) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. {Air chamber}. See {Air chamber}, in the Vocabulary. {Chamber of commerce}, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city. {Chamber council}, a secret council. --Shak. {Chamber} {counsel [or] counselor}, a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court. {Chamber fellow}, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum. {Chamber hangings}, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. {Chamber lye}, urine. --Shak. {Chamber music}, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church. {Chamber practice} (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court. {To sit at chambers}, to do business in chambers, as a judge. | |
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Chamber \Cham"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chambered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chambering}.] 1. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers. 2. To be lascivious. [Obs.] | |
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Chambered \Cham"bered\, a. Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun. | |
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Chamberer \Cham"ber*er\, n. 1. One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. A civilian; a carpetmonger. [Obs.] | |
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Chamber \Cham"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chambered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chambering}.] 1. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers. 2. To be lascivious. [Obs.] | |
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Chambering \Cham"ber*ing\, n. Lewdness. [Obs.] --Rom. xiii. 13. | |
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Chamberlain \Cham"ber*lain\, n. [OF. chamberlain, chambrelencF. chambellon, OHG. chamerling, chamarlinc, G. k[84]mmerling, kammer chamber (fr. L. camera) + -ling. See {Chamber}, and {-ling}.] [Formerly written {chamberlin}.] 1. An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers. 2. An upper servant of an inn. [Obs.] 3. An officer having the direction and management of the private chambers of a nobleman or monarch; hence, in Europe, one of the high officers of a court. 4. A treasurer or receiver of public money; as, the chamberlain of London, of North Wales, etc. {The lord chamberlain of England}, an officer of the crown, who waits upon the sovereign on the day of coronation, and provides requisites for the palace of Westminster, and for the House of Lords during the session of Parliament. Under him are the gentleman of the black rod and other officers. His office is distinct from that of the lord chamberlain of the Household, whose functions relate to the royal housekeeping. | |
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Chamberlainship \Cham"ber*lain*ship\, n. Office of a chamberlain. | |
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Chamberlain \Cham"ber*lain\, n. [OF. chamberlain, chambrelencF. chambellon, OHG. chamerling, chamarlinc, G. k[84]mmerling, kammer chamber (fr. L. camera) + -ling. See {Chamber}, and {-ling}.] [Formerly written {chamberlin}.] 1. An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers. 2. An upper servant of an inn. [Obs.] 3. An officer having the direction and management of the private chambers of a nobleman or monarch; hence, in Europe, one of the high officers of a court. 4. A treasurer or receiver of public money; as, the chamberlain of London, of North Wales, etc. {The lord chamberlain of England}, an officer of the crown, who waits upon the sovereign on the day of coronation, and provides requisites for the palace of Westminster, and for the House of Lords during the session of Parliament. Under him are the gentleman of the black rod and other officers. His office is distinct from that of the lord chamberlain of the Household, whose functions relate to the royal housekeeping. | |
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Chambermaid \Cham"ber*maid`\, n. 1. A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc. 2. A lady's maid. [Obs.] --Johnson. | |
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Chambray \Cham"bray\, n. [From Cambrai, France. Cf. {Cambric}.] A gingham woven in plain colors with linen finish. | |
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Chambrel \Cham"brel\, n. Same as {Gambrel}. | |
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Chamfer \Cham"fer\, n. [See {Chamfron}.] The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc. | |
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Chamfer \Cham"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chamfered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chamfering}. ] 1. (Carp.) To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute. 2. To make a chamfer on. | |
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Chamfer \Cham"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chamfered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chamfering}. ] 1. (Carp.) To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute. 2. To make a chamfer on. | |
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Chamfer \Cham"fer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chamfered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chamfering}. ] 1. (Carp.) To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute. 2. To make a chamfer on. | |
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Chamfron \Cham"fron\, n. [F. chanfrein.] (Anc. Armor) The frontlet, or head armor, of a horse. [Written also {champfrain} and {chamfrain}.] | |
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Chamfret \Cham"fret\, n. [See {Chamfron}.] 1. (Carp.) A small gutter; a furrow; a groove. 2. A chamfer. | |
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Chamfron \Cham"fron\, n. [F. chanfrein.] (Anc. Armor) The frontlet, or head armor, of a horse. [Written also {champfrain} and {chamfrain}.] | |
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Champer \Champ"er\, n. One who champs, or bites. | |
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Champertor \Cham"per*tor\, n. [F. champarteur a divider of fields or field rent. See {Champerty}.] (Law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain. | |
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Champerty \Cham"per*ty\, n. [F. champart field rent, L. campipars; champ (L. campus) field + part (L. pars) share.] 1. Partnership in power; equal share of authority. [Obs.] Beaut[82] ne sleighte, strengthe ne hardyness, Ne may with Venus holde champartye. --Chaucer. 2. (Law) The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See {Maintenance}. Note: By many authorities champerty is defined as an agreement of this nature. From early times the offence of champerty has been forbidden and punishable. | |
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Chamfron \Cham"fron\, n. [F. chanfrein.] (Anc. Armor) The frontlet, or head armor, of a horse. [Written also {champfrain} and {chamfrain}.] | |
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Chanfrin \Chan"frin\, n. [F. chanfrein. Cf. {Chamfron}.] The fore part of a horse's head. | |
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Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r, snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix, nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G. schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows, Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or sticky. [root]172.] 1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms. Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad, snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed, snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding, snow-wrought, and the like. 2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes. The field of snow with eagle of black therein. --Chaucer. {Red snow}. See under {Red}. {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1. {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant. {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow in vast numbers. {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow. {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree. {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow in great numbers. {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter. {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C. c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper part of the neck white. Called also {white head}, {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}. {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce. {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the equator, 16,000 feet. {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis}) which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains. {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow chukor}. {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}. {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota}) native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black. {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots up. | |
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Chimney \Chim"ney\, n.; pl. {Chimneys}. [F. chemin[82]e, LL. caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr. [?] furnace, oven.] 1. A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft. Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. --Milton. 3. A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion. 4. (Min.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein. --Raymond. {Chimney board}, a board or screen used to close a fireplace; a fireboard. {Chimney cap}, a device to improve the draught of a chimney, by presenting an exit aperture always to leeward. {Chimney corner}, the space between the sides of the fireplace and the fire; hence, the fireside. {Chimney hook}, a hook for holding pats and kettles over a fire, {Chimney money}, hearth money, a duty formerly paid in England for each chimney. {Chimney pot} (Arch.), a cylinder of earthenware or sheet metal placed at the top of a chimney which rises above the roof. {Chimney swallow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American swift ({Ch[91]ture pelasgica}) which lives in chimneys. (b) In England, the common swallow ({Hirundo rustica}). {Chimney sweep}, {Chimney sweeper}, one who cleans chimneys of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off the soot. | |
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Chimney-breast \Chim"ney-breast`\, n. (Arch.) The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only. | |
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Bull brier \Bull" bri`er\ (Bot.) A species of Smilax ({S. Pseudo-China}) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous rootstocks, formerly used by the Indians for a sort of bread, and by the negroes as an ingredient in making beer; -- called also {bamboo brier} and {China brier}. | |
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Chymiferous \Chy*mif"er*ous\, a. [Chyme + -ferous.] (Physiol.) Bearing or containing chyme. | |
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Cimbrian \Cim"bri*an\, a. Of or pertaining to the Cimbri. -- n. One of the Cimbri. See {Cimbric}. | |
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Cimbric \Cim"bric\, a. Pertaining to the Cimbri, an ancient tribe inhabiting Northern Germany. -- n. The language of the Cimbri. | |
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Cinnabar \Cin"na*bar\, n. [L. cinnabaris, Gr. [?]; prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Per. qinb[be]r, Hind. shangarf.] 1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine. 2. The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion. {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. [L. Graecorum, gen. pl., of the Greeks.] (Med.) Same as {Dragon's blood}. {Green cinnabar}, a green pigment consisting of the oxides of cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire. {Hepatic cinnabar} (Min.), an impure cinnabar of a liver-brown color and submetallic luster. | |
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Dragon \Drag"on\, n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. [?], [?], to look (akin to Skr. dar[?] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt. Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan. Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2. 2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco. 4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent. 5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon. 8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. {Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[91]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below). {Dragon fish} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Dragon fly} (Zo[94]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[91]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[91] are aquatic and insectivorous. {Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}); green dragon. {Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {C. Rotang} and {C. Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[91]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. {Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol [?]. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit. {Dragon shell} (Zo[94]l.), a species of limpet. {Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth. {Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol [?]. See {Dragon's head} (above). {Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({A. dracunculus}). {Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[91]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[91]na}. {Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. [bd]Dragon water may do good upon him.[b8] --Randolph (1640). {Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide. | |
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Cinnabar \Cin"na*bar\, n. [L. cinnabaris, Gr. [?]; prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Per. qinb[be]r, Hind. shangarf.] 1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine. 2. The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion. {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. [L. Graecorum, gen. pl., of the Greeks.] (Med.) Same as {Dragon's blood}. {Green cinnabar}, a green pigment consisting of the oxides of cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire. {Hepatic cinnabar} (Min.), an impure cinnabar of a liver-brown color and submetallic luster. | |
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Cinnabarine \Cin"na*ba*rine\, a. [Cf. F. cinabarin.] Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand. | |
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Brompicrin \Brom*pi"crin\, n. [G. brompikrin; brom bromine + pikrins[84]ure picric acid.] (Chem.) A pungent colorless explosive liquid, {CNO2Br3}, analogous to and resembling chlorpicrin. [Spelt also {brompikrin}.] | |
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d8Breccia \[d8]Brec"cia\, n. [It., breach, pebble, fragments of stone, fr. F. br[8a]che; of German origin. See {Breach}.] (Geol.) A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors. {Bone breccia}, a breccia containing bones, usually fragmentary. {Coin breccia}, a breccia containing coins. | |
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d8Coma \[d8]Co"ma\, n. [L., hair, fr. Gr. ko`mh.] 1. (Astron.) The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet. 2. (Bot.) A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds. {Coma Berenices}[L.] (Astron.), a small constellation north of Virgo; -- called also {Berenice's Hair}. | |
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Combbroach \Comb"broach`\, n. A tooth of a wool comb. [Written also {combrouch}.] | |
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Comber \Comb"er\, n. 1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc. 2. A long, curling wave. | |
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Comber \Com"ber\, v. t. To cumber. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Comber \Com"ber\, n. Encumbrance. [Obs.] | |
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Comber \Com"ber\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Cumber \Cum"ber\ (k?m"b?r), n. [Cf. encombre hindrance, impediment. See Cuber,v.] Trouble; embarrassment; distress. [Obs.] [Written also {comber}.] A place of much distraction and cumber. -- Sir H. Wotton. Sage counsel in cumber. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Comber \Comb"er\, n. 1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc. 2. A long, curling wave. | |
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Comber \Com"ber\, v. t. To cumber. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Comber \Com"ber\, n. Encumbrance. [Obs.] | |
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Comber \Com"ber\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Cumber \Cum"ber\ (k?m"b?r), n. [Cf. encombre hindrance, impediment. See Cuber,v.] Trouble; embarrassment; distress. [Obs.] [Written also {comber}.] A place of much distraction and cumber. -- Sir H. Wotton. Sage counsel in cumber. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Redwithe \Red"withe`\ (r?d"w?th`), n. (Bot.) A west Indian climbing shrub ({Combretum Jacquini}) with slender reddish branchlets. | |
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Combbroach \Comb"broach`\, n. A tooth of a wool comb. [Written also {combrouch}.] | |
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Comfort \Com"fort\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comforted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comforting.}] [F. conforter, fr. L. confortare to strengthen much; con- + fortis strong. See {Fort}.] 1. To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate. [Obs.] --Wyclif. God's own testimony . . . doth not a little comfort and confirm the same. --Hooker. 2. To assist or help; to aid. [Obs.] I . . . can not help the noble chevalier: God comfort him in this necessity! --Shak. 3. To impart strength and hope to; to encourage; to relieve; to console; to cheer. Light excelleth in comforting the spirits of men. --Bacon. That we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction. --2 Cor. i. 4 (Rev. Ver.). A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command. --Wordsworth. Syn: To cheer; solace; console; revive; encourage; enliven; invigorate; inspirit; gladden; recreate; exhilarate; refresh; animate; confirm; strengthen. Usage: {To Comfort}, {Console}, {Solace}. These verbs all suppose some antecedent state of suffering or sorrow. Console is confined to the act giving sympathetic relief to the mind under affliction or sorrow, and points to some definite source of that relief; as, the presence of his friend consoled him; he was much consoled by this intelligence. The act of consoling commonly implies the inculcation of resignation. Comfort points to relief afforded by the communication of positive pleasure, hope, and strength, as well as by the diminution of pain; as, [bd]They brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.[b8] --Acts xx. 12. Solace is from L. solacium, which means according to Dumesnil, consolation inwardly felt or applied to the case of the sufferer. Hence, the verb to solace denotes the using of things for the purpose of affording relief under sorrow or suffering; as, to solace one's self with reflections, with books, or with active employments. | |
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Comfort \Com"fort\, n. [OF. confort, fr. conforter.] 1. Assistance; relief; support. [Obs. except in the phrase [bd]aid and comfort.[b8] See 5 below.] --Shak. 2. Encouragement; solace; consolation in trouble; also, that which affords consolation. In comfort of her mother's fears. --Shak. Cheer thy spirit with this comfort. --Shak. Speaking words of endearment where words of comfort availed not. --Longfellow. 3. A state of quiet enjoyment; freedom from pain, want, or anxiety; also, whatever contributes to such a condition. I had much joy and comfort in thy love. --Phil. 7 (Rev. Ver.). He had the means of living in comfort. --Macaulay. 4. A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. [U. S.] 5. (Law) Unlawful support, countenance, or encouragement; as, to give aid and comfort to the enemy. Syn: {Comfort}, {Consolation}. Usage: Comfort has two meanings: 1. Strength and relief received under affliction; 2. Positive enjoyment, of a quiet, permanent nature, together with the sources thereof; as, the comfort of love; surrounded with comforts; but it is with the former only that the word consolation is brought into comparison. As thus compared, consolation points to some specific source of relief for the afflicted mind; as, the consolations of religion. Comfort supposes the relief to be afforded by imparting positive enjoyment, as well as a diminution of pain. [bd]Consolation, or comfort, signifies some alleviation to that pain to which it is not in our power to afford the proper and adequate remedy; they imply rather an augmentation of the power of bearing, than a diminution of the burden.[b8] --Johnson. | |
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Comfortable \Com"fort*a*ble\, n. A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort. [U. S.] | |
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Comfortable \Com"fort*a*ble\, a. [OF. confortable.] 1. Strong; vigorous; valiant. [Obs.] --Wyclif. Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end. --Shak. 2. Serviceable; helpful. [Obs.] Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her. --Shak. 3. Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope. [bd]Kind words and comfortable.[b8] --Cowper. A comfortable provision made for their subsistence. --Dryden. 4. In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life. My lord leans wondrously to discontent; His comfortable temper has forsook him: He is much out of health. --Shak. 5. Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; -- used of a sick person. [U. S.] | |
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Comfortableness \Com"fort*a*ble*ness\, n. State of being comfortable. | |
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Comfortably \Com"fort*a*bly\, adv. In a comfortable or comforting manner. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. --Is. xl. 2. | |
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Comfort \Com"fort\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comforted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comforting.}] [F. conforter, fr. L. confortare to strengthen much; con- + fortis strong. See {Fort}.] 1. To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate. [Obs.] --Wyclif. God's own testimony . . . doth not a little comfort and confirm the same. --Hooker. 2. To assist or help; to aid. [Obs.] I . . . can not help the noble chevalier: God comfort him in this necessity! --Shak. 3. To impart strength and hope to; to encourage; to relieve; to console; to cheer. Light excelleth in comforting the spirits of men. --Bacon. That we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction. --2 Cor. i. 4 (Rev. Ver.). A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command. --Wordsworth. Syn: To cheer; solace; console; revive; encourage; enliven; invigorate; inspirit; gladden; recreate; exhilarate; refresh; animate; confirm; strengthen. Usage: {To Comfort}, {Console}, {Solace}. These verbs all suppose some antecedent state of suffering or sorrow. Console is confined to the act giving sympathetic relief to the mind under affliction or sorrow, and points to some definite source of that relief; as, the presence of his friend consoled him; he was much consoled by this intelligence. The act of consoling commonly implies the inculcation of resignation. Comfort points to relief afforded by the communication of positive pleasure, hope, and strength, as well as by the diminution of pain; as, [bd]They brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.[b8] --Acts xx. 12. Solace is from L. solacium, which means according to Dumesnil, consolation inwardly felt or applied to the case of the sufferer. Hence, the verb to solace denotes the using of things for the purpose of affording relief under sorrow or suffering; as, to solace one's self with reflections, with books, or with active employments. | |
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Comforter \Com"fort*er\, n. 1. One who administers comfort or consolation. Let no comforter delight mine ear But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine. --Shak. 2. (Script.) The Holy Spirit, -- referring to his office of comforting believers. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things. --John xiv. 26. 3. A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow. [U. S.] The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight. --Pop. Sci. Monthly. 4. A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. [U. S.] {Job's comforter}, a boil. [Colloq.] | |
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Comfort \Com"fort\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comforted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comforting.}] [F. conforter, fr. L. confortare to strengthen much; con- + fortis strong. See {Fort}.] 1. To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate. [Obs.] --Wyclif. God's own testimony . . . doth not a little comfort and confirm the same. --Hooker. 2. To assist or help; to aid. [Obs.] I . . . can not help the noble chevalier: God comfort him in this necessity! --Shak. 3. To impart strength and hope to; to encourage; to relieve; to console; to cheer. Light excelleth in comforting the spirits of men. --Bacon. That we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction. --2 Cor. i. 4 (Rev. Ver.). A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command. --Wordsworth. Syn: To cheer; solace; console; revive; encourage; enliven; invigorate; inspirit; gladden; recreate; exhilarate; refresh; animate; confirm; strengthen. Usage: {To Comfort}, {Console}, {Solace}. These verbs all suppose some antecedent state of suffering or sorrow. Console is confined to the act giving sympathetic relief to the mind under affliction or sorrow, and points to some definite source of that relief; as, the presence of his friend consoled him; he was much consoled by this intelligence. The act of consoling commonly implies the inculcation of resignation. Comfort points to relief afforded by the communication of positive pleasure, hope, and strength, as well as by the diminution of pain; as, [bd]They brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.[b8] --Acts xx. 12. Solace is from L. solacium, which means according to Dumesnil, consolation inwardly felt or applied to the case of the sufferer. Hence, the verb to solace denotes the using of things for the purpose of affording relief under sorrow or suffering; as, to solace one's self with reflections, with books, or with active employments. | |
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Comfortless \Com"fort*less\, a. Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. Comfortless through tyranny or might. --Spenser. Syn: Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. -- {Com"fort*less*ly}, adv. -- {Com"fort*less*ness}, n. When all is coldly, comfortlessly costly. --Milton. | |
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Comfortless \Com"fort*less\, a. Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. Comfortless through tyranny or might. --Spenser. Syn: Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. -- {Com"fort*less*ly}, adv. -- {Com"fort*less*ness}, n. When all is coldly, comfortlessly costly. --Milton. | |
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Comfortless \Com"fort*less\, a. Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless. Comfortless through tyranny or might. --Spenser. Syn: Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. -- {Com"fort*less*ly}, adv. -- {Com"fort*less*ness}, n. When all is coldly, comfortlessly costly. --Milton. | |
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Comfortment \Com"fort*ment\, n. Act or process of administering comfort. [Obs.] The gentle comfortment and entertainment of the said embassador. --Hakluyt. | |
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Comfortress \Com"fort*ress\, n. A woman who comforts. To be your comfortress, and to preserve you. --B. Jonson. | |
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Comfrey \Com"frey\, n. [Prob. from F. conferve, L. conferva, fr. confervere to boil together, in medical language, to heal, grow together. So called on account of its healing power, for which reason it was also called consolida.] (Bot.) A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus {Symphytum}. Note: A decoction of the mucilaginous root of the [bd]common comfrey[b8] ({S. officinale}) is used in cough mixtures, etc.; and the gigantic [bd]prickly comfrey[b8] ({S. asperrimum}) is somewhat cultivated as a forage plant. | |
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Comparable \Com"pa*ra*ble\, a. [L. comparabilis: cf. F. comparable.] Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison. There is no blessing of life comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend. --Addison. -- {Com"pa*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {Com"pa*ra*bly}, adv. | |
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Comparable \Com"pa*ra*ble\, a. [L. comparabilis: cf. F. comparable.] Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison. There is no blessing of life comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend. --Addison. -- {Com"pa*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {Com"pa*ra*bly}, adv. | |
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Comparable \Com"pa*ra*ble\, a. [L. comparabilis: cf. F. comparable.] Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison. There is no blessing of life comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend. --Addison. -- {Com"pa*ra*ble*ness}, n. -- {Com"pa*ra*bly}, adv. | |
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Comparate \Com"pa*rate\, n. [L. comparatum, fr. comparatus, p. p. of comparare. See 1st {Compare}.] (Logic) One of two things compared together. | |
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Comparation \Com`pa*ra"tion\, n. [L. comparatio. See {Compare} to get.] A making ready; provision. [Obs.] | |
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Comparative \Com*par"a*tive\, n. (Gram.) The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all comparatives. In comparatives is expressed a relation of two; as in superlatives there is a relation of many. --Angus. 2. An equal; a rival; a compeer. [Obs.] Gerard ever was His full comparative. --Beau. & Fl. 3. One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit. [Obs.] [bd]Every beardless vain comparative.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Comparative \Com*par"a*tive\, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F. comparatif.] 1. Of or pertaining to comparison. [bd]The comparative faculty.[b8] --Glanvill. 2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy. 3. Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state. The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold. --Whewell. The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top. --Bentley. 4. (Gram.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright. {Comparative sciences}, those which are based on a comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts in any branch or department, and which aim to study out and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation pervading them; as, {comparative anatomy}, {comparative physiology}, {comparative philology}. | |
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Anatomy \A*nat"o*my\, n.; pl. {Anatomies}. [F. anatomie, L. anatomia, Gr. [?] dissection, fr. [?] to cut up; [?] + [?] to cut.] 1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection. 2. The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. --Dryden. Note: [bd]Animal anatomy[b8] is sometimes called {zomy}; [bd]vegetable anatomy,[b8] {phytotomy}; [bd]human anatomy,[b8] {anthropotomy}. {Comparative anatomy} compares the structure of different kinds and classes of animals. 3. A treatise or book on anatomy. 4. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse. 5. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so. The anatomy of a little child, representing all parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than the skeleton of a man in full stature. --Fuller. They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. --Shak. | |
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Comparative \Com*par"a*tive\, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F. comparatif.] 1. Of or pertaining to comparison. [bd]The comparative faculty.[b8] --Glanvill. 2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy. 3. Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state. The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold. --Whewell. The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top. --Bentley. 4. (Gram.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright. {Comparative sciences}, those which are based on a comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts in any branch or department, and which aim to study out and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation pervading them; as, {comparative anatomy}, {comparative physiology}, {comparative philology}. | |
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Anatomy \A*nat"o*my\, n.; pl. {Anatomies}. [F. anatomie, L. anatomia, Gr. [?] dissection, fr. [?] to cut up; [?] + [?] to cut.] 1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection. 2. The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. --Dryden. Note: [bd]Animal anatomy[b8] is sometimes called {zomy}; [bd]vegetable anatomy,[b8] {phytotomy}; [bd]human anatomy,[b8] {anthropotomy}. {Comparative anatomy} compares the structure of different kinds and classes of animals. 3. A treatise or book on anatomy. 4. The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse. 5. A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so. The anatomy of a little child, representing all parts thereof, is accounted a greater rarity than the skeleton of a man in full stature. --Fuller. They brought one Pinch, a hungry, lean-faced villain, A mere anatomy. --Shak. | |
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Comparative \Com*par"a*tive\, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F. comparatif.] 1. Of or pertaining to comparison. [bd]The comparative faculty.[b8] --Glanvill. 2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy. 3. Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state. The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold. --Whewell. The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top. --Bentley. 4. (Gram.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright. {Comparative sciences}, those which are based on a comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts in any branch or department, and which aim to study out and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation pervading them; as, {comparative anatomy}, {comparative physiology}, {comparative philology}. | |
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Grammar \Gram"mar\, n. [OE. gramere, OF. gramaire, F. grammaire Prob. fr. L. gramatica Gr [?], fem. of [?] skilled in grammar, fr. [?] letter. See {Gramme}, {Graphic}, and cf. {Grammatical}, {Gramarye}.] 1. The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing. Note: The whole fabric of grammar rests upon the classifying of words according to their function in the sentence. --Bain. 2. The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar. The original bad grammar and bad spelling. --Macaulay. 3. A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing. 4. treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography. {Comparative grammar}, the science which determines the relations of kindred languages by examining and comparing their grammatical forms. {Grammar school}. (a) A school, usually endowed, in which Latin and Greek grammar are taught, as also other studies preparatory to colleges or universities; as, the famous Rugby Grammar School. This use of the word is more common in England than in the United States. When any town shall increase to the number of a hundred families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the University. --Mass. Records (1647). (b) In the American system of graded common schools an intermediate grade between the primary school and the high school, in which the principles of English grammar are taught. | |
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Comparative \Com*par"a*tive\, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F. comparatif.] 1. Of or pertaining to comparison. [bd]The comparative faculty.[b8] --Glanvill. 2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy. 3. Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state. The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold. --Whewell. The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top. --Bentley. 4. (Gram.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright. {Comparative sciences}, those which are based on a comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts in any branch or department, and which aim to study out and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation pervading them; as, {comparative anatomy}, {comparative physiology}, {comparative philology}. | |
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Comparative \Com*par"a*tive\, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F. comparatif.] 1. Of or pertaining to comparison. [bd]The comparative faculty.[b8] --Glanvill. 2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy. 3. Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state. The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold. --Whewell. The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top. --Bentley. 4. (Gram.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright. {Comparative sciences}, those which are based on a comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts in any branch or department, and which aim to study out and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation pervading them; as, {comparative anatomy}, {comparative physiology}, {comparative philology}. | |
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Science \Sci"ence\, n. [F., fr. L. scientia, fr. sciens, -entis, p. pr. of scire to know. Cf. {Conscience}, {Conscious}, {Nice}.] 1. Knowledge; knowledge of principles and causes; ascertained truth of facts. If we conceive God's sight or science, before the creation, to be extended to all and every part of the world, seeing everything as it is, . . . his science or sight from all eternity lays no necessity on anything to come to pass. --Hammond. Shakespeare's deep and accurate science in mental philosophy. --Coleridge. 2. Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge. All this new science that men lere [teach]. --Chaucer. Science is . . . a complement of cognitions, having, in point of form, the character of logical perfection, and in point of matter, the character of real truth. --Sir W. Hamilton. 3. Especially, such knowledge when it relates to the physical world and its phenomena, the nature, constitution, and forces of matter, the qualities and functions of living tissues, etc.; -- called also {natural science}, and {physical science}. Voltaire hardly left a single corner of the field entirely unexplored in science, poetry, history, philosophy. --J. Morley. 4. Any branch or department of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind. Note: The ancients reckoned seven sciences, namely, grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy; -- the first three being included in the Trivium, the remaining four in the Quadrivium. Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven. --Pope. 5. Art, skill, or expertness, regarded as the result of knowledge of laws and principles. His science, coolness, and great strength. --G. A. Lawrence. Note: Science is applied or pure. Applied science is a knowledge of facts, events, or phenomena, as explained, accounted for, or produced, by means of powers, causes, or laws. Pure science is the knowledge of these powers, causes, or laws, considered apart, or as pure from all applications. Both these terms have a similar and special signification when applied to the science of quantity; as, the applied and pure mathematics. Exact science is knowledge so systematized that prediction and verification, by measurement, experiment, observation, etc., are possible. The mathematical and physical sciences are called the exact sciences. {Comparative sciences}, {Inductive sciences}. See under {Comparative}, and {Inductive}. Syn: Literature; art; knowledge. Usage: {Science}, {Literature}, {Art}. Science is literally knowledge, but more usually denotes a systematic and orderly arrangement of knowledge. In a more distinctive sense, science embraces those branches of knowledge of which the subject-matter is either ultimate principles, or facts as explained by principles or laws thus arranged in natural order. The term literature sometimes denotes all compositions not embraced under science, but usually confined to the belles-lettres. [See {Literature}.] Art is that which depends on practice and skill in performance. [bd]In science, scimus ut sciamus; in art, scimus ut producamus. And, therefore, science and art may be said to be investigations of truth; but one, science, inquires for the sake of knowledge; the other, art, for the sake of production; and hence science is more concerned with the higher truths, art with the lower; and science never is engaged, as art is, in productive application. And the most perfect state of science, therefore, will be the most high and accurate inquiry; the perfection of art will be the most apt and efficient system of rules; art always throwing itself into the form of rules.[b8] --Karslake. | |
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Comparative \Com*par"a*tive\, a. [L. comparativus: cf. F. comparatif.] 1. Of or pertaining to comparison. [bd]The comparative faculty.[b8] --Glanvill. 2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy. 3. Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state. The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold. --Whewell. The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top. --Bentley. 4. (Gram.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright. {Comparative sciences}, those which are based on a comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts in any branch or department, and which aim to study out and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation pervading them; as, {comparative anatomy}, {comparative physiology}, {comparative philology}. | |
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Comparatively \Com*par"a*tive*ly\, adv. According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely. With but comparatively few exceptions. --Prescott. | |
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Comparator \Com"pa*ra`tor\ (? [or] ?), n. [L., a comparer.] (Physics) An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length. | |
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Compare \Com*pare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comparing}.] [L. comparare, fr. compar like or equal to another; com- + par equal: cf. F. comparer. See {Pair}, {Peer} an equal, and cf. {Compeer}.] 1. To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention. Compare dead happiness with living woe. --Shak. The place he found beyond expression bright, Compared with aught on earth. --Milton. Compare our faces and be judge yourself. --Shak. To compare great things with small. --Milton. 2. To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken. Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counselors to the winds; for that the sea would be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it. --Bacon. 3. (Gram.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing [bd]- er[b8] and [bd]-est[b8] to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing [bd]more[b8] and [bd]most[b8], or [bd]less[b8] and [bd]least[b8], to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful. Syn: To {Compare}, {Compare with}, {Compare to}. Usage: Things are compared with each other in order to learn their relative value or excellence. Thus we compare Cicero with Demosthenes, for the sake of deciding which was the greater orator. One thing is compared to another because of a real or fanciful likeness or similarity which exists between them. Thus it has been common to compare the eloquence of Demosthenes to a thunderbolt, on account of its force, and the eloquence of Cicero to a conflagration, on account of its splendor. Burke compares the parks of London to the lungs of the human body. | |
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Compare \Com*pare"\, v. t. [L. comparare to prepare, procure; com- + parare. See {Prepare}, {Parade}.] To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire [Obs.] To fill his bags, and richesse to compare. --Spenser. | |
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Compare \Com*pare"\, v. i. 1. To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier. I should compare with him in excellence. --Shak. 2. To vie; to assume a likeness or equality. Shall pack horses . . . compare with C[91]sars? --Shak. | |
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Compare \Com*pare"\, n. 1. Comparison. [Archaic] His mighty champion, strong beyond compare. --Milton. Their small galleys may not hold compare With our tall ships. --Waller. 2. Illustration by comparison; simile. [Obs.] Rhymes full of protest, of oath, and big compare. --Shak. {Beyond compare}. See {Beyond comparison}, under {Comparison}. | |
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Compare \Com*pare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comparing}.] [L. comparare, fr. compar like or equal to another; com- + par equal: cf. F. comparer. See {Pair}, {Peer} an equal, and cf. {Compeer}.] 1. To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention. Compare dead happiness with living woe. --Shak. The place he found beyond expression bright, Compared with aught on earth. --Milton. Compare our faces and be judge yourself. --Shak. To compare great things with small. --Milton. 2. To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken. Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counselors to the winds; for that the sea would be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it. --Bacon. 3. (Gram.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing [bd]- er[b8] and [bd]-est[b8] to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing [bd]more[b8] and [bd]most[b8], or [bd]less[b8] and [bd]least[b8], to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful. Syn: To {Compare}, {Compare with}, {Compare to}. Usage: Things are compared with each other in order to learn their relative value or excellence. Thus we compare Cicero with Demosthenes, for the sake of deciding which was the greater orator. One thing is compared to another because of a real or fanciful likeness or similarity which exists between them. Thus it has been common to compare the eloquence of Demosthenes to a thunderbolt, on account of its force, and the eloquence of Cicero to a conflagration, on account of its splendor. Burke compares the parks of London to the lungs of the human body. | |
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Comparer \Com*par"er\, n. One who compares. | |
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Compare \Com*pare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comparing}.] [L. comparare, fr. compar like or equal to another; com- + par equal: cf. F. comparer. See {Pair}, {Peer} an equal, and cf. {Compeer}.] 1. To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention. Compare dead happiness with living woe. --Shak. The place he found beyond expression bright, Compared with aught on earth. --Milton. Compare our faces and be judge yourself. --Shak. To compare great things with small. --Milton. 2. To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken. Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counselors to the winds; for that the sea would be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it. --Bacon. 3. (Gram.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing [bd]- er[b8] and [bd]-est[b8] to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing [bd]more[b8] and [bd]most[b8], or [bd]less[b8] and [bd]least[b8], to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful. Syn: To {Compare}, {Compare with}, {Compare to}. Usage: Things are compared with each other in order to learn their relative value or excellence. Thus we compare Cicero with Demosthenes, for the sake of deciding which was the greater orator. One thing is compared to another because of a real or fanciful likeness or similarity which exists between them. Thus it has been common to compare the eloquence of Demosthenes to a thunderbolt, on account of its force, and the eloquence of Cicero to a conflagration, on account of its splendor. Burke compares the parks of London to the lungs of the human body. | |
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Comparison \Com*par"i*son\ (? [or] ?), n. [F. comparaison, L. comparatio. See 1st {Compare}.] 1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate. As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human beings can bear comparison with them. --Macaulay. The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old Testament afford many interesting points of comparison. --Trench. 2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them. 3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude. Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it? --Mark iv. 30. 4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison. 5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared to another, or the two are considered with regard to some property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g., the lake sparkled like a jewel. 6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts. {Beyond comparison}, so far superior as to have no likeness, or so as to make comparison needless. {In comparison of}, {In comparison with}, as compared with; in proportion to. [Archaic] [bd]So miserably unpeopled in comparison of what it once was.[b8] --Addison. {Comparison of hands} (Law), a mode of proving or disproving the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to ascertain whether both were written by the same person. --Bouvier. --Burrill. | |
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Comparison \Com*par"i*son\, v. t. To compare. [Obs.] --Wyclif. | |
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Comparison \Com*par"i*son\ (? [or] ?), n. [F. comparaison, L. comparatio. See 1st {Compare}.] 1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate. As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human beings can bear comparison with them. --Macaulay. The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old Testament afford many interesting points of comparison. --Trench. 2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them. 3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude. Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it? --Mark iv. 30. 4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison. 5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared to another, or the two are considered with regard to some property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g., the lake sparkled like a jewel. 6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts. {Beyond comparison}, so far superior as to have no likeness, or so as to make comparison needless. {In comparison of}, {In comparison with}, as compared with; in proportion to. [Archaic] [bd]So miserably unpeopled in comparison of what it once was.[b8] --Addison. {Comparison of hands} (Law), a mode of proving or disproving the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to ascertain whether both were written by the same person. --Bouvier. --Burrill. | |
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Compart \Com*part"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comparted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comparting}.] [L. compartiri; com- + partiri, partire to share, pars, partis, part, share: cf. OF. compartir. See {Part}, v. t.] To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions. [R.] The crystal surface is comparted all In niches verged with rubies. --Glover. | |
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Compart \Com*part"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comparted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comparting}.] [L. compartiri; com- + partiri, partire to share, pars, partis, part, share: cf. OF. compartir. See {Part}, v. t.] To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions. [R.] The crystal surface is comparted all In niches verged with rubies. --Glover. | |
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Compart \Com*part"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comparted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comparting}.] [L. compartiri; com- + partiri, partire to share, pars, partis, part, share: cf. OF. compartir. See {Part}, v. t.] To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions. [R.] The crystal surface is comparted all In niches verged with rubies. --Glover. | |
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Compartition \Com`par*ti"tion\, n. [LL. compartitio.] The act of dividing into parts or compartments; division; also, a division or compartment. [Obs.] Their temples . . . needed no compartitions. --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Compartment \Com*part"ment\, n. [F. compartiment, OF. compartir to divide. See {Compart}.] 1. One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a garden. In the midst was placed a large compartment composed of grotesque work. --Carew. 2. (Shipbuilding) One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads. | |
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Compartner \Com*part"ner\, n. See {Copartner}. [Obs.] | |
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Compear \Com*pear"\, v. i. [F. comparoir, L. compar[emac]re; com- + par[emac]re to appear.] 1. To appear. [Obs.] 2. (Law) To appear in court personally or by attorney. [Scot.] | |
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Compeer \Com*peer"\, [OE. comper, through French fr. L. compar; com- + par equal. See {Peer} an equal, and cf. 1st {Compare}.] An equal, as in rank, age, prowess, etc.; a companion; a comrade; a mate. And him thus answer'd soon his bold compeer. --Milton. His compeer in arms. --Ford. | |
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Compeer \Com*peer"\, v. t. To be equal with; to match. [R.] In my rights, By me invested, he compeers the best. --Shak. | |
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Compeer \Com*peer"\, Compeir \Com*peir"\, v. i. See {Compear}. | |
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Compeer \Com*peer"\, Compeir \Com*peir"\, v. i. See {Compear}. | |
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Comperendinate \Com`pe*ren"di*nate\, v. t. [L. comperendinatus, p. p. of comperendinare to defer (the time of trial.)] To delay. --Bailey. | |
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Comport \Com*port"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Comported}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comporting}.] [F. comporter, LL. comportare, fr.L. comportare to bring together; com- + portare to carry. See {Port demeanor}.] 1. To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury. [Obs.] --Barrow. 2. To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by with. How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness. --Beau. & Fl. How their behavior herein comported with the institution. --Locke. | |
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Comport \Com*port"\, v. t. 1. To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with. [Obs.] The malcontented sort That never can the present state comport. --Daniel. 2. To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun. Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself. --Burke. | |
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Comport \Com"port\ (?, formerly [?]), n. [Cf. OF. comport.] Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. [Obs.] I knew them well, and marked their rude comport. --Dryden. | |
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Comportable \Com*port"a*ble\, a. Suitable; consistent. [Obs.] [bd]Some comportable method.[b8] --Wotton. | |
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Comportance \Com*port"ance\, n. Behavior; comport. [Obs.] Goodly comportance each to other bear. --Spenser. | |
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Comportation \Com`por*ta"tion\, n. [L. comportatio.] A bringing together. [Obs.] --Bp. Richardson. | |
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Comport \Com*port"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Comported}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comporting}.] [F. comporter, LL. comportare, fr.L. comportare to bring together; com- + portare to carry. See {Port demeanor}.] 1. To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury. [Obs.] --Barrow. 2. To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by with. How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness. --Beau. & Fl. How their behavior herein comported with the institution. --Locke. | |
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Comport \Com*port"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Comported}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comporting}.] [F. comporter, LL. comportare, fr.L. comportare to bring together; com- + portare to carry. See {Port demeanor}.] 1. To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury. [Obs.] --Barrow. 2. To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by with. How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness. --Beau. & Fl. How their behavior herein comported with the institution. --Locke. | |
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Comportment \Com*port"ment\, n. [F. comportement.] Manner of acting; behavior; bearing. A graceful comportment of their bodies. --Cowley. Her serious and devout comportment. --Addison. | |
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Comprecation \Com`pre*ca"tion\, n. [L. comprecatio, fr. comprecari to pray to. See {Precarious}.] A praying together. [Obs.] --Bp. Wilkins. | |
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Comprehend \Com`pre*hend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comprehended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comprehending}.] [L. comprehendere, comprehensum; com- + prehendere to grasp, seize; prae before + hendere (used only in comp.). See {Get}, and cf. {Comprise}.] 1. To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire. Who hath . . . comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure. --Is. xl. 12. 2. To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply. Comprehended all in this one word, Discretion. --Hobbes. And if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying. --Rom. xiii. 9. 3. To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand. At a loss to comprehend the question. --W. Irwing. Great things doeth he, which we can not comprehend. --Job. xxxvii. 5. Syn: To contain; include; embrace; comprise; inclose; grasp; embody; involve; imply; apprehend; imagine; conceive; understand. See {Apprehend}. | |
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Comprehend \Com`pre*hend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comprehended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comprehending}.] [L. comprehendere, comprehensum; com- + prehendere to grasp, seize; prae before + hendere (used only in comp.). See {Get}, and cf. {Comprise}.] 1. To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire. Who hath . . . comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure. --Is. xl. 12. 2. To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply. Comprehended all in this one word, Discretion. --Hobbes. And if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying. --Rom. xiii. 9. 3. To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand. At a loss to comprehend the question. --W. Irwing. Great things doeth he, which we can not comprehend. --Job. xxxvii. 5. Syn: To contain; include; embrace; comprise; inclose; grasp; embody; involve; imply; apprehend; imagine; conceive; understand. See {Apprehend}. | |
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Comprehend \Com`pre*hend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comprehended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comprehending}.] [L. comprehendere, comprehensum; com- + prehendere to grasp, seize; prae before + hendere (used only in comp.). See {Get}, and cf. {Comprise}.] 1. To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire. Who hath . . . comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure. --Is. xl. 12. 2. To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply. Comprehended all in this one word, Discretion. --Hobbes. And if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying. --Rom. xiii. 9. 3. To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand. At a loss to comprehend the question. --W. Irwing. Great things doeth he, which we can not comprehend. --Job. xxxvii. 5. Syn: To contain; include; embrace; comprise; inclose; grasp; embody; involve; imply; apprehend; imagine; conceive; understand. See {Apprehend}. | |
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Comprehensibility \Com`pre*hen`si*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being comprehensible; capability of being understood. | |
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Comprehensible \Com"pre*hen"si*ble\, a. [L. comprehensibilis: cf. F. compre[82]hensible.] 1. Capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised. Lest this part of knowledge should seem to any not comprehensible by axiom, we will set down some heads of it. --Bacon. 2. Capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by the mind. The horizon sets the bounds . . . between what is and what is not comprehensible by us. --Locke. | |
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Comprehensibleness \Com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness\, n. The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility. | |
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Comprehensibly \Com`pre*hen"si*bly\, adv. 1. With great extent of signification; comprehensively. --Tillotson. 2. Intelligibly; in a manner to be comprehended or understood. | |
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Comprehension \Com`pre*hen"sion\, n. [L. comprehensio: cf. F. compr[82]hension.] 1. The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion. In the Old Testament there is a close comprehension of the New; in the New, an open discovery of the Old. --Hooker. 2. That which is comprehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome. [Obs.] Though not a catalogue of fundamentals, yet . . . a comprehension of them. --Chillingworth. 3. The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract principles. 4. (Logic) The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term. 5. (Rhet.) A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an indefinite. | |
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Comprehensive \Com`pre*hen"sive\, a. [Cf. F. compr[82]hensif.] 1. Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view. A very comprehensive definition. --Bentley. Large and comprehensive idea. --Channing. 2. Having the power to comprehend or understand many things. [bd]His comprehensive head.[b8] --Pope. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups. Note: The term is applied chiefly to early fossil groups which have a combination of structures that appear in more fully developed or specialized forms in later groups. Synthetic, as used by Agassiz, is nearly synonymous. Syn: Extensive; wide; large; full; compendious. | |
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Comprehensively \Com`pre*hen"sive*ly\, adv. In a comprehensive manner; with great extent of scope. | |
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Comprehensiveness \Com`pre*hen"sive*ness\, n. The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope. Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins. --Addison. | |
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Comprehensor \Com`pre*hen"sor\, n. One who comprehends; one who has attained to a full knowledge. [Obs.] When I shall have dispatched this weary pilgrimage, and from a traveler shall come to be a comprehensor, farewell faith and welcome vision. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Compress \Com"press\, n. [F. compresse.] (Surg.) A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part. | |
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Compress \Com*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compressed}; p. pr & vb. n. {Compressing}.] [L. compressus, p. p. of comprimere to compress: com- + premere to press. See Press.] 1. To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water. Events of centuries . . . compressed within the compass of a single life. --D. Webster. The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues. --Melmoth. 2. To embrace sexually. [Obs.] --Pope. Syn: To crowd; squeeze; condense; reduce; abridge. | |
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Compressed \Com*pressed"\, a. 1. Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure. 2. (Bot.) Flattened lengthwise. {Compressed-air engine}, an engine operated by the elastic force of compressed air. | |
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Compress \Com*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compressed}; p. pr & vb. n. {Compressing}.] [L. compressus, p. p. of comprimere to compress: com- + premere to press. See Press.] 1. To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water. Events of centuries . . . compressed within the compass of a single life. --D. Webster. The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues. --Melmoth. 2. To embrace sexually. [Obs.] --Pope. Syn: To crowd; squeeze; condense; reduce; abridge. | |
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Compressed yeast \Com*pressed" yeast\ A cake yeast made by filtering the cells from the liquid in which they are grown, subjecting to heavy pressure, and mixing with starch or flour. | |
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Compressed \Com*pressed"\, a. 1. Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure. 2. (Bot.) Flattened lengthwise. {Compressed-air engine}, an engine operated by the elastic force of compressed air. | |
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Compressibility \Com*press`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. compressibilit[82].] The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as, the compressibility of elastic fluids. | |
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Compressible \Com*press"i*ble\, a. [Cf. F. compressible.] Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance. | |
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Compressibleness \Com*press"ible*ness\, n. The quality of being compressible; compressibility. | |
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Compress \Com*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compressed}; p. pr & vb. n. {Compressing}.] [L. compressus, p. p. of comprimere to compress: com- + premere to press. See Press.] 1. To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water. Events of centuries . . . compressed within the compass of a single life. --D. Webster. The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues. --Melmoth. 2. To embrace sexually. [Obs.] --Pope. Syn: To crowd; squeeze; condense; reduce; abridge. | |
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Compression \Com*pres"sion\, n. [L. compressio: cf. F. compression.] The act of compressing, or state of being compressed. [bd]Compression of thought.[b8] --Johnson. | |
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Member \Mem"ber\, n. [OE. membre, F. membre, fr. L. membrum; cf. Goth. mimz flesh, Skr. mamsa.] 1. (Anat.) A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb. We have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office. --Rom. xii. 4. 2. Hence, a part of a whole; an independent constituent of a body; as: (a) A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a clause; a part of a verse. (b) (Math.) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the sign of equality. (c) (Engin.) Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss. (d) (Arch.) Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of moldings. (e) One of the persons composing a society, community, or the like; an individual forming part of an association; as, a member of the society of Friends. {Compression member}, {Tension member} (Engin.), a member, as a rod, brace, etc., which is subjected to compression or tension, respectively. | |
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Compression projectile \Com*pres"sion pro*jec"tile\ A projectile constructed so as to take the grooves of a rifle by means of a soft copper band firmly attached near its base or, formerly, by means of an envelope of soft metal. In small arms the modern projectile, having a soft core and harder jacket, is subjected to compression throughout the entire cylindrical part. | |
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Compressive \Com*press"ive\, a. [Cf. F. compressif.] Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force. | |
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Compressor \Com*press"or\, n. [L.] Anything which serves to compress; as: (a) (Anat.) A muscle that compresses certain parts. (b) (Surg.) An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part. (c) An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also {compressorium}. (d) (Mach.) A machine for compressing gases; especially, an air compressor. | |
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Compressor \Com*press"or\, n. [L.] Anything which serves to compress; as: (a) (Anat.) A muscle that compresses certain parts. (b) (Surg.) An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part. (c) An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also {compressorium}. (d) (Mach.) A machine for compressing gases; especially, an air compressor. | |
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Compressure \Com*pres"sure\ (?; 135), n. Compression. | |
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Comprint \Com*print"\, v. t. & i. 1. To print together. 2. (O. Eng. Law) To print surreptitiously a work belonging to another. --E. Phillips. | |
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Comprint \Com"print\, n. (O. Eng. Law) The surreptitious printing of another's copy or book; a work thus printed. | |
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Comprisal \Com*pris"al\, n. The act of comprising or comprehending; a compendium or epitome. A comprisal . . . and sum of all wickedness. --Barrow. | |
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Comprise \Com*prise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comprised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comprising}.] [From F. compris, comprise, p. p. of comprendre, L. comprehendere. See {Comprehend}.] To comprehend; to include. Comprise much matter in few words. --Hocker. Friendship does two souls in one comprise. --Roscommon. Syn: To embrace; include; comprehend; contain; encircle; inclose; involve; imply. | |
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Comprise \Com*prise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comprised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comprising}.] [From F. compris, comprise, p. p. of comprendre, L. comprehendere. See {Comprehend}.] To comprehend; to include. Comprise much matter in few words. --Hocker. Friendship does two souls in one comprise. --Roscommon. Syn: To embrace; include; comprehend; contain; encircle; inclose; involve; imply. | |
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Comprise \Com*prise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Comprised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Comprising}.] [From F. compris, comprise, p. p. of comprendre, L. comprehendere. See {Comprehend}.] To comprehend; to include. Comprise much matter in few words. --Hocker. Friendship does two souls in one comprise. --Roscommon. Syn: To embrace; include; comprehend; contain; encircle; inclose; involve; imply. | |
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Comprobate \Com"pro*bate\, v. i. [L. comprobatus, p. p. of comprobare, to approve wholly.] To agree; to concur. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot. | |
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Comprobation \Com`pro*ba"tion\, n. [L. comprobatio.] 1. Joint attestation; proof. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. Approbation. [Obs.] --Foxe. | |
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Compromise \Com"pro*mise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compromised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compromising}.] [From {Compromise}, n.; cf. {Compromit}.] 1. To bind by mutual agreement; to agree. [Obs.] Laban and himself were compromised That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied Should fall as Jacob's hire. --Shak. 2. To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound. The controversy may easily be compromised. --Fuller. 3. To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion. To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances. --Motley. | |
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Compromise \Com"pro*mise\, n. [F. compromis, fr. L. compromissum a mutual promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to make such a promise; com- + promittere to promise. See {Promise}.] 1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. [Obs.] --Burrill. 2. A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement. But basely yielded upon compromise That which his noble ancestors achieved with blows. --Shak. All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. --Burke. An abhorrence of concession and compromise is a never failing characteristic of religious factions. --Hallam. 3. A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right. I was determined not to accept any fine speeches, to the compromise of that sex the belonging to which was, after all, my strongest claim and title to them. --Lamb. | |
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Compromise \Com"pro*mise\, v. i. 1. To agree; to accord. [Obs.] 2. To make concession for conciliation and peace. | |
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Compromise \Com"pro*mise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compromised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compromising}.] [From {Compromise}, n.; cf. {Compromit}.] 1. To bind by mutual agreement; to agree. [Obs.] Laban and himself were compromised That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied Should fall as Jacob's hire. --Shak. 2. To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound. The controversy may easily be compromised. --Fuller. 3. To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion. To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances. --Motley. | |
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Compromiser \Com"pro*mi`ser\, n. One who compromises. | |
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Compromise \Com"pro*mise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compromised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compromising}.] [From {Compromise}, n.; cf. {Compromit}.] 1. To bind by mutual agreement; to agree. [Obs.] Laban and himself were compromised That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied Should fall as Jacob's hire. --Shak. 2. To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound. The controversy may easily be compromised. --Fuller. 3. To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion. To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances. --Motley. | |
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Compromissorial \Com`pro*mis*so"ri*al\, a. Relating to compromise. [R.] --Chalmers. | |
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Compromit \Com"pro*mit`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compromitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compromitting}.] [L. compromittere. See {Compromise}, n.] 1. To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise. --State Trials (1529). 2. To put to hazard, by some indiscretion; to endanger; to compromise; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation. | |
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Compromit \Com"pro*mit`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compromitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compromitting}.] [L. compromittere. See {Compromise}, n.] 1. To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise. --State Trials (1529). 2. To put to hazard, by some indiscretion; to endanger; to compromise; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation. | |
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Compromit \Com"pro*mit`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compromitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compromitting}.] [L. compromittere. See {Compromise}, n.] 1. To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise. --State Trials (1529). 2. To put to hazard, by some indiscretion; to endanger; to compromise; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation. | |
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Comprovincial \Com`pro*vin"cial\, a. Belonging to, or associated in, the same province. [Obs.] -- n. One who belongs to the same province. [Obs.] The six islands, comprovincial In ancient times unto Great Britain. --Spenser. | |
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Compurgation \Com`pur*ga"tion\, n. [L. compurgatio, fr. compurgare to purify wholly; com- + purgare to make pure. See Purge, v. t.] 1. (Law) The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also {wager of law}. See {Purgation}; also {Wager of law}, under {Wager}. 2. Exculpation by testimony to one's veracity or innocence. He was privileged from his childhood from suspicion of incontinency and needed no compurgation. --Bp. Hacket. | |
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Compurgator \Com"pur*ga`tor\, n. [LL.] One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See {Purgation}; also {Wager of law}, under {Wager}. | |
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Compurgatorial \Com*pur`ga*to"ri*al\, a. Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation. [bd]Their compurgatorial oath.[b8] --Milman. | |
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d8Cone \[d8]Cone\, n. [L. conus cone (in sense 1), Gr. [?]; akin to Skr. [87]ana whetstone, L. cuneus wedge, and prob. to E. hone. See {Hone}, n.] 1. (Geom.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a {right cone}. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex. 2. Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scori[91] around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form. Now had Night measured with her shadowy cone Half way up hill this vast sublunar vault. --Milton. 3. (Bot.) The fruit or strobile of the {Conifer[91]}, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A shell of the genus {Conus}, having a conical form. {Cone of rays} (Opt.), the pencil of rays of light which proceed from a radiant point to a given surface, as that of a lens, or conversely. {Cone pulley}. See in the Vocabulary. {Oblique} [or] {Scalene cone}, a cone of which the axis is inclined to the plane of its base. {Eight cone}. See {Cone}, 1. | |
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Confarreation \Con*far`re*a"tion\, n. [L. confarreatio, fr. confarreare to marry; con- + farreum (sc. libum cake) a spelt cake, fr. farreus made of spelt, fr. far a sort of grain.] (Antiq.) A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses. | |
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Confer \Con*fer"\, v. i. To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate. Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered. --Acts xxv. 12. You shall hear us confer of this. --Shak. Syn: To counsel; advise; discourse; converse. | |
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Confer \Con*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conferred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conferring}.] [L. conferre to bring together, contribute, consult; con- + ferre to bear: cf. F. conf[82]rer. See 1st {Bear}.] 1. To bring together for comparison; to compare. [Obs.] If we confer these observations with others of the like nature, we may find cause to rectify the general opinion. --Boyle. 2. To grant as a possession; to bestow. The public marks of honor and reward Conferred upon me. --Milton. 3. To contribute; to conduce. [Obs.] The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union. --Glanvill. | |
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Conferee \Con`fer*ee"\, n. [Cf. {Referee}.] 1. One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate. 2. One upon whom something is conferred. | |
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Conference \Con"fer*ence\, n. [F. conf[82]rence. See {Confer}.] 1. The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison. [Obs.] Helps and furtherances which . . . the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford. --Hocker. 2. The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views. Nor with such free and friendly conference As he hath used of old. --Shak. 3. A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions. 4. A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them. 5. (Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters. 6. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are. {Conference meeting}, a meeting for conference. Specifically, a meeting conducted (usually) by laymen, for conference and prayer. [U. S.] {Conference room}, a room for conference and prayer, and for the pastor's less formal addresses. [U. S.] | |
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Conference \Con"fer*ence\, n. [F. conf[82]rence. See {Confer}.] 1. The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison. [Obs.] Helps and furtherances which . . . the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford. --Hocker. 2. The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views. Nor with such free and friendly conference As he hath used of old. --Shak. 3. A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions. 4. A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them. 5. (Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters. 6. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are. {Conference meeting}, a meeting for conference. Specifically, a meeting conducted (usually) by laymen, for conference and prayer. [U. S.] {Conference room}, a room for conference and prayer, and for the pastor's less formal addresses. [U. S.] | |
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Conference \Con"fer*ence\, n. [F. conf[82]rence. See {Confer}.] 1. The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison. [Obs.] Helps and furtherances which . . . the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford. --Hocker. 2. The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views. Nor with such free and friendly conference As he hath used of old. --Shak. 3. A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions. 4. A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them. 5. (Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters. 6. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are. {Conference meeting}, a meeting for conference. Specifically, a meeting conducted (usually) by laymen, for conference and prayer. [U. S.] {Conference room}, a room for conference and prayer, and for the pastor's less formal addresses. [U. S.] | |
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Conferential \Con`fer*en"tial\, a. Relating to conference. [R.] --Clarke. | |
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Conferrable \Con*fer"ra*ble\a. Capable of being conferred. | |
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Confer \Con*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conferred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conferring}.] [L. conferre to bring together, contribute, consult; con- + ferre to bear: cf. F. conf[82]rer. See 1st {Bear}.] 1. To bring together for comparison; to compare. [Obs.] If we confer these observations with others of the like nature, we may find cause to rectify the general opinion. --Boyle. 2. To grant as a possession; to bestow. The public marks of honor and reward Conferred upon me. --Milton. 3. To contribute; to conduce. [Obs.] The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union. --Glanvill. | |
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Conferree \Con`fer*ree"\, n. Same as {Conferee}. | |
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Conferrer \Con*fer"rer\ (k[ocr]n*f[etil]r"r[etil]r), n. 1. One who confers; one who converses. --Johnson. 2. One who bestows; a giver. | |
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Confer \Con*fer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conferred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conferring}.] [L. conferre to bring together, contribute, consult; con- + ferre to bear: cf. F. conf[82]rer. See 1st {Bear}.] 1. To bring together for comparison; to compare. [Obs.] If we confer these observations with others of the like nature, we may find cause to rectify the general opinion. --Boyle. 2. To grant as a possession; to bestow. The public marks of honor and reward Conferred upon me. --Milton. 3. To contribute; to conduce. [Obs.] The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union. --Glanvill. | |
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Conferruminate \Con`fer*ru"mi*nate\, Conferruminated \Con`fer*ru"mi*na`ted\, a. [L. conferruminare to cement. See {Ferruminate}.] (Bot.) Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn. | |
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Conferruminate \Con`fer*ru"mi*nate\, Conferruminated \Con`fer*ru"mi*na`ted\, a. [L. conferruminare to cement. See {Ferruminate}.] (Bot.) Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn. | |
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d8Conferva \[d8]Con*fer"va\, n.; pl. {Conferv[91]}. [L., a kind of water plant. See {Comfrey}.] (Bot.) Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense. | |
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Crow-silk \Crow"-silk`\ (kr?"s?lk`), n. (Bot.) A filamentous fresh-water alga ({Conferva rivularis} of Linnaeus, {Rhizoclonium rivulare} of Kutzing). | |
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Confervaceous \Con`fer*va"ceous\, a. Belonging to the confervae. | |
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Confervoid \Con*fer"void\, a. [Conferva + -oid.] Like, or related to, the confervae. --Loudon. | |
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Confervous \Con*fer"vous\, a. Pertaining to confervae; consisting of, or resembling, the confervae. Yon exiguous pool's confervous scum. --O. W. Holmes. | |
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Confirm \Con*firm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confrmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confirming}.] [OE. confermen, confirmen, OF. confermer, F. confirmer, fr. L. confirmare; con- + firmare to make firm, fr. firmus firm. See {Firm}.] 1. To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise. Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs. --Shak. And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law. --Ps. cv. 10. 2. To strengthen in judgment or purpose. Confirmed, then, I resolve Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe. --Milton. 3. To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor. Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale. --Pope. These likelihoods confirm her flight. --Shak. 4. To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty. That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been remitted rather than confimed. --Swift. 5. (Eccl.) To administer the rite of confirmation to. See {Confirmation}, 3. Those which are thus confirmed are thereby supposed to be fit for admission to the sacrament. --Hammond. Syn: To strengthen; corroborate; substantiate; establish; fix; ratify; settle; verify; assure. | |
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Confirmable \Con*firm"a*ble\, a. That may be confirmed. | |
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Confirmance \Con*firm"ance\, n. Confirmation. [Obs.] | |
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Confirmation \Con`fir*ma"tion\, n. [F. confirmation, L. confirmatio.] 1. The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim. --Cowper. 2. That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ. --Shak. 3. (Eccl.) A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc. This ordinance is called confirmation, because they who duly receive it are confirmed or strengthened for the fulfillment of their Christian duties, by the grace therein bestowed upon them. --Hook. 4. (Law) A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable. | |
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Confirmative \Con*firm"a*tive\, a. [L. confirmativus: cf. F. confirmatif.] Tending to confirm or establish. --Sherwood. -- {Con*firm"a*tive*ly}, adv. | |
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Confirmative \Con*firm"a*tive\, a. [L. confirmativus: cf. F. confirmatif.] Tending to confirm or establish. --Sherwood. -- {Con*firm"a*tive*ly}, adv. | |
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Confirmator \Con"fir*ma`tor\, n. [L.] One who, or that which, confirms; a confirmer. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Confirmatory \Con*firm"a*to*ry\, a. . Serving to confirm; corroborative. A fact confirmatory of the conclusion. --I. Taylor. 2. Pertaining to the rite of confirmation. --Compton. | |
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Confirmedly \Con*firm"ed*ly\, adv. With confirmation. | |
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Confirmedness \Con*firm"ed*ness\, n. A fixed state. | |
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Confirmee \Con`fir*mee"\, n. [F. confirm[82], p. p. of confirmer.] (Law) One to whom anything is confirmed. | |
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Confirmer \Con*firm"er\, n. One who, or that which, confirms, establishes, or ratifies; one who corroborates. --Shak. | |
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Confirm \Con*firm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confrmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confirming}.] [OE. confermen, confirmen, OF. confermer, F. confirmer, fr. L. confirmare; con- + firmare to make firm, fr. firmus firm. See {Firm}.] 1. To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise. Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs. --Shak. And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law. --Ps. cv. 10. 2. To strengthen in judgment or purpose. Confirmed, then, I resolve Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe. --Milton. 3. To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor. Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale. --Pope. These likelihoods confirm her flight. --Shak. 4. To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty. That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been remitted rather than confimed. --Swift. 5. (Eccl.) To administer the rite of confirmation to. See {Confirmation}, 3. Those which are thus confirmed are thereby supposed to be fit for admission to the sacrament. --Hammond. Syn: To strengthen; corroborate; substantiate; establish; fix; ratify; settle; verify; assure. | |
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Confirmingly \Con*firm"ing*ly\, adv. In a confirming manner. | |
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Conform \Con*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conformed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conforming}.] [F. conformer, L. conformare, -formatum; con- + formare to form, forma form. See {Form}.] To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into harmony or agreement with; -- usually with to or unto. Demand of them wherefore they conform not themselves unto the order of the church. --Hooker. | |
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Conform \Con*form"\, v. i. 1. To be in accord or harmony; to comply; to be obedient; to submit; -- with to or with. A rule to which experience must conform. --Whewell. 2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) To comply with the usages of the Established Church; to be a conformist. About two thousand ministers whose consciences did not suffer them to conform were driven from their benefices in a day. --Macaulay. | |
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Conform \Con*form"\, a. [L. conformis; con- + forma form: cf. F. conforme.] Of the same form; similar in import; conformable. --Bacon. Care must be taken that the interpretation be every way conform to the analogy of faith. --Bp.Hall. | |
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Conformability \Con*form`a*bil"i*ty\, n. 1. The state of being conformable. 2. (Geol.) The parallelism of two sets of strata which are in contact. | |
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Conformable \Con*form"a*ble\, a. 1. Corresponding in form, character, opinions, etc.; similar; like; consistent; proper or suitable; -- usually followed by to. The fragments of Sappho give us a taste of her way of writing perfectly conformable with that character. --Addison. Conformable to Scripture as well as to philosophy. --Whewell. To make matters somewhat conformable for the old knight. --Sir W. Scott. 2. Disposed to compliance or obedience; ready to follow direstions; submissive; compliant. I have been to you a true and humble wife, At all times to your will conformable. --Shak. 3. (Geol.) Parallel, or nearly so; -- said of strata in contact. | |
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Conformableness \Con*form"a*ble*ness\, n. The quality of being conformable; conformability. | |
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Conformably \Con*form"a*bly\, adv. With conformity or in conformity; suitably; agreeably. Conformably to the law and nature of God. --Bp. Beveridge. | |
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Conformance \Con*form"ance\, n. Conformity. [R.] --Marston. | |
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Conformate \Con*form"ate\, a. [L. conformatus, p. p. See {Conform}.] Having the same form. [R.] | |
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Conformation \Con`for*ma"tion\, n. [L. conformatio: cf. F. conformation.] 1. The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity. The conformation of our hearts and lives to the duties of true religion and morality. --I. Watts. 2. The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on the arrangement of parts; form; arrangement. In Hebrew poetry, there may be observed a certain conformation of the sentences. --Lowth. A structure and conformation of the earth. --Woodward. | |
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Conformator \Con"for*ma`tor\, n. [L., a framer.] An apparatus for taking the conformation of anything, as of the head for fitting a hat, or, in craniometry, finding the largest horizontal area of the head. | |
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Conform \Con*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conformed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conforming}.] [F. conformer, L. conformare, -formatum; con- + formare to form, forma form. See {Form}.] To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into harmony or agreement with; -- usually with to or unto. Demand of them wherefore they conform not themselves unto the order of the church. --Hooker. | |
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Conformer \Con*form"er\, n. One who conforms; one who complies with established forms or doctrines. | |
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Conform \Con*form"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conformed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conforming}.] [F. conformer, L. conformare, -formatum; con- + formare to form, forma form. See {Form}.] To shape in accordance with; to make like; to bring into harmony or agreement with; -- usually with to or unto. Demand of them wherefore they conform not themselves unto the order of the church. --Hooker. | |
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Conformist \Con*form"ist\, n. One who conforms or complies; esp., one who conforms to the Church of England, or to the Established Church, as distinguished from a {dissenter} or {nonconformist}. A cheeful conformist to your judgment. --Jer.Taylor. | |
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Conformity \Con*form"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Conformities}. [Cf. F. conformit[82].] 1. Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between. By our conformity to God. --Tillotson. The end of all religion is but to draw us to a conformity with God. --Dr. H.More. A conformity between the mental taste and the sensitive taste. --Addison. 2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) Compliance with the usages of the Established Church. The king [James I.] soon afterward put forth a proclamation requiring all ecclesiastical and civil officers to do their duty by enforcing conformity. --Hallam. | |
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Conformity \Con*form"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Conformities}. [Cf. F. conformit[82].] 1. Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between. By our conformity to God. --Tillotson. The end of all religion is but to draw us to a conformity with God. --Dr. H.More. A conformity between the mental taste and the sensitive taste. --Addison. 2. (Eng. Eccl. Hist.) Compliance with the usages of the Established Church. The king [James I.] soon afterward put forth a proclamation requiring all ecclesiastical and civil officers to do their duty by enforcing conformity. --Hallam. | |
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Confortation \Con`for*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. confortation, LL. confortatio. Cf. {Comfort}.] The act of strengthening. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Confract \Con"fract`\, a. [L. confractus, p. p. of confringere.] Broken in pieces; severed. [Obs.] | |
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Confragose \Con`fra*gose"\, a. [L. confragosus; con- + fragosus, fr. frangere. See {Fragile}.] Broken; uneven. [Obs.] [bd]Confragose cataracts.[b8] --Evelyn. | |
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Confraternity \Con`fra*ter"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Confraternities}. [LL. confraternitas: cf. F. confraternit[?]. See {Fraternity}.] A society of body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood. These live in one society and confraternity. --Stow. | |
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Confraternity \Con`fra*ter"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Confraternities}. [LL. confraternitas: cf. F. confraternit[?]. See {Fraternity}.] A society of body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood. These live in one society and confraternity. --Stow. | |
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Confrication \Con`fri*ca"tion\, n. [L. confricatio, fr. confricare to rub vigorously.] A rubbing together; friction. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Confrier \Con*fri"er\, n. [Cf. F. confr[egrave]re. See {Friar}.] A confr[egrave]re. [Obs.] --Weever. | |
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Confirm \Con*firm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confrmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confirming}.] [OE. confermen, confirmen, OF. confermer, F. confirmer, fr. L. confirmare; con- + firmare to make firm, fr. firmus firm. See {Firm}.] 1. To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise. Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs. --Shak. And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law. --Ps. cv. 10. 2. To strengthen in judgment or purpose. Confirmed, then, I resolve Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe. --Milton. 3. To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor. Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale. --Pope. These likelihoods confirm her flight. --Shak. 4. To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty. That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been remitted rather than confimed. --Swift. 5. (Eccl.) To administer the rite of confirmation to. See {Confirmation}, 3. Those which are thus confirmed are thereby supposed to be fit for admission to the sacrament. --Hammond. Syn: To strengthen; corroborate; substantiate; establish; fix; ratify; settle; verify; assure. | |
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Confront \Con*front"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confronted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confronting}.] [F. confronter; L. con- + frons the forehead or front. See {Front}.] 1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness. We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. --Shak. He spoke and then confronts the bull. --Dryden. Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew her forcibly into her arms, confronting the old Puritan magistrate with almost a fierce expression. --Hawthorne. It was impossible at once to confront the might of France and to trample on the liberties of England. --Macaulay. 2. To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing. 3. To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare. When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show you the same design executed by different hands. --Addison. | |
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Confrontation \Con`fron*ta"tion\, n. [LL. confrontatio.] Act of confrontating. --H.Swinburne. | |
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Confront \Con*front"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confronted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confronting}.] [F. confronter; L. con- + frons the forehead or front. See {Front}.] 1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness. We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. --Shak. He spoke and then confronts the bull. --Dryden. Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew her forcibly into her arms, confronting the old Puritan magistrate with almost a fierce expression. --Hawthorne. It was impossible at once to confront the might of France and to trample on the liberties of England. --Macaulay. 2. To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing. 3. To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare. When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show you the same design executed by different hands. --Addison. | |
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Confronter \Con*front"er\, n. One who confronts. A confronter in authority. --Speed. | |
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Confront \Con*front"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confronted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confronting}.] [F. confronter; L. con- + frons the forehead or front. See {Front}.] 1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness. We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. --Shak. He spoke and then confronts the bull. --Dryden. Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew her forcibly into her arms, confronting the old Puritan magistrate with almost a fierce expression. --Hawthorne. It was impossible at once to confront the might of France and to trample on the liberties of England. --Macaulay. 2. To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing. 3. To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare. When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show you the same design executed by different hands. --Addison. | |
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Confrontment \Con*front"ment\, n. The act of confronting; the state of being face to face. | |
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Confrontment \Con*front"ment\, n. The act of confronting; the state of being face to face. | |
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Conifer \Co"ni*fer\, n. [L. conifer; conus cone + ferre to bear: cf. F. conif[8a]re.] (Bot.) A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order {Coniferae}, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew. | |
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Coniferin \Co*nif"er*in\, n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance. | |
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Coniferous \Co*nif"er*ous\, a. (a) Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress. (b) Pertaining to the order {Coniferae}, of which the pine tree is the type. | |
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Coniform \Co"ni*form\, a. [Cone + -form: cf. F. coniforme.] Cone-shaped; conical. | |
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Conniver \Con*niv"er\, n. One who connives. | |
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Converge \Con*verge"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Converged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Converging}.] [Pref. con- + L. vergere to turn, incline; cf. F. converger. See {Verge}, v. i.] To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge. The mountains converge into a single ridge. --Jefferson. | |
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Converge \Con*verge"\, v. t. To cause to tend to one point; to cause to incline and approach nearer together. I converge its rays to a focus of dazzling brilliancy. --Tyndall. | |
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Converge \Con*verge"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Converged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Converging}.] [Pref. con- + L. vergere to turn, incline; cf. F. converger. See {Verge}, v. i.] To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge. The mountains converge into a single ridge. --Jefferson. | |
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Convergence \Con*ver"gence\, Convergency \Con*ver"gen*cy\, n. [Cf. F. convergence.] The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point. The convergence or divergence of the rays falling on the pupil. --Berkeley. | |
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Convergence \Con*ver"gence\, Convergency \Con*ver"gen*cy\, n. [Cf. F. convergence.] The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point. The convergence or divergence of the rays falling on the pupil. --Berkeley. | |
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Convergent \Con*ver"gent\, a. [Cf. F. convergent.] tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging. As many rays of light, as conveniently can be let in, and made convergent. --Boyle. The vast dome of its cathedral . . . directing its convergent curves to heaven. --Hallam. | |
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Converging \Con*ver"ging\, a. Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines. --Whewell. {Converging rays}(Opt.), rays of light, which, proceeding from different points of an object, tend toward a single point. {Converging series} (Math.), a series in which if an indefinitely great number of terms be taken, their sum will become indefinitely near in value to a fixed quantity, which is called the sum of the series; -- opposed to a {diverging} series. | |
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Converge \Con*verge"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Converged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Converging}.] [Pref. con- + L. vergere to turn, incline; cf. F. converger. See {Verge}, v. i.] To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge. The mountains converge into a single ridge. --Jefferson. | |
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Meniscus \Me*nis"cus\, n.; pl. L. {Menisci} (-s[c6]), E. {Meniscuses}. [NL., from Gr. [?], dim. of mh`nh the moon.] 1. A crescent. 2. (Opt.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other. 3. (Anat.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds. {Converging meniscus}, {Diverging meniscus}. See {Lens}. | |
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Converging \Con*ver"ging\, a. Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines. --Whewell. {Converging rays}(Opt.), rays of light, which, proceeding from different points of an object, tend toward a single point. {Converging series} (Math.), a series in which if an indefinitely great number of terms be taken, their sum will become indefinitely near in value to a fixed quantity, which is called the sum of the series; -- opposed to a {diverging} series. | |
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Converging \Con*ver"ging\, a. Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines. --Whewell. {Converging rays}(Opt.), rays of light, which, proceeding from different points of an object, tend toward a single point. {Converging series} (Math.), a series in which if an indefinitely great number of terms be taken, their sum will become indefinitely near in value to a fixed quantity, which is called the sum of the series; -- opposed to a {diverging} series. | |
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Conversable \Con*vers"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. conversable.] Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable; free in discourse. While young, humane, conversable, and kind. --Cowper. | |
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Conversableness \Con*vers"a*ble*ness\, n. The quality of being conversable; disposition to converse; sociability. | |
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Conversably \Con*vers"a*bly\, adv. In a conversable manner. | |
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Conversance \Con"ver*sance\, n. The state or quality of being conversant; habit of familiarity; familiar acquaintance; intimacy. [R.] | |
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Conversancy \Con"ver*san*cy\, n. Conversance [R.] | |
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Conversant \Con"ver*sant\, a. [L. conversans, p. pr. of conversari: cf. F. conversant.] 1. Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary associated; intimately acquainted. I have been conversant with the first persons of the age. --Dryden. 2. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed; -- generally used with with, sometimes with in. Deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy. --Dryden. he uses the different dialects as one who had been conversant with them all. --Pope. Conversant only with the ways of men. --Cowper. 3. Concerned; occupied. Education . . . is conversant about children. --W. Wotton. | |
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Conversant \Con*vers"ant\, n. One who converses with another; a convenser. [R.] | |
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Conversantly \Con"ver*sant*ly\, adv. In a familiar manner. | |
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Conversation \Con`ver*sa"tion\, n. [OE. conversacio (in senses 1 & 2), OF. conversacion, F. conversation, fr. L. conversatio frequent abode in a place, intercourse, LL. also, manner of life.] 1. General course of conduct; behavior. [Archaic] Let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel. --Philip. i. 27. 2. Familiar intercourse; intimate fellowship or association; close acquaintance. [bd]Conversation with the best company.[b8] --Dryden. I set down, out of long experience in business and much conversation in books, what I thought pertinent to this business. --Bacon. 3. Commerce; intercourse; traffic. [Obs.] All traffic and mutual conversation. --Hakluyt. 4. Colloquial discourse; oral interchange of sentiments and observations; informal dialogue. The influence exercised by his [Johnson's] conversation was altogether without a parallel. --Macaulay. 5. Sexual intercourse; as, criminal conversation. Syn: Intercourse; communion; commerce; familiarity; discourse; dialogue; colloquy; talk; chat. Usage: {Conversation}, {Talk}. There is a looser sense of these words, in which they are synonymous; there is a stricter sense, in which they differ. Talk is usually broken, familiar, and versatile. Conversation is more continuous and sustained, and turns ordinarily upon topics or higher interest. Children talk to their parents or to their companions; men converse together in mixed assemblies. Dr. Johnson once remarked, of an evening spent in society, that there had been a great deal of talk, but no conversation. | |
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Conversational \Con`ver*sa"tion*al\ (k[ocr]n`v[etil]r*s[amac]"sh[ucr]n*[ait]l), a. Pertaining to conversation; in the manner of one conversing; as, a conversational style. --Thackeray. | |
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Conversationalist \Con`ver*sa"tion*al*ist\, n. A conversationist. | |
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Conversationed \Conver*sa"tioned\ (-sh[ucr]nd), a. Acquainted with manners and deportment; behaved. [Obs.] Till she be better conversationed, . . . I'll keep As far from her as the gallows. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Conversationism \Con`ver*sa"tion*ism\ (-[icr]z'm), n. A word or phrase used in conversation; a colloquialism. | |
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Conversationist \Con`ver*sa"tion*ist\, n. One who converses much, or who excels in conversation. --Byron. | |
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Conversative \Con*ver"sa*tive\ (k[ocr]n*v[etil]r"s[adot]*t[icr]v), a. Relating to intercourse with men; social; -- opposed to contemplative. She chose . . . to endue him with the conversative qualities of youth. --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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d8Conversazi-one \[d8]Con`ver*sa`zi-o"ne\ (?[or] ?), n.; pl. {Conversazioni}. [It. See {Conversation}.] A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly on literary or scientific subjects. --Gray. These conversazioni [at Florence] resemble our card assemblies. --A. Drummond. | |
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Converse \Con"verse\, n. 1. Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association. --Glanvill. [bd]T is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled. --Byron. 2. Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat. Formed by thy converse happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. --Pope. | |
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Converse \Con*verse"\ (k[ocr]n*v[etil]rs"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Conversed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conversing}.] [F. converser, L. conversari to associate with; con- + versari to be turned, to live, remain, fr. versare to turn often, v. intens. of vertere to turn See {Convert}.] 1. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with. To seek the distant hills, and there converse With nature. --Thomson. Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions. --Sir W. Scott. But to converse with heaven - This is not easy. --Wordsworth. 2. To engage in familiar colloquy; to interchange thoughts and opinions in a free, informal manner; to chat; -- followed by with before a person; by on, about, concerning, etc., before a thing. Companions That do converse and waste the time together. --Shak. We had conversed so often on that subject. --Dryden. 3. To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; -- said of things. According as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety. --Locke. Syn: To associate; commune; discourse; talk; chat. | |
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Converse \Con"verse\, a. [L. conversus, p. p. of convertere. See {Convert}.] Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition. | |
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Converse \Con"verse\, n. 1. (Logic) A proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue. Note: It should not (as is often done) be confounded with the contrary or opposite of a proposition, which is formed by introducing the negative not or no. 2. (Math.) A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal. | |
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Converse \Con*verse"\ (k[ocr]n*v[etil]rs"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Conversed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conversing}.] [F. converser, L. conversari to associate with; con- + versari to be turned, to live, remain, fr. versare to turn often, v. intens. of vertere to turn See {Convert}.] 1. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with. To seek the distant hills, and there converse With nature. --Thomson. Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions. --Sir W. Scott. But to converse with heaven - This is not easy. --Wordsworth. 2. To engage in familiar colloquy; to interchange thoughts and opinions in a free, informal manner; to chat; -- followed by with before a person; by on, about, concerning, etc., before a thing. Companions That do converse and waste the time together. --Shak. We had conversed so often on that subject. --Dryden. 3. To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; -- said of things. According as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety. --Locke. Syn: To associate; commune; discourse; talk; chat. | |
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Conversely \Con"verse*ly\ (? [or] [?]; 277), adv. In a converse manner; with change of order or relation; reciprocally. --J. S. Mill. | |
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Converser \Con*vers"er\, n. One who engages in conversation. | |
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Conversible \Con*ver"si*ble\, a. Capable of being converted or reversed. --Hammond. | |
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Converse \Con*verse"\ (k[ocr]n*v[etil]rs"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Conversed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conversing}.] [F. converser, L. conversari to associate with; con- + versari to be turned, to live, remain, fr. versare to turn often, v. intens. of vertere to turn See {Convert}.] 1. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with. To seek the distant hills, and there converse With nature. --Thomson. Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions. --Sir W. Scott. But to converse with heaven - This is not easy. --Wordsworth. 2. To engage in familiar colloquy; to interchange thoughts and opinions in a free, informal manner; to chat; -- followed by with before a person; by on, about, concerning, etc., before a thing. Companions That do converse and waste the time together. --Shak. We had conversed so often on that subject. --Dryden. 3. To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; -- said of things. According as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety. --Locke. Syn: To associate; commune; discourse; talk; chat. | |
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Conversion \Con*ver"sion\, n. [L. conversio: cf. F. conversion. See {Convert}.] 1. The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change. Artificial conversion of water into ice. --Bacon. The conversion of the aliment into fat. --Arbuthnot. 2. The act of changing one's views or course, as in passing from one side, party, or from of religion to another; also, the state of being so changed. [bd]Conversion to Christianity.[b8] --Prescott. 3. (Law) An appropriation of, and dealing with the property of another as if it were one's own, without right; as, the conversion of a horse. Or bring my action of conversion And trover for my goods. --Hudibras. 4. (Logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or the contrary. 5. (Math.) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions. 6. (Mil.) (a) A change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the flank. (b) A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns into rifles. 7. (Theol.) A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world to the service of God; a change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a transformation of the outward life. He oft Frequented their assemblies, . . . and to them preached Conversion and repentance, as to souls In prison under judgments imminent. --Milton. | |
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Conversive \Con*ver"sive\, a. 1. Capable of being converted or changed. 2. Ready to converse; social. [Archaic] --Feltham. | |
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Convert \Con*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Converted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Converting}.] [L. convertere, -versum; con- + vertere to turn: cf. F. convertir. See {Verse}.] 1. To cause to turn; to turn. [Obs.] O, which way shall I first convert myself? --B. Jonson. 2. To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice. If the whole atmosphere were converted into water. --T. Burnet. That still lessens The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy. --Milton. 3. To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another. No attempt was made to convert the Moslems. --Prescott. 4. To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness. He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death. --Lames v. 20. 5. To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally. When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and converted it, [it was] held no larceny. --Cooley. 6. To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money. 7. (Logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second. 8. To turn into another language; to translate. [Obs.] Which story . . . Catullus more elegantly converted. --B. Jonson. {Converted guns}, cast-iron guns lined with wrought-iron or steel tubes. --Farrow. {Converting furnace} (Steel Manuf.), a furnace in which wrought iron is converted into steel by cementation. Syn: To change; turn; transmute; appropriate. | |
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Convert \Con*vert"\, v. i. To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally. If Nebo had had the preaching that thou hast, they [the Neboites] would have converted. --Latimer. A red dust which converth into worms. --Sandys. The public hope And eye to thee converting. --Thomson. | |
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Convert \Con"vert\, n. 1. A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religious system, or party, in which he has not previously believed; especially, one who turns from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness, or from unbelief to Christianity. The Jesuits did not persuade the converts to lay aside the use of images. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir. Syn: Proselyte; neophyte. Usage: {Convert}, {Proselyte}, {Pervert}. A convert is one who turns from what he believes to have been a decided error of faith or practice. Such a change may relate to religion, politics, or other subjects. properly considered, it is not confined to speculation alone, but affects the whole current of one's feelings and the tenor of his actions. As such a change carries with it the appearance of sincerity, the term convert is usually taken in a good sense. Proselyte is a term of more ambiguous use and application. It was first applied to an adherent of one religious system who had transferred himself externally to some other religious system; and is also applied to one who makes a similar transfer in respect to systems of philosophy or speculation. The term has little or no reference to the state of the heart. Pervert is a term of recent origin, designed to express the contrary of convert, and to stigmatize a person as drawn off perverted from the true faith. It has been more particulary applied by members of the Church of England to those who have joined the Roman Catholic Church. | |
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Convert \Con*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Converted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Converting}.] [L. convertere, -versum; con- + vertere to turn: cf. F. convertir. See {Verse}.] 1. To cause to turn; to turn. [Obs.] O, which way shall I first convert myself? --B. Jonson. 2. To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice. If the whole atmosphere were converted into water. --T. Burnet. That still lessens The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy. --Milton. 3. To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another. No attempt was made to convert the Moslems. --Prescott. 4. To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness. He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death. --Lames v. 20. 5. To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally. When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and converted it, [it was] held no larceny. --Cooley. 6. To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money. 7. (Logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second. 8. To turn into another language; to translate. [Obs.] Which story . . . Catullus more elegantly converted. --B. Jonson. {Converted guns}, cast-iron guns lined with wrought-iron or steel tubes. --Farrow. {Converting furnace} (Steel Manuf.), a furnace in which wrought iron is converted into steel by cementation. Syn: To change; turn; transmute; appropriate. | |
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Convert \Con*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Converted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Converting}.] [L. convertere, -versum; con- + vertere to turn: cf. F. convertir. See {Verse}.] 1. To cause to turn; to turn. [Obs.] O, which way shall I first convert myself? --B. Jonson. 2. To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice. If the whole atmosphere were converted into water. --T. Burnet. That still lessens The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy. --Milton. 3. To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another. No attempt was made to convert the Moslems. --Prescott. 4. To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness. He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death. --Lames v. 20. 5. To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally. When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and converted it, [it was] held no larceny. --Cooley. 6. To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money. 7. (Logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second. 8. To turn into another language; to translate. [Obs.] Which story . . . Catullus more elegantly converted. --B. Jonson. {Converted guns}, cast-iron guns lined with wrought-iron or steel tubes. --Farrow. {Converting furnace} (Steel Manuf.), a furnace in which wrought iron is converted into steel by cementation. Syn: To change; turn; transmute; appropriate. | |
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Convertend \Con`ver*tend"\, n. [L. convertenus to be converted.] (Logic) Any proposition which is subject to the process of conversion; -- so called in its relation to itself as converted, after which process it is termed the converse. See {Converse}, n. (Logic). | |
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Converter \Con*vert"er\, n. 1. One who converts; one who makes converts. 2. (Steel Manuf.) A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal. | |
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Convertibility \Con*vert`i*bil"i*ty\, n. The condition or quality of being convertible; capability of being exchanged; convertibleness. The mutual convertibility of land into money, and of money into land. --Burke. | |
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Convertible \Con*vert"i*ble\, a. [L. convertibilis: cf. F. convertible.] 1. Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable. Minerals are not convertible into another species, though of the same genus. --Harvey. 2. Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable. So long as we are in the regions of nature, miraculous and improbable, miraculous and incredible, may be allowed to remain convertible terms. --Trench. | |
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Convertibleness \Con*vert"i*ble*ness\, n. The state of being convertible; convertibility. | |
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Convertibly \Con*vert"i*bly\, adv. In a convertible manner. | |
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Convert \Con*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Converted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Converting}.] [L. convertere, -versum; con- + vertere to turn: cf. F. convertir. See {Verse}.] 1. To cause to turn; to turn. [Obs.] O, which way shall I first convert myself? --B. Jonson. 2. To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice. If the whole atmosphere were converted into water. --T. Burnet. That still lessens The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy. --Milton. 3. To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another. No attempt was made to convert the Moslems. --Prescott. 4. To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness. He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death. --Lames v. 20. 5. To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally. When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and converted it, [it was] held no larceny. --Cooley. 6. To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money. 7. (Logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second. 8. To turn into another language; to translate. [Obs.] Which story . . . Catullus more elegantly converted. --B. Jonson. {Converted guns}, cast-iron guns lined with wrought-iron or steel tubes. --Farrow. {Converting furnace} (Steel Manuf.), a furnace in which wrought iron is converted into steel by cementation. Syn: To change; turn; transmute; appropriate. | |
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Convert \Con*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Converted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Converting}.] [L. convertere, -versum; con- + vertere to turn: cf. F. convertir. See {Verse}.] 1. To cause to turn; to turn. [Obs.] O, which way shall I first convert myself? --B. Jonson. 2. To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice. If the whole atmosphere were converted into water. --T. Burnet. That still lessens The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy. --Milton. 3. To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another. No attempt was made to convert the Moslems. --Prescott. 4. To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness. He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death. --Lames v. 20. 5. To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally. When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and converted it, [it was] held no larceny. --Cooley. 6. To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money. 7. (Logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second. 8. To turn into another language; to translate. [Obs.] Which story . . . Catullus more elegantly converted. --B. Jonson. {Converted guns}, cast-iron guns lined with wrought-iron or steel tubes. --Farrow. {Converting furnace} (Steel Manuf.), a furnace in which wrought iron is converted into steel by cementation. Syn: To change; turn; transmute; appropriate. | |
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Convertite \Con"vert*ite\, n. [Cf. It. convertito, p. p. of convertire to convert.] A convert. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Conveyer \Con*vey"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, conveys or carries, transmits or transfers. 2. One given to artifices or secret practices; a juggler; a cheat; a thief. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Conveyor \Con*vey"or\, n. (Mach.) A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope. | |
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Cumber \Cum"ber\ (k?m"b?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cumbered} (-b?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cumbering}.] [OE. combren, cumbren,OF. combrer to hinder, from LL. cumbrus a heap, fr. L. cumulus; cf. Skr. [?][?] to increase, grow strong. Cf. {Cumulate}.] To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble. Why asks he what avails him not in fight, And would but cumber and retard his flight? --Dryden. Martha was cumbered about much serving. --Luke x. 40. Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? -- Luke xiii. 7. The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, . . . but cumbers the memory. --Locke. | |
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Cumber \Cum"ber\ (k?m"b?r), n. [Cf. encombre hindrance, impediment. See Cuber,v.] Trouble; embarrassment; distress. [Obs.] [Written also {comber}.] A place of much distraction and cumber. -- Sir H. Wotton. Sage counsel in cumber. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Cumber \Cum"ber\ (k?m"b?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cumbered} (-b?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cumbering}.] [OE. combren, cumbren,OF. combrer to hinder, from LL. cumbrus a heap, fr. L. cumulus; cf. Skr. [?][?] to increase, grow strong. Cf. {Cumulate}.] To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble. Why asks he what avails him not in fight, And would but cumber and retard his flight? --Dryden. Martha was cumbered about much serving. --Luke x. 40. Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? -- Luke xiii. 7. The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, . . . but cumbers the memory. --Locke. | |
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Cumber \Cum"ber\ (k?m"b?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cumbered} (-b?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cumbering}.] [OE. combren, cumbren,OF. combrer to hinder, from LL. cumbrus a heap, fr. L. cumulus; cf. Skr. [?][?] to increase, grow strong. Cf. {Cumulate}.] To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble. Why asks he what avails him not in fight, And would but cumber and retard his flight? --Dryden. Martha was cumbered about much serving. --Luke x. 40. Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? -- Luke xiii. 7. The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, . . . but cumbers the memory. --Locke. | |
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Wrestling \Wres"tling\, n. Act of one who wrestles; specif., the sport consisting of the hand-to-hand combat between two unarmed contestants who seek to throw each other. Note: The various styles of wrestling differ in their definition of a fall and in the governing rules. In {Greco-Roman wrestling}, tripping and taking hold of the legs are forbidden, and a fall is gained (that is, the bout is won), by the contestant who pins both his opponent's shoulders to the ground. In {catch-as-catch-can wrestling}, all holds are permitted except such as may be barred by mutual consent, and a fall is defined as in Greco-Roman style. {Lancashire style wrestling} is essentially the same as catch-as-catch-can. In {Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling} the contestants stand chest to chest, grasping each other around the body. The one first losing his hold, or touching the ground with any part of his body except his feet, loses the bout. If both fall to the ground at the same time, it is a dogfall, and must be wrestled over. In the {Cornwall and Devon wrestling}, the wrestlers complete in strong loose linen jackets, catching hold of the jacket, or anywhere above the waist. Two shoulders and one hip, or two hips and one shoulder, must touch the ground to constitute a fall, and if a man is thrown otherwise than on his back the contestants get upon their feet and the bout recommences. | |
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Cumbersome \Cum"ber*some\ (k[?]m"b[?]r-s[?]m), a. 1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. To perform a cumbersome obedience. --Sir. P. Sidney. 2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine. He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. --I. Taylor. -- {Cum"ber*some*ly}, adv. -- {Cum"ber*some*ness},n. | |
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Cumbersome \Cum"ber*some\ (k[?]m"b[?]r-s[?]m), a. 1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. To perform a cumbersome obedience. --Sir. P. Sidney. 2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine. He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. --I. Taylor. -- {Cum"ber*some*ly}, adv. -- {Cum"ber*some*ness},n. | |
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Cumbersome \Cum"ber*some\ (k[?]m"b[?]r-s[?]m), a. 1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous. To perform a cumbersome obedience. --Sir. P. Sidney. 2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine. He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. --I. Taylor. -- {Cum"ber*some*ly}, adv. -- {Cum"ber*some*ness},n. | |
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Cumbrance \Cum"brance\ (k?m"brans), n. Encumbrance. [Obs.] Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare. --Milton. | |
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Cumbrian \Cum"bri*an\ (k?m"br?-a]/>n), a. Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there. {Cumbrian system} (Geol.), the slate or graywacke system of rocks, now included in the Cambrian or Silurian system; -- so called because most prominent at Cumberland. | |
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Cumbrian \Cum"bri*an\ (k?m"br?-a]/>n), a. Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there. {Cumbrian system} (Geol.), the slate or graywacke system of rocks, now included in the Cambrian or Silurian system; -- so called because most prominent at Cumberland. | |
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Cumbrous \Cum"brous\ (k?m"br?s), a. 1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging. He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. --Swift. That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. --De Quincey. 2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.] A clud of cumbrous gnats. --Spenser. -- {Cum"brous*ly}, adv. -- {Cum"brous*ness}, n. | |
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Cumbrous \Cum"brous\ (k?m"br?s), a. 1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging. He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. --Swift. That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. --De Quincey. 2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.] A clud of cumbrous gnats. --Spenser. -- {Cum"brous*ly}, adv. -- {Cum"brous*ness}, n. | |
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Cumbrous \Cum"brous\ (k?m"br?s), a. 1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging. He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. --Swift. That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. --De Quincey. 2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.] A clud of cumbrous gnats. --Spenser. -- {Cum"brous*ly}, adv. -- {Cum"brous*ness}, n. | |
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Cumfrey \Cum"frey\ (k?m"fr?), n. (Bot.) See {Comfrey}. | |
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Cuneiform \Cu*ne"i*form\ (k?-n?"?-f?rm), Cuniform \Cu"ni*form\ (k?"n?-f?rm), a. [L. cuneus a wedge + -form: cf. F. cunei-forme. See {Coin}.] 1. Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform bone; -- especially applied to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded characters of ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. See {Arrowheaded}. 2. Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in them. [bd]A cuneiform scholar.[b8] --Rawlinson. | |
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Cuneiform \Cu*ne"i*form\, Cuniform \Cu"ni*form\, n. 1. The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet). 2. (Anat.) (a) One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first, second third metatarsals. They are usually designated as external, middle, and internal, or {ectocuniform}, {mesocuniform}, and {entocuniform}, respectively. (b) One of the carpal bones usually articulating with the ulna; -- called also {pyramidal} and {ulnare}. | |
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Cuneiform \Cu*ne"i*form\ (k?-n?"?-f?rm), Cuniform \Cu"ni*form\ (k?"n?-f?rm), a. [L. cuneus a wedge + -form: cf. F. cunei-forme. See {Coin}.] 1. Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform bone; -- especially applied to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded characters of ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. See {Arrowheaded}. 2. Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in them. [bd]A cuneiform scholar.[b8] --Rawlinson. | |
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Cuneiform \Cu*ne"i*form\, Cuniform \Cu"ni*form\, n. 1. The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet). 2. (Anat.) (a) One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first, second third metatarsals. They are usually designated as external, middle, and internal, or {ectocuniform}, {mesocuniform}, and {entocuniform}, respectively. (b) One of the carpal bones usually articulating with the ulna; -- called also {pyramidal} and {ulnare}. | |
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d8Buansuah \[d8]Bu`an*su"ah\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The wild dog of northern India ({Cuon prim[91]vus}), supposed by some to be an ancestral species of the domestic dog. | |
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Cymiferous \Cy*mif"er*ous\ (s?-m?f"?r-?s), a. [Cyme + -ferous.] Producing cymes. | |
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Cambria, CA (CDP, FIPS 10074) Location: 35.54655 N, 121.07987 W Population (1990): 5382 (3081 housing units) Area: 19.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 93428 Cambria, IL (village, FIPS 10630) Location: 37.77865 N, 89.11432 W Population (1990): 1230 (561 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Cambria, WI (village, FIPS 12200) Location: 43.54085 N, 89.11383 W Population (1990): 768 (315 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53923 | |
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Cambria County, PA (county, FIPS 21) Location: 40.49407 N, 78.71538 W Population (1990): 163029 (67374 housing units) Area: 1782.1 sq km (land), 14.0 sq km (water) | |
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Cambria Heights, NY Zip code(s): 11411 | |
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Cambrian Park, CA (CDP, FIPS 10088) Location: 37.25565 N, 121.92785 W Population (1990): 2998 (1072 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Cambridge, IA (city, FIPS 10225) Location: 41.89950 N, 93.53089 W Population (1990): 714 (288 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50046 Cambridge, ID (city, FIPS 12520) Location: 44.57259 N, 116.67591 W Population (1990): 374 (173 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83610 Cambridge, IL (village, FIPS 10643) Location: 41.30329 N, 90.19329 W Population (1990): 2124 (876 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61238 Cambridge, KS (city, FIPS 10125) Location: 37.31730 N, 96.66678 W Population (1990): 74 (48 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67023 Cambridge, KY (city, FIPS 12066) Location: 38.22150 N, 85.61593 W Population (1990): 193 (97 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Cambridge, MA (city, FIPS 11000) Location: 42.37580 N, 71.11870 W Population (1990): 95802 (41979 housing units) Area: 16.7 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 02138, 02139, 02142, 02163 Cambridge, MD (city, FIPS 12400) Location: 38.56184 N, 76.07783 W Population (1990): 11514 (5256 housing units) Area: 17.1 sq km (land), 2.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21613 Cambridge, ME Zip code(s): 04923 Cambridge, MN (city, FIPS 9370) Location: 45.56434 N, 93.22693 W Population (1990): 5094 (1950 housing units) Area: 9.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55008 Cambridge, NE (city, FIPS 7730) Location: 40.28335 N, 100.17048 W Population (1990): 1107 (526 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69022 Cambridge, NY (village, FIPS 11825) Location: 43.02664 N, 73.38085 W Population (1990): 1906 (825 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12816 Cambridge, OH (city, FIPS 10996) Location: 40.02505 N, 81.58693 W Population (1990): 11748 (5770 housing units) Area: 13.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Cambridge, VT (village, FIPS 11425) Location: 44.63539 N, 72.88247 W Population (1990): 292 (121 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 05444 Cambridge, WI (village, FIPS 12225) Location: 43.00718 N, 89.01870 W Population (1990): 963 (389 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53523 | |
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Cambridge City, IN (town, FIPS 9874) Location: 39.81201 N, 85.17078 W Population (1990): 2091 (931 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47327 | |
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Cambridge Springs, PA (borough, FIPS 10912) Location: 41.80167 N, 80.06013 W Population (1990): 1837 (778 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Cambridgeport, VT Zip code(s): 05141 | |
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Camp Forsyth, KS (CDP, FIPS 10175) Location: 39.06336 N, 96.82438 W Population (1990): 1967 (458 housing units) Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
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Camp Verde, AZ (town, FIPS 9690) Location: 34.56965 N, 111.85619 W Population (1990): 6243 (2839 housing units) Area: 110.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 86322 Camp Verde, TX Zip code(s): 78010 | |
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Campo Rico, PR (comunidad, FIPS 11710) Location: 18.33906 N, 65.89825 W Population (1990): 2952 (938 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Chamberlain, ME Zip code(s): 04541 Chamberlain, SD (city, FIPS 11220) Location: 43.80763 N, 99.32024 W Population (1990): 2347 (1024 housing units) Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57325 | |
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Chamberlayne, VA (CDP, FIPS 14544) Location: 37.62640 N, 77.42875 W Population (1990): 4577 (1884 housing units) Area: 9.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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Chambers, AZ Zip code(s): 86502 Chambers, NE (village, FIPS 8675) Location: 42.20513 N, 98.74780 W Population (1990): 341 (181 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68725 | |
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Chambers County, AL (county, FIPS 17) Location: 32.91518 N, 85.38980 W Population (1990): 36876 (14910 housing units) Area: 1547.3 sq km (land), 14.9 sq km (water) Chambers County, TX (county, FIPS 71) Location: 29.70360 N, 94.67944 W Population (1990): 20088 (8061 housing units) Area: 1552.4 sq km (land), 697.3 sq km (water) | |
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Chambersburg, IL Zip code(s): 62323 Chambersburg, PA (borough, FIPS 12536) Location: 39.93225 N, 77.65643 W Population (1990): 16647 (7618 housing units) Area: 17.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17201 | |
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Comfort, TX (CDP, FIPS 16228) Location: 29.97233 N, 98.90281 W Population (1990): 1477 (646 housing units) Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78013 Comfort, WV Zip code(s): 25049 | |
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Comfrey, MN (city, FIPS 12772) Location: 44.11090 N, 94.90268 W Population (1990): 433 (215 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56019 | |
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Conifer, CO Zip code(s): 80433 | |
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Conover, NC (city, FIPS 14340) Location: 35.70953 N, 81.21755 W Population (1990): 5465 (2241 housing units) Area: 18.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28613 Conover, OH Zip code(s): 45317 Conover, WI Zip code(s): 54519 | |
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Converse, IN (town, FIPS 14986) Location: 40.57994 N, 85.87791 W Population (1990): 1144 (506 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46919 Converse, LA (village, FIPS 17215) Location: 31.78036 N, 93.69979 W Population (1990): 436 (191 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Converse, TX (city, FIPS 16468) Location: 29.51375 N, 98.31185 W Population (1990): 8887 (3035 housing units) Area: 13.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78109 | |
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Converse County, WY (county, FIPS 9) Location: 42.97489 N, 105.50418 W Population (1990): 11128 (5234 housing units) Area: 11020.1 sq km (land), 27.0 sq km (water) | |
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Cumberland, IA (city, FIPS 17760) Location: 41.27369 N, 94.86966 W Population (1990): 295 (162 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50843 Cumberland, IN (town, FIPS 16336) Location: 39.78280 N, 85.95238 W Population (1990): 4557 (1734 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46229 Cumberland, KY (city, FIPS 19108) Location: 36.98416 N, 82.98604 W Population (1990): 3112 (1384 housing units) Area: 11.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40823 Cumberland, MD (city, FIPS 21325) Location: 39.65107 N, 78.76381 W Population (1990): 23706 (11431 housing units) Area: 21.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Cumberland, OH (village, FIPS 19694) Location: 39.85230 N, 81.65863 W Population (1990): 318 (149 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43732 Cumberland, RI Zip code(s): 02864 Cumberland, VA Zip code(s): 23040 Cumberland, WI (city, FIPS 18025) Location: 45.53594 N, 92.02321 W Population (1990): 2163 (1060 housing units) Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54829 | |
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Cumberland Cente, ME Zip code(s): 04021 | |
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Cumberland Center, ME (CDP, FIPS 15500) Location: 43.80076 N, 70.25270 W Population (1990): 1890 (673 housing units) Area: 11.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cumberland City, TN (town, FIPS 18820) Location: 36.38219 N, 87.64402 W Population (1990): 319 (157 housing units) Area: 12.5 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37050 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cumberland County, IL (county, FIPS 35) Location: 39.27376 N, 88.23968 W Population (1990): 10670 (4448 housing units) Area: 896.2 sq km (land), 2.5 sq km (water) Cumberland County, KY (county, FIPS 57) Location: 36.78158 N, 85.38901 W Population (1990): 6784 (3051 housing units) Area: 792.1 sq km (land), 13.0 sq km (water) Cumberland County, ME (county, FIPS 5) Location: 43.80825 N, 70.33134 W Population (1990): 243135 (109890 housing units) Area: 2164.2 sq km (land), 987.9 sq km (water) Cumberland County, NC (county, FIPS 51) Location: 35.04650 N, 78.82867 W Population (1990): 274566 (98360 housing units) Area: 1691.6 sq km (land), 13.9 sq km (water) Cumberland County, NJ (county, FIPS 11) Location: 39.32975 N, 75.13300 W Population (1990): 138053 (50294 housing units) Area: 1267.3 sq km (land), 485.0 sq km (water) Cumberland County, PA (county, FIPS 41) Location: 40.16985 N, 77.26505 W Population (1990): 195257 (77108 housing units) Area: 1425.0 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water) Cumberland County, TN (county, FIPS 35) Location: 35.95140 N, 84.99734 W Population (1990): 34736 (15864 housing units) Area: 1765.4 sq km (land), 8.6 sq km (water) Cumberland County, VA (county, FIPS 49) Location: 37.51467 N, 78.23948 W Population (1990): 7825 (3170 housing units) Area: 773.2 sq km (land), 3.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cumberland Fores, ME Zip code(s): 04110 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cumberland Furna, TN Zip code(s): 37051 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cumberland Gap, TN (town, FIPS 18880) Location: 36.59803 N, 83.66521 W Population (1990): 210 (104 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37724 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cumberland Head, NY (CDP, FIPS 19408) Location: 44.71630 N, 73.40302 W Population (1990): 1698 (839 housing units) Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cumberland Hill, RI (CDP, FIPS 20260) Location: 41.97205 N, 71.46008 W Population (1990): 6379 (2649 housing units) Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
chomper n. Someone or something that is chomping; a loser. See {loser}, {bagbiter}, {chomp}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
COME FROM n. A semi-mythical language construct dual to the `go to'; `COME FROM' | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Comparatives Finally, note that many words in hacker jargon have to be understood as members of sets of comparatives. This is especially true of the adjectives and nouns used to describe the beauty and functional quality of code. Here is an approximately correct spectrum: monstrosity brain-damage screw bug lose misfeature crock kluge hack win feature elegance perfection The last is spoken of as a mythical absolute, approximated but never actually attained. Another similar scale is used for describing the reliability of software: broken flaky dodgy fragile brittle solid robust bulletproof armor-plated Note, however, that `dodgy' is primarily Commonwealth Hackish (it is rare in the U.S.) and may change places with `flaky' for some speakers. Coinages for describing {lossage} seem to call forth the very finest in hackish linguistic inventiveness; it has been truly said that hackers have even more words for equipment failures than Yiddish has for obnoxious people. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
compress [Unix] vt. When used without a qualifier, generally refers to {crunch}ing of a file using a particular C implementation of compression by Joseph M. Orost et al. and widely circulated via {Usenet}; use of {crunch} itself in this sense is rare among Unix hackers. Specifically, compress is built around the Lempel-Ziv-Welch algorithm as described in "A Technique for High Performance Data Compression", Terry A. Welch, "IEEE Computer", vol. 17, no. 6 (June 1984), pp. 8-19. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Compu$erve n. See {CI$}. Synonyms CompuSpend and Compu$pend are also reported. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Cambridge Lisp A flavour of Lisp using BCPL. Sources owned by Fitznorman partners. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
com port {communications port} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
COME FROM "go to"; "COME FROM" | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
COMPREHENSIVE An early system on {MIT}'s {Whirlwind}. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959]. (2002-06-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Comprehensive Perl Archive Network material related to the {Perl} programming language. {Home (http://www.perl.com/CPAN)}. (1999-12-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Comprehensive TeX Archive Network package. {(http://www.tex.ac.uk)}. {Gopher (gopher://gopher.tex.ac.uk/)}. {(ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/)}. NFS: nfs.tex.ac.uk. (1995-01-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
compress 1. To feed data through any {compression} {algorithm}. 2. supplanted by {gzip}. Unix compress was written in {C} by Joseph M. Orost, James A. Woods et al., and was widely circulated via {Usenet}. It uses the {Lempel-Ziv Welch} {algorithm} and normally produces files with the suffix ".Z". Compress uses variable length codes. Initially, nine-bit codes are output until they are all used. When this occurs, ten-bit codes are used and so on, until an implementation-dependent maximum is reached. After every 10 {kilobytes} of input the compression ratio is checked. If it is decreasing then the entire string table is discarded and information is collected from scratch. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Compressed SLIP version of {SLIP} using {compression}. CSLIP has no effect on the data portion of the {packet} and has nothing to do with compression by {modem}. It does reduce the {TCP} header from 40 bytes to 7 bytes, a noticeable difference when doing {telnet} with lots of little packets. CSLIP has no effect on UDP, only TCP. (1995-05-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
compressed video {video compression} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
compression 1. storage space or transmission time. Although data is already coded in digital form for computer processing, it can often be coded more efficiently (using fewer bits). For example, {run-length encoding} replaces strings of repeated characters (or other units of data) with a single character and a count. There are many compression {algorithms} and utilities. Compressed data must be decompressed before it can be used. The standard {Unix} compression utilty is called {compress} though {GNU}'s superior {gzip} has largely replaced it. Other compression utilties include {pack}, {zip} and {PKZIP}. When compressing several similar files, it is usually better to join the files together into an {archive} of some kind (using {tar} for example) and then compress them, rather than to join together individually compressed files. This is because some common compression {algorithm}s build up tables based on the data from their current input which they have already compressed. They then use this table to compress subsequent data more efficiently. See also {TIFF}, {JPEG}, {MPEG}, {Lempel-Ziv Welch}, "{lossy}", "{lossless}". {Compression FAQ (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/compression-faq/)}. {Usenet} newsgroups: {news:comp.compression}, {news:comp.compression.research}. 2. making quiet sounds louder and loud sounds quieter. Thus, when discussing digital audio, the preferred term for reducing the total amount of data is "compaction". Some advocate this term in all contexts. (2001-01-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
COMPROSL COMpound PROcedural Scientific Language. A language for scientists and engineers. [Sammet 1969, pp. 299-300]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Compu$erve (Or "CompuSpend", "Compu$pend") A pejorative name for {CompuServe Information Service} ({CI$}) drawing attention to perceived high charges. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Compuware Corporation employees worldwide, including more than 7,000 in its professional services organisation. Since 1973, Compuware has focused on optimising business software development, testing, and operation. With revenues of more than $1.6 billion in 1999, Compuware is a world leader in {client-server} development. {Home (http://www.compuware.com/)}. Telephone: +1 (800) 521 9353. (1999-06-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Conference On DAta SYstems Languages which was nonetheless the first to allow one-to-many {relations}. (1998-03-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Conferencing over IP trying to standardise {IP Telephony} through the use of {ITU-T} {H.323}. The VoIP forum of the {IMTC} merged with the H.323 Activity Group in January 1999 to form the Conferencing over IP (CoIP) Activity Group. VoIP uses "VoIP Devices" as {gateways} to {route} voice {packets} over the Internet or {PSTN}. It uses {protocols} such as {SGCP} and its successor {MGCP}. {Home (http://www.imtc.org/act_coipbody.htm)}. (1999-03-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CONNIVER {Artificial intelligence} language for {automatic theorem proving}. An outgrowth of {PLANNER}, based on {coroutine}s rather than {backtracking}. Allowed multiple database contexts with hypothetical assertions. ["The CONNIVER Reference Manual", D. McDermott & G.J. Sussman (1995-01-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Convergent Technologies {Intel Corporation} in 1979. Convergent Technologies' first product was the IWS (Integrated Workstation) based on the {Intel 8086}, which ran {Convergent Technologies Operating System} - their first {operating system}. Unisys bought {Convergent Technologies} in 1988. [Who bought/merged with who and when?] (1998-04-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Convergent Technologies Operating System {message-passing}, {multi-process} based {operating system}. {Convergent Technologies}' first product was the IWS (Integrated Workstation) based on the {Intel 8086}, which had CTOS as its operating system. It is a modular operating system with built in {local area networking}. CTOS supports multiple processes or {threads}, and message-based {inter-process communication}. Companies which have licensed CTOS include {Burroughs} (BTOS) and {Bull} (STARSYS). The largest customer was {Unisys}, with whom Convergent Technologies merged to become one company in 1988. CTOS now has over 800,000 users worldwide. CTOS runs on Intel {Pentium} computers, and can run concurrently with {Microsoft} {Windows NT}. For some reason, CTOS is no longer marketted to new customers, although there is a support comittment for existing customers until 2001. Major customers include Police Forces, Banks, and Airlines. Latest version: CTOS III 1.3.2. ["Exploring CTOS", Miller E., Crook J., Loy J. - Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-297342-1, 1991]. (1996-09-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Conversational LISP (CLISP) A mixed English-like, {ALGOL}-like surface {syntax} for {Interlisp}. ["CLISP: Conversational LISP", W. Teitelman, in Proc Third Intl Joint Conf on AI, Stanford, Aug 1973, pp.686-690]. (1994-11-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Conversational Monitor System {Virtual Machine/Conversational Monitor System} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
converse its converse B => A are shown in the following truth table: A B | A => B B => A ------+---------------- f f | t t f t | t f t f | f t t t | t t (2002-07-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
conversion to iteration A transformation applied to functional programs to replace recursion with iteration. A tail-recursive function can be compiled to an iterative loop where the recursive call becomes a jump back to the start and the parameters are held in registers which are updated with new values each time around the loop. See Iteration, Tail recursion optimisation. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CONVERT 1. String processing language, combined the pattern matching and transformation operations of COMIT with the recursive data structures of Lisp. "Convert", A. Guzman et al, CACM 9(8):604-615 (Aug 1966). 2. Early language to convert programs and data from one language to another. "CONVERT Manual", OLI Systems Inc (Oct 1976). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
convert.f90 A {Fortran77} to {Fortran90} translator by Michael Metcalf the two Fortrans make this package useful. {(ftp://jkr.cc.rl.ac.uk/pub/MandR/convert.f90)}. (1993-07-17) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Camphire (Heb. copher), mentioned in Cant. 1:14 (R.V., "henna-flowers"); 4:13 (R.V., "henna"), is the al-henna of the Arabs, a native of Egypt, producing clusters of small white and yellow odoriferous flowers, whence is made the Oleum Cyprineum. From its leaves is made the peculiar auburn dye with which Eastern women stain their nails and the palms of their hands. It is found only at Engedi, on the shore of the Dead Sea. It is known to botanists by the name Lawsonia alba or inermis, a kind of privet, which grows 6 or 8 feet high. The margin of the Authorized Version of the passages above referred to has "or cypress," not with reference to the conifer so called, but to the circumstance that one of the most highly appreciated species of this plant grew in the island of Cyprus. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Chamber "on the wall," which the Shunammite prepared for the prophet Elisha (2 Kings 4:10), was an upper chamber over the porch through the hall toward the street. This was the "guest chamber" where entertainments were prepared (Mark 14:14). There were also "chambers within chambers" (1 Kings 22:25; 2 Kings 9:2). To enter into a chamber is used metaphorically of prayer and communion with God (Isa. 26:20). The "chambers of the south" (Job 9:9) are probably the constelations of the southern hemisphere. The "chambers of imagery", i.e., chambers painted with images, as used by Ezekiel (8:12), is an expression denoting the vision the prophet had of the abominations practised by the Jews in Jerusalem. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Chambering (Rom. 13:13), wantonness, impurity. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Chamberlain a confidential servant of the king (Gen. 37:36; 39:1). In Rom. 16:23 mention is made of "Erastus the chamberlain." Here the word denotes the treasurer of the city, or the quaestor, as the Romans styled him. He is almost the only convert from the higher ranks of whom mention is made (comp. Acts 17:34). Blastus, Herod's "chamberlain" (Acts 12:20), was his personal attendant or valet-de-chambre. The Hebrew word _saris_, thus translated in Esther 1:10, 15; 2:3, 14, 21, etc., properly means an eunuch (as in the marg.), as it is rendered in Isa. 39:7; 56:3. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Comforter the designation of the Holy Ghost (John 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7; R.V. marg., "or Advocate, or Helper; Gr. paracletos"). The same Greek word thus rendered is translated "Advocate" in 1 John 2:1 as applicable to Christ. It means properly "one who is summoned to the side of another" to help him in a court of justice by defending him, "one who is summoned to plead a cause." "Advocate" is the proper rendering of the word in every case where it occurs. It is worthy of notice that although Paul nowhere uses the word paracletos, he yet presents the idea it embodies when he speaks of the "intercession" both of Christ and the Spirit (Rom. 8:27, 34). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Conversation generally the goings out and in of social intercourse (Eph. 2:3; 4:22; R.V., "manner of life"); one's deportment or course of life. This word is never used in Scripture in the sense of verbal communication from one to another (Ps. 50:23; Heb. 13:5). In Phil. 1:27 and 3:20, a different Greek word is used. It there means one's relations to a community as a citizen, i.e., citizenship. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Conversion the turning of a sinner to God (Acts 15:3). In a general sense the heathen are said to be "converted" when they abandon heathenism and embrace the Christian faith; and in a more special sense men are converted when, by the influence of divine grace in their souls, their whole life is changed, old things pass away, and all things become new (Acts 26:18). Thus we speak of the conversion of the Philippian jailer (16:19-34), of Paul (9:1-22), of the Ethiopian treasurer (8:26-40), of Cornelius (10), of Lydia (16:13-15), and others. (See {REGENERATION}.) |