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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Judas \Ju"das\, n. The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship. -- a. Treacherous; betraying. {Judas hole}, a peephole or secret opening for spying. {Judas kiss}, a deceitful and treacherous kiss. {Judas tree} (Bot.), a leguminous tree of the genus {Cercis}, with pretty, rose-colored flowers in clusters along the branches. Judas is said to have hanged himself on a tree of this genus ({C. Siliquastrum}). {C. Canadensis} and {C. occidentalis} are the American species, and are called also {redbud}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cornel \Cor"nel\ (-n?l), n. [OF. cornille, cornoille, F. cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L. cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the wood. See {Horn}.] 1. (Bot.) The cornelian cherry ({Cornus Mas}), a European shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries. 2. Any species of the genus {Cornus}, as {C. florida}, the flowering cornel; {C. stolonifera}, the osier cornel; {C. Canadensis}, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry. | |
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Staff \Staff\, n.; pl. {Staves} ([?] [or] [?]; 277) or {Staffs}in senses 1-9, {Staffs} in senses 10, 11. [AS. st[91]f a staff; akin to LG. & D. staf, OFries stef, G. stab, Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan. stav, Goth. stabs element, rudiment, Skr. sth[be]pay to cause to stand, to place. See {Stand}, and cf. {Stab}, {Stave}, n.] 1. A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike. And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar to bear it withal. --Ex. xxxviii. 7. With forks and staves the felon to pursue. --Dryden. 2. A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds. [bd]Hooked staves.[b8] --Piers Plowman. The boy was the very staff of my age. --Shak. He spoke of it [beer] in [bd]The Earnest Cry,[b8] and likewise in the [bd]Scotch Drink,[b8] as one of the staffs of life which had been struck from the poor man's hand. --Prof. Wilson. 3. A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff. Methought this staff, mine office badge in court, Was broke in twain. --Shak. All his officers brake their staves; but at their return new staves were delivered unto them. --Hayward. 4. A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed. 5. The round of a ladder. [R.] I ascend at one [ladder] of six hundred and thirty-nine staves. --Dr. J. Campbell (E. Brown's Travels). 6. A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave. Cowley found out that no kind of staff is proper for an heroic poem, as being all too lyrical. --Dryden. 7. (Mus.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called stave. 8. (Mech.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch. 9. (Surg.) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder. 10. [From {Staff}, 3, a badge of office.] (Mil.) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general's staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See {[90]tat Major}. 11. Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper. {Jacob's staff} (Surv.), a single straight rod or staff, pointed and iron-shod at the bottom, for penetrating the ground, and having a socket joint at the top, used, instead of a tripod, for supporting a compass. {Staff angle} (Arch.), a square rod of wood standing flush with the wall on each of its sides, at the external angles of plastering, to prevent their being damaged. {The staff of life}, bread. [bd]Bread is the staff of life.[b8] --Swift. {Staff tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Celastrus}, mostly climbing shrubs of the northern hemisphere. The American species ({C. scandens}) is commonly called {bittersweet}. See 2d {Bittersweet}, 3 (b) . {To set}, [or] {To put}, {up, [or] down}, {one's staff}, to take up one's residence; to lodge. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cob91a \Co*b[91]"a\ (k[osl]*b[emac]"[adot]), n. [Named after D. Cobo, a Spanish botanist.] A genus of climbing plants, native of Mexico and South America. {C. scandens} is a conservatory climber with large bell-shaped flowers. | |
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Hemp \Hemp\ (h[ecr]mp), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, h[91]nep; akin to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp, Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. ka`nnabis, ka`nnabos; cf. Russ. konoplia, Skr. [cced]a[nsdot]a; all prob. borrowed from some other language at an early time. Cf. {Cannabine}, {Canvas}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Cannabis} ({C. sativa}), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants yielding fiber. 2. The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for spinning. The name has also been extended to various fibers resembling the true hemp. {African hemp}, {Bowstring hemp}. See under {African}, and {Bowstring}. {Bastard hemp}, the Asiatic herb {Datisca cannabina}. {Canada hemp}, a species of dogbane ({Apocynum cannabinum}), the fiber of which was used by the Indians. {Hemp agrimony}, a coarse, composite herb of Europe ({Eupatorium cannabinum}), much like the American boneset. {Hemp nettle}, a plant of the genus {Galeopsis} ({G. Tetrahit}), belonging to the Mint family. {Indian hemp}. See under {Indian}, a. {Manila hemp}, the fiber of {Musa textilis}. {Sisal hemp}, the fiber of {Agave sisalana}, of Mexico and Yucatan. {Sunn hemp}, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant ({Crotalaria juncea}). {Water hemp}, an annual American weed ({Acnida cannabina}), related to the amaranth. | |
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Yew \Yew\, n. [OE. ew, AS. e[a2]w, [c6]w, eoh; akin to D. ijf, OHG. [c6]wa, [c6]ha, G. eibe, Icel. [ymac]r; cf. Ir. iubhar, Gael. iubhar, iughar, W. yw, ywen, Lith. j[89]va the black alder tree.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen tree ({Taxus baccata}) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards. 2. The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain. Note: The {American yew} ({Taxus baccata}, var. {Canadensis}) is a low and straggling or prostrate bush, never forming an erect trunk. The {California yew} ({Taxus brevifolia}) is a good-sized tree, and its wood is used for bows, spear handles, paddles, and other similar implements. Another yew is found in Florida, and there are species in Japan and the Himalayas. 3. A bow for shooting, made of the yew. | |
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Canadian \Ca*na"di*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Canada. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Canada. {Canadian period} (Geol.), A subdivision of the American Lower Silurian system embracing the calciferous, Quebec, and Chazy epochs. This period immediately follows the primordial or Cambrian period, and is by many geologists regarded as the beginning of the Silurian age, See the Diagram, under {Geology}. | |
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Burnet \Bur"net\, n. [OE. burnet burnet; also, brownish (the plant perh. being named from its color), fr. F. brunet, dim. of brun brown; cf. OF. brunete a sort of flower. See {Brunette}.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs ({Poterium}); especially, {P.Sanguisorba}, the common, or garden, burnet. {Burnet moth} (Zo[94]l.), in England, a handsome moth ({Zyg[91]na filipendula}), with crimson spots on the wings. {Burnet saxifrage}. (Bot.) See {Saxifrage}. {Canadian burnet}, a marsh plant ({Poterium Canadensis}). {Great burnet}, {Wild burnet}, {Poterium ([or] Sanguisorba) oficinalis}. | |
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Canadian \Ca*na"di*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Canada. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Canada. {Canadian period} (Geol.), A subdivision of the American Lower Silurian system embracing the calciferous, Quebec, and Chazy epochs. This period immediately follows the primordial or Cambrian period, and is by many geologists regarded as the beginning of the Silurian age, See the Diagram, under {Geology}. | |
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Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr. [?][?][?], [?][?][?], probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[c6]zi, akin to Skr. vr[c6]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. {Rye}.] (Bot.) A well-known cereal grass ({Oryza sativa}) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed. {Ant rice}. (Bot.) See under {Ant}. {French rice}. (Bot.) See {Amelcorn}. {Indian rice}., a tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also {water oat}, {Canadian wild rice}, etc. {Mountain rice}, any species of an American genus ({Oryzopsis}) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice. {Rice bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Ricebird}. {Rice hen} (Zo[94]l.), the Florida gallinule. {Rice mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a large dark-colored field mouse ({Calomys palistris}) of the Southern United States. {Rice paper}, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a large herb ({Fatsia papyrifera}, related to the ginseng) into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under pressure. Called also {pith paper}. {Rice troupial} (Zo[94]l.), the bobolink. {Rice water}, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water. {Rice-water discharge} (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in cholera. {Rice weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Calandra, [or] Sitophilus, oryz[91]}) which destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also {black weevil}. | |
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Candent \Can`dent\, a. [L. candens, p. pr. of cand[89]re to glitter. See {Candid}.] Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat. [bd]A candent vessel.[b8] --Boyle. | |
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Candy \Can"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Candied}; p. pr & vb. n. {Candying}.] [F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. az[a3]car cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Kha[c9][c8]da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. kha[c9][c8], kha[c8] to break.] 1. To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger. 2. To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup. 3. To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy. Those frosts that winter brings Which candy every green. --Drayson. | |
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Cant \Cant\, n. [OF., edge, angle, prof. from L. canthus the iron ring round a carriage wheel, a wheel, Gr. [?] the corner of the eye, the felly of a wheel; cf. W. cant the stake or tire of a wheel. Cf. {Canthus}, {Canton}, {Cantle}.] 1. A corner; angle; niche. [Obs.] The first and principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a cant. --B. Jonson. 2. An outer or external angle. 3. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl. --Totten. 4. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant. 5. (Coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. --Knight. 6. (Mech.) A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel. --Knight. 7. (Naut.) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads. {Cant frames}, {Cant timbers} (Naut.), timber at the two ends of a ship, rising obliquely from the keel. | |
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Cantankerous \Can*tan"ker*ous\, a. Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [Colloq.] -- {Can*tan"ker*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Can*tan"ker*ous*ness}, n. The cantankerous old maiden aunt. --Thackeray. | |
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Cantankerous \Can*tan"ker*ous\, a. Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [Colloq.] -- {Can*tan"ker*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Can*tan"ker*ous*ness}, n. The cantankerous old maiden aunt. --Thackeray. | |
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Cantankerous \Can*tan"ker*ous\, a. Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [Colloq.] -- {Can*tan"ker*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Can*tan"ker*ous*ness}, n. The cantankerous old maiden aunt. --Thackeray. | |
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Canteen \Can*teen"\ (k[acr]n*t[emac]n"), n. [F. cantine bottle case, canteen (cf. Sp. & It. cantina cellar, bottle case), either contr. fr. It. canovettina, dim. of canova cellar, or, more likely, fr. OF. cant. corner, It. & Sp. canto. See 1st {Cant}.] (Mil.) 1. A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink. [Written also {cantine}.] Note: In the English service the canteen is made of wood and holds three pints; in the United States it is usually a tin flask. 2. The sutler's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers. | |
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Canteen \Can*teen"\ (k[acr]n*t[emac]n"), n. [F. cantine bottle case, canteen (cf. Sp. & It. cantina cellar, bottle case), either contr. fr. It. canovettina, dim. of canova cellar, or, more likely, fr. OF. cant. corner, It. & Sp. canto. See 1st {Cant}.] (Mil.) 1. A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink. [Written also {cantine}.] Note: In the English service the canteen is made of wood and holds three pints; in the United States it is usually a tin flask. 2. The sutler's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers. | |
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Cantine \Can*tine"\, n. See {Canteen}. | |
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Canteen \Can*teen"\ (k[acr]n*t[emac]n"), n. [F. cantine bottle case, canteen (cf. Sp. & It. cantina cellar, bottle case), either contr. fr. It. canovettina, dim. of canova cellar, or, more likely, fr. OF. cant. corner, It. & Sp. canto. See 1st {Cant}.] (Mil.) 1. A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink. [Written also {cantine}.] Note: In the English service the canteen is made of wood and holds three pints; in the United States it is usually a tin flask. 2. The sutler's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers. | |
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Cantine \Can*tine"\, n. See {Canteen}. | |
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Cant \Cant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Canted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Canting}.] 1. To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship. 2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football. 3. To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt. | |
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Canting \Cant"ing\, a. Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone. -- {Cant"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Cant"ing*ness}, n. {Canting arms}, {Canting heraldry} (Her.), bearings in the nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear. | |
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Canting \Cant"ing\, n. The use of cant; hypocrisy. | |
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Canting \Cant"ing\, a. Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone. -- {Cant"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Cant"ing*ness}, n. {Canting arms}, {Canting heraldry} (Her.), bearings in the nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear. | |
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Canting \Cant"ing\, a. Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone. -- {Cant"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Cant"ing*ness}, n. {Canting arms}, {Canting heraldry} (Her.), bearings in the nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear. | |
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Canting \Cant"ing\, a. Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone. -- {Cant"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Cant"ing*ness}, n. {Canting arms}, {Canting heraldry} (Her.), bearings in the nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear. | |
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Canting \Cant"ing\, a. Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone. -- {Cant"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Cant"ing*ness}, n. {Canting arms}, {Canting heraldry} (Her.), bearings in the nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear. | |
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Cantion \Can"tion\, n. [L. cantio, from canere to sing.] A song or verses. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Canton \Can"ton\, n. A song or canto [Obs.] Write loyal cantons of contemned love. --Shak. | |
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Canton \Can"ton\, n. [F. canton, augm. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st {Cant}.] 1. A small portion; a division; a compartment. That little canton of land called the [bd]English pale[b8] --Davies. There is another piece of Holbein's, . . . in which, in six several cantons, the several parts of our Savior's passion are represented. --Bp. Burnet. 2. A small community or clan. 3. A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See {Arrondissement}. 4. (Her.) A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side. The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms. --Evelyn. | |
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Canton \Can"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cantoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cantoning}.] [Cf. F. cantonner.] 1. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division. They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the intellectual world. --Locke. 2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops. | |
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Canton crape \Can"ton crape"\ (kr[amac]p"). A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also {Oriental crape}. --De Colange. | |
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Flannel \Flan"nel\ (fl[acr]n"n[ecr]l), n. [F. flanelle, cf. OF. flaine a pillowcase, a mattress (?); fr. W. gwlanen flannel, fr. gwlan wool; prob. akin to E. wool. Cf. {Wool}.] A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture. --Shak. {Adam's flannel}. (Bot.) See under {Adam}. {Canton flannel}, {Cotton flannel}. See {Cotton flannel}, under {Cotton}. | |
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Canton flannel \Can"ton flan"nel\ See {Cotton flannel}. | |
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India \In"di*a\, n. [See {Indian}.] A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan. {India ink}, a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from China, used for water colors. It is in rolls, or in square, and consists of lampblack or ivory black and animal glue. Called also {China ink}. The true India ink is sepia. See {Sepia}. {India matting}, floor matting made in China, India, etc., from grass and reeds; -- also called {Canton, [or] China, matting}. {India paper}, a variety of Chinese paper, of smooth but not glossy surface, used for printing from engravings, woodcuts, etc. {India proof} (Engraving), a proof impression from an engraved plate, taken on India paper. {India rubber}. See {Caoutchouc}. {India-rubber tree} (Bot.), any tree yielding caoutchouc, but especially the East Indian {Ficus elastica}, often cultivated for its large, shining, elliptical leaves. | |
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Cantonal \Can"ton*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton. | |
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Cantoned \Can"toned\, a. 1. (Her.) Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself. 2. (Arch.) Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster. | |
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Canton \Can"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cantoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cantoning}.] [Cf. F. cantonner.] 1. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division. They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the intellectual world. --Locke. 2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops. | |
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Canton \Can"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cantoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cantoning}.] [Cf. F. cantonner.] 1. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division. They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the intellectual world. --Locke. 2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops. | |
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Cantonize \Can"ton*ize\, v. i. To divide into cantons or small districts. | |
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Cantonment \Can"ton*ment\, n. [Cf. F. cantonnement.] A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters. Note: When troops are sheltered in huts or quartered in the houses of the people during any suspension of hostilities, they are said to be in cantonment, or to be cantoned. In India, permanent military stations, or military towns, are termed cantonments. | |
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Cantoon \Can*toon"\, n. A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other. | |
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Cenation \Ce*na"tion\, n. [L. cenatio.] Meal-taking; dining or supping. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Centenarian \Cen`te*na"ri*an\, a. Of or relating to a hundred years. -- n. A person a hundred years old. | |
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Centenary \Cen"te*na*ry\, n.; pl. {Centenaries}. 1. The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century. [bd]Every centenary of years.[b8] --Hakewill. 2. A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hundred years before. | |
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Centenary \Cen"te*na*ry\, a. [L. centenarius, fr. centum a hundred.] 1. Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred. 2. Occurring once in every hundred years; centennial. [bd]Centenary solemnities.[b8] --Fuller. | |
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Centenary \Cen"te*na*ry\, n.; pl. {Centenaries}. 1. The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century. [bd]Every centenary of years.[b8] --Hakewill. 2. A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hundred years before. | |
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Centennial \Cen*ten"ni*al\, a. [L. centum a hundred + annus year.] 1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode. 2. Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration. 3. Lasting or aged a hundred years. That opened through long lines Of sacred ilex and centennial pines. --Longfellow. | |
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Centennial \Cen*ten"ni*al\, n. The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary. [U. S.] | |
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Centennial State \Centennial State\ Colorado; -- a nickname alluding to the fact that it was admitted to the Union in the centennial year, 1876. | |
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Centennially \Cen*ten"ni*al*ly\, adv. Once in a hundred years. | |
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Centimeter \Cen"ti*me`ter\, Centimetre \Cen"ti*me`tre\, n. [F. centim[8a]tre; centi- (L. centum) + m[8a]tre. See {Meter}.] The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to rather more than thirty-nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch. See {Meter}. | |
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Centimeter \Cen"ti*me`ter\, Centimetre \Cen"ti*me`tre\, n. [F. centim[8a]tre; centi- (L. centum) + m[8a]tre. See {Meter}.] The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to rather more than thirty-nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch. See {Meter}. | |
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Centinel \Cen"ti*nel\, n. Sentinel. [Obs.] --Sackville. | |
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Centinody \Cen*tin"o*dy\, n. [L. centum a hundred + nodus knot: cf. F. centinode.] (Bot.) A weed with a stem of many joints ({Illecebrum verticillatum}); also, the {Polygonum aviculare} or knotgrass. | |
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Centner \Cent"ner\, n. [Cf. G. centner a hundred-weight, fr. L. centenarius of a hundred, fr. centum a hundred.] 1. (Metal. & Assaying) A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts. Note: The metallurgists use a weight divided into a hundred equal parts, each one pound; the whole they call a centner: the pound is divided into thirty-two parts, or half ounces; the half ounce into two quarters; and each of these into two drams. But the assayers use different weights. With them a centner is one dram, to which the other parts are proportioned. 2. The commercial hundredweight in several of the continental countries, varying in different places from 100 to about 112 pounds. | |
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Centonism \Cen"to*nism\, n. The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing a cento or centos. | |
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Centumviral \Cen*tum"vi*ral\, a. [L. centumvitalis.] Of or pertaining to the centumviri, or to a centumvir. | |
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Centumvirate \Cen*tum"vi*rate\, n. [Cf. F. centumvirat.] The office of a centumvir, or of the centumviri. | |
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d8Centumvir \[d8]Cen*tum"vir\, n.; pl. {Centumviri}. [L., fr. centum hundred + Vir man.] (Rom. Hist.) One of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections. | |
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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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Chant \Chant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chanting}.] [F. chanter, fr. L. cantare, intens. of canere to sing. Cf. {Cant} affected speaking, and see {Hen}.] 1. To utter with a melodious voice; to sing. The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music. --Spenser. 2. To celebrate in song. The poets chant in the theaters. --Bramhall. 3. (Mus.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant. | |
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Chanting \Chant"ing\ (ch[adot]nt"[icr]ng), n. Singing, esp. as a chant is sung. {Chanting falcon} (Zo[94]l.), an African falcon ({Melierax canorus or musicus}). The male has the habit, remarkable in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she is incubating. | |
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Falcon \Fal"con\, n. [OE. faucon, faucoun, OF. faucon, falcon, [?]. faucon, fr. LL. falco, perh. from L. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe, and named from its curving talons. Cf. {Falchion}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of a family ({Falconid[91]}) of raptorial birds, characterized by a short, hooked beak, strong claws, and powerful flight. (b) Any species of the genus {Falco}, distinguished by having a toothlike lobe on the upper mandible; especially, one of this genus trained to the pursuit of other birds, or game. In the language of falconry, the female peregrine ({Falco peregrinus}) is exclusively called the falcon. --Yarrell. 2. (Gun.) An ancient form of cannon. {Chanting falcon}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Chanting}. | |
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Chanting \Chant"ing\ (ch[adot]nt"[icr]ng), n. Singing, esp. as a chant is sung. {Chanting falcon} (Zo[94]l.), an African falcon ({Melierax canorus or musicus}). The male has the habit, remarkable in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she is incubating. | |
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Quinidine \Quin"i*dine\, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine, found in certain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used somewhat as a febrifuge. [Written also {chinidine}.] | |
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Quinoidine \Qui*noid"ine\, n. [Quinine + -oid.] (Med. (Chem.) A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of cinchona bark. It consists of a mixture of several alkaloids. [Written also {chinoidine}.] | |
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Chinoidine \Chi*noid"ine\, n. [NL. chinium quinine (cf. G. & F. china Peruvian bark) + --oil + -ine.] (Chem.) See {Quinodine}. | |
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Quinoidine \Qui*noid"ine\, n. [Quinine + -oid.] (Med. (Chem.) A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of cinchona bark. It consists of a mixture of several alkaloids. [Written also {chinoidine}.] | |
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Chinoidine \Chi*noid"ine\, n. [NL. chinium quinine (cf. G. & F. china Peruvian bark) + --oil + -ine.] (Chem.) See {Quinodine}. | |
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Cointense \Co`intense"\, a. Equal in intensity or degree; as, the relations between 6 and 12, and 8 and 16, are cointense. --H. Spencer. | |
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Cointension \Co`in*ten"sion\, n. The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied to relations; as, 3:6 and 6:12 are relations of cointension. Cointension . . . is chosen indicate the equality of relations in respect of the contrast between their terms. --H. Spencer. | |
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Comedian \Co*me"di*an\, n. [Cf. F. com[82]dien.] 1. An actor or player in comedy. [bd]The famous comedian, Roscius.[b8] --Middleton. 2. A writer of comedy. --Milton. | |
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d8Comedo \[d8]Com"e*do\, n.; pl. {Comedones}. [L., a glutton. See {Comestible}.] (Med.) A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt). | |
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Comedown \Come"down`\, n. A downfall; an humiliation. [Colloq.] | |
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Commitment \Com*mit"ment\, n. 1. The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison. They were glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower, whence he was within few days enlarged. --Clarendon. 2. A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus. 3. The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill. 4. A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission. 5. The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged. --Hamilton. | |
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Committeeman \Com*mit"tee*man\, n. A member of a committee. | |
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Commit \Com*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Committed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Committing}.] [L. committere, commissum, to connect, commit; com- + mittere to send. See {Mission}.] 1. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto. Commit thy way unto the Lord. --Ps. xxxvii. 5. Bid him farewell, commit him to the grave. --Shak. 2. To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison. These two were committed. --Clarendon. 3. To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault. Thou shalt not commit adultery. --Ex. xx. 14. 4. To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with. [R.] --Dr. H. More. 5. To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course. You might have satisfied every duty of political friendship, without commiting the honor of your sovereign. --Junius. Any sudden assent to the proposal . . . might possibly be considered as committing the faith of the United States. --Marshall. 6. To confound. [An obsolete Latinism.] Committing short and long [quantities]. --Milton. {To commit a bill} (Legislation), to refer or intrust it to a committee or others, to be considered and reported. {To commit to memory}, [or] {To commit}, to learn by heart; to memorize. Syn: {To Commit}, {Intrust}, {Consign}. Usage: These words have in common the idea of transferring from one's self to the care and custody of another. Commit is the widest term, and may express only the general idea of delivering into the charge of another; as, to commit a lawsuit to the care of an attorney; or it may have the special sense of intrusting with or without limitations, as to a superior power, or to a careful servant, or of consigning, as to writing or paper, to the flames, or to prison. To intrust denotes the act of committing to the exercise of confidence or trust; as, to intrust a friend with the care of a child, or with a secret. To consign is a more formal act, and regards the thing transferred as placed chiefly or wholly out of one's immediate control; as, to consign a pupil to the charge of his instructor; to consign goods to an agent for sale; to consign a work to the press. | |
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Commotion \Com*mo"tion\, n. [L. commotio: cf. F. commotion. See {Motion}.] 1. Disturbed or violent motion; agitation. [What] commotion in the winds ! --Shak. 2. A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot. When ye shall hear of wars and commotions. --Luke xxi. 9. 3. Agitation, perturbation, or disorder, of mind; heat; excitement. [bd]He could not debate anything without some commotion.[b8] --Clarendon. Syn: Excitement; agitation; perturbation; disturbance; tumult; disorder; violence. | |
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Commute \Com*mute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Commuted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Commuting}.] [L. commutare, -mutatum; com- + mutare to change. See {Mutation}.] To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares. The sounds water and fire, being once annexed to those two elements, it was certainly more natural to call beings participating of the first [bd]watery[b8], and the last [bd]fiery[b8], than to commute the terms, and call them by the reverse. --J. Harris The utmost that could be obtained was that her sentence should be commuted from burning to beheading. --Macaulay. | |
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Conation \Co*na"tion\, n. [L. conatio.] (Philos.) The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical. Of conation, in other words, of desire and will. --J. S. Mill. | |
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Condemn \Con*demn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Condemned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condemning} (? [or] [?]).] [L. condemnare; con- + damnare to condemn: cf. F. condamner. See {Damn}.] 1. To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure. Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it! Why, every fault's condemned ere it be done. --Shak. Wilt thou condemn him that is most just? --Job xxxiv. 17. 2. To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it. --Matt. xii. 42. 3. To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty. Driven out from bliss, condemned In this abhorred deep to utter woe. --Milton. To each his sufferings; all are men, Condemned alike to groan. --Gray. And they shall condemn him to death. --Matt. xx. 18. The thief condemned, in law already dead. --Pope. No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn. --Goldsmith. 4. To amerce or fine; -- with in before the penalty. The king of Egypt . . . condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver. --2 Cron. xxxvi. 3. 5. To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were condemned. 6. (Law) To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain. Syn: To blame; censure; reprove; reproach; upbraid; reprobate; convict; doom; sentence; adjudge. | |
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Condemnable \Con"dem*na"ble\, a. [L. condemnabilis.] Worthy of condemnation; blamable; culpable. | |
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Condemnation \Con"dem*na"tion\, n. [L. condemnatio.] 1. The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation. In every other sense of condemnation, as blame, censure, reproof, private judgment, and the like. --Paley. 2. The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture. A legal and judicial condemnation. --Paley. Whose condemnation is pronounced. --Shak. 3. The state of being condemned. His pathetic appeal to posterity in the hopeless hour of condemnation. --W. Irving. 4. The ground or reason of condemning. This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather light, because their deeds were evil. --John iii. 19. | |
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Condemnatory \Con*dem"na*to*ry\, a. Condemning; containing or imposing condemnation or censure; as, a condemnatory sentence or decree. | |
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Condemn \Con*demn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Condemned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condemning} (? [or] [?]).] [L. condemnare; con- + damnare to condemn: cf. F. condamner. See {Damn}.] 1. To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure. Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it! Why, every fault's condemned ere it be done. --Shak. Wilt thou condemn him that is most just? --Job xxxiv. 17. 2. To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it. --Matt. xii. 42. 3. To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty. Driven out from bliss, condemned In this abhorred deep to utter woe. --Milton. To each his sufferings; all are men, Condemned alike to groan. --Gray. And they shall condemn him to death. --Matt. xx. 18. The thief condemned, in law already dead. --Pope. No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn. --Goldsmith. 4. To amerce or fine; -- with in before the penalty. The king of Egypt . . . condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver. --2 Cron. xxxvi. 3. 5. To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were condemned. 6. (Law) To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain. Syn: To blame; censure; reprove; reproach; upbraid; reprobate; convict; doom; sentence; adjudge. | |
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Condemned \Con*demned"\, a. 1. Pronounced to be wrong, guilty, worthless, or forfeited; adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or confiscation. 2. Used for condemned persons. Richard Savage . . . had lain with fifty pounds weight of irons on his legs in the condemned ward of Newgate. --Macaulay. | |
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Condemner \Con*dem"ner\ (? [or] ?), n. One who condemns or censures. | |
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Condemn \Con*demn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Condemned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condemning} (? [or] [?]).] [L. condemnare; con- + damnare to condemn: cf. F. condamner. See {Damn}.] 1. To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure. Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it! Why, every fault's condemned ere it be done. --Shak. Wilt thou condemn him that is most just? --Job xxxiv. 17. 2. To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it. --Matt. xii. 42. 3. To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty. Driven out from bliss, condemned In this abhorred deep to utter woe. --Milton. To each his sufferings; all are men, Condemned alike to groan. --Gray. And they shall condemn him to death. --Matt. xx. 18. The thief condemned, in law already dead. --Pope. No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn. --Goldsmith. 4. To amerce or fine; -- with in before the penalty. The king of Egypt . . . condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver. --2 Cron. xxxvi. 3. 5. To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were condemned. 6. (Law) To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain. Syn: To blame; censure; reprove; reproach; upbraid; reprobate; convict; doom; sentence; adjudge. | |
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Condensability \Con*den`sa*bil"i*ty\, n. Capability of being condensed. | |
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Condensable \Con*den"sa*ble\, a. [Cf. F. condensable.] Capable of being condensed; as, vapor is condensable. | |
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Condensate \Con*den"sate\, a. [L. condensatus, p. p. of condensare. See {Condense}, v. t.] Made dense; condensed. Water . . . thickened or condensate. --Peacham. | |
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Condensate \Con*den"sate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Condensated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condensating}.] To condense. [R.] --Hammond. | |
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Condensate \Con*den"sate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Condensated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condensating}.] To condense. [R.] --Hammond. | |
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Condensate \Con*den"sate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Condensated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condensating}.] To condense. [R.] --Hammond. | |
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Condensation \Con`den*sa"tion\, n. [L. condensatio: cf. F. condensation.] 1. The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed. He [Goldsmith] was a great and perhaps an unequaled master of the arts of selection and condensation. --Macaulay. 2. (Physics) The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water. 3. (Chem.) A rearrangement or concentration of the different constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene. {Condensation product} (Chem.), a substance obtained by the polymerization of one substance, or by the union of two or more, with or without separation of some unimportant side products. {Surface condensation}, the system of condensing steam by contact with cold metallic surfaces, in distinction from condensation by the injection of cold water. | |
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Condensation \Con`den*sa"tion\, n. [L. condensatio: cf. F. condensation.] 1. The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed. He [Goldsmith] was a great and perhaps an unequaled master of the arts of selection and condensation. --Macaulay. 2. (Physics) The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water. 3. (Chem.) A rearrangement or concentration of the different constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene. {Condensation product} (Chem.), a substance obtained by the polymerization of one substance, or by the union of two or more, with or without separation of some unimportant side products. {Surface condensation}, the system of condensing steam by contact with cold metallic surfaces, in distinction from condensation by the injection of cold water. | |
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Condensative \Con*den"sa*tive\, a. [Cf. F. condensatif.] Having the property of condensing. | |
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Condense \Con*dense"\, v. i. 1. To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form. Nitrous acid is gaseous at ordinary temperatures, but condenses into a very volatile liquid at the zero of Fahrenheit. --H. Spencer. 2. (Chem.) (a) To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products. (b) To undergo polymerization. | |
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Condense \Con*dense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Condensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condensing}.] [L. condensare; con- + densare to make thick or dense, densus thick, dense: cf. F. condenser. See {Dense}, and cf. {Condensate}.] 1. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize. In what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure. --Milton. The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation. --Motley. 2. (Chem. & Physics) To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water. {Condensed milk}, milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation. {Condensing engine}, a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston. Syn: To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; concentrate; abridge; epitomize; reduce. | |
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Condense \Con*dense"\, a. [L. condensus.] Condensed; compact; dense. [R.] The huge condense bodies of planets. --Bentley. | |
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Condense \Con*dense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Condensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condensing}.] [L. condensare; con- + densare to make thick or dense, densus thick, dense: cf. F. condenser. See {Dense}, and cf. {Condensate}.] 1. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize. In what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure. --Milton. The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation. --Motley. 2. (Chem. & Physics) To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water. {Condensed milk}, milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation. {Condensing engine}, a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston. Syn: To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; concentrate; abridge; epitomize; reduce. | |
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Milk \Milk\, n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[?]ok, Sw. mj[94]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. [?]. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Milch}, {Emulsion}, {Milt} soft roe of fishes.] 1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts. [bd]White as morne milk.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See {Latex}. 3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster. {Condensed milk}. See under {Condense}, v. t. {Milk crust} (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face and scalp of nursing infants. See {Eczema}. {Milk fever}. (a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first lactation. It is usually transitory. (b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle; also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after calving. {Milk glass}, glass having a milky appearance. {Milk knot} (Med.), a hard lump forming in the breast of a nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and congestion of the mammary glands. {Milk leg} (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular tissue. {Milk meats}, food made from milk, as butter and cheese. [Obs.] --Bailey. {Milk mirror}. Same as {Escutcheon}, 2. {Milk molar} (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which are shed and replaced by the premolars. {Milk of lime} (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate, produced by macerating quicklime in water. {Milk parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Peucedanum palustre}) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice. {Milk pea} (Bot.), a genus ({Galactia}) of leguminous and, usually, twining plants. {Milk sickness} (Med.), a peculiar malignant disease, occurring in some parts of the Western United States, and affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and persons who make use of the meat or dairy products of infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted drinking water. {Milk snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless American snake ({Ophibolus triangulus}, or {O. eximius}). It is variously marked with white, gray, and red. Called also {milk adder}, {chicken snake}, {house snake}, etc. {Milk sugar}. (Physiol. Chem.) See {Lactose}, and {Sugar of milk} (below). {Milk thistle} (Bot.), an esculent European thistle ({Silybum marianum}), having the veins of its leaves of a milky whiteness. {Milk thrush}. (Med.) See {Thrush}. {Milk tooth} (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth in young mammals; in man there are twenty. {Milk tree} (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow tree of South America ({Brosimum Galactodendron}), and the {Euphorbia balsamifera} of the Canaries, the milk of both of which is wholesome food. {Milk vessel} (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is contained. See {Latex}. {Rock milk}. See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Sugar of milk}. The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an article of diet. See {Lactose}. | |
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Condense \Con*dense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Condensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condensing}.] [L. condensare; con- + densare to make thick or dense, densus thick, dense: cf. F. condenser. See {Dense}, and cf. {Condensate}.] 1. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize. In what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure. --Milton. The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation. --Motley. 2. (Chem. & Physics) To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water. {Condensed milk}, milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation. {Condensing engine}, a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston. Syn: To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; concentrate; abridge; epitomize; reduce. | |
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Condenser \Con*dens"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, condenses. 2. (Physic) (a) An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent its escape. (b) An instrument for concentrating electricity by the effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a nonconducting plate. (c) A lens or mirror, usually of short focal distance, used to concentrate light upon an object. | |
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Condensible \Con*den"si*ble\, a. Capable of being condensed; as, a gas condensible to a liquid by cold. | |
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Condense \Con*dense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Condensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condensing}.] [L. condensare; con- + densare to make thick or dense, densus thick, dense: cf. F. condenser. See {Dense}, and cf. {Condensate}.] 1. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize. In what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure. --Milton. The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation. --Motley. 2. (Chem. & Physics) To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water. {Condensed milk}, milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation. {Condensing engine}, a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston. Syn: To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; concentrate; abridge; epitomize; reduce. | |
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Electroscope \E*lec"tro*scope\, n. [Electro- + -scope: cf. F. [82]lectroscope.] (Physics) An instrument for detecting the presence of electricity, or changes in the electric state of bodies, or the species of electricity present, as by means of pith balls, and the like. {Condensing electroscope} (Physics), a form of electroscope in which an increase of sensibility is obtained by the use of a condenser. | |
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Condense \Con*dense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Condensed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condensing}.] [L. condensare; con- + densare to make thick or dense, densus thick, dense: cf. F. condenser. See {Dense}, and cf. {Condensate}.] 1. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize. In what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure. --Milton. The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation. --Motley. 2. (Chem. & Physics) To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water. {Condensed milk}, milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation. {Condensing engine}, a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston. Syn: To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; concentrate; abridge; epitomize; reduce. | |
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Condiment \Con"di*ment\, n. [L. condimentum, fr. condire. See {Condite}.] Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning. As for radish and the like, they are for condiments, and not for nourishment. --Bacon. | |
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Condonation \Con`do*na"tion\, n. [L. condonatio a giving away.] 1. The act of condoning or pardoning. 2. (Law) Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated. --Bouvier. Wharton. | |
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Condone \Con*done"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Condoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condoning}.] [L. condonare, -donatum, to give up, remit, forgive; con- + donare to give. See {Donate}.] 1. To pardon; to forgive. A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned. --W. Black. It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns. --J. C. Shairp. | |
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Condone \Con*done"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Condoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condoning}.] [L. condonare, -donatum, to give up, remit, forgive; con- + donare to give. See {Donate}.] 1. To pardon; to forgive. A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned. --W. Black. It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns. --J. C. Shairp. | |
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Condone \Con*done"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Condoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condoning}.] [L. condonare, -donatum, to give up, remit, forgive; con- + donare to give. See {Donate}.] 1. To pardon; to forgive. A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned. --W. Black. It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns. --J. C. Shairp. | |
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Connation \Con*na"tion\, n. Connection by birth; natural union. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Connote \Con*note"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Connoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Connoting}.] [See {Connotate}, and {Note}.] 1. To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply. Good, in the general notion of it, connotes also a certain suitableness of it to some other thing. --South. 2. (Logic) To imply as an attribute. The word [bd]white[b8] denotes all white things, as snow, paper, the foam of the sea, etc., and ipmlies, or as it was termed by the schoolmen, connotes, the attribute [bd]whiteness.[b8] --J. S. Mill. | |
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Conodont \Co"no*dont\, n. [Gr. [?] cone + [?], [?], tooth.] (Zo[94]l.) A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids. | |
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Contain \Con*tain"\, v. i. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. But if they can not contain, let them marry. --1 Cor. vii. 9. | |
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Contain \Con*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Containing}.] [OE. contenen, conteinen, F. contenir, fr. L. continere, -tentum; con- + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Countenance}.] 1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! --2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. --Shak. What thy stores contain bring forth. --Milton. 2. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks. 3. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.] The king's person contains the unruly people from evil occasions. --Spenser. Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. --Shak. | |
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Containable \Con*tain"a*ble\, a. Capable of being contained or comprised. --Boyle. | |
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Containant \Con*tain"ant\, n. A container. | |
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Contain \Con*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Containing}.] [OE. contenen, conteinen, F. contenir, fr. L. continere, -tentum; con- + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Countenance}.] 1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! --2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. --Shak. What thy stores contain bring forth. --Milton. 2. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks. 3. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.] The king's person contains the unruly people from evil occasions. --Spenser. Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. --Shak. | |
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Container \Con*tain"er\, n. One who, or that which, contains. | |
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Contain \Con*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Containing}.] [OE. contenen, conteinen, F. contenir, fr. L. continere, -tentum; con- + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Countenance}.] 1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! --2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. --Shak. What thy stores contain bring forth. --Milton. 2. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks. 3. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.] The king's person contains the unruly people from evil occasions. --Spenser. Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. --Shak. | |
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Containment \Con*tain"ment\, n. That which is contained; the extent; the substance. [Obs.] The containment of a rich man's estate. --Fuller. | |
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Contaminable \Con*tam"i*na*ble\ (k[ocr]n*t[acr]m"[icr]*n[adot]*b'l), a. Capable of being contaminated. | |
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Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (k[ocr]n*t[acr]m"[icr]*n[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contaminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contaminating}.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion, for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See {Contact}.] To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile. Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes? --Shak. I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith. Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt. | |
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Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (-n[asl]t), a. Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. [bd]Contaminate drink.[b8] --Daniel. | |
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Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (k[ocr]n*t[acr]m"[icr]*n[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contaminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contaminating}.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion, for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See {Contact}.] To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile. Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes? --Shak. I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith. Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt. | |
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Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (k[ocr]n*t[acr]m"[icr]*n[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contaminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contaminating}.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion, for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See {Contact}.] To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile. Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes? --Shak. I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith. Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt. | |
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Contamination \Con*tam`i*na"tion\ (k[ocr]n*t[acr]m`[icr]*n[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L. contaminatio.] The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates. | |
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Contamitive \Con*tam"i*tive\ (k[ocr]n*t[acr]m"[icr]*n[adot]*t[icr]v), a. Tending or liable to contaminate. | |
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Contango \Con*tan"go\ (k[ocr]n*t[acr][nsm]"g[osl]), n.; pl. {Contangoes}. [Prob. a corruption of contingent.] 1. (Stock Exchange) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day. [Eng.] 2. (Law) The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See {Backwardation}. --N. Biddle. | |
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Contango \Con*tan"go\ (k[ocr]n*t[acr][nsm]"g[osl]), n.; pl. {Contangoes}. [Prob. a corruption of contingent.] 1. (Stock Exchange) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day. [Eng.] 2. (Law) The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See {Backwardation}. --N. Biddle. | |
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Contemn \Con*temn"\ (k[ocr]n*t[ecr]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contemned} (-t[ecr]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Contemning} (-t[ecr]m"n[icr]ng or -t[ecr]m"[icr]ng).] [L. contemnere, -temptum; con- + temnere to slight, despise: cf. OF. contemner.] To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn. Thy pompous delicacies I contemn. --Milton. One who contemned divine and human laws. --Dryden. Syn: To despise; scorn; disdain; spurn; slight; neglect; underrate; overlook. Usage: To {Contemn}, {Despise}, {Scorn}, {Disdain}. Contemn is the generic term, and is applied especially to objects, qualities, etc., which are deemed contemptible, and but rarely to individuals; to despise is to regard or treat as mean, unbecoming, or worthless; to scorn is stronger, expressing a quick, indignant contempt; disdain is still stronger, denoting either unwarrantable pride and haughtiness or an abhorrence of what is base. | |
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Contemn \Con*temn"\ (k[ocr]n*t[ecr]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contemned} (-t[ecr]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Contemning} (-t[ecr]m"n[icr]ng or -t[ecr]m"[icr]ng).] [L. contemnere, -temptum; con- + temnere to slight, despise: cf. OF. contemner.] To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn. Thy pompous delicacies I contemn. --Milton. One who contemned divine and human laws. --Dryden. Syn: To despise; scorn; disdain; spurn; slight; neglect; underrate; overlook. Usage: To {Contemn}, {Despise}, {Scorn}, {Disdain}. Contemn is the generic term, and is applied especially to objects, qualities, etc., which are deemed contemptible, and but rarely to individuals; to despise is to regard or treat as mean, unbecoming, or worthless; to scorn is stronger, expressing a quick, indignant contempt; disdain is still stronger, denoting either unwarrantable pride and haughtiness or an abhorrence of what is base. | |
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Contemner \Con*tem"ner\ (k[ocr]n*t[ecr]m"n[etil]r or -t[ecr]m"[etil]r), n. One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. [bd]Contemners of the gods.[b8] --South. | |
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Contemn \Con*temn"\ (k[ocr]n*t[ecr]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contemned} (-t[ecr]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Contemning} (-t[ecr]m"n[icr]ng or -t[ecr]m"[icr]ng).] [L. contemnere, -temptum; con- + temnere to slight, despise: cf. OF. contemner.] To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn. Thy pompous delicacies I contemn. --Milton. One who contemned divine and human laws. --Dryden. Syn: To despise; scorn; disdain; spurn; slight; neglect; underrate; overlook. Usage: To {Contemn}, {Despise}, {Scorn}, {Disdain}. Contemn is the generic term, and is applied especially to objects, qualities, etc., which are deemed contemptible, and but rarely to individuals; to despise is to regard or treat as mean, unbecoming, or worthless; to scorn is stronger, expressing a quick, indignant contempt; disdain is still stronger, denoting either unwarrantable pride and haughtiness or an abhorrence of what is base. | |
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Contemningly \Con*tem"ning*ly\, adv. Contemptuously. [R.] | |
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Contemper \Con*tem"per\ (k[ocr]n*t[ecr]m"p[etil]r), v. t. [L. contemperare, -temperatum; con- + temperare to temper. Cf. {Contemperate}.] To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften. [Obs.] The antidotes . . . have allayed its bitterness and contempered its malignancy. --Johnson. | |
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Contemperate \Con*tem"per*ate\ (k[ocr]n*t[ecr]m"p[etil]r*[amac]t), v. t. [See {Contemper}.] To temper; to moderate. [Obs.] Moisten and contemperate the air. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Contemperation \Con*tem`per*a"tion\ (-[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. 1. The act of tempering or moderating. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. Proportionate mixture or combination. [bd]Contemperation of light and shade.[b8] --Boyle. | |
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Contemperature \Con*tem"per*a*ture\ (-t[ecr]m"p[etil]r*[adot]*t[usl]r; 135), n. The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture; temperature. [Obs.] The different contemperature of the elements. --South. | |
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Contemplance \Con*tem"plance\, n. Contemplation. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Contemplant \Con*tem"plant\, a. [L. contemplans, p. pr.] Given to contemplation; meditative. [R.] --Coleridge. | |
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Contemplate \Con"tem*plate\, v. i. To consider or think studiously; to ponder; to reflect; to muse; to meditate. So many hours must I contemplate. --Shak. | |
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Contemplate \Con"tem*plate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contemplated} (# [or] #); p. pr. & vb. n. {Contemplating}.] [L. contemplatus, p. p. of contemplari to contemplate; con- + templum a space for observation marked out by the augur. See {Temple}.] 1. To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study. To love, at least contemplate and admire, What I see excellent. --Milton. We thus dilate Our spirits to the size of that they contemplate. --Byron. 2. To consider or have in view, as contingent or probable; to look forward to; to purpose; to intend. There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions. --A. Hamilton. If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war. --Kent. Syn: To view; behold; study; ponder; muse; meditate on; reflect on; consider; intend; design; plan; propose; purpose. See {Meditate}. | |
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Contemplate \Con"tem*plate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contemplated} (# [or] #); p. pr. & vb. n. {Contemplating}.] [L. contemplatus, p. p. of contemplari to contemplate; con- + templum a space for observation marked out by the augur. See {Temple}.] 1. To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study. To love, at least contemplate and admire, What I see excellent. --Milton. We thus dilate Our spirits to the size of that they contemplate. --Byron. 2. To consider or have in view, as contingent or probable; to look forward to; to purpose; to intend. There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions. --A. Hamilton. If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war. --Kent. Syn: To view; behold; study; ponder; muse; meditate on; reflect on; consider; intend; design; plan; propose; purpose. See {Meditate}. | |
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Contemplate \Con"tem*plate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contemplated} (# [or] #); p. pr. & vb. n. {Contemplating}.] [L. contemplatus, p. p. of contemplari to contemplate; con- + templum a space for observation marked out by the augur. See {Temple}.] 1. To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study. To love, at least contemplate and admire, What I see excellent. --Milton. We thus dilate Our spirits to the size of that they contemplate. --Byron. 2. To consider or have in view, as contingent or probable; to look forward to; to purpose; to intend. There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions. --A. Hamilton. If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war. --Kent. Syn: To view; behold; study; ponder; muse; meditate on; reflect on; consider; intend; design; plan; propose; purpose. See {Meditate}. | |
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Contemplation \Con`tem*pla"tion\, n. [F. contemplation, L. contemplatio.] 1. The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study. In contemplation of created things, By steps we may ascend to God. --Milton. Contemplation is keeping the idea which is brought into the mind for some time actually in view. --Locke. 2. Holy meditation. [Obs.] To live in prayer and contemplation. --Shak. 3. The act of looking forward to an event as about to happen; expectation; the act of intending or purposing. In contemplation of returning at an early date, he left. --Reid. {To have in contemplation}, to inted or purpose, or to have under consideration. | |
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Contemplatist \Con*tem"pla*tist\, n. A contemplator. [R.] --I. Taylor. | |
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Contemplative \Con*tem"pla*tive\, a. [F. contemplatif, L. contemplativus.] 1. Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative. Fixed and contemplative their looks. --Denham. 2. Having the power of contemplation; as, contemplative faculties. --Ray. | |
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Contemplative \Con*tem"pla*tive\, n. (R. C. Ch.) A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity. | |
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Contemplatively \Con*tem"pla*tive*ly\, adv. With contemplation; in a contemplative manner. | |
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Contemplativeness \Con*tem"pla*tive*ness\, n. The state of being contemplative; thoughtfulness. | |
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Contemplator \Con"tem*pla`tor\ (?; 277), n. [L.] One who contemplates. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Contemporaneity \Con*tem`po*ra*ne"i*ty\, n. The state of being contemporaneous. The lines of contemporaneity in the o[94]litic system. --J. Philips. | |
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Contemporaneous \Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous\, a. [L. contemporaneus; con- + tempus time. See {Temporal}, and cf. {Contemporaneous}.] Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary. The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. --Milman -- {Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Contemporaneously \Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly\, adv. At the same time with some other event. | |
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Contemporaneous \Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous\, a. [L. contemporaneus; con- + tempus time. See {Temporal}, and cf. {Contemporaneous}.] Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary. The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. --Milman -- {Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Contemporary \Con*tem"po*ra*ry\, n.; pl. {Contemporaries}. One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries. | |
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Contemporariness \Con*tem"po*ra*ri*ness\, n. Existence at the same time; contemporaneousness. --Howell. | |
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Contemporary \Con*tem"po*ra*ry\, n.; pl. {Contemporaries}. One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries. | |
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Contemporary \Con*tem"po*ra*ry\, a. [Pref. con- + L. temporarius of belonging to time, tempus time. See {Temporal}, and cf. {Contemporaneous}.] 1. Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous. This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe. --Strype. 2. Of the same age; coeval. A grove born with himself he sees, And loves his old contemporary trees. --Cowley. | |
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Contempt \Con*tempt"\ (?; 215), n. [L. contemptus, fr. contemnere: cf. OF. contempt. See {Contemn}.] 1. The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn. Criminal contempt of public feeling. --Macaulay. Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt of which is great. --Addison. 2. The state of being despised; disgrace; shame. Contempt and begarry hangs upon thy back. --Shak. 3. An act or expression denoting contempt. Little insults and contempts. --Spectator. The contempt and anger of his lip. --Shak. 4. (Law) Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority. Note: Contempt is in some jurisdictions extended so as to include publications reflecting injuriously on a court of justice, or commenting unfairly on pending proceedings; in other jurisdictions the courts are prohibited by statute or by the constitution from thus exercising this process. Syn: Disdain; scorn; derision; mockery; contumely; neglect; disregard; slight. | |
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Contemptibility \Con*tempt`i*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality of being contemptible; contemptibleness. --Speed. | |
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Contemptible \Con*tempt"i*ble\, a. 1. Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable. --Milton. The arguments of tyranny are ascontemptible as its force is dreadful. --Burke. 2. Despised; scorned; neglected; abject. --Locke. 3. Insolent; scornful; contemptuous. [Obs.] If she should make tender of her love, 't is very possible he 'll scorn it; for the man . . . hath a contemptible spirit. --Shak. Syn: Despicable; abject; vile; mean; base; paltry; worthless; sorry; pitiful; scurrile. See {Contemptuous}. Usage: {Contemptible}, {Despicable}, {Pitiful}, {Paltry}. Despicable is stronger than contemptible, as despise is stronger than contemn. It implies keen disapprobation, with a mixture of anger. A man is despicable chiefly for low actions which mark his life, such as servility, baseness, or mean adulation. A man is contemptible for mean qualities which distinguish his character, especially those which show him to be weak, foolish, or worthless. Treachery is despicable, egotism is contemptible. Pitiful and paltry are applied to cases which are beneath anger, and are simply contemptible in a high degree. | |
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Contemptibleness \Con*tempt"i*ble*ness\, n. The state or quality of being contemptible, or of being despised. | |
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Contemptibly \Con*tempt"i*bly\, adv. In a contemptible manner. | |
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Contemptuous \Con*temp"tu*ous\ (?; 135), a. Manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; haughty; insolent; disdainful. A proud, contemptuous behavior. --Hammond. Savage invective and contemptuous sarcasm. --Macaulay. Rome . . . entertained the most contemptuous opinion of the Jews. --Atterbury. Syn: Scornful; insolent; haughty; disdainful; supercilious; insulting; contumelious. Usage: {Contemptuous}, {Contemptible}. These words, from their similarity of sound, are sometimes erroneously interchanged, as when a person speaks of having [bd]a very contemptible opinion of another.[b8] Contemptible is applied to that which is the object of contempt; as, contemptible conduct; acontemptible fellow. Contemptuous is applied to that which indicates contempt; as, a contemptuous look; a contemptuous remark; contemptuous treatment. A person, or whatever is personal, as an action, an expression, a feeling, an opinion, may be either contemptuous or contemptible; a thing may be contemptible, but can not be contemptuous. | |
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Contemptuously \Con*temp"tu*ous*ly\, adv. In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully. The apostles and most eminent Christians were poor, and used contemptuously. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Contemptuousness \Con*temp"tu*ous*ness\, n. Disposition to or manifestion of contempt; insolence; haughtiness. | |
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Contend \Con*tend"\, v. t. To struggle for; to contest. [R.] Carthage shall contend the world with Rome.Dryden. | |
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Contend \Con*tend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Contended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contending}.] [OF. contendre, L. contendere, -tentum; con- + tendere to strech. See {Tend}.] 1. To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight. For never two such kingdoms did contend Without much fall of blood. --Shak. The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle. --Deut. ii. 9. In ambitious strength I did Contend against thy valor. --Shak. 2. To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend. You sit above, and see vain men below Contend for what you only can bestow. --Dryden. 3. To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue. The question which our author would contend for. --Locke. Many things he fiercely contended about were trivial. --Dr. H. More. Syn: To struggle; fight; combat; vie; strive; oppose; emulate; contest; litigate; dispute; debate. | |
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Contend \Con*tend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Contended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contending}.] [OF. contendre, L. contendere, -tentum; con- + tendere to strech. See {Tend}.] 1. To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight. For never two such kingdoms did contend Without much fall of blood. --Shak. The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle. --Deut. ii. 9. In ambitious strength I did Contend against thy valor. --Shak. 2. To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend. You sit above, and see vain men below Contend for what you only can bestow. --Dryden. 3. To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue. The question which our author would contend for. --Locke. Many things he fiercely contended about were trivial. --Dr. H. More. Syn: To struggle; fight; combat; vie; strive; oppose; emulate; contest; litigate; dispute; debate. | |
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Contendent \Con*tend"ent\, n. [L. contendens, p. pr.] An antagonist; a contestant. [Obs.] In all notable changes and revolutions the contendents have been still made a prey to the third party. --L'Estrange. | |
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Contender \Con*tend"er\, n. One who contends; a contestant. | |
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Contend \Con*tend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Contended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contending}.] [OF. contendre, L. contendere, -tentum; con- + tendere to strech. See {Tend}.] 1. To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight. For never two such kingdoms did contend Without much fall of blood. --Shak. The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle. --Deut. ii. 9. In ambitious strength I did Contend against thy valor. --Shak. 2. To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend. You sit above, and see vain men below Contend for what you only can bestow. --Dryden. 3. To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue. The question which our author would contend for. --Locke. Many things he fiercely contended about were trivial. --Dr. H. More. Syn: To struggle; fight; combat; vie; strive; oppose; emulate; contest; litigate; dispute; debate. | |
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Contendress \Con*tend"ress\, n. A female contestant. [R.] | |
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Contenement \Con*ten"e*ment\ (k[ocr]n*t[ecr]n"[esl]*m[eit]nt), n. [Pref. con- + tenement.] (Law) That which is held together with another thing; that which is connected with a tenement, or thing holden, as a certain quantity of land adjacent to a dwelling, and necessary to the reputable enjoyment of the dwelling; appurtenance. --Burrill. | |
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Content \Con*tent"\, v. t. [F. contenter, LL. contentare, fr. L. contentus, p. p. See {Content}, a.] 1. To satisfy the desires of; to make easy in any situation; to appease or quiet; to gratify; to please. Do not content yourselves with obscure and confused ideas, where clearer are to be attained. --I. Watts. Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them. --Mark xv. 15. 2. To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite. Come the next Sabbath, and I will content you. --Shak. Syn: To satisfy; appease; plese. See {Satiate}. | |
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Content \Con*tent"\ (k[ocr]n*t[ecr]nt"), a. [F. content, fr. L. contentus, p. p. of contenire to hold together, restrain. See {Contain}.] Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest. Having food and rai ment, let us be therewith content. --1 Tim. vi. 8. | |
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Content \Con"tent\ (k[ocr]n"t[ecr]nt or k[ocr]n*t[ecr]nt"; 277), n.; usually in pl., {Contents}. 1. That which is contained; the thing or things held by a receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a book. I shall prove these writings . . . authentic, and the contents true, and worthy of a divine original. --Grew. 2. Power of containing; capacity; extent; size. [Obs.] Strong ship's, of great content. --Bacon. 3. (Geom.) Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents. The geometrical content, figure, and situation of all the lands of a kingdom. --Graunt. {Table of contents}, [or] {Contents}, a table or list of topics in a book, showing their order and the place where they may be found: a summary. | |
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Content \Con*tent"\, n. 1. Rest or quietness of the mind in one's present condition; freedom from discontent; satisfaction; contentment; moderate happiness. Such is the fullness of my heart's content. --Shak. 2. Acquiescence without examination. [Obs.] The sense they humbly take upon content. --Pope. 3. That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy. So will I in England work your grace's full content. --Shak. 4. (Eng. House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote; also, a member who votes [bd]Content.[b8]. Supposing the number of [bd]Contents[b8] and [bd]Not contents[b8] strictly equal in number and consequence. --Burke. | |
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Contentation \Con`ten*ta"tion\, n. [LL. contentatio.] Content; satisfaction. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Contented \Con*tent"ed\, a. Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing. -- {Con*tent"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Con*tent"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Contented \Con*tent"ed\, a. Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing. -- {Con*tent"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Con*tent"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Contented \Con*tent"ed\, a. Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing. -- {Con*tent"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Con*tent"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Contentful \Con*tent"ful\, a. Full of content. [Obs.] --Barrow. | |
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Contention \Con*ten"tion\, n. [F. contention, L. contentio. See {Contend}.] 1. A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife. I would my arms could match thee in contention. --Shak. 2. Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention. Contentions and strivings about the law. --Titus iii. 9. 3. Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal. An end . . . worthy our utmost contention to obtain. --Rogers. 4. A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for. All men seem agreed what is to be done; the contention is how the subject is to be divided and defined. --Bagehot. This was my original contention, and I still maintain that you should abide by your former decision. --Jowett. Syn: Struggle; strife; contest; quarrel; combat; conflict; feud; litigation; controversy; dissension; variance; disagreement; debate; competition; emulation. Usage: {Contention}, {Strife}. A struggle between two parties is the idea common to these two words. Strife is a struggle for mastery; contention is a struggle for the possession of some desired object, or the accomplishment of some favorite end. Neither of the words is necessarily used in a bad sense, since there may be a generous strife or contention between two friends as to which shall incur danger or submit to sacrifices. Ordinarily, however, these words denote a struggle arising from bad passions. In that case, strife usually springs from a quarrelsome temper, and contention from, a selfish spirit which seeks its own aggrandizement, or is fearful lest others should obtain too much. Strife has more reference to the manner than to the object of a struggle, while contention takes more account of the end to be gained. | |
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Contentious \Con*ten"tious\, a. [L. contentiosus: cf. F. contentieux.] 1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome. Despotic and contentious temper. --Macaulay. 2. Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention. --Spenser. More cheerful, though not less contentious, regions. --Brougham. 3. (Law) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. {Contentious jurisdiction} (Eng. Eccl. Law), jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to {voluntary jurisdiction}, or that exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted. Syn: Quarrelsome; pugnacious; dissentious; wrangling; litigious; perverse; peevish. -- {Con*ten"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Con*ten"tious*ness}, n. | |
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Contentious \Con*ten"tious\, a. [L. contentiosus: cf. F. contentieux.] 1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome. Despotic and contentious temper. --Macaulay. 2. Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention. --Spenser. More cheerful, though not less contentious, regions. --Brougham. 3. (Law) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. {Contentious jurisdiction} (Eng. Eccl. Law), jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to {voluntary jurisdiction}, or that exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted. Syn: Quarrelsome; pugnacious; dissentious; wrangling; litigious; perverse; peevish. -- {Con*ten"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Con*ten"tious*ness}, n. | |
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Contentious \Con*ten"tious\, a. [L. contentiosus: cf. F. contentieux.] 1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome. Despotic and contentious temper. --Macaulay. 2. Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention. --Spenser. More cheerful, though not less contentious, regions. --Brougham. 3. (Law) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. {Contentious jurisdiction} (Eng. Eccl. Law), jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to {voluntary jurisdiction}, or that exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted. Syn: Quarrelsome; pugnacious; dissentious; wrangling; litigious; perverse; peevish. -- {Con*ten"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Con*ten"tious*ness}, n. | |
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Contentious \Con*ten"tious\, a. [L. contentiosus: cf. F. contentieux.] 1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome. Despotic and contentious temper. --Macaulay. 2. Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention. --Spenser. More cheerful, though not less contentious, regions. --Brougham. 3. (Law) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. {Contentious jurisdiction} (Eng. Eccl. Law), jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to {voluntary jurisdiction}, or that exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted. Syn: Quarrelsome; pugnacious; dissentious; wrangling; litigious; perverse; peevish. -- {Con*ten"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Con*ten"tious*ness}, n. | |
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Contentless \Con*tent"less\, a. [Content + -less.] Discontented; dissatisfied. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Contently \Con*tent"ly\, adv. In a contented manner. [Obs.] | |
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Contentment \Con*tent"ment\ (k[ocr]n*t[ecr]nt"m[eit]nt), n. [Cf. F. contentement. See {Content}, v. t.] 1. The state of being contented or satisfied; content. Contentment without external honor is humility. --Grew. Godliness with contentment is great gain. --1 Tim. vi. 6. 2. The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible. 3. Gratification; pleasure; satisfaction. [Obs.] At Paris the prince spent one whole day to give his mind some contentment in viewing of a famous city. --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Contents \Con*tents\ (? [or] ?; 277), n. pl. See {Content}, n. | |
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Content \Con"tent\ (k[ocr]n"t[ecr]nt or k[ocr]n*t[ecr]nt"; 277), n.; usually in pl., {Contents}. 1. That which is contained; the thing or things held by a receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a book. I shall prove these writings . . . authentic, and the contents true, and worthy of a divine original. --Grew. 2. Power of containing; capacity; extent; size. [Obs.] Strong ship's, of great content. --Bacon. 3. (Geom.) Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents. The geometrical content, figure, and situation of all the lands of a kingdom. --Graunt. {Table of contents}, [or] {Contents}, a table or list of topics in a book, showing their order and the place where they may be found: a summary. | |
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Continence \Con"ti*nence\, Continency \Con"ti*nen*cy\, n. [F. continence, L. continentia. See {Continent}, and cf. {Countenance}.] 1. Self-restraint; self-command. He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave off, -- a continence which is practiced by few writers. --Dryden. 2. The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence. If they [the unmarried and widows] have not continency, let them marry. --1 Cor. vii. 9 (Rev. Ver. ). Chastity is either abstinence or continence: abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence, that of married persons. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Uninterrupted course; continuity. [Obs.] --Ayliffe. | |
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Continence \Con"ti*nence\, Continency \Con"ti*nen*cy\, n. [F. continence, L. continentia. See {Continent}, and cf. {Countenance}.] 1. Self-restraint; self-command. He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave off, -- a continence which is practiced by few writers. --Dryden. 2. The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence. If they [the unmarried and widows] have not continency, let them marry. --1 Cor. vii. 9 (Rev. Ver. ). Chastity is either abstinence or continence: abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence, that of married persons. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Uninterrupted course; continuity. [Obs.] --Ayliffe. | |
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Encratite \En"cra*tite\, n. [L. Encratitae, pl., fr. Gr. [?] self-disciplined; [?] in + [?] strength.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also {Continent}. | |
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Continent \Con"ti*nent\, a. [L. continens, -entis, prop., p. pr. of continere to hold together, to repress: cf. F. continent. See {Contain}.] 1. Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate. Have a continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower. --Shak. 3. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste. My past life Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true, As I am now unhappy. --Shak. 4. Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever. [Obs.] The northeast part of Asia is, if not continent with the west side of America, yet certainly it is the least disoined by sea of all that coast. --Berrewood. | |
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Continent \Con"ti*nent\, n. [L. continens, prop., a holding together: cf. F. continent. See {Continent}, a.] 1. That which contains anything; a receptacle. [Obs.] The smaller continent which we call a pipkin. --Bp. Kennet. 2. One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America. Note: The continents are now usually regarded as six in number: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. But other large bodies of land are also reffered to as continents; as, the Antarctic continent; the continent of Greenland. Europe, Asia, and Africa are often grouped together as the Eastern Continent, and North and South America as the Western Continent. {The Continent}, the main land of Europe, as distinguished from the islands, especially from England. | |
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Continental \Con`ti*nen"tal\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a continent. 2. Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition. --Macaulay. No former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances. --Hallam. 3. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money. The army before Boston was designated as the Continental army, in contradistinction to that under General Gage, which was called the [bd]Ministerial army.[b8] --W. Irving. {Continental Congress}. See under {Congress}. {Continental system} (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21, 1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe. | |
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Continental \Con`ti*nen"tal\, n. (Amer. Hist.) A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See {Continental}, a., 3. | |
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Continental \Con`ti*nen"tal\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a continent. 2. Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition. --Macaulay. No former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances. --Hallam. 3. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money. The army before Boston was designated as the Continental army, in contradistinction to that under General Gage, which was called the [bd]Ministerial army.[b8] --W. Irving. {Continental Congress}. See under {Congress}. {Continental system} (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21, 1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe. | |
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Continental drive \Con`ti*nen"tal drive\ (Automobiles) A transmission arrangement in which the longitudinal crank shaft drives the rear wheels through a clutch, change-speed gear, countershaft, and two parallel side chains, in order. | |
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Continental glacier \Continental glacier\ A broad ice sheet resting on a plain or plateau and spreading outward from a central n[82]v[82], or region of accumulation. | |
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Continental pronunciation \Continental pronunciation\ (of Latin and Greek.) A method of pronouncing Latin and Greek in which the vowels have their more familiar Continental values, as in German and Italian, the consonants being pronounced mostly as in English. The stricter form of this method of pronouncing Latin approaches the Roman, the modified form the English, pronunciation. The Continental method of Greek pronunciation is often called Erasmian. | |
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Continental system \Continental system\ (Hist.) The system of commercial blockade aiming to exclude England from commerce with the Continent instituted by the {Berlin decree}, which Napoleon I. issued from Berlin Nov. 21, 1806, declaring the British Isles to be in a state of blockade, and British subjects, property, and merchandise subject to capture, and excluding British ships from all parts of Europe under French dominion. The retaliatory measures of England were followed by the {Milan decree}, issued by Napoleon from Milan Dec. 17, 1807, imposing further restrictions, and declaring every ship going to or from a port of England or her colonies to be lawful prize. | |
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Continental \Con`ti*nen"tal\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a continent. 2. Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition. --Macaulay. No former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances. --Hallam. 3. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money. The army before Boston was designated as the Continental army, in contradistinction to that under General Gage, which was called the [bd]Ministerial army.[b8] --W. Irving. {Continental Congress}. See under {Congress}. {Continental system} (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21, 1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe. | |
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Continently \Con"ti*nent*ly\, adv. In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately. | |
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Contingence \Con*tin"gence\, n. See {Contingency}. | |
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Contingency \Con*tin"gen*cy\, n.; pl. {Contingencies}. [Cf. F. contingence.] 1. Union or connection; the state of touching or contact. [bd]Point of contingency.[b8] --J. Gregory. 2. The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass. Aristotle says we are not to build certain rules on the contingency of human actions. --South. 3. An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance. The remarkable position of the queen rendering her death a most important contingency. --Hallam. 4. An adjunct or accessory. --Wordsworth. 5. (Law) A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected. Syn: Casualty; accident; chance. | |
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Contingency \Con*tin"gen*cy\, n.; pl. {Contingencies}. [Cf. F. contingence.] 1. Union or connection; the state of touching or contact. [bd]Point of contingency.[b8] --J. Gregory. 2. The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass. Aristotle says we are not to build certain rules on the contingency of human actions. --South. 3. An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance. The remarkable position of the queen rendering her death a most important contingency. --Hallam. 4. An adjunct or accessory. --Wordsworth. 5. (Law) A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected. Syn: Casualty; accident; chance. | |
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Use \Use\, n. [OE. us use, usage, L. usus, from uti, p. p. usus, to use. See {Use}, v. t.] 1. The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to some purpose; as, the use of a pen in writing; his machines are in general use. Books can never teach the use of books. --Bacon. This Davy serves you for good uses. --Shak. When he framed All things to man's delightful use. --Milton. 2. Occasion or need to employ; necessity; as, to have no further use for a book. --Shak. 3. Yielding of service; advantage derived; capability of being used; usefulness; utility. God made two great lights, great for their use To man. --Milton. 'T is use alone that sanctifies expense. --Pope. 4. Continued or repeated practice; customary employment; usage; custom; manner; habit. Let later age that noble use envy. --Spenser. How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, Seem to me all the uses of this world! --Shak. 5. Common occurrence; ordinary experience. [R.] O C[91]sar! these things are beyond all use. --Shak. 6. (Eccl.) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese; as, the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc. From henceforth all the whole realm shall have but one use. --Pref. to Book of Common Prayer. 7. The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest; usury. [Obs.] Thou art more obliged to pay duty and tribute, use and principal, to him. --Jer. Taylor. 8. [In this sense probably a corruption of OF. oes, fr. L. opus need, business, employment, work. Cf. {Operate}.] (Law) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. Use imports a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holding of lands. He to whose use or benefit the trust is intended shall enjoy the profits. An estate is granted and limited to A for the use of B. 9. (Forging) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging. {Contingent}, [or] {Springing}, {use} (Law), a use to come into operation on a future uncertain event. {In use}. (a) In employment; in customary practice observance. (b) In heat; -- said especially of mares. --J. H. Walsh. {Of no use}, useless; of no advantage. {Of use}, useful; of advantage; profitable. {Out of use}, not in employment. {Resulting use} (Law), a use, which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and results or returns to him who raised it, after such expiration. {Secondary}, [or] {Shifting}, {use}, a use which, though executed, may change from one to another by circumstances. --Blackstone. {Statute of uses} (Eng. Law), the stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap. 10, which transfers uses into possession, or which unites the use and possession. {To make use of}, {To put to use}, to employ; to derive service from; to use. | |
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Contingent \Con*tin"gent\, n. 1. An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency. His understanding could almost pierce into future contingets. --South. 2. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops. From the Alps to the border of Flanders, contingents were required . . . 200,000 men were in arms. --Milman. | |
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Contingent \Con*tin"gent\, a. [L. contingens, -entis, p. pr. of contingere to touch on all sides, to happen; con- + tangere to touch: cf. F. contingent. See {Tangent}, {Tact}.] 1. Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual. Weighing so much actual crime against so much contingent advantage. --Burke. 2. Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control. [bd]Uncertain and contingent causes.[b8] --Tillotson. 3. (Law) Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate. If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one. --Blackstone. | |
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Contingently \Con*tin"gent*ly\, adv. In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally. | |
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Contingentness \Con*tin"gent*ness\, n. The state of being contingent; fortuitousness. | |
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Spectrum \Spec"trum\, n.; pl. {Spectra}. [L. See {Specter}.] 1. An apparition; a specter. [Obs.] 2. (Opt.) (a) The several colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and observed or studied either as spread out on a screen, by direct vision, by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of {Light}, and {Spectroscope}. (b) A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also {ocular spectrum}. {Absorption spectrum}, the spectrum of light which has passed through a medium capable of absorbing a portion of the rays. It is characterized by dark spaces, bands, or lines. {Chemical spectrum}, a spectrum of rays considered solely with reference to their chemical effects, as in photography. These, in the usual photogrophic methods, have their maximum influence at and beyond the violet rays, but are not limited to this region. {Chromatic spectrum}, the visible colored rays of the solar spectrum, exhibiting the seven principal colors in their order, and covering the central and larger portion of the space of the whole spectrum. {Continous spectrum}, a spectrum not broken by bands or lines, but having the colors shaded into each other continously, as that from an incandescent solid or liquid, or a gas under high pressure. {Diffraction spectrum}, a spectrum produced by diffraction, as by a grating. {Gaseous spectrum}, the spectrum of an incandesoent gas or vapor, under moderate, or especially under very low, pressure. It is characterized by bright bands or lines. {Normal spectrum}, a representation of a spectrum arranged upon conventional plan adopted as standard, especially a spectrum in which the colors are spaced proportionally to their wave lengths, as when formed by a diffraction grating. {Ocular spectrum}. See {Spectrum}, 2 (b), above. {Prismatic spectrum}, a spectrum produced by means of a prism. {Solar spectrum}, the spectrum of solar light, especially as thrown upon a screen in a darkened room. It is characterized by numerous dark lines called Fraunhofer lines. {Spectrum analysis}, chemical analysis effected by comparison of the different relative positions and qualities of the fixed lines of spectra produced by flames in which different substances are burned or evaporated, each substance having its own characteristic system of lines. {Thermal spectrum}, a spectrum of rays considered solely with reference to their heating effect, especially of those rays which produce no luminous phenomena. | |
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Continuable \Con*tin"u*a*ble\, a. Capable of being continued [R.] | |
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Continual \Con*tin"u*al\, a. [OE. continuel, F. continuel. See {Continue}.] 1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding. He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. --Prov. xv. 15. 2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated. The eye is deligh by a continental succession of small landscapes. --W. Irwing. {Continual proportionals} (Math.), quantities in continued proportion. --Brande & C. Syn: Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See {Constant}, and {Continuous}. | |
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Continual \Con*tin"u*al\, a. [OE. continuel, F. continuel. See {Continue}.] 1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding. He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. --Prov. xv. 15. 2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated. The eye is deligh by a continental succession of small landscapes. --W. Irwing. {Continual proportionals} (Math.), quantities in continued proportion. --Brande & C. Syn: Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See {Constant}, and {Continuous}. | |
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Continually \Con*tin"u*al*ly\, adv. 1. Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually. Why do not all animals continually increase in bigness? --Bentley. 2. In regular or repeated succession; very often. Thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. --2 Sam. ix. 7. | |
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Continuance \Con*tin"u*ance\, n. [OF. continuance.] 1. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay. Great plagues, and of long continuance. --Deut. xxviii. 59. Patient continuance in well-doing. --Rom. ii. 7. 2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewal; perpetuation; propagation. The brute immediately regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species. --Addison. 3. A holding together; continuity. [Obs.] --Bacon. 4. (Law) (a) The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another. (b) The entry of such adjournment and the grounds thereof on the record. | |
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Continuant \Con*tin"u*ant\, a. Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. -- n. A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged. | |
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Continuate \Con*tin"u*ate\, a. [L. continuatus, p. p. See {Continue}.] 1. Immediately united together; intimately connected. [R.] We are of Him and in Him, even as though our very flesh and bones should be made continuate with his. --Hooker. 2. Uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; continued. An untirable and continuate goodness. --Shak. | |
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Continuation \Con*tin`u*a"tion\, n. [L. continuatio: cf. F. connuation.] 1. That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation. Preventing the continuation of the royal line. --Macaulay. 2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story. My continuation of the version of Statius. --Pope. | |
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Continuative \Con*tin"u*a*tive\, n. [Cf. F. continuatif.] 1. (Logic) A term or expression denoting continuance. [R.] To these may be added continuatives; as, Rome remains to this day; which includes, at least, two propositions, viz., Rome was, and Rome is. --I. Watts. 2. (Gram.) A word that continues the connection of sentences or subjects; a connective; a conjunction. Continuatives . . . consolidate sentences into one continuous whole. --Harris. | |
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Continuator \Con*tin"u*a`tor\, n. [Cf. F. continuateur.] One who, or that which, continues; esp., one who continues a series or a work; a continuer. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Continue \Con*tin"ue\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Continued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Continuing}.] [F. continuer, L. continuare, -tinuatum, to connect, continue, fr. continuus. See {Continuous}, and cf. {Continuate}.] 1. To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay. Here to continue, and build up here A growing empire. --Milton. They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. --Matt. xv. 32. 2. To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last. But now thy kingdom shall not continue. --1 Sam. xiii. 14. 3. To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course, or series of actions; as, the army continued to advance. If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed. --John viii. 31. Syn: To persevere; persist. See {Persevere}. | |
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Continue \Con*tin"ue\, v. t. 1. To unite; to connect. [Obs.] the use of the navel is to continue the infant unto the mother. --Sir T. browne. 2. To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not. O continue thy loving kindness unto them that know thee. --Ps. xxxvi. 10. You know how to make yourself happy by only continuing such a life as you have been long acustomed to lead. --Pope. 3. To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length. A bridge of wond'rous length, From hell continued, reaching th' utmost orb of this frail world. --Milton. 4. To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees were continued; also, to suffer to live. And how shall we continue Claudio. --Shak. | |
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Continue \Con*tin"ue\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Continued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Continuing}.] [F. continuer, L. continuare, -tinuatum, to connect, continue, fr. continuus. See {Continuous}, and cf. {Continuate}.] 1. To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay. Here to continue, and build up here A growing empire. --Milton. They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. --Matt. xv. 32. 2. To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last. But now thy kingdom shall not continue. --1 Sam. xiii. 14. 3. To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course, or series of actions; as, the army continued to advance. If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed. --John viii. 31. Syn: To persevere; persist. See {Persevere}. | |
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Continued \Con*tin"ued\, p. p. & a. Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story. [bd]Continued woe.[b8] --Jenyns. [bd]Continued succession.[b8] --Locke. {Continued bass} (Mus.), a bass continued through an entire piece of music, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as thorough bass or figured bass; basso continuo. [It.] {Continued fever} (Med.), a fever which presents no interruption in its course. {Continued fraction} (Math.), a fraction whose numerator is 1, and whose denominator is a whole number plus a fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a whole number, plus a fraction, and so on. {Continued proportion} (Math.), a proportion composed of two or more equal ratios, in which the consequent of each preceding ratio is the same with the antecedent of the following one; as, 4 : 8 : 8 : 16 :: 16 : 32. | |
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Continued \Con*tin"ued\, p. p. & a. Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story. [bd]Continued woe.[b8] --Jenyns. [bd]Continued succession.[b8] --Locke. {Continued bass} (Mus.), a bass continued through an entire piece of music, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as thorough bass or figured bass; basso continuo. [It.] {Continued fever} (Med.), a fever which presents no interruption in its course. {Continued fraction} (Math.), a fraction whose numerator is 1, and whose denominator is a whole number plus a fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a whole number, plus a fraction, and so on. {Continued proportion} (Math.), a proportion composed of two or more equal ratios, in which the consequent of each preceding ratio is the same with the antecedent of the following one; as, 4 : 8 : 8 : 16 :: 16 : 32. | |
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Fever \Fe"ver\, n. [OE. fever, fefer, AS. fefer, fefor, L. febris: cf. F. fi[8a]vre. Cf. {Febrile}.] 1. (Med.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid fever; yellow fever. Note: Remitting fevers subside or abate at intervals; intermitting fevers intermit or entirely cease at intervals; continued or continual fevers neither remit nor intermit. 2. Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this quarrel has set my blood in a fever. An envious fever Of pale and bloodless emulation. --Shak. After life's fitful fever he sleeps well. --Shak. {Brain fever}, {Continued fever}, etc. See under {Brain}, {Continued}, etc. {Fever and ague}, a form of fever recurring in paroxysms which are preceded by chills. It is of malarial origin. {Fever blister} (Med.), a blister or vesicle often found about the mouth in febrile states; a variety of herpes. {Fever bush} (Bot.), the wild allspice or spice bush. See {Spicewood}. {Fever powder}. Same as {Jame's powder}. {Fever root} (Bot.), an American herb of the genus {Triosteum} ({T. perfoliatum}); -- called also {feverwort} amd {horse gentian}. {Fever sore}, a carious ulcer or necrosis. --Miner. | |
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Continued \Con*tin"ued\, p. p. & a. Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story. [bd]Continued woe.[b8] --Jenyns. [bd]Continued succession.[b8] --Locke. {Continued bass} (Mus.), a bass continued through an entire piece of music, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as thorough bass or figured bass; basso continuo. [It.] {Continued fever} (Med.), a fever which presents no interruption in its course. {Continued fraction} (Math.), a fraction whose numerator is 1, and whose denominator is a whole number plus a fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a whole number, plus a fraction, and so on. {Continued proportion} (Math.), a proportion composed of two or more equal ratios, in which the consequent of each preceding ratio is the same with the antecedent of the following one; as, 4 : 8 : 8 : 16 :: 16 : 32. | |
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Fraction \Frac"tion\, n. [F. fraction, L. fractio a breaking, fr. frangere, fractum, to break. See {Break}.] 1. The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence. [Obs.] Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to any fraction or breaking up. --Foxe. 2. A portion; a fragment. Some niggard fractions of an hour. --Tennyson. 3. (Arith. or Alg.) One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude. {Common, [or] Vulgar}, {fraction}, a fraction in which the number of equal parts into which the integer is supposed to be divided is indicated by figures or letters, called the denominator, written below a line, over which is the numerator, indicating the number of these parts included in the fraction; as [frac12], one half, [frac25], two fifths. {Complex fraction}, a fraction having a fraction or mixed number in the numerator or denominator, or in both. --Davies & Peck. {Compound fraction}, a fraction of a fraction; two or more fractions connected by of. {Continued fraction}, {Decimal fraction}, {Partial fraction}, etc. See under {Continued}, {Decimal}, {Partial}, etc. {Improper fraction}, a fraction in which the numerator is greater than the denominator. {Proper fraction}, a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator. | |
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Continued \Con*tin"ued\, p. p. & a. Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story. [bd]Continued woe.[b8] --Jenyns. [bd]Continued succession.[b8] --Locke. {Continued bass} (Mus.), a bass continued through an entire piece of music, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as thorough bass or figured bass; basso continuo. [It.] {Continued fever} (Med.), a fever which presents no interruption in its course. {Continued fraction} (Math.), a fraction whose numerator is 1, and whose denominator is a whole number plus a fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a whole number, plus a fraction, and so on. {Continued proportion} (Math.), a proportion composed of two or more equal ratios, in which the consequent of each preceding ratio is the same with the antecedent of the following one; as, 4 : 8 : 8 : 16 :: 16 : 32. | |
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Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. proportio; pro before + portio part or share. See {Portion}.] 1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body. The image of Christ, made after his own proportion. --Ridley. Formed in the best proportions of her sex. --Sir W. Scott. Documents are authentic and facts are true precisely in proportion to the support which they afford to his theory. --Macaulay. 2. Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion. [bd]Let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith.[b8] --Rom. xii. 6. 3. The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot. Let the women . . . do the same things in their proportions and capacities. --Jer. Taylor. 4. A part considered comparatively; a share. 5. (Math.) (a) The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also {geometrical proportion}, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth. Note: Proportion in the mathematical sense differs from ratio. Ratio is the relation of two quantities of the same kind, as the ratio of 5 to 10, or the ratio of 8 to 16. Proportion is the sameness or likeness of two such relations. Thus, 5 to 10 as 8 to 16; that is, 5 bears the same relation to 10 as 8 does to 16. Hence, such numbers are said to be in proportion. Proportion is expressed by symbols thus: a:b::c:d, or a:b = c:d, or a/b = c/d. (b) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional. {Continued proportion}, {Inverse proportion}, etc. See under {Continued}, {Inverse}, etc. {Harmonical, [or] Musical}, {proportion}, a relation of three or four quantities, such that the first is to the last as the difference between the first two is to the difference between the last two; thus, 2, 3, 6, are in harmonical proportion; for 2 is to 6 as 1 to 3. Thus, 24, 16, 12, 9, are harmonical, for 24:9::8:3. {In proportion}, according as; to the degree that. [bd]In proportion as they are metaphysically true, they are morally and politically false.[b8] --Burke. | |
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Continued \Con*tin"ued\, p. p. & a. Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story. [bd]Continued woe.[b8] --Jenyns. [bd]Continued succession.[b8] --Locke. {Continued bass} (Mus.), a bass continued through an entire piece of music, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as thorough bass or figured bass; basso continuo. [It.] {Continued fever} (Med.), a fever which presents no interruption in its course. {Continued fraction} (Math.), a fraction whose numerator is 1, and whose denominator is a whole number plus a fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a whole number, plus a fraction, and so on. {Continued proportion} (Math.), a proportion composed of two or more equal ratios, in which the consequent of each preceding ratio is the same with the antecedent of the following one; as, 4 : 8 : 8 : 16 :: 16 : 32. | |
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Continuedly \Con*tin"u*ed*ly\ (? [or] [?]), adv. Continuously. | |
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Continuer \Con*tin"u*er\, n. One who continues; one who has the power of perseverance or persistence. [bd]Indulgent continuers in sin.[b8] --Hammond. I would my horse had the speed of your tongue, and so good a continuer. --Shak. | |
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Continue \Con*tin"ue\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Continued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Continuing}.] [F. continuer, L. continuare, -tinuatum, to connect, continue, fr. continuus. See {Continuous}, and cf. {Continuate}.] 1. To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay. Here to continue, and build up here A growing empire. --Milton. They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. --Matt. xv. 32. 2. To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last. But now thy kingdom shall not continue. --1 Sam. xiii. 14. 3. To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course, or series of actions; as, the army continued to advance. If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed. --John viii. 31. Syn: To persevere; persist. See {Persevere}. | |
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Continuity \Con`ti*nu"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Continuities}. [L. continuitas: cf. F. continuit[82]. See {Continuous}.] the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. --Grew. The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects. --Dryden. {Law of continuity} (Math. & Physics), the principle that nothing passes from one state to another without passing through all the intermediate states. {Solution of continuity}. (Math.) See under {Solution}. | |
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Continuity \Con`ti*nu"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Continuities}. [L. continuitas: cf. F. continuit[82]. See {Continuous}.] the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. --Grew. The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects. --Dryden. {Law of continuity} (Math. & Physics), the principle that nothing passes from one state to another without passing through all the intermediate states. {Solution of continuity}. (Math.) See under {Solution}. | |
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Continuous \Con*tin"u*ous\, a. [L. continuus, fr. continere to hold together. See {Continent}.] 1. Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity. he can hear its continuous murmur. --Longfellow. 2. (Bot.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated. {Continuous brake} (Railroad), a brake which is attached to each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all the cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the engine. {Continuous impost}. See {Impost}. Syn: {Continuous}, {Continual}. Usage: Continuous is the stronger word, and denotes that the continuity or union of parts is absolute and uninterrupted; as, a continuous sheet of ice; a continuous flow of water or of argument. So Daniel Webster speaks of [bd]a continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.[b8] Continual, in most cases, marks a close and unbroken succession of things, rather than absolute continuity. Thus we speak of continual showers, implying a repetition with occasional interruptions; we speak of a person as liable to continual calls, or as subject to continual applications for aid, etc. See {Constant}. | |
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Brake \Brake\ (br[amac]k), n. [OE. brake; cf. LG. brake an instrument for breaking flax, G. breche, fr. the root of E. break. See Break, v. t., and cf. {Breach}.] 1. An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber. 2. An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine. 3. A baker's kneading though. --Johnson. 4. A sharp bit or snaffle. Pampered jades . . . which need nor break nor bit. --Gascoigne. 5. A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc. A horse . . . which Philip had bought . . . and because of his fierceness kept him within a brake of iron bars. --J. Brende. 6. That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn. 7. (Mil.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista. 8. (Agric.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag. 9. A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine. 10. (Engin.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake. 11. A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses. 12. An ancient instrument of torture. --Holinshed. {Air brake}. See {Air brake}, in the Vocabulary. {Brake beam} [or] {Brake bar}, the beam that connects the brake blocks of opposite wheels. {Brake block}. (a) The part of a brake holding the brake shoe. (b) A brake shoe. {Brake shoe} or {Brake rubber}, the part of a brake against which the wheel rubs. {Brake wheel}, a wheel on the platform or top of a car by which brakes are operated. {Continuous brake} . See under {Continuous}. | |
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Continuous \Con*tin"u*ous\, a. [L. continuus, fr. continere to hold together. See {Continent}.] 1. Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity. he can hear its continuous murmur. --Longfellow. 2. (Bot.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated. {Continuous brake} (Railroad), a brake which is attached to each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all the cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the engine. {Continuous impost}. See {Impost}. Syn: {Continuous}, {Continual}. Usage: Continuous is the stronger word, and denotes that the continuity or union of parts is absolute and uninterrupted; as, a continuous sheet of ice; a continuous flow of water or of argument. So Daniel Webster speaks of [bd]a continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.[b8] Continual, in most cases, marks a close and unbroken succession of things, rather than absolute continuity. Thus we speak of continual showers, implying a repetition with occasional interruptions; we speak of a person as liable to continual calls, or as subject to continual applications for aid, etc. See {Constant}. | |
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Direct current \Direct current\ (Elec.) (a) A current flowing in one direction only; -- distinguished from {alternating current}. When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a {continuous current}. (b) {A direct induced current}, or momentary current of the same direction as the inducing current, produced by stopping or removing the latter; also, a similar current produced by removal of a magnet. | |
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Continuous \Con*tin"u*ous\, a. [L. continuus, fr. continere to hold together. See {Continent}.] 1. Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity. he can hear its continuous murmur. --Longfellow. 2. (Bot.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated. {Continuous brake} (Railroad), a brake which is attached to each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all the cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the engine. {Continuous impost}. See {Impost}. Syn: {Continuous}, {Continual}. Usage: Continuous is the stronger word, and denotes that the continuity or union of parts is absolute and uninterrupted; as, a continuous sheet of ice; a continuous flow of water or of argument. So Daniel Webster speaks of [bd]a continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.[b8] Continual, in most cases, marks a close and unbroken succession of things, rather than absolute continuity. Thus we speak of continual showers, implying a repetition with occasional interruptions; we speak of a person as liable to continual calls, or as subject to continual applications for aid, etc. See {Constant}. | |
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Continuously \Con*tin"u*ous*ly\, adv. In a continuous maner; without interruption. -- {Con*tin"u*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Continuously \Con*tin"u*ous*ly\, adv. In a continuous maner; without interruption. -- {Con*tin"u*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Contumacy \Con"tu*ma*cy\, n.; pl. {Contumacies}. [L. contumacia, fr. contumax, -acis, insolent; prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. F. contumace. Cf. {Contemn}.] 1. Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority. The bishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the stocks for his manifest and manifold contumacy. --Strype. 2. (Law) A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned. Syn: Stubbornness; perverseness; obstinacy. | |
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Contumacious \Con`tu*ma"cious\, a. [L. contumax, -acis. See {Contumacy}.] 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. --Hammond. 2. (Law) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. --Blackstone. Syn: Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong. -- {Con`tu*ma"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Con`tu*ma"cious*ness}, n. | |
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Contumacious \Con`tu*ma"cious\, a. [L. contumax, -acis. See {Contumacy}.] 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. --Hammond. 2. (Law) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. --Blackstone. Syn: Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong. -- {Con`tu*ma"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Con`tu*ma"cious*ness}, n. | |
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Contumacious \Con`tu*ma"cious\, a. [L. contumax, -acis. See {Contumacy}.] 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. --Hammond. 2. (Law) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. --Blackstone. Syn: Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong. -- {Con`tu*ma"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Con`tu*ma"cious*ness}, n. | |
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Contumacy \Con"tu*ma*cy\, n.; pl. {Contumacies}. [L. contumacia, fr. contumax, -acis, insolent; prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. F. contumace. Cf. {Contemn}.] 1. Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority. The bishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the stocks for his manifest and manifold contumacy. --Strype. 2. (Law) A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned. Syn: Stubbornness; perverseness; obstinacy. | |
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Contumelious \Con`tu*me"li*ous\ (?[or] ?; 106), a. [L. contumeliosus.] 1. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful. Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. --Shak. Curving a contumelious lip. --Tennyson. 2. Shameful; disgraceful. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. -- {Con`tu*me"li*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Con`tu*me"li*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Contumelious \Con`tu*me"li*ous\ (?[or] ?; 106), a. [L. contumeliosus.] 1. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful. Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. --Shak. Curving a contumelious lip. --Tennyson. 2. Shameful; disgraceful. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. -- {Con`tu*me"li*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Con`tu*me"li*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Contumelious \Con`tu*me"li*ous\ (?[or] ?; 106), a. [L. contumeliosus.] 1. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful. Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. --Shak. Curving a contumelious lip. --Tennyson. 2. Shameful; disgraceful. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. -- {Con`tu*me"li*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Con`tu*me"li*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Contumely \Con"tu*me*ly\, n. [L. contumelia, prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. OF. contumelie. Cf. {Contumacy}.] Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace. The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely. --Shak. Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely. --Burke. | |
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Countenance \Coun"te*nance\ (koun"t?-nans), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Countenanced} (-nanst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Countenancing}.] 1. To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet. This conceit, though countenanced by learned men, is not made out either by experience or reason. --Sir T. Browne. Error supports custom, custom countenances error. --Milton. 2. To make a show of; to pretend. [Obs.] Which to these ladies love did countenance. --Spenser. | |
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Countenance \Coun"te*nance\ (koun"t?-nans), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Countenanced} (-nanst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Countenancing}.] 1. To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet. This conceit, though countenanced by learned men, is not made out either by experience or reason. --Sir T. Browne. Error supports custom, custom countenances error. --Milton. 2. To make a show of; to pretend. [Obs.] Which to these ladies love did countenance. --Spenser. | |
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Countenancer \Coun"te*nan*cer\ (-nan-s?r), n. One who countenances, favors, or supports. | |
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Countenance \Coun"te*nance\ (koun"t?-nans), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Countenanced} (-nanst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Countenancing}.] 1. To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet. This conceit, though countenanced by learned men, is not made out either by experience or reason. --Sir T. Browne. Error supports custom, custom countenances error. --Milton. 2. To make a show of; to pretend. [Obs.] Which to these ladies love did countenance. --Spenser. | |
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Count \Count\ (kount), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Counting}.] [OF. conter, and later (etymological spelling) compter, in modern French thus distinguished; conter to relate (cf. {Recount}, {Account}), compter to count; fr. L. computuare to reckon, compute; com- + putare to reckon, settle, order, prune, orig., to clean. See {Pure}, and cf. {Compute}.] 1. To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon. Who can count the dust of Jacob? --Num. xxiii. 10. In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only three miserable cabins. --Macaulay. 2. To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging. Abracham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. --Rom. iv. 3. 3. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider. I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends. --Shak. {To count out}. (a) To exclude (one) from consideration; to be assured that (one) will not participate or cannot be depended upon. (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present. (c) To prevent the accession of (a person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said of a candidate really elected. [Colloq.] Syn: To calculate; number; reckon; compute; enumerate. See {Calculate}. | |
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Countinghouse \Count"ing*house`\ (kount"?ng-hous`), Countingroom \Count"ing*room`\ (kount"?ng-r??m`), n. [See {Count}, v.] The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business. | |
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Countinghouse \Count"ing*house`\ (kount"?ng-hous`), Countingroom \Count"ing*room`\ (kount"?ng-r??m`), n. [See {Count}, v.] The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business. | |
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Counttenance \Count"te*nance\ (koun"t?-nans), n. [OE. contenance, countenaunce, demeanor, composure, F. contenance demeanor, fr. L. continentia continence, LL. also, demeanor, fr. L. continere to hold together, repress, contain. See {Contain}, and cf. {Continence}.] 1. Appearance or expression of the face; look; aspect; mien. So spake the Son, and into terror changed His countenance. --Milton. 2. The face; the features. In countenance somewhat doth resemble you. --Shak. 3. Approving or encouraging aspect of face; hence, favor, good will, support; aid; encouragement. Thou hast made him . . . glad with thy countenance. --Ps. xxi. 6. This is the magistrate's peculiar province, to give countenance to piety and virtue, and to rebuke vice. --Atterbury. 4. Superficial appearance; show; pretense. [Obs.] The election being done, he made countenance of great discontent thereat. --Ascham. {In countenance}, in an assured condition or aspect; free from shame or dismay. [bd]It puts the learned in countenance, and gives them a place among the fashionable part of mankind.[b8] --Addison. {Out of countenance}, not bold or assured; confounded; abashed. [bd]Their best friends were out of countenance, because they found that the imputations . . . were well grounded.[b8] --Clarendon. {To keep the countenance}, to preserve a composed or natural look, undisturbed by passion or emotion. --Swift. | |
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Cumidine \Cu"mi*dine\ (k?"m?-d?n [or] -d?n), n. [From {Cumin}.] (Chem.) A strong, liquid, organic base, {C3H7.C6H4.NH2}, homologous with aniline. | |
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Cymidine \Cy"mi*dine\ ( s?"m?-d?n [or] -d?n; 104), n. (Chem.) A liquid organic base, {C10H13.NH2}, derived from cymene. | |
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Scutch grass \Scutch" grass`\ (Bot.) A kind of pasture grass ({Cynodon Dactylon}). See {Bermuda grass}: also Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Doob grass \Doob" grass`\ [Hind. d[?]b.] (Bot.) A perennial, creeping grass ({Cynodon dactylon}), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States. [Written also {doub grass}.] | |
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Bermuda grass \Ber*mu"da grass`\ (Bot.) A kind of grass ({Cynodon Dactylon}) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also {scutch grass}, and in Bermuda, {devil grass}. | |
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Barnyard grass, for hay. South. {Panicum Grus-galli}. Bent, pasture and hay. {Agrostis}, several species. Bermuda grass, pasture. South. {Cynodon Dactylon}. Black bent. Same as {Switch grass} (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. {Andropogon provincialis}. Blue grass, pasture. {Poa compressa}. Blue joint, hay. Northwest. {Aqropyrum glaucum}. Buffalo grass, grazing. Rocky Mts., etc. (a) {Buchlo[89] dectyloides}. (b) Same as {Grama grass} (below). | |
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Hariali grass \Ha`ri*a"li grass`\ (Bot.) The East Indian name of the {Cynodon Dactylon}; dog's-grass. | |
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Scutch grass \Scutch" grass`\ (Bot.) A kind of pasture grass ({Cynodon Dactylon}). See {Bermuda grass}: also Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Doob grass \Doob" grass`\ [Hind. d[?]b.] (Bot.) A perennial, creeping grass ({Cynodon dactylon}), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States. [Written also {doub grass}.] | |
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Bermuda grass \Ber*mu"da grass`\ (Bot.) A kind of grass ({Cynodon Dactylon}) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also {scutch grass}, and in Bermuda, {devil grass}. | |
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Barnyard grass, for hay. South. {Panicum Grus-galli}. Bent, pasture and hay. {Agrostis}, several species. Bermuda grass, pasture. South. {Cynodon Dactylon}. Black bent. Same as {Switch grass} (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. {Andropogon provincialis}. Blue grass, pasture. {Poa compressa}. Blue joint, hay. Northwest. {Aqropyrum glaucum}. Buffalo grass, grazing. Rocky Mts., etc. (a) {Buchlo[89] dectyloides}. (b) Same as {Grama grass} (below). | |
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Hariali grass \Ha`ri*a"li grass`\ (Bot.) The East Indian name of the {Cynodon Dactylon}; dog's-grass. | |
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Scutch grass \Scutch" grass`\ (Bot.) A kind of pasture grass ({Cynodon Dactylon}). See {Bermuda grass}: also Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Doob grass \Doob" grass`\ [Hind. d[?]b.] (Bot.) A perennial, creeping grass ({Cynodon dactylon}), highly prized, in Hindostan, as food for cattle, and acclimated in the United States. [Written also {doub grass}.] | |
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Bermuda grass \Ber*mu"da grass`\ (Bot.) A kind of grass ({Cynodon Dactylon}) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also {scutch grass}, and in Bermuda, {devil grass}. | |
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Barnyard grass, for hay. South. {Panicum Grus-galli}. Bent, pasture and hay. {Agrostis}, several species. Bermuda grass, pasture. South. {Cynodon Dactylon}. Black bent. Same as {Switch grass} (below). Blue bent, hay. North and West. {Andropogon provincialis}. Blue grass, pasture. {Poa compressa}. Blue joint, hay. Northwest. {Aqropyrum glaucum}. Buffalo grass, grazing. Rocky Mts., etc. (a) {Buchlo[89] dectyloides}. (b) Same as {Grama grass} (below). | |
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Hariali grass \Ha`ri*a"li grass`\ (Bot.) The East Indian name of the {Cynodon Dactylon}; dog's-grass. | |
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Camden County, GA (county, FIPS 39) Location: 30.91895 N, 81.63783 W Population (1990): 30167 (10885 housing units) Area: 1631.6 sq km (land), 395.2 sq km (water) Camden County, MO (county, FIPS 29) Location: 38.02950 N, 92.77190 W Population (1990): 27495 (25662 housing units) Area: 1696.9 sq km (land), 139.1 sq km (water) Camden County, NC (county, FIPS 29) Location: 36.33743 N, 76.16263 W Population (1990): 5904 (2466 housing units) Area: 623.4 sq km (land), 168.4 sq km (water) Camden County, NJ (county, FIPS 7) Location: 39.80085 N, 74.95975 W Population (1990): 502824 (190145 housing units) Area: 575.8 sq km (land), 13.6 sq km (water) | |
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Camden Point, MO (city, FIPS 10792) Location: 39.45276 N, 94.74712 W Population (1990): 373 (127 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64018 | |
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Camden Wyoming, DE Zip code(s): 19934 | |
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Camdenton, MO (city, FIPS 10810) Location: 38.00886 N, 92.74630 W Population (1990): 2561 (1224 housing units) Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65020 | |
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Canadensis, PA Zip code(s): 18325 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Canadian, OK (town, FIPS 11450) Location: 35.17263 N, 95.64887 W Population (1990): 261 (122 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74425 Canadian, TX (town, FIPS 12412) Location: 35.91066 N, 100.38335 W Population (1990): 2417 (1080 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Canadian County, OK (county, FIPS 17) Location: 35.53932 N, 97.98089 W Population (1990): 74409 (28560 housing units) Area: 2330.7 sq km (land), 13.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Canton, CT Zip code(s): 06019 Canton, GA (city, FIPS 12988) Location: 34.24900 N, 84.49019 W Population (1990): 4817 (2026 housing units) Area: 33.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30114 Canton, IL (city, FIPS 11007) Location: 40.56255 N, 90.04026 W Population (1990): 13922 (5907 housing units) Area: 18.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61520 Canton, KS (city, FIPS 10475) Location: 38.38612 N, 97.42987 W Population (1990): 794 (342 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67428 Canton, MA Zip code(s): 02021 Canton, ME Zip code(s): 04221 Canton, MI (CDP, FIPS 13110) Location: 42.30851 N, 83.48219 W Population (1990): 57047 (20309 housing units) Area: 93.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48187, 48188 Canton, MN (city, FIPS 9802) Location: 43.53008 N, 91.92944 W Population (1990): 362 (177 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55922 Canton, MO (city, FIPS 11134) Location: 40.12967 N, 91.52385 W Population (1990): 2623 (973 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63435 Canton, MS (city, FIPS 11100) Location: 32.61065 N, 90.03108 W Population (1990): 10062 (3592 housing units) Area: 17.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39046 Canton, NC (town, FIPS 10240) Location: 35.54614 N, 82.84301 W Population (1990): 3790 (1854 housing units) Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28716 Canton, NY (village, FIPS 12331) Location: 44.59659 N, 75.17254 W Population (1990): 6379 (1725 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13617 Canton, OH (city, FIPS 12000) Location: 40.81220 N, 81.37327 W Population (1990): 84161 (36527 housing units) Area: 52.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44702, 44703, 44704, 44705, 44706, 44708, 44710, 44714, 44721 Canton, OK (town, FIPS 11600) Location: 36.05605 N, 98.58862 W Population (1990): 632 (358 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73724 Canton, PA (borough, FIPS 11160) Location: 41.65699 N, 76.85303 W Population (1990): 1966 (837 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17724 Canton, SD (city, FIPS 9500) Location: 43.30317 N, 96.58095 W Population (1990): 2787 (1180 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57013 Canton, TX (city, FIPS 12496) Location: 32.54754 N, 95.86385 W Population (1990): 2949 (1322 housing units) Area: 9.9 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75103 Canton, WI Zip code(s): 54868 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Canton Center, CT Zip code(s): 06020 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Canton City, ND (city, FIPS 12060) Location: 48.68770 N, 97.66694 W Population (1990): 64 (33 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Canton Valley, CT (CDP, FIPS 12370) Location: 41.83415 N, 72.89220 W Population (1990): 1563 (740 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cantonment, FL Zip code(s): 32533 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Centennial, WY Zip code(s): 82055 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Condon, MT Zip code(s): 59826 Condon, OR (city, FIPS 15000) Location: 45.23676 N, 120.18395 W Population (1990): 635 (354 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97823 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Continental, OH (village, FIPS 18504) Location: 41.09889 N, 84.26682 W Population (1990): 1214 (463 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45831 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Continental Divi, NM Zip code(s): 87312 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cynthiana, IN (town, FIPS 16534) Location: 38.18692 N, 87.70879 W Population (1990): 669 (273 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47612 Cynthiana, KY (city, FIPS 19432) Location: 38.38636 N, 84.29531 W Population (1990): 6497 (2778 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 41031 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
condom n. 1. The protective plastic bag that accompanies 3.5-inch microfloppy diskettes. Rarely, also used of (paper) disk envelopes. Unlike the write protect tab, the condom (when left on) not only impedes the practice of {SEX} but has also been shown to have a high failure rate as drive mechanisms attempt to access the disk -- and can even fatally frustrate insertion. 2. The protective cladding on a {light pipe}. 3. `keyboard condom': A flexible, transparent plastic cover for a keyboard, designed to provide some protection against dust and {programming fluid} without impeding typing. 4. `elephant condom': the plastic shipping bags used inside cardboard boxes to protect hardware in transit. 5. n. obs. A dummy directory `/usr/tmp/sh', created to foil the {Great Worm} by exploiting a portability bug in one of its parts. So named in the title of a comp.risks article by Gene Spafford during the Worm crisis, and again in the text of "The Internet Worm Program: An Analysis", Purdue Technical Report CSD-TR-823. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
content-free adj. [by analogy with techspeak `context-free'] Used of a message that adds nothing to the recipient's knowledge. Though this adjective is sometimes applied to {flamage}, it more usually connotes derision for communication styles that exalt form over substance or are centered on concerns irrelevant to the subject ostensibly at hand. Perhaps most used with reference to speeches by company presidents and other professional manipulators. "Content-free? Uh... that's anything printed on glossy paper." (See also {four-color glossies}.) "He gave a talk on the implications of electronic networks for postmodernism and the fin-de-siecle aesthetic. It was content-free." | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
centum call second total traffic running in a network. 1 CCS is 100 call-seconds. That means 1 CCS could be 2 calls of 50 seconds duration or 20 calls of 5 seconds duration. (2002-03-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
condom 1. The protective plastic bag that accompanies 3.5-inch microfloppy diskettes. Rarely, also used of (paper) disk envelopes. Unlike the write protect tab, the condom (when left on) not only impedes the practice of {SEX} but has also been shown to have a high failure rate as drive mechanisms attempt to access the disk - and can even fatally frustrate insertion. 2. The protective cladding on a {light pipe}. 3. "keyboard condom": A flexible, transparent plastic cover for a keyboard, designed to provide some protection against dust and {programming fluid} without impeding typing. 4. "elephant condom": the plastic shipping bags used inside cardboard boxes to protect hardware in transit. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
container class A {class} whose instances are collections of other objects. Examples include {stack}s, {queue}s, {list}s and {array}s. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
content addressable memory (CAM, or "associative memory") A kind of storage device which includes comparison logic with each bit of storage. A data value is broadcast to all words of storage and compared with the values there. Words which match are flagged in some way. Subsequent operations can then work on flagged words, e.g. read them out one at a time or write to certain bit positions in all of them. A CAM can thus operate as a {data parallel} ({SIMD}) processor. CAMs are often used in {cache}s and {memory management unit}s. (1995-02-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Content Data Model (CDM) An {SGML}-based {DoD} specification for interactive manuals. (1995-02-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
content-based information retrieval information stored in image archives. [Details?] [IEEE Computer, September 1995]. (1995-11-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
content-free 1. (By analogy with "context-free") Used of a message that adds nothing to the recipient's knowledge. Though this adjective is sometimes applied to {flamage}, it more usually connotes derision for communication styles that exalt form over substance or are centred on concerns irrelevant to the subject ostensibly at hand. Perhaps most used with reference to speeches by company presidents and other professional manipulators. See also {four-colour glossies}. 2. Within British schools the term refers to general-purpose software such as a {word processor}, a {spreadsheet} or a program that tests spelling of words supplied by the teacher. This is in contrast to software designed to teach a particular topic, e.g. a plant growth simulation, an interactive periodic table or a program that tests spelling of a predetermined list of words. Content-free software can be more cost-effective as it can be reused for many lessons throughout the syllabus. [{Jargon File}] (1998-08-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
contention slot (Or contention period). Minimum time a {host} must transmit for before it can be sure that no other host's {packet} has collided with its transmission. If the maximum propagation delay from one host to any other is T, then a host that starts to transmit at time t0 may collide with a host that starts just before t0 + T. The first host will not detect the collision until time t0 + 2T. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
continental drift In 1980 {David Turner} remarked that {KRC} ran "at the speed of the continental drift". (1994-12-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
continuation See {continuation passing style}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Continuation Passing Style (CPS) A semantically clean language with continuations used as an intermediate language for {Scheme} and the {SML/NJ} {compiler}. ["Rabbit: A Compiler for Scheme", G.L. Steele, AI-TR-474, MIT (May 1978)]. ["Compiling With Continuations", A. Appel, Cambridge U Press 1992]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
continuation passing style function f takes an extra argument c known as a continuation. Whenever f would normally return a result r to its caller, it instead returns the result of applying the continuation to r. The continuation thus represents the whole of the rest of the computation. Some examples: normal (direct style) --> continuation passing square x = x * x square x k = k (x*x) g (square 23) square 23 g (square 3) + 1 square 3 ( \ s . s+1 ) (1995-04-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Continuation Passing Style (CPS) A semantically clean language with continuations used as an intermediate language for {Scheme} and the {SML/NJ} {compiler}. ["Rabbit: A Compiler for Scheme", G.L. Steele, AI-TR-474, MIT (May 1978)]. ["Compiling With Continuations", A. Appel, Cambridge U Press 1992]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
continuation passing style function f takes an extra argument c known as a continuation. Whenever f would normally return a result r to its caller, it instead returns the result of applying the continuation to r. The continuation thus represents the whole of the rest of the computation. Some examples: normal (direct style) --> continuation passing square x = x * x square x k = k (x*x) g (square 23) square 23 g (square 3) + 1 square 3 ( \ s . s+1 ) (1995-04-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
continuations See {continuation passing style}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
continuous function A function f : D -> E, where D and E are {cpo}s, is continuous if it is {monotonic} and f (lub Z) = lub { f z | z in Z } for all {directed} sets Z in D. In other words, the image of the lub is the lub of any directed image. All {additive} functions (functions which preserve all lubs) are continuous. A continuous function has a {least fixed point} if its {domain} has a least element, {bottom} (i.e. it is a cpo or a "pointed cpo" depending on your definition of a cpo). The {least fixed point} is fix f = lub {f^n bottom | n = 0..infinity} (1994-11-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Continuous System Modeling Program {continuous systems}. CSMP is similar to {CSSL}. ["A Guide to Using CSMP - The Continuous System Modeling Program", Frank H. Speckhart et al, P-H 1976]. (1995-02-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Continuous System Simulation Language {S/360} and {CSMP}. CSSL(Continuous System Simulation Language) versions I, II, III, IV and V have been commercially available since 1968. CSSL-I was developed for {Jet Propulsion Labs} in 1968. CSSL-III was widely distributed from 1969-1975. CSSL-IV (interactive version) was developed by R. Nilsen and ran on over 30 different computers. Currently CSSL-V is marketed by {Simulation Services International} and available on {PC}s and {workstations}. ["The SCi Continuous System Simulation Language (CSSL)", Simulation, 9(6), Dec 1967]. [URL?] (2003-04-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
continuous wave the {spark gap} method of transmission was replaced by vacuum-tube oscillators. A spark gap initiates a ringing, damped sinusoidal wave in a tuned circuit consisting of an inductor and capacitor. The energy in this circuit is constantly changing between the capacitor's electrostatic field and the inductor's magnetic field. The energy is then coupled, loosely (so as not to dampen the wave too quickly), to the radiating antenna. In contrast, a vacuum-tube oscillator constantly adds energy to the tuned circuit, compensating for the amount coupled to the antenna, and the transmitted energy or "wave," is therefore "continuous". Many (especially radio amateurs) continue to understand "CW" to mean transmission by means a signal of a single frequency which is either on or off (e.g. {Morse code}), as opposed to a carrier which varies continuously in amplitude, frequency or phase. Some would even call the former "unmodulated" even though turning on and off is actually an extreme form of amplitude modulation. (1995-03-15) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Contentment a state of mind in which one's desires are confined to his lot whatever it may be (1 Tim. 6:6; 2 Cor. 9:8). It is opposed to envy (James 3:16), avarice (Heb. 13:5), ambition (Prov. 13:10), anxiety (Matt. 6:25, 34), and repining (1 Cor. 10:10). It arises from the inward disposition, and is the offspring of humility, and of an intelligent consideration of the rectitude and benignity of divine providence (Ps. 96:1, 2; 145), the greatness of the divine promises (2 Pet. 1:4), and our own unworthiness (Gen. 32:10); as well as from the view the gospel opens up to us of rest and peace hereafter (Rom. 5:2). |