English Dictionary: Chef von't Janze | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Nicker nut \Nick"er nut`\ A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus {C[91]salpinia}. {C. Bonduc} has yellowish seeds; {C. Bonducella}, bluish gray. [Spelt also {neckar nut}, {nickar nut}.] | |
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Nicker nut \Nick"er nut`\ A rounded seed, rather smaller than a nutmeg, having a hard smooth shell, and a yellowish or bluish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus {C[91]salpinia}. {C. Bonduc} has yellowish seeds; {C. Bonducella}, bluish gray. [Spelt also {neckar nut}, {nickar nut}.] | |
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Shad \Shad\ (sh[acr]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species ({Clupea sapidissima}), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose ({C. alosa}), and the twaite shad. ({C. finta}), are less important species. [Written also {chad}.] Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under {Gizzard}), called also {mud shad}, {white-eyed shad}, and {winter shad}. {Hardboaded}, [or] {Yellow-tailed}, {shad}, the menhaden. {Hickory}, [or] {Tailor}, {shad}, the mattowacca. {Long-boned shad}, one of several species of important food fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus {Gerres}. {Shad bush} (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs or small trees of the rosaceous genus {Amelanchier} ({A. Canadensis}, and {A. alnifolia}) Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The plant is also called {service tree}, and {Juneberry}. {Shad frog}, an American spotted frog ({Rana halecina}); -- so called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers. {Trout shad}, the squeteague. {White shad}, the common shad. | |
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Vendace \Ven"dace\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A European lake whitefish ({Coregonus Willughbii}, or {C. Vandesius}) native of certain lakes in Scotland and England. It is regarded as a delicate food fish. Called also {vendis}. | |
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Cabin \Cab"in\ v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cabined} (-[icr]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cabining}.] To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge. I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave. --Shak. | |
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Cabinet \Cab"i*net\, a. Suitable for a cabinet; small. He [Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking cabinet edition of Goethe. --For. Quar. Rev. | |
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Cabinet \Cab"i*net\ (k[acr]b"[icr]*n[ecr]t), n. [F., dim. of cabine or cabane. See {Cabin}, n.] 1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.] Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, The rural song of careful Colinet. --Spenser. 2. A small room, or retired apartment; a closet. 3. A private room in which consultations are held. Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet. --Prescott. 4. The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council. Note: In England, the cabinet or cabinet council consists of those privy councilors who actually transact the immediate business of the government. --Mozley & W. -- In the United States, the cabinet is composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government, namely, the Secretary of State, of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, of the Interior, and of Agiculture, the Postmaster-general, and the Attorney-general. | |
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Cabinet \Cab"i*net\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabineted; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cabineting}.] To inclose [R.] --Hewyt. | |
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5. (a) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence: (b) A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an [82]tag[8a]re or closed with doors. See {[90]tag[8a]re}. 6. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself. {Cabinet council}. (a) Same as {Cabinet}, n., 4 (of which body it was formerly the full title). (b) A meeting of the cabinet. {Cabinet councilor}, a member of a cabinet council. {Cabinet photograph}, a photograph of a size smaller than an imperial, though larger than a {carte de visite}. {Cabinet picture}, a small and generally highly finished picture, suitable for a small room and for close inspection. | |
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Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[icr]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L. concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. [?][?][?] to call, and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. {Conciliate}. This word is often confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.] 1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case. 2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council. An old lord of the council rated me the other day. --Shak. 3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation. Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council called by night. --Milton. O great in action and in council wise. --Pope. {Aulic council}. See under {Aulic}. {Cabinet council}. See under {Cabinet}. {City council}, the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted. {Common council}. See under {Common}. {Council board}, {Council table}, the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation. {Council chamber}, the room or apartment in which a council meets. {Council fire}, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Council of war}, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity. {Ecumenical council} (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline. {Executive council}, a body of men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.] {Legislative council}, the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate. {Privy council}. See under {Privy}. [Eng.] Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament; convention; convocation; synod. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
5. (a) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence: (b) A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an [82]tag[8a]re or closed with doors. See {[90]tag[8a]re}. 6. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself. {Cabinet council}. (a) Same as {Cabinet}, n., 4 (of which body it was formerly the full title). (b) A meeting of the cabinet. {Cabinet councilor}, a member of a cabinet council. {Cabinet photograph}, a photograph of a size smaller than an imperial, though larger than a {carte de visite}. {Cabinet picture}, a small and generally highly finished picture, suitable for a small room and for close inspection. | |
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Organ \Or"gan\, n. [L. organum, Gr. [?]; akin to [?] work, and E. work: cf. F. organe. See {Work}, and cf. {Orgue}, {Orgy}.] 1. An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed, or an important end accomplished; as, legislatures, courts, armies, taxgatherers, etc., are organs of government. 2. (Biol.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants. Note: In animals the organs are generally made up of several tissues, one of which usually predominates, and determines the principal function of the organ. Groups of organs constitute a system. See {System}. 3. A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as, the cylinder, valves, crank, etc., are organs of the steam engine. 4. A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as, the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor, or of a party, sect, etc. 5. [Cf. AS. organ, fr. L. organum.] (Mus.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ. The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow. --Pope. Note: Chaucer used the form orgon as a plural. The merry orgon . . . that in the church goon [go]. {Barrel organ}, {Choir organ}, {Great organ}, etc. See under {Barrel}, {Choir}, etc. {Cabinet organ} (Mus.), an organ of small size, as for a chapel or for domestic use; a reed organ. {Organ bird} (Zo[94]l.), a Tasmanian crow shrike ({Gymnorhina organicum}). It utters discordant notes like those of a hand organ out of tune. {Organ fish} (Zo[94]l.), the drumfish. {Organ gun}. (Mil.) Same as {Orgue} (b) . {Organ harmonium} (Mus.), an harmonium of large capacity and power. {Organ of Gorti} (Anat.), a complicated structure in the cochlea of the ear, including the auditory hair cells, the rods or fibers of Corti, the membrane of Corti, etc. See Note under {Ear}. {Organ pipe}. See {Pipe}, n., 1. {Organ-pipe coral}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Tubipora}. {Organ point} (Mus.), a passage in which the tonic or dominant is sustained continuously by one part, while the other parts move. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
5. (a) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence: (b) A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an [82]tag[8a]re or closed with doors. See {[90]tag[8a]re}. 6. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself. {Cabinet council}. (a) Same as {Cabinet}, n., 4 (of which body it was formerly the full title). (b) A meeting of the cabinet. {Cabinet councilor}, a member of a cabinet council. {Cabinet photograph}, a photograph of a size smaller than an imperial, though larger than a {carte de visite}. {Cabinet picture}, a small and generally highly finished picture, suitable for a small room and for close inspection. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
5. (a) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence: (b) A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an [82]tag[8a]re or closed with doors. See {[90]tag[8a]re}. 6. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself. {Cabinet council}. (a) Same as {Cabinet}, n., 4 (of which body it was formerly the full title). (b) A meeting of the cabinet. {Cabinet councilor}, a member of a cabinet council. {Cabinet photograph}, a photograph of a size smaller than an imperial, though larger than a {carte de visite}. {Cabinet picture}, a small and generally highly finished picture, suitable for a small room and for close inspection. | |
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Cabinet \Cab"i*net\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabineted; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cabineting}.] To inclose [R.] --Hewyt. | |
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Cabinetmaker \Cab"i*net*mak`er\ (-m[amac]k`[etil]r), n. One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choice articles of household furniture, as tables, bedsteads, bureaus, etc. | |
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Cabinetmaking \Cab"i*net*mak`ing\, n. The art or occupation of making the finer articles of household furniture. | |
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Cabinetwork \Cab"i*net*work`\ (-w[ucir]rk`), n. The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture. | |
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Cafenet \Caf"e*net\, Cafeneh \Caf"e*neh\, n. [Turk. qahveh kh[be]neh coffeehouse.] A humble inn or house of rest for travelers, where coffee is sold. [Turkey] | |
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Caponet \Ca"pon*et\, n. A young capon. [R.] --Chapman. | |
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Cavendish \Cav"en*dish\, n. Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes. {Cut cavendish}, the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking. | |
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Chavender \Chav"en*der\, n. [Cf. {Cheven}.] (Zo[94]l.) The chub. --Walton. | |
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Cheapen \Cheap"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cheapened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cheapening}.] [OE. cheapien, chepen, to trade, buy, sell, AS. ce[a0]pian; akin to D. koopen to buy, G. kaufen, Icel. kaupa, Goth. kaup[d3]n to trade. Cf. {Chap} to bargain.] 1. To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for. [Obsoles.] Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy. --Swift. 2. [Cf. {Cheap}, a.] To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate. --Pope. My proffered love has cheapened me. --Dryden. | |
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Cheventein \Chev"en*tein\, n. A variant of {Chieftain}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Chip \Chip\, n. 1. A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument. 2. A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece. 3. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets. 4. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously. 5. One of the counters used in poker and other games. 6. (Naut.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line. {Buffalo chips}. See under {Buffalo}. {Chip ax}, a small ax for chipping timber into shape. {Chip bonnet}, {Chip hat}, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip. See {Chip}, n., 3. {A chip off the old block}, a child who resembles either of his parents. [Colloq.] --Milton. {Potato chips}, {Saratoga chips}, thin slices of raw potato fried crisp. | |
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Chippendale \Chip"pen*dale\, a. Designating furniture designed, or like that designed, by Thomas Chippendale, an English cabinetmaker of the 18th century. Chippendale furniture was generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on. In the more elaborate pieces three types are recognized: {French Chippendale}, having much detail, like Louis Quatorze and Louis Quinze; {Chinese Chippendale}, marked by latticework and pagodalike pediments; and {Gothic Chippendale}, attempting to adapt medieval details. The forms, as of the cabriole and chairbacks, often resemble Queen Anne. In chairs, the seat is widened at the front, and the back toward the top widened and bent backward, except in Chinese Chippendale, in which the backs are usually rectangular. -- {Chip"pen*dal*ism}, n. It must be clearly and unmistakably understood, then, that, whenever painted (that is to say, decorated with painted enrichment) or inlaid furniture is described as Chippendale, no matter where or by whom, it is a million chances to one that the description is incorrect. --R. D. Benn. | |
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Chippendale \Chip"pen*dale\, a. Designating furniture designed, or like that designed, by Thomas Chippendale, an English cabinetmaker of the 18th century. Chippendale furniture was generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on. In the more elaborate pieces three types are recognized: {French Chippendale}, having much detail, like Louis Quatorze and Louis Quinze; {Chinese Chippendale}, marked by latticework and pagodalike pediments; and {Gothic Chippendale}, attempting to adapt medieval details. The forms, as of the cabriole and chairbacks, often resemble Queen Anne. In chairs, the seat is widened at the front, and the back toward the top widened and bent backward, except in Chinese Chippendale, in which the backs are usually rectangular. -- {Chip"pen*dal*ism}, n. It must be clearly and unmistakably understood, then, that, whenever painted (that is to say, decorated with painted enrichment) or inlaid furniture is described as Chippendale, no matter where or by whom, it is a million chances to one that the description is incorrect. --R. D. Benn. | |
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Cobnut \Cob"nut`\, n. 1. (Com.) A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut. 2. A game played by children with nuts. | |
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Coffin \Cof"fin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coffined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coffining}.] To inclose in, or as in, a coffin. Would'st thou have laughed, had I come coffined home? --Shak. Devotion is not coffined in a cell. --John Hall (1646). | |
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Covent \Cov"ent\ (k?v"ent), n. [OF. covent, F. couvent. See {Convent}.] A convent or monastery. [Obs.] --Bale. {Covent Garden}, a large square in London, so called because originally it was the garden of a monastery. | |
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Covent \Cov"ent\ (k?v"ent), n. [OF. covent, F. couvent. See {Convent}.] A convent or monastery. [Obs.] --Bale. {Covent Garden}, a large square in London, so called because originally it was the garden of a monastery. | |
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Coventry \Cov"en*try\ (k?v"en-tr?), n. A town in the county of Warwick, England. {To send to Coventry}, to exclude from society; to shut out from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct. {Coventry blue}, blue thread of a superior dye, made at Coventry, England, and used for embroidery. | |
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Coventry \Cov"en*try\ (k?v"en-tr?), n. A town in the county of Warwick, England. {To send to Coventry}, to exclude from society; to shut out from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct. {Coventry blue}, blue thread of a superior dye, made at Coventry, England, and used for embroidery. | |
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d8Bilboquet \[d8]Bil"bo*quet\, n. [F.] The toy called {cup and ball}. | |
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Cup \Cup\ (k[ucr]p), n. [AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa tub, cask; cf. also Gr. ky`ph hut, Skr. k[umac]pa pit, hollow, OSlav. kupa cup. Cf. {Coop}, {Cupola}, {Cowl} a water vessel, and {Cob}, {Coif}, {Cop}.] 1. A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like. 2. The contents of such a vessel; a cupful. Give me a cup of sack, boy. --Shak. 3. pl. Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry. Thence from cups to civil broils. --Milton. 4. That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion. O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. --Matt. xxvi. 39. 5. Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower. The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. --Shenstone. 6. (Med.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping. {Cup and ball}, a familiar toy of children, having a cup on the top of a piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the cup; bilboquet. --Milman. {Cup and can}, familiar companions. {Dry cup}, {Wet cup} (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet cupping. See under {Cupping}. {To be in one's cups}, to be drunk. | |
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d8Bilboquet \[d8]Bil"bo*quet\, n. [F.] The toy called {cup and ball}. | |
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Cup \Cup\ (k[ucr]p), n. [AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa tub, cask; cf. also Gr. ky`ph hut, Skr. k[umac]pa pit, hollow, OSlav. kupa cup. Cf. {Coop}, {Cupola}, {Cowl} a water vessel, and {Cob}, {Coif}, {Cop}.] 1. A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like. 2. The contents of such a vessel; a cupful. Give me a cup of sack, boy. --Shak. 3. pl. Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry. Thence from cups to civil broils. --Milton. 4. That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion. O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. --Matt. xxvi. 39. 5. Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower. The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. --Shenstone. 6. (Med.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping. {Cup and ball}, a familiar toy of children, having a cup on the top of a piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the cup; bilboquet. --Milman. {Cup and can}, familiar companions. {Dry cup}, {Wet cup} (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet cupping. See under {Cupping}. {To be in one's cups}, to be drunk. | |
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Cup \Cup\ (k[ucr]p), n. [AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa tub, cask; cf. also Gr. ky`ph hut, Skr. k[umac]pa pit, hollow, OSlav. kupa cup. Cf. {Coop}, {Cupola}, {Cowl} a water vessel, and {Cob}, {Coif}, {Cop}.] 1. A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like. 2. The contents of such a vessel; a cupful. Give me a cup of sack, boy. --Shak. 3. pl. Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry. Thence from cups to civil broils. --Milton. 4. That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion. O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. --Matt. xxvi. 39. 5. Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower. The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. --Shenstone. 6. (Med.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping. {Cup and ball}, a familiar toy of children, having a cup on the top of a piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the cup; bilboquet. --Milman. {Cup and can}, familiar companions. {Dry cup}, {Wet cup} (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet cupping. See under {Cupping}. {To be in one's cups}, to be drunk. | |
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Cape Neddick, ME (CDP, FIPS 10320) Location: 43.17002 N, 70.61928 W Population (1990): 2193 (2920 housing units) Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 03902 | |
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Cavendish, VT Zip code(s): 05142 | |
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Chippewa-on-the-Lake, OH (village, FIPS 14282) Location: 41.07008 N, 81.90369 W Population (1990): 271 (147 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Coventry, CT Zip code(s): 06238 Coventry, RI Zip code(s): 02816 Coventry, VT Zip code(s): 05825 | |
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Coventry Lake, CT (CDP, FIPS 17835) Location: 41.77231 N, 72.33301 W Population (1990): 2895 (1272 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
copy and paste method of document production) The system supported by most document editing applications (e.g. {text editors}) and most {operating systems} that allows you to select a part of the document and then save it in a temporary buffer (known variously as the "clipboard", "cut buffer", "kill ring"). A "copy" leaves the document unchanged whereas a "cut" deletes the selected part. A "paste" inserts the data from the clipboard at the current position in the document (usually replacing any currently selected data). This may be done more than once, in more than one position and in different documents. More sophisticated {operating systems} support copy and paste of different data types between different applications, possibly with automatic format conversion, e.g from {rich text} to plain {ASCII}. {GNU Emacs} uses the terms "kill" instead of "cut" and "yank" instead of "paste" and data is stored in the "kill ring". [Origin? Macintosh? Xerox?] (1998-07-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
copy module {copybook} |