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Brazil wood \Bra*zil" wood`\ [OE. brasil, LL. brasile (cf. Pg. & Sp. brasil, Pr. bresil, Pr. bresil); perh. from Sp. or Pg. brasa a live coal (cf. {Braze}, {Brasier}); or Ar. vars plant for dyeing red or yellow. This name was given to the wood from its color; and it is said that King Emanuel, of Portugal, gave the name Brazil to the country in South America on account of its producing this wood.] 1. The wood of the oriental {C[91]salpinia Sapan}; -- so called before the discovery of America. 2. A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of {C[91]salpinia echinata}, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of {C. Braziliensis} and {C. crista}. This is often distinguished as Braziletto, but the better kind is also frequently so named. | |
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Hazel \Ha"zel\, n. [OE. hasel, AS. h[91]sel; akin to D. hazelaar, G. hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan & Sw. hassel, L. corylus, for cosylus.] 1. (Bot.) A shrub or small tree of the genus {Corylus}, as the {C. avellana}, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are {C. Americana}, which produces the common hazelnut, and {C. rostrata}. See {Filbert}. --Gray. 2. A miner's name for freestone. --Raymond. {Hazel earth}, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam. {Hazel grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European grouse ({Bonasa betulina}), allied to the American ruffed grouse. {Hazel hoe}, a kind of grub hoe. {Witch hazel}. See {Witch-hazel}, and {Hamamelis}. | |
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Caress \Ca*ress"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caressing}.] [F. caresser, fr. It. carezzare, fr. carezza caress. See {Caress}., n.] To treat with tokens of fondness, affection, or kindness; to touch or speak to in a loving or endearing manner; to fondle. The lady caresses the rough bloodhoun. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: To foundle; embrace; pet; coddle; court; flatter. Usage: {Caress}, {Fondle}. [bd]We caress by words or actions; we fondle by actions only.[b8] --Crabb. | |
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Caricature \Car"i*ca*ture\, n. [It. caricatura, fr. caricare to charge, overload, exaggerate. See {Charge}, v. t.] 1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture. 2. A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [Formerly written {caricatura}.] The truest likeness of the prince of French literature will be the one that has most of the look of a caricature. --I. Taylor. A grotesque caricature of virtue. --Macaulay. | |
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Caricature \Car"i*ca*ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caricatured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caricaturing}.] To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque. He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterly hand. --Lord Lyttelton. | |
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Caricature \Car"i*ca*ture\, n. [It. caricatura, fr. caricare to charge, overload, exaggerate. See {Charge}, v. t.] 1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture. 2. A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [Formerly written {caricatura}.] The truest likeness of the prince of French literature will be the one that has most of the look of a caricature. --I. Taylor. A grotesque caricature of virtue. --Macaulay. | |
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Caricature \Car"i*ca*ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caricatured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caricaturing}.] To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque. He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterly hand. --Lord Lyttelton. | |
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Caricature \Car"i*ca*ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caricatured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caricaturing}.] To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque. He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterly hand. --Lord Lyttelton. | |
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Caricaturist \Car"i*ca*tu`rist\, n. One who caricatures. | |
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Cariosity \Ca`ri*os"i*ty\, n. (Med.) Caries. | |
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Caroched \Ca*roched"\, a. Placed in a caroche. [Obs.] Beggary rides caroched. --Massenger. | |
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Carouse \Ca*rouse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caroused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Carousing}.] To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels. He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. --Shak. | |
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Carucate \Car"u*cate\, n. [LL. carucata, carrucata. See {Carucage}.] A plowland; as much land as one team can plow in a year and a day; -- by some said to be about 100 acres. --Burrill. | |
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Mouse-ear \Mouse"-ear`\, n. (Bot.) (a) The forget-me-not ({Myosotis palustris}) and other species of the same genus. (b) A European species of hawkweed ({Hieracium Pilosella}). {Mouse-ear chickweed}, a name of two common species of chickweed ({Cerastium vulgarium}, and {C. viscosum}). {Mouse-ear cress}, a low cruciferous herb ({Sisymbrium Thaliana}). All these are low herbs with soft, oval, or obovate leaves, whence the name. | |
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Prickly \Prick"ly\, a. Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub. {Prickly ash} (Bot.), a prickly shrub ({Xanthoxylum Americanum}) with yellowish flowers appearing with the leaves. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic. The southern species is {X. Carolinianum}. --Gray. {Prickly heat} (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in hot weather. {Prickly pear} (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the cactaceous genus {Opuntia}, American plants consisting of fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds. The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is {Opuntia vulgaris}. In the South and West are many others, and in tropical America more than a hundred more. {O. vulgaris}, {O. Ficus-Indica}, and {O. Tuna} are abundantly introduced in the Mediterranean region, and {O. Dillenii} has become common in India. {Prickly pole} (Bot.), a West Indian palm ({Bactris Plumierana}), the slender trunk of which bears many rings of long black prickles. {Prickly withe} (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant ({Cereus triangularis}) having prickly, slender, climbing, triangular stems. {Prickly rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of South American burrowing rodents belonging to {Ctenomys} and allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp spines. | |
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Cerused \Ce"rused\, a. Washed with a preparation of white lead; as, cerused face. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Cerusite \Ce"ru*site\, Cerussite \Ce"rus*site\, n. (Min.) Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact. | |
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Cerusite \Ce"ru*site\, Cerussite \Ce"rus*site\, n. (Min.) Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact. | |
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Charact \Char"act\, n. A distinctive mark; a character; a letter or sign. [Obs.] See {Character}. In all his dressings, characts, titles, forms. --Shak. | |
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Such \Such\, a. [OE. such, sich, sech, sik, swich, swilch, swulch, swilc, swulc, AS. swelc, swilc, swylc; akin to OFries. selik, D. zulk, OS. sulic, OHG. sulih, solih, G. solch, Icel. sl[c6]kr, OSw. salik, Sw. slik, Dan. slig, Goth. swaleiks; originally meaning, so shaped. [fb]192. See {So}, {Like}, a., and cf. {Which}.] 1. Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as introducing the word or proposition which defines the similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to make them better. And in his time such a conqueror That greater was there none under the sun. --Chaucer. His misery was such that none of the bystanders could refrain from weeping. --Macaulay. Note: The indefinite article a or an never precedes such, but is placed between it and the noun to which it refers; as, such a man; such an honor. The indefinite adjective some, several, one, few, many, all, etc., precede such; as, one such book is enough; all such people ought to be avoided; few such ideas were then held. 2. Having the particular quality or character specified. That thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself. --Milton. 3. The same that; -- with as; as, this was the state of the kingdom at such time as the enemy landed. [bd][It] hath such senses as we have.[b8] --Shak. 4. Certain; -- representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned. In rushed one and tells him such a knight Is new arrived. --Daniel. To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year. --James iv. 13. Note: Such is used pronominally. [bd]He was the father of such as dwell in tents.[b8] --Gen. iv. 20. [bd]Such as I are free in spirit when our limbs are chained.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Such is also used before adjectives joined to substantives; as, the fleet encountered such a terrible storm that it put back. [bd]Everything was managed with so much care, and such excellent order was observed.[b8] --De Foe. Temple sprung from a family which . . . long after his death produced so many eminent men, and formed such distinguished alliances, that, etc. --Macaulay. Such is used emphatically, without the correlative. Now will he be mocking: I shall have such a life. --Shak. Such was formerly used with numerals in the sense of times as much or as many; as, such ten, or ten times as many. {Such and such}, [or] {Such or such}, certain; some; -- used to represent the object indefinitely, as already particularized in one way or another, or as being of one kind or another. [bd]In such and such a place shall be my camp.[b8] --2 Kings vi. 8. [bd]Sovereign authority may enact a law commanding such and such an action.[b8] --South. {Such like} [or] {character}, of the like kind. And many other such like things ye do. --Mark vii. 8. | |
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Demotic \De*mot"ic\, a. [Gr. dhmotiko`s, fr. dh^mos the people: cf. F. d[82]motique.] Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common. {Demotic alphabet} [or] {character}, a form of writing used in Egypt after six or seven centuries before Christ, for books, deeds, and other such writings; a simplified form of the hieratic character; -- called also {epistolographic character}, and {enchorial character}. See {Enchorial}. | |
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Character \Char"ac*ter\, n. [L., an instrument for marking, character, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to make sharp, to cut into furrows, to engrave: cf. F. caract[8a]re.] 1. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol. It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye. --Holder. 2. Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the peculiar form of letters used by a particular person or people; as, an inscription in the Runic character. You know the character to be your brother's? --Shak. 3. The peculiar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others; the stamp impressed by nature, education, or habit; that which a person or thing really is; nature; disposition. The character or that dominion. --Milton. Know well each Ancient's proper character; His fable, subject, scope in every page; Religion, Country, genius of his Age. --Pope. A man of . . . thoroughly subservient character. --Motley. 4. Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; as, he has a great deal of character. 5. Moral quality; the principles and motives that control the life; as, a man of character; his character saves him from suspicion. 6. Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter. 7. The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation; as, a man's character for truth and veracity; to give one a bad character. This subterraneous passage is much mended since Seneca gave so bad a character of it. --Addison. 8. A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant. [Colloq.] 9. A unique or extraordinary individuality; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits; a person who illustrates certain phases of character; as, Randolph was a character; C[91]sar is a great historical character. 10. One of the persons of a drama or novel. Note: [bd]It would be well if character and reputation were used distinctively. In truth, character is what a person is; reputation is what he is supposed to be. Character is in himself, reputation is in the minds of others. Character is injured by temptations, and by wrongdoing; reputation by slanders, and libels. Character endures throughout defamation in every form, but perishes when there is a voluntary transgression; reputation may last through numerous transgressions, but be destroyed by a single, and even an unfounded, accusation or aspersion.[b8] --Abbott. | |
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Character \Char"ac*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Charactered}.] 1. To engrave; to inscribe. [R.] These trees shall be my books. And in their barks my thoughts I 'll character. --Shak. 2. To distinguish by particular marks or traits; to describe; to characterize. [R.] --Mitford. | |
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Such \Such\, a. [OE. such, sich, sech, sik, swich, swilch, swulch, swilc, swulc, AS. swelc, swilc, swylc; akin to OFries. selik, D. zulk, OS. sulic, OHG. sulih, solih, G. solch, Icel. sl[c6]kr, OSw. salik, Sw. slik, Dan. slig, Goth. swaleiks; originally meaning, so shaped. [fb]192. See {So}, {Like}, a., and cf. {Which}.] 1. Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as introducing the word or proposition which defines the similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to make them better. And in his time such a conqueror That greater was there none under the sun. --Chaucer. His misery was such that none of the bystanders could refrain from weeping. --Macaulay. Note: The indefinite article a or an never precedes such, but is placed between it and the noun to which it refers; as, such a man; such an honor. The indefinite adjective some, several, one, few, many, all, etc., precede such; as, one such book is enough; all such people ought to be avoided; few such ideas were then held. 2. Having the particular quality or character specified. That thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself. --Milton. 3. The same that; -- with as; as, this was the state of the kingdom at such time as the enemy landed. [bd][It] hath such senses as we have.[b8] --Shak. 4. Certain; -- representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned. In rushed one and tells him such a knight Is new arrived. --Daniel. To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year. --James iv. 13. Note: Such is used pronominally. [bd]He was the father of such as dwell in tents.[b8] --Gen. iv. 20. [bd]Such as I are free in spirit when our limbs are chained.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Such is also used before adjectives joined to substantives; as, the fleet encountered such a terrible storm that it put back. [bd]Everything was managed with so much care, and such excellent order was observed.[b8] --De Foe. Temple sprung from a family which . . . long after his death produced so many eminent men, and formed such distinguished alliances, that, etc. --Macaulay. Such is used emphatically, without the correlative. Now will he be mocking: I shall have such a life. --Shak. Such was formerly used with numerals in the sense of times as much or as many; as, such ten, or ten times as many. {Such and such}, [or] {Such or such}, certain; some; -- used to represent the object indefinitely, as already particularized in one way or another, or as being of one kind or another. [bd]In such and such a place shall be my camp.[b8] --2 Kings vi. 8. [bd]Sovereign authority may enact a law commanding such and such an action.[b8] --South. {Such like} [or] {character}, of the like kind. And many other such like things ye do. --Mark vii. 8. | |
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Demotic \De*mot"ic\, a. [Gr. dhmotiko`s, fr. dh^mos the people: cf. F. d[82]motique.] Of or pertaining to the people; popular; common. {Demotic alphabet} [or] {character}, a form of writing used in Egypt after six or seven centuries before Christ, for books, deeds, and other such writings; a simplified form of the hieratic character; -- called also {epistolographic character}, and {enchorial character}. See {Enchorial}. | |
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Character \Char"ac*ter\, n. [L., an instrument for marking, character, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to make sharp, to cut into furrows, to engrave: cf. F. caract[8a]re.] 1. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol. It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye. --Holder. 2. Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the peculiar form of letters used by a particular person or people; as, an inscription in the Runic character. You know the character to be your brother's? --Shak. 3. The peculiar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others; the stamp impressed by nature, education, or habit; that which a person or thing really is; nature; disposition. The character or that dominion. --Milton. Know well each Ancient's proper character; His fable, subject, scope in every page; Religion, Country, genius of his Age. --Pope. A man of . . . thoroughly subservient character. --Motley. 4. Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; as, he has a great deal of character. 5. Moral quality; the principles and motives that control the life; as, a man of character; his character saves him from suspicion. 6. Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter. 7. The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation; as, a man's character for truth and veracity; to give one a bad character. This subterraneous passage is much mended since Seneca gave so bad a character of it. --Addison. 8. A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant. [Colloq.] 9. A unique or extraordinary individuality; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits; a person who illustrates certain phases of character; as, Randolph was a character; C[91]sar is a great historical character. 10. One of the persons of a drama or novel. Note: [bd]It would be well if character and reputation were used distinctively. In truth, character is what a person is; reputation is what he is supposed to be. Character is in himself, reputation is in the minds of others. Character is injured by temptations, and by wrongdoing; reputation by slanders, and libels. Character endures throughout defamation in every form, but perishes when there is a voluntary transgression; reputation may last through numerous transgressions, but be destroyed by a single, and even an unfounded, accusation or aspersion.[b8] --Abbott. | |
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Character \Char"ac*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Charactered}.] 1. To engrave; to inscribe. [R.] These trees shall be my books. And in their barks my thoughts I 'll character. --Shak. 2. To distinguish by particular marks or traits; to describe; to characterize. [R.] --Mitford. | |
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Character \Char"ac*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Charactered}.] 1. To engrave; to inscribe. [R.] These trees shall be my books. And in their barks my thoughts I 'll character. --Shak. 2. To distinguish by particular marks or traits; to describe; to characterize. [R.] --Mitford. | |
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Characterism \Char"ac*ter*ism\, n. [Gr. [?] a characterizing.] A distinction of character; a characteristic. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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3. A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and the like, in a book; -- usually alphabetical in arrangement, and printed at the end of the volume. 4. A prologue indicating what follows. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. (Anat.) The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger. 6. (Math.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent. [In this sense the plural is always {indices}.] {Index error}, the error in the reading of a mathematical instrument arising from the zero of the index not being in complete adjustment with that of the limb, or with its theoretically perfect position in the instrument; a correction to be applied to the instrument readings equal to the error of the zero adjustment. {Index expurgatorius}. [L.] See {Index prohibitorius} (below). {Index finger}. See {Index}, 5. {Index glass}, the mirror on the index of a quadrant, sextant, etc. {Index hand}, the pointer or hand of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; a hand that points to something. {Index of a logarithm} (Math.), the integral part of the logarithm, and always one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. It is also called the {characteristic}. {Index of refraction}, [or] {Refractive index} (Opt.), the number which expresses the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction. Thus the index of refraction for sulphur is 2, because, when light passes out of air into sulphur, the sine of the angle of incidence is double the sine of the angle of refraction. {Index plate}, a graduated circular plate, or one with circular rows of holes differently spaced; used in machines for graduating circles, cutting gear teeth, etc. {Index prohibitorius} [L.], or {Prohibitory index} (R. C. Ch.), a catalogue of books which are forbidden by the church to be read; the index expurgatorius [L.], or expurgatory index, is a catalogue of books from which passages marked as against faith or morals must be removed before Catholics can read them. These catalogues are published with additions, from time to time, by the Congregation of the Index, composed of cardinals, theologians, etc., under the sanction of the pope. --Hook. {Index rerum} [L.], a tabulated and alphabetized notebook, for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc. | |
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Characteristic \Char`ac*ter*is"tic\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. charact[82]ristique.] Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. --Macaulay. | |
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Characteristic \Char`ac*ter*is"tic\, n. 1. A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized. --Pope. The characteristics of a true critic. --Johnson. 2. (Math.) The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm. | |
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3. A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and the like, in a book; -- usually alphabetical in arrangement, and printed at the end of the volume. 4. A prologue indicating what follows. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. (Anat.) The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger. 6. (Math.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root of a quantity; the exponent. [In this sense the plural is always {indices}.] {Index error}, the error in the reading of a mathematical instrument arising from the zero of the index not being in complete adjustment with that of the limb, or with its theoretically perfect position in the instrument; a correction to be applied to the instrument readings equal to the error of the zero adjustment. {Index expurgatorius}. [L.] See {Index prohibitorius} (below). {Index finger}. See {Index}, 5. {Index glass}, the mirror on the index of a quadrant, sextant, etc. {Index hand}, the pointer or hand of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; a hand that points to something. {Index of a logarithm} (Math.), the integral part of the logarithm, and always one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. It is also called the {characteristic}. {Index of refraction}, [or] {Refractive index} (Opt.), the number which expresses the ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction. Thus the index of refraction for sulphur is 2, because, when light passes out of air into sulphur, the sine of the angle of incidence is double the sine of the angle of refraction. {Index plate}, a graduated circular plate, or one with circular rows of holes differently spaced; used in machines for graduating circles, cutting gear teeth, etc. {Index prohibitorius} [L.], or {Prohibitory index} (R. C. Ch.), a catalogue of books which are forbidden by the church to be read; the index expurgatorius [L.], or expurgatory index, is a catalogue of books from which passages marked as against faith or morals must be removed before Catholics can read them. These catalogues are published with additions, from time to time, by the Congregation of the Index, composed of cardinals, theologians, etc., under the sanction of the pope. --Hook. {Index rerum} [L.], a tabulated and alphabetized notebook, for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc. | |
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Characteristic \Char`ac*ter*is"tic\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. charact[82]ristique.] Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. --Macaulay. | |
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Characteristic \Char`ac*ter*is"tic\, n. 1. A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized. --Pope. The characteristics of a true critic. --Johnson. 2. (Math.) The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm. | |
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Characteristical \Char`ac*ter*is"tic*al\, a. Characteristic. | |
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Characteristically \Char`ac*ter*is"tic*al*ly\, adv. In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes. | |
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Characterization \Char`ac*ter*i*za"tion\, n. The act or process of characterizing. | |
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Characterize \Char"ac*ter*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Characterized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Characterizing}.] [LL. characterizare, Gr. [?]: cf. F. charact[82]riser.] 1. To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features. European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. --Arbuthnot. 2. To engrave or imprint. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. 3. To indicate the character of; to describe. Under the name of Tamerlane he intended to characterize King William. --Johnson. 4. To be a characteristic of; to make, or express the character of. The softness and effeminacy which characterize the men of rank in most countries. --W. Irving. Syn: To describe; distinguish; mark; designate; style; particularize; entitle. | |
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Characterize \Char"ac*ter*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Characterized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Characterizing}.] [LL. characterizare, Gr. [?]: cf. F. charact[82]riser.] 1. To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features. European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. --Arbuthnot. 2. To engrave or imprint. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. 3. To indicate the character of; to describe. Under the name of Tamerlane he intended to characterize King William. --Johnson. 4. To be a characteristic of; to make, or express the character of. The softness and effeminacy which characterize the men of rank in most countries. --W. Irving. Syn: To describe; distinguish; mark; designate; style; particularize; entitle. | |
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Characterize \Char"ac*ter*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Characterized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Characterizing}.] [LL. characterizare, Gr. [?]: cf. F. charact[82]riser.] 1. To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features. European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. --Arbuthnot. 2. To engrave or imprint. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. 3. To indicate the character of; to describe. Under the name of Tamerlane he intended to characterize King William. --Johnson. 4. To be a characteristic of; to make, or express the character of. The softness and effeminacy which characterize the men of rank in most countries. --W. Irving. Syn: To describe; distinguish; mark; designate; style; particularize; entitle. | |
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Characterless \Char"ac*ter*less\, a. Destitute of any distinguishing quality; without character or force. | |
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Charactery \Char"ac*ter*y\, n. 1. The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark. Fairies use flowers for their charactery. --Shak. 2. That which is charactered; the meaning. [Obs.] I will construe to thee All the charactery of my sad brows. --Shak. | |
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d8Charg82 d'affaires \[d8]Char`g[82]" d'af`faires"\, n.; pl. {Charg[82]s d'affaires}. [F., [bd]charged with affairs.[b8]] A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary. | |
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Charge \Charge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Charged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Charging}.] [OF. chargier, F. charger, fr. LL. carricare, fr. L. carrus wagon. Cf. {Cargo}, {Caricature}, {Cark}, and see {Car}.] 1. To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill. A carte that charged was with hay. --Chaucer. The charging of children's memories with rules. --Locke. 2. To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent. Moses . . . charged you to love the Lord your God. --Josh. xxii. 5. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition. --Shak. 3. To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for. When land shall be charged by any lien. --Kent. 4. To fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a barrel for apples. 5. To place something to the account of as a debt; to debit, as, to charge one with goods. Also, to enter upon the debit side of an account; as, to charge a sum to one. 6. To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge. No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime On native sloth and negligence of time. --Dryden. 7. To accuse; to make a charge or assertion against (a person or thing); to lay the responsibility (for something said or done) at the door of. If he did that wrong you charge him with. --Tennyson. 8. To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear; to load; to fill; as, to charge a gun; to charge an electrical machine, etc. Their battering cannon charged to the mouths. --Shak. 9. To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding. 10. (Her.) To assume as a bearing; as, he charges three roses or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield with three roses or. 11. To call to account; to challenge. [Obs.] To charge me to an answer. --Shak. 12. To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack. Charged our main battle's front. --Shak. Syn: To intrust; command; exhort; instruct; accuse; impeach; arraign. See {Accuse}. | |
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Negatively \Neg"a*tive*ly\, adv. 1. In a negative manner; with or by denial. [bd]He answered negatively.[b8] --Boyle. 2. In the form of speech implying the absence of something; -- opposed to {positively}. I shall show what this image of God in man is, negatively, by showing wherein it does not consist, and positively, by showing wherein it does consist. --South. {Negatively} {charged [or] electrified} (Elec.), having a charge of the kind of electricity called negative. | |
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Chark \Chark\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Charked}.] To burn to a coal; to char. [Obs.] | |
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Hand \Hand\, n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[94]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See {Manus}. 2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand; as: (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. (b) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock. 3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses. 4. Side; part; direction, either right or left. On this hand and that hand, were hangings. --Ex. xxxviii. 15. The Protestants were then on the winning hand. --Milton. 5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator. --Addison. 6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance. To change the hand in carrying on the war. --Clarendon. Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand. --Judges vi. 36. 7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking. A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for. --Locke. I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile. --Hazlitt. 8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature. I say she never did invent this letter; This is a man's invention and his hand. --Shak. Some writs require a judge's hand. --Burril. 9. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural. [bd]Receiving in hand one year's tribute.[b8] --Knolles. Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the goverment of Britain. --Milton. 10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new. 11. Rate; price. [Obs.] [bd]Business is bought at a dear hand, where there is small dispatch.[b8] --Bacon. 12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as: (a) (Card Playing) The quota of cards received from the dealer. (b) (Tobacco Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. 13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. Note: Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as: (a) Activity; operation; work; -- in distinction from the head, which implies thought, and the heart, which implies affection. [bd]His hand will be against every man.[b8] --Gen. xvi. 12. (b) Power; might; supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures. [bd]With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over you.[b8] --Ezek. xx. 33. (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand; to give the right hand. (d) Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as, to ask the hand; to pledge the hand. Note: Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand; as, hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe: used by, or designed for, the hand; as, hand ball or handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the hand; as, handbreadth or hand's breadth, hand gallop or hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following paragraph are written either as two words or in combination. {Hand bag}, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books, papers, parcels, etc. {Hand basket}, a small or portable basket. {Hand bell}, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell. --Bacon. {Hand bill}, a small pruning hook. See 4th {Bill}. {Hand car}. See under {Car}. {Hand director} (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a good position of the hands and arms when playing on the piano; a hand guide. {Hand drop}. See {Wrist drop}. {Hand gallop}. See under {Gallop}. {Hand gear} (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine, or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power, may be operated by hand. {Hand glass}. (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of plants. (b) A small mirror with a handle. {Hand guide}. Same as {Hand director} (above). {Hand language}, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology. {Hand lathe}. See under {Lathe}. {Hand money}, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest money. {Hand organ} (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank turned by hand. {Hand plant}. (Bot.) Same as {Hand tree} (below). -- {Hand rail}, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by. --Gwilt. {Hand sail}, a sail managed by the hand. --Sir W. Temple. {Hand screen}, a small screen to be held in the hand. {Hand screw}, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp. {Hand staff} (pl. {Hand staves}), a javelin. --Ezek. xxxix. 9. {Hand stamp}, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or canceling papers, envelopes, etc. {Hand tree} (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico ({Cheirostemon platanoides}), having red flowers whose stamens unite in the form of a hand. {Hand vise}, a small vise held in the hand in doing small work. --Moxon. {Hand work}, [or] {Handwork}, work done with the hands, as distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork. {All hands}, everybody; all parties. {At all hands}, {On all hands}, on all sides; from every direction; generally. {At any hand}, {At no hand}, in any (or no) way or direction; on any account; on no account. [bd]And therefore at no hand consisting with the safety and interests of humility.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. {At first hand}, {At second hand}. See def. 10 (above). {At hand}. (a) Near in time or place; either present and within reach, or not far distant. [bd]Your husband is at hand; I hear his trumpet.[b8] --Shak. (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] [bd]Horses hot at hand.[b8] --Shak. {At the hand of}, by the act of; as a gift from. [bd]Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil?[b8] --Job ii. 10. {Bridle hand}. See under {Bridle}. {By hand}, with the hands, in distinction from instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as, to weed a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand. {Clean hands}, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. [bd]He that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.[b8] --Job xvii. 9. {From hand to hand}, from one person to another. {Hand in hand}. (a) In union; conjointly; unitedly. --Swift. (b) Just; fair; equitable. As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand comparison. --Shak. {Hand over hand}, {Hand over fist}, by passing the hands alternately one before or above another; as, to climb hand over hand; also, rapidly; as, to come up with a chase hand over hand. {Hand over head}, negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does. [Obs.] --Bacon. {Hand running}, consecutively; as, he won ten times hand running. {Hand off!} keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling! {Hand to hand}, in close union; in close fight; as, a hand to hand contest. --Dryden. {Heavy hand}, severity or oppression. {In hand}. (a) Paid down. [bd]A considerable reward in hand, and . . . a far greater reward hereafter.[b8] --Tillotson. (b) In preparation; taking place. --Chaucer. [bd]Revels . . . in hand.[b8] --Shak. (c) Under consideration, or in the course of transaction; as, he has the business in hand. {In one's hand} [or] {hands}. (a) In one's possession or keeping. (b) At one's risk, or peril; as, I took my life in my hand. {Laying on of hands}, a form used in consecrating to office, in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons. {Light hand}, gentleness; moderation. {Note of hand}, a promissory note. {Off hand}, {Out of hand}, forthwith; without delay, hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. [bd]She causeth them to be hanged up out of hand.[b8] --Spenser. {Off one's hands}, out of one's possession or care. {On hand}, in present possession; as, he has a supply of goods on hand. {On one's hands}, in one's possession care, or management. {Putting the hand under the thigh}, an ancient Jewish ceremony used in swearing. {Right hand}, the place of honor, power, and strength. {Slack hand}, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth. {Strict hand}, severe discipline; rigorous government. {To bear a hand} (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten. {To bear in hand}, to keep in expectation with false pretenses. [Obs.] --Shak. {To be} {hand and glove, [or] in glove} {with}. See under {Glove}. {To be on the mending hand}, to be convalescent or improving. {To bring up by hand}, to feed (an infant) without suckling it. {To change hand}. See {Change}. {To change hands}, to change sides, or change owners. --Hudibras. {To clap the hands}, to express joy or applause, as by striking the palms of the hands together. {To come to hand}, to be received; to be taken into possession; as, the letter came to hand yesterday. {To get hand}, to gain influence. [Obs.] Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them. --Baxter. {To got one's hand in}, to make a beginning in a certain work; to become accustomed to a particular business. {To have a hand in}, to be concerned in; to have a part or concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in. {To have in hand}. (a) To have in one's power or control. --Chaucer. (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with. {To have one's hands full}, to have in hand al that one can do, or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with difficulties. {To} {have, [or] get}, {the (higher) upper hand}, to have, or get, the better of another person or thing. {To his hand}, {To my hand}, etc., in readiness; already prepared. [bd]The work is made to his hands.[b8] --Locke. {To hold hand}, to compete successfully or on even conditions. [Obs.] --Shak. {To lay hands on}, to seize; to assault. {To lend a hand}, to give assistance. {To} {lift, [or] put forth}, {the hand against}, to attack; to oppose; to kill. {To live from hand to mouth}, to obtain food and other necessaries as want compels, without previous provision. {To make one's hand}, to gain advantage or profit. {To put the hand unto}, to steal. --Ex. xxii. 8. {To put the} {last, [or] finishing}, {hand to}, to make the last corrections in; to complete; to perfect. {To set the hand to}, to engage in; to undertake. That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to. --Deut. xxiii. 20. {To stand one in hand}, to concern or affect one. {To strike hands}, to make a contract, or to become surety for another's debt or good behavior. {To take in hand}. (a) To attempt or undertake. (b) To seize and deal with; as, he took him in hand. {To wash the hands of}, to disclaim or renounce interest in, or responsibility for, a person or action; as, to wash one's hands of a business. --Matt. xxvii. 24. {Under the hand of}, authenticated by the handwriting or signature of; as, the deed is executed under the hand and seal of the owner. | |
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Cherish \Cher"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cherished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cherising}.] [F. ch[82]rir, fr. cher dear, fr. L. carus. See {Caress}, {Finish}.] 1. To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid. We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children. --1 Thess. ii. 7. 2. To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle. To cherish virtue and humanity. --Burke. Syn: To nourish; foster; nurse; nurture; entertain; encourage; comfort; protect; support; See {Nurture}. | |
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Chorist \Cho"rist\, n. [F. choriste.] A singer in a choir; a chorister. [R.] | |
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Chorister \Chor"is*ter\, n. [See {Chorus}.] 1. One of a choir; a singer in a chorus. --Dryden. 2. One who leads a choir in church music. [U. S.] | |
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Choristic \Cho*ris"tic\, a. Choric; choral. [R.] | |
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Chorus \Cho"rus\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chorused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chorusing}.] To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously. --W. D. Howells. | |
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Chrestomathic \Chres`to*math"ic\, a. Teaching what is useful. [bd]A chrestomathic school.[b8] --Southey. | |
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Chrestomathy \Chres*tom"a*thy\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] useful + [?], [?], to learn.] A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy. | |
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Christ \Christ\, n. [L. Christus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] anointed, fr. chri`ein to anoint. See {Chrism}.] The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew {Messiah}. | |
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Christcross \Christ"cross`\, n. 1. The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial. The fescue of the dial is upon the christcross of noon. --Old Play. Nares. 2. The beginning and the ending. [Obs.] --Quarles. | |
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Christcross-row \Christ"cross-row`\, The alphabet; -- formerly so called, either from the cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom, sometimes practiced, of writing it in the form of a cross, by way of a charm. From infant conning of the Christcross-row. --Wordsworth. | |
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Crossrow \Cross"row`\ (-r?`), n. 1. The alphabet; -- called also {Christcross-row}. And from the crossrow plucks the letter G. -- Shak. 2. A row that crosses others. | |
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Christen \Chris"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Christened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Christening}.] [AS. cristnian to make a Christian, fr. cristen a Christian.] 1. To baptize and give a Christian name to. 2. To give a name; to denominate. [bd]Christen the thing what you will.[b8] --Bp. Burnet. 3. To Christianize. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. 4. To use for the first time. [Colloq.] | |
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Christendom \Chris"ten*dom\, n. [AS. cristend[?]m; cristen a Christian + -dom.] 1. The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation. [Obs.] Pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms. --Shak. 3. That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands. The Arian doctrine which then divided Christendom. --Milton A wide and still widening Christendom. --Coleridge. 4. The whole body of Christians. --Hooker. | |
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Christen \Chris"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Christened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Christening}.] [AS. cristnian to make a Christian, fr. cristen a Christian.] 1. To baptize and give a Christian name to. 2. To give a name; to denominate. [bd]Christen the thing what you will.[b8] --Bp. Burnet. 3. To Christianize. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. 4. To use for the first time. [Colloq.] | |
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Christen \Chris"ten\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Christened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Christening}.] [AS. cristnian to make a Christian, fr. cristen a Christian.] 1. To baptize and give a Christian name to. 2. To give a name; to denominate. [bd]Christen the thing what you will.[b8] --Bp. Burnet. 3. To Christianize. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. 4. To use for the first time. [Colloq.] | |
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Christian \Chris"tian\, a. {Christian Endeavor, Young People's Society of}. In various Protestant churches, a society of young people organized in each individual church to do Christian work; also, the whole body of such organizations, which are united in a corporation called the United Society of Christian Endeavor, organized in 1885. The parent society was founded in 1881 at Portland, Maine, by Rev. Francis E. Clark, a Congregational minister. Christian Era \Christian Era\ The era in use in all Christian countries, which was intended to commence with the birth of Christ. The era as now established was first used by Dionysius Exiguus (died about 540), who placed the birth of Christ on the 25th of December in the year of Rome 754, which year he counted as 1 a. d. This date for Christ's birth is now generally thought to be about four years too late. | |
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Christian \Chris"tian\, n. [L. christianus, Gr. [?]; cf. AS. cristen. See {Christ}.] 1. One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ. The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. --Acts xi. 26. 2. One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents, and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system. 3. (Eccl.) (a) One of a Christian denomination which rejects human creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names. They are congregational in church government, and baptize by immersion. They are also called {Disciples of Christ}, and {Campbellites}. (b) One of a sect (called {Christian Connection}) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice. Note: In this sense, often pronounced, but not by the members of the sects, kr[c6]s"chan. | |
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Christian \Chris"tian\, a. 1. Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian people. 3. Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court. --Blackstone. 4. Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent. The graceful tact; the Christian art. --Tennyson. {Christian Commission}. See under {Commission}. {Christian court}. Same as {Ecclesiastical court}. {Christian era}, the present era, commencing with the birth of Christ. It is supposed that owing to an error of a monk (Dionysius Exiguus, d. about 556) employed to calculate the era, its commencement was fixed three or four years too late, so that 1890 should be 1893 or 1894. {Christian name}, the name given in baptism, as distinct from the family name, or surname. | |
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Plymouth Brethren \Plym"outh Breth"ren\ The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. Also called {Brethren}, {Christian Brethren}, {Plymouthists}, etc. The {Darbyites} are a division of the Brethren. | |
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Christian \Chris"tian\, a. 1. Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian people. 3. Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court. --Blackstone. 4. Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent. The graceful tact; the Christian art. --Tennyson. {Christian Commission}. See under {Commission}. {Christian court}. Same as {Ecclesiastical court}. {Christian era}, the present era, commencing with the birth of Christ. It is supposed that owing to an error of a monk (Dionysius Exiguus, d. about 556) employed to calculate the era, its commencement was fixed three or four years too late, so that 1890 should be 1893 or 1894. {Christian name}, the name given in baptism, as distinct from the family name, or surname. | |
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Christian \Chris"tian\, n. [L. christianus, Gr. [?]; cf. AS. cristen. See {Christ}.] 1. One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ. The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. --Acts xi. 26. 2. One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents, and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system. 3. (Eccl.) (a) One of a Christian denomination which rejects human creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names. They are congregational in church government, and baptize by immersion. They are also called {Disciples of Christ}, and {Campbellites}. (b) One of a sect (called {Christian Connection}) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice. Note: In this sense, often pronounced, but not by the members of the sects, kr[c6]s"chan. | |
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Christian \Chris"tian\, a. 1. Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian people. 3. Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court. --Blackstone. 4. Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent. The graceful tact; the Christian art. --Tennyson. {Christian Commission}. See under {Commission}. {Christian court}. Same as {Ecclesiastical court}. {Christian era}, the present era, commencing with the birth of Christ. It is supposed that owing to an error of a monk (Dionysius Exiguus, d. about 556) employed to calculate the era, its commencement was fixed three or four years too late, so that 1890 should be 1893 or 1894. {Christian name}, the name given in baptism, as distinct from the family name, or surname. | |
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Court \Court\ (k?rt), n. [OF. court, curt, cort, F. co[?]r, LL. cortis, fr. L. cohors, cors, chors, gen. cohortis, cortis, chortis, an inclosure, court, thing inclosed, crowd, throng; co- + a root akin to Gr. [?][?][?][?] inclosure, feeding place, and to E. garden, yard, orchard. See {Yard}, and cf. {Cohort}, {Curtain}.] 1. An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley. The courts the house of our God. --Ps. cxxxv. 2. And round the cool green courts there ran a row Cf cloisters. --Tennyson. Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court. --Macaulay. 2. The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace. Attends the emperor in his royal court. --Shak. This our court, infected with their manners, Shows like a riotous inn. --Shak. 3. The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state. My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with you. --Shak. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove. --Sir. W. Scott. 4. Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court. The princesses held their court within the fortress. --Macaulay. 5. Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery. No solace could her paramour intreat Her once to show, ne court, nor dalliance. --Spenser. I went to make my court to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle. --Evelyn. 6. (Law) (a) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered. (b) The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes. (c) A tribunal established for the administration of justice. (d) The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both. Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment. --Shak. 7. The session of a judicial assembly. 8. Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical. 9. A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court. {Christian court}, the English ecclesiastical courts in the aggregate, or any one of them. {Court breeding}, education acquired at court. {Court card}. Same as {Coat card}. {Court circular}, one or more paragraphs of news respecting the sovereign and the royal family, together with the proceedings or movements of the court generally, supplied to the newspapers by an officer specially charged with such duty. [Eng.] --Edwards. {Court day}, a day on which a court sits to administer justice. {Court dress}, the dress prescribed for appearance at the court of a sovereign. {Court fool}, a buffoon or jester, formerly kept by princes and nobles for their amusement. {Court guide}, a directory of the names and adresses of the nobility and gentry in a town. {Court hand}, the hand or manner of writing used in records and judicial proceedings. --Shak. {Court lands} (Eng. Law), lands kept in demesne, -- that is, for the use of the lord and his family. {Court marshal}, one who acts as marshal for a court. {Court party}, a party attached to the court. {Court rolls}, the records of a court. See{Roll}. {Court in banc}, [or] {Court in bank}, The full court sitting at its regular terms for the hearing of arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius. {Court of Arches}, {audience}, etc. See under {Arches}, {Audience}, etc. {Court of Chancery}. See {Chancery}, n. {Court of Common pleas}. (Law) See {Common pleas}, under {Common}. {Court of Equity}. See under {Equity}, and {Chancery}. {Court of Inquiry} (Mil.), a court appointed to inquire into and report on some military matter, as the conduct of an officer. {Court of St. James}, the usual designation of the British Court; -- so called from the old palace of St. James, which is used for the royal receptions, levees, and drawing-rooms. {The court of the Lord}, the temple at Jerusalem; hence, a church, or Christian house of worship. {General Court}, the legislature of a State; -- so called from having had, in the colonial days, judicial power; as, the General Court of Massachusetts. [U.S.] {To pay one's court}, to seek to gain favor by attentions. [bd]Alcibiades was assiduous in paying his {court} to Tissaphernes.[b8] --Jowett. {To put out of court}, to refuse further judicial hearing. | |
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Ecclesiastical \Ec*cle`si*as"tic*al\, a. [See {Ecclesiastical}, a.] Of or pertaining to the church; relating to the organization or government of the church; not secular; as, ecclesiastical affairs or history; ecclesiastical courts. Every circumstance of ecclesiastical order and discipline was an abomination. --Cowper. {Ecclesiastical commissioners for England}, a permanent commission established by Parliament in 1836, to consider and report upon the affairs of the Established Church. {Ecclesiastical courts}, courts for maintaining the discipline of the Established Church; -- called also {Christian courts}. [Eng.] {Ecclesiastical law}, a combination of civil and canon law as administered in ecclesiastical courts. [Eng.] {Ecclesiastical modes} (Mus.), the church modes, or the scales anciently used. {Ecclesiastical States}, the territory formerly subject to the Pope of Rome as its temporal ruler; -- called also {States of the Church}. | |
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Christian \Chris"tian\, a. {Christian Endeavor, Young People's Society of}. In various Protestant churches, a society of young people organized in each individual church to do Christian work; also, the whole body of such organizations, which are united in a corporation called the United Society of Christian Endeavor, organized in 1885. The parent society was founded in 1881 at Portland, Maine, by Rev. Francis E. Clark, a Congregational minister. Christian Era \Christian Era\ The era in use in all Christian countries, which was intended to commence with the birth of Christ. The era as now established was first used by Dionysius Exiguus (died about 540), who placed the birth of Christ on the 25th of December in the year of Rome 754, which year he counted as 1 a. d. This date for Christ's birth is now generally thought to be about four years too late. | |
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Christian \Chris"tian\, a. {Christian Endeavor, Young People's Society of}. In various Protestant churches, a society of young people organized in each individual church to do Christian work; also, the whole body of such organizations, which are united in a corporation called the United Society of Christian Endeavor, organized in 1885. The parent society was founded in 1881 at Portland, Maine, by Rev. Francis E. Clark, a Congregational minister. Christian Era \Christian Era\ The era in use in all Christian countries, which was intended to commence with the birth of Christ. The era as now established was first used by Dionysius Exiguus (died about 540), who placed the birth of Christ on the 25th of December in the year of Rome 754, which year he counted as 1 a. d. This date for Christ's birth is now generally thought to be about four years too late. | |
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Christian \Chris"tian\, a. 1. Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian people. 3. Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court. --Blackstone. 4. Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent. The graceful tact; the Christian art. --Tennyson. {Christian Commission}. See under {Commission}. {Christian court}. Same as {Ecclesiastical court}. {Christian era}, the present era, commencing with the birth of Christ. It is supposed that owing to an error of a monk (Dionysius Exiguus, d. about 556) employed to calculate the era, its commencement was fixed three or four years too late, so that 1890 should be 1893 or 1894. {Christian name}, the name given in baptism, as distinct from the family name, or surname. | |
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Christian \Chris"tian\, a. {Christian Endeavor, Young People's Society of}. In various Protestant churches, a society of young people organized in each individual church to do Christian work; also, the whole body of such organizations, which are united in a corporation called the United Society of Christian Endeavor, organized in 1885. The parent society was founded in 1881 at Portland, Maine, by Rev. Francis E. Clark, a Congregational minister. Christian Era \Christian Era\ The era in use in all Christian countries, which was intended to commence with the birth of Christ. The era as now established was first used by Dionysius Exiguus (died about 540), who placed the birth of Christ on the 25th of December in the year of Rome 754, which year he counted as 1 a. d. This date for Christ's birth is now generally thought to be about four years too late. | |
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Christian \Chris"tian\, a. 1. Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian people. 3. Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court. --Blackstone. 4. Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent. The graceful tact; the Christian art. --Tennyson. {Christian Commission}. See under {Commission}. {Christian court}. Same as {Ecclesiastical court}. {Christian era}, the present era, commencing with the birth of Christ. It is supposed that owing to an error of a monk (Dionysius Exiguus, d. about 556) employed to calculate the era, its commencement was fixed three or four years too late, so that 1890 should be 1893 or 1894. {Christian name}, the name given in baptism, as distinct from the family name, or surname. | |
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Iconography \I`co*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?] a sketch or description; e'ikw`n an image + [?] to describe: cf. F. iconographie.] 1. The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the iconography of the ancients. 2. The study of representative art in general. {Christian iconography}, the study of the representations in art of the Deity, the persons of the Trinity, angels, saints, virtues, vices, etc. | |
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Name \Name\, n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. nam[omac], L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. 'o`mona, Scr. n[be]man. [root]267. Cf. {Anonymous}, {Ignominy}, {Misnomer}, {Nominal}, {Noun}.] 1. The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class. Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. --Gen. ii. 19. What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. --Shak. 2. A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts. His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. --Is. ix. 6. 3. Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction. What men of name resort to him? --Shak. Far above . . . every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. --Eph. i. 21. I will get me a name and honor in the kingdom. --1 Macc. iii. 14. He hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin. --Deut. xxii. 19. The king's army . . . had left no good name behind. --Clarendon. 4. Those of a certain name; a race; a family. The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities. --Motley. 5. A person, an individual. [Poetic] They list with women each degenerate name. --Dryden. {Christian name}. (a) The name a person receives at baptism, as distinguished from {surname}; baptismal name. (b) A given name, whether received at baptism or not. {Given name}. See under {Given}. {In name}, in profession, or by title only; not in reality; as, a friend in name. {In the name of}. (a) In behalf of; by the authority of. [bd] I charge you in the duke's name to obey me.[b8] --Shak. (b) In the represented or assumed character of. [bd]I'll to him again in name of Brook.[b8] --Shak. {Name plate}, a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name upon it, as a sign; a doorplate. {Pen name}, a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or nom de plume. --Bayard Taylor. {Proper name} (Gram.), a name applied to a particular person, place, or thing. {To call names}, to apply opprobrious epithets to; to call by reproachful appellations. {To take a name in vain}, to use a name lightly or profanely; to use a name in making flippant or dishonest oaths. --Ex. xx. 7. Syn: Appellation; title; designation; cognomen; denomination; epithet. Usage: {Name}, {Appellation}, {Title}, {Denomination}. Name is generic, denoting that combination of sounds or letters by which a person or thing is known and distinguished. Appellation, although sometimes put for name simply, denotes, more properly, a descriptive term, used by way of marking some individual peculiarity or characteristic; as, Charles the Bold, Philip the Stammerer. A title is a term employed to point out one's rank, office, etc.; as, the Duke of Bedford, Paul the Apostle, etc. Denomination is to particular bodies what appellation is to individuals; thus, the church of Christ is divided into different denominations, as Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, etc. | |
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Christian \Chris"tian\, a. 1. Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian people. 3. Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court. --Blackstone. 4. Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent. The graceful tact; the Christian art. --Tennyson. {Christian Commission}. See under {Commission}. {Christian court}. Same as {Ecclesiastical court}. {Christian era}, the present era, commencing with the birth of Christ. It is supposed that owing to an error of a monk (Dionysius Exiguus, d. about 556) employed to calculate the era, its commencement was fixed three or four years too late, so that 1890 should be 1893 or 1894. {Christian name}, the name given in baptism, as distinct from the family name, or surname. | |
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Christian Science \Christian Science\ A system of healing disease of mind and body which teaches that all cause and effect is mental, and that sin, sickness, and death will be destroyed by a full understanding of the Divine Principle of Jesus' teaching and healing. The system was founded by Rev. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, of Concord, N. H., in 1866, and bases its teaching on the Scriptures as understood by its adherents. | |
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Christian Scientist \Christian Scientist\ A believer in Christian Science; one who practices its teachings. | |
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Christian Seneca \Christian Seneca\ Joseph Hall (1574 -- 1656), Bishop of Norwich, a divine eminent as a moralist. | |
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Christian Socialism \Christian Socialism\ Any theory or system that aims to combine the teachings of Christ with the teachings of socialism in their applications to life; Christianized socialism; esp., the principles of this nature advocated by F. D. Maurice, Charles Kingsley, and others in England about 1850. -- {Christian socialist}. | |
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Christian Socialism \Christian Socialism\ Any theory or system that aims to combine the teachings of Christ with the teachings of socialism in their applications to life; Christianized socialism; esp., the principles of this nature advocated by F. D. Maurice, Charles Kingsley, and others in England about 1850. -- {Christian socialist}. | |
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Christianism \Chris`tian*ism\, n. [L. christianismus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. christianisme.] 1. The Christian religion. [Obs.] --Milton. 2. The Christian world; Christendom. [Obs.] --Johnson | |
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Phillipsite \Phil"lips*ite\, n. [So named after John Phillips, an English mineralogist.] (Min.) (a) A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often cruciform in shape; -- called also {christianite}. | |
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Christianite \Chris"tian*ite\, n. [In sense ( a ) named after Christian Frederic, of Denmark; in sense ( b ) after Christian VII., of Denmark.] (Min.) (a) Same as {Anorthite}. [R.] (b) See {Phillipsite}. | |
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Phillipsite \Phil"lips*ite\, n. [So named after John Phillips, an English mineralogist.] (Min.) (a) A hydrous silicate of aluminia, lime, and soda, a zeolitic mineral commonly occurring in complex twin crystals, often cruciform in shape; -- called also {christianite}. | |
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Christianite \Chris"tian*ite\, n. [In sense ( a ) named after Christian Frederic, of Denmark; in sense ( b ) after Christian VII., of Denmark.] (Min.) (a) Same as {Anorthite}. [R.] (b) See {Phillipsite}. | |
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Christianity \Chris*tian"i*ty\, n. [OE. cristiente, OF. cristient[82], F. chr[82]tient[82], fr. L. christianitas. ] 1. The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ. 2. Practical conformity of one's inward and outward life to the spirit of the Christian religion 3. The body of Christian believers. [Obs.] To Walys fled the christianitee Of olde Britons. --Chaucer. | |
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Christianization \Chris`tian*i*za"tion\, n. The act or process of converting or being converted to a true Christianity. | |
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Christianize \Chris"tian*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Christianized}; p. pr. vb. n. {Christianizing}.] [Cf. F. christianiser, L. christianizare, fr. Gr. [?].] 1. To make Christian; to convert to Christianity; as, to Christianize pagans. 2. To imbue with or adapt to Christian principles. Christianized philosophers. --I. Taylor. | |
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Christianize \Chris"tian*ize\, v. i. To adopt the character or belief of a Christian; to become Christian. The pagans began to Christianize. --Latham. | |
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Christianize \Chris"tian*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Christianized}; p. pr. vb. n. {Christianizing}.] [Cf. F. christianiser, L. christianizare, fr. Gr. [?].] 1. To make Christian; to convert to Christianity; as, to Christianize pagans. 2. To imbue with or adapt to Christian principles. Christianized philosophers. --I. Taylor. | |
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Christianize \Chris"tian*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Christianized}; p. pr. vb. n. {Christianizing}.] [Cf. F. christianiser, L. christianizare, fr. Gr. [?].] 1. To make Christian; to convert to Christianity; as, to Christianize pagans. 2. To imbue with or adapt to Christian principles. Christianized philosophers. --I. Taylor. | |
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Christianlike \Chris"tian*like`\, a. Becoming to a Christian. A virtuous and a Christianlike conclusion. --Shak. | |
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Christianly \Chris"tian*ly\, adv. In a manner becoming the principles of the Christian religion. Sufferings . . . patiently and Christianly borne. --Sharp. | |
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Christianly \Chris"tian*ly\, a. Christianlike. --Longfellow. | |
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Christianness \Chris"tian*ness\, n. Consonance with the doctrines of Christianity. [Obs.] --Hammond. | |
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Christless \Christ"less\, a. Without faith in Christ; unchristian. --Tennyson. | |
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Christlike \Christ"like`\, a. Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc. -- {Christ"like`ness}, n. | |
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Christlike \Christ"like`\, a. Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc. -- {Christ"like`ness}, n. | |
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Christly \Christ"ly\, a. Christlike. --H. Bushnell. | |
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Christmas \Christ"mas\, n. [Christ + mass.] An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. {Christmas box}. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. {Christmas carol}, a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas. {Christmas day}. Same as {Christmas}. {Christmas eve}, the evening before Christmas. {Christmas fern} (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern ({Aspidium acrostichoides}), which is much used for decoration in winter. {Christmas flower}, {Christmas rose}, the black hellebore, a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter. {Christmas tree}, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated on Christmas eve. | |
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Christmas \Christ"mas\, n. [Christ + mass.] An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. {Christmas box}. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. {Christmas carol}, a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas. {Christmas day}. Same as {Christmas}. {Christmas eve}, the evening before Christmas. {Christmas fern} (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern ({Aspidium acrostichoides}), which is much used for decoration in winter. {Christmas flower}, {Christmas rose}, the black hellebore, a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter. {Christmas tree}, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated on Christmas eve. | |
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Christmas \Christ"mas\, n. [Christ + mass.] An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. {Christmas box}. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. {Christmas carol}, a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas. {Christmas day}. Same as {Christmas}. {Christmas eve}, the evening before Christmas. {Christmas fern} (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern ({Aspidium acrostichoides}), which is much used for decoration in winter. {Christmas flower}, {Christmas rose}, the black hellebore, a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter. {Christmas tree}, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated on Christmas eve. | |
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Christmas \Christ"mas\, n. [Christ + mass.] An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. {Christmas box}. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. {Christmas carol}, a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas. {Christmas day}. Same as {Christmas}. {Christmas eve}, the evening before Christmas. {Christmas fern} (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern ({Aspidium acrostichoides}), which is much used for decoration in winter. {Christmas flower}, {Christmas rose}, the black hellebore, a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter. {Christmas tree}, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated on Christmas eve. | |
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Christmas \Christ"mas\, n. [Christ + mass.] An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. {Christmas box}. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. {Christmas carol}, a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas. {Christmas day}. Same as {Christmas}. {Christmas eve}, the evening before Christmas. {Christmas fern} (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern ({Aspidium acrostichoides}), which is much used for decoration in winter. {Christmas flower}, {Christmas rose}, the black hellebore, a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter. {Christmas tree}, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated on Christmas eve. | |
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Fern \Fern\, n. [AS. fearn; akin to D. varen, G. farn, farnkraut; cf. Skr. par[c9]a wing, feather, leaf, sort of plant, or Lith. papartis fern.] (Bot.) An order of cryptogamous plants, the {Filices}, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain a gigantic size. Note: The plants are asexual, and bear clustered sporangia, containing minute spores, which germinate and form prothalli, on which are borne the true organs of reproduction. The brake or bracken, the maidenhair, and the polypody are all well known ferns. {Christmas fern}. See under {Christmas}. {Climbing fern} (Bot.), a delicate North American fern ({Lygodium palmatum}), which climbs several feet high over bushes, etc., and is much sought for purposes of decoration. {Fern owl}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European goatsucker. (b) The short-eared owl. [Prov. Eng.] -- {Fern shaw}, a fern thicket. [Eng.] --R. Browning. | |
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Christmas \Christ"mas\, n. [Christ + mass.] An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. {Christmas box}. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. {Christmas carol}, a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas. {Christmas day}. Same as {Christmas}. {Christmas eve}, the evening before Christmas. {Christmas fern} (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern ({Aspidium acrostichoides}), which is much used for decoration in winter. {Christmas flower}, {Christmas rose}, the black hellebore, a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter. {Christmas tree}, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated on Christmas eve. | |
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Christmas \Christ"mas\, n. [Christ + mass.] An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. {Christmas box}. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. {Christmas carol}, a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas. {Christmas day}. Same as {Christmas}. {Christmas eve}, the evening before Christmas. {Christmas fern} (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern ({Aspidium acrostichoides}), which is much used for decoration in winter. {Christmas flower}, {Christmas rose}, the black hellebore, a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter. {Christmas tree}, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated on Christmas eve. | |
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Christmas \Christ"mas\, n. [Christ + mass.] An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. {Christmas box}. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. {Christmas carol}, a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas. {Christmas day}. Same as {Christmas}. {Christmas eve}, the evening before Christmas. {Christmas fern} (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern ({Aspidium acrostichoides}), which is much used for decoration in winter. {Christmas flower}, {Christmas rose}, the black hellebore, a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter. {Christmas tree}, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated on Christmas eve. | |
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Christmas \Christ"mas\, n. [Christ + mass.] An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. {Christmas box}. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. {Christmas carol}, a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas. {Christmas day}. Same as {Christmas}. {Christmas eve}, the evening before Christmas. {Christmas fern} (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern ({Aspidium acrostichoides}), which is much used for decoration in winter. {Christmas flower}, {Christmas rose}, the black hellebore, a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter. {Christmas tree}, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated on Christmas eve. | |
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Christmastide \Christ"mas*tide`\, n. [Christmas + tide time.] The season of Christmas. | |
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Christocentric \Chris"to*cen"tric\, a. [Christ + centric.] Making Christ the center, about whom all things are grouped, as in religion or history; tending toward Christ, as the central object of thought or emotion. --J. W. Chadwick. | |
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Christology \Chris*tol"o*gy\, n. [Crist + -logy.] A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ. | |
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Christom \Chris"tom\, n. See {Chrisom}. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Christophany \Chris*toph"a*ny\, n. [Christ + Gr. [?] to show.] An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion. | |
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Christ's-thorn \Christ's-thorn`\, n. (Bot.) One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the {Paliurus aculeatus}, {Zizyphus Spina-Christi}, and {Z. vulgaris}. The last bears the fruit called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns. | |
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Teetee \Tee"tee\, n. [Sp. tit[a1].] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to {Callithrix}, {Chrysothrix}, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee ({Callithrix torquatus}), and the squirrel teetee ({Chrysothrix sciurea}). Called also {pinche}, {titi}, and {saimiri}. See {Squirrel monkey}, under {Squirrel}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A diving petrel of Australia ({Halodroma wrinatrix}). | |
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Chrysotype \Chrys"o*type\, n. [Gr. chryso`s gold + -type.] 1. A photographic picture taken upon paper prepared by the use of a sensitive salt of iron and developed by the application of chloride of gold. --Abney. 2. 2process, invented by Sir J.Herschel. | |
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Triumplant \Tri*um"plant\, a. [L. triumphans, p. pr. of triumphare: cf. F. triomphant. See {Triumph}, v. i.] 1. Rejoicing for victory; triumphing; exultant. Successful beyond hope to lead ye forth Triumphant out of this infernal pit. --Milton. 2. Celebrating victory; expressive of joy for success; as, a triumphant song or ode. 3. Graced with conquest; victorious. Athena, war's triumphant maid. --Pope. So shall it be in the church triumphant. --Perkins. 4. Of or pertaining to triumph; triumphal. [Obs.] Captives bound to a triumphant car. --Shak. {Church triumphant}, the church in heaven, enjoying a state of triumph, her warfare with evil being over; -- distinguished from church militant. See under {Militant}. | |
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Church \Church\, n. [OE. chirche, chireche, cherche, Scot. kirk, from AS. circe, cyrice; akin to D. kerk, Icel. kirkja, Sw. kyrka, Dan. kirke, G. kirche, OHG. chirihha; all fr. Gr. [?] the Lord's house, fr. [?] concerning a master or lord, fr. [?] master, lord, fr. [?] power, might; akin to Skr. [87][d4]ra hero, Zend. [87]ura strong, OIr. caur, cur, hero. Cf. {Kirk}.] 1. A building set apart for Christian worship. 2. A Jewish or heathen temple. [Obs.] --Acts xix. 37. 3. A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together. [bd]When they had ordained them elders in every church.[b8] --Acts xiv. 23. 4. A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church. 5. The collective body of Christians. 6. Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm. 7. The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil. Remember that both church and state are properly the rulers of the people, only because they are their benefactors. --Bulwer. Note: Church is often used in composition to denote something belonging or relating to the church; as, church authority; church history; church member; church music, etc. {Apostolic church}. See under {Apostolic}. {Broad church}. See {Broad Church}. {Catholic [or] Universal} {church}, the whole body of believers in Christ throughout the world. {Church of England}, or {English church}, the Episcopal church established and endowed in England by law. {Church living}, a benefice in an established church. {Church militant}. See under {Militant}. {Church owl} (Zo[94]l.), the white owl. See {Barn owl}. {Church rate}, a tax levied on parishioners for the maintenance of the church and its services. {Church session}. See under {Session}. {Church triumphant}. See under {Triumphant}. {Church work}, work on, or in behalf of, a church; the work of a particular church for the spread of religion. {Established church}, the church maintained by the civil authority; a state church. | |
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Churchdom \Church"dom\, n. The institution, government, or authority of a church. [R.] --Bp. Pearson. | |
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Church \Church\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Churched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Churching}.] To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women. | |
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Serpent \Ser"pent\, n. [F., fr. L. serpens, -entis (sc. bestia), fr. serpens, p. pr. of serpere to creep; akin to Gr. [?][?][?], Skr. sarp, and perhaps to L. repere, E. reptile. Cf. {Herpes}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under {Ophidia}. Note: The serpents are mostly long and slender, and move partly by bending the body into undulations or folds and pressing them against objects, and partly by using the free edges of their ventral scales to cling to rough surfaces. Many species glide swiftly over the ground, some burrow in the earth, others live in trees. A few are entirely aquatic, and swim rapidly. See {Ophidia}, and {Fang}. 2. Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person. 3. A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground. 4. (Astron.) The constellation Serpens. 5. (Mus.) A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; -- so called from its form. {Pharaoh's serpent} (Chem.), mercuric sulphocyanate, a combustible white substance which in burning gives off a poisonous vapor and leaves a peculiar brown voluminous residue which is expelled in a serpentine from. It is employed as a scientific toy. {Serpent cucumber} (Bot.), the long, slender, serpentine fruit of the cucurbitaceous plant {Trichosanthes colubrina}; also, the plant itself. {Serpent eage} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of raptorial birds of the genera {Circa[89]tus} and {Spilornis}, which prey on serpents. They inhabit Africa, Southern Europe, and India. The European serpent eagle is {Circa[89]tus Gallicus}. {Serpent eater}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) An Asiatic antelope; the markhoor. {Serpent fish} (Zo[94]l.), a fish ({Cepola rubescens}) with a long, thin, compressed body, and a band of red running lengthwise. {Serpent star} (Zo[94]l.), an ophiuran; a brittle star. {Serpent's tongue} (Paleon.), the fossil tooth of a shark; -- so called from its resemblance to a tongue with its root. {Serpent withe} (Bot.), a West Indian climbing plant ({Aristolochia odoratissima}). {Tree serpent} (Zo[94]l.), any species of African serpents belonging to the family {Dendrophid[91]}. | |
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Circuit \Cir"cuit\, n. [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr. circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to go.] 1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun. --Watts. 2. The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area. The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles. --J. Stow. 3. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown. The golden circuit on my head. --Shak. 4. The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits. A circuit wide inclosed with goodliest trees. --Milton. 5. A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher. 6. (a) (Law) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice. --Bouvier. (b) (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors. 7. Circumlocution. [Obs.] [bd]Thou hast used no circuit of words.[b8] --Huloet. {Circuit court} (Law), a court which sits successively in different places in its circuit (see {Circuit}, 6). In the United States, the federal circuit courts are commonly presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a special circuit judge, together with the judge of the district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal cognizance. Some of the individual States also have circuit courts, which have general statutory jurisdiction of the same class, in matters of State cognizance. {Circuit or Circuity} {of action} (Law), a longer course of proceedings than is necessary to attain the object in view. {To make a circuit}, to go around; to go a roundabout way. {Voltaic [or] Galvanic} {circuit [or] circle}, a continous electrical communication between the two poles of a battery; an arrangement of voltaic elements or couples with proper conductors, by which a continuous current of electricity is established. | |
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Circuit \Cir"cuit\, v. i. To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate. [Obs.] --J. Philips. | |
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Circuit \Cir"cuit\, v. t. To travel around. [Obs.] [bd]Having circuited the air.[b8] --T. Warton. | |
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Circuit \Cir"cuit\, n. [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr. circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to go.] 1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun. --Watts. 2. The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area. The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles. --J. Stow. 3. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown. The golden circuit on my head. --Shak. 4. The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits. A circuit wide inclosed with goodliest trees. --Milton. 5. A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher. 6. (a) (Law) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice. --Bouvier. (b) (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors. 7. Circumlocution. [Obs.] [bd]Thou hast used no circuit of words.[b8] --Huloet. {Circuit court} (Law), a court which sits successively in different places in its circuit (see {Circuit}, 6). In the United States, the federal circuit courts are commonly presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a special circuit judge, together with the judge of the district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal cognizance. Some of the individual States also have circuit courts, which have general statutory jurisdiction of the same class, in matters of State cognizance. {Circuit or Circuity} {of action} (Law), a longer course of proceedings than is necessary to attain the object in view. {To make a circuit}, to go around; to go a roundabout way. {Voltaic [or] Galvanic} {circuit [or] circle}, a continous electrical communication between the two poles of a battery; an arrangement of voltaic elements or couples with proper conductors, by which a continuous current of electricity is established. | |
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Circuit \Cir"cuit\, n. [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr. circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to go.] 1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun. --Watts. 2. The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area. The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles. --J. Stow. 3. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown. The golden circuit on my head. --Shak. 4. The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits. A circuit wide inclosed with goodliest trees. --Milton. 5. A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher. 6. (a) (Law) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice. --Bouvier. (b) (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors. 7. Circumlocution. [Obs.] [bd]Thou hast used no circuit of words.[b8] --Huloet. {Circuit court} (Law), a court which sits successively in different places in its circuit (see {Circuit}, 6). In the United States, the federal circuit courts are commonly presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a special circuit judge, together with the judge of the district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal cognizance. Some of the individual States also have circuit courts, which have general statutory jurisdiction of the same class, in matters of State cognizance. {Circuit or Circuity} {of action} (Law), a longer course of proceedings than is necessary to attain the object in view. {To make a circuit}, to go around; to go a roundabout way. {Voltaic [or] Galvanic} {circuit [or] circle}, a continous electrical communication between the two poles of a battery; an arrangement of voltaic elements or couples with proper conductors, by which a continuous current of electricity is established. | |
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Galvanic \Gal*van"ic\, a. [From Galvani, a professor of physiology at Bologna, on account of his connection (about 1780) with the discovery of dynamical or current electricity: cf. F. galvanique.] Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents. {Galvanic battery} (Elec.), an apparatus for generating electrical currents by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; -- now usually called {voltaic battery}. See {Battery}. {Galvanic} {circuit [or] circle}. (Elec.) See under {Circuit}. {Galvanic pile} (Elec.), the voltaic pile. See under {Voltaic}. | |
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Circuit \Cir"cuit\, n. [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr. circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to go.] 1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun. --Watts. 2. The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area. The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles. --J. Stow. 3. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown. The golden circuit on my head. --Shak. 4. The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits. A circuit wide inclosed with goodliest trees. --Milton. 5. A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher. 6. (a) (Law) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice. --Bouvier. (b) (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors. 7. Circumlocution. [Obs.] [bd]Thou hast used no circuit of words.[b8] --Huloet. {Circuit court} (Law), a court which sits successively in different places in its circuit (see {Circuit}, 6). In the United States, the federal circuit courts are commonly presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a special circuit judge, together with the judge of the district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal cognizance. Some of the individual States also have circuit courts, which have general statutory jurisdiction of the same class, in matters of State cognizance. {Circuit or Circuity} {of action} (Law), a longer course of proceedings than is necessary to attain the object in view. {To make a circuit}, to go around; to go a roundabout way. {Voltaic [or] Galvanic} {circuit [or] circle}, a continous electrical communication between the two poles of a battery; an arrangement of voltaic elements or couples with proper conductors, by which a continuous current of electricity is established. | |
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Circuiteer \Cir`cuit*eer"\, n. A circuiter. --Pope. | |
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Circuiter \Cir"cuit*er\, n. One who travels a circuit, as a circuit judge. [R.] --R. Whitlock. | |
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Circuition \Cir`cu*i"tion\, n. [L. circuitio. See {Circuit}.] The act of going round; circumlocution. [R.] | |
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Circuitous \Cir*cu"i*tous\, a. [LL. circuitosus.] Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end. -- {Cir*cu"i*tous*ly}, adv. -- {Cir*cu"i*tous*ness}, n. Syn: Tortuous; winding; sinuous; serpentine. | |
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Circuitous \Cir*cu"i*tous\, a. [LL. circuitosus.] Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end. -- {Cir*cu"i*tous*ly}, adv. -- {Cir*cu"i*tous*ness}, n. Syn: Tortuous; winding; sinuous; serpentine. | |
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Circuitous \Cir*cu"i*tous\, a. [LL. circuitosus.] Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end. -- {Cir*cu"i*tous*ly}, adv. -- {Cir*cu"i*tous*ness}, n. Syn: Tortuous; winding; sinuous; serpentine. | |
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Circuity \Cir*cu"i*ty\, n. A going round in a circle; a course not direct; a roundabout way of proceeding. | |
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Cirro-stratus \Cir`ro-stra"tus\, n. [Cirrus + stratus.] (Meteor.) See under {Cloud}. | |
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Cloud \Cloud\ (kloud), n. [Prob. fr. AS. cl[umac]d a rock or hillock, the application arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks in the sky or air.] 1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere. I do set my bow in the cloud. --Gen. ix. 13. Note: A classification of clouds according to their chief forms was first proposed by the meteorologist Howard, and this is still substantially employed. The following varieties and subvarieties are recognized: (a) {Cirrus}. This is the most elevated of all the forms of clouds; is thin, long-drawn, sometimes looking like carded wool or hair, sometimes like a brush or room, sometimes in curl-like or fleecelike patches. It is the cat's-tail of the sailor, and the mare's-tail of the landsman. (b) {Cumulus}. This form appears in large masses of a hemispherical form, or nearly so, above, but flat below, one often piled above another, forming great clouds, common in the summer, and presenting the appearance of gigantic mountains crowned with snow. It often affords rain and thunder gusts. (c) {Stratus}. This form appears in layers or bands extending horizontally. (d) {Nimbus}. This form is characterized by its uniform gray tint and ragged edges; it covers the sky in seasons of continued rain, as in easterly storms, and is the proper rain cloud. The name is sometimes used to denote a raining cumulus, or cumulostratus. (e) {Cirro-cumulus}. This form consists, like the cirrus, of thin, broken, fleecelice clouds, but the parts are more or less rounded and regulary grouped. It is popularly called mackerel sky. (f) {Cirro-stratus}. In this form the patches of cirrus coalesce in long strata, between cirrus and stratus. (g) {Cumulo-stratus}. A form between cumulus and stratus, often assuming at the horizon a black or bluish tint. -- {Fog}, cloud, motionless, or nearly so, lying near or in contact with the earth's surface. -- {Storm scud}, cloud lying quite low, without form, and driven rapidly with the wind. 2. A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor. [bd]A thick cloud of incense.[b8] --Ezek. viii. 11. 3. A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title. 4. That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect. 5. A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. [bd]So great a cloud of witnesses.[b8] --Heb. xii. 1. 6. A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head. {Cloud on a} (or the) {title} (Law), a defect of title, usually superficial and capable of removal by release, decision in equity, or legislation. {To be under a cloud}, to be under suspicion or in disgrace; to be in disfavor. {In the clouds}, in the realm of facy and imagination; beyond reason; visionary. | |
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Cirsoid \Cir"soid\, a. [Gr. [?] a dilated vein + -oid.] (Med.) Varicose. {Cirsoid aneurism}, a disease of an artery in which it becomes dilated and elongated, like a varicose vein. | |
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Cirsoid \Cir"soid\, a. [Gr. [?] a dilated vein + -oid.] (Med.) Varicose. {Cirsoid aneurism}, a disease of an artery in which it becomes dilated and elongated, like a varicose vein. | |
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Cirsotomy \Cir*sot"o*my\, n. [Gr. [?] a dilated vein + [?] to cut.] (Surg.) Any operation for the removal of varices by incision. --Dunglison. | |
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Coarct \Co*arct"\, Coarctate \Co*arc"tate\, v. t. [See {Coarctate}, a.] 1. To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. To restrain; to confine. [Obs.] --Ayliffe. | |
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Pupa \Pu"pa\, n.; pl. L. {Pup[?]}, E. {Pupas}. [L. pupa girl. doll, puppet, fem. of pupus. Cf. {Puppet}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage. Note: Among insects belonging to the higher orders, as the Hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, the pupa is inactive and takes no food; in the lower orders it is active and takes food, and differs little from the imago except in the rudimentary state of the sexual organs, and of the wings in those that have wings when adult. The term pupa is sometimes applied to other invertebrates in analogous stages of development. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of air-breathing land snails having an elongated spiral shell. {Coarctate}, [or] {Obtected}, {pupa}, a pupa which is incased in the dried-up skin of the larva, as in many Diptera. {Masked pupa}, a pupa whose limbs are bound down and partly concealed by a chitinous covering, as in Lepidoptera. | |
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Coarctate \Co*arc"tate\, a. [L. coarctatus, p. p. of coarctare to press together; co- + arctare to press together, from arctus, p. p. See {Arctation}.] (Zo[94]l.) Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction. {Coarctate pupa} (Zo[94]l.), a pupa closely covered by the old larval skin, as in most Diptera. | |
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Coarct \Co*arct"\, Coarctate \Co*arc"tate\, v. t. [See {Coarctate}, a.] 1. To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. To restrain; to confine. [Obs.] --Ayliffe. | |
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Coarctate \Co*arc"tate\, a. [L. coarctatus, p. p. of coarctare to press together; co- + arctare to press together, from arctus, p. p. See {Arctation}.] (Zo[94]l.) Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction. {Coarctate pupa} (Zo[94]l.), a pupa closely covered by the old larval skin, as in most Diptera. | |
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Coarctation \Co`arc*ta"tion\, n. [L. coarctatio.] 1. Confinement to a narrow space. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. Pressure; that which presses. [Obs.] --Ray. 3. (Med.) A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice. | |
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Coerce \Co*erce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coerced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coercing}.] [L. co[89]rcere; co- + arcere to shut up, to press together. See {Ark}.] 1. To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb. --Burke. Punishments are manifold, that they may coerce this profligate sort. --Ayliffe. 2. To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate. 3. To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience. Syn: To {Coerce}, {Compel}. Usage: To compel denotes to urge on by force which cannot be resisted. The term aplies equally to physical and moral force; as, compelled by hunger; compelled adverse circumstances; compelled by parental affection. Coerce had at first only the negative sense of checking or restraining by force; as, to coerce a bad man by punishments or a prisoner with fetters. It has now gained a positive sense., viz., that of driving a person into the performance of some act which is required of him by another; as, to coerce a man to sign a contract; to coerce obedience. In this sense (which is now the prevailing one), coerce differs but little from compel, and yet there is a distinction between them. Coercion is usually acomplished by indirect means, as threats and intimidation, physical force being more rarely employed in coercing. | |
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Coercitive \Co*er"ci*tive\, a. Coercive. [bd]Coercitive power in laws.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Coercive \Co*er"cive\, a. Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain. -- {Co*er"cive*ly}, adv. -- Co*er"cive*ness, n. Coercive power can only influence us to outward practice. --Bp. Warburton. {Coercive} [or] {Coercitive force} (Magnetism), the power or force which in iron or steel produces a slowness or difficulty in imparting magnetism to it, and also interposes an obstacle to the return of a bar to its natural state when active magnetism has ceased. It plainly depends on the molecular constitution of the metal. --Nichol. The power of resisting magnetization or demagnization is sometimes called coercive force. --S. Thompson. | |
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Coracoid \Cor"a*coid\, a.[Gr. [?]; ko`rax crow + e'i^dos form.] 1. Shaped like a crow's beak. 2. (Anat.) Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals. | |
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Coracoid \Cor"a*coid\, n. The coracoid bone or process. | |
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Cork \Cork\ (k[ocir]rk), n. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. kork, D. kurk; all fr. Sp. corcho, fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind. Cf. {Cortex}.] 1. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree ({Quercus Suber}), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See {Cutose}. 2. A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork. 3. A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance. Note: Cork is sometimes used wrongly for calk, calker; calkin, a sharp piece of iron on the shoe of a horse or ox. {Cork jackets}, a jacket having thin pieces of cork inclosed within canvas, and used to aid in swimming. {Cork tree} (Bot.), the species of oak ({Quercus Suber} of Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of commerce. | |
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Cork \Cork\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corked} (k[ocir]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Corking}.] 1. To stop with a cork, as a bottle. 2. To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork. Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace. --Bp. Hall. Note: To cork is sometimes used erroneously for to calk, to furnish the shoe of a horse or ox with sharp points, and also in the meaning of cutting with a calk. | |
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Corked \Corked\ (k?rkt), a. having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; as, a bottle of wine is corked. | |
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Corkwood \Cork"wood`\ (k[ocir]rk"w[oocr]d`), n. 1. The wood of the cork oak. [Obs.] 2. Any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky wood; esp.: (a) In the United States, the tree {Leitneria floridana}. (b) In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees {Ochroma lagopus} and {Pariti tiliaceum}. (2) The tree producing the aligator apple. (3) The blolly. | |
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Porkwood \Pork"wood`\, n. (Bot.) The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree ({Pisonia obtusata}) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called {pigeon wood}, {beefwood}, and {corkwood}. | |
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Corkwood \Cork"wood`\ (k[ocir]rk"w[oocr]d`), n. 1. The wood of the cork oak. [Obs.] 2. Any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky wood; esp.: (a) In the United States, the tree {Leitneria floridana}. (b) In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees {Ochroma lagopus} and {Pariti tiliaceum}. (2) The tree producing the aligator apple. (3) The blolly. | |
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Porkwood \Pork"wood`\, n. (Bot.) The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree ({Pisonia obtusata}) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called {pigeon wood}, {beefwood}, and {corkwood}. | |
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Correct \Cor*rect"\ (k[ocir]r*r[ecr]kt"), a. [L. correctus, p. p. of corrigere to make straight, to correct; cor- + regere to lead straight: cf. F. correct. See {Regular}, {Right}, and cf. {Escort}.] Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views. Always use the most correct editions. --Felton. Syn: Accurate; right, exact; precise; regular; faultless. See {Accurate}. | |
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Correct \Cor*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Correcting}.] 1. To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles. This is a defect in the first make of some men's minds which can scarce ever be corrected afterwards. --T. Burnet. 2. To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked). 3. To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying. My accuser is my 'prentice; and when I did correct him for his fault the other day, he did vow upon his knees he would be even with me. --Shak. 4. To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations. Syn: To amend; rectify; emend; reform; improve; chastise; punish; discipline; chasten. See {Amend}. | |
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Correctible \Cor*rect"i*ble\ (-r?k"t?-b'l), Correctable \Cor*rect"a*ble\ (-r?k"t?-b'l), a. Capable of being corrected. | |
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Correct \Cor*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Correcting}.] 1. To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles. This is a defect in the first make of some men's minds which can scarce ever be corrected afterwards. --T. Burnet. 2. To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked). 3. To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying. My accuser is my 'prentice; and when I did correct him for his fault the other day, he did vow upon his knees he would be even with me. --Shak. 4. To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations. Syn: To amend; rectify; emend; reform; improve; chastise; punish; discipline; chasten. See {Amend}. | |
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Correctible \Cor*rect"i*ble\ (-r?k"t?-b'l), Correctable \Cor*rect"a*ble\ (-r?k"t?-b'l), a. Capable of being corrected. | |
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Correctify \Cor*rect"i*fy\ (k?r-r?k"t?-f?), v. t. To correct. [Obs.] When your worship's plassed to correctify a lady. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Correct \Cor*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Correcting}.] 1. To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles. This is a defect in the first make of some men's minds which can scarce ever be corrected afterwards. --T. Burnet. 2. To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked). 3. To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying. My accuser is my 'prentice; and when I did correct him for his fault the other day, he did vow upon his knees he would be even with me. --Shak. 4. To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations. Syn: To amend; rectify; emend; reform; improve; chastise; punish; discipline; chasten. See {Amend}. | |
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Correction \Cor*rec"tion\ (k?r-r?k"sh?n), n. [L. correctio: cf. F. correction.] 1. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. The due correction of swearing, rioting, neglect of God's word, and other scandalouss vices. --Strype. 2. The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement. Correction and instruction must both work Ere this rude beast will profit. --Shak. 3. That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin. 4. Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach. 5. An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction. {Correction line} (Surv.), a parallel used as a new base line in laying out township in the government lands of the United States. The adoption at certain intervals of a correction line is necessitated by the convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships must be squares. {House of correction}, a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell. {Under correction}, subject to correction; admitting the possibility of error. | |
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Correction \Cor*rec"tion\ (k?r-r?k"sh?n), n. [L. correctio: cf. F. correction.] 1. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. The due correction of swearing, rioting, neglect of God's word, and other scandalouss vices. --Strype. 2. The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement. Correction and instruction must both work Ere this rude beast will profit. --Shak. 3. That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin. 4. Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach. 5. An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction. {Correction line} (Surv.), a parallel used as a new base line in laying out township in the government lands of the United States. The adoption at certain intervals of a correction line is necessitated by the convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships must be squares. {House of correction}, a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell. {Under correction}, subject to correction; admitting the possibility of error. | |
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Correctional \Cor*rec"tion*al\ (k?r-r?k"sh?n-a]/>l), a. [Cf. F. correctionnel.] Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution. | |
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Correctioner \Cor*rec"tion*er\ (-?r), n. One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Corrective \Cor*rect"ive\ (k?rr-r?k"t?v), a. [Cf. F. correctif.] 1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties. Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali. --Arbuthnot. 2. Qualifying; limiting. [bd]The Psalmist interposeth . . . this corrective particle.[b8] --Holdsworth. | |
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Corrective \Cor*rect"ive\, n. 1. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. --Burke. 2. Limitation; restriction. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Correctly \Cor*rect"ly\ (k?r-r?kt"l?), adv. In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error. | |
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Correctness \Cor*rect"ness\, n. The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy. Syn: Accuracy; exactness; precision; propriety. | |
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Corrector \Cor*rect"or\ (k?r-r?kt"?r), n. [L.] One who, or that which, corrects; as, a corrector of abuses; a corrector of the press; an alkali is a corrector of acids. | |
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Correctory \Cor*rect"o*ry\ (-?-r?), a. Containing or making correction; corrective. | |
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Correctress \Cor*rect"ress\ (-r?s), n. A woman who corrects. | |
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Corrugate \Cor"ru*gate\ (k?r"r?-g?t), a. [L. corrugatus, p. p. of corrugare; cor-+ rugare to wrinkle, ruga wrinkle; of uncertain origin.] Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows. | |
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Corrugate \Cor"ru*gate\ (-g?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrugated} (-g?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Corrugating} (-g?`t?ng).] To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead. {Corrugated iron}, sheet iron bent into a series of alternate ridges and grooves in parallel lines, giving it greater stiffness. {Corrugated paper}, a thick, coarse paper corrugated in order to give it elasticity. It is used as a wrapping material for fragile articles, as bottles. | |
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Corrugate \Cor"ru*gate\ (-g?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrugated} (-g?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Corrugating} (-g?`t?ng).] To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead. {Corrugated iron}, sheet iron bent into a series of alternate ridges and grooves in parallel lines, giving it greater stiffness. {Corrugated paper}, a thick, coarse paper corrugated in order to give it elasticity. It is used as a wrapping material for fragile articles, as bottles. | |
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Corrugate \Cor"ru*gate\ (-g?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrugated} (-g?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Corrugating} (-g?`t?ng).] To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead. {Corrugated iron}, sheet iron bent into a series of alternate ridges and grooves in parallel lines, giving it greater stiffness. {Corrugated paper}, a thick, coarse paper corrugated in order to give it elasticity. It is used as a wrapping material for fragile articles, as bottles. | |
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Corrugate \Cor"ru*gate\ (-g?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrugated} (-g?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Corrugating} (-g?`t?ng).] To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead. {Corrugated iron}, sheet iron bent into a series of alternate ridges and grooves in parallel lines, giving it greater stiffness. {Corrugated paper}, a thick, coarse paper corrugated in order to give it elasticity. It is used as a wrapping material for fragile articles, as bottles. | |
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Corrugate \Cor"ru*gate\ (-g?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrugated} (-g?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Corrugating} (-g?`t?ng).] To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead. {Corrugated iron}, sheet iron bent into a series of alternate ridges and grooves in parallel lines, giving it greater stiffness. {Corrugated paper}, a thick, coarse paper corrugated in order to give it elasticity. It is used as a wrapping material for fragile articles, as bottles. | |
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Corrugation \Cor`ru*ga"tion\ (k?r`r?-g?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. corrugation.] The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves. | |
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Corrugator \Cor"ru*ga`tor\ (k?r"r?-g?`t?r), n. [NL.; cf. F. corrugateur.] (Anat.) A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles. | |
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Corset \Cor"set\ (k?r"s?t), n. [F., dim. of OF. cors, F. corps, body. See {Corse}.] 1. In the Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women. | |
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Corset \Cor"set\ (k?r"s?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corseted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Corseting}.] To inclose in corsets. | |
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Corset \Cor"set\ (k?r"s?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corseted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Corseting}.] To inclose in corsets. | |
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Corset \Cor"set\ (k?r"s?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corseted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Corseting}.] To inclose in corsets. | |
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Coruscate \Cor"us*cate\ (k?r"?s-k?t [or] k?-r?s"k?r), v. i. [L. coruscare to flash, vibrate.] To glitter in flashes; to flash. Syn: To glisten; gleam; sparkle; radiate. | |
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Coruscation \Cor`us*ca"tion\ (k?r`?s-k?"sh?n), n. [L. coruscatio: cf. F. coruscattion.] 1. A sudden flash or play of light. A very vivid but exceeding short-lived splender, not to call [?]t a little coruscation. --Boyle. 2. A flash of intellectual brilliancy. He might have illuminated his times with the incessant cor[?][?]cations of his genius. --I. Taylor. Syn: Flash; glitter; blaze; gleam; sparkle. | |
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Masked \Masked\, a. 1. Wearing a mask or masks; characterized by masks; cincealed; hidden. 2. (Bot.) Same as {Personate}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Having the anterior part of the head differing decidedly in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. {Masked ball}, a ball in which the dancers wear masks. {Masked battery} (Mil.), a battery so placed as not to be seen by an enemy until it opens fire. --H. L. Scott. {Masked crab} (Zo[94]l.), a European crab ({Corystes cassivelaunus}) with markings on the carapace somewhat resembling a human face. {Masked pig} (Zo[94]l.), a Japanese domestic hog ({Sus pliciceps}). Its face is deeply furrowed. | |
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Course \Course\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coursed} (k?rst)); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coursing}.] 1. To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue. We coursed him at the heels. --Shak. 2. To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer. 3. To run through or over. The bounding steed courses the dusty plain. --Pope. | |
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Coursed \Coursed\ (k?rst), a. 1. Hunted; as, a coursed hare. 2. Arranged in courses; as, coursed masonry. | |
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Rubble \Rub"ble\, n. [From an assumed Old French dim. of robe See {Rubbish}.] 1. Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls. Inside [the wall] there was rubble or mortar. --Jowett (Thucyd.). 2. Rough stone as it comes from the quarry; also, a quarryman's term for the upper fragmentary and decomposed portion of a mass of stone; brash. --Brande & C. 3. (Geol.) A mass or stratum of fragments or rock lying under the alluvium, and derived from the neighboring rock. --Lyell. 4. pl. The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc. [Prov. Eng.] --Simmonds. {Coursed rubble}, rubble masonry in which courses are formed by leveling off the work at certain heights. | |
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Crack \Crack\ (kr[acr]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cracked} (kr[acr]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cracking}.] [OE. cracken, craken, to crack, break, boast, AS. cracian, cearcian, to crack; akin to D. kraken, G. krachen; cf. Skr. garj to rattle, or perh. of imitative origin. Cf. {Crake}, {Cracknel}, {Creak}.] 1. To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts. 2. To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze. O, madam, my old heart is cracked. --Shak. He thought none poets till their brains were cracked. --Roscommon. 3. To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip. 4. To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke. --B. Jonson. 5. To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up. [Low] {To crack a bottle}, to open the bottle and drink its contents. {To crack a crib}, to commit burglary. [Slang] {To crack on}, to put on; as, to crack on more sail, or more steam. [Colloq.] | |
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Cracked \Cracked\ (kr[acr]kt), a. 1. Coarsely ground or broken; as, cracked wheat. 2. Crack-brained. [Colloq.] | |
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Magpie \Mag"pie\, n. [OE. & Prov. E. magot pie, maggoty pie, fr. Mag, Maggot, equiv. to Margaret, and fr. F. Marquerite, and common name of the magpie. Marguerite is fr. L. margarita pearl, Gr. [?], prob. of Eastern origin. See {Pie} magpie, and cf. the analogous names {Tomtit}, and {Jackdaw}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of the genus {Pica} and related genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail. Note: The common European magpie ({Pica pica}, or {P. caudata}) is a black and white noisy and mischievous bird. It can be taught to speak. The American magpie ({P. Hudsonica}) is very similar. The yellow-belled magpie ({P. Nuttalli}) inhabits California. The blue magpie ({Cyanopolius Cooki}) inhabits Spain. Other allied species are found in Asia. The Tasmanian and Australian magpies are crow shrikes, as the white magpie ({Gymnorhina organicum}), the black magpie ({Strepera fuliginosa}), and the Australian magpie ({Cracticus picatus}). {Magpie lark} (Zo[94]l.), a common Australian bird ({Grallina picata}), conspicuously marked with black and white; -- called also {little magpie}. {Magpie moth} (Zo[94]l.), a black and white European geometrid moth ({Abraxas grossulariata}); the harlequin moth. Its larva feeds on currant and gooseberry bushes. | |
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Cragged \Crag"ged\ (-g?d), a. Full of crags, or steep, broken [?][?]cks; abounding with prominences, points, and inequalities; rough; rugged. Into its cragged rents descend. --J. Baillie. | |
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Crash \Crash\ (kr[?]sh>), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crashed} (kr[?]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crashing}.] [OE. crashen, the same word as crasen to break, E. craze. See {Craze}.] To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence. [R.] He shakt his head, and crasht his teeth for ire. --Fairfax. | |
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Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass, troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass, ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass, etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}. Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}. Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}. Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}. Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass, valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass, hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}. Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not true grasses botanically considered, such as black grass, goose grass, star grass, etc. {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}), growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay. {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum avenaceum} of Europe. {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia} growing in wet ground. The European species is {P. palustris}; in the United States there are several species. {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass. {Grass bird}, the dunlin. {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the grass-cloth plant. {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and strong fibers suited for textile purposes. {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and {bay-winged bunting}. (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of which several species are known. {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land and giving rich milk. {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled. {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus {Crambus}, found in grass. {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; -- used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc. {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix Capensis}). {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also applied to the zebra parrakeet. {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover. {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson. {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of the head and chest black and often marked with yellow. {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States. See {Green snake}, under {Green}. {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America. {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered with dew. {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge from Florida and the Bahamas. {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}. {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with narrow grasslike leaves. {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G. strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.] (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.] (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her husband. [Slang.] {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass. {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the surface of the ground. {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze a season, as cattle. | |
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Crassitude \Cras"si*tude\ (-t?d), n. [L. crassitudo.] Grossness; coarseness; thickness; density. --Bacon. | |
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Crastination \Cras`ti*na"tion\ (kr?s`t?-n?"sh?n), n. [L. crastinus of to-morrow, from cras to-morrow.] Procrastination; a putting off till to-morrow. [Obs.] | |
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Craze \Craze\ (kr[amac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crazed} (kr[amac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crazing}.] [OE. crasen to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle, sl[aring] i kras, to break to pieces, F. [82]craser to crush, fr. the Scand. Cf. {Crash}.] 1. To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See {Crase}. God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And craze their chariot wheels. --Milton. 2. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. [Obs.] Till length of years, And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs. --Milton. 3. To derange the intellect of; to render insane. Any man . . . that is crazed and out of his wits. --Tilloston. Grief hath crazed my wits. --Shak. | |
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Crazedness \Craz"ed*ness\ (-?d-n?s), n. A broken state; decrepitude; an impaired state of the intellect. | |
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Creaght \Creaght\ (kr?t), n. [Ir. & Gael. graidh, graigh.] A drove or herd. [Obs.] --Haliwell. | |
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Creaght \Creaght\, v. i. To graze. [Obs.] --Sir. L. Davies. | |
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Creak \Creak\ (kr[emac]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Creaked} (kr[emac]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Creaking}.] [OE. creken, prob. of imitative origin; cf. E. crack, and. D. krieken to crackle, chirp.] To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak. The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. --Dryden. Doors upon their hinges creaked. --Tennyson. | |
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Crease \Crease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Creased} (kr?st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Creasing}.] To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling. Creased, like dog's ears in a folio. --Gray. | |
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Creasote \Cre"a*sote\ (kr[emac]"[adot]*s[omac]t), n. See {Creosote}. | |
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Creosote \Cre"o*sote\ (kr?"?-s?t), n. [Gr. [?][?][?], gen. [?][?][?], flesh + [?][?][?] to preserve.] (Chem.) Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood. Note: It is remarkable as an antiseptic and deodorizer in the preservation of wood, flesh, etc., and in the prevention of putrefaction; but it is a poor germicide, and in this respect has been overrated. Smoked meat, as ham, owes its preservation and taste to a small quantity of creosote absorbed from the smoke to which it is exposed. Carbolic acid is phenol proper, while creosote is a mixture of several phenols. {Coal-tar creosote} (Chem.), a colorless or yellow, oily liquid, obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and resembling wood-tar oil, or creosote proper, in composition and properties. | |
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Creosote \Cre"o*sote\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Creosoted} (-s?"t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Creosoting}.] To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay. | |
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Creosote bush \Cre"o*sote bush\ A shrub ({Covillea mexicana}) found in desert regions from Colorado to California and southward through Mexico. It has yellow flowers and very resinous foliage with a strong odor of creosote. | |
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Creosote \Cre"o*sote\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Creosoted} (-s?"t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Creosoting}.] To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay. | |
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Creosote \Cre"o*sote\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Creosoted} (-s?"t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Creosoting}.] To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay. | |
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Cresset \Cres"set\ (kr?s"s?t), n. [OF. crasset, cresset, sort of lamp or torch; perh. of Dutch or German origin, and akin to E. cruse, F. creuset crucible, E. crucible.] 1. An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions. Starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus. --Milton. As a cresset true that darts its length Of beamy luster from a tower of strength. --Wordsworth. 2. (Coopering) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. --Knight. | |
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Crest \Crest\ (kr[ecr]st), n. [OF. creste, F. cr[ecir]te, L. crista.] 1. A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc. --Darwin. [Attack] his rising crest, and drive the serpent back. --C. Pitt. 2. The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet. Stooping low his lofty crest. --Sir W. Scott. And on his head there stood upright A crest, in token of a knight. --Gower. 3. (Her.) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See {Cognizance}, 4. 4. The upper curve of a horse's neck. Throwing the base thong from his bending crest. --Shak. 5. The ridge or top of a wave. Like wave with crest of sparkling foam. --Sir W. Scott. 6. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge. 7. The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage. Now the time is come That France must vail her lofty plumed crest. --Shak. 8. (Arch.) The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc. The finials of gables and pinnacles are sometimes called crests. --Parker. 9. (Engin.) The top line of a slope or embankment. {Crest tile}, a tile made to cover the ridge of a roof, fitting upon it like a saddle. {Interior crest} (Fort.), the highest line of the parapet. | |
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Crest \Crest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cresting}.] 1. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for. | |
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Crest \Crest\ (kr[ecr]st), v. i. To form a crest. | |
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Crest \Crest\ (kr[ecr]st), n. [OF. creste, F. cr[ecir]te, L. crista.] 1. A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc. --Darwin. [Attack] his rising crest, and drive the serpent back. --C. Pitt. 2. The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet. Stooping low his lofty crest. --Sir W. Scott. And on his head there stood upright A crest, in token of a knight. --Gower. 3. (Her.) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See {Cognizance}, 4. 4. The upper curve of a horse's neck. Throwing the base thong from his bending crest. --Shak. 5. The ridge or top of a wave. Like wave with crest of sparkling foam. --Sir W. Scott. 6. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge. 7. The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage. Now the time is come That France must vail her lofty plumed crest. --Shak. 8. (Arch.) The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc. The finials of gables and pinnacles are sometimes called crests. --Parker. 9. (Engin.) The top line of a slope or embankment. {Crest tile}, a tile made to cover the ridge of a roof, fitting upon it like a saddle. {Interior crest} (Fort.), the highest line of the parapet. | |
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Crest \Crest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cresting}.] 1. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for. | |
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Crested \Crest"ed\ (kr[ecr]st"[ecr]d), a. 1. Having a crest. But laced crested helm. --Dryden. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head. [bd]The crested bird.[b8] --Dryden. 3. (Bott.) Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft. --Gray. | |
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Oriole \O"ri*ole\, n. [OF. oriol, oriouz, orieus, F. loriot (for l'oriol), fr. L. aureolus golden, dim. of aureus golden, fr. aurum gold. Cf. {Aureole}, {Oriel}, {Loriot}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of various species of Old World singing birds of the family {Oriolid[91]}. They are usually conspicuously colored with yellow and black. The European or golden oriole ({Oriolus galbula}, or {O. oriolus}) has a very musical flutelike note. (b) In America, any one of several species of the genus {Icterus}, belonging to the family {Icterid[91]}. See {Baltimore oriole}, and {Orchard oriole}, under {Orchard}. {Crested oriole}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cassican}. | |
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Crestfallen \Crest"fall`en\ (-f?l`'n), a. 1. With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed. Let it make thee crestfullen; Ay, and allay this thy abortive pride. --Shak. 2. Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; -- said of a horse. | |
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Cresting \Crest"ing\, n. (Arch.) An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof. | |
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Crest \Crest\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cresting}.] 1. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for. | |
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Crestless \Crest"less\, a. Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth. [bd]Crestless yeomen.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Hamster \Ham"ster\, n. [G. hamster.] (Zo[94]l.) A small European rodent ({Cricetus frumentarius}). It is remarkable for having a pouch on each side of the jaw, under the skin, and for its migrations. | |
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Cricket \Crick"et\, n. [AS. cricc, crycc, crooked staff, crutch. Perh. first used in sense 1, a stool prob. having been first used as a wicket. See {Crutch}.] 1. A low stool. 2. A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides. 3. (Arch.) A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney. | |
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Cricket \Crick"et\ (kr?k"?t), n. [OE. criket, OF. crequet, criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D. kriek a cricket. See {Creak}.] (Zo[94]l.) An orthopterous insect of the genus {Gryllus}, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings. Note: The common European cricket is {Gryllus domesticus}; the common large black crickets of America are {G. niger}, {G. neglectus}, and others. {Balm cricket}. See under {Balm}. {Cricket bird}, a small European bird ({Silvia locustella}); -- called also {grasshopper warbler}. {Cricket frog}, a small American tree frog ({Acris gryllus}); -- so called from its chirping. | |
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Cricket \Crick"et\, v. i. To play at cricket. --Tennyson. | |
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Cricket \Crick"et\ (kr?k"?t), n. [OE. criket, OF. crequet, criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D. kriek a cricket. See {Creak}.] (Zo[94]l.) An orthopterous insect of the genus {Gryllus}, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings. Note: The common European cricket is {Gryllus domesticus}; the common large black crickets of America are {G. niger}, {G. neglectus}, and others. {Balm cricket}. See under {Balm}. {Cricket bird}, a small European bird ({Silvia locustella}); -- called also {grasshopper warbler}. {Cricket frog}, a small American tree frog ({Acris gryllus}); -- so called from its chirping. | |
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Cricket \Crick"et\ (kr?k"?t), n. [OE. criket, OF. crequet, criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D. kriek a cricket. See {Creak}.] (Zo[94]l.) An orthopterous insect of the genus {Gryllus}, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings. Note: The common European cricket is {Gryllus domesticus}; the common large black crickets of America are {G. niger}, {G. neglectus}, and others. {Balm cricket}. See under {Balm}. {Cricket bird}, a small European bird ({Silvia locustella}); -- called also {grasshopper warbler}. {Cricket frog}, a small American tree frog ({Acris gryllus}); -- so called from its chirping. | |
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Garganey \Gar"ga*ney\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small European duck ({Anas querquedula}); -- called also {cricket teal}, and {summer teal}. | |
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Cricketer \Crick"et*er\ (kr?k"?t-?r), n. One who plays at cricket. | |
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Cricoid \Cri"coid\ (kr?"koid), a. [Gr. [?][?][?][?] ring + -oid.] (Anat.) Resembling a ring; -- said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx, and the adjoining parts. | |
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Cricothyroid \Cri`co*thy"roid\ (-k?-th?"roid), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining both to the cricoid and the thyroid cartilages. | |
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Cristallology \Cris`tal*lol"o*gy\ (kr?s`tal-l?l"?-j?), n. [Gr. kry`stallos crystal + -logy.] The science of the crystalline structure of inorganic bodies. | |
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Cristate \Cris"tate\ (kr?s"t?t), a. [L. ctistatus, fr. crista crest.] (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Crested. | |
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Croak \Croak\ (kr?k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Croaked}. (kr[?]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Croaking}.] [From the primitive of AS. cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to G. kr[?]chzen to croak, and to E. creak, crake.] 1. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound. Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croaked. --Pope. 2. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually. Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness. --Carlyle. | |
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Crocetin \Cro"ce*tin\ (kr?"s?-t?n), n. (Chem.) A dyestuff, obtained from the Chinese crocin, which produces a brilliant yellow. | |
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Crochet \Cro*chet"\ (kr?-sh?"), n. [F. crochet small hook. See {Croche}.] A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively. {Crochet hook}, {Crochet needle}, a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work. | |
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Crochet \Cro*chet"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Crocheted} (sh[amac]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crocheting} (-sh[amac]"[icr]ng).] To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl. | |
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Crochet \Cro*chet"\ (kr?-sh?"), n. [F. crochet small hook. See {Croche}.] A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively. {Crochet hook}, {Crochet needle}, a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work. | |
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Crochet \Cro*chet"\ (kr?-sh?"), n. [F. crochet small hook. See {Croche}.] A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively. {Crochet hook}, {Crochet needle}, a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work. | |
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Crochet \Cro*chet"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Crocheted} (sh[amac]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crocheting} (-sh[amac]"[icr]ng).] To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl. | |
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Crochet \Cro*chet"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Crocheted} (sh[amac]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crocheting} (-sh[amac]"[icr]ng).] To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl. | |
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Crocidolite \Cro*cid"o*lite\ (kr?-s?d"?-l?t), n. [Gr. kroky`s nap on cloth + -lite.] (Min.) A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also {blue asbestus}. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown {tiger-eye} of the jewelers. | |
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Shrew \Shrew\, n. [See {Shrew}, a.] 1. Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold. A man . . . grudgeth that shrews [i. e., bad men] have prosperity, or else that good men have adversity. --Chaucer. A man had got a shrew to his wife, and there could be no quiet in the house for her. --L'Estrange. 2. [AS. scre[a0]wa; -- so called because supposed to be venomous. ] (Zo[94]l.) Any small insectivore of the genus {Sorex} and several allied genera of the family {Sorecid[91]}. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals. Note: The common European species are the house shrew ({Crocidura araneus}), and the erd shrew ({Sorex vulgaris}) (see under {Erd}.). In the United States several species of {Sorex} and {Blarina} are common, as the broadnosed shrew ({S. platyrhinus}), Cooper's shrew ({S. Cooperi}), and the short-tailed, or mole, shrew ({Blarina brevicauda}). Th American water, or marsh, shrew ({Neosorex palustris}), with fringed feet, is less common. The common European water shrews are {Crossopus fodiens}, and the oared shrew (see under {Oared}). {Earth shrew}, any shrewlike burrowing animal of the family {Centetid[91]}, as the tendrac. {Elephant shrew}, {Jumping shrew}, {Mole shrew}. See under {Elephant}, {Jumping}, etc. {Musk shrew}. See {Desman}. {River shrew}, an aquatic West African insectivore ({Potamogale velox}) resembling a weasel in form and size, but having a large flattened and crested tail adapted for rapid swimming. It feeds on fishes. {Shrew mole}, a common large North American mole ({Scalops aquaticus}). Its fine, soft fur is gray with iridescent purple tints. | |
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Crock \Crock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crocked} (kr[ocr]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crocking}.] To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth. | |
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Crocket \Crock"et\ (kr?k"?t), n. [OF. croquet, F. crochet, dim. of croc hook. See {Crook}, and cf. {Crotchet}.] 1. (Arch.) An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc. 2. A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler. The antlers and the crockets. --W. Black. | |
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Crocketed \Crock"et*ed\, a. (Arch.) Ornamented with crockets. | |
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Crocketing \Crock"et*ing\, n. (Arch.) Ornamentation with crockets. --Ruskin. | |
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Crocodile \Croc"o*dile\ (kr?k"?-d?l; 277), n. [L. crocodilus, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?]: cf. F. crocodile. Cf. {Cookatrice}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A large reptile of the genus {Crocodilus}, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile ({C. vulgaris}, or {C. Niloticus}). The Florida crocodile ({C. Americanus}) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator. 2. (Logic) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile. {Crocodile bird} (Zo[94]l.), an African plover ({Pluvianus [91]gypticus}) which alights upon the crocodile and devours its insect parasites, even entering its open mouth (according to reliable writers) in pursuit of files, etc.; -- called also {Nile bird}. It is the {trochilos} of ancient writers. {Crocodile tears}, false or affected tears; hypocritical sorrow; -- derived from the fiction of old travelers, that crocodiles shed tears over their prey. | |
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Crocodile \Croc"o*dile\ (kr?k"?-d?l; 277), n. [L. crocodilus, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?]: cf. F. crocodile. Cf. {Cookatrice}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A large reptile of the genus {Crocodilus}, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile ({C. vulgaris}, or {C. Niloticus}). The Florida crocodile ({C. Americanus}) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator. 2. (Logic) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile. {Crocodile bird} (Zo[94]l.), an African plover ({Pluvianus [91]gypticus}) which alights upon the crocodile and devours its insect parasites, even entering its open mouth (according to reliable writers) in pursuit of files, etc.; -- called also {Nile bird}. It is the {trochilos} of ancient writers. {Crocodile tears}, false or affected tears; hypocritical sorrow; -- derived from the fiction of old travelers, that crocodiles shed tears over their prey. | |
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Crocodile \Croc"o*dile\ (kr?k"?-d?l; 277), n. [L. crocodilus, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?]: cf. F. crocodile. Cf. {Cookatrice}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A large reptile of the genus {Crocodilus}, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile ({C. vulgaris}, or {C. Niloticus}). The Florida crocodile ({C. Americanus}) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator. 2. (Logic) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile. {Crocodile bird} (Zo[94]l.), an African plover ({Pluvianus [91]gypticus}) which alights upon the crocodile and devours its insect parasites, even entering its open mouth (according to reliable writers) in pursuit of files, etc.; -- called also {Nile bird}. It is the {trochilos} of ancient writers. {Crocodile tears}, false or affected tears; hypocritical sorrow; -- derived from the fiction of old travelers, that crocodiles shed tears over their prey. | |
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Crocodilian \Croc`o*dil"i*an\ (kr?k`?-d?l"?-a]/>n), a. (Zo[94]l.) Like, or pertaining to, the crocodile; characteristic of the crocodile. -- n. One of the Crocodilia. | |
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Crocodility \Croc`o*dil"i*ty\ (-?-t?), n. (Logic) A caption or sophistical mode of arguing. [R.] | |
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Mugger \Mug"ger\, n. Also Muggar \Mug"gar\, Muggur \Mug"gur\ [Hind. magar, fr. Skr. makara sea monster.] The common crocodile ({Crocodilus palustris}) of India, the East Indies, etc. It becomes twelve feet or more long. | |
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Crocoite \Cro"co*ite\ (kr?"k?-?t), n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?] saffron.] (Min.) Lead chromate occuring in crystals of a bright hyacinth red color; -- called also {red lead ore}. | |
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Hyena \Hy*e"na\, n.; pl. {Hyenas}. [L. hyaena, Gr. [?], orig., a sow, but usually, a Libyan wild beast, prob., the hyena, fr. [?] hog: cf. F. hy[8a]ne. See {Sow} female hog.] (Zo[94]l.) Any carnivorous mammal of the family {Hy[91]nid[91]}, of which three living species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are nocturnal in their habits. [Written also {hy[91]na}.] Note: The striped hyena ({Hy[91]na striata}) inhabits Southern Asia and a large part of Africa. The brown hyena ({H. brunnea}), and the spotted hyena ({Crocuta maculata}), are found in Southern Africa. The extinct cave hyena ({H. spel[91]a}) inhabited England and France. {Cave hyena}. See under {Cave}. {Hyena dog} (Zo[94]l.), a South African canine animal ({Lycaon venaticus}), which hunts in packs, chiefly at night. It is smaller than the common wolf, with very large, erect ears, and a bushy tail. Its color is reddish or yellowish brown, blotched with black and white. Called also {hunting dog}. | |
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Croisade \Croi*sade"\ (kroi-s?d"), Croisado \Croi*sa"do\ (-s?"d?), n. [F. criosade. See {Crusade}.] A holy war; a crusade. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Croisade \Croi*sade"\ (kroi-s?d"), Croisado \Croi*sa"do\ (-s?"d?), n. [F. criosade. See {Crusade}.] A holy war; a crusade. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Crooked \Crook"ed\ (kr??k"?d), a. 1. Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed. [bd]Crooked paths.[b8] --Locke. he is deformed, crooked, old, and sere. --Shak. 2. Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right. They are a perverse and crooked generation. --Deut. xxxii. 5. 3. False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings. {Crooked whisky}, whisky on which the payment of duty has been fraudulently evaded. [Slang, U.S.] --Barlett. | |
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Crook \Crook\ (kr??k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crooked} (kr??kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crooking}.] [OE. croken; cf. Sw. kr[?]ka, Dan. kr[?]ge. See Crook, n.] 1. To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve. Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee. --Shak. 2. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. [Archaic] There is no one thing that crooks youth more than such unlawfull games. --Ascham. What soever affairs pass such a man's hands, he crooketh them to his own ends. --Bacon. | |
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Whisky \Whis"ky\, Whiskey \Whis"key\, n. [Ir. or Gael. uisge water (perhaps akin to E. wash, water) in uisgebeatha whiskey, properly, water of life. Cf. {Usquebaugh}.] An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley. {Bourbon whisky}, corn whisky made in Bourbon County, Kentucky. {Crooked whisky}. See under {Crooked}. {Whisky Jack} (Zo[94]l.), the Canada jay ({Perisoreus Canadensis}). It is noted for its fearless and familiar habits when it frequents the camps of lumbermen in the winter season. Its color is dull grayish blue, lighter beneath. Called also {moose bird}. | |
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Crooked \Crook"ed\ (kr??k"?d), a. 1. Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed. [bd]Crooked paths.[b8] --Locke. he is deformed, crooked, old, and sere. --Shak. 2. Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right. They are a perverse and crooked generation. --Deut. xxxii. 5. 3. False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings. {Crooked whisky}, whisky on which the payment of duty has been fraudulently evaded. [Slang, U.S.] --Barlett. | |
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Crookedly \Crook"ed*ly\, adv. In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner. | |
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Crookedness \Crook"ed*ness\, n. The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness. | |
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Croquet \Cro*quet"\ (kr?-k?"), n. [From French; cf. Walloon croque blow, fillip. F. croquet a crisp biscuit, croquer to crunch, fr. croc a crackling sound, of imitative origin. Croquet then properly meant a smart tap on the ball.] 1. An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern. 2. The act of croqueting. | |
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Croquet \Cro*quet"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Croqueted} (-k?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Croqueting} (-k?"?ng).] In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with the mallet. | |
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Croquet \Cro*quet"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Croqueted} (-k?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Croqueting} (-k?"?ng).] In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with the mallet. | |
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Croquet \Cro*quet"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Croqueted} (-k?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Croqueting} (-k?"?ng).] In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with the mallet. | |
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Forked \Forked\, a. 1. Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting. A serpent seen, with forked tongue. --Shak. 2. Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal. {Cross forked} (Her.), a cross, the ends of whose arms are divided into two sharp points; -- called also {cross double fitch[82]}. A {cross forked of three points} is a cross, each of whose arms terminates in three sharp points. {Forked counsel}, advice pointing more than one way; ambiguous advice. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. -- {Fork"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Fork"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Cross \Cross\ (kr[ocr]s), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. The cross refraction of the second prism. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse. [bd]A cross fortune.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. The cross and unlucky issue of my design. --Glanvill. The article of the resurrection seems to lie marvelously cross to the common experience of mankind. --South. We are both love's captives, but with fates so cross, One must be happy by the other's loss. --Dryden. 3. Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman. He had received a cross answer from his mistress. --Jer. Taylor. 4. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other. {Cross action} (Law), an action brought by a party who is sued against the person who has sued him, upon the same subject matter, as upon the same contract. --Burrill. {Cross aisle} (Arch.), a transept; the lateral divisions of a cruciform church. {Cross axle}. (a) (Mach.) A shaft, windlass, or roller, worked by levers at opposite ends, as in the copperplate printing press. (b) A driving axle, with cranks set at an angle of 90[deg] with each other. {Cross bedding} (Geol.), oblique lamination of horizontal beds. {Cross bill}. See in the Vocabulary. {Cross bitt}. Same as {Crosspiece}. {Cross bond}, a form of bricklaying, in which the joints of one stretcher course come midway between those of the stretcher courses above and below, a course of headers and stretchers intervening. See {Bond}, n., 8. {Cross breed}. See in the Vocabulary. {Cross breeding}. See under {Breeding}. {Cross buttock}, a particular throw in wrestling; hence, an unexpected defeat or repulse. --Smollet. {Cross country}, across the country; not by the road. [bd]The cross-country ride.[b8] --Cowper. {Cross fertilization}, the fertilization of the female products of one physiological individual by the male products of another, -- as the fertilization of the ovules of one plant by pollen from another. See {Fertilization}. {Cross file}, a double convex file, used in dressing out the arms or crosses of fine wheels. {Cross fire} (Mil.), lines of fire, from two or more points or places, crossing each other. {Cross forked}. (Her.) See under {Forked}. {Cross frog}. See under {Frog}. {Cross furrow}, a furrow or trench cut across other furrows to receive the water running in them and conduct it to the side of the field. {Cross handle}, a handle attached transversely to the axis of a tool, as in the augur. --Knight. {Cross lode} (Mining), a vein intersecting the true or principal lode. {Cross purpose}. See {Cross-purpose}, in the Vocabulary. {Cross reference}, a reference made from one part of a book or register to another part, where the same or an allied subject is treated of. {Cross sea} (Naut.), a chopping sea, in which the waves run in contrary directions. {Cross stroke}, a line or stroke across something, as across the letter t. {Cross wind}, a side wind; an unfavorable wind. {Cross wires}, fine wires made to traverse the field of view in a telescope, and moved by a screw with a graduated head, used for delicate astronomical observations; spider lines. Fixed cross wires are also used in microscopes, etc. | |
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Crosscut \Cross"cut`\ (-k[ucr]t`), v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect. | |
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Crosscut \Cross"cut`\, n. 1. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road. 2. (Mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. {Crosscut saw}. (a) A saw, the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it for sawing wood crosswise of the grain rather than lengthwise. (b) A saw managed by two men, one at each end, for cutting large logs crosswise. | |
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File \File\, n. [AS. fe[a2]l; akin to D. viji, OHG. f[c6]la, f[c6]hala, G. feile, Sw. fil, Dan. fiil, cf. Icel. [?][?]l, Russ. pila, and Skr. pi[?] to cut out, adorn; perh. akin to E. paint.] 1. A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc. Note: A file differs from a rasp in having the furrows made by straight cuts of a chisel, either single or crossed, while the rasp has coarse, single teeth, raised by the pyramidal end of a triangular punch. 2. Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively. Mock the nice touches of the critic's file. --Akenside. 3. A shrewd or artful person. [Slang] --Fielding. Will is an old file in spite of his smooth face. --Thackeray. {Bastard file}, {Cross file}, etc. See under {Bastard}, {Cross}, etc. {Cross-cut file}, a file having two sets of teeth crossing obliquely. {File blank}, a steel blank shaped and ground ready for cutting to form a file. {File cutter}, a maker of files. {Second-cut file}, a file having teeth of a grade next finer than bastard. {Single-cut file}, a file having only one set of parallel teeth; a float. {Smooth file}, a file having teeth so fine as to make an almost smooth surface. | |
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Saw \Saw\, n. [OE. sawe, AS. sage; akin to D. zaag, G. s[84]ge, OHG. sega, saga, Dan. sav, Sw. s[86]g, Icel. s[94]g, L. secare to cut, securis ax, secula sickle. Cf. {Scythe}, {Sickle}, {Section}, {Sedge}.] An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing. Note: Saw is frequently used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound. {Band saw}, {Crosscut saw}, etc. See under {Band}, {Crosscut}, etc. {Circular saw}, a disk of steel with saw teeth upon its periphery, and revolved on an arbor. {Saw bench}, a bench or table with a flat top for for sawing, especially with a circular saw which projects above the table. {Saw file}, a three-cornered file, such as is used for sharpening saw teeth. {Saw frame}, the frame or sash in a sawmill, in which the saw, or gang of saws, is held. {Saw gate}, a saw frame. {Saw gin}, the form of cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney, in which the cotton fibers are drawn, by the teeth of a set of revolving circular saws, through a wire grating which is too fine for the seeds to pass. {Saw grass} (Bot.), any one of certain cyperaceous plants having the edges of the leaves set with minute sharp teeth, especially the {Cladium Mariscus} of Europe, and the {Cladium effusum} of the Southern United States. Cf. {Razor grass}, under {Razor}. {Saw log}, a log of suitable size for sawing into lumber. {Saw mandrel}, a mandrel on which a circular saw is fastened for running. {Saw pit}, a pit over which timbor is sawed by two men, one standing below the timber and the other above. --Mortimer. {Saw sharpener} (Zo[94]l.), the great titmouse; -- so named from its harsh call note. [Prov. Eng.] {Saw whetter} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh titmouse ({Parus palustris}); -- so named from its call note. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Crosscut \Cross"cut`\, n. 1. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road. 2. (Mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. {Crosscut saw}. (a) A saw, the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it for sawing wood crosswise of the grain rather than lengthwise. (b) A saw managed by two men, one at each end, for cutting large logs crosswise. | |
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Cross-days \Cross"-days`\ (-d?z`), n. pl. (Eccl.) The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension. | |
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Cross \Cross\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crossed} (kr?st; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crossing}.] 1. To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms. 2. To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the letter t. 3. To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream. A hunted hare . . . crosses and confounds her former track. -- I. Watts. 4. To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time. [bd]Your kind letter crossed mine.[b8] --J. D. Forbes. 5. To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with. In each thing give him way; cross him in nothing. --Shak. An oyster may be crossed in love. -- Sheridan. 6. To interfere and cut off; to debar. [Obs.] To cross me from the golden time I look for. --Shak. 7. To make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself. 8. To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across; to erase; -- usually with out, off, or over; as, to cross out a name. 9. To cause to interbreed; -- said of different stocks or races; to mix the breed of. {To cross one's path}, to oppose one's plans. --Macaulay. | |
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Crutched \Crutched\ (kr?cht), a. 1. Supported upon crutches. 2. [See {Crouch}, v. t., and {Crouched}, a. ] Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched. {Crutched friar} (Eccl.), one of a religious order, so called because its members bore the sign of the cross on their staves and habits; -- called also {crossed friar} and {crouched friar}. | |
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Lens \Lens\ (l[ecr]nz), n.; pl. {Lenses} (-[ecr]z). [L. lens a lentil. So named from the resemblance in shape of a double convex lens to the seed of a lentil. Cf. {Lentil}.] (Opt.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure. Lenses Note: Of spherical lenses, there are six varieties, as shown in section in the figures herewith given: viz., a plano-concave; b double-concave; c plano-convex; d double-convex; e converging concavo-convex, or converging meniscus; f diverging concavo-convex, or diverging meniscus. {Crossed lens} (Opt.), a double-convex lens with one radius equal to six times the other. {Crystalline lens}. (Anat.) See {Eye}. {Fresnel lens} (Opt.), a compound lens formed by placing around a central convex lens rings of glass so curved as to have the same focus; used, especially in lighthouses, for concentrating light in a particular direction; -- so called from the inventor. {Multiplying} {lens [or] glass} (Opt.), a lens one side of which is plane and the other convex, but made up of a number of plane faces inclined to one another, each of which presents a separate image of the object viewed through it, so that the object is, as it were, multiplied. {Polyzonal lens}. See {Polyzonal}. | |
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Riveting \Riv"et*ing\, n. 1. The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing. 2. The whole set of rivets, collectively. --Tomlinsin. {Butt riveting}, riveting in which the ends or edges of plates form a butt joint, and are fastened together by being riveted to a narrow strip which covers the joint. {Chain riveting}, riveting in which the rivets, in two or more rows along the seam, are set one behind the other. {Crossed riveting}, riveting in which the rivets in one row are set opposite the spaces between the rivets in the next row. {Double riveting}, in lap riveting, two rows of rivets along the seam; in butt riveting, four rows, two on each side of the joint. {Lap riveting}, riveting in which the ends or edges of plates overlap and are riveted together. | |
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Crossette \Cros*sette"\ (kr?s-s?t`), n. [F., dim. of crosse. See {Crosier}.] (Arch.) (a) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also {ancon}, {ear}, {elbow}. (b) The shoulder of a joggled keystone. | |
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Cross-eyed \Cross"-eyed`\ (-?d`), a. Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting. | |
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Hatching \Hatch"ing\, n. [See 1st {Hatch}.] A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also {crosshatching}. | |
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Crosshatching \Cross"hatch`ing\, n. In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle. | |
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Hatching \Hatch"ing\, n. [See 1st {Hatch}.] A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also {crosshatching}. | |
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Crosshatching \Cross"hatch`ing\, n. In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle. | |
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Crosshead \Cross"head`\ (-h?d), n. (Mach.) A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead. | |
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Forestaff \Fore"staff`\, n. (Naut.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also {cross-staff}. --Brande & C. | |
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Cross-staff \Cross"-staff`\ (-st?f`), n. 1. An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies. 2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets. | |
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Forestaff \Fore"staff`\, n. (Naut.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also {cross-staff}. --Brande & C. | |
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Cross-staff \Cross"-staff`\ (-st?f`), n. 1. An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies. 2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets. | |
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Cross-stitch \Cross"-stitch`\ (-st?ch`; 224), n. A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other. [bd]Tent and cross-stitch.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. -- {Cross"-stitch`}, v. t. & i. | |
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Cross-stone \Cross"-stone`\ (-st?n`), n. (Min.) See {Harmotome}, and {Staurotide}. | |
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Cross-tail \Cross"-tail`\ (-t?l`), n. (Steam Engine) A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine. | |
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Cross-tie \Cross"-tie`\ (-t?`), n. (Railroad) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place. | |
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Cross-tining \Cross"-tin`ing\ (kr?s"t?n`?ng), n. (Agric.) A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges. --Crabb. | |
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Crosstrees \Cross"trees`\ (-tr?z`), n. pl. (Naut.) Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the [bd]top.[b8] | |
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Mugweed \Mug"weed`\, n. (Bot.) A slender European weed ({Galium Cruciata}); -- called also {crossweed}. | |
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Crouched \Crouched\ (kroucht), a. Marked with the sign of the cross. [Obs.] {Crouched friar}. See {Crutched friar}, under {Crutched}. | |
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Crouch \Crouch\ (krouch; 129), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crouched} (kroucht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crouching}.] [OE. cruchen, crouchen, crouken; cf. E. creep, G. krauchen, kriechen, or E. crook to bend, also crouch to cross.] 1. To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear. Now crouch like a cur. --Beau. & Fl. 2. To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe. [bd]A crouching purpose.[b8] --Wordsworth. Must I stand and crouch Under your testy humor? --Shak. | |
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Crouched \Crouched\ (kroucht), a. Marked with the sign of the cross. [Obs.] {Crouched friar}. See {Crutched friar}, under {Crutched}. | |
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Crutched \Crutched\ (kr?cht), a. 1. Supported upon crutches. 2. [See {Crouch}, v. t., and {Crouched}, a. ] Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched. {Crutched friar} (Eccl.), one of a religious order, so called because its members bore the sign of the cross on their staves and habits; -- called also {crossed friar} and {crouched friar}. | |
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Crouched \Crouched\ (kroucht), a. Marked with the sign of the cross. [Obs.] {Crouched friar}. See {Crutched friar}, under {Crutched}. | |
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Crutched \Crutched\ (kr?cht), a. 1. Supported upon crutches. 2. [See {Crouch}, v. t., and {Crouched}, a. ] Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched. {Crutched friar} (Eccl.), one of a religious order, so called because its members bore the sign of the cross on their staves and habits; -- called also {crossed friar} and {crouched friar}. | |
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Corbiestep \Cor"bie*step`\, n. (Arch.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called {crowstep}. | |
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Crowstep \Crow"step`\ (kr?"st?p`), n. (Arch.) See {Corriestep}. | |
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Corbiestep \Cor"bie*step`\, n. (Arch.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called {crowstep}. | |
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Crowstep \Crow"step`\ (kr?"st?p`), n. (Arch.) See {Corriestep}. | |
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Crowstone \Crow"stone`\ (kr?"st?n`), n. (Arch.) The top stone of the gable end of a house. --Halliwell. | |
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Cruciate \Cru"ci*ate\ (kr?"sh?-?t), v. t. To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See {Excruciate}. --Bale. | |
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Cruciate \Cru"ci*ate\ (kr?"sh?-?t [or] -sh?t; 106), a. [L. cruciatus, p. p. of cruciare to crucify, torture, fr. crux, crucis, a cross. See {Cross}.] 1. Tormented. [Obs.] --Bale. 2. (Bot.) Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross; cruciform. | |
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Cruciation \Cru`ci*a"tion\ (kr?`sh?-?"sh?n), n. [LL. cruciatio.] The act of torturing; torture; torment. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Cruise \Cruise\ (kr[udd]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cruised} (kr[udd]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cruising}.] [D. kruisen to move crosswise or in a zigzag, to cruise, fr. kruis cross, fr. OF. crois, croiz, F. croix, or directly fr. OF. croisier, F. croiser, to cross, cruise, fr. crois a cross. See {Cross}.] 1. To sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the potection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for plunder, or for pleasure. Note: A ship cruises in any particular sea or ocean; as, in the Baltic or in the Atlantic. She cruises off any cape; as, off the Lizard; off Ushant. She cruises on a coast; as, on the coast of Africa. A priate cruises to seize vessels; a yacht cruises for the pleasure of the owner. Ships of war were sent to cruise near the isle of Bute. --Macaulay. 'Mid sands, and rocks, and storms to cruise for pleasure. --Young. 2. To wander hither and thither on land. [Colloq.] | |
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Crusade \Cru*sade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crusaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Crusading}.] To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner. [bd]Cease crusading against sense.[b8] --M. Green. | |
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Crusade \Cru*sade"\ (kr?-s?d"), n. [F. croisade, fr. Pr. crozada, or Sp cruzada, or It. crociata, from a verb signifying to take the cross, mark one's self with a cross, fr. L. crux cross; or possibly taken into English directly fr. Pr. Cf. {Croisade}, {Crosado}, and see {Cross}.] 1. Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans. 2. Any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm; as, a crusade against intemperance. 3. A Portuguese coin. See {Crusado}. | |
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Crusade \Cru*sade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crusaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Crusading}.] To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner. [bd]Cease crusading against sense.[b8] --M. Green. | |
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Crusader \Cru*sad"er\ (-s?"d?r), n. One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages. Azure-eyed and golden-haired, Forth the young crusaders fared. --Longfellow. | |
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Crusade \Cru*sade"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crusaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Crusading}.] To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner. [bd]Cease crusading against sense.[b8] --M. Green. | |
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Crusading \Cru*sad"ing\, a. Of or pertaining to a crusade; as, a crusading spirit. | |
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Crusado \Cru*sa"do\ (-s?"d?), n. [Pg. cruzado, fr. cruz, fr. L. crux. See {Crusade}, 3.] An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents. [Written also {cruade}.] --Shak. | |
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Cruset \Cru"set\ (kr?"s?t), n. [Cf. F. creuset. See {Cruse}, {Crucible}.] A goldsmith's crucible or melting pot. | |
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Crush \Crush\, n. 1. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. --Addison. 2. Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception. {Crush hat}, a hat which collapses, and can be carried under the arm, and when expanded is held in shape by springs; hence, any hat not injured by compressing. {Crush room}, a large room in a theater, opera house, etc., where the audience may promenade or converse during the intermissions; a foyer. Politics leave very little time for the bow window at White's in the day, or for the crush room of the opera at night. --Macaulay. | |
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Crush \Crush\ (kr?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crushed} (kr?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crushing}.] [OE. cruschen, crousshen, Of. cruisir, croissir, fr. LL. cruscire, prob. of Ger. origin, from a derivative of the word seen in Goth. kruistan to gnash; akin to Sw. krysta to squeeze, Dan. kryste, Icel. kreysta.] 1. To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes. Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut. --Lev. xxii. 24. The ass . . . thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. --Num. xxii. 25. 2. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz. 3. To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight. To crush the pillars which the pile sustain. --Dryden. Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again. --Bryant. 4. To oppress or burden grievously. Thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway. --Deut. xxviii. 33. 5. To overcome completely; to subdue totally. Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. --Sir. W. Scott. {To crush a cup}, to drink. [Obs.] {To crush out}. (a) To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from grapes. (b) To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress. | |
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Crust \Crust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crusted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Crusting}.] [Cf. OF. crouster, L. crustare. See {Crust}, n. ] To cover with a crust; to cover or line with an incrustation; to incrust. The whole body is crusted over with ice. --Boyle. And now their legs, and breast, and bodies stood Crusted with bark. --Addison. Very foul and crusted bottles. --Swift. Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock. --Felton. | |
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Crust \Crust\ (kr?st), n. [L. crusta: cf. OF. crouste, F. cro[ucir]te; prob. akin to Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] ice, E. crystal, from the same root as E. crude, raw. See {Raw}, and cf. {Custard}.] 1. The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow. I have known the statute of an emperor quite hid under a crust of dross. --Addison. Below this icy crust of conformity, the waters of infidelity lay dark and deep as ever. --Prescott. 2. (Cookery) (a) The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard. (b) The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents. (c) The dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a potpie; -- also called {dumpling}. Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies. --Dryden. He that keeps nor crust nor crumb. --Shak. They . . . made the crust for the venison pasty. --Macaulay. 3. (Geol.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc. 5. (Med.) A hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or pus, occurring upon the surface of the body. 6. An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See {Beeswing}. | |
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Crust \Crust\, v. i. To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted. The place that was burnt . . . crusted and healed. --Temple. | |
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Crustacean \Crus*ta"cean\ (kr?s-t?"shan; 97), a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous. -- n. An animal belonging to the class Crustacea. | |
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Crustaceological \Crus*ta`ce*o*log"ic*al\ (-sh?-?-l?j"?-kal), a. Pertaining to crustaceology. | |
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Crustaceologist \Crus*ta`ce*ol"o*gist\ (-?ll"?-j?st), n. One versed in crustaceology; a crustalogist. | |
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Carcinology \Car`ci*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] a crab + -logy.] (Zo[94]l.) The department of zo[94]logy which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also {malacostracology} and {crustaceology}. | |
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Crustaceology \Crus*ta`ce*ol"o*gy\ (-j?), n. [Crustacea + -logy.] That branch of Zo[94]logy which treats of the Crustacea; malacostracology; carcinology. | |
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Carcinology \Car`ci*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] a crab + -logy.] (Zo[94]l.) The department of zo[94]logy which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also {malacostracology} and {crustaceology}. | |
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Crustaceology \Crus*ta`ce*ol"o*gy\ (-j?), n. [Crustacea + -logy.] That branch of Zo[94]logy which treats of the Crustacea; malacostracology; carcinology. | |
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Crustaceous \Crus*ta"ceous\ (kr?s-t?"sh?s; 97), a. [NL. crustaceous. See {crustacea}.] 1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean. | |
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Crustaceousness \Crus*ta"ceous*ness\, n. The state or quality of being crustaceous or having a crustlike shell. | |
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Crustal \Crust"al\ (kr?st"al), a. Relating to a crust. | |
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Crustalogical \Crus`ta*log"ic*al\ (kr?s`t?-l?j"?-kal), a. Pertaining to crustalogy. | |
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Crustalogist \Crus*tal"o*gist\ (-t[?]l"[?]-j[?]st), n. One versed in crustalogy. | |
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Crustalogy \Crus*tal"o*gy\ (kr?s-t?l"?-j?), n. [L. crusta shell + -logy.] Crustaceology. | |
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Crustated \Crus"ta*ted\ (kr?s"t?-t?d), a. [L. crustatus, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta. See {Crust}.] Covered with a crust; as, crustated basalt. | |
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Crustation \Crus*ta"tion\ (kr?s-t?"sh?n), n. An adherent crust; an incrustation. --Pepys. | |
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Crust \Crust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crusted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Crusting}.] [Cf. OF. crouster, L. crustare. See {Crust}, n. ] To cover with a crust; to cover or line with an incrustation; to incrust. The whole body is crusted over with ice. --Boyle. And now their legs, and breast, and bodies stood Crusted with bark. --Addison. Very foul and crusted bottles. --Swift. Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock. --Felton. | |
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Crusted \Crust"ed\ (kr?st"?d), a. Incrusted; covered with, or containing, crust; as, old, crusted port wine. | |
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Crustific \Crus*tif`ic\ (kr?s-t?f"?k), a. [L. crusta crust + -facere to make.] Producing or forming a crust or skin. [R.] | |
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Crustily \Crust"i*ly\ (kr[ucr]st"[icr]-l[ycr]), adv. In a crusty or surly manner; morosely. | |
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Crustiness \Crust"i*ness\ (-[icr]-n[ecr]s), n. 1. The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness. 2. The quality of being crusty or surly. Old Christy forgot his usual crustiness. --W. Irving. | |
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Crust \Crust\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crusted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Crusting}.] [Cf. OF. crouster, L. crustare. See {Crust}, n. ] To cover with a crust; to cover or line with an incrustation; to incrust. The whole body is crusted over with ice. --Boyle. And now their legs, and breast, and bodies stood Crusted with bark. --Addison. Very foul and crusted bottles. --Swift. Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock. --Felton. | |
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Crusty \Crust"y\ (-[ycr]), a. 1. Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance. 2. [Possibly a corruption of cursty. Cf. {Curst}, {Curstness}.] Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly. Thou crusty batch of nature, what's the news? --Shak. | |
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Crystal \Crys"tal\ (kr?s"tal), n. [OE. cristal, F. cristal, L. crystallum crystal, ice, fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?], fr. [?][?][?][?] icy cold, frost; cf. AS. crystalla, fr. L. crystallum; prob. akin to E. crust. See {Crust}, {Raw}.] 1. (Chem. & Min.) The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See {Crystallization}. 2. The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also {rock crystal}. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. {Smoky quartz}, {Pebble}; also {Brazilian pebble}, under {Brazilian}. 3. A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See {Flint glass}. 4. The glass over the dial of a watch case. 5. Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc. The blue crystal of the seas. --Byron. {Blood crystal}. See under {Blood}. {Compound crystal}. See under {Compound}. {Iceland crystal}, a transparent variety of calcite, or crystallized calcium carbonate, brought from Iceland, and used in certain optical instruments, as the polariscope. {Rock crystal}, [or] {Mountain crystal}, any transparent crystal of quartz, particularly of limpid or colorless quartz. | |
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Crystal \Crys"tal\, a. Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid; crystalline. Through crystal walls each little mote will peep. --Shak. By crystal streams that murmur through the meads. --Dryden. The crystal pellets at the touch congeal, And from the ground rebounds the ratting hail. --H. Brooks. | |
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Flint glass \Flint" glass`\ (Chem.) A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also {crystal glass}. Cf. {Glass}. Note: The concave or diverging half on an achromatic lens is usually made of flint glass. | |
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Glass \Glass\, n. [OE. glas, gles, AS. gl[91]s; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf. AS. gl[91]r amber, L. glaesum. Cf. {Glare}, n., {Glaze}, v. t.] 1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament. Note: Glass is variously colored by the metallic oxides; thus, manganese colors it violet; copper (cuprous), red, or (cupric) green; cobalt, blue; uranium, yellowish green or canary yellow; iron, green or brown; gold, purple or red; tin, opaque white; chromium, emerald green; antimony, yellow. 2. (Chem.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion. 3. Anything made of glass. Especially: (a) A looking-glass; a mirror. (b) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its sand. She would not live The running of one glass. --Shak. (c) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner. (d) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears glasses. (e) A weatherglass; a barometer. Note: Glass is much used adjectively or in combination; as, glass maker, or glassmaker; glass making or glassmaking; glass blower or glassblower, etc. {Bohemian glass}, {Cut glass}, etc. See under {Bohemian}, {Cut}, etc. {Crown glass}, a variety of glass, used for making the finest plate or window glass, and consisting essentially of silicate of soda or potash and lime, with no admixture of lead; the convex half of an achromatic lens is composed of crown glass; -- so called from a crownlike shape given it in the process of blowing. {Crystal glass}, [or] {Flint glass}. See {Flint glass}, in the Vocabulary. {Cylinder glass}, sheet glass made by blowing the glass in the form of a cylinder which is then split longitudinally, opened out, and flattened. {Glass of antimony}, a vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with sulphide. {Glass blower}, one whose occupation is to blow and fashion glass. {Glass blowing}, the art of shaping glass, when reduced by heat to a viscid state, by inflating it through a tube. {Glass cloth}, a woven fabric formed of glass fibers. {Glass coach}, a coach superior to a hackney-coach, hired for the day, or any short period, as a private carriage; -- so called because originally private carriages alone had glass windows. [Eng.] --Smart. Glass coaches are [allowed in English parks from which ordinary hacks are excluded], meaning by this term, which is never used in America, hired carriages that do not go on stands. --J. F. Cooper. {Glass cutter}. (a) One who cuts sheets of glass into sizes for window panes, ets. (b) One who shapes the surface of glass by grinding and polishing. (c) A tool, usually with a diamond at the point, for cutting glass. {Glass cutting}. (a) The act or process of dividing glass, as sheets of glass into panes with a diamond. (b) The act or process of shaping the surface of glass by appylying it to revolving wheels, upon which sand, emery, and, afterwards, polishing powder, are applied; especially of glass which is shaped into facets, tooth ornaments, and the like. Glass having ornamental scrolls, etc., cut upon it, is said to be engraved. {Glass metal}, the fused material for making glass. {Glass painting}, the art or process of producing decorative effects in glass by painting it with enamel colors and combining the pieces together with slender sash bars of lead or other metal. In common parlance, glass painting and glass staining (see {Glass staining}, below) are used indifferently for all colored decorative work in windows, and the like. {Glass paper}, paper faced with pulvirezed glass, and used for abrasive purposes. {Glass silk}, fine threads of glass, wound, when in fusion, on rapidly rotating heated cylinders. {Glass silvering}, the process of transforming plate glass into mirrors by coating it with a reflecting surface, a deposit of silver, or a mercury amalgam. {Glass soap}, [or] {Glassmaker's soap}, the black oxide of manganese or other substances used by glass makers to take away color from the materials for glass. {Glass staining}, the art or practice of coloring glass in its whole substance, or, in the case of certain colors, in a superficial film only; also, decorative work in glass. Cf. Glass painting. {Glass tears}. See {Rupert's drop}. {Glass works}, an establishment where glass is made. {Heavy glass}, a heavy optical glass, consisting essentially of a borosilicate of potash. {Millefiore glass}. See {Millefiore}. {Plate glass}, a fine kind of glass, cast in thick plates, and flattened by heavy rollers, -- used for mirrors and the best windows. {Pressed glass}, glass articles formed in molds by pressure when hot. {Soluble glass} (Chem.), a silicate of sodium or potassium, found in commerce as a white, glassy mass, a stony powder, or dissolved as a viscous, sirupy liquid; -- used for rendering fabrics incombustible, for hardening artificial stone, etc.; -- called also {water glass}. {Spun glass}, glass drawn into a thread while liquid. {Toughened glass}, {Tempered glass}, glass finely tempered or annealed, by a peculiar method of sudden cooling by plunging while hot into oil, melted wax, or paraffine, etc.; -- called also, from the name of the inventor of the process, {Bastie glass}. {Water glass}. (Chem.) See {Soluble glass}, above. {Window glass}, glass in panes suitable for windows. | |
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Flint glass \Flint" glass`\ (Chem.) A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also {crystal glass}. Cf. {Glass}. Note: The concave or diverging half on an achromatic lens is usually made of flint glass. | |
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Glass \Glass\, n. [OE. glas, gles, AS. gl[91]s; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf. AS. gl[91]r amber, L. glaesum. Cf. {Glare}, n., {Glaze}, v. t.] 1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament. Note: Glass is variously colored by the metallic oxides; thus, manganese colors it violet; copper (cuprous), red, or (cupric) green; cobalt, blue; uranium, yellowish green or canary yellow; iron, green or brown; gold, purple or red; tin, opaque white; chromium, emerald green; antimony, yellow. 2. (Chem.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion. 3. Anything made of glass. Especially: (a) A looking-glass; a mirror. (b) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its sand. She would not live The running of one glass. --Shak. (c) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner. (d) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears glasses. (e) A weatherglass; a barometer. Note: Glass is much used adjectively or in combination; as, glass maker, or glassmaker; glass making or glassmaking; glass blower or glassblower, etc. {Bohemian glass}, {Cut glass}, etc. See under {Bohemian}, {Cut}, etc. {Crown glass}, a variety of glass, used for making the finest plate or window glass, and consisting essentially of silicate of soda or potash and lime, with no admixture of lead; the convex half of an achromatic lens is composed of crown glass; -- so called from a crownlike shape given it in the process of blowing. {Crystal glass}, [or] {Flint glass}. See {Flint glass}, in the Vocabulary. {Cylinder glass}, sheet glass made by blowing the glass in the form of a cylinder which is then split longitudinally, opened out, and flattened. {Glass of antimony}, a vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with sulphide. {Glass blower}, one whose occupation is to blow and fashion glass. {Glass blowing}, the art of shaping glass, when reduced by heat to a viscid state, by inflating it through a tube. {Glass cloth}, a woven fabric formed of glass fibers. {Glass coach}, a coach superior to a hackney-coach, hired for the day, or any short period, as a private carriage; -- so called because originally private carriages alone had glass windows. [Eng.] --Smart. Glass coaches are [allowed in English parks from which ordinary hacks are excluded], meaning by this term, which is never used in America, hired carriages that do not go on stands. --J. F. Cooper. {Glass cutter}. (a) One who cuts sheets of glass into sizes for window panes, ets. (b) One who shapes the surface of glass by grinding and polishing. (c) A tool, usually with a diamond at the point, for cutting glass. {Glass cutting}. (a) The act or process of dividing glass, as sheets of glass into panes with a diamond. (b) The act or process of shaping the surface of glass by appylying it to revolving wheels, upon which sand, emery, and, afterwards, polishing powder, are applied; especially of glass which is shaped into facets, tooth ornaments, and the like. Glass having ornamental scrolls, etc., cut upon it, is said to be engraved. {Glass metal}, the fused material for making glass. {Glass painting}, the art or process of producing decorative effects in glass by painting it with enamel colors and combining the pieces together with slender sash bars of lead or other metal. In common parlance, glass painting and glass staining (see {Glass staining}, below) are used indifferently for all colored decorative work in windows, and the like. {Glass paper}, paper faced with pulvirezed glass, and used for abrasive purposes. {Glass silk}, fine threads of glass, wound, when in fusion, on rapidly rotating heated cylinders. {Glass silvering}, the process of transforming plate glass into mirrors by coating it with a reflecting surface, a deposit of silver, or a mercury amalgam. {Glass soap}, [or] {Glassmaker's soap}, the black oxide of manganese or other substances used by glass makers to take away color from the materials for glass. {Glass staining}, the art or practice of coloring glass in its whole substance, or, in the case of certain colors, in a superficial film only; also, decorative work in glass. Cf. Glass painting. {Glass tears}. See {Rupert's drop}. {Glass works}, an establishment where glass is made. {Heavy glass}, a heavy optical glass, consisting essentially of a borosilicate of potash. {Millefiore glass}. See {Millefiore}. {Plate glass}, a fine kind of glass, cast in thick plates, and flattened by heavy rollers, -- used for mirrors and the best windows. {Pressed glass}, glass articles formed in molds by pressure when hot. {Soluble glass} (Chem.), a silicate of sodium or potassium, found in commerce as a white, glassy mass, a stony powder, or dissolved as a viscous, sirupy liquid; -- used for rendering fabrics incombustible, for hardening artificial stone, etc.; -- called also {water glass}. {Spun glass}, glass drawn into a thread while liquid. {Toughened glass}, {Tempered glass}, glass finely tempered or annealed, by a peculiar method of sudden cooling by plunging while hot into oil, melted wax, or paraffine, etc.; -- called also, from the name of the inventor of the process, {Bastie glass}. {Water glass}. (Chem.) See {Soluble glass}, above. {Window glass}, glass in panes suitable for windows. | |
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Crystallin \Crys"tal*lin\ (-l?n), n. (Physiol. Chem.) See {Gobulin}. | |
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Crystalline \Crys"tal*line\, n. 1. A crystalline substance. 2. See {Aniline}. [Obs.] | |
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Crystalline \Crys"tal*line\ (kr?s"tal-l?n [or] -l?n; 277), a. [L. crystallinus, from Gr. [?][?][?][?]: cf. F. cristallin. See {Crystal}.] 1. Consisting, or made, of crystal. Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline. --Shak. 2. Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture. Their crystalline structure. --Whewell. 3. Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized. 4. Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid. [bd]The crystalline sky.[b8] --Milton. {Crystalline heavens}, or {Crystalline spheres}, in the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, two transparent spheres imagined to exist between the region of the fixed stars and the primum mobile (or outer circle of the heavens, which by its motion was supposed to carry round all those within it), in order to explain certain movements of the heavenly bodies. {Crystalline lens} (Anat.), the capsular lenslike body in the eye, serving to focus the rays of light. It consists of rodlike cells derived from the external embryonic epithelium. | |
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Crystalline \Crys"tal*line\ (kr?s"tal-l?n [or] -l?n; 277), a. [L. crystallinus, from Gr. [?][?][?][?]: cf. F. cristallin. See {Crystal}.] 1. Consisting, or made, of crystal. Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline. --Shak. 2. Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture. Their crystalline structure. --Whewell. 3. Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized. 4. Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid. [bd]The crystalline sky.[b8] --Milton. {Crystalline heavens}, or {Crystalline spheres}, in the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, two transparent spheres imagined to exist between the region of the fixed stars and the primum mobile (or outer circle of the heavens, which by its motion was supposed to carry round all those within it), in order to explain certain movements of the heavenly bodies. {Crystalline lens} (Anat.), the capsular lenslike body in the eye, serving to focus the rays of light. It consists of rodlike cells derived from the external embryonic epithelium. | |
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Humor \Hu"mor\, n. [OE. humour, OF. humor, umor, F. humeur, L. humor, umor, moisture, fluid, fr. humere, umere, to be moist. See {Humid}.] [Written also {humour}.] 1. Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc. Note: The ancient physicians believed that there were four humors (the blood, phlegm, yellow bile or choler, and black bile or melancholy), on the relative proportion of which the temperament and health depended. 2. (Med.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin. [bd]A body full of humors.[b8] --Sir W. Temple. 3. State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body); disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor. Examine how your humor is inclined, And which the ruling passion of your mind. --Roscommon. A prince of a pleasant humor. --Bacon. I like not the humor of lying. --Shak. 4. pl. Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims. Is my friend all perfection, all virtue and discretion? Has he not humors to be endured? --South. 5. That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness. For thy sake I admit That a Scot may have humor, I'd almost said wit. --Goldsmith. A great deal of excellent humor was expended on the perplexities of mine host. --W. Irving. {Aqueous humor}, {Crystalline humor} [or] {lens}, {Vitreous humor}. (Anat.) See {Eye}. {Out of humor}, dissatisfied; displeased; in an unpleasant frame of mind. Syn: Wit; satire; pleasantry; temper; disposition; mood; frame; whim; fancy; caprice. See {Wit}. | |
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Lens \Lens\ (l[ecr]nz), n.; pl. {Lenses} (-[ecr]z). [L. lens a lentil. So named from the resemblance in shape of a double convex lens to the seed of a lentil. Cf. {Lentil}.] (Opt.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure. Lenses Note: Of spherical lenses, there are six varieties, as shown in section in the figures herewith given: viz., a plano-concave; b double-concave; c plano-convex; d double-convex; e converging concavo-convex, or converging meniscus; f diverging concavo-convex, or diverging meniscus. {Crossed lens} (Opt.), a double-convex lens with one radius equal to six times the other. {Crystalline lens}. (Anat.) See {Eye}. {Fresnel lens} (Opt.), a compound lens formed by placing around a central convex lens rings of glass so curved as to have the same focus; used, especially in lighthouses, for concentrating light in a particular direction; -- so called from the inventor. {Multiplying} {lens [or] glass} (Opt.), a lens one side of which is plane and the other convex, but made up of a number of plane faces inclined to one another, each of which presents a separate image of the object viewed through it, so that the object is, as it were, multiplied. {Polyzonal lens}. See {Polyzonal}. | |
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Crystalline \Crys"tal*line\ (kr?s"tal-l?n [or] -l?n; 277), a. [L. crystallinus, from Gr. [?][?][?][?]: cf. F. cristallin. See {Crystal}.] 1. Consisting, or made, of crystal. Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline. --Shak. 2. Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture. Their crystalline structure. --Whewell. 3. Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized. 4. Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid. [bd]The crystalline sky.[b8] --Milton. {Crystalline heavens}, or {Crystalline spheres}, in the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, two transparent spheres imagined to exist between the region of the fixed stars and the primum mobile (or outer circle of the heavens, which by its motion was supposed to carry round all those within it), in order to explain certain movements of the heavenly bodies. {Crystalline lens} (Anat.), the capsular lenslike body in the eye, serving to focus the rays of light. It consists of rodlike cells derived from the external embryonic epithelium. | |
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Sphere \Sphere\, n. [OE. spere, OF. espere, F. sph[8a]re, L. sphaera,. Gr. [?][?][?] a sphere, a ball.] 1. (Geom.) A body or space contained under a single surface, which in every part is equally distant from a point within called its center. 2. Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth. Of celestial bodies, first the sun, A mighty sphere, he framed. --Milton. 3. (Astron.) (a) The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places, and on which the various astronomical circles, as of right ascension and declination, the equator, ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal geometrical sphere, with the astronomical and geographical circles in their proper positions on it. (b) In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a manner as to produce their apparent motions. 4. (Logic) The extension of a general conception, or the totality of the individuals or species to which it may be applied. 5. Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence; compass; province; employment; place of existence. To be called into a huge sphere, and not to be seen to move in 't. --Shak. Taking her out of the ordinary relations with humanity, and inclosing her in a sphere by herself. --Hawthorne. Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe Our hermit spirits dwell. --Keble. 6. Rank; order of society; social positions. 7. An orbit, as of a star; a socket. [R.] --Shak. {Armillary sphere}, {Crystalline sphere}, {Oblique sphere},. See under {Armillary}, {Crystalline},. {Doctrine of the sphere}, applications of the principles of spherical trigonometry to the properties and relations of the circles of the sphere, and the problems connected with them, in astronomy and geography, as to the latitudes and longitudes, distance and bearing, of places on the earth, and the right ascension and declination, altitude and azimuth, rising and setting, etc., of the heavenly bodies; spherical geometry. {Music of the spheres}. See under {Music}. Syn: Globe; orb; circle. See {Globe}. | |
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Crystalline \Crys"tal*line\ (kr?s"tal-l?n [or] -l?n; 277), a. [L. crystallinus, from Gr. [?][?][?][?]: cf. F. cristallin. See {Crystal}.] 1. Consisting, or made, of crystal. Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline. --Shak. 2. Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture. Their crystalline structure. --Whewell. 3. Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized. 4. Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid. [bd]The crystalline sky.[b8] --Milton. {Crystalline heavens}, or {Crystalline spheres}, in the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, two transparent spheres imagined to exist between the region of the fixed stars and the primum mobile (or outer circle of the heavens, which by its motion was supposed to carry round all those within it), in order to explain certain movements of the heavenly bodies. {Crystalline lens} (Anat.), the capsular lenslike body in the eye, serving to focus the rays of light. It consists of rodlike cells derived from the external embryonic epithelium. | |
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Crystallite \Crys"tal*lite\ (kr?s"tal-l?t), n. [See {Crystal}.] (Min.) A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called {trichites}, {belonites}, {globulites}, etc. | |
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Crystallizable \Crys"tal*li`za*ble\ (kr[icr]s"t[ait]l*l[imac]`z[adot]*b'l), a. Capable of being crystallized; that may be formed into crystals. | |
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Crystallization \Crys`tal*li*za"tion\ (kr[icr]s`t[ait]l*l[icr]*z[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [Cf. F. cristallization.] 1. (Chem. & Min.) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized. 2. The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations. Note: The systems of crystallization are the several classes to which the forms are mathematically referable. They are most simply described according to the relative lengths and inclinations of certain assumed lines called axes; but the real distinction is the degree of symmetry characterizing them. 1. {The Isometric, [or] Monometric, system} has the axes all equal, as in the cube, octahedron, etc. 2. {The Tetragonal, [or] Dimetric, system} has a varying vertical axis, while the lateral are equal, as in the right square prism. 3. {The Orthorhombic, [or] Trimetric, system} has the three axes unequal, as in the rectangular and rhombic prism. In this system, the lateral axes are called, respectively, macrodiagonal and brachydiagonal. -- The preceding are erect forms, the axes intersecting at right angles. The following are oblique. 4. {The Monoclinic system}, having one of the intersections oblique, as in the oblique rhombic prism. In this system, the lateral axes are called respectively, clinodiagonal and orthodiagonal. 5. {The Triclinic system}, having all the three intersections oblique, as in the oblique rhomboidal prism. There is also: 6. {The Hexagonal system} (one division of which is called Rhombohedral), in which there are three equal lateral axes, and a vertical axis of variable length, as in the hexagonal prism and the rhombohedron. Note: The Diclinic system, sometimes recognized, with two oblique intersections, is only a variety of the Triclinic. | |
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Crystallize \Crys"tal*lize\ (kr[icr]s"t[ait]l*l[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crystallized} (-l[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crystallizing}.] [Cf. F. cristalliser. See {Crystal}.] To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form. | |
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Crystallize \Crys"tal*lize\, v. i. To be converted into a crystal; to take on a crystalline form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction. | |
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Crystallize \Crys"tal*lize\ (kr[icr]s"t[ait]l*l[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crystallized} (-l[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crystallizing}.] [Cf. F. cristalliser. See {Crystal}.] To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form. | |
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Crystallize \Crys"tal*lize\ (kr[icr]s"t[ait]l*l[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crystallized} (-l[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crystallizing}.] [Cf. F. cristalliser. See {Crystal}.] To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form. | |
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Crystallogenic \Crys`tal*lo*gen"ic\ (-l?-j?n"?k), Crystallogenical \Crys`tal*lo*gen"ic*al\ (-?-kal), a. Pertaining to the production of crystals; crystal-producing; as, crystallogenic attraction. | |
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Crystallogenic \Crys`tal*lo*gen"ic\ (-l?-j?n"?k), Crystallogenical \Crys`tal*lo*gen"ic*al\ (-?-kal), a. Pertaining to the production of crystals; crystal-producing; as, crystallogenic attraction. | |
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Crystallogeny \Crys`tal*log"e*ny\ (kr?s`tal-l?j"?-n?), n. [Gr. kry`stallos crystal + root of gi`gnesqai to be born.] The science which pertains to the production of crystals. | |
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Crystallographer \Crys`tal*log"ra*pher\ (kr?s`tal-l?g"r?-f?r), n. One who describes crystals, or the manner of their formation; one versed in crystallography. | |
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Crystallographic \Crys`tal*lo*graph"ic\ (-l?-gr?f"?k), Crystallographical \Crys`tal*lo*graph"ic*al\ (-?-kal), a. [Cf. F. crystallographique.] Pertaining to crystallography. | |
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Crystallographic \Crys`tal*lo*graph"ic\ (-l?-gr?f"?k), Crystallographical \Crys`tal*lo*graph"ic*al\ (-?-kal), a. [Cf. F. crystallographique.] Pertaining to crystallography. | |
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Crystallographically \Crys`tal*lo*graph"ic*al*ly\, adv. In the manner of crystallography. | |
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Crystallography \Crys`tal*log"ra*phy\ (kr?s`tal-l?g"r?-f?), n. [Gr. kry`stallos crystal + -graphy: cf. F. cristallographie. See {Crystal}.] 1. The doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the system of forms among crystals, their structure, and their methods of formation. 2. A discourse or treatise on crystallization. | |
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Crystalloid \Crys"tal*loid\ (kr?s"tal-loid), a. [Gr. kry`stallos crystal + -oid.] Crystal-like; transparent like crystal. | |
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Crystalloid \Crys"tal*loid\, n. 1. (Chem.) A body which, in solution, diffuses readily through animal membranes, and generally is capable of being crystallized; -- opposed to colloid. 2. (Bot.) One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells; -- called also {protein crystal}. | |
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Crystallomancy \Crys"tal*lo*man`cy\ (-l?-m?n`s?), n. [Gr. kry`stallos crystal + -mancy.] Divination by means of a crystal or other transparent body, especially a beryl. | |
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Crystallometry \Crys`tal*lom"e*try\ (-l?m"?-tr?), n. [Gr. kry`stallos crystal + -metry.] The art of measuring crystals. | |
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Crystallurgy \Crys"tal*lur`gy\ (-l?r`j?), n. [Gr. kry`stallos crystal + 'e`rgon work.] Crystallization. | |
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Cuirassed \Cui*rassed"\ (kw[esl]*r[adot]st" or kw[emac]"r[acr]st), a. 1. Wearing a cuirass. 2. (Zo[94]l) Having a covering of bony plates, resembling a cuirass; -- said of certain fishes. | |
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Curiosity \Cu`ri*os"i*ty\ (k[umac]`r[icr]*[ocr]s"[icr]*t[ycr]), n.; pl. {Curiosities} (-t[icr]z). [OE. curiouste, curiosite, OF. curioset[82], curiosit[82], F. curiosit[82], fr. L. curiositas, fr. curiosus. See {Curious}, and cf. {Curio}.] 1. The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration. [Obs.] --Bacon. When thou wast in thy gilt and thy perfume, they mocked thee for too much curiosity. --Shak. A screen accurately cut in tapiary work . . . with great curiosity. --Evelin. 2. Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness. --Milton. 3. That which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention. We took a ramble together to see the curiosities of this great town. --Addison. There hath been practiced also a curiosity, to set a tree upon the north side of a wall, and, at a little hieght, to draw it through the wall, etc. --Bacon. | |
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Curiosity \Cu`ri*os"i*ty\ (k[umac]`r[icr]*[ocr]s"[icr]*t[ycr]), n.; pl. {Curiosities} (-t[icr]z). [OE. curiouste, curiosite, OF. curioset[82], curiosit[82], F. curiosit[82], fr. L. curiositas, fr. curiosus. See {Curious}, and cf. {Curio}.] 1. The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration. [Obs.] --Bacon. When thou wast in thy gilt and thy perfume, they mocked thee for too much curiosity. --Shak. A screen accurately cut in tapiary work . . . with great curiosity. --Evelin. 2. Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness. --Milton. 3. That which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention. We took a ramble together to see the curiosities of this great town. --Addison. There hath been practiced also a curiosity, to set a tree upon the north side of a wall, and, at a little hieght, to draw it through the wall, etc. --Bacon. | |
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Curse \Curse\ (k?rs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cursed} (k?rst) or {Curst}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cursing}.] [AS. cursian, corsian, perh. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. korse to make the sign of the cross, Sw. korsa, fr. Dan. & Sw. kors cross, Icel kross, all these Scand. words coming fr. OF. crois, croiz, fr. L. crux cross. Cf. {Cross}.] 1. To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate. Thou shalt not . . . curse the ruler of thy people. --Ex. xxii. 28. Ere sunset I'll make thee curse the deed. --Shak. 2. To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment. On impious realms and barbarous kings impose Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those. --Pope. {To curse by bell, book, and candle}. See under {Bell}. | |
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Cursed \Curs"ed\ (k?rs"?d), a. Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable; abominable. Let us fly this cursed place. --Milton. This cursed quarrel be no more renewed. --Dryden. | |
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Water celery \Wa"ter cel"er*y\ (Bot.) A very acrid herb ({Ranunculus sceleratus}) growing in ditches and wet places; -- called also {cursed crowfoot}. | |
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Cursedly \Curs"ed*ly\, adv. In a cursed manner; miserably; in a manner to be detested; enormously. [Low] | |
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Cursedness \Curs"ed*ness\, n. 1. The state of being under a curse or of being doomed to execration or to evil. 2. Wickedness; sin; cursing. --Chaucer. 3. Shrewishness. [bd]My wife's cursedness.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Cursitating \Cur"si*ta`ting\ (k?r"s?-t?`t?ng), a. [See {Cursitor}.] Moving about slightly. [R.] --H. Bushnell. | |
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Cursitor \Cur"si*tor\ (k?r"s?-t?r), n. [LL. cursitor, equiv. to L. cursor, fr. cursare to run hither and thither, fr. currere to run. See {Current}, and cf. {Cursor}.] 1. A courier or runner. [Obs.] [bd]Cursitors to and fro.[b8] --Holland. 2. (Eng.Law) An officer in the Court of Chancery, whose business is to make out original writs. | |
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Curse \Curse\ (k?rs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cursed} (k?rst) or {Curst}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cursing}.] [AS. cursian, corsian, perh. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. korse to make the sign of the cross, Sw. korsa, fr. Dan. & Sw. kors cross, Icel kross, all these Scand. words coming fr. OF. crois, croiz, fr. L. crux cross. Cf. {Cross}.] 1. To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate. Thou shalt not . . . curse the ruler of thy people. --Ex. xxii. 28. Ere sunset I'll make thee curse the deed. --Shak. 2. To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment. On impious realms and barbarous kings impose Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those. --Pope. {To curse by bell, book, and candle}. See under {Bell}. | |
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Curst \Curst\ (k?rst), imp. & p. p. of {Curse}. | |
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Curst \Curst\, a. [See{Curse}.] Froward; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling. [Obs.] Though his mind Be ne'er so curst, his tonque is kind. --Crashaw. | |
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Curstfully \Curst"ful*ly\ (-f[usdot]l*l[ycr]), adv. Peevishly; vexatiously; detestably. [Obs.] [bd]Curstfully mad.[b8] --Marston. | |
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Curstness \Curst"ness\ (k[ucir]rst"n[ecr]s), n. Peevishness; malignity; frowardness; crabbedness; surliness. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Christian County, IL (county, FIPS 21) Location: 39.54731 N, 89.27809 W Population (1990): 34418 (14640 housing units) Area: 1836.5 sq km (land), 17.2 sq km (water) Christian County, KY (county, FIPS 47) Location: 36.89505 N, 87.49187 W Population (1990): 68941 (23429 housing units) Area: 1868.3 sq km (land), 7.0 sq km (water) Christian County, MO (county, FIPS 43) Location: 36.96967 N, 93.18749 W Population (1990): 32644 (12812 housing units) Area: 1458.7 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water) | |
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Christiana, PA (borough, FIPS 13512) Location: 39.95408 N, 75.99765 W Population (1990): 1045 (401 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Christiana, TN Zip code(s): 37037 | |
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Christiansburg, OH (village, FIPS 14296) Location: 40.05675 N, 84.02522 W Population (1990): 599 (247 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Christiansburg, VA (town, FIPS 16608) Location: 37.14166 N, 80.40270 W Population (1990): 15004 (6267 housing units) Area: 35.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24073 | |
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Christiansted, VI (town, FIPS 19900) Location: 17.74629 N, 64.70726 W Population (1990): 2555 (1035 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Christine, ND (city, FIPS 14100) Location: 46.57531 N, 96.80669 W Population (1990): 140 (59 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58015 Christine, TX (town, FIPS 14860) Location: 28.78515 N, 98.49864 W Population (1990): 368 (141 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Christmas, FL Zip code(s): 32709 Christmas, MI Zip code(s): 49862 | |
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Christopher, IL (city, FIPS 14286) Location: 37.97263 N, 89.05185 W Population (1990): 2774 (1387 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62822 | |
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Christoval, TX Zip code(s): 76935 | |
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Churchton, MD Zip code(s): 20733 | |
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Correctionville, IA (city, FIPS 16545) Location: 42.47821 N, 95.78340 W Population (1990): 897 (375 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51016 | |
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Craighead County, AR (county, FIPS 31) Location: 35.82812 N, 90.63188 W Population (1990): 68956 (28434 housing units) Area: 1841.0 sq km (land), 5.8 sq km (water) | |
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Creekside, KY (city, FIPS 18270) Location: 38.29211 N, 85.56816 W Population (1990): 323 (111 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Creekside, PA (borough, FIPS 17024) Location: 40.67995 N, 79.19351 W Population (1990): 337 (149 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15732 | |
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Creighton, MO (city, FIPS 17164) Location: 38.49665 N, 94.07176 W Population (1990): 289 (141 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64739 Creighton, NE (city, FIPS 11230) Location: 42.46511 N, 97.90685 W Population (1990): 1223 (626 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68729 Creighton, PA Zip code(s): 15030 Creighton, SD Zip code(s): 57729 | |
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Crest Hill, IL (city, FIPS 17458) Location: 41.56627 N, 88.10506 W Population (1990): 10643 (3827 housing units) Area: 18.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
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Crested Butte, CO (town, FIPS 18310) Location: 38.87011 N, 106.98310 W Population (1990): 878 (650 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81224 | |
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Crestline, CA (CDP, FIPS 17162) Location: 34.24667 N, 117.29576 W Population (1990): 8594 (6586 housing units) Area: 28.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Crestline, KS Zip code(s): 66728 Crestline, OH (city, FIPS 19330) Location: 40.78570 N, 82.73886 W Population (1990): 4934 (2153 housing units) Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44827 | |
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Crestline Height, AL Zip code(s): 35213 | |
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Creston, CA Zip code(s): 93432 Creston, IA (city, FIPS 17265) Location: 41.05905 N, 94.36414 W Population (1990): 7911 (3618 housing units) Area: 13.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Creston, IL (village, FIPS 17471) Location: 41.93079 N, 88.96546 W Population (1990): 535 (186 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Creston, NC Zip code(s): 28615 Creston, NE (village, FIPS 11300) Location: 41.70707 N, 97.36152 W Population (1990): 220 (86 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68631 Creston, OH (village, FIPS 19344) Location: 40.97939 N, 81.90041 W Population (1990): 1848 (712 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44217 Creston, WA (town, FIPS 15710) Location: 47.76000 N, 118.51940 W Population (1990): 230 (126 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99117 Creston, WV Zip code(s): 26141 | |
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Crestone, CO (town, FIPS 18420) Location: 37.99498 N, 105.69729 W Population (1990): 39 (52 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Crestview, FL (city, FIPS 15475) Location: 30.75218 N, 86.57483 W Population (1990): 9886 (4171 housing units) Area: 26.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 32536 Crestview, KY (city, FIPS 18424) Location: 39.02244 N, 84.41609 W Population (1990): 356 (121 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Crestview Hills, KY (city, FIPS 18442) Location: 39.02630 N, 84.57144 W Population (1990): 2546 (945 housing units) Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Crestwood, IL (village, FIPS 17497) Location: 41.64525 N, 87.74029 W Population (1990): 10823 (4180 housing units) Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60445 Crestwood, KY (city, FIPS 18496) Location: 38.33787 N, 85.48067 W Population (1990): 1435 (622 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40014 Crestwood, MO (city, FIPS 17218) Location: 38.55560 N, 90.38159 W Population (1990): 11234 (4591 housing units) Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Crestwood Village, NJ (CDP, FIPS 15910) Location: 39.95720 N, 74.35510 W Population (1990): 8030 (6077 housing units) Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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Cricket, NC (CDP, FIPS 15440) Location: 36.16626 N, 81.19141 W Population (1990): 2015 (903 housing units) Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Crockett, CA (CDP, FIPS 17274) Location: 38.05108 N, 122.21943 W Population (1990): 3228 (1552 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 94525 Crockett, TX (city, FIPS 17744) Location: 31.31792 N, 95.45632 W Population (1990): 7024 (3142 housing units) Area: 23.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Crockett, VA Zip code(s): 24323 | |
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Crockett County, TN (county, FIPS 33) Location: 35.81037 N, 89.13268 W Population (1990): 13378 (5521 housing units) Area: 687.1 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Crockett County, TX (county, FIPS 105) Location: 30.73194 N, 101.40854 W Population (1990): 4078 (1897 housing units) Area: 7271.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Crocketts Bluff, AR Zip code(s): 72038 | |
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Crooked Creek, AK (CDP, FIPS 17850) Location: 61.87691 N, 158.07784 W Population (1990): 106 (49 housing units) Area: 104.4 sq km (land), 8.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99575 | |
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Crooked Lake Park, FL (CDP, FIPS 15515) Location: 27.82990 N, 81.58974 W Population (1990): 1575 (679 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Crooked River Ra, OR Zip code(s): 97760 | |
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Crookston, MN (city, FIPS 13870) Location: 47.77421 N, 96.60565 W Population (1990): 8119 (3289 housing units) Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56716 Crookston, NE (village, FIPS 11475) Location: 42.92535 N, 100.75286 W Population (1990): 99 (44 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69212 | |
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Cross City, FL (town, FIPS 15575) Location: 29.63827 N, 83.12487 W Population (1990): 2041 (993 housing units) Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Cross Timbers, MO (city, FIPS 17524) Location: 38.02420 N, 93.22877 W Population (1990): 168 (114 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65634 | |
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Crossett, AR (city, FIPS 16240) Location: 33.12735 N, 91.96601 W Population (1990): 6282 (2530 housing units) Area: 14.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
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Crossgate, KY (city, FIPS 18766) Location: 38.28000 N, 85.62923 W Population (1990): 261 (95 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Crozet, VA (CDP, FIPS 20560) Location: 38.06931 N, 78.69904 W Population (1990): 2256 (817 housing units) Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Crystal, MI Zip code(s): 48818 Crystal, MN (city, FIPS 14158) Location: 45.03730 N, 93.35935 W Population (1990): 23788 (9541 housing units) Area: 14.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55428 Crystal, ND (city, FIPS 17060) Location: 48.59845 N, 97.66836 W Population (1990): 199 (96 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58222 | |
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Crystal Beach, TX Zip code(s): 77650 | |
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Crystal City, MO (city, FIPS 17632) Location: 38.22590 N, 90.38303 W Population (1990): 4088 (1742 housing units) Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63019 Crystal City, TX (city, FIPS 18020) Location: 28.68991 N, 99.82548 W Population (1990): 8263 (2534 housing units) Area: 9.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78839 | |
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Crystal Falls, MI (city, FIPS 19140) Location: 46.09730 N, 88.32773 W Population (1990): 1922 (922 housing units) Area: 8.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49920 | |
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Crystal Hill, VA Zip code(s): 24539 | |
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Crystal Lake, CT (CDP, FIPS 18220) Location: 41.93345 N, 72.37505 W Population (1990): 1175 (538 housing units) Area: 20.2 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Crystal Lake, FL (CDP, FIPS 15725) Location: 28.03525 N, 81.90847 W Population (1990): 5300 (2466 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Crystal Lake, IA (city, FIPS 17670) Location: 43.22361 N, 93.79267 W Population (1990): 266 (139 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50432 Crystal Lake, IL (city, FIPS 17887) Location: 42.23185 N, 88.33054 W Population (1990): 24512 (8973 housing units) Area: 36.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60012, 60014 | |
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Crystal Lake Park, MO (city, FIPS 17650) Location: 38.62050 N, 90.43089 W Population (1990): 506 (220 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Crystal Lakes, MO (village, FIPS 17660) Location: 39.35817 N, 94.18996 W Population (1990): 255 (96 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Crystal Lakes, OH (CDP, FIPS 19596) Location: 39.88489 N, 84.02542 W Population (1990): 1613 (604 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
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Crystal Lawns, IL (CDP, FIPS 17939) Location: 41.57027 N, 88.15793 W Population (1990): 3037 (1041 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crystal River, FL (city, FIPS 15775) Location: 28.90103 N, 82.59761 W Population (1990): 4044 (2178 housing units) Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crystal Spring, PA Zip code(s): 15536 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crystal Springs, MS (city, FIPS 17060) Location: 31.98971 N, 90.35501 W Population (1990): 5643 (2075 housing units) Area: 14.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39059 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crystalaire, CA Zip code(s): 93544 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Christmas tree n. A kind of RS-232 line tester or breakout box featuring rows of blinking red and green LEDs suggestive of Christmas lights. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Christmas tree packet n. A packet with every single option set for whatever protocol is in use. See {kamikaze packet}, {Chernobyl packet}. (The term doubtless derives from a fanciful image of each little option bit being represented by a different-colored light bulb, all turned on.) Compare {Godzillagram}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
character Compare with {glyph}. (1998-10-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
character encoding {binary} values to {code positions} and back; generally a 1:1 ({bijective}) mapping. In the case of {ASCII}, this is generally a f(x)=x mapping: code point 65 maps to the byte value 65, and vice versa. This is possible because ASCII uses only code positions representable as single bytes, i.e., values between 0 and 255, at most. ({US-ASCII} only uses values 0 to 127, in fact.) {Unicode} and many {CJK} {coded character sets} use many more than 255 positions, requiring more complex mappings: sometimes the characters are mapped onto pairs of bytes (see {DBCS}). In many cases, this breaks programs that assume a one-to-one mapping of bytes to characters, and so, for example, treat any occurrance of the byte value 13 as a {carriage return}. To avoid this problem, character encodings such as {UTF-8} were devised. (1998-10-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
character encoding scheme {character encoding} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
character graphics {ASCII art} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
character key {key} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
character repertoire character set} maps {integers} ({code positions}). For example, consider these two simple coded character sets: Coded Character Set One: integer 0 -> the character "A" integer 1 -> the character "B" Coded Character Set Two: integer 0 -> the character "B" integer 1 -> the character "A" Both of these coded character sets map to the characters "A" and "B", so they have the same character repertoire. But since the mapping is different (and obviously incompatible), these are different coded character sets. (1998-12-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
character set {byte strings}, i.e. the combination of a particular {character encoding} (which maps between byte strings and {integers}) and a particular {coded character set} (which maps between integers and characters). For example: {ASCII} (the ASCII coded character set, encoded directly as single-byte values), or {UTF-8} (the Unicode coded character set, encoded with an 8-bit transformation method). 2. Occasionally: a {character repertoire}; or a {coded character set}. (1998-12-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
character set identifier set}. (1995-03-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
characteristic function if its argument is an element of the set and False otherwise. (1995-04-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Christmas tree A kind of EIA-232 line tester or breakout box featuring rows of blinking red and green LEDs suggestive of Christmas lights. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Christmas tree packet A packet with every single option set for whatever protocol is in use. See {kamikaze packet}, {Chernobyl packet}. (The term doubtless derives from a fanciful image of each little option bit being represented by a different-coloured light bulb, all turned on.) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Christopher Strachey 1916, died May 1975. He invented the term "{currying}". See also: {General Purpose Macro-generator}. (1998-06-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
circuit 1. switching} network. 2. current can flow. The term is used loosely for any device or subsystem using electrical or electronic components. E.g. "That lightning bolt fried the circuits in my GPS receiver". An {integrated circuit} (IC) contains components built on a Silicon {die}. (2002-07-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CIRcuit CALculus (CIRCAL) A {process algebra} used to model and verify the design correctness of {concurrent} systems such as {digital logic}. ["CIRCAL and the Representation of Communication, Concurrency and Time", G.J. Milne 7(2):270-298, 1985]. (2001-03-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
circuit switched {circuit switching} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
circuit switching A communications paradigm in which a dedicated communication path is established between the sender and receiver along which all {packet}s travel. The telephone system is an example of a circuit switched network. Also called {connection-oriented}. Contrast {connectionless}, {packet switching}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
core gateway Historically, one of a set of gateways ({routers}) operated by the {Internet Network Operations Center} at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN). The core gateway system formed a central part of {Internet} routing in that all groups must advertise paths to their networks from a core gateway. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CORREGATE Based on {Internal Translator} (IT). [Sammet 1969, p. 139]. (1994-11-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Course Author Language ["Design of a Programming Language for Computer Assisted Learning", F.M. Tonge, Proc IFIP Congress 1968, v2]. (1994-11-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CROSSTABS Simple language for statistical analysis of tabular data. "User's Manual for the CROSSTABS System", Cambridge Computer Assoc (Feb 1977). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
crosstalk partially superimposed on each other due to electromagnetic (inductive) or electrostatic (capacitive) coupling between the conductors carrying the signals. A common example of crosstalk is where the magnetic field from changing current flow in one wire induces current in another wire running parallel to the other, as in a transformer. Crosstalk can be reduced by using shielded cables and increasing the distance between conductors. (1995-12-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Crystal Concurrent Representation of Your Space-Time ALgorithms. A {recursion equation} parallel language. ["A Parallel Language and its Compilation to Multiprocessor Machines or VLSI", M.C. Chen, 13th POPL, ACM 1986 pp.131-139]. (1994-12-06) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Christ anointed, the Greek translation of the Hebrew word rendered "Messiah" (q.v.), the official title of our Lord, occurring five hundred and fourteen times in the New Testament. It denotes that he was anointed or consecrated to his great redemptive work as Prophet, Priest, and King of his people. He is Jesus the Christ (Acts 17:3; 18:5; Matt. 22:42), the Anointed One. He is thus spoken of by Isaiah (61:1), and by Daniel (9:24-26), who styles him "Messiah the Prince." The Messiah is the same person as "the seed of the woman" (Gen. 3:15), "the seed of Abraham" (Gen. 22:18), the "Prophet like unto Moses" (Deut. 18:15), "the priest after the order of Melchizedek" (Ps. 110:4), "the rod out of the stem of Jesse" (Isa. 11:1, 10), the "Immanuel," the virgin's son (Isa. 7:14), "the branch of Jehovah" (Isa. 4:2), and "the messenger of the covenant" (Mal. 3:1). This is he "of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write." The Old Testament Scripture is full of prophetic declarations regarding the Great Deliverer and the work he was to accomplish. Jesus the Christ is Jesus the Great Deliverer, the Anointed One, the Saviour of men. This name denotes that Jesus was divinely appointed, commissioned, and accredited as the Saviour of men (Heb. 5:4; Isa. 11:2-4; 49:6; John 5:37; Acts 2:22). To believe that "Jesus is the Christ" is to believe that he is the Anointed, the Messiah of the prophets, the Saviour sent of God, that he was, in a word, what he claimed to be. This is to believe the gospel, by the faith of which alone men can be brought unto God. That Jesus is the Christ is the testimony of God, and the faith of this constitutes a Christian (1 Cor. 12:3; 1 John 5:1). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Christian the name given by the Greeks or Romans, probably in reproach, to the followers of Jesus. It was first used at Antioch. The names by which the disciples were known among themselves were "brethren," "the faithful," "elect," "saints," "believers." But as distinguishing them from the multitude without, the name "Christian" came into use, and was universally accepted. This name occurs but three times in the New Testament (Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Pet. 4:16). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Christs, False Our Lord warned his disciples that they would arise (Matt. 24:24). It is said that no fewer than twenty-four persons have at different times appeared (the last in 1682) pretending to be the Messiah of the prophets. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Circuit the apparent diurnal revolution of the sun round the earth (Ps. 19:6), and the changes of the wind (Eccl. 1:6). In Job 22:14, "in the circuit of heaven" (R.V. marg., "on the vault of heaven") means the "arch of heaven," which seems to be bent over our heads. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Crystal (Ezek. 1:22, with the epithet "terrible," as dazzling the spectators with its brightness). The word occurs in Rev. 4:6; 21:11; 22:1. It is a stone of the flint order, the most refined kind of quartz. The Greek word here used means also literally "ice." The ancients regarded the crystal as only pure water congealed into extreme hardness by great length of time. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Christ, anointed | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Christmas Island (territory of Australia) Christmas Island:Geography Location: Southeastern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of Indonesia Map references: Southeast Asia Area: total area: 135 sq km land area: 135 sq km comparative area: about 0.8 times the size of Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 138.9 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 3 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical; heat and humidity moderated by trade winds Terrain: steep cliffs along coast rise abruptly to central plateau Natural resources: phosphate Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0% other: 100% Irrigated land: NA sq km Environment: current issues: NA natural hazards: almost completely surrounded by a reef which can be a maritime hazard international agreements: NA Note: located along major sea lanes of Indian Ocean Christmas Island:People Population: 889 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA Population growth rate: -9% (1995 est.) Birth rate: NA Death rate: NA Net migration rate: NA Infant mortality rate: NA Life expectancy at birth: total population: NA male: NA female: NA Total fertility rate: NA Nationality: noun: Christmas Islander(s) adjective: Christmas Island Ethnic divisions: Chinese 61%, Malay 25%, European 11%, other 3%, no indigenous population Religions: Buddhist 36.1%, Muslim 25.4%, Christian 17.7% (Roman Catholic 8.2%, Church of England 3.2%, Presbyterian 0.9%, Uniting Church 0.4%, Methodist 0.2%, Baptist 0.1%, and other 4.7%), none 12.7%, unknown 4.6%, other 3.5% (1981) Languages: English Labor force: NA by occupation: all workers are employees of the Phosphate Mining Company of Christmas Island, Ltd. Christmas Island:Government Names: conventional long form: Territory of Christmas Island conventional short form: Christmas Island Digraph: KT Type: territory of Australia Capital: The Settlement Administrative divisions: none (territory of Australia) Independence: none (territory of Australia) National holiday: NA Constitution: Christmas Island Act of 1958 Legal system: under the authority of the governor general of Australia Executive branch: chief of state: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952) head of government: Administrator M. J. GRIMES (since NA) cabinet: Advisory Council Legislative branch: none Judicial branch: none Political parties and leaders: none Member of: none Diplomatic representation in US: none (territory of Australia) US diplomatic representation: none (territory of Australia) Flag: the flag of Australia is used Economy Overview: Phosphate mining had been the only significant economic activity, but in December 1987 the Australian Government closed the mine as no longer economically viable. Plans have been under way to reopen the mine and also to build a casino and hotel to develop tourism. National product: GDP $NA National product real growth rate: NA% National product per capita: $NA Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA% Unemployment rate: NA% Budget: revenues: $NA expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA Exports: $NA commodities: phosphate partners: Australia, NZ Imports: $NA commodities: consumer goods partners: principally Australia External debt: $NA Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: capacity: 11,000 kW production: 30 million kWh consumption per capita: 17,800 kWh (1990) Industries: phosphate extraction (near depletion) Agriculture: NA Economic aid: none Currency: 1 Australian dollar ($A) = 100 cents Exchange rates: Australian dollars ($A) per US$1 - 1.3058 (January 1995), 1.3667 (1994), 1.4704, (1993), 1.3600 (1992), 1.2836 (1991), 1.2799 (1990) Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June Christmas Island:Transportation Railroads: 0 km Highways: total: NA km paved: NA km unpaved: NA km Ports: Flying Fish Cove Merchant marine: none Airports: total: 1 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 Christmas Island:Communications Telephone system: NA telephones local: NA intercity: NA international: NA Radio: broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 0, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 1 televisions: NA Christmas Island:Defense Forces Note: defense is the responsibility of Australia |