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Stearone \Ste"a*rone\, n. (Chem.) The ketone of stearic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, ({C17H35)2.CO}, by the distillation of calcium stearate. | |
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Fumaric \Fu*mar"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory ({Fumaria officinalis}). {Fumaric acid} (Chem.), a widely occurring organic acid, exttracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance, {C2H2(CO2H)2}, and produced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also called {lichenic acid}. | |
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Tartaric \Tar*tar"ic\, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar. {Tartaric acid}. (a) An acid widely diffused throughout the vegetable kingdom, as in grapes, mountain-ash berries, etc., and obtained from tartar as a white crystalline substance, {C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2}, having a strong pure acid taste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing, calico printing, photography, etc., and also as a substitute for lemon juice. Called also {dextro-tartaric acid}. (b) By extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids (racemic acid, levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid) of which tartaric acid proper is the type. | |
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Thialol \Thi"al*ol\, n. [Thio- + alcohol + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid, {(C2H5)2S2}, having a strong garlic odor; -- called also {ethyl disulphide}. By extension, any one of the series of related compounds. | |
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(b) Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether. {Complex ether}, {Mixed ether} (Chem.), an oxide of two different radicals in the same molecule; as, ethyl methyl ether, {C2H5.O.CH3}. {Compound ether} (Chem.), an ethereal salt or a salt of some hydrocarbon as the base; an ester. {Ether engine} (Mach.), a condensing engine like a steam engine, but operated by the vapor of ether instead of by steam. | |
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Xanthic \Xan"thic\, a. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow: cf. F. xanthique.] 1. Tending toward a yellow color, or to one of those colors, green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, as scarlet, orange, etc. 2. (Chem.) (a) Possessing, imparting, or producing a yellow color; as, xanthic acid. (b) Of or pertaining to xanthic acid, or its compounds; xanthogenic. (c) Of or pertaining to xanthin. {Xanthic acid} (Chem.), a heavy, astringent, colorless oil, {C2H5O.CS.SH}, having a pungent odor. It is produced by leading carbon disulphide into a hot alcoholic solution of potassium hydroxide. So called from the yellow color of many of its salts. Called also {xanthogenic acid}. {Xanthic colors} (Bot.), those colors (of flowers) having some tinge of yellow; -- opposed to {cyanic colors}. See under {Cyanic}. | |
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Ethylate \Eth"yl*ate\ (-[asl]t), n. [From {Ethyl}.] (Chem.) A compound derived from ethyl alcohol by the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate; as, potassium ethylate, {C2H5.O.K}. | |
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Mercaptan \Mer*cap"tan\, n. [F., fr. NL. mercurius mercury + L. captans, p. pr. of captare to seize, v. intens. fr. capere.] (Chem.) Any one of series of compounds, hydrosulphides of alcohol radicals, in composition resembling the alcohols, but containing sulphur in place of oxygen, and hence called also the {sulphur alcohols}. In general, they are colorless liquids having a strong, repulsive, garlic odor. The name is specifically applied to ethyl mercaptan, {C2H5SH}. So called from its avidity for mercury, and other metals. | |
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Mercaptide \Mer*cap"tide\ (? [or] ?), n. (Chem.) A compound of mercaptan formed by replacing its sulphur hydrogen by a metal; as, potassium mercaptide, {C2H5SK}. | |
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Tetrolic \Tet*rol"ic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, {C3H3.CO2H}, of the acetylene series, homologous with propiolic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance. | |
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Citraconic \Cit`ra*con"ic\, a. [Citric + aconitic.] Pertaining to, derived from, or having certain characteristics of, citric and aconitic acids. {Citraconic acid} (Chem.), a white, crystalline, deliquescent substance, {C3H4(CO2H)2}, obtained by distillation of citric acid. It is a compound of the ethylene series. | |
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Citric \Cit"ric\, a. [Cf. F. citrique. See {Citron}.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon; as, citric acid. {Citric acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, {C3H4OH.(CO2H)3}, extracted from lemons, currants, gooseberries, etc., as a white crystalline substance, having a pleasant sour taste. | |
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Crotonic \Cro*ton"ic\ (kr?-t?n"?k), a. Of or pertaining to, or derived from, a plant of the genus {Croton}, or from croton oil. {Crotonic acid} (Chem.), a white crystalline organic acid, {C3H5.CO2H}, of the ethylene, or acrylic acid series. It was so named because formerly supposed to exist in croton oil. Also, any acid metameric with crotonic acid proper. Note: The acid characteristic of croton oil is tiglic or tiglinic acid, a derivative of {crotonic acid}. | |
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Tricarballylic \Tri*car`bal*lyl"ic\, a. [Pref. tri- + carboxyl + allyl + -ic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex tribasic organic acid, {C3H5.(CO2H)3} occurring naturally in unripe beet roots, and produced artificially from glycerin as a white crystalline substance. | |
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Oxybutyric \Ox`y*bu*tyr"ic\, a. [Oxy (b) + butyric.] (Chem.) Hydroxybutyric; designating any one of a group of metameric acids ({C3H6.OH.CO2H}). | |
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Butyric \Bu*tyr"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, butter. {Butyric acid}, {C3H7.CO2H}, an acid found in butter; an oily, limpid fluid, having the smell of rancid butter, and an acrid taste, with a sweetish aftertaste, like that of ether. There are two metameric butyric acids, called in distinction the normal- and iso-butyric acid. The normal butyric acid is the one common in rancid butter. | |
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Furile \Fu"rile\, n. [Furfurol + benzile.] (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline substance, {(C4H3O)2.C2O2}, obtained by the oxidation of furoin. [Written also {furil}.] | |
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Furfurol \Fur"fu*rol\, n. [L. furfur bran + oleum oil.] (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid, {C4H3O.CHO}, of a pleasant odor, obtained by the distillation of bran, sugar, etc., and regarded as an aldehyde derivative of furfuran; -- called also {furfural}. | |
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Thi89nyl \Thi"[89]*nyl\, n. [Thiophene + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical {C4H3S}, regarded as the essential residue of thiophene and certain of its derivatives. | |
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Thi89none \Thi"[89]*none\, n. [Thi[89]nyl + ketone.] (Chem.) A ketone derivative of thiophene obtained as a white crystalline substance, {(C4H3S)2.CO}, by the action of aluminium chloride and carbonyl chloride on thiophene. | |
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Thiotolene \Thi`o*to"lene\, n. [Thio- + toluene.] (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid, {C4H3S.CH3}, analogous to, and resembling, toluene; -- called also {methyl thiophene}. | |
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Thiophene \Thi"o*phene\, n. [Thio- + phenyl + -ene.] (Chem.) A sulphur hydrocarbon, {C4H4S}, analogous to furfuran and benzene, and acting as the base of a large number of substances which closely resemble the corresponding aromatic derivatives. | |
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Tiglic \Tig"lic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, {C4H7CO2H} (called also methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic acid, and obtained from croton oil (from {Croton Tiglium}) as a white crystalline substance. | |
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Valeric \Va*ler"ic\, a. (Chem.) Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also {inactive valeric acid}), {C4H9CO2H}, is obtained from valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese. {Active valeric acid}, a metameric variety which turns the plane of polarization to the right, although formed by the oxidation of a levorotatory amyl alcohol. | |
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Pimelic \Pi*mel"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] fat.] (Chem.) (a) Pertaining to, or designating, a substance obtained from certain fatty substances, and subsequently shown to be a mixture of suberic and adipic acids. (b) Designating the acid proper ({C5H10(CO2/H)2}) which is obtained from camphoric acid. | |
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Capric \Cap"ric\, a. [L. caper goat.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives. {Capric acid}, {C9H19.CO2H}, {Caprylic acid}, {C7H15.CO2H}, and {Caproic acid}, {C5H11.CO2H}, are fatty acids occurring in small quantities in butter, cocoanut oil, etc., united with glycerin; they are colorless oils, or white crystalline solids, of an unpleasant odor like that of goats or sweat. | |
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Suberic \Su*ber"ic\, a. [L. suber the cork tree: cf. F. sub[82]reque.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to cork; specifically, designating an acid, {C6H12.(CO2H)2}, homologous with oxalic acid, and obtained from cork and certain fatty oils, as a white crystalline substance. | |
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Durene \Du"rene\, n. [L. durus hard; -- so called because solid at ordinary temperatures.] (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, {C6H2(CH3)4}, off artificial production, with an odor like camphor. | |
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Gallic \Gal"lic\ (277), a. [From {Gall} the excrescence.] Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like. {Gallic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially. It is a white, crystalline substance, {C6H2(HO)3.CO2H}, with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent, as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink. | |
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Mesitylene \Me*sit"y*lene\, n. (Chem.) A colorless, fragrant liquid, {C6H3(CH3)3}, of the benzene series of hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling acetone with sulphuric acid. -- {Me*sit`y*len"ic}, a. | |
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Orcin \Or"cin\, n. [Etymology uncertain: cf. F. orcine.] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, {C6H3.CH3.(OH)2}, which is obtained from certain lichens ({Roccella}, {Lecanora}, etc.), also from extract of aloes, and artificially from certain derivatives of toluene. It changes readily into orcein. | |
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Trimesitic \Tri`me*sit"ic\, a. [Pref. tri- + mesitylene + -ic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a tribasic acid, {C6H3.(CO2)3}, of the aromatic series, obtained, by the oxidation of mesitylene, as a white crystalline substance. [Written also {trimesic}.] | |
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Iodocresol \I`o*do*cre"sol\, n. [Iodo- + cresol.] (Org. Chem.) Any of several isomeric iodine derivatives of the cresols, {C6H3I(CH3)OH}, esp. one, an odorless amorphous powder, used in medicine as a substitute for iodoform. | |
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Tolylene \Tol"yl*ene\, n. (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical, {C6H4.(CH2)2}, regarded as characteristic of certain toluene derivatives. | |
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Xylene \Xy"lene\, n. [Gr. xy`lon wood.] (Chem.) Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the aromatic series, found in coal and wood tar, and so named because found in crude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily, inflammable liquids, {C6H4.(CH3)2}, being dimethyl benzenes, and are called respectively {orthoxylene}, {metaxylene}, and {paraxylene}. Called also {xylol}. Note: Each of these xylenes is the nucleus and prototype of a distinct series of compounds. | |
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Phthalic \Phthal"ic\, a. [Naphthalene + -ic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a dibasic acid obtained by the oxidation of naphthalene and allied substances. {Phthalic acid} (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, {C6H4.(CO2H)2}, analogous to benzoic acid, and employed in the brilliant dyestuffs called the phthaleins. | |
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Guiacol \Gui"a*col\, n. [Guiac + -ol.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid, {C6H4,OCH3.OH} | |
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Thiophthene \Thi*oph"thene\, n. [Abbreviated from thionaphthene.] (Chem.) A double thiophene nucleus, {C6H4S2}, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds. [Written also {thiophtene}.] | |
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Cumene \Cu"mene\ (k?"m?n), n. [From {Cumin}.] (Chem.) A colorless oily hydrocarbon, {C6H5.C3H7}, obtained by the distillation of cuminic acid; -- called also {cumol}. | |
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Diphenyl \Di*phe"nyl\, n. [Pref. di- + phenyl.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, {C6H5.C6H5}, obtained by leading benzene through a heated iron tube. It consists of two benzene or phenyl radicals united. | |
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Benzal \Ben"zal\, n. [Benzoic + aldehyde.] (Chem.) A compound radical, {C6H5.CH}, of the aromatic series, related to benzyl and benzoyl; -- used adjectively or in combination. | |
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Benzyl \Ben"zyl\, n. [Benzoic + -yl.] (Chem.) A compound radical, {C6H5.CH2}, related to toluene and benzoic acid; -- commonly used adjectively. | |
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Toluene \Tol"u*ene\, n. [Tolu + benzene.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, {C6H5.CH3}, of the aromatic series, homologous with benzene, and obtained as a light mobile colorless liquid, by distilling tolu balsam, coal tar, etc.; -- called also {methyl benzene}, {phenyl methane}, etc. | |
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Benzoic \Ben*zo"ic\ (b[ecr]n*z[omac]"[icr]k), a. [Cf. F. benzo[8b]que.] Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin. {Benzoic acid}, or {flowers of benzoin}, a peculiar vegetable acid, {C6H5.CO2H}, obtained from benzoin, and some other balsams, by sublimation or decoction. It is also found in the urine of infants and herbivorous animals. It crystallizes in the form of white, satiny flakes; its odor is aromatic; its taste is pungent, and somewhat acidulous. {Benzoic aldehyde}, oil of bitter almonds; the aldehyde, {C6H5.CHO}, intermediate in composition between benzoic or benzyl alcohol, and benzoic acid. It is a thin colorless liquid. | |
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Benzoyl \Ben"zoyl\, n. [Benzoic + Gr. [?] wood. See {-yl}.] (Chem.) A compound radical, {C6H5.CO}; the base of benzoic acid, of the oil of bitter almonds, and of an extensive series of compounds. [Formerly written also {benzule}.] | |
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Benzoic \Ben*zo"ic\ (b[ecr]n*z[omac]"[icr]k), a. [Cf. F. benzo[8b]que.] Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin. {Benzoic acid}, or {flowers of benzoin}, a peculiar vegetable acid, {C6H5.CO2H}, obtained from benzoin, and some other balsams, by sublimation or decoction. It is also found in the urine of infants and herbivorous animals. It crystallizes in the form of white, satiny flakes; its odor is aromatic; its taste is pungent, and somewhat acidulous. {Benzoic aldehyde}, oil of bitter almonds; the aldehyde, {C6H5.CHO}, intermediate in composition between benzoic or benzyl alcohol, and benzoic acid. It is a thin colorless liquid. | |
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Phenetol \Phe"ne*tol\, n. [Phenyl + ethyl + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) The ethyl ether of phenol, obtained as an aromatic liquid, {C6H5.O.C2H5}. | |
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Anisol \An"i*sol\, n. [Anisic + -ol.] (Chem.) Methyl phenyl ether, {C6H5OCH3}, got by distilling anisic acid or by the action of methide on potassium phenolate. | |
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Thiophenol \Thi`o*phe"nol\, n. [Thio- + phenol.] (Chem.) A colorless mobile liquid, {C6H5.SH}, of an offensive odor, and analogous to phenol; -- called also {phenyl sulphydrate}. | |
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Sulphonic \Sul*phon"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a sulphone; -- used specifically to designate any one of a series of acids (regarded as acid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained by the oxidation of the mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric acid with certain aromatic bases (as benzene); as, phenyl sulphonic acid, {C6H5.SO2.OH}, a stable colorless crystalline substance. {Sulphonic group} (Chem.), the hypothetical radical, {SO2.OH}, the characteristic residue of sulphonic acids. | |
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Carboxide \Car*box"ide\, n. [Carbon + oxide.] (Chem.) A compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some element or radical; as, potassium carboxide. {Potassium carboxide}, a grayish explosive crystalline compound, {C6O6K}, obtained by passing carbon monoxide over heated potassium. | |
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Capric \Cap"ric\, a. [L. caper goat.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives. {Capric acid}, {C9H19.CO2H}, {Caprylic acid}, {C7H15.CO2H}, and {Caproic acid}, {C5H11.CO2H}, are fatty acids occurring in small quantities in butter, cocoanut oil, etc., united with glycerin; they are colorless oils, or white crystalline solids, of an unpleasant odor like that of goats or sweat. | |
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Thionaphthene \Thi`o*naph"thene\, n. [Thiophene + naphthalene.] (Chem.) A double benzene and thiophene nucleus, {C8H6S}, analogous to naphthalene, and like it the base of a large series of derivatives. [Written also {thionaphtene}.] | |
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C91sious \C[91]"si*ous\, a. [L. caesius bluish gray.] (Nat. Hist.) Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray. --Lindley. | |
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Capric \Cap"ric\, a. [L. caper goat.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives. {Capric acid}, {C9H19.CO2H}, {Caprylic acid}, {C7H15.CO2H}, and {Caproic acid}, {C5H11.CO2H}, are fatty acids occurring in small quantities in butter, cocoanut oil, etc., united with glycerin; they are colorless oils, or white crystalline solids, of an unpleasant odor like that of goats or sweat. | |
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Caas \Caas\ (k[aum]s), n. sing. & pl. Case. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Cacao \Ca*ca"o\, n. [Sp., fr. Mex. kakahuatl. Cf. {Cocoa}, {Chocolate}] (Bot.) A small evergreen tree ({Theobroma Cacao}) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which cocoa, chocolate, and broma are prepared. | |
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Cachou \Ca`chou"\, n. [F. See Cashoo.] A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath. | |
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Cack \Cack\, v. i. [OE. cakken, fr. L. cacare; akin to Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?], and to OIr. cacc dung; cf. AS. cac.] To ease the body by stool; to go to stool. --Pope. | |
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Cag \Cag\, n. See {Keg}. [Obs.] | |
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Cage \Cage\, n. [F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf. {Cave}, n., {Cajole}, {Gabion}.] 1. A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals. In his cage, like parrot fine and gay. --Cowper. | |
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Cage \Cage\ (k[amac]j), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caged} (k[amac]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Caging}.] To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. [bd]Caged and starved to death.[b8] --Cowper. | |
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Cake \Cake\ (k[amac]k), n. [OE. cake, kaak; akin to Dan. kage, Sw. & Icel. kaka, D. koek, G. kuchen, OHG. chuocho.] 1. A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake. 2. A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape. 3. A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes. 4. A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of soap; an ague cake. Cakes of rusting ice come rolling down the flood. --Dryden. {Cake urchin} (Zo[94]l), any species of flat sea urchins belonging to the {Clypeastroidea}. {Oil cake} the refuse of flax seed, cotton seed, or other vegetable substance from which oil has been expressed, compacted into a solid mass, and used as food for cattle, for manure, or for other purposes. {To have one's cake dough}, to fail or be disappointed in what one has undertaken or expected. --Shak. | |
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Cake \Cake\, v. i. To form into a cake, or mass. | |
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Cake \Cake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caking}.] To concrete or consolidate into a hard mass, as dough in an oven; to coagulate. Clotted blood that caked within. --Addison. | |
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Cake \Cake\, v. i. To cackle as a goose. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Brain \Brain\, n. [OE. brain, brein, AS. bragen, br[91]gen; akin to LG. br[84]gen, bregen, D. brein, and perh. to Gr. [?], the upper part of head, if [?] =[?]. [root]95.] 1. (Anat.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain. Note: In the brain of man the cerebral lobes, or largest part of the forebrain, are enormously developed so as to overhang the cerebellum, the great lobe of the hindbrain, and completely cover the lobes of the midbrain. The surface of the cerebrum is divided into irregular ridges, or convolutions, separated by grooves (the so-called fissures and sulci), and the two hemispheres are connected at the bottom of the longitudinal fissure by a great transverse band of nervous matter, the corpus callosum, while the two halves of the cerebellum are connected on the under side of the brain by the bridge, or pons Varolii. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates. 3. The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding. [bd] My brain is too dull.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Note: In this sense, often used in the plural. 4. The affections; fancy; imagination. [R.] --Shak. {To have on the brain}, to have constantly in one's thoughts, as a sort of monomania. [Low] {Brain box} [or] {case}, the bony on cartilaginous case inclosing the brain. {Brain coral}, {Brain stone coral} (Zo[94]l), a massive reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the surface of the brain, esp. such corals of the genera {M[91]andrina} and {Diploria}. {Brain fag} (Med.), brain weariness. See {Cerebropathy}. {Brain fever} (Med.), fever in which the brain is specially affected; any acute cerebral affection attended by fever. {Brain sand}, calcareous matter found in the pineal gland. | |
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Case \Case\ (k[amac]s), n. [OF. casse, F. caisse (cf. It. cassa), fr. L. capsa chest, box, case, fr. capere to take, hold. See {Capacious}, and cf. 4th {Chase}, {Cash}, {Enchase}, 3d {Sash}.] 1. A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book. 2. A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments. 3. (Print.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or [bd]boxes[b8] for holding type. Note: Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two, called respectively the upper and the lower case. The {upper case} contains capitals, small capitals, accented and marked letters, fractions, and marks of reference: the {lower case} contains the small letters, figures, marks of punctuation, quadrats, and spaces. 4. An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case. 5. (Mining) A small fissure which admits water to the workings. --Knight. | |
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Case \Case\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Casing}.] 1. To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose. The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. --Prescott. 2. To strip the skin from; as, to case a box. [Obs.] | |
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Case \Case\, n. [F. cas, fr. L. casus, fr. cadere to fall, to happen. Cf. {Chance}.] 1. Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. [Obs.] By aventure, or sort, or cas. --Chaucer. 2. That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes. In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge. --Deut. xxiv. 13. If the case of the man be so with his wife. --Matt. xix. 10. And when a lady's in the case You know all other things give place. --Gay. You think this madness but a common case. --Pope. I am in case to justle a constable, --Shak. 3. (Med. & Surg.) A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury. A proper remedy in hypochondriacal cases. --Arbuthnot. 4. (Law) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause. Let us consider the reason of the case, for nothing is law that is not reason. --Sir John Powell. Not one case in the reports of our courts. --Steele. 5. (Gram.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word. Case is properly a falling off from the nominative or first state of word; the name for which, however, is now, by extension of its signification, applied also to the nominative. --J. W. Gibbs. Note: Cases other than the nominative are oblique cases. Case endings are terminations by which certain cases are distinguished. In old English, as in Latin, nouns had several cases distinguished by case endings, but in modern English only that of the possessive case is retained. {Action on the case} (Law), according to the old classification (now obsolete), was an action for redress of wrongs or injuries to person or property not specially provided against by law, in which the whole cause of complaint was set out in the writ; -- called also {trespass on the case}, or simply {case}. {All a case}, a matter of indifference. [Obs.] [bd]It is all a case to me.[b8] --L'Estrange. {Case at bar}. See under {Bar}, n. {Case divinity}, casuistry. {Case lawyer}, one versed in the reports of cases rather than in the science of the law. {Case} {stated [or] agreed on} (Law), a statement in writing of facts agreed on and submitted to the court for a decision of the legal points arising on them. {A hard case}, an abandoned or incorrigible person. [Colloq.] {In any case}, whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow. {In case}, or {In case that}, if; supposing that; in the event or contingency; if it should happen that. [bd]In case we are surprised, keep by me.[b8] --W. Irving. {In good case}, in good condition, health, or state of body. {To put a case}, to suppose a hypothetical or illustrative case. Syn: Situation, condition, state; circumstances; plight; predicament; occurrence; contingency; accident; event; conjuncture; cause; action; suit. | |
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Case \Case\, v. i. To propose hypothetical cases. [Obs.] [bd]Casing upon the matter.[b8] --L'Estrange. | |
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Brain \Brain\, n. [OE. brain, brein, AS. bragen, br[91]gen; akin to LG. br[84]gen, bregen, D. brein, and perh. to Gr. [?], the upper part of head, if [?] =[?]. [root]95.] 1. (Anat.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain. Note: In the brain of man the cerebral lobes, or largest part of the forebrain, are enormously developed so as to overhang the cerebellum, the great lobe of the hindbrain, and completely cover the lobes of the midbrain. The surface of the cerebrum is divided into irregular ridges, or convolutions, separated by grooves (the so-called fissures and sulci), and the two hemispheres are connected at the bottom of the longitudinal fissure by a great transverse band of nervous matter, the corpus callosum, while the two halves of the cerebellum are connected on the under side of the brain by the bridge, or pons Varolii. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates. 3. The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding. [bd] My brain is too dull.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Note: In this sense, often used in the plural. 4. The affections; fancy; imagination. [R.] --Shak. {To have on the brain}, to have constantly in one's thoughts, as a sort of monomania. [Low] {Brain box} [or] {case}, the bony on cartilaginous case inclosing the brain. {Brain coral}, {Brain stone coral} (Zo[94]l), a massive reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the surface of the brain, esp. such corals of the genera {M[91]andrina} and {Diploria}. {Brain fag} (Med.), brain weariness. See {Cerebropathy}. {Brain fever} (Med.), fever in which the brain is specially affected; any acute cerebral affection attended by fever. {Brain sand}, calcareous matter found in the pineal gland. | |
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Case \Case\ (k[amac]s), n. [OF. casse, F. caisse (cf. It. cassa), fr. L. capsa chest, box, case, fr. capere to take, hold. See {Capacious}, and cf. 4th {Chase}, {Cash}, {Enchase}, 3d {Sash}.] 1. A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book. 2. A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments. 3. (Print.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or [bd]boxes[b8] for holding type. Note: Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two, called respectively the upper and the lower case. The {upper case} contains capitals, small capitals, accented and marked letters, fractions, and marks of reference: the {lower case} contains the small letters, figures, marks of punctuation, quadrats, and spaces. 4. An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case. 5. (Mining) A small fissure which admits water to the workings. --Knight. | |
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Case \Case\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Casing}.] 1. To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose. The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. --Prescott. 2. To strip the skin from; as, to case a box. [Obs.] | |
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Case \Case\, n. [F. cas, fr. L. casus, fr. cadere to fall, to happen. Cf. {Chance}.] 1. Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. [Obs.] By aventure, or sort, or cas. --Chaucer. 2. That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes. In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge. --Deut. xxiv. 13. If the case of the man be so with his wife. --Matt. xix. 10. And when a lady's in the case You know all other things give place. --Gay. You think this madness but a common case. --Pope. I am in case to justle a constable, --Shak. 3. (Med. & Surg.) A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury. A proper remedy in hypochondriacal cases. --Arbuthnot. 4. (Law) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause. Let us consider the reason of the case, for nothing is law that is not reason. --Sir John Powell. Not one case in the reports of our courts. --Steele. 5. (Gram.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word. Case is properly a falling off from the nominative or first state of word; the name for which, however, is now, by extension of its signification, applied also to the nominative. --J. W. Gibbs. Note: Cases other than the nominative are oblique cases. Case endings are terminations by which certain cases are distinguished. In old English, as in Latin, nouns had several cases distinguished by case endings, but in modern English only that of the possessive case is retained. {Action on the case} (Law), according to the old classification (now obsolete), was an action for redress of wrongs or injuries to person or property not specially provided against by law, in which the whole cause of complaint was set out in the writ; -- called also {trespass on the case}, or simply {case}. {All a case}, a matter of indifference. [Obs.] [bd]It is all a case to me.[b8] --L'Estrange. {Case at bar}. See under {Bar}, n. {Case divinity}, casuistry. {Case lawyer}, one versed in the reports of cases rather than in the science of the law. {Case} {stated [or] agreed on} (Law), a statement in writing of facts agreed on and submitted to the court for a decision of the legal points arising on them. {A hard case}, an abandoned or incorrigible person. [Colloq.] {In any case}, whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow. {In case}, or {In case that}, if; supposing that; in the event or contingency; if it should happen that. [bd]In case we are surprised, keep by me.[b8] --W. Irving. {In good case}, in good condition, health, or state of body. {To put a case}, to suppose a hypothetical or illustrative case. Syn: Situation, condition, state; circumstances; plight; predicament; occurrence; contingency; accident; event; conjuncture; cause; action; suit. | |
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Case \Case\, v. i. To propose hypothetical cases. [Obs.] [bd]Casing upon the matter.[b8] --L'Estrange. | |
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Brain \Brain\, n. [OE. brain, brein, AS. bragen, br[91]gen; akin to LG. br[84]gen, bregen, D. brein, and perh. to Gr. [?], the upper part of head, if [?] =[?]. [root]95.] 1. (Anat.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain. Note: In the brain of man the cerebral lobes, or largest part of the forebrain, are enormously developed so as to overhang the cerebellum, the great lobe of the hindbrain, and completely cover the lobes of the midbrain. The surface of the cerebrum is divided into irregular ridges, or convolutions, separated by grooves (the so-called fissures and sulci), and the two hemispheres are connected at the bottom of the longitudinal fissure by a great transverse band of nervous matter, the corpus callosum, while the two halves of the cerebellum are connected on the under side of the brain by the bridge, or pons Varolii. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates. 3. The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding. [bd] My brain is too dull.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Note: In this sense, often used in the plural. 4. The affections; fancy; imagination. [R.] --Shak. {To have on the brain}, to have constantly in one's thoughts, as a sort of monomania. [Low] {Brain box} [or] {case}, the bony on cartilaginous case inclosing the brain. {Brain coral}, {Brain stone coral} (Zo[94]l), a massive reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the surface of the brain, esp. such corals of the genera {M[91]andrina} and {Diploria}. {Brain fag} (Med.), brain weariness. See {Cerebropathy}. {Brain fever} (Med.), fever in which the brain is specially affected; any acute cerebral affection attended by fever. {Brain sand}, calcareous matter found in the pineal gland. | |
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Case \Case\ (k[amac]s), n. [OF. casse, F. caisse (cf. It. cassa), fr. L. capsa chest, box, case, fr. capere to take, hold. See {Capacious}, and cf. 4th {Chase}, {Cash}, {Enchase}, 3d {Sash}.] 1. A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book. 2. A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments. 3. (Print.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or [bd]boxes[b8] for holding type. Note: Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two, called respectively the upper and the lower case. The {upper case} contains capitals, small capitals, accented and marked letters, fractions, and marks of reference: the {lower case} contains the small letters, figures, marks of punctuation, quadrats, and spaces. 4. An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case. 5. (Mining) A small fissure which admits water to the workings. --Knight. | |
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Case \Case\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Casing}.] 1. To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose. The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. --Prescott. 2. To strip the skin from; as, to case a box. [Obs.] | |
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Case \Case\, n. [F. cas, fr. L. casus, fr. cadere to fall, to happen. Cf. {Chance}.] 1. Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. [Obs.] By aventure, or sort, or cas. --Chaucer. 2. That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes. In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge. --Deut. xxiv. 13. If the case of the man be so with his wife. --Matt. xix. 10. And when a lady's in the case You know all other things give place. --Gay. You think this madness but a common case. --Pope. I am in case to justle a constable, --Shak. 3. (Med. & Surg.) A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury. A proper remedy in hypochondriacal cases. --Arbuthnot. 4. (Law) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause. Let us consider the reason of the case, for nothing is law that is not reason. --Sir John Powell. Not one case in the reports of our courts. --Steele. 5. (Gram.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word. Case is properly a falling off from the nominative or first state of word; the name for which, however, is now, by extension of its signification, applied also to the nominative. --J. W. Gibbs. Note: Cases other than the nominative are oblique cases. Case endings are terminations by which certain cases are distinguished. In old English, as in Latin, nouns had several cases distinguished by case endings, but in modern English only that of the possessive case is retained. {Action on the case} (Law), according to the old classification (now obsolete), was an action for redress of wrongs or injuries to person or property not specially provided against by law, in which the whole cause of complaint was set out in the writ; -- called also {trespass on the case}, or simply {case}. {All a case}, a matter of indifference. [Obs.] [bd]It is all a case to me.[b8] --L'Estrange. {Case at bar}. See under {Bar}, n. {Case divinity}, casuistry. {Case lawyer}, one versed in the reports of cases rather than in the science of the law. {Case} {stated [or] agreed on} (Law), a statement in writing of facts agreed on and submitted to the court for a decision of the legal points arising on them. {A hard case}, an abandoned or incorrigible person. [Colloq.] {In any case}, whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow. {In case}, or {In case that}, if; supposing that; in the event or contingency; if it should happen that. [bd]In case we are surprised, keep by me.[b8] --W. Irving. {In good case}, in good condition, health, or state of body. {To put a case}, to suppose a hypothetical or illustrative case. Syn: Situation, condition, state; circumstances; plight; predicament; occurrence; contingency; accident; event; conjuncture; cause; action; suit. | |
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Case \Case\, v. i. To propose hypothetical cases. [Obs.] [bd]Casing upon the matter.[b8] --L'Estrange. | |
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Brain \Brain\, n. [OE. brain, brein, AS. bragen, br[91]gen; akin to LG. br[84]gen, bregen, D. brein, and perh. to Gr. [?], the upper part of head, if [?] =[?]. [root]95.] 1. (Anat.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three segments, the fore-, mid-, and hind-brain. Note: In the brain of man the cerebral lobes, or largest part of the forebrain, are enormously developed so as to overhang the cerebellum, the great lobe of the hindbrain, and completely cover the lobes of the midbrain. The surface of the cerebrum is divided into irregular ridges, or convolutions, separated by grooves (the so-called fissures and sulci), and the two hemispheres are connected at the bottom of the longitudinal fissure by a great transverse band of nervous matter, the corpus callosum, while the two halves of the cerebellum are connected on the under side of the brain by the bridge, or pons Varolii. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The anterior or cephalic ganglion in insects and other invertebrates. 3. The organ or seat of intellect; hence, the understanding. [bd] My brain is too dull.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Note: In this sense, often used in the plural. 4. The affections; fancy; imagination. [R.] --Shak. {To have on the brain}, to have constantly in one's thoughts, as a sort of monomania. [Low] {Brain box} [or] {case}, the bony on cartilaginous case inclosing the brain. {Brain coral}, {Brain stone coral} (Zo[94]l), a massive reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the surface of the brain, esp. such corals of the genera {M[91]andrina} and {Diploria}. {Brain fag} (Med.), brain weariness. See {Cerebropathy}. {Brain fever} (Med.), fever in which the brain is specially affected; any acute cerebral affection attended by fever. {Brain sand}, calcareous matter found in the pineal gland. | |
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Case \Case\ (k[amac]s), n. [OF. casse, F. caisse (cf. It. cassa), fr. L. capsa chest, box, case, fr. capere to take, hold. See {Capacious}, and cf. 4th {Chase}, {Cash}, {Enchase}, 3d {Sash}.] 1. A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book. 2. A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments. 3. (Print.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or [bd]boxes[b8] for holding type. Note: Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two, called respectively the upper and the lower case. The {upper case} contains capitals, small capitals, accented and marked letters, fractions, and marks of reference: the {lower case} contains the small letters, figures, marks of punctuation, quadrats, and spaces. 4. An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case. 5. (Mining) A small fissure which admits water to the workings. --Knight. | |
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Case \Case\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Casing}.] 1. To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose. The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. --Prescott. 2. To strip the skin from; as, to case a box. [Obs.] | |
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Case \Case\, n. [F. cas, fr. L. casus, fr. cadere to fall, to happen. Cf. {Chance}.] 1. Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. [Obs.] By aventure, or sort, or cas. --Chaucer. 2. That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes. In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge. --Deut. xxiv. 13. If the case of the man be so with his wife. --Matt. xix. 10. And when a lady's in the case You know all other things give place. --Gay. You think this madness but a common case. --Pope. I am in case to justle a constable, --Shak. 3. (Med. & Surg.) A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury. A proper remedy in hypochondriacal cases. --Arbuthnot. 4. (Law) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause. Let us consider the reason of the case, for nothing is law that is not reason. --Sir John Powell. Not one case in the reports of our courts. --Steele. 5. (Gram.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word. Case is properly a falling off from the nominative or first state of word; the name for which, however, is now, by extension of its signification, applied also to the nominative. --J. W. Gibbs. Note: Cases other than the nominative are oblique cases. Case endings are terminations by which certain cases are distinguished. In old English, as in Latin, nouns had several cases distinguished by case endings, but in modern English only that of the possessive case is retained. {Action on the case} (Law), according to the old classification (now obsolete), was an action for redress of wrongs or injuries to person or property not specially provided against by law, in which the whole cause of complaint was set out in the writ; -- called also {trespass on the case}, or simply {case}. {All a case}, a matter of indifference. [Obs.] [bd]It is all a case to me.[b8] --L'Estrange. {Case at bar}. See under {Bar}, n. {Case divinity}, casuistry. {Case lawyer}, one versed in the reports of cases rather than in the science of the law. {Case} {stated [or] agreed on} (Law), a statement in writing of facts agreed on and submitted to the court for a decision of the legal points arising on them. {A hard case}, an abandoned or incorrigible person. [Colloq.] {In any case}, whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow. {In case}, or {In case that}, if; supposing that; in the event or contingency; if it should happen that. [bd]In case we are surprised, keep by me.[b8] --W. Irving. {In good case}, in good condition, health, or state of body. {To put a case}, to suppose a hypothetical or illustrative case. Syn: Situation, condition, state; circumstances; plight; predicament; occurrence; contingency; accident; event; conjuncture; cause; action; suit. | |
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Case \Case\, v. i. To propose hypothetical cases. [Obs.] [bd]Casing upon the matter.[b8] --L'Estrange. | |
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Cash \Cash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Casing}.] To pay, or to receive, cash for; to exchange for money; as, cash a note or an order. | |
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Cash \Cash\, n. [F. caisse case, box, cash box, cash. See {Case} a box.] A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box. [Obs.] This bank is properly a general cash, where every man lodges his money. --Sir W. Temple. [9c]20,000 are known to be in her cash. --Sir R. Winwood. 2. (Com.) (a) Ready money; especially, coin or specie; but also applied to bank notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper easily convertible into money. (b) Immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to sell goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for cash. {Cash account} (Bookkeeping), an account of money received, disbursed, and on hand. {Cash boy}, in large retail stores, a messenger who carries the money received by the salesman from customers to a cashier, and returns the proper change. [Colloq.] {Cash credit}, an account with a bank by which a person or house, having given security for repayment, draws at pleasure upon the bank to the extent of an amount agreed upon; -- called also {bank credit} and {cash account}. {Cash sales}, sales made for ready, money, in distinction from those on which credit is given; stocks sold, to be delivered on the day of transaction. | |
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Cash \Cash\, v. t. [See {Cashier}.] To disband. [Obs.] --Garges. | |
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Cash \Cash\, n.sing & pl. A Chinese coin. Note: The cash (Chinese tsien) is the only current coin made by the chinese government. It is a thin circular disk of a very base alloy of copper, with a square hole in the center. 1,000 to 1,400 cash are equivalent to a dollar. | |
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Cashew \Ca*shew"\ (k[adot]*sh[oomac]"), n. [F. acajou, for cajou, prob. from Malay k[be]yu tree; cf. Pg. acaju, cf. {Acajou}.] (Bot.) A tree ({Anacardium occidentale}) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long. {Cashew nut}, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell by roasting the nut. | |
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Cashoo \Ca*shoo"\, n. [F. cachou, NL. {catechu}, Cochin-Chin. cay cau from the tree called mimosa, or areca catechu. Cf. {Catechu}.] See {Catechu}. | |
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Metasilicic \Met`a*si*lic"ic\, a. [Pref. meta- + silicic.] (Chem.) Designating an acid derived from silicic acid by the removal of water; of or pertaining to such an acid. Note: The salts of metasilicic acid are often called bisilicates, in mineralogy, as Wollastonite ({CaSiO3}). {Metasilicic acid} (Chem.), a gelatinous substance, or white amorphous powder, analogous to carbonic acid, and forming many stable salts. | |
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Cask \Cask\, n. [Sp. casco potsherd, skull, helmet, prob. fr. cascar to break, fr. L. Quassure to break. Cf. {Casque}, {Cass}.] 1. Same as {Casque}. [Obs.] 2. A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel. 3. The quantity contained in a cask. 4. A casket; a small box for jewels. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Cask \Cask\, v. t. To put into a cask. | |
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Casque \Casque\, n. [F. casque, fr. Sp. casco See {Cask}.] A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet. His casque overshadowed with brilliant plumes. --Prescott. | |
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Cass \Cass\, v. t. [F. casser, LL. cassare, fr. L. cassus empty, hollow, and perhaps influenced by L. quassare to shake, shatter, v. intens. of quatere to shake. Cf. {Cashier}, v. t., {Quash}, {Cask}.] To render useless or void; to annul; to reject; to send away. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleing. | |
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Cassia \Cas"sia\, n. [L. cassia and casia, Gr. [?] and [?]; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. qets[c6][be]h, fr. q[be]tsa' to cut off, to peel off.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several species furnish the senna used in medicine. 2. The bark of several species of {Cinnamomum} grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as {cassia}, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached. Note: The medicinal [bd]cassia[b8] (Cassia pulp) is the laxative pulp of the pods of a leguminous tree ({Cassia fistula} or Pudding-pipe tree), native in the East Indies but naturalized in various tropical countries. {Cassia bark}, the bark of {Cinnamomum cassia}, etc. The coarser kinds are called {Cassia lignea}, and are often used to adulterate true cinnamon. {Cassia buds}, the dried flower buds of several species of cinnamon ({Cinnamomum cassia}, atc..). {Cassia oil}, oil extracted from cassia bark and cassia buds; -- called also {oil of cinnamon}. | |
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Cassia \Cas"sia\, n. [L. cassia and casia, Gr. [?] and [?]; of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. qets[c6][be]h, fr. q[be]tsa' to cut off, to peel off.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several species furnish the senna used in medicine. 2. The bark of several species of {Cinnamomum} grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as {cassia}, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached. Note: The medicinal [bd]cassia[b8] (Cassia pulp) is the laxative pulp of the pods of a leguminous tree ({Cassia fistula} or Pudding-pipe tree), native in the East Indies but naturalized in various tropical countries. {Cassia bark}, the bark of {Cinnamomum cassia}, etc. The coarser kinds are called {Cassia lignea}, and are often used to adulterate true cinnamon. {Cassia buds}, the dried flower buds of several species of cinnamon ({Cinnamomum cassia}, atc..). {Cassia oil}, oil extracted from cassia bark and cassia buds; -- called also {oil of cinnamon}. | |
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Cauk \Cauk\ (k[add]k), n., Cauker \Cauk"er\ (-[etil]r), n. See {Cawk}, {Calker}. | |
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Shine \Shine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shone} ([?] [or] [?]; 277) (archaic {Shined}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shining}.] [OE. shinen, schinen, AS. sc[c6]nan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. sk[c6]na, OS. & OHG. sc[c6]nan, G. scheinen, Icel. sk[c6]na, Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. [?][?][?] shadow. [root]157. Cf. {Sheer} pure, and {Shimmer}.] 1. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night. Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine. --Shak. God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist. --2 Cor. iv. 6. Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster. --Denham. 2. To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver. 3. To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. [bd]So proud she shined in her princely state.[b8] --Spenser. Once brightest shined this child of heat and air. --Pope. 4. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation. Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable. --Swift. {To make}, [or] {cause}, {the face to shine upon}, to be propitious to; to be gracious to. --Num. vi. 25. | |
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Cause \Cause\ (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. {Cause}, v., {Kickshaw}.] 1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to make one thing begin to be. --Locke. 2. That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing. 3. Sake; interest; advantage. [Obs.] I did it not for his cause. --2 Cor. vii. 12. 4. (Law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action. 5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general. What counsel give you in this weighty cause! --Shak. 6. The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain. God befriend us, as our cause is just. --Shak. The part they take against me is from zeal to the cause. --Burke. {Efficient cause}, the agent or force that produces a change or result. {Final cause}, the end, design, or object, for which anything is done. {Formal cause}, the elements of a conception which make the conception or the thing conceived to be what it is; or the idea viewed as a formative principle and co[94]perating with the matter. {Material cause}, that of which anything is made. {Proximate cause}. See under {Proximate}. {To make common cause with}, to join with in purposes and aims. --Macaulay. Syn: Origin; source; mainspring; motive; reason; incitement; inducement; purpose; object; suit; action. | |
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Cause \Cause\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caused}; p. pr. & v. n. {Causing}.] [F. causer, fr. cause, fr. L. causa. See {Cause}, n., and cf. {Acouse}.] To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb. I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days. --Gen. vii. 4. Cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans. --Col. iv. 16. Syn: To create; produce; beget; effect; occasion; originate; induce; bring about. | |
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Cause \Cause\, v. i. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Cause \Cause\, conj. Abbreviation of {Because}. --B. Jonson. | |
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Shine \Shine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shone} ([?] [or] [?]; 277) (archaic {Shined}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Shining}.] [OE. shinen, schinen, AS. sc[c6]nan; akin to D. schijnen, OFries. sk[c6]na, OS. & OHG. sc[c6]nan, G. scheinen, Icel. sk[c6]na, Sw. skina, Dan. skinne, Goth. skeinan, and perh. to Gr. [?][?][?] shadow. [root]157. Cf. {Sheer} pure, and {Shimmer}.] 1. To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by night. Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine. --Shak. God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Cghrist. --2 Cor. iv. 6. Let thine eyes shine forth in their full luster. --Denham. 2. To be bright by reflection of light; to gleam; to be glossy; as, to shine like polished silver. 3. To be effulgent in splendor or beauty. [bd]So proud she shined in her princely state.[b8] --Spenser. Once brightest shined this child of heat and air. --Pope. 4. To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers; as, to shine in courts; to shine in conversation. Few are qualified to shine in company; but it in most men's power to be agreeable. --Swift. {To make}, [or] {cause}, {the face to shine upon}, to be propitious to; to be gracious to. --Num. vi. 25. | |
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Cause \Cause\ (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. {Cause}, v., {Kickshaw}.] 1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to make one thing begin to be. --Locke. 2. That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing. 3. Sake; interest; advantage. [Obs.] I did it not for his cause. --2 Cor. vii. 12. 4. (Law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action. 5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general. What counsel give you in this weighty cause! --Shak. 6. The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain. God befriend us, as our cause is just. --Shak. The part they take against me is from zeal to the cause. --Burke. {Efficient cause}, the agent or force that produces a change or result. {Final cause}, the end, design, or object, for which anything is done. {Formal cause}, the elements of a conception which make the conception or the thing conceived to be what it is; or the idea viewed as a formative principle and co[94]perating with the matter. {Material cause}, that of which anything is made. {Proximate cause}. See under {Proximate}. {To make common cause with}, to join with in purposes and aims. --Macaulay. Syn: Origin; source; mainspring; motive; reason; incitement; inducement; purpose; object; suit; action. | |
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Cause \Cause\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caused}; p. pr. & v. n. {Causing}.] [F. causer, fr. cause, fr. L. causa. See {Cause}, n., and cf. {Acouse}.] To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb. I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days. --Gen. vii. 4. Cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans. --Col. iv. 16. Syn: To create; produce; beget; effect; occasion; originate; induce; bring about. | |
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Cause \Cause\, v. i. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Cause \Cause\, conj. Abbreviation of {Because}. --B. Jonson. | |
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Causeway \Cause"way\ (k[add]z"w[asl]), Causey \Cau"sey\ ((k[add]"z[ycr]), n. [OE. cauci, cauchie, OF. cauchie, F. chauss[82]e, from LL. (via) calciata, fr calciare to make a road, either fr. L. calx lime, hence, to pave with limestone (cf. E. chalk), or from L. calceus shoe, from calx heel, hence, to shoe, pave, or wear by treading.] A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground. But that broad causeway will direct your way. --Dryden. The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate. --Milton. | |
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Causeway \Cause"way\ (k[add]z"w[asl]), Causey \Cau"sey\ ((k[add]"z[ycr]), n. [OE. cauci, cauchie, OF. cauchie, F. chauss[82]e, from LL. (via) calciata, fr calciare to make a road, either fr. L. calx lime, hence, to pave with limestone (cf. E. chalk), or from L. calceus shoe, from calx heel, hence, to shoe, pave, or wear by treading.] A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground. But that broad causeway will direct your way. --Dryden. The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate. --Milton. | |
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Cawk \Cawk\ (k[add]k), n. [Prov. E. cauk limestone. A doublet of chalk.] (Min.) An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar. [Also written {cauk}.] | |
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Cawky \Cawk"y\, a. Of or pertaining to cawk; like cawk. | |
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Cayugas \Ca*yu"gas\, n. pl.; sing. {Cayuga}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations. | |
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Cayuse \Cay*use"\, n. An Indian pony. [Northw. U. S.] | |
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Cease \Cease\ (s[emac]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ceased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ceasing}.] [OE. cessen, cesen, F. cesser, fr. L. cessare, v. intemsive fr. cedere to withdraw. See {Cede}, and cf. {Cessation}.] 1. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased. [bd]To cease from strife.[b8] --Prov. xx. 3. 2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away. The poor shall never cease out of the land. --Deut. xv. 11. Syn: To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue; refrain; leave off; pause; end. | |
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Cease \Cease\, v. t. To put a stop to; to bring to an end. But he, her fears to cease Sent down the meek-eyed peace. --Milton. Cease, then, this impious rage. --Milton | |
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Cease \Cease\, n. Extinction. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Inadvertence \In`ad*vert"ence\; pl. {-ces}, Inadvertency \In`ad*vert"en*cy\; pl. {-cies}, n. [Cf. F. inadvertance.] 1. The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence. Inadvertency, or want of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. --Jer. Taylor. 2. An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence. The productions of a great genius, with many lapses an inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact. --Addison. Syn: Inattention; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence; thoughtlessness. See {Inattention}. | |
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Cess \Cess\, v. i. [F. cesser. See {Cease}.] To cease; to neglect. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Cess \Cess\, n. [For sess, conts. from {Assess}.] 1. A rate or tax. [Obs. or Prof. Eng. & Scot.] --Spenser. 2. Bound; measure. [Obs.] The poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all cess. --Shak. | |
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Cess \Cess\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cessing}.] To rate; to tax; to assess. --Spenser. | |
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Ethenyl \Eth"e*nyl\, n. [Ethene + -yl.] (Chem.) (a) A trivalent hydrocarbon radical, {CH3.C}. (b) A univalent hydrocarbon radical of the ethylene series, {CH2:CH}; -- called also {vinyl}. See {Vinyl}. | |
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Ethylidene \E*thyl"i*dene\ (Chem.) An unsymmetrical, divalent, hydrocarbon radical, {C2H4} metameric with ethylene but written thus, {CH3.CH} to distinguish it from the symmetrical ethylene, {CH2.CH2}. Its compounds are derived from aldehyde. Formerly called also {ethidene}. | |
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Malonyl \Mal"o*nyl\, n. [Malonic + -yl.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical, {CH2.(CO)2}, from malonic acid. | |
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Malonic \Ma*lon"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid produced artifically as a white crystalline substance, {CH2.(CO2H)2}, and so called because obtained by the oxidation of malic acid. | |
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Mesoxalic \Mes`ox*al"ic\, a. [Mes- + oxalic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, {CH2O2(CO2H)2}, obtained from amido malonic acid. | |
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Methionic \Meth`i*on"ic\, a. [Methyl + thionic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphonic (thionic) acid derivative of methane, obtained as a stable white crystalline substance, {CH2.(SO3H)2}, which forms well defined salts. | |
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Cacodylic \Cac`o*dyl"ic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, cacodyl. {Cacodylic acid}, a white, crystalline, deliquescent substance, {(CH3)2AsO.OH}, obtained by the oxidation of cacodyl, and having the properties of an exceedingly stable acid; -- also called {alkargen}. | |
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Xylenol \Xy"le*nol\, n. [Xylene + -ol.] (Chem.) Any one of six metameric phenol derivatives of xylene, obtained as crystalline substances, {(CH3)2.C6H3.OH}. | |
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Sulphine \Sul"phine\, n. (Chem.) Any one of a series of basic compounds which consist essentially of sulphur united with hydrocarbon radicals. In general they are oily or crystalline deliquescent substances having a peculiar odor; as, {trimethyl sulphine}, {(CH3)3S.OH}. Cf. {Sulphonium}. | |
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Ethenyl \Eth"e*nyl\, n. [Ethene + -yl.] (Chem.) (a) A trivalent hydrocarbon radical, {CH3.C}. (b) A univalent hydrocarbon radical of the ethylene series, {CH2:CH}; -- called also {vinyl}. See {Vinyl}. | |
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Tolyl \Tol"yl\, n. [Toluic + -yl.] (Chem.) The hydrocarbon radical, {CH3.C6H4}, regarded as characteristic of certain compounds of the aromatic series related to toluene; as, tolyl carbinol. | |
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Cresol \Cre"sol\ (kr[emac]"s[omac]l), n. [From {Creosote}.] (Chem.) Any one of three metameric substances, {CH3.C6H4.OH}, homologous with and resembling phenol. They are obtained from coal tar and wood tar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids. Note: [Called also {cresylic acid}.] | |
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Ethylidene \E*thyl"i*dene\ (Chem.) An unsymmetrical, divalent, hydrocarbon radical, {C2H4} metameric with ethylene but written thus, {CH3.CH} to distinguish it from the symmetrical ethylene, {CH2.CH2}. Its compounds are derived from aldehyde. Formerly called also {ethidene}. | |
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Formula \For"mu*la\, n.; pl. E. {Formulas}, L. {Formul[91]}. [L., dim. of forma form, model. See{Form}, n.] 1. A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said. 2. (Eccl.) A written confession of faith; a formal statement of foctrines. 3. (Math.) A rule or principle expressed in algebraic language; as, the binominal formula. 4. (Med.) A prescription or recipe for the preparation of a medicinal compound. 5. (Chem.) A symbolic expression (by means of letters, figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a compound. Note: Chemical formul[91] consist of the abbreviations of the names of the elements, with a small figure at the lower right hand, to denote the number of atoms of each element contained. {Empirical formula} (Chem.), an expression which gives the simple proportion of the constituents; as, the empirical formula of acetic acid is {C2H4O2}. {Graphic formula}, {Rational formula} (Chem.), an expression of the constitution, and in a limited sense of the structure, of a compound, by the grouping of its atoms or radicals; as, a rational formula of acetic acid is {CH3.(C:O).OH}; -- called also {structural formula}, {constitutional formula}, etc. See also the formula of {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}. {Molecular formula} (Chem.), a formula indicating the supposed molecular constitution of a compound. | |
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Anisyl \An"i*syl\, n. (Org. Chem.) (a) The univalent radical, {CH3OC6H4}, of which anisol is the hydride. (b) The univalent radical {CH3OC6H4CH2}; as, anisyl alcohol. (c) The univalent radical {CH3OC6H4CO}, of anisic acid. | |
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; -- called also {methol}, {carbinol}, etc. {Methyl amine} (Chem.), a colorless, inflammable, alkaline gas, {CH3.NH2}, having an ammoniacal, fishy odor. It is produced artificially, and also occurs naturally in herring brine and other fishy products. It is regarded as ammonia in which a third of its hydrogen is replaced by methyl, and is a type of the class of substituted ammonias. {Methyl ether} (Chem.), a light, volatile ether {CH3.O.CH3}, obtained by the etherification of methyl alcohol; -- called also {methyl oxide}. {Methyl green}. (Chem.) See under {Green}, n. {Methyl orange}. (Chem.) See {Helianthin}. {Methyl violet} (Chem.), an artificial dye, consisting of certain methyl halogen derivatives of rosaniline. | |
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Sulphinic \Sul*phin"ic\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of acids regarded as acid ethereal salts of hyposulphurous acid; as, methyl sulphinic acid, {CH3.SO.OH}, a thick unstable liquid. | |
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Chace \Chace\, n. See 3d {Chase}, n., 3. | |
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Chace \Chace\, v. t. To pursue. See {Chase} v. t. | |
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Cha \Cha\ (ch[aum]), n. [Chin. ch[lsquo]a.] [Also {chaa}, {chais}, {tsia}, etc.] Tea; -- the Chinese (Mandarin) name, used generally in early works of travel, and now for a kind of rolled tea used in Central Asia. A pot with hot water . . . made with the powder of a certain herb called chaa, which is much esteemed. --Tr. J. Van Linschoten's Voyages (1598). | |
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Chaise \Chaise\ (sh[amac]z), n. [F. chaise seat, or chair, chaise or carriage, for chaire, from a peculiar Parisian pronunciation. See {Chair}.] 1. A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thorough-braces. It is usually drawn by one horse. 2. Loosely, a carriage in general. --Cowper. | |
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Chak \Chak\, v. i. To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle. | |
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Chaos \Cha"os\ (k[amac]"[ocr]s), n. [L. chaos chaos (in senses 1 & 2), Gr. cha`os, fr. cha`inein (root cha) to yawn, to gape, to open widely. Cf. {Chasm}.] 1. An empty, immeasurable space; a yawning chasm. [Archaic] Between us and there is fixed a great chaos. --Luke xvi. 26 (Rhemish Trans.). 2. The confused, unorganized condition or mass of matter before the creation of distinct and orderly forms. 3. Any confused or disordered collection or state of things; a confused mixture; confusion; disorder. | |
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Chase \Chase\, n. [F. ch[a0]se, fr. L. capsa box, case. See {Case} a box.] (Print.) 1. A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed. 2. (Mil.) The part of a cannon from the re[89]nforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See {Cannon}. 3. A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile. 4. (Shipbuilding) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats. | |
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Chase \Chase\, v. i. To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor. [Colloq.] | |
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Chase \Chase\, n. [Cf. F. chasse, fr. chasser. See {Chase}, v.] 1. Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt. [bd]This mad chase of fame.[b8] --Dryden. You see this chase is hotly followed. --Shak. 2. That which is pursued or hunted. Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase, For I myself must hunt this deer to death. --Shak. 3. An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace. [Eng.] 4. (Court Tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point. {Chase gun} (Naut.), a cannon placed at the bow or stern of an armed vessel, and used when pursuing an enemy, or in defending the vessel when pursued. {Chase port} (Naut.), a porthole from which a chase gun is fired. {Stern chase} (Naut.), a chase in which the pursuing vessel follows directly in the wake of the vessel pursued. | |
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Chase \Chase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chasing}.] [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See {Catch}.] 1. To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt. We are those which chased you from the field. --Shak. Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and place. --Cowper. 2. To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away. Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place. --Knolles. 3. To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game. Chasing each other merrily. --Tennyson. | |
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Chase \Chase\, v. t. [A contraction of enchase.] 1. To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like. 2. To cut, so as to make a screw thread. | |
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Chasse \Chas`se"\, n. [F., fr. chass[82], p. p. of chasser to chase.] A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left. | |
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Chasse \Chas`se"\, v. i. (Dancing) To make the movement called chass[82]; as, all chass[82]; chass[82] to the right or left. | |
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Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS. ce[a2]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[be]ha; perh. akin to E. caw. [fb]22. Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the Crow family ({Fregilus graculus}) of Europe. It is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; -- also called {chauk}, {chauk-daw}, {chocard}, {Cornish chough}, {red-legged crow}. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the {Alpine chough}. {Cornish chough} (Her.), a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; -- called also {aylet} and {sea swallow}. | |
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Check \Check\, n. [OE. chek, OF. eschec, F. [82]chec, a stop, hindrance, orig. check in the game of chess, pl. [82]checs chess, through AR., fr. Pers. sh[be]h king. See {Shah}, and cf. {Checkmate}, {Chess}, {Checker}.] 1. (Chess) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move. 2. A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check. Which gave a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity. --Addison. No check, no stay, this streamlet fears. --Wordsworth. 3. Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff. Useful check upon the administration of government. --Washington. A man whom no check could abash. --Macaulay. 4. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad. 5. A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See {Bank check}, below. 6. A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure. 7. (Falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. 8. Small chick or crack. {Bank check}, a written order on a banker or broker to pay money in his keeping belonging to the signer. {Check book}, a book containing blank forms for checks upon a bank. {Check hook}, a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped. {Check list}, a list or catalogue by which things may be verified, or on which they may be checked. {Check nut} (Mech.), a secondary nut, screwing down upon the primary nut to secure it. --Knight. {Check valve} (Mech.), a valve in the feed pipe of a boiler to prevent the return of the feed water. {To take check}, to take offense. [Obs.] --Dryden. Syn: Hindrance; setback; interruption; obstruction; reprimand; censure; rebuke; reproof; repulse; rebuff; tally; counterfoil; counterbalance; ticket; draft. | |
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Check \Check\, v. i. To make a stop; to pause; -- with at. The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, either is disabled for the future, or else checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after. --Locke. 2. To clash or interfere. [R.] --Bacon. 3. To act as a curb or restraint. It [his presence] checks too strong upon me. --Dryden. 4. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc. 5. (Falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds. And like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye. --Shak. | |
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Check \Check\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {checking}.] 1. (Chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check. 2. To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb. So many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression. --Burke. 3. To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage. 4. To chide, rebuke, or reprove. The good king, his master, will check him for it. --Shak. 5. (Naut.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended. 6. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber. Syn: To restrain; curb; bridle; repress; control; hinder; impede; obstruct; interrupt; tally; rebuke; reprove; rebuff. | |
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Check \Check\, a. Checkered; designed in checks. | |
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Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved. {Acceptance of a bill of exchange}, {check}, {draft}, [or] {order}, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word [bd]accepted[b8] across the face of the bill. {Acceptance of goods}, under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction. 6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.] {Acceptance of persons}, partiality, favoritism. See under {Accept}. | |
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Check \Check\, n. [OE. chek, OF. eschec, F. [82]chec, a stop, hindrance, orig. check in the game of chess, pl. [82]checs chess, through AR., fr. Pers. sh[be]h king. See {Shah}, and cf. {Checkmate}, {Chess}, {Checker}.] 1. (Chess) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move. 2. A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check. Which gave a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity. --Addison. No check, no stay, this streamlet fears. --Wordsworth. 3. Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff. Useful check upon the administration of government. --Washington. A man whom no check could abash. --Macaulay. 4. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad. 5. A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See {Bank check}, below. 6. A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure. 7. (Falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. 8. Small chick or crack. {Bank check}, a written order on a banker or broker to pay money in his keeping belonging to the signer. {Check book}, a book containing blank forms for checks upon a bank. {Check hook}, a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped. {Check list}, a list or catalogue by which things may be verified, or on which they may be checked. {Check nut} (Mech.), a secondary nut, screwing down upon the primary nut to secure it. --Knight. {Check valve} (Mech.), a valve in the feed pipe of a boiler to prevent the return of the feed water. {To take check}, to take offense. [Obs.] --Dryden. Syn: Hindrance; setback; interruption; obstruction; reprimand; censure; rebuke; reproof; repulse; rebuff; tally; counterfoil; counterbalance; ticket; draft. | |
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Check \Check\, v. i. To make a stop; to pause; -- with at. The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, either is disabled for the future, or else checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after. --Locke. 2. To clash or interfere. [R.] --Bacon. 3. To act as a curb or restraint. It [his presence] checks too strong upon me. --Dryden. 4. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc. 5. (Falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds. And like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye. --Shak. | |
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Check \Check\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {checking}.] 1. (Chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check. 2. To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb. So many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression. --Burke. 3. To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage. 4. To chide, rebuke, or reprove. The good king, his master, will check him for it. --Shak. 5. (Naut.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended. 6. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber. Syn: To restrain; curb; bridle; repress; control; hinder; impede; obstruct; interrupt; tally; rebuke; reprove; rebuff. | |
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Check \Check\, a. Checkered; designed in checks. | |
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Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved. {Acceptance of a bill of exchange}, {check}, {draft}, [or] {order}, is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word [bd]accepted[b8] across the face of the bill. {Acceptance of goods}, under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction. 6. Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.] {Acceptance of persons}, partiality, favoritism. See under {Accept}. | |
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Checky \Check"y\ (ch[ecr]k"[ycr]), a. (Her.) Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing. [Written also {checquy}, {chequy}.] | |
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Checky \Check"y\ (ch[ecr]k"[ycr]), a. (Her.) Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing. [Written also {checquy}, {chequy}.] | |
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Cheek \Cheek\ (ch[emac]k), n. [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ce[agrave]ce, ce[ograve]ce; cf. Goth. kukjan to kiss, D. kaak cheek; perh. akin to E. chew, jaw.] 1. The side of the face below the eye. 2. The cheek bone. [Obs.] --Caucer. 3. pl. (Mech.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc. 4. pl. The branches of a bridle bit. --Knight. 5. (Founding) A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold; the middle part of a flask. 6. Cool confidence; assurance; impudence. [Slang] {Cheek of beef}. See Illust. of {Beef}. {Cheek bone} (Anat.) the bone of the side of the face; esp., the malar bone. {Cheek by jowl}, side by side; very intimate. {Cheek pouch} (Zo[94]l.), a sacklike dilation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding food. {Cheeks of a block}, the two sides of the shell of a tackle block. {Cheeks of a mast}, the projection on each side of a mast, upon which the trestletrees rest. {Cheek tooth} (Anat.), a hinder or molar tooth. {Butment cheek}. See under {Butment}. | |
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Cheek \Cheek\, v. t. To be impudent or saucy to. [Slang.] | |
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Cheeky \Cheek"y\, a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold. [Slang.] | |
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Cheese \Cheese\, n. [OE. chese, AS. c[c7]se, fr. L. caseus, LL. casius. Cf. {Casein}.] 1. The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold. 2. A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the form of a cheese. 3. The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow ({Malva rotundifolia}). [Colloq.] 4. A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration. --De Quincey. --Thackeray. {Cheese cake}, a cake made of or filled with, a composition of soft curds, sugar, and butter. --Prior. {Cheese fly} (Zo[94]l.), a black dipterous insect ({Piophila casei}) of which the larv[91] or maggots, called skippers or hoppers, live in cheese. {Cheese mite} (Zo[94]l.), a minute mite ({Tryoglyhus siro}) in cheese and other articles of food. {Cheese press}, a press used in making cheese, to separate the whey from the curd, and to press the curd into a mold. {Cheese rennet} (Bot.), a plant of the Madder family ({Golium verum}, or {yellow bedstraw}), sometimes used to coagulate milk. The roots are used as a substitute for madder. {Cheese vat}, a vat or tub in which the curd is formed and cut or broken, in cheese making. | |
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Cheesy \Chees"y\, a. Having the nature, qualities, taste, form, consistency, or appearance of cheese. | |
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Chegoe \Cheg"oe\, Chegre \Cheg"re\, n. See {Chigoe}. | |
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Chigoe \Chig"oe\, Chigre \Chig"re\, n. [Cf. F. chigue, perh. fr. Catalan chic small, Sp. chico; or of Peruvian origin.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of flea ({Pulex penetrans}), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See {Jigger}. [Written also {chegre}, {chegoe}, {chique}, {chigger}, {jigger}.] Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain mites or ticks having similar habits. | |
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Chegoe \Cheg"oe\, Chegre \Cheg"re\, n. See {Chigoe}. | |
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Chigoe \Chig"oe\, Chigre \Chig"re\, n. [Cf. F. chigue, perh. fr. Catalan chic small, Sp. chico; or of Peruvian origin.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of flea ({Pulex penetrans}), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See {Jigger}. [Written also {chegre}, {chegoe}, {chique}, {chigger}, {jigger}.] Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain mites or ticks having similar habits. | |
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Cheque \Cheque\, n. See {Check}. | |
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Checky \Check"y\ (ch[ecr]k"[ycr]), a. (Her.) Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing. [Written also {checquy}, {chequy}.] | |
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Chequy \Cheq"uy\, n. (Her.) Same as {Checky}. | |
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Checky \Check"y\ (ch[ecr]k"[ycr]), a. (Her.) Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing. [Written also {checquy}, {chequy}.] | |
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Chequy \Cheq"uy\, n. (Her.) Same as {Checky}. | |
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Ches \Ches\, pret. of {Chese}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Chese \Chese\, v. t. To choose [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Cheat \Cheat\, n. [rob. an abbrevation of escheat, lands or tenements that fall to a lord or to the state by forfeiture, or by the death of the tenant without heirs; the meaning being explained by the frauds, real or supposed, that were resorted to in procuring escheats. See {Escheat}.] 1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. --Dryden. 2. One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater. Airy wonders, which cheats interpret. --Johnson 3. (Bot.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also {chess}. See {Chess}. 4. (Law) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth. Note: When cheats are effected by deceitful or illegal symbols or tokens which may affect the public at large and against which common prudence could not have guarded, they are indictable at common law. --Wharton. Syn: Deception; imposture; fraud; delusion; artifice; trick; swindle; deceit; guile; finesse; stratagem. | |
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Chess \Chess\, n. [OE. ches, F. [82]checs, prop. pl. of [82]chec check. See 1st {Check}.] A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns. | |
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Chess \Chess\, n. (Bot.) A species of brome grass ({Bromus secalinus}) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also {cheat} and {Willard's bromus}. [U. S.] Note: Other species of brome grass are called upright chess, soft chess, etc. | |
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Cheat \Cheat\, n. [rob. an abbrevation of escheat, lands or tenements that fall to a lord or to the state by forfeiture, or by the death of the tenant without heirs; the meaning being explained by the frauds, real or supposed, that were resorted to in procuring escheats. See {Escheat}.] 1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. --Dryden. 2. One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater. Airy wonders, which cheats interpret. --Johnson 3. (Bot.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also {chess}. See {Chess}. 4. (Law) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth. Note: When cheats are effected by deceitful or illegal symbols or tokens which may affect the public at large and against which common prudence could not have guarded, they are indictable at common law. --Wharton. Syn: Deception; imposture; fraud; delusion; artifice; trick; swindle; deceit; guile; finesse; stratagem. | |
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Chess \Chess\, n. [OE. ches, F. [82]checs, prop. pl. of [82]chec check. See 1st {Check}.] A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns. | |
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Chess \Chess\, n. (Bot.) A species of brome grass ({Bromus secalinus}) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also {cheat} and {Willard's bromus}. [U. S.] Note: Other species of brome grass are called upright chess, soft chess, etc. | |
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Chich \Chich\, n.; pl. {Chiches}. [F. chiche, pois chiche, a dwarf pea, from L. cicer the chick-pea.] (Bot.) The chick-pea. | |
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Chick \Chick\ (ch[icr]k), v. i. [OE. chykkyn, chyke, chicken.] To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate. --Chalmers. | |
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Chick \Chick\, n. 1. A chicken. 2. A child or young person; -- a term of endearment. --Shak. | |
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Chicky \Chick"y\ (ch[icr]k"[ycr]), n. A chicken; -- used as a diminutive or pet name, especially in calling fowls. | |
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Chico \Chi"co\, n. 1. Var. of {Chica}. 2. The common greasewood of the western United States ({Sarcobatus vermiculatus}). 3. In the Philippines, the sapodilla or its fruit; also, the marmalade tree or its fruit. | |
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Chigoe \Chig"oe\, Chigre \Chig"re\, n. [Cf. F. chigue, perh. fr. Catalan chic small, Sp. chico; or of Peruvian origin.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of flea ({Pulex penetrans}), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See {Jigger}. [Written also {chegre}, {chegoe}, {chique}, {chigger}, {jigger}.] Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain mites or ticks having similar habits. | |
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Chigoe \Chig"oe\, Chigre \Chig"re\, n. [Cf. F. chigue, perh. fr. Catalan chic small, Sp. chico; or of Peruvian origin.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of flea ({Pulex penetrans}), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See {Jigger}. [Written also {chegre}, {chegoe}, {chique}, {chigger}, {jigger}.] Note: The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain mites or ticks having similar habits. | |
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Choak \Choak\, v. t. & i. See {Choke}. | |
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Chock \Chock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chocked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chocking}.] To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask. | |
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Chock \Chock\, v. i. To fill up, as a cavity. [bd]The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh into joints.[b8] --Fuller. | |
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Chock \Chock\, n. 1. A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it. 2. (Naut.) A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc. | |
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Chock \Chock\, adv. (Naut.) Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft. | |
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Chock \Chock\, v. t. [F. choquer. Cf. {Shock}, v. t.] To encounter. [Obs.] | |
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Chock \Chock\, n. An encounter. [Obs.] | |
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Choice \Choice\ (chois), n. [OE. chois, OF. chois, F. choix, fr. choisir to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan to examine, kiusan to choose, examine, G. kiesen. [fb]46. Cf. {Choose}.] 1. Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election. 2. The power or opportunity of choosing; option. Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it. --Hooker. 3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination. I imagine they [the apothegms of C[91]sar] were collected with judgment and choice. --Bacon. 4. A sufficient number to choose among. --Shak. 5. The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection. The common wealth is sick of their own choice. --Shak. 6. The best part; that which is preferable. The flower and choice Of many provinces from bound to bound. --Milton. {To make a choice of}, to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference. Syn: Syn. - See {Volition}, {Option}. | |
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Choice \Choice\, a. [Compar. {Choicer}; superl. {Choicest}.] 1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable. My choicest hours of life are lost. --Swift. 2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money. 3. Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen. Choice word measured phrase. --Wordsworth. Syn: Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare; chary; careful/ | |
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Choke \Choke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Choked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Choking}.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [be]ceocian to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.] 1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. --Shak. 2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up. --Addison. 3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle. Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden. 4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. [bd]I was choked at this word.[b8] --Swift. 5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun. {To choke off}, to stop a person in the execution of a purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar. | |
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Choke \Choke\, v. i. 1. To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled. 2. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick. The words choked in his throat. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Choke \Choke\, n. 1. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation. 2. (Gun.) (a) The tied end of a cartridge. (b) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc. | |
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Choky \Cho"ky\, n. [From Hind. chauki watching, guard.] 1. A station, as for collection of customs, for palanquin bearers, police, etc. [India] 2. Specif., a prison or lockup; a jail. [India, or Slang, Eng.] | |
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Choose \Choose\, v. t. [imp. {Chose}; p. p. {Chosen}, {Chose} (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Choosing}.] [OE. chesen, cheosen, AS. ce[a2]san; akin to OS. kiosan, D. kiezen, G. kiesen, Icel. kj[d3]sa, Goth. kiusan, L. gustare to taste, Gr. [?], Skr. jush to enjoy. [fb]46. Cf. {Choice}, 2d {Gust}.] 1. To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils. Choose me for a humble friend. --Pope. 2. To wish; to desire; to prefer. [Colloq.] The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment. --Goldsmith. {To choose sides}. See under {Side}. Syn: Syn. - To select; prefer; elect; adopt; follow. Usage: To {Choose}, {Prefer}, {Elect}. To choose is the generic term, and denotes to take or fix upon by an act of the will, especially in accordance with a decision of the judgment. To prefer is to choose or favor one thing as compared with, and more desirable than, another, or more in accordance with one's tastes and feelings. To elect is to choose or select for some office, employment, use, privilege, etc., especially by the concurrent vote or voice of a sufficient number of electors. To choose a profession; to prefer private life to a public one; to elect members of Congress. | |
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Choose \Choose\, v. i. 1. To make a selection; to decide. They had only to choose between implicit obedience and open rebellion. --Prescott. 2. To do otherwise. [bd]Can I choose but smile?[b8] --Pope. {Can not choose but}, must necessarily. Thou canst not choose but know who I am. --Shak. | |
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Choose \Choose\, v. t. [imp. {Chose}; p. p. {Chosen}, {Chose} (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Choosing}.] [OE. chesen, cheosen, AS. ce[a2]san; akin to OS. kiosan, D. kiezen, G. kiesen, Icel. kj[d3]sa, Goth. kiusan, L. gustare to taste, Gr. [?], Skr. jush to enjoy. [fb]46. Cf. {Choice}, 2d {Gust}.] 1. To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils. Choose me for a humble friend. --Pope. 2. To wish; to desire; to prefer. [Colloq.] The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment. --Goldsmith. {To choose sides}. See under {Side}. Syn: Syn. - To select; prefer; elect; adopt; follow. Usage: To {Choose}, {Prefer}, {Elect}. To choose is the generic term, and denotes to take or fix upon by an act of the will, especially in accordance with a decision of the judgment. To prefer is to choose or favor one thing as compared with, and more desirable than, another, or more in accordance with one's tastes and feelings. To elect is to choose or select for some office, employment, use, privilege, etc., especially by the concurrent vote or voice of a sufficient number of electors. To choose a profession; to prefer private life to a public one; to elect members of Congress. | |
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Chose \Chose\, imp. & p. p. of {Choose}. | |
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Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS. ce[a2]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[be]ha; perh. akin to E. caw. [fb]22. Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the Crow family ({Fregilus graculus}) of Europe. It is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; -- also called {chauk}, {chauk-daw}, {chocard}, {Cornish chough}, {red-legged crow}. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the {Alpine chough}. {Cornish chough} (Her.), a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; -- called also {aylet} and {sea swallow}. | |
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Quinnat \Quin"nat\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The California salmon ({Oncorhynchus choicha}); -- called also {chouicha}, {king salmon}, {chinnook salmon}, and {Sacramento salmon}. It is of great commercial importance. [Written also {quinnet}.] | |
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Chouse \Chouse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Choused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chousing}.] [From Turk. ch[be][d4]sh a messenger or interpreter, one of whom, attached to the Turkish embassy, in 1609 cheated the Turkish merchants resident in England out of [9c]4,000.] To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money. [Colloq.] The undertaker of the afore-cited poesy hath choused your highness. --Landor. | |
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Chouse \Chouse\, n. 1. One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull. --Hudibras. 2. A trick; sham; imposition. --Johnson. 3. A swindler. --B. Jonson. | |
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d8Chou \[d8]Chou\, n.; pl. {Choux}. [F., fr. L. caulis stalk.] 1. A cabbage. 2. A kind of light pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake, and with a filling, as of jelly or cream. 3. A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material, used as an ornament in women's dress. | |
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Chowchow \Chow"chow`\, a. [Chin.] Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed; as, chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together). | |
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Chowchow \Chow"chow`\, n. (Com.) A kind of mixed pickles. | |
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Chuck \Chuck\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chucking}.] [Imitative of the sound.] 1. To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck. 2. To chuckle; to laugh. [R.] --Marston. | |
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Chuck \Chuck\, v. t. To call, as a hen her chickens. --Dryden. | |
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Chuck \Chuck\, n. 1. The chuck or call of a hen. 2. A sudden, small noise. 3. A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick. [bd]Pray, chuck, come hither.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Chuck \Chuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chucking}.] [F. choquer to strike. Cf. {Shock}, v. t.] 1. To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to. Chucked the barmaid under the chin. --W. Irving. 2. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch. [Colloq.] [bd]Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the Nile.[b8] --Lord Palmerson. 3. (Mech.) To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck. | |
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Chuck \Chuck\, n. 1. A slight blow or pat under the chin. 2. A short throw; a toss. 3. (Mach.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon. | |
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Chuck \Chuck\ (ch[ucr]k), n. 1. A small pebble; -- called also {chuckstone} and {chuckiestone}. [Scot.] 2. pl. A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones. [Scot.] | |
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Chuck \Chuck\, n. A piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking; as, a chuck steak; a chuck roast. [Colloq.] | |
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Chuse \Chuse\, v. t. See Choose. [Obs.] | |
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Inadvertence \In`ad*vert"ence\; pl. {-ces}, Inadvertency \In`ad*vert"en*cy\; pl. {-cies}, n. [Cf. F. inadvertance.] 1. The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence. Inadvertency, or want of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. --Jer. Taylor. 2. An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence. The productions of a great genius, with many lapses an inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact. --Addison. Syn: Inattention; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence; thoughtlessness. See {Inattention}. | |
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Superintendency \Su`per*in*tend"en*cy\, n.; pl. {-cies}. The act of superintending; superintendence. --Boyle. | |
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Cis- \Cis-\ A Latin preposition, sometimes used as a prefix in English words, and signifying on this side. | |
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Cisco \Cis"co\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The Lake herring ({Coregonus Artedi}), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to {C. Hoyi}, a related species of Lake Michigan. | |
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Cize \Cize\, n. Bulk; largeness. [Obs.] See {Size}. | |
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Roundhouse \Round"house`\, n. 1. A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house. [Obs.] 2. (Naut.) (a) A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; -- sometimes called the {coach}. (b) A privy near the bow of the vessel. 3. A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable. | |
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Coach \Coach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coaching}.] 1. To convey in a coach. --Pope. 2. To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction. [Colloq.] I coached him before he got his scholarship. --G. Eliot. | |
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Coach \Coach\, v. i. To drive or to ride in a coach; -- sometimes used with it. [Colloq.] [bd]Coaching it to all quarters.[b8] --E. Waterhouse. | |
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Coach \Coach\ (?; 224), n. [F. coche, fr. It. cocchio, dim. of cocca little boat, fr. L. concha mussel, mussel shell, Gr. [?], akin to Skr. [87]ankha. Cf. {Conch}, {Cockboat}, {Cockle}.] 1. A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver. Note: Coaches have a variety of forms, and differ in respect to the number of persons they can carry. Mail coaches and tallyho coaches often have three or more seats inside, each for two or three persons, and seats outside, sometimes for twelve or more. 2. A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination; a trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew for a race. [Colloq.] Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester coach. --G. Eliot. 3. (Naut.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain. [Written also {couch}.] [Obs.] The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach. --Pepys. 4. (Railroad) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car. | |
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Roundhouse \Round"house`\, n. 1. A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house. [Obs.] 2. (Naut.) (a) A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; -- sometimes called the {coach}. (b) A privy near the bow of the vessel. 3. A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable. | |
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Coach \Coach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coaching}.] 1. To convey in a coach. --Pope. 2. To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction. [Colloq.] I coached him before he got his scholarship. --G. Eliot. | |
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Coach \Coach\, v. i. To drive or to ride in a coach; -- sometimes used with it. [Colloq.] [bd]Coaching it to all quarters.[b8] --E. Waterhouse. | |
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Coach \Coach\ (?; 224), n. [F. coche, fr. It. cocchio, dim. of cocca little boat, fr. L. concha mussel, mussel shell, Gr. [?], akin to Skr. [87]ankha. Cf. {Conch}, {Cockboat}, {Cockle}.] 1. A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver. Note: Coaches have a variety of forms, and differ in respect to the number of persons they can carry. Mail coaches and tallyho coaches often have three or more seats inside, each for two or three persons, and seats outside, sometimes for twelve or more. 2. A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination; a trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew for a race. [Colloq.] Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester coach. --G. Eliot. 3. (Naut.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain. [Written also {couch}.] [Obs.] The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach. --Pepys. 4. (Railroad) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car. | |
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Coachee \Coach"ee\, n. A coachman [Slang] | |
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Coag \Coag\, n. See {Coak}, a kind of tenon. | |
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Coak \Coak\, n. 1. (Carp.) A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers. [Also spelt {coag}.] 2. A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave. | |
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Coag \Coag\, n. See {Coak}, a kind of tenon. | |
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Coak \Coak\, n. 1. (Carp.) A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers. [Also spelt {coag}.] 2. A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave. | |
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Coak \Coak\, n. 1. (Carp.) A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers. [Also spelt {coag}.] 2. A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave. | |
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Coak \Coak\ (k[omac]k), n. See {Coke}, n. | |
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Coak \Coak\, v. t. (Carp.) To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces. --Totten. | |
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Coke \Coke\, n. [Perh. akin to cake, n.] Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where [?] smokeless fire is required. [Written also {coak}.] {Gas coke}, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens. | |
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Coak \Coak\, n. 1. (Carp.) A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers. [Also spelt {coag}.] 2. A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave. | |
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Coak \Coak\ (k[omac]k), n. See {Coke}, n. | |
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Coak \Coak\, v. t. (Carp.) To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces. --Totten. | |
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Coke \Coke\, n. [Perh. akin to cake, n.] Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where [?] smokeless fire is required. [Written also {coak}.] {Gas coke}, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens. | |
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Coax \Coax\ (?; 110), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coaxed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coaxing}.] [Cf. OE. cokes fool, a person easily imposed upon, W. coeg empty, foolish; F. coquin knave, rogue.] To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe. Syn: To wheedle; cajole; flatter; persuade; entice. | |
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Coax \Coax\, n. A simpleton; a dupe. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Orthocarbonic \Or`tho*car*bon"ic\, a. [Ortho- + carbonic.] (Chem.) Designating a complex ether, {C.(OC2H5)4}, which is obtained as a liquid of a pleasant ethereal odor by means of chlorpicrin, and is believed to be a derivative of the hypothetical normal carbonic acid, {C.(OH)4}. | |
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Coca \Co"ca\, n. [Sp., fr. native name.] The dried leaf of a South American shrub ({Erythroxylon Coca}). In med., called Erythroxylon. Note: Coca leaves resemble tea leaves in size, shape, and odor, and are chewed (with an alkali) by natives of Peru and Bolivia to impart vigor in prolonged exertion, or to sustain strength in absence of food. {Mexican coca}, an American herb ({Richardsonia scabra}), yielding a nutritious fodder. Its roots are used as a substitute for ipecacuanha. | |
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d8Coccus \[d8]Coc"cus\, n.; pl. {Cocci}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] grain, seed. See {Cochineal}.] 1. (Bot.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect ({Coccus cacti}). 3. (Biol.) A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule. | |
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Glycolyl \Gly"co*lyl\, n. [Glycolic + -yl.] (Chem.) A divalent, compound radical, {CO.CH2}, regarded as the essential radical of glycolic acid, and a large series of related compounds. | |
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Faucet \Fau"cet\, n. [F. fausset, perh. fr. L. fauces throat.] 1. A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also {tap}, and {cock}. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide. 2. The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section. | |
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Cock \Cock\, v. i. To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing. --Addison. | |
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Cock \Cock\, n. The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock. | |
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Cock \Cock\, n. [AS. coc; of unknown origin, perh. in imitation of the cry of the cock. Cf. {Chicken}.] 1. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls. 2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock. Drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! --Shak. 3. A chief man; a leader or master. [Humorous] Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left us. --Addison. 4. The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow. [Obs.] He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock. --Shak. 5. A faucet or valve. Note: Jonsons says, [bd]The handly probably had a cock on the top; things that were contrived to turn seem anciently to have had that form, whatever was the reason.[b8] Skinner says, because it used to be constructed in forma crit[91] galli, i.e., in the form of a cock's comb. 6. The style of gnomon of a dial. --Chambers. 7. The indicator of a balance. --Johnson. 8. The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch. --Knight. {Ball cock}. See under {Ball}. {Chaparral cock}. See under {Chaparral}. {Cock and bull story}, {an extravagant}, boastful story; a canard. {Cock of the plains} (Zo[94]l.) See {Sage cock}. {Cock of the rock} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bird ({Rupicola aurantia}) having a beautiful crest. {Cock of the walk}, a chief or master; the hero of the hour; one who has overcrowed, or got the better of, rivals or competitors. {Cock of the woods}. See {Capercailzie}. | |
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Cock \Cock\ (k[ocr]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cocked} (k[ocr]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cocking}.] [Cf. Gael. coc to cock.] 1. To set erect; to turn up. Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. --Gay. Dick would cock his nose in scorn. --Swift. 2. To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim. 3. To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner. They cocked their hats in each other's faces. --Macaulay. 4. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation. {Cocked hat}. (a) A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also {three-cornered hat} | |
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Cock \Cock\, n. [It. cocca notch of an arrow.] 1. The notch of an arrow or crossbow. 2. The hammer in the lock of a firearm. {At cock}, {At full cock}, with the hammer raised and ready to fire; -- said of firearms, also, jocularly, of one prepared for instant action. {At half cock}. See under {Half}. {Cock feather} (Archery), the feather of an arrow at right angles to the direction of the cock or notch. --Nares. | |
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Cock \Cock\, v. t. To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing. | |
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Cock \Cock\, v. i. To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing. Cocked, fired, and missed his man. --Byron. | |
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Cock \Cock\, n. [Cf. Icel. k[94]kkr lump, Dan. kok heap, or E. cock to set erect.] A small concial pile of hay. | |
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Cock \Cock\, v. t. To put into cocks or heaps, as hay. Under the cocked hay. --Spenser. | |
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Cock \Cock\, n. [Of. coque, F. coche, a small vessel, L. concha muscle shell, a vessel. See {Coach}, and cf. {Cog} a small boat.] A small boat. Yond tall anchoring bark [appears] Diminished to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. --Shak. | |
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Cock \Cock\, n. A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths. [Obs.] [bd]By cock and pie.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Faucet \Fau"cet\, n. [F. fausset, perh. fr. L. fauces throat.] 1. A fixture for drawing a liquid, as water, molasses, oil, etc., from a pipe, cask, or other vessel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also {tap}, and {cock}. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide. 2. The enlarged end of a section of pipe which receives the spigot end of the next section. | |
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Cock \Cock\, v. i. To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing. --Addison. | |
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Cock \Cock\, n. The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock. | |
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Cock \Cock\, n. [AS. coc; of unknown origin, perh. in imitation of the cry of the cock. Cf. {Chicken}.] 1. The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls. 2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock. Drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! --Shak. 3. A chief man; a leader or master. [Humorous] Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left us. --Addison. 4. The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow. [Obs.] He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock. --Shak. 5. A faucet or valve. Note: Jonsons says, [bd]The handly probably had a cock on the top; things that were contrived to turn seem anciently to have had that form, whatever was the reason.[b8] Skinner says, because it used to be constructed in forma crit[91] galli, i.e., in the form of a cock's comb. 6. The style of gnomon of a dial. --Chambers. 7. The indicator of a balance. --Johnson. 8. The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch. --Knight. {Ball cock}. See under {Ball}. {Chaparral cock}. See under {Chaparral}. {Cock and bull story}, {an extravagant}, boastful story; a canard. {Cock of the plains} (Zo[94]l.) See {Sage cock}. {Cock of the rock} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bird ({Rupicola aurantia}) having a beautiful crest. {Cock of the walk}, a chief or master; the hero of the hour; one who has overcrowed, or got the better of, rivals or competitors. {Cock of the woods}. See {Capercailzie}. | |
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Cock \Cock\ (k[ocr]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cocked} (k[ocr]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cocking}.] [Cf. Gael. coc to cock.] 1. To set erect; to turn up. Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. --Gay. Dick would cock his nose in scorn. --Swift. 2. To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim. 3. To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner. They cocked their hats in each other's faces. --Macaulay. 4. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation. {Cocked hat}. (a) A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also {three-cornered hat} | |
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Cock \Cock\, n. [It. cocca notch of an arrow.] 1. The notch of an arrow or crossbow. 2. The hammer in the lock of a firearm. {At cock}, {At full cock}, with the hammer raised and ready to fire; -- said of firearms, also, jocularly, of one prepared for instant action. {At half cock}. See under {Half}. {Cock feather} (Archery), the feather of an arrow at right angles to the direction of the cock or notch. --Nares. | |
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Cock \Cock\, v. t. To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing. | |
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Cock \Cock\, v. i. To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing. Cocked, fired, and missed his man. --Byron. | |
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Cock \Cock\, n. [Cf. Icel. k[94]kkr lump, Dan. kok heap, or E. cock to set erect.] A small concial pile of hay. | |
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Cock \Cock\, v. t. To put into cocks or heaps, as hay. Under the cocked hay. --Spenser. | |
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Cock \Cock\, n. [Of. coque, F. coche, a small vessel, L. concha muscle shell, a vessel. See {Coach}, and cf. {Cog} a small boat.] A small boat. Yond tall anchoring bark [appears] Diminished to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. --Shak. | |
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Cock \Cock\, n. A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths. [Obs.] [bd]By cock and pie.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Cockeye \Cock"eye`\, n. [From cock to turn up.] A squinting eye. --Forby. | |
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Cockeye \Cock"eye`\, n. (Mach.) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead. | |
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Cockshy \Cock"shy`\, n. 1. A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in [bd]shying[b8] or throwing cudgels at live cocks. 2. An object at which stones are flung. [bd]Making a cockshy of him,[b8] replied the hideous small boy. --Dickens. | |
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Cocky \Cock"y\, a. [See {Cocket}.] Pert. [Slang] | |
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Coco \Co"co\, n. [or] Coco palm \Co"co palm\ See {Cocoa}. | |
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Cocoa \Co"coa\, n. [Corrupted fr. cacao.] A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa or cocoa shells. {Cocoa shells}, the husks which separate from the cacao seeds in preparing them for use. | |
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Cocoa \Co"coa\ (k[omac]"k[osl]), n., Cocoa palm \Co"coa palm`\ (p[aum]m`)[Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a bugbear, an ugly mask to frighten children. Cf., however, Gr. koy^ki the cocoa palm and its fruit, ko`i:x, ko`i:kos, a kind of Egyptian palm.] (Bot.) A palm tree producing the cocoanut ({Cocos nucifera}). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree. | |
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Cog \Cog\, n. A trick or deception; a falsehood. --Wm. Watson. | |
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Cog \Cog\, n. [Cf. Sw. kugge a cog, or W. cocos the cogs of a wheel.] 1. (Mech.) A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel. 2. (Carp.) (a) A kind of tenon on the end of a joist, received into a notch in a bearing timber, and resting flush with its upper surface. (b) A tenon in a scarf joint; a coak. --Knight. 3. (Mining.) One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine. | |
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Cog \Cog\, v. t. To furnish with a cog or cogs. {Cogged breath sound} (Auscultation), a form of interrupted respiration, in which the interruptions are very even, three or four to each inspiration. --Quain. | |
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Cog \Cog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cogged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cogging}.] [Cf. W. coegio to make void, to beceive, from coeg empty, vain, foolish. Cf. {Coax}, v. t.] 1. To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat. [R.] I'll . . . cog their hearts from them. --Shak. 2. To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off. [R.] Fustian tragedies . . . have, by concerted applauses, been cogged upon the town for masterpieces. --J. Dennis To cog a die, to load so as to direct its fall; to cheat in playing dice. --Swift. | |
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Cog \Cog\, v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to play false; to lie; to wheedle; to cajole. For guineas in other men's breeches, Your gamesters will palm and will cog. --Swift. | |
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Cog \Cog\, n. [OE. cogge; cf. D. kog, Icel. kuggr Cf. {Cock} a boat.] A small fishing boat. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Cogue \Cogue\, n. [Cf. {Cog} a small boat.] A small wooden vessel; a pail. [Scot.] --Jamieson. | |
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Cohosh \Co"hosh\, n. (Bot.) A perennial American herb ({Caulophyllum thalictroides}), whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called {pappoose root}. The name is sometimes also given to the {Cimicifuga racemosa}, and to two species of {Act[91]a}, plants of the Crowfoot family. | |
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Coke \Coke\, n. [Perh. akin to cake, n.] Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where [?] smokeless fire is required. [Written also {coak}.] {Gas coke}, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens. | |
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Coke \Coke\, v. t. To convert into coke. | |
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Peacock \Pea"cock`\, n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this word is from AS. pe[a0], p[be]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Gr. [?], [?], Per. t[be]us, t[be]wus, Ar. t[be]wu[?]s. See {Cock} the bird.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The male of any pheasant of the genus {Pavo}, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden colors. The common domesticated species is {Pavo cristatus}. The Javan peacock ({P. muticus}) is more brilliantly colored than the common species. 2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl. {Peacock butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome European butterfly ({Hamadryas Io}) having ocelli like those of peacock. {Peacock fish} (Zo[94]l.), the European blue-striped wrasse ({Labrus variegatus}); -- so called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also {cook wrasse} and {cook}. {Peacock pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus {Polyplectron}. They resemble the peacock in color. | |
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Cook \Cook\ (k[oomac]k), v. i. [Of imitative origin.] To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. or R.] Constant cuckoos cook on every side. --The Silkworms (1599). | |
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Cook \Cook\ (k[oocr]k), v. t. [Etymol. unknown.] To throw. [Prov.Eng.] [bd]Cook me that ball.[b8] --Grose. | |
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Cook \Cook\ (k[oocr]k), n. [AS. c[d3]c, fr. l. cocus, coquus, coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. [?], Skr. pac, and to E. apricot, biscuit, concoct, dyspepsia, precocious. Cf. {Pumpkin}.] 1. One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A fish, the European striped wrasse. | |
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Cook \Cook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cooked}; p. pr & vb. n. {Cooking}.] 1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat. 2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. [Colloq.] They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different. --Addison. | |
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Cook \Cook\ (k[oocr]k), v. i. To prepare food for the table. | |
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Peacock \Pea"cock`\, n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this word is from AS. pe[a0], p[be]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Gr. [?], [?], Per. t[be]us, t[be]wus, Ar. t[be]wu[?]s. See {Cock} the bird.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The male of any pheasant of the genus {Pavo}, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden colors. The common domesticated species is {Pavo cristatus}. The Javan peacock ({P. muticus}) is more brilliantly colored than the common species. 2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl. {Peacock butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome European butterfly ({Hamadryas Io}) having ocelli like those of peacock. {Peacock fish} (Zo[94]l.), the European blue-striped wrasse ({Labrus variegatus}); -- so called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also {cook wrasse} and {cook}. {Peacock pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus {Polyplectron}. They resemble the peacock in color. | |
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Cook \Cook\ (k[oomac]k), v. i. [Of imitative origin.] To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. or R.] Constant cuckoos cook on every side. --The Silkworms (1599). | |
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Cook \Cook\ (k[oocr]k), v. t. [Etymol. unknown.] To throw. [Prov.Eng.] [bd]Cook me that ball.[b8] --Grose. | |
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Cook \Cook\ (k[oocr]k), n. [AS. c[d3]c, fr. l. cocus, coquus, coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. [?], Skr. pac, and to E. apricot, biscuit, concoct, dyspepsia, precocious. Cf. {Pumpkin}.] 1. One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A fish, the European striped wrasse. | |
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Cook \Cook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cooked}; p. pr & vb. n. {Cooking}.] 1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat. 2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. [Colloq.] They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different. --Addison. | |
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Cook \Cook\ (k[oocr]k), v. i. To prepare food for the table. | |
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Cookee \Cook*ee"\ (k[oocr]k*[emac]"), n. A female cook. [R.] | |
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Cookey \Cook"ey\, Cookie \Cook"ie\, n. See {Cooky}. | |
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Cookey \Cook"ey\, Cookie \Cook"ie\, n. See {Cooky}. | |
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Cooky \Cook"y\, n.; pl. {Cookies}. [Cf. D. koek cake, dim. koekje; akin to G. kuchen, E. cake; or cf. OE. coket, prob., a sort of cake, and prob. of French origin.] A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds. | |
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Coque \Coque\, n. [F., prop., a shell.] A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc. | |
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Cosey \Co"sey\ (k?"z?), a. See {Cozy}. -- Dickens. | |
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Cozy \Co"zy\ (k?"z?), a. [Compar. {Cozier} (-z?-?r); superl. {Coziest}.] [Cf. Scot. cosie, cozie, prob. from Gael. cosach abounding in hollows, or cosagach full of holes or crevices, snug, sheltered, from cos a hollow, a crevice.] 1. Snug; comfortable; easy; contented. [Written also {cosey} and {cosy}.] 2. [Cf. F. causer to chat, talk.] Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar. [Eng.] | |
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Cosey \Co"sey\ (k?"z?), a. See {Cozy}. -- Dickens. | |
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Cozy \Co"zy\ (k?"z?), a. [Compar. {Cozier} (-z?-?r); superl. {Coziest}.] [Cf. Scot. cosie, cozie, prob. from Gael. cosach abounding in hollows, or cosagach full of holes or crevices, snug, sheltered, from cos a hollow, a crevice.] 1. Snug; comfortable; easy; contented. [Written also {cosey} and {cosy}.] 2. [Cf. F. causer to chat, talk.] Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar. [Eng.] | |
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Coss \Coss\ (k[ocr]s), n. [Cf. Pers. k[omac]s a road measure of about two miles; or Skr. kr[omac][cced]a.] A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles. --Whitworth. | |
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Coss \Coss\, n. [It. cosa.] A thing (only in phrase below). {Rule of Coss}, an old name for Algebra. [It. regola di cosa rule of thing, the unknown quantity being called the cosa, or the thing.] | |
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Cosy \Co"sy\ (k?"z?), a. See {Cozy}. | |
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Cozy \Co"zy\ (k?"z?), a. [Compar. {Cozier} (-z?-?r); superl. {Coziest}.] [Cf. Scot. cosie, cozie, prob. from Gael. cosach abounding in hollows, or cosagach full of holes or crevices, snug, sheltered, from cos a hollow, a crevice.] 1. Snug; comfortable; easy; contented. [Written also {cosey} and {cosy}.] 2. [Cf. F. causer to chat, talk.] Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar. [Eng.] | |
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Cosy \Co"sy\ (k?"z?), a. See {Cozy}. | |
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Cozy \Co"zy\ (k?"z?), a. [Compar. {Cozier} (-z?-?r); superl. {Coziest}.] [Cf. Scot. cosie, cozie, prob. from Gael. cosach abounding in hollows, or cosagach full of holes or crevices, snug, sheltered, from cos a hollow, a crevice.] 1. Snug; comfortable; easy; contented. [Written also {cosey} and {cosy}.] 2. [Cf. F. causer to chat, talk.] Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar. [Eng.] | |
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Couage \Cou"age\, v. t. To inspire with courage. [Obs.] Paul writeth unto Timothy . . . to courage him. --Tyndale. | |
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Coach \Coach\ (?; 224), n. [F. coche, fr. It. cocchio, dim. of cocca little boat, fr. L. concha mussel, mussel shell, Gr. [?], akin to Skr. [87]ankha. Cf. {Conch}, {Cockboat}, {Cockle}.] 1. A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver. Note: Coaches have a variety of forms, and differ in respect to the number of persons they can carry. Mail coaches and tallyho coaches often have three or more seats inside, each for two or three persons, and seats outside, sometimes for twelve or more. 2. A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination; a trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew for a race. [Colloq.] Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester coach. --G. Eliot. 3. (Naut.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain. [Written also {couch}.] [Obs.] The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach. --Pepys. 4. (Railroad) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car. | |
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Couch \Couch\ (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Couched} (koucht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Couching}.] [F. coucher to lay down, lie down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See {Locus}.] 1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place. Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain, Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. --Shak. 2. To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun. The waters couch themselves as may be to the center of this globe, in a spherical convexity. --T. Burnet. 3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed. It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls. --Bacon. 4. (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying. 5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly. There is all this, and more, that lies naturally couched under this allegory. --L'Estrange. 6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under. A well-couched invective. --Milton. I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather cool terms. --Blackw. Mag. 8. (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract. {To couch a} {spear [or] lance}, to lower to the position of attack; to place in rest. He stooped his head, and couched his spear, And spurred his steed to full career. --Sir W. Scott. {To couch malt}, to spread malt on a floor. --Mortimer. | |
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Couch \Couch\, n. [F. couche, OF. colche, culche, fr. colchier. See {Couch}, v. t. ] 1. A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge. Gentle sleep . . . why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch? --Shak. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant. 2. Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc. 3. A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt. 4. (Painting & Gilding) A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc. | |
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Couch \Couch\, v. i. 1. To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie. Where souls do couch on flowers, we 'll hand in hand. --Shak. If I court moe women, you 'll couch with moe men. --Shak. 2. To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly. We 'll couch in the castle ditch, till we see the light of our fairies. --Shak. The half-hidden, hallf-revealed wonders, that yet couch beneath the words of the Scripture. --I. Taylor. 3. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch. [Obs.] An aged squire That seemed to couch under his shield three-square. --Spenser. | |
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Coach \Coach\ (?; 224), n. [F. coche, fr. It. cocchio, dim. of cocca little boat, fr. L. concha mussel, mussel shell, Gr. [?], akin to Skr. [87]ankha. Cf. {Conch}, {Cockboat}, {Cockle}.] 1. A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver. Note: Coaches have a variety of forms, and differ in respect to the number of persons they can carry. Mail coaches and tallyho coaches often have three or more seats inside, each for two or three persons, and seats outside, sometimes for twelve or more. 2. A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination; a trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew for a race. [Colloq.] Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester coach. --G. Eliot. 3. (Naut.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain. [Written also {couch}.] [Obs.] The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach. --Pepys. 4. (Railroad) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car. | |
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Couch \Couch\ (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Couched} (koucht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Couching}.] [F. coucher to lay down, lie down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See {Locus}.] 1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place. Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain, Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. --Shak. 2. To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun. The waters couch themselves as may be to the center of this globe, in a spherical convexity. --T. Burnet. 3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed. It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls. --Bacon. 4. (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying. 5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly. There is all this, and more, that lies naturally couched under this allegory. --L'Estrange. 6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under. A well-couched invective. --Milton. I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather cool terms. --Blackw. Mag. 8. (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract. {To couch a} {spear [or] lance}, to lower to the position of attack; to place in rest. He stooped his head, and couched his spear, And spurred his steed to full career. --Sir W. Scott. {To couch malt}, to spread malt on a floor. --Mortimer. | |
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Couch \Couch\, n. [F. couche, OF. colche, culche, fr. colchier. See {Couch}, v. t. ] 1. A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge. Gentle sleep . . . why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch? --Shak. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant. 2. Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc. 3. A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt. 4. (Painting & Gilding) A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc. | |
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Couch \Couch\, v. i. 1. To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie. Where souls do couch on flowers, we 'll hand in hand. --Shak. If I court moe women, you 'll couch with moe men. --Shak. 2. To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly. We 'll couch in the castle ditch, till we see the light of our fairies. --Shak. The half-hidden, hallf-revealed wonders, that yet couch beneath the words of the Scripture. --I. Taylor. 3. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch. [Obs.] An aged squire That seemed to couch under his shield three-square. --Spenser. | |
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Couchee \Cou"chee\ (k??"sh?; F. k??"sh?"), n. [F. couch[?]e a sleeping place from coucher. See {Couch}, v. t. ] A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince. [Obs.] --Dryden. The duke's levees and couchees were so crowded that the antechambers were full. --Bp. Burnet. | |
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Cough \Cough\, v. t. 1. To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm. 2. To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse. {To cough down}, to silence or put down (an objectionable speaker) by simulated coughing. | |
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Cough \Cough\, n. [Cg. D. kuch. See {Cough}, v. i. ] 1. A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc. 2. The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease. {Stomach cough}, {Ear cough}, cough due to irritation in the stomach or ear. | |
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Cough \Cough\ (k?f), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Coughed} (k?ft); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coughing}.] [Cf. D. kuchen, MHG. k[?]chen to breathe, G. keuchen to pant, and E. chincough, the first part of which is prob. akin to cough; cf. also E. choke.] To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner. | |
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Couhage \Cou"hage\ (kou"?j), n. (Bot.) See {Cowhage}. | |
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Cowhage \Cow"hage\ (kou"h?j), n. [Cf. Hind. kaw[amc]nch, ko[amac]nch.] (Bot.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus {Mucuna}, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spicul[91] are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. [Written also {couhage}, {cowage}, and {cowitch}.] | |
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Couhage \Cou"hage\ (kou"?j), n. (Bot.) See {Cowhage}. | |
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Cowhage \Cow"hage\ (kou"h?j), n. [Cf. Hind. kaw[amc]nch, ko[amac]nch.] (Bot.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus {Mucuna}, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spicul[91] are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. [Written also {couhage}, {cowage}, and {cowitch}.] | |
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Cowish \Cow"ish\, n. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant ({Peucedanum Cous}) with edible tuberous roots, found in Oregon. [Written also {cous}.] | |
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Cowage \Cow"age\ (kou"[asl]j), n. (Bot.) See {Cowhage}. | |
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Cowhage \Cow"hage\ (kou"h?j), n. [Cf. Hind. kaw[amc]nch, ko[amac]nch.] (Bot.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus {Mucuna}, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spicul[91] are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. [Written also {couhage}, {cowage}, and {cowitch}.] | |
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Cowage \Cow"age\ (kou"[asl]j), n. (Bot.) See {Cowhage}. | |
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Cowhage \Cow"hage\ (kou"h?j), n. [Cf. Hind. kaw[amc]nch, ko[amac]nch.] (Bot.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus {Mucuna}, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spicul[91] are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. [Written also {couhage}, {cowage}, and {cowitch}.] | |
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Cowhage \Cow"hage\ (kou"h?j), n. [Cf. Hind. kaw[amc]nch, ko[amac]nch.] (Bot.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus {Mucuna}, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spicul[91] are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. [Written also {couhage}, {cowage}, and {cowitch}.] | |
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Cowish \Cow"ish\ (kou"[icr]sh), a. [From {Cow}, v. t.] Timorous; fearful; cowardly. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Cowish \Cow"ish\, n. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant ({Peucedanum Cous}) with edible tuberous roots, found in Oregon. [Written also {cous}.] | |
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Cow \Cow\, n.; pl. {Cows} (kouz); old pl. {Kine} (k[imac]n). [OE. cu, cou, AS. c[umac]; akin to D. koe, G. kuh, OHG. kuo, Icel. k[ymac]r, Dan. & Sw. ko, L. bos ox, cow, Gr. boy^s, Skr. g[omac]. [root]223. Cf. {Beef}, {Bovine}, {Bucolic}, {Butter}, {Nylghau}.] 1. The mature female of bovine animals. 2. The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc. | |
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Cox \Cox\ (k?ks), n. [OE. cokes. Cf. {Coax}.] A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull. [Obs.] Go; you're a brainless cox, a toy, a fop. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Coyish \Coy"ish\, a. Somewhat coy or reserved. --Warner. | |
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Coz \Coz\ (k[ucr]z), n. A contraction of cousin. --Shak. | |
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Cozy \Co"zy\ (k?"z?), a. [Compar. {Cozier} (-z?-?r); superl. {Coziest}.] [Cf. Scot. cosie, cozie, prob. from Gael. cosach abounding in hollows, or cosagach full of holes or crevices, snug, sheltered, from cos a hollow, a crevice.] 1. Snug; comfortable; easy; contented. [Written also {cosey} and {cosy}.] 2. [Cf. F. causer to chat, talk.] Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar. [Eng.] | |
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Cozy \Co"zy\, n. [See {Cozy},a.] A wadded covering for a teakettle or other vessel to keep the contents hot. | |
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Cuckoo \Cuck"oo\ (k??k"??), n. [OE. coccou, cukkow, F. coucou, prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. [?][?][?][?], Skr. k[?]ki[?]a, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird belonging to {Cuculus}, {Coccyzus}, and several allied genera, of many species. Note: The European cuckoo ({Cuculus canorus}) builds no nest of its own, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them. The American yellow-billed cuckoo ({Coccyzus Americanus}) and the black-billed cuckoo ({C. erythrophthalmus}) build their own nests. {Cuckoo bee} (Zool.), a bee, parasitic in the larval stage in the nests of other bees, feeding either upon their food or larvae. They belong to the genera {Nomada}, {Melecta}, {Epeolus}, and others. {Cuckoo clock}, a clock so constructed that at the time for striking it gives forth sounds resembling the cry of the cuckoo. {Cuckoo dove} (Zo[94]l.), a long-tailed pigeon of the genus {Macropygia}. Many species inhabit the East Indies. {Cuckoo fish} (Zo[94]l.), the European red gurnard ({Trigla cuculus}). The name probably alludes to the sound that it utters. {Cuckoo falcon} (Zo[94]l.), any falcon of the genus {Baza}. The genus inhabits Africa and the East Indies. {Cuckoo maid} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck; -- called also {cuckoo mate}. {Cuckoo ray} (Zo[94]l.), a British ray ({Raia miraletus}). {Cuckoo spit}, [or] {Cuckoo spittle}. (a) A frothy secretion found upon plants, exuded by the larvae of certain insects, for concealment; -- called also {toad spittle} and {frog spit}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small hemipterous insect, the larva of which, living on grass and the leaves of plants, exudes this secretion. The insects belong to {Aphrophora}, {Helochara}, and allied genera. {Ground cuckoo}, the chaparral cock. | |
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Cuish \Cuish\ (kw?s), n. [F. cuisse thigh, fr. L. coxa hip: cf. F. cuissard, OF, cuissot, armor for the thigh, cuish. Cf. {Hough}.] Defensive armor for the thighs. [ Written also {cuisse}, and quish.] | |
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Cuish \Cuish\ (kw?s), n. [F. cuisse thigh, fr. L. coxa hip: cf. F. cuissard, OF, cuissot, armor for the thigh, cuish. Cf. {Hough}.] Defensive armor for the thighs. [ Written also {cuisse}, and quish.] | |
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Cusk \Cusk\ (k?sk), n. (Zo[94]l.) A large, edible, marine fish ({Brosmius brosme}), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called also {tusk} and {torsk}. | |
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Water \Wa"ter\ (w[add]"t[etil]r), n. [AS. w[91]ter; akin to OS. watar, OFries. wetir, weter, LG. & D. water, G. wasser, OHG. wazzar, Icel. vatn, Sw. vatten, Dan. vand, Goth. wat[omac], O. Slav. & Russ. voda, Gr. 'y`dwr, Skr. udan water, ud to wet, and perhaps to L. unda wave. [root]137. Cf. {Dropsy}, {Hydra}, {Otter}, {Wet}, {Whisky}.] 1. The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. [bd]We will drink water.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Powers of fire, air, water, and earth.[b8] --Milton. Note: Pure water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, {H2O}, and is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, transparent liquid, which is very slightly compressible. At its maximum density, 39[deg] Fahr. or 4[deg] C., it is the standard for specific gravities, one cubic centimeter weighing one gram. It freezes at 32[deg] Fahr. or 0[deg] C. and boils at 212[deg] Fahr. or 100[deg] C. (see {Ice}, {Steam}). It is the most important natural solvent, and is frequently impregnated with foreign matter which is mostly removed by distillation; hence, rain water is nearly pure. It is an important ingredient in the tissue of animals and plants, the human body containing about two thirds its weight of water. 2. A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water. Remembering he had passed over a small water a poor scholar when first coming to the university, he kneeled. --Fuller. 3. Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine. 4. (Pharm.) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water. --U. S. Pharm. 5. The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence. 6. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See {Water}, v. t., 3, {Damask}, v. t., and {Damaskeen}. 7. An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or [bd]diluted.[b8] [Brokers' Cant] Note: Water is often used adjectively and in the formation of many self-explaining compounds; as, water drainage; water gauge, or water-gauge; waterfowl, water-fowl, or water fowl; water-beaten; water-borne, water-circled, water-girdled, water-rocked, etc. {Hard water}. See under {Hard}. {Inch of water}, a unit of measure of quantity of water, being the quantity which will flow through an orifice one inch square, or a circular orifice one inch in diameter, in a vertical surface, under a stated constant head; also called {miner's inch}, and {water inch}. The shape of the orifice and the head vary in different localities. In the Western United States, for hydraulic mining, the standard aperture is square and the head from 4 to 9 inches above its center. In Europe, for experimental hydraulics, the orifice is usually round and the head from [frac1x12] of an inch to 1 inch above its top. {Mineral water}, waters which are so impregnated with foreign ingredients, such as gaseous, sulphureous, and saline substances, as to give them medicinal properties, or a particular flavor or temperature. {Soft water}, water not impregnated with lime or mineral salts. {To hold water}. See under {Hold}, v. t. {To keep one's head above water}, to keep afloat; fig., to avoid failure or sinking in the struggles of life. [Colloq.] {To make water}. (a) To pass urine. --Swift. (b) (Naut.) To admit water; to leak. {Water of crystallization} (Chem.), the water combined with many salts in their crystalline form. This water is loosely, but, nevertheless, chemically, combined, for it is held in fixed and definite amount for each substance containing it. Thus, while pure copper sulphate, {CuSO4}, is a white amorphous substance, blue vitriol, the crystallized form, {CuSO4.5H2O}, contains five molecules of water of crystallization. {Water on the brain} (Med.), hydrocephalus. {Water on the chest} (Med.), hydrothorax. Note: Other phrases, in which water occurs as the first element, will be found in alphabetical order in the Vocabulary. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Water \Wa"ter\ (w[add]"t[etil]r), n. [AS. w[91]ter; akin to OS. watar, OFries. wetir, weter, LG. & D. water, G. wasser, OHG. wazzar, Icel. vatn, Sw. vatten, Dan. vand, Goth. wat[omac], O. Slav. & Russ. voda, Gr. 'y`dwr, Skr. udan water, ud to wet, and perhaps to L. unda wave. [root]137. Cf. {Dropsy}, {Hydra}, {Otter}, {Wet}, {Whisky}.] 1. The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. [bd]We will drink water.[b8] --Shak. [bd]Powers of fire, air, water, and earth.[b8] --Milton. Note: Pure water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, {H2O}, and is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, transparent liquid, which is very slightly compressible. At its maximum density, 39[deg] Fahr. or 4[deg] C., it is the standard for specific gravities, one cubic centimeter weighing one gram. It freezes at 32[deg] Fahr. or 0[deg] C. and boils at 212[deg] Fahr. or 100[deg] C. (see {Ice}, {Steam}). It is the most important natural solvent, and is frequently impregnated with foreign matter which is mostly removed by distillation; hence, rain water is nearly pure. It is an important ingredient in the tissue of animals and plants, the human body containing about two thirds its weight of water. 2. A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water. Remembering he had passed over a small water a poor scholar when first coming to the university, he kneeled. --Fuller. 3. Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; esp., the urine. 4. (Pharm.) A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water. --U. S. Pharm. 5. The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence. 6. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See {Water}, v. t., 3, {Damask}, v. t., and {Damaskeen}. 7. An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or [bd]diluted.[b8] [Brokers' Cant] Note: Water is often used adjectively and in the formation of many self-explaining compounds; as, water drainage; water gauge, or water-gauge; waterfowl, water-fowl, or water fowl; water-beaten; water-borne, water-circled, water-girdled, water-rocked, etc. {Hard water}. See under {Hard}. {Inch of water}, a unit of measure of quantity of water, being the quantity which will flow through an orifice one inch square, or a circular orifice one inch in diameter, in a vertical surface, under a stated constant head; also called {miner's inch}, and {water inch}. The shape of the orifice and the head vary in different localities. In the Western United States, for hydraulic mining, the standard aperture is square and the head from 4 to 9 inches above its center. In Europe, for experimental hydraulics, the orifice is usually round and the head from [frac1x12] of an inch to 1 inch above its top. {Mineral water}, waters which are so impregnated with foreign ingredients, such as gaseous, sulphureous, and saline substances, as to give them medicinal properties, or a particular flavor or temperature. {Soft water}, water not impregnated with lime or mineral salts. {To hold water}. See under {Hold}, v. t. {To keep one's head above water}, to keep afloat; fig., to avoid failure or sinking in the struggles of life. [Colloq.] {To make water}. (a) To pass urine. --Swift. (b) (Naut.) To admit water; to leak. {Water of crystallization} (Chem.), the water combined with many salts in their crystalline form. This water is loosely, but, nevertheless, chemically, combined, for it is held in fixed and definite amount for each substance containing it. Thus, while pure copper sulphate, {CuSO4}, is a white amorphous substance, blue vitriol, the crystallized form, {CuSO4.5H2O}, contains five molecules of water of crystallization. {Water on the brain} (Med.), hydrocephalus. {Water on the chest} (Med.), hydrothorax. Note: Other phrases, in which water occurs as the first element, will be found in alphabetical order in the Vocabulary. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Kousso \Kous"so\, n. (Bot.) An Abyssinian rosaceous tree ({Brayera anthelmintica}), the flowers of which are used as a vermifuge. [Written also {cusso} and {kosso}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Czech \Czech\ (ch?k; 204), n. 1. One of the Czechs. 2. The language of the Czechs (often called Bohemian), the harshest and richest of the Slavic languages. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Czechs \Czechs\ (ch?ks), n. pl.; sing. {Czech}. [Named after their chieftain, Czech.] (Ethnol.) The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia and Moravia. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cacao, PR (comunidad, FIPS 10048) Location: 18.43855 N, 66.93746 W Population (1990): 1690 (516 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Cache, IL Zip code(s): 62913 Cache, OK (town, FIPS 10700) Location: 34.62862 N, 98.61566 W Population (1990): 2251 (914 housing units) Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73527 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cahokia, IL (village, FIPS 10370) Location: 38.56476 N, 90.17759 W Population (1990): 17550 (6411 housing units) Area: 25.0 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62206 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Casa, AR (town, FIPS 11890) Location: 35.02583 N, 93.04432 W Population (1990): 200 (92 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72025 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Casco, ME Zip code(s): 04015 Casco, WI (village, FIPS 12850) Location: 44.55380 N, 87.61849 W Population (1990): 544 (223 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54205 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Casey, IA (city, FIPS 11395) Location: 41.50729 N, 94.52148 W Population (1990): 441 (221 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50048 Casey, IL (city, FIPS 11618) Location: 39.30256 N, 87.98934 W Population (1990): 2914 (1387 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62420 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cash, AR (town, FIPS 11920) Location: 35.79982 N, 90.93220 W Population (1990): 214 (95 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72421 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Casscoe, AR Zip code(s): 72026 | |
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Causey, NM (village, FIPS 12850) Location: 33.86523 N, 103.11683 W Population (1990): 57 (29 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 88113 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cayce, SC (city, FIPS 12655) Location: 33.95580 N, 81.06090 W Population (1990): 11163 (4721 housing units) Area: 22.9 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29033 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cayuco, PR (comunidad, FIPS 15623) Location: 18.29525 N, 66.73543 W Population (1990): 1163 (397 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cayuga, IN (town, FIPS 10954) Location: 39.94709 N, 87.46484 W Population (1990): 1083 (454 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47928 Cayuga, ND (city, FIPS 13020) Location: 46.07583 N, 97.38341 W Population (1990): 60 (39 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58013 Cayuga, NY (village, FIPS 13068) Location: 42.91945 N, 76.72835 W Population (1990): 556 (237 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13034 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chase, AK (CDP, FIPS 12350) Location: 62.44907 N, 150.10176 W Population (1990): 38 (54 housing units) Area: 93.5 sq km (land), 2.5 sq km (water) Chase, KS (city, FIPS 12650) Location: 38.35567 N, 98.34840 W Population (1990): 577 (285 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67524 Chase, MI Zip code(s): 49623 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chaska, MN (city, FIPS 10972) Location: 44.82110 N, 93.60514 W Population (1990): 11339 (4476 housing units) Area: 35.5 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55318 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chazy, NY Zip code(s): 12921 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chico, CA (city, FIPS 13014) Location: 39.75380 N, 121.80693 W Population (1990): 40079 (16295 housing units) Area: 58.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95928 Chico, TX (city, FIPS 14620) Location: 33.29420 N, 97.79923 W Population (1990): 800 (350 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76431 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chokio, MN (city, FIPS 11440) Location: 45.57369 N, 96.17412 W Population (1990): 521 (253 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56221 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chuckey, TN Zip code(s): 37641 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chuichu, AZ (CDP, FIPS 13190) Location: 32.74477 N, 111.79722 W Population (1990): 330 (82 housing units) Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cisco, GA Zip code(s): 30708 Cisco, IL (village, FIPS 14442) Location: 40.01371 N, 88.72352 W Population (1990): 282 (114 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61830 Cisco, TX (city, FIPS 15004) Location: 32.38503 N, 98.97996 W Population (1990): 3813 (1945 housing units) Area: 12.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76437 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Coco, PR (comunidad, FIPS 18891) Location: 18.00454 N, 66.26004 W Population (1990): 3478 (1118 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cocoa, FL (city, FIPS 13150) Location: 28.37700 N, 80.75017 W Population (1990): 17722 (8248 housing units) Area: 19.4 sq km (land), 5.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 32922, 32926 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cohoes, NY (city, FIPS 16749) Location: 42.77265 N, 73.70842 W Population (1990): 16825 (7639 housing units) Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 12047 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cook, MN (city, FIPS 13006) Location: 47.85308 N, 92.68805 W Population (1990): 680 (308 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55723 Cook, NE (village, FIPS 10390) Location: 40.51031 N, 96.16123 W Population (1990): 333 (171 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68329 Cook, WA Zip code(s): 98605 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cooks, MI Zip code(s): 49817 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Coqui], PR (comunidad, FIPS 20310) Location: 17.98055 N, 66.22643 W Population (1990): 3051 (1133 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Couch, MO Zip code(s): 65690 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cowiche, WA Zip code(s): 98923 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
check n. A hardware-detected error condition, most commonly used to refer to actual hardware failures rather than software-induced traps. E.g., a `parity check' is the result of a hardware-detected parity error. Recorded here because the word often humorously extended to non-technical problems. For example, the term `child check' has been used to refer to the problems caused by a small child who is curious to know what happens when s/he presses all the cute buttons on a computer's console (of course, this particular problem could have been prevented with {molly-guard}s). | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
choke v. 1. [common] To reject input, often ungracefully. "NULs make System V's `lpr(1)' choke." "I tried building an {EMACS} binary to use {X}, but `cpp(1)' choked on all those `#define's." See {barf}, {gag}, {vi}. 2. [MIT] More generally, to fail at any endeavor, but with some flair or bravado; the popular definition is "to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory." | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
chug vi. To run slowly; to {grind} or {grovel}. "The disk is chugging like crazy." | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
cookie n. A handle, transaction ID, or other token of agreement between cooperating programs. "I give him a packet, he gives me back a cookie." The claim check you get from a dry-cleaning shop is a perfect mundane example of a cookie; the only thing it's useful for is to relate a later transaction to this one (so you get the same clothes back). Compare {magic cookie}; see also {fortune cookie}. Now mainstream in the specific sense of web-browser cookies. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cache recently accessed data, designed to speed up subsequent access to the same data. Most often applied to processor-memory access but also used for a local copy of data accessible over a network etc. When data is read from, or written to, {main memory} a copy is also saved in the cache, along with the associated main memory address. The cache monitors addresses of subsequent reads to see if the required data is already in the cache. If it is (a {cache hit}) then it is returned immediately and the main memory read is aborted (or not started). If the data is not cached (a {cache miss}) then it is fetched from main memory and also saved in the cache. The cache is built from faster memory chips than main memory so a cache hit takes much less time to complete than a normal memory access. The cache may be located on the same {integrated circuit} as the {CPU}, in order to further reduce the access time. In this case it is often known as {primary cache} since there may be a larger, slower {secondary cache} outside the CPU chip. The most important characteristic of a cache is its {hit rate} - the fraction of all memory accesses which are satisfied from the cache. This in turn depends on the cache design but mostly on its size relative to the main memory. The size is limited by the cost of fast memory chips. The hit rate also depends on the access pattern of the particular program being run (the sequence of addresses being read and written). Caches rely on two properties of the access patterns of most programs: temporal locality - if something is accessed once, it is likely to be accessed again soon, and spatial locality - if one memory location is accessed then nearby memory locations are also likely to be accessed. In order to exploit spatial locality, caches often operate on several words at a time, a "{cache line}" or "cache block". Main memory reads and writes are whole {cache lines}. When the processor wants to write to main memory, the data is first written to the cache on the assumption that the processor will probably read it again soon. Various different policies are used. In a {write-through} cache, data is written to main memory at the same time as it is cached. In a {write-back} cache it is only written to main memory when it is forced out of the cache. If all accesses were writes then, with a write-through policy, every write to the cache would necessitate a main memory write, thus slowing the system down to main memory speed. However, statistically, most accesses are reads and most of these will be satisfied from the cache. Write-through is simpler than write-back because an entry that is to be replaced can just be overwritten in the cache as it will already have been copied to main memory whereas write-back requires the cache to initiate a main memory write of the flushed entry followed (for a processor read) by a main memory read. However, write-back is more efficient because an entry may be written many times in the cache without a main memory access. When the cache is full and it is desired to cache another line of data then a cache entry is selected to be written back to main memory or "flushed". The new line is then put in its place. Which entry is chosen to be flushed is determined by a "{replacement algorithm}". Some processors have separate instruction and data caches. Both can be active at the same time, allowing an instruction fetch to overlap with a data read or write. This separation also avoids the possibility of bad {cache conflict} between say the instructions in a loop and some data in an array which is accessed by that loop. See also {direct mapped cache}, {fully associative cache}, {sector mapping}, {set associative cache}. (1997-06-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CACI A company developing and marketing {SIMSCRIPT}, {MODSIM} and other {simulation} software products. Telephone: +1 (619) 457-9681. (1994-09-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CAGE Early system on IBM 704. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CAIS {Common APSE Interface Specification} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CAIS-A Common APSE Interface Set A DoD-STD-1838A. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CAiSE Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CAS {Column Address Strobe} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CASE 1. {Computer Aided Software Engineering}. 2. {Common Application Service Element}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
case 1. 2. case" - ABC..Z) or a small letter ("lower case" - abc..z). The term case comes from the printing trade when the use of moving type was invented in the early Middle Ages (Caxton or Gutenberg?) and the letters for each {font} were stored in a box with two sections (or "cases"), the upper case was for the capital letters and the lower case was for the small letters. The Oxford Universal Dictionary of Historical Principles (Feb 1993, reprinted 1952) indicates that this usage of "case" (as the box or frame used by a compositor in the printing trade) was first used in 1588. (1996-03-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CASE 1. {Computer Aided Software Engineering}. 2. {Common Application Service Element}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
case 1. 2. case" - ABC..Z) or a small letter ("lower case" - abc..z). The term case comes from the printing trade when the use of moving type was invented in the early Middle Ages (Caxton or Gutenberg?) and the letters for each {font} were stored in a box with two sections (or "cases"), the upper case was for the capital letters and the lower case was for the small letters. The Oxford Universal Dictionary of Historical Principles (Feb 1993, reprinted 1952) indicates that this usage of "case" (as the box or frame used by a compositor in the printing trade) was first used in 1588. (1996-03-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cashe (1996-12-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CGI Joe programmer with all the social skills and charisma of a plastic action figure. (1997-03-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
chaos A property of some non-linear dynamic systems which exhibit sensitive dependence on initial conditions. This means that there are initial states which evolve within some finite time to states whose separation in one or more dimensions of state space depends, in an average sense, exponentially on their initial separation. Such systems may still be completely {deterministic} in that any future state of the system depends only on the initial conditions and the equations describing the change of the system with time. It may, however, require arbitrarily high precision to actually calculate a future state to within some finite precision. ["On defining chaos", R. Glynn Holt {(ftp://mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/etext/ippe/preprints/Phil_of_Science/Holt_and_Holt.On_Defining_Chaos)}] Fixed precision {floating-point} arithmetic, as used by most computers, may actually introduce chaotic dependence on initial conditions due to the accumulation of rounding errors (which constitutes a non-linear system). (1995-02-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
chess {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:rec.games.chess}. See also {Internet Chess Server}. (1995-03-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CHOCS A generalisation of {CCS}. ["A Calculus of Higher-Order Communicating Systems", B. Thomsen, 16th POPL pp.143-154 (1989)]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
choke 1. To reject input, often ungracefully. "NULs make System V's "lpr(1)" choke." "I tried building an {Emacs} binary to use {X}, but "cpp(1)" choked on all those "#define"s." See {barf}, {gag}. 2. [MIT] More generally, to fail at any endeavor, but with some flair or bravado; the popular definition is "to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory." [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
chug chugging like crazy." [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CICS {Customer Information Control System} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CIS 1. 2. 3. {Customer Information Systems}. (1999-10-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CISC {Complex Instruction Set Computer} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CISI A French software house. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CIX 1. 2. (1997-07-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
coax {coaxial cable} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CoCo {MC6809E} {CPU}. The {Dragon} is a CoCo clone. The CoCo was as powerful as the {IBM XT} at the time it was made, and could run {OS-9}. (1997-02-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
COGO A subsystem of {ICES} aimed at coordinate geometry problems in Civil Engineering. ["Engineer's Guide to ICES COGO I", R67-46, CE Dept MIT (Aug 1967)]. (1995-01-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cooC {Concurrent Object-Oriented C}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cookie 1. agreement between cooperating programs. "I give him a packet, he gives me back a cookie". The claim check you get from a dry-cleaning shop is a perfect mundane example of a cookie; the only thing it's useful for is to relate a later transaction to this one (so you get the same clothes back). Another example is an {HTTP cookie}. Compare {magic cookie}; see also {fortune cookie}. 2. on a {multi-user} computer. 3. became {toast}. (1997-04-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cooky {cookie} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
COS 1. {Cray Operating System}. 2. {Corporation for Open Systems}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
COSE Common Open Software Environment. An initiative by Hewlett-Packard, Sun, IBM, Novell, Univel and SCO to move toward consistency and interoperability between Unix suppliers. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
COSS {Common Object Services Specification} in {CORBA}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CUCH CUrry-CHurch. {Lambda-calculus} ["A Type-Theoretical Alternative to CUCH, ISWIM, OWHY", Dana Scott, Oxford U 1969]. ["Introduction to the CUCH", C. Bohm et al, in Automata Theory, E.R. Caianiello ed, A-P 1966, pp.35-65]. (1994-12-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CUSI A collection of indices to various {World-Wide Web} and other {Internet} documents. It is located at {Nexor} in the UK. {(http://web.nexor.co.uk/public/cusi/cusi.html)}. (1994-11-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CWIC Compiler for Writing and Implementing Compilers. Val Schorre. One of the early metacompilers. Compare {Meta-II}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CWIS {Campus-Wide Information System} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Cyc Cyc is a very large, multi-contextual {knowledge base} and {inference engine}, the development of which started at the {Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation} (MCC) in Austin, Texas during the early 1980s. Over the past eleven years the members of the Cyc team, lead by {Doug Lenat}, have added to the knowledge base a huge amount of fundamental human knowledge: {facts}, rules of thumb, and {heuristics} for reasoning about the objects and events of modern everyday life. Cyc is an attempt to do symbolic {AI} on a massive scale. It is not based on numerical methods such as statistical probabilities, nor is it based on {neural networks} or {fuzzy logic}. All of the knowledge in Cyc is represented {declaratively} in the form of logical {assertions}. Cyc presently contains approximately 400,000 significant assertions, which include simple statements of fact, rules about what conclusions to draw if certain statements of fact are satisfied, and rules about how to reason with certain types of facts and rules. The {inference engine} derives new conclusions using {deductive reasoning}. To date, Cyc has made possible ground-breaking pilot applications in the areas of {heterogeneous} database browsing and integration, {captioned image retrieval}, and {natural language processing}. In January of 1995, a new independent company named Cycorp was created to continue the Cyc project. Cycorp is still in Austin, Texas. The president of Cycorp is {Doug Lenat}. The development of Cyc has been supported by several organisations, including {Apple}, {Bellcore}, {DEC}, {DoD}, {Interval}, {Kodak}, and {Microsoft}. {Home (http://www.cyc.com/)}. {Unofficial FAQ (http://www.robotwisdom.com/ai/cycfaq.html)}. (1999-09-07) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cage (Heb. kelub', Jer. 5:27, marg. "coop;" rendered "basket" in Amos 8:1), a basket of wicker-work in which birds were placed after being caught. In Rev. 18:2 it is the rendering of the Greek _phulake_, properly a prison or place of confinement. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cake Cakes made of wheat or barley were offered in the temple. They were salted, but unleavened (Ex. 29:2; Lev. 2:4). In idolatrous worship thin cakes or wafers were offered "to the queen of heaven" (Jer. 7:18; 44:19). Pancakes are described in 2 Sam. 13:8, 9. Cakes mingled with oil and baked in the oven are mentioned in Lev. 2:4, and "wafers unleavened anointed with oil," in Ex. 29:2; Lev. 8:26; 1 Chr. 23:29. "Cracknels," a kind of crisp cakes, were among the things Jeroboam directed his wife to take with her when she went to consult Ahijah the prophet at Shiloh (1 Kings 14:3). Such hard cakes were carried by the Gibeonites when they came to Joshua (9:5, 12). They described their bread as "mouldy;" but the Hebrew word _nikuddim_, here used, ought rather to be rendered "hard as biscuit." It is rendered "cracknels" in 1 Kings 14:3. The ordinary bread, when kept for a few days, became dry and excessively hard. The Gibeonites pointed to this hardness of their bread as an evidence that they had come a long journey. We read also of honey-cakes (Ex. 16:31), "cakes of figs" (1 Sam. 25:18), "cake" as denoting a whole piece of bread (1 Kings 17:12), and "a [round] cake of barley bread" (Judg. 7:13). In Lev. 2 is a list of the different kinds of bread and cakes which were fit for offerings. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cassia (1.) Hebrew _kiddah'_, i.e., "split." One of the principal spices of the holy anointing oil (Ex. 30:24), and an article of commerce (Ezek. 27:19). It is the inner bark of a tree resembling the cinnamon (q.v.), the Cinnamomum cassia of botanists, and was probably imported from India. (2.) Hebrew pl. _ketzi'oth_ (Ps. 45:8). Mentioned in connection with myrrh and aloes as being used to scent garments. It was probably prepared from the peeled bark, as the Hebrew word suggests, of some kind of cinnamon. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Causeway a raised way, an ascent by steps, or a raised slope between Zion and the temple (1 Chr. 26:16, 18). In 2 Chr. 9:11 the same word is translated "terrace." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cheek Smiting on the cheek was accounted a grievous injury and insult (Job 16:10; Lam. 3:30; Micah 5:1). The admonition (Luke 6:29), "Unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other," means simply, "Resist not evil" (Matt. 5:39; 1 Pet. 2:19-23). Ps. 3:7 = that God had deprived his enemies of the power of doing him injury. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cheese (A.S. cese). This word occurs three times in the Authorized Version as the translation of three different Hebrew words: (1.) 1 Sam. 17:18, "ten cheeses;" i.e., ten sections of curd. (2.) 2 Sam. 17:29, "cheese of kine" = perhaps curdled milk of kine. The Vulgate version reads "fat calves." (3.) Job 10:10, curdled milk is meant by the word. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Chios mentioned in Acts 20:15, an island in the Aegean Sea, about 5 miles distant from the mainland, having a roadstead, in the shelter of which Paul and his companions anchored for a night when on his third missionary return journey. It is now called Scio. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cook a person employed to perform culinary service. In early times among the Hebrews cooking was performed by the mistress of the household (Gen. 18:2-6; Judg. 6:19), and the process was very expeditiously performed (Gen. 27:3, 4, 9, 10). Professional cooks were afterwards employed (1 Sam. 8:13; 9:23). Few animals, as a rule, were slaughtered (other than sacrifices), except for purposes of hospitality (Gen. 18:7; Luke 15:23). The paschal lamb was roasted over a fire (Ex. 12:8, 9; 2Chr. 35:13). Cooking by boiling was the usual method adopted (Lev. 8:31; Ex. 16:23). No cooking took place on the Sabbath day (Ex. 35:3). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Coos (written Cos in the R.V.), a small island, one of the Sporades in the Aegean Sea, in the north-west of Rhodes, off the coast of Caria. Paul on his return from his third missionary journey, passed the night here after sailing from Miletus (Acts 21:1). It is now called Stanchio. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Couch (Gen. 49:4; 1 Chr. 5:1; Job 7:13; Ps. 6:6, etc.), a seat for repose or rest. (See {BED}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cuckoo (Heb. shahaph), from a root meaning "to be lean; slender." This bird is mentioned only in Lev. 11:16 and Deut. 14:15 (R.V., "seamew"). Some have interpreted the Hebrew word by "petrel" or "shearwater" (Puffinus cinereus), which is found on the coast of Syria; others think it denotes the "sea-gull" or "seamew." The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) feeds on reptiles and large insects. It is found in Asia and Africa as well as in Europe. It only passes the winter in Palestine. The Arabs suppose it to utter the cry _Yakub_, and hence they call it _tir el-Yakub_; i.e., "Jacob's bird." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cush black. (1.) A son, probably the eldest, of Ham, and the father of Nimrod (Gen. 10:8; 1 Chr. 1:10). From him the land of Cush seems to have derived its name. The question of the precise locality of the land of Cush has given rise to not a little controversy. The second river of Paradise surrounded the whole land of Cush (Gen. 2:13, R.V.). The term Cush is in the Old Testament generally applied to the countries south of the Israelites. It was the southern limit of Egypt (Ezek. 29:10, A.V. "Ethiopia," Heb. Cush), with which it is generally associated (Ps. 68:31; Isa. 18:1; Jer. 46:9, etc.). It stands also associated with Elam (Isa. 11:11), with Persia (Ezek. 38:5), and with the Sabeans (Isa. 45:14). From these facts it has been inferred that Cush included Arabia and the country on the west coast of the Red Sea. Rawlinson takes it to be the country still known as Khuzi-stan, on the east side of the Lower Tigris. But there are intimations which warrant the conclusion that there was also a Cush in Africa, the Ethiopia (so called by the Greeks) of Africa. Ezekiel speaks (29:10; comp. 30:4-6) of it as lying south of Egypt. It was the country now known to us as Nubia and Abyssinia (Isa. 18:1; Zeph. 3:10, Heb. Cush). In ancient Egyptian inscriptions Ethiopia is termed _Kesh_. The Cushites appear to have spread along extensive tracts, stretching from the Upper Nile to the Euphrates and Tigris. At an early period there was a stream of migration of Cushites "from Ethiopia, properly so called, through Arabia, Babylonia, and Persia, to Western India." The Hamite races, soon after their arrival in Africa, began to spread north, east, and west. Three branches of the Cushite or Ethiopian stock, moving from Western Asia, settled in the regions contiguous to the Persian Gulf. One branch, called the Cossaeans, settled in the mountainous district on the east of the Tigris, known afterwards as Susiana; another occupied the lower regions of the Euphrates and the Tigris; while a third colonized the southern shores and islands of the gulf, whence they afterwards emigrated to the Mediterranean and settled on the coast of Palestine as the Phoenicians. Nimrod was a great Cushite chief. He conquered the Accadians, a Tauranian race, already settled in Mesopotamia, and founded his kingdom, the Cushites mingling with the Accads, and so forming the Chaldean nation. (2.) A Benjamite of this name is mentioned in the title of Ps. 7. "Cush was probably a follower of Saul, the head of his tribe, and had sought the friendship of David for the purpose of 'rewarding evil to him that was at peace with him.'" | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Chios, open; opening | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Chuza, the seer or prophet | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Cis, same as Kish | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Coos, top, summit | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Coz, a thorn | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Cush, Cushan, Cushi, Ethiopians; blackness |