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d8Calamistrum \[d8]Cal`a*mis"trum\, n. [L., a curling iron.] (Zo[94]l.) A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders ({Ciniflonid[91]}), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs. | |
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d8Calando \[d8]Ca*lan"do\, a. [It.] (Mus.) Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness. | |
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d8Calembour \[d8]Cal"em*bour`\, n. [F.] A pun. | |
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d8Calendula \[d8]Ca*len"du*la\, n. [NL., fr. L. calendae calends.] (Bot.) A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, {Calendula officinalis}, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the name. | |
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d8Calin \[d8]Ca"lin\, n. [F., fr. Malay kelany tin, or fr. Kala'a, a town in India, fr. which it came.] An alloy of lead and tin, of which the Chinese make tea canisters. | |
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d8Chelone \[d8]Che*lo"ne\, n. [Gr. chelw`nh a tortoise. So named from shape of the upper lip of the corolla.] (Bot.) A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order {Scrophulariace[91]}, natives of North America; -- called also {snakehead}, {turtlehead}, {shellflower}, etc. | |
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d8Chelonia \[d8]Che*lo"ni*a\ (k[esl]*l[omac]"n[icr]*[adot]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. chelw`nh a tortoise.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, peculiar in having a part of the vertebr[91], ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See {Reptilia}; also, Illust. in Appendix. | |
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d8Chlamys \[d8]Chla"mys\, n.; pl. E. {Chlamyses}, L. {Chlamydes}. [L., from Gr. [?].] A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks; a kind of cloak. | |
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d8Chol91maa \[d8]Cho*l[91]"ma*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] bile + [?] blood.] (Med.) A disease characterized by severe nervous symptoms, dependent upon the presence of the constituents of the bile in the blood. | |
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d8Cilium \[d8]Cil"i*um\, n. [L., eyelid.] See {Cilia}. | |
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d8Clamatores \[d8]Clam`a*to"res\, n. pl. [L. clamator, pl. clamatores, a bawler.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing. | |
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d8Clinanthium \[d8]Cli*nan"thi*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] bed + [?] flower.] (Bot.) The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- also called {clinium}. | |
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d8Clinique \[d8]Cli*nique"\, n. [F.] (Med.) A clinic. | |
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d8Clinium \[d8]Clin"i*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. kli`nh bed.] (Bot.) See {Clinanthium}. | |
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d8Clonus \[d8]Clo"nus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] violent, confused motion.] (Med.) A series of muscular contractions due to sudden stretching of the muscle, -- a sign of certain neuropathies. | |
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d8Collembola \[d8]Col*lem"bo*la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`lla glue + 'e`mbolon wedge, peg; -- so called from their having collophores.] (Zo[94]l.) The division of Thysanura which includes {Podura}, and allied forms. | |
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d8Collenchyma \[d8]Col*len"chy*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`lla glue + [?] an infusion. Formed like parenchyma.] (Bot.) A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated. | |
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d8Collum \[d8]Col"lum\, n.; pl. {Colla}. [L., neck.] 1. (Anat.) A neck or cervix. --Dunglison. 2. (Bot.) Same as {Collar}. --Gray. | |
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d8Colonitis \[d8]Col`o*ni"tis\, n. (Med.) See {Colitis}. | |
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d8Columb91 \[d8]Co*lum"b[91]\, n. pl.; [L. columba pigeon.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of birds, including the pigeons. | |
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d8Columbarium \[d8]Col`um*ba"ri*um\, n.; pl. L. {Columbaria} [L. See {Columbary}.] (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A dovecote or pigeon house. (b) A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns. | |
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d8Columbella \[d8]Col`um*bel"la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. columba a dove. So called from a fancied resemblance in color and form, of some species.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of univalve shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as {Columbella mercatoria}, were formerly used as shell money. | |
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d8Coulomb \[d8]Cou`lomb"\ (k??`l?n"), n. [From Coulomb, a French physicist and electrican.] (Physics) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantity transferred by one amp[8a]re in one second. Formerly called {weber}. | |
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d8Culmen \[d8]Cul"men\ (k?l"m?n), n. [L., fr. cellere (in comp.) to impel; cf. celsus pushed upward, lofty.] 1. Top; summit; acme. --R. North. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill. | |
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d8Dd2gling \[d8]D[d2]g"ling\, n. [Native name in Faroe Islands.] (Zo[94]l.) The beaked whale ({Bal[91]noptera rostrata}), from which d[d2]gling oil is obtained. | |
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d8Diachylon \[d8]Di*ach"y*lon\, d8Diachylum \[d8]Di*ach"y*lum\, n. [NL. diachylum, fr. Gr. [?] very juicy; dia` thoroughly + [?] juice.] (Med. & Chem.) A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts of the fat acids. | |
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d8Diachylon \[d8]Di*ach"y*lon\, d8Diachylum \[d8]Di*ach"y*lum\, n. [NL. diachylum, fr. Gr. [?] very juicy; dia` thoroughly + [?] juice.] (Med. & Chem.) A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts of the fat acids. | |
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d8Eclampsia \[d8]Ec*lamp"si*a\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] a shining forth, fr. [?] to shine forth; [?] out + [?] to shine.] (Med.) A fancied perception of flashes of light, a symptom of epilepsy; hence, epilepsy itself; convulsions. Note: The term is generally restricted to a convulsive affection attending pregnancy and parturition, and to infantile convulsions. | |
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d8Eclampsy \[d8]Ec*lamp"sy\, n. (Med.) Same as {Eclampsia}. | |
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d8Gallimatia \[d8]Gal`li*ma"ti*a\ (? [or] ?), n. Senseless talk. [Obs. or R.] See {Galimatias}. | |
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d8Gallinaceae \[d8]Gal"li*nace*ae\, n. pl. [NL. See {Gallinaceous}.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Gallinae}. | |
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d8Gallinae \[d8]Gal*li"nae\, n.; pl. [NL., fr. L. gallina a hen, gallus a cock.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes called {{Rasores}}. | |
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d8Glama \[d8]Gla"ma\, n. [NL.; cf. Gr. [?], L. gramiae, Gr. [?] blear-eyed.] (Med.) A copious gummy secretion of the humor of the eyelids, in consequence of some disorder; blearedness; lippitude. | |
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d8Glans \[d8]Glans\n.; pl. {Glandes}. [L. See {Gland}.] 1. (Anat.) The vascular body which forms the apex of the penis, and the extremity of the clitoris. 2. (Bot.) The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits. --Gray. 3. (Med.) (a) Goiter. (b) A pessary. [Obs.] | |
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d8Glioma \[d8]Gli*o"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] glue + -oma.] (Med.) A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system. | |
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d8Glomerulus \[d8]Glo*mer"u*lus\, n.; pl. {Glomeruli}. [NL., dim. of L. glomus. See 3d {Glome}.] (Anat.) The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney. | |
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d8Go89land \[d8]Go`[89]`land"\, n. [F. go[89]land.] (Zo[94]l.) A white tropical tern ({Cygis candida}). | |
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d8Guillemet \[d8]Guil"le*met`\, n. [F.] A quotation mark. [R.] | |
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d8Jalons \[d8]Ja`lons"\, n. pl. [F. Of unknown origin.] (Mil.) Long poles, topped with wisps of straw, used as landmarks and signals. --Farrow. | |
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d8Julienne \[d8]Ju`li*enne"\, n. [F.] A kind of soup containing thin slices or shreds of carrots, onions, etc. | |
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d8Kalmia \[d8]Kal"mi*a\, n. [NL. Named in honor of Peter Kalm, a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also {mountain laurel}, {ivy bush}, {lamb kill}, {calico bush}, etc. | |
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d8Koulan \[d8]Kou"lan\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A wild horse ({Equus, [or] Asinus, onager}) inhabiting the plants of Central Asia; -- called also {gour}, {khur}, and {onager}. [Written also {kulan}.] Note: It is sometimes confounded with the dziggetai, to which it is closely related. It is gray in winter, but fulvous in summer. It has a well defined, dark, dorsal stripe, and a short, erect mane. In size, it is intermediate between the horse and ass. | |
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d8Oculina \[d8]Oc`u*li"na\, n. [NL., fr. L. oculus the eye.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of tropical corals, usually branched, and having a very volid texture. | |
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d8Oculinacea \[d8]Oc`u*li*na"*ce*a\, n.pl. [NL., fr. NL. oculina the name of a typical genus.] (Zo[94]l.) A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles. | |
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d8Osculum \[d8]Os"cu*lum\, n.; pl. {Oscula}. [L., a little mouth.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Oscule}. | |
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d8Salaam \[d8]Sa*laam"\ (s[adot]*l[aum]m"), n. Same as {Salam}. Finally, Josiah might have made his salaam to the exciseman just as he was folding up that letter. --Prof. Wilson. | |
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d8Salam \[d8]Sa*lam\ (s[adot]*l[aum]m"), n. [Ar. sal[be]m peace, safety.] A salutation or compliment of ceremony in the east by word or act; an obeisance, performed by bowing very low and placing the right palm on the forehead. [Written also {salaam}.] | |
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d8Salamandrina \[d8]Sal`a*man*dri"na\, n.; pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A suborder of Urodela, comprising salamanders. | |
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d8Salamandroidea \[d8]Sal`a*man*droi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Amphibia including the Salamanders and allied groups; the Urodela. | |
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d8Salmis \[d8]Sal`mis"\, n. [F.] (Cookery) A ragout of partly roasted game stewed with sauce, wine, bread, and condiments suited to provoke appetite. | |
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d8Salon \[d8]Sa`lon"\, n. [F. See {Saloon}.] An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society. | |
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d8Salon \[d8]Sa`lon"\, n. An apartment for the reception and exhibition of works of art; hence, an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris by the Society of French Artists; -- sometimes called the {Old Salon}. {New Salon} is a popular name for an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris at the Champs de Mars, by the Soci[82]t[82] Nationale des Beaux-Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in 1890, seceded from the Soci[82]t[82] des Artistes Fran[87]ais (Society of French Artists). | |
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d8Scholion \[d8]Scho"li*on\, n. [NL.] A scholium. A judgment which follows immediately from another is sometimes called a corollary, or consectary . . . One which illustrates the science where it appears, but is not an integral part of it, is a scholion. --Abp. Thomson (Laws of Thought). | |
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d8Solano \[d8]So*la"no\, [Sp., fr. L. solanus (sc. ventus), from sol the sun.] A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain. | |
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d8Solen \[d8]So"len\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] channel, a shellfish.] 1. (Med.) A cradle, as for a broken limb. See {Cradle}, 6. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to {Solen} or allied genera of the family {Solenid[91]}; a razor shell. | |
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d8Solenoconcha \[d8]So*le`no*con"cha\, n. pl. [NL. See {Solen}, and {Conch}.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Scaphopoda}. | |
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d8Solenoglypha \[d8]So`le*nog"ly*pha\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?] a channel + [?][?][?][?] to engrave.] (Zo[94]l.) A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See {Fang}. | |
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d8Solenostomi \[d8]So`le*nos"to*mi\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] a channel + [?][?][?][?] a mouth.] (Zo[94]l.) A tribe of lophobranch fishes having a tubular snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch. | |
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Daggle \Dag"gle\ (d[acr]g"g'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Daggled} (-g'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Daggling} (-gl[icr]ng).] [Freq. of dag, v. t., 1.] To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten. The warrior's very plume, I say, Was daggled by the dashing spray. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Dazzlement \Daz"zle*ment\, n. Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light. --Donne. | |
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Dazzle \Daz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dazzled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dazzling}.] [Freq. of daze.] 1. To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light. Those heavenly shapes Will dazzle now the earthly, with their blaze Insufferably bright. --Milton. An unreflected light did never yet Dazzle the vision feminine. --Sir H. Taylor. 2. To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind. [bd]Dazzled and drove back his enemies.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Dazzlingly \Daz"zling*ly\, adv. In a dazzling manner. | |
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Decillion \De*cil"lion\, n. [L. decem ten + the ending of million.] According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the French and American notation, a thousand involved to the eleventh power, or a unit with thirty-three ciphers annexed. [See the Note under {Numeration}.] | |
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Decillionth \De*cil"lionth\, a. Pertaining to a decillion, or to the quotient of unity divided by a decillion. | |
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Decillionth \De*cil"lionth\, n. (a) The quotient of unity divided by a decillion. (b) One of a decillion equal parts. | |
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Declaim \De*claim"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declaimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Declaiming}.] [L. declamare; de- + clamare to cry out: cf. F. d[82]clamer. See {Claim}.] 1. To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week. 2. To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant. Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act. --Bancroft. | |
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Declaim \De*claim"\, v. t. 1. To utter in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set manner. 2. To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly. [Obs.] [bd]Declaims his cause.[b8] --South. | |
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Declaimant \De*claim"ant\, n. A declaimer. [R.] | |
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Declaim \De*claim"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declaimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Declaiming}.] [L. declamare; de- + clamare to cry out: cf. F. d[82]clamer. See {Claim}.] 1. To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week. 2. To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant. Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act. --Bancroft. | |
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Declaimer \De*claim"er\, n. One who declaims; an haranguer. | |
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Declaim \De*claim"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declaimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Declaiming}.] [L. declamare; de- + clamare to cry out: cf. F. d[82]clamer. See {Claim}.] 1. To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week. 2. To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant. Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act. --Bancroft. | |
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Declamation \Dec`la*ma"tion\, n. [L. declamatio, from declamare: cf. F. d[82]clamation. See {Declaim}.] 1. The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students. The public listened with little emotion, but with much civility, to five acts of monotonous declamation. --Macaulay. 2. A set or harangue; declamatory discourse. 3. Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation. | |
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Declamator \Dec"la*ma`tor\, n. [L.] A declaimer. [R.] --Sir T. Elyot. | |
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Declamatory \De*clam"a*to*ry\, a. [L. declamatorius: cf. F. d[82]clamatoire.] 1. Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme. 2. Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style. | |
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Declension \De*clen"sion\, n. [Apparently corrupted fr. F. d[82]clinaison, fr. L. declinatio, fr. declinare. See {Decline}, and cf. {Declination}.] 1. The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope. The declension of the land from that place to the sea. --T. Burnet. 2. A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc. Seduced the pitch and height of all his thoughts To base declension. --Shak. 3. Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination. 4. (Gram.) (a) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases. (b) The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc. (c) Rehearsing a word as declined. Note: The nominative was held to be the primary and original form, and was likened to a perpendicular line; the variations, or oblique cases, were regarded as fallings (hence called casus, cases, or fallings) from the nominative or perpendicular; and an enumerating of the various forms, being a sort of progressive descent from the noun's upright form, was called a declension. --Harris. {Declension of the needle}, declination of the needle. | |
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Declension \De*clen"sion\, n. [Apparently corrupted fr. F. d[82]clinaison, fr. L. declinatio, fr. declinare. See {Decline}, and cf. {Declination}.] 1. The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope. The declension of the land from that place to the sea. --T. Burnet. 2. A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc. Seduced the pitch and height of all his thoughts To base declension. --Shak. 3. Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination. 4. (Gram.) (a) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases. (b) The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc. (c) Rehearsing a word as declined. Note: The nominative was held to be the primary and original form, and was likened to a perpendicular line; the variations, or oblique cases, were regarded as fallings (hence called casus, cases, or fallings) from the nominative or perpendicular; and an enumerating of the various forms, being a sort of progressive descent from the noun's upright form, was called a declension. --Harris. {Declension of the needle}, declination of the needle. | |
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Declensional \De*clen"sion*al\, a. Belonging to declension. Declensional and syntactical forms. --M. Arnold. | |
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Declinable \De*clin"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]clinable. See {Decline}.] Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of speech. | |
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Declinal \De*clin"al\, a. Declining; sloping. | |
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Declinate \Dec"li*nate\, a. [L. declinatus, p. p. of declinare. See {Decline}.] Bent downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve; declined. | |
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Declination \Dec`li*na"tion\, n. [L. declinatio a bending aside, an avoiding: cf. F. d[82]clination a decadence. See {Declension}.] 1. The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head. 2. The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline. [bd]The declination of monarchy.[b8] --Bacon. Summer . . . is not looked on as a time Of declination or decay. --Waller. 3. The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal. The declination of atoms in their descent. --Bentley. Every declination and violation of the rules. --South. 4. The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness. The queen's declination from marriage. --Stow. 5. (Astron.) The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward. 6. (Dialing) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south. 7. (Gram.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See {Decline}, v. t., 4. {Angle of declination}, the angle made by a descending line, or plane, with a horizontal plane. {Circle of declination}, a circle parallel to the celestial equator. {Declination compass} (Physics), a compass arranged for finding the declination of the magnetic needle. {Declination of the compass} [or] {needle}, the horizontal angle which the magnetic needle makes with the true north-and-south line. | |
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Refraction \Re*frac"tion\ (r?*fr?k"sh?n), n. [F. r[82]fraction.] 1. The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted. 2. The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved. Refraction out of the rarer medium into the denser, is made towards the perpendicular. --Sir I. Newton. 3. (Astron.) (a) The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction. (b) The correction which is to be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true altitude. {Angle of refraction} (Opt.), the angle which a refracted ray makes with the perpendicular to the surface separating the two media traversed by the ray. {Conical refraction} (Opt.), the refraction of a ray of light into an infinite number of rays, forming a hollow cone. This occurs when a ray of light is passed through crystals of some substances, under certain circumstances. Conical refraction is of two kinds; external conical refraction, in which the ray issues from the crystal in the form of a cone, the vertex of which is at the point of emergence; and internal conical refraction, in which the ray is changed into the form of a cone on entering the crystal, from which it issues in the form of a hollow cylinder. This singular phenomenon was first discovered by Sir W. R. Hamilton by mathematical reasoning alone, unaided by experiment. {Differential refraction} (Astron.), the change of the apparent place of one object relative to a second object near it, due to refraction; also, the correction required to be made to the observed relative places of the two bodies. {Double refraction} (Opt.), the refraction of light in two directions, which produces two distinct images. The power of double refraction is possessed by all crystals except those of the isometric system. A uniaxial crystal is said to be optically positive (like quartz), or optically negative (like calcite), or to have positive, or negative, double refraction, according as the optic axis is the axis of least or greatest elasticity for light; a biaxial crystal is similarly designated when the same relation holds for the acute bisectrix. {Index of refraction}. See under {Index}. {Refraction circle} (Opt.), an instrument provided with a graduated circle for the measurement of refraction. {Refraction of latitude}, {longitude}, {declination}, {right ascension}, etc., the change in the apparent latitude, longitude, etc., of a heavenly body, due to the effect of atmospheric refraction. {Terrestrial refraction}, the change in the apparent altitude of a distant point on or near the earth's surface, as the top of a mountain, arising from the passage of light from it to the eye through atmospheric strata of varying density. | |
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Declination \Dec`li*na"tion\, n. [L. declinatio a bending aside, an avoiding: cf. F. d[82]clination a decadence. See {Declension}.] 1. The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head. 2. The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline. [bd]The declination of monarchy.[b8] --Bacon. Summer . . . is not looked on as a time Of declination or decay. --Waller. 3. The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal. The declination of atoms in their descent. --Bentley. Every declination and violation of the rules. --South. 4. The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness. The queen's declination from marriage. --Stow. 5. (Astron.) The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward. 6. (Dialing) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south. 7. (Gram.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See {Decline}, v. t., 4. {Angle of declination}, the angle made by a descending line, or plane, with a horizontal plane. {Circle of declination}, a circle parallel to the celestial equator. {Declination compass} (Physics), a compass arranged for finding the declination of the magnetic needle. {Declination of the compass} [or] {needle}, the horizontal angle which the magnetic needle makes with the true north-and-south line. | |
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Refraction \Re*frac"tion\ (r?*fr?k"sh?n), n. [F. r[82]fraction.] 1. The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted. 2. The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved. Refraction out of the rarer medium into the denser, is made towards the perpendicular. --Sir I. Newton. 3. (Astron.) (a) The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction. (b) The correction which is to be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true altitude. {Angle of refraction} (Opt.), the angle which a refracted ray makes with the perpendicular to the surface separating the two media traversed by the ray. {Conical refraction} (Opt.), the refraction of a ray of light into an infinite number of rays, forming a hollow cone. This occurs when a ray of light is passed through crystals of some substances, under certain circumstances. Conical refraction is of two kinds; external conical refraction, in which the ray issues from the crystal in the form of a cone, the vertex of which is at the point of emergence; and internal conical refraction, in which the ray is changed into the form of a cone on entering the crystal, from which it issues in the form of a hollow cylinder. This singular phenomenon was first discovered by Sir W. R. Hamilton by mathematical reasoning alone, unaided by experiment. {Differential refraction} (Astron.), the change of the apparent place of one object relative to a second object near it, due to refraction; also, the correction required to be made to the observed relative places of the two bodies. {Double refraction} (Opt.), the refraction of light in two directions, which produces two distinct images. The power of double refraction is possessed by all crystals except those of the isometric system. A uniaxial crystal is said to be optically positive (like quartz), or optically negative (like calcite), or to have positive, or negative, double refraction, according as the optic axis is the axis of least or greatest elasticity for light; a biaxial crystal is similarly designated when the same relation holds for the acute bisectrix. {Index of refraction}. See under {Index}. {Refraction circle} (Opt.), an instrument provided with a graduated circle for the measurement of refraction. {Refraction of latitude}, {longitude}, {declination}, {right ascension}, etc., the change in the apparent latitude, longitude, etc., of a heavenly body, due to the effect of atmospheric refraction. {Terrestrial refraction}, the change in the apparent altitude of a distant point on or near the earth's surface, as the top of a mountain, arising from the passage of light from it to the eye through atmospheric strata of varying density. | |
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Declination \Dec`li*na"tion\, n. [L. declinatio a bending aside, an avoiding: cf. F. d[82]clination a decadence. See {Declension}.] 1. The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head. 2. The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline. [bd]The declination of monarchy.[b8] --Bacon. Summer . . . is not looked on as a time Of declination or decay. --Waller. 3. The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal. The declination of atoms in their descent. --Bentley. Every declination and violation of the rules. --South. 4. The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness. The queen's declination from marriage. --Stow. 5. (Astron.) The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward. 6. (Dialing) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south. 7. (Gram.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See {Decline}, v. t., 4. {Angle of declination}, the angle made by a descending line, or plane, with a horizontal plane. {Circle of declination}, a circle parallel to the celestial equator. {Declination compass} (Physics), a compass arranged for finding the declination of the magnetic needle. {Declination of the compass} [or] {needle}, the horizontal angle which the magnetic needle makes with the true north-and-south line. | |
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Declination \Dec`li*na"tion\, n. [L. declinatio a bending aside, an avoiding: cf. F. d[82]clination a decadence. See {Declension}.] 1. The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head. 2. The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline. [bd]The declination of monarchy.[b8] --Bacon. Summer . . . is not looked on as a time Of declination or decay. --Waller. 3. The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal. The declination of atoms in their descent. --Bentley. Every declination and violation of the rules. --South. 4. The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness. The queen's declination from marriage. --Stow. 5. (Astron.) The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward. 6. (Dialing) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south. 7. (Gram.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See {Decline}, v. t., 4. {Angle of declination}, the angle made by a descending line, or plane, with a horizontal plane. {Circle of declination}, a circle parallel to the celestial equator. {Declination compass} (Physics), a compass arranged for finding the declination of the magnetic needle. {Declination of the compass} [or] {needle}, the horizontal angle which the magnetic needle makes with the true north-and-south line. | |
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Variation \Va`ri*a"tion\, n. [OE. variatioun, F. variation, L. variatio. See {Vary}.] 1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a variation of color in different lights; a variation in size; variation of language. The essences of things are conceived not capable of any such variation. --Locke. 2. Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a position or state; amount or rate of change. 3. (Gram.) Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc. 4. (Mus.) Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity. 5. (Alg.) One of the different arrangements which can be made of any number of quantities taking a certain number of them together. {Annual variation} (Astron.), the yearly change in the right ascension or declination of a star, produced by the combined effects of the precession of the equinoxes and the proper motion of the star. {Calculus of variations}. See under {Calculus}. {Variation compass}. See under {Compass}. {Variation of the moon} (Astron.), an inequality of the moon's motion, depending on the angular distance of the moon from the sun. It is greater at the octants, and zero at the quadratures. {Variation of the needle} (Geog. & Naut.), the angle included between the true and magnetic meridians of a place; the deviation of the direction of a magnetic needle from the true north and south line; -- called also {declination of the needle}. Syn: Change; vicissitude; variety; deviation. | |
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Declinator \Dec"li*na`tor\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]clinateur. See {Decline}.] 1. An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane. 2. A dissentient. [R.] --Bp. Hacket. | |
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Declinatory \De*clin"a*to*ry\ (?; 277), a. [LL. declinatorius, fr. L. declinare: cf. F. d[82]clinatoire.] Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence. --Blackstone. {Declinatory plea} (O. Eng. Law), the plea of sanctuary or of benefit of clergy, before trial or conviction; -- now abolished. | |
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Declinatory \De*clin"a*to*ry\ (?; 277), a. [LL. declinatorius, fr. L. declinare: cf. F. d[82]clinatoire.] Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence. --Blackstone. {Declinatory plea} (O. Eng. Law), the plea of sanctuary or of benefit of clergy, before trial or conviction; -- now abolished. | |
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Declinature \De*clin"a*ture\ (?; 135), n. The act of declining or refusing; as, the declinature of an office. | |
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Decline \De*cline"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Declining}.] [OE. declinen to bend down, lower, sink, decline (a noun), F. d[82]cliner to decline, refuse, fr. L. declinare to turn aside, inflect (a part of speech), avoid; de- + clinare to incline; akin to E. lean. See {Lean}, v. i.] 1. To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend. [bd]With declining head.[b8] --Shak. He . . . would decline even to the lowest of his family. --Lady Hutchinson. Disdaining to decline, Slowly he falls, amidst triumphant cries. --Byron. The ground at length became broken and declined rapidly. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines. That empire must decline Whose chief support and sinews are of coin. --Waller. And presume to know . . . Who thrives, and who declines. --Shak. 3. To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals. Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. --Ps. cxix. 157. 4. To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle. | |
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Decline \De*cline"\, n. [F. d[82]clin. See {Decline}, v. i.] 1. A falling off; a tendency to a worse state; diminution or decay; deterioration; also, the period when a thing is tending toward extinction or a less perfect state; as, the decline of life; the decline of strength; the decline of virtue and religion. Their fathers lived in the decline of literature. --Swift. 2. (Med.) That period of a disorder or paroxysm when the symptoms begin to abate in violence; as, the decline of a fever. 3. A gradual sinking and wasting away of the physical faculties; any wasting disease, esp. pulmonary consumption; as, to die of a decline. --Dunglison. Syn: {Decline}, {Decay}, {Consumption}. Usage: Decline marks the first stage in a downward progress; decay indicates the second stage, and denotes a tendency to ultimate destruction; consumption marks a steady decay from an internal exhaustion of strength. The health may experience a decline from various causes at any period of life; it is naturally subject to decay with the advance of old age; consumption may take place at almost any period of life, from disease which wears out the constitution. In popular language decline is often used as synonymous with consumption. By a gradual decline, states and communities lose their strength and vigor; by progressive decay, they are stripped of their honor, stability, and greatness; by a consumption of their resources and vital energy, they are led rapidly on to a completion of their existence. | |
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Decline \De*cline"\, v. t. 1. To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall. In melancholy deep, with head declined. --Thomson. And now fair Phoebus gan decline in haste His weary wagon to the western vale. --Spenser. 2. To cause to decrease or diminish. [Obs.] [bd]You have declined his means.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. He knoweth his error, but will not seek to decline it. --Burton. 3. To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them. Could I Decline this dreadful hour? --Massinger. 4. (Gram.) To inflect, or rehearse in order the changes of grammatical form of; as, to decline a noun or an adjective. Note: Now restricted to such words as have case inflections; but formerly it was applied both to declension and conjugation. After the first declining of a noun and a verb. --Ascham. 5. To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Decline \De*cline"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Declining}.] [OE. declinen to bend down, lower, sink, decline (a noun), F. d[82]cliner to decline, refuse, fr. L. declinare to turn aside, inflect (a part of speech), avoid; de- + clinare to incline; akin to E. lean. See {Lean}, v. i.] 1. To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend. [bd]With declining head.[b8] --Shak. He . . . would decline even to the lowest of his family. --Lady Hutchinson. Disdaining to decline, Slowly he falls, amidst triumphant cries. --Byron. The ground at length became broken and declined rapidly. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines. That empire must decline Whose chief support and sinews are of coin. --Waller. And presume to know . . . Who thrives, and who declines. --Shak. 3. To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals. Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. --Ps. cxix. 157. 4. To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle. | |
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Declined \De*clined"\, a. Declinate. | |
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Decliner \De*clin"er\, n. He who declines or rejects. A studious decliner of honors. --Evelyn. | |
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Decline \De*cline"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Declining}.] [OE. declinen to bend down, lower, sink, decline (a noun), F. d[82]cliner to decline, refuse, fr. L. declinare to turn aside, inflect (a part of speech), avoid; de- + clinare to incline; akin to E. lean. See {Lean}, v. i.] 1. To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend. [bd]With declining head.[b8] --Shak. He . . . would decline even to the lowest of his family. --Lady Hutchinson. Disdaining to decline, Slowly he falls, amidst triumphant cries. --Byron. The ground at length became broken and declined rapidly. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines. That empire must decline Whose chief support and sinews are of coin. --Waller. And presume to know . . . Who thrives, and who declines. --Shak. 3. To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals. Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. --Ps. cxix. 157. 4. To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle. | |
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Declinometer \Dec`li*nom"e*ter\, n. [Decline + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the declination of the magnetic needle. | |
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Declinous \De*clin"ous\, a. Declinate. | |
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Decolling \De*col"ling\, n. Beheading. [R.] By a speedy dethroning and decolling of the king. --Parliamentary History (1648). | |
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Soap \Soap\, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[be]pe; akin to D. zeep, G. seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[be]pa, Sw. s[?]pa, Dan. s[?]be, and perhaps to AS. s[c6]pan to drip, MHG. s[c6]fen, and L. sebum tallow. Cf. {Saponaceous}.] A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. {Saponification}. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not. Note: In general, soaps are of two classes, hard and soft. Calcium, magnesium, lead, etc., form soaps, but they are insoluble and useless. The purifying action of soap depends upon the fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of water into free alkali and an insoluble acid salt. The first of these takes away the fatty dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus tends to remove it. --Roscoe & Schorlemmer. {Castile soap}, a fine-grained hard soap, white or mottled, made of olive oil and soda; -- called also {Marseilles, [or] Venetian, soap}. {Hard soap}, any one of a great variety of soaps, of different ingredients and color, which are hard and compact. All solid soaps are of this class. {Lead soap}, an insoluble, white, pliable soap made by saponifying an oil (olive oil) with lead oxide; -- used externally in medicine. Called also {lead plaster}, {diachylon}, etc. {Marine soap}. See under {Marine}. {Pills of soap} (Med.), pills containing soap and opium. {Potash soap}, any soap made with potash, esp. the soft soaps, and a hard soap made from potash and castor oil. {Pumice soap}, any hard soap charged with a gritty powder, as silica, alumina, powdered pumice, etc., which assists mechanically in the removal of dirt. {Resin soap}, a yellow soap containing resin, -- used in bleaching. {Silicated soap}, a cheap soap containing water glass (sodium silicate). {Soap bark}. (Bot.) See {Quillaia bark}. {Soap bubble}, a hollow iridescent globe, formed by blowing a film of soap suds from a pipe; figuratively, something attractive, but extremely unsubstantial. This soap bubble of the metaphysicians. --J. C. Shairp. {Soap cerate}, a cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax, and the subacetate of lead, sometimes used as an application to allay inflammation. {Soap fat}, the refuse fat of kitchens, slaughter houses, etc., used in making soap. {Soap liniment} (Med.), a liniment containing soap, camphor, and alcohol. {Soap nut}, the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the soapberry tree, -- used for making beads, buttons, etc. {Soap plant} (Bot.), one of several plants used in the place of soap, as the {Chlorogalum pomeridianum}, a California plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells not unlike new brown soap. It is called also {soap apple}, {soap bulb}, and {soap weed}. {Soap tree}. (Bot.) Same as {Soapberry tree}. {Soda soap}, a soap containing a sodium salt. The soda soaps are all hard soaps. {Soft soap}, a soap of a gray or brownish yellow color, and of a slimy, jellylike consistence, made from potash or the lye from wood ashes. It is strongly alkaline and often contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc. Figuratively, flattery; wheedling; blarney. [Colloq.] {Toilet soap}, hard soap for the toilet, usually colored and perfumed. | |
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Dichlamydeous \Di`chla*myd"e*ous\, a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?], [?], a cloak.] (Bot.) Having two coverings, a calyx and in corolla. | |
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Diclinic \Di*clin"ic\, a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?] to incline.] (Crystallog.) Having two of the intersections between the three axes oblique. See {Crystallization}. | |
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Diclinous \Dic"li*nous\, a. [Gr. [?] = [?] bed.] Having the stamens and pistils in separate flowers. --Gray. | |
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Diesel engine \Die"sel en`gine\ [or] motor \mo`tor\ [After Dr. Rudolf Diesel, of Munich, the inventor.] A type of internal-combustion engine in which the air drawn in by the suction stroke is so highly compressed that the heat generated ignites the fuel (usually crude oil), the fuel being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under pressure. The Diesel engine has a very high thermal efficiency. | |
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Disallowance \Dis`al*low"ance\, n. The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection. Syn: Disapprobation; prohibition; condemnation; censure; rejection. | |
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Disallow \Dis`al*low"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disallowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disallowing}.] [Pref. dis- + allow: cf. OF. desalouer, desloer, to blame, dissuade.] To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge. To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God. --1 Pet. ii. 4. That the edicts of C[91]sar we may at all times disallow, but the statutes of God for no reason we may reject. --Milton. Note: This verb was sometimes followed by of; as, [bd]What follows, if we disallow of this?[b8] --Shak. See {Allow}. Syn: To disapprove; prohibit; censure; reject. | |
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Disclaim \Dis*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disclaimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disclaiming}.] 1. To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject. He calls the gods to witness their offense; Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence. --Dryden. He disclaims the authority of Jesus. --Farmer. 2. To deny, as a claim; to refuse. The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed. --Milman. 3. (Law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office. --Burrill. Syn: To disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate. | |
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Disclaim \Dis*claim"\, v. t. To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share. --Blackstone. {Disclaim in}, {Disclaim from}, to disown; to disavow. [Obs.] [bd]Nature disclaims in thee.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Disclaim \Dis*claim"\, v. t. To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share. --Blackstone. {Disclaim in}, {Disclaim from}, to disown; to disavow. [Obs.] [bd]Nature disclaims in thee.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Disclaim \Dis*claim"\, v. t. To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share. --Blackstone. {Disclaim in}, {Disclaim from}, to disown; to disavow. [Obs.] [bd]Nature disclaims in thee.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Disclaim \Dis*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disclaimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disclaiming}.] 1. To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject. He calls the gods to witness their offense; Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence. --Dryden. He disclaims the authority of Jesus. --Farmer. 2. To deny, as a claim; to refuse. The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed. --Milman. 3. (Law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office. --Burrill. Syn: To disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate. | |
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Disclaimer \Dis*claim"er\, n. 1. One who disclaims, disowns, or renounces. 2. (Law) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate. --Burrill. 3. A public disavowal, as of pretensions, claims, opinions, and the like. --Burke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Disclaim \Dis*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disclaimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disclaiming}.] 1. To renounce all claim to deny; ownership of, or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject. He calls the gods to witness their offense; Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence. --Dryden. He disclaims the authority of Jesus. --Farmer. 2. To deny, as a claim; to refuse. The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed. --Milman. 3. (Law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office. --Burrill. Syn: To disown; disavow; renounce; repudiate. | |
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Disclamation \Dis`cla*ma"tion\, n. A disavowing or disowning. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Disclame \Dis*clame"\, v. t. To disclaim; to expel. [Obs.] [bd]Money did love disclame.[b8] --Spenser. | |
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Disclaunder \Dis*claun"der\, v. t. [From OE. disclaundre, n., for sclandre, esclandre, OF. esclandre. See {Sclaundre}, {Slander}.] To injure one's good name; to slander. [Obs.] | |
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Diselenide \Di*sel"e*nide\ (?; 104), n. [Pref. di- + selenide.] (Chem.) A selenide containing two atoms of selenium in each molecule. | |
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Disgallant \Dis*gal"lant\, v. t. To deprive of gallantry. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Dishelm \Dis*helm"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + helm helmet.] To deprive of the helmet. [Poetic] Lying stark, Dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale. --Tennyson. | |
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Dislimb \Dis*limb"\, v. t. To tear limb from limb; to dismember. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Dislimn \Dis*limn"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + limn.] To efface, as a picture. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Dislink \Dis*link"\, v. t. To unlink; to disunite; to separate. [R.] --Tennyson. | |
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Dissilience \Dis*sil"i*ence\ (?; 106), Dissiliency \Dis*sil"i*en*cy\, n. The act of leaping or starting asunder. --Johnson. | |
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Dissilience \Dis*sil"i*ence\ (?; 106), Dissiliency \Dis*sil"i*en*cy\, n. The act of leaping or starting asunder. --Johnson. | |
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Dissilient \Dis*sil"i*ent\, a. [L. dissiliens, -entis, p. pr. of dissilire to leap asunder: dis- + salire to leap.] Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp. | |
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Disslander \Dis*slan"der\, v. t. [Pref. dis- (intens.) + slander.] To slander. [Obs.] --Legend of Dido. | |
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Disslander \Dis*slan"der\, n. Slander. [Obs.] --E. Hall. | |
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Disslanderous \Dis*slan"der*ous\, a. Slanderous. [Obs.] | |
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Note: The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes, and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in the way of their progress. The common salmon has been known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds; more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and grilse. Among the true salmons are: {Black salmon}, or {Lake salmon}, the namaycush. {Dog salmon}, a salmon of Western North America ({Oncorhynchus keta}). {Humpbacked salmon}, a Pacific-coast salmon ({Oncorhynchus gorbuscha}). {King salmon}, the quinnat. {Landlocked salmon}, a variety of the common salmon (var. {Sebago}), long confined in certain lakes in consequence of obstructions that prevented it from returning to the sea. This last is called also {dwarf salmon}. Note: Among fishes of other families which are locally and erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called {jack salmon}; the spotted, or southern, squeteague; the cabrilla, called {kelp salmon}; young pollock, called {sea salmon}; and the California yellowtail. 2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon. {Salmon berry} (Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from Alaska to California, the fruit of the {Rubus Nutkanus}. {Salmon killer} (Zo[94]l.), a stickleback ({Gasterosteus cataphractus}) of Western North America and Northern Asia. {Salmon ladder}, {Salmon stair}. See {Fish ladder}, under {Fish}. {Salmon peel}, a young salmon. {Salmon pipe}, a certain device for catching salmon. --Crabb. {Salmon trout}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European sea trout ({Salmo trutta}). It resembles the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more numerous scales. (b) The American namaycush. (c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black spotted trout ({Salmo purpuratus}), and to the steel head and other large trout of the Pacific coast. | |
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Dog \Dog\ (d[ocr]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Canis}, esp. the domestic dog ({C. familiaris}). Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred varieties, as the beagle, bloodhound, bulldog, coachdog, collie, Danish dog, foxhound, greyhound, mastiff, pointer, poodle, St. Bernard, setter, spaniel, spitz dog, terrier, etc. There are also many mixed breeds, and partially domesticated varieties, as well as wild dogs, like the dingo and dhole. (See these names in the Vocabulary.) 2. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch. What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? -- 2 Kings viii. 13 (Rev. Ver. ) 3. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.] 4. (Astron.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius). 5. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron. 6. (Mech.) (a) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them. (b) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill. (c) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool. Note: Dog is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in the sense of relating to, or characteristic of, a dog. It is also used to denote a male; as, dog fox or g-fox, a male fox; dog otter or dog-otter, dog wolf, etc.; -- also to denote a thing of cheap or mean quality; as, dog Latin. {A dead dog}, a thing of no use or value. --1 Sam. xxiv. 14. {A dog in the manger}, an ugly-natured person who prevents others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them but is none to him. {Dog ape} (Zo[94]l.), a male ape. {Dog cabbage}, [or] {Dog's cabbage} (Bot.), a succulent herb, native to the Mediterranean region ({Thelygonum Cynocrambe}). {Dog cheap}, very cheap. See under {Cheap}. {Dog ear} (Arch.), an acroterium. [Colloq.] {Dog flea} (Zo[94]l.), a species of flea ({Pulex canis}) which infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to man. In America it is the common flea. See {Flea}, and {Aphaniptera}. {Dog grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Triticum caninum}) of the same genus as wheat. {Dog Latin}, barbarous Latin; as, the dog Latin of pharmacy. {Dog lichen} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Peltigera canina}) growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, -- a lobed expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous veins beneath. {Dog louse} (Zo[94]l.), a louse that infests the dog, esp. {H[91]matopinus piliferus}; another species is {Trichodectes latus}. {Dog power}, a machine operated by the weight of a dog traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for churning. {Dog salmon} (Zo[94]l.), a salmon of northwest America and northern Asia; -- the {gorbuscha}; -- called also {holia}, and {hone}. {Dog shark}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dogfish}. {Dog's meat}, meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal. {Dog Star}. See in the Vocabulary. {Dog wheat} (Bot.), Dog grass. {Dog whelk} (Zo[94]l.), any species of univalve shells of the family {Nassid[91]}, esp. the {Nassa reticulata} of England. {To give, [or] throw}, {to the dogs}, to throw away as useless. [bd]Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it.[b8] --Shak. {To go to the dogs}, to go to ruin; to be ruined. | |
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Duckling \Duck"ling\, n. A young or little duck. --Gay. | |
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Dukeling \Duke"ling\, n. A little or insignificant duke. --Ford. | |
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Des Allemands, LA (CDP, FIPS 20680) Location: 29.80173 N, 90.48200 W Population (1990): 2504 (998 housing units) Area: 17.7 sq km (land), 5.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70030 | |
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disclaimer n. [Usenet] Statement ritually appended to many Usenet postings (sometimes automatically, by the posting software) reiterating the fact (which should be obvious, but is easily forgotten) that the article reflects its author's opinions and not necessarily those of the organization running the machine through which the article entered the network. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
disclaimer postings (sometimes automatically, by the posting software) reiterating the fact (which should be obvious, but is easily forgotten) that the article reflects its author's opinions and not necessarily those of the organisation running the computer through which the article entered the network. [{Jargon File}] (1995-07-30) | |
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Dislang ["Dislang: A Distributed Programming Language/System", C. Li et al, Proc 2nd Intl Conf Distrib Comp Sys, IEEE 1981, pp. 162-172]. (1995-05-10) | |
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Doug Lenat specialising in {Artificial Intelligence}. He is currently (1999) head of the {Cyc} Project at {MCC}, and President of Cycorp. He has been a Professor of Computer Science at {Carnegie-Mellon University} and {Stanford University}. See also {microLenat}. (1999-08-24) | |
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DSLAM {Digital Subscriber Line Access Module} |