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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Grouse \Grouse\, n. sing. & pl. [Prob. after the analogy of mouse, mice, fr. the earlier grice, OF. griesche meor hen: cf. F. piegri[8a]che shrike.] (Zo[94]l.) Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous birds of the family {Tetraonid[91]}, and subfamily {Tetraonin[91]}, inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump bodies, strong, well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes the ptarmigans ({Lagopus}), having feathered feet. Note: Among the European species are the red grouse ({Lagopus Scoticus}) and the hazel grouse ({Bonasa betulina}). See {Capercaidzie}, {Ptarmigan}, and {Heath grouse}. Among the most important American species are the ruffed grouse, or New England partridge ({Bonasa umbellus}); the sharp-tailed grouse ({Pedioc[91]tes phasianellus}) of the West; the dusky blue, or pine grouse ({Dendragapus obscurus}) of the Rocky Mountains; the Canada grouse, or spruce partridge ({D. Canadensis}). See also {Prairie hen}, and {Sage cock}. The Old World sand grouse ({Pterocles}, etc.) belong to a very different family. See {Pterocletes}, and {Sand grouse}. | |
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Contrayerva \Con`tra*yer"va\, n. [Sp. contrayerba, literally, a counter herb, hence, an antidote for poison, fr. l. contra + herba herb.] (Bot.) A species of {Dorstenia} ({D. Contrayerva}), a South American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic. | |
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d8Acantha \[d8]A*can"tha\, n. [Gr. [?] thorn, fr. [?] point. See {Acute}.] 1. (Bot.) A prickle. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A spine or prickly fin. 3. (Anat.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra. --Dunglison. | |
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d8Acanthocephala \[d8]A*can`tho*ceph"a*la\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] a spine, thorn + [?] head.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines. | |
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d8Acanthopteri \[d8]Ac`an*thop"ter*i\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] thorn + [?] wing, fin.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See {Acanthopterygii}. | |
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d8Acanthopterygii \[d8]Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*i\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] thorn + [?] fin, dim. fr. [?] wing.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch. | |
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d8Acinet91 \[d8]Ac`i*ne"t[91]\ ([acr]s`[icr]*n[emac]"t[emac]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'akinhtos immovable.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage are stationary. See {Suctoria}. | |
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d8Aconitia \[d8]Ac`o*ni"ti*a\, n. (Chem.) Same as {Aconitine}. | |
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d8Aconitum \[d8]Ac`o*ni"tum\, n. [L. See {Aconite}.] The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it. Strong As aconitum or rash gunpowder. --Shak. | |
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d8Acontia \[d8]A*con"ti*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] a little dart.] (Zo[94]l.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnid[91]), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actini[91] when irritated. | |
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d8Acontias \[d8]A*con"ti*as\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?], fr. [?], dim. [?] dart.] (Zo[94]l.) Anciently, a snake, called {dart snake}; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards. | |
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d8Agendum \[d8]A*gen"dum\, n.; pl. {Agenda}. [L., neut. of the gerundive of agere to act.] 1. Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book. 2. A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually Agenda.] | |
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d8Assiento \[d8]As`si*en"to\, n. [Sp. asiento seat, contract or agreement, fr. asentar to place on a chair, to adjust, to make an agreement; a (L. ad) + sentar, a participial verb; as if there were a L. sedentare to cause to sit, fr. sedens, sedentis, p. pr. of sed[?]re to sit.] A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the contract made with Great Britain in 1713. | |
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d8Canderos \[d8]Can"de*ros\, n. An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from which small ornaments and toys are sometimes made. | |
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d8Candy \[d8]Candy\, n. [Mahratta kha[c9][c8][c6], Tamil ka[c9][c8]i.] A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds. | |
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d8Cantabile \[d8]Can*ta"bi*le\, a. [It., cantare to sing.] (Mus.) In a melodious, flowing style; in a singing style, as opposed to bravura, recitativo, or parlando. | |
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d8Cantabile \[d8]Can*ta"bi*le\, n. (Mus.) A piece or passage, whether vocal or instrumental, peculiarly adapted to singing; -- sometimes called {cantilena}. | |
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Cantar \Can"tar\, d8Cantarro \[d8]Can*tar"ro\, n. [It. cantaro (in sense 1), Sp. cantaro (in sense 2).] 1. A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds. 2. A liquid measure in Spain, ranging from two and a half to four gallons. --Simmonds. | |
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d8Cantata \[d8]Can*ta"ta\, n. [It., fr. cantare to sing, fr. L. cantare intens of canere to sing.] (Mus.) A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody. | |
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d8Cantatrice \[d8]Can`ta*tri"ce\ (k[adot]n`t[adot]*tr[emac]"ch[asl]), n. [It.] (Mus.) A female professional singer. | |
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d8Canthus \[d8]Can"thus\, n.; pl. {Canthi}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?].] (Anat.) The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye. | |
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d8Cantilena \[d8]Can`ti*le"na\, n. [It. & L.] (Mus.) See {Cantabile}. | |
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d8Cantiloncito \[d8]Ca[ntil]`on*ci"to\, n. [Amer. Sp. dim. See {Ca[ntil]on}.] [Southwestern U. S.] 1. A small ca[ntil]on. 2. A narrow passage or lane through chaparral or a forest. | |
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d8Cantiniere \[d8]Can`ti*niere"\, n. [F., fr. cantine a sutler's shop, canteen.] (Mil) A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandi[8a]re. | |
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Canto \Can"to\, n.; pl. {Cantos}. [It. canto, fr. L. cantus singing, song. See {Chant}.] 1. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book. 2. (Mus.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano. {[d8]Canto fermo}[It.] (Mus.), the plain ecclesiastical chant in cathedral service; the plain song. | |
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Cantred \Can"tred\, d8Cantref \[d8]Can"tref\, n. [W. cantref; cant hundred + tref dwelling place, village.] A district comprising a hundred villages, as in Wales. [Written also {kantry}.] | |
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d8Ceinture \[d8]Cein`ture"\, n. [F.] A cincture, girdle, or belt; -- chiefly used in English as a dressmaking term. | |
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d8Centaurea \[d8]Cen`tau*re"a\, n. [NL. See {Centaury}.] (Bot.) A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle ({Centaurea Cyanus}) and the star thistle ({C. Calcitrapa}). | |
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d8Centime \[d8]Cen`time"\, n. [F., fr. L. centesimus. See {Centesimal}.] (F. Coinage) The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and money of account. | |
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Central \Cen"tral\, d8Centrale \[d8]Cen*tra"le\, n. [NL. centrale, fr. L. centralis.] (Anat.) The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular. | |
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d8Centrum \[d8]Cen"trum\, n.; pl. E. {Centrums}, L. {Centra}. [L., center.] (Anat.) The body, or axis, of a vertebra. See {Vertebra}. | |
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d8Centumvir \[d8]Cen*tum"vir\, n.; pl. {Centumviri}. [L., fr. centum hundred + Vir man.] (Rom. Hist.) One of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections. | |
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d8Chandoo \[d8]Chan*doo"\, n. An extract or preparation of opium, used in China and India for smoking. --Balfour. | |
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d8Chantant \[d8]Chan`tant"\, a. [F. singing.] (Mus.) Composed in a melodious and singing style. | |
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d8Chanterelle \[d8]Chan`te*relle"\, n. [F.] (Bot.) A name for several species of mushroom, of which one ({Cantharellus cibrius}) is edible, the others reputed poisonous. | |
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d8Chondritis \[d8]Chon*dri"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] cartilage + -itis.] (Med.) An inflammation of cartilage. | |
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d8Chondroganoidea \[d8]Chon`dro*ga*noi"de*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] cartilage + NL. ganoidei. See {Ganoid}.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so called on account of their cartilaginous skeleton. | |
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d8Chondroma \[d8]Chon*dro"ma\, n.; pl. {Chondromata}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] cartilage + -oma.] A cartilaginous tumor or growth. | |
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d8Chondropterygii \[d8]Chon*drop`te*ryg"i*i\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] cartilage + [?], [?], wing, fin.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter. [Written also {Chondropterygia}.] | |
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d8Chondrostei \[d8]Chon*dros"te*i\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] cartilage + [?] bone.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so named because the skeleton is cartilaginous. | |
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d8Cnida \[d8]Cni"da\, n.; pl. {Cnid[91]}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] nettle, sea nettle.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the peculiar stinging, cells found in C[d2]lenterata; a nematocyst; a lasso cell. | |
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d8Cnidaria \[d8]Cni*da"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Cnida}.] (Zo[94]l.) A comprehensive group equivalent to the true C[d2]lenterata, i. e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence of stinging cells (cnidae) in the tissues. See {Coelenterata}. | |
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d8Coendoo \[d8]Co*en"doo\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The Brazilian porcupine ({Cercolades, [or] Sphingurus, prehensiles}), remarkable for its prehensile tail. | |
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d8Com82dienne \[d8]Co*m[82]`di*enne"\, n. [F., fem. of com[82]dien.] A women who plays in comedy. | |
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d8Comatula \[d8]Co*mat"u*la\ (?; 135), n. [NL., fr. L. comatulus having hair neatly curled, dim. fr. coma hair.] (Zo[94]l.) A crinoid of the genus {Antedon} and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also {feather stars}. | |
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d8Comedietta \[d8]Co*me`di*et"ta\, n. [It.] A dramatic sketch; a brief comedy. | |
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d8Comedo \[d8]Com"e*do\, n.; pl. {Comedones}. [L., a glutton. See {Comestible}.] (Med.) A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt). | |
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d8Cometarium \[d8]Com`e*ta"ri*um\, n. [NL.] (Astron.) An instrument, intended to represent the revolution of a comet round the sun. --Hutton. | |
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d8Comitia \[d8]Co*mi"ti*a\, n. pl. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers or passing laws. Note: There were three kinds of comitia: comitia curiata, or assembly of the patricians, who voted in curi[91]; comitia centuriata, or assembly of the whole Roman people, who voted by centuries; and comitia tributa, or assembly of the plebeians according to their division into tribes. | |
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d8Comitiva \[d8]Co`mi*ti"va\, n. [It.] A body of followers; -- applied to the lawless or brigand bands in Italy and Sicily. | |
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d8Conatus \[d8]Co*na"tus\, n. [L., fr. conatus, p. p. of conari to attempt.] A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort. What conatus could give prickles to the porcupine or hedgehog, or to the sheep its fleece? --Paley. | |
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d8Condottiere \[d8]Con`dot*tie"re\, n.; pl. {Condottieri}. [It., captain.] A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest. | |
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d8Condyloma \[d8]Con`dy*lo"ma\ (-l[omac]"m[adot]), d8Condylome \[d8]Con"dy*lome\ (-l[omac]m), n.; pl. {Condylomata}or, E. {Condylomes} (-l[omac]mz). [NL. condyloma, fr. Gr. [?], from ko`ndylos knuckle. See {-oma}.] (Med.) A wartlike new growth on the outer skin or adjoining mucous membrane. Note: There are two kinds of condylomata, the pointed and the broad, the latter being of syphilitic origin. | |
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d8Condyloma \[d8]Con`dy*lo"ma\ (-l[omac]"m[adot]), d8Condylome \[d8]Con"dy*lome\ (-l[omac]m), n.; pl. {Condylomata}or, E. {Condylomes} (-l[omac]mz). [NL. condyloma, fr. Gr. [?], from ko`ndylos knuckle. See {-oma}.] (Med.) A wartlike new growth on the outer skin or adjoining mucous membrane. Note: There are two kinds of condylomata, the pointed and the broad, the latter being of syphilitic origin. | |
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d8Condylopod \[d8]Con*dyl"o*pod\, n. [Gr. ko`ndylos knuckle (or joint) + -pod.] (Zo[94]l.) An arthropod. | |
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d8Conidium \[d8]Co*nid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Conida}. [NL.] (Bot.) A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zo[94]spores. | |
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d8Contagium \[d8]Con*ta"gi*um\, n. [L.] Contagion; contagious matter. [bd]Contagium of measles.[b8] --Tyndall. | |
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d8Conte \[d8]Conte\, n.; pl. {Contes}. [F.] A short narrative or tale, esp. one dealing with surprising or marvelous events. The conte (sic) is a tale something more than a sketch, it may be, and something less than a short story. . . . The [bd]Canterbury Tales[b8] are contes, most of them, if not all, and so are some of the [bd]Tales of a Wayside Inn.[b8] --Brander Matthews. | |
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d8Continuo \[d8]Con*ti"nu*o\ (? [or] [?]), n. [It.] (Mus.) Basso continuo, or continued bass. | |
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Contorniate \Con*tor"ni*ate\, d8Contorniate \[d8]Con*tor"ni*a`te\, n., [It. contorniato, p. pr. of contorniare to make a circuit or outline, fr. contorno circuit, outline. See {Contour}.] (Numis.) A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; -- supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors. --R. S. Poole. | |
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d8Contourn82' \[d8]Con`tour`n[82]'\, a. [F., p. p. of contourner to twist.] (Her.) Turned in a direction which is not the usual one; -- said of an animal turned to the sinister which is usually turned to the dexter, or the like. | |
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d8Contrecoup \[d8]Con`tre*coup"\, n. [F., fr. contre (L. contra) + coup a blow.] (med.) A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury, in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received, often causing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected. | |
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d8Contretemps \[d8]Con`tre*temps"\, n. [F., fr. contre (L. conta) + temps time, fr. L. tempus.] An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarrassing; a hitch. In this unhappy contretemps. --De Quincey. | |
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d8Cunette \[d8]Cu*nette"\ (k[usl]*n[ecr]t"), n. [F.] (Fort.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also {cuvette}. | |
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d8Cymatium \[d8]Cy*ma"ti*um\ (s[icr]*m[amac]"sh[icr]*[ucr]m), n. [L., fr. Gr. kyma`tion, dim. of ky^ma a wave.] (Arch.) A capping or crowning molding in classic architecture. | |
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d8Cynoidea \[d8]Cy*noi"de*a\ (s?-noi"d?-a), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?], [?][?][?], a dog + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Carnivora, including the dogs, wolves, and foxes. | |
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d8Decandria \[d8]De*can"dri*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + [?], [?], a man.] (Bot.) A Linn[91]an class of plants characterized by having ten stamens. | |
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d8Dicentra \[d8]Di*cen"tra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?] spur.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants, with racemes of two-spurred or heart-shaped flowers, including the Dutchman's breeches, and the more showy Bleeding heart ({D. spectabilis}). [Corruptly written {dielytra}.] | |
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d8Dicyemata \[d8]Di`cy*e"ma*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?] an embryo.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of worms parasitic in cephalopods. They are remarkable for the extreme simplicity of their structure. The embryo exists in two forms. | |
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d8Echinodermata \[d8]E*chi`no*der"ma*ta\ ([esl]*k[imac]`n[osl]*d[etil]r"m[adot]*t[adot]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'echi^nos hedgehog, sea urchin + de`rma, -atos, skin.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom. By many writers it was formerly included in the Radiata. [Written also {Echinoderma}.] | |
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d8Echinoidea \[d8]Ech`i*noi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Echinus}, and {-oid}.] (Zo[94]l.) The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See {Spatangoid}, {Clypeastroid}. [Written also {Echinidea}, and {Echinoida}.] | |
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d8Euganoidei \[d8]Eu`ga*noi"de*i\, n. pl. [NL., fr. GR. [?] well + NL. ganoidei. See {Ganoid}.] (Zo[94]l) A group which includes the bony ganoids, as the gar pikes. | |
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d8Exanthema \[d8]Ex`an*the"ma\, n.; pl. {Exanthemata}. [L., fr. Gr.[?], fr.[?] to burst forth as flowers, break out, as ulcers; [?], [?], out + [?] to bloom, [?] flower: cf. F. exanth[8a]me.] (Med.) An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever. --Dunglison. | |
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d8Exanthesis \[d8]Ex`an*the"sis\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] . See {Exanthema}. ] (Med.) An eruption of the skin; cutaneous efflorescence. | |
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d8Exeunt \[d8]Ex"e*unt\ [L., 3d pers. pl. pres. of exire to go out.] They go out, or retire from the scene; as, exeunt all except Hamlet. See 1st {Exit}. | |
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d8Ganoidei \[d8]Ga*noi"de*i\, n. pl. [NL. See {Ganoid}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales. Note: They were numerous, and some of them of large size, in early geological periods; but they are represented by comparatively few living species, most of which inhabit fresh waters, as the bowfin, gar pike, bichir, Ceratodus, paddle fish, and sturgeon. | |
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d8Gemitores \[d8]Gem`i*to"res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. gemere, gemitum, to sign, moan.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of birds including the true pigeons. | |
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d8Gendarme \[d8]Gen`darme"\, n.; pl. {Gendarmes}, or {Gens d'armes}. [F.] 1. (Mil.) One of a body of heavy cavalry. [Obs.] [France] 2. An armed policeman in France. --Thackeray. | |
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d8Gnathidium \[d8]Gna*thid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Gnathidia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the jaw.] (Zo[94]l.) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; -- commonly used in the plural. | |
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d8Gnathostoma \[d8]Gna*thos"to*ma\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] the jaw + [?], [?], the mouth.] (Zo[94]l.) A comprehensive division of vertebrates, including all that have distinct jaws, in contrast with the leptocardians and marsipobranchs (Cyclostoma), which lack them. [Written also {Gnathostomata}.] | |
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d8Gnathotheca \[d8]Gnath`o*the"ca\, n.; pl. {Gnathothec[92]}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the jaw + [?] a box.] (Zo[94]l.) The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird. | |
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d8Gonidium \[d8]Go*nid"i*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], dim. of [?] angle.] (Zool.) A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many Anthozoa. | |
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d8Gonidium \[d8]Go*nid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Gonidia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] that which generates.] (Bot.) A component cell of the yellowish green layer in certain lichens. | |
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d8Gonotheca \[d8]Gon`o*the"ca\, n.; pl. {Gonothec[?]}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] offspring + [?] box.] (Zo[94]l.) A capsule developed on certain hydroids ({Thecaphora}), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; -- called also {gonangium}, and {teleophore}. See {Hydroidea}, and Illust. of {Campanularian}. | |
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d8Gymnotoka \[d8]Gym*not"o*ka\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + [?] a bringing forth.] (Zo[94]l.) The Athecata. | |
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d8Gymnotus \[d8]Gym*no"tus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + [?] the back: cf. F. gymnote.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of South American fresh-water fishes, including the {Gymnotus electricus}, or electric eel. It has a greenish, eel-like body, and is possessed of electric power. One fearful shock, fearful but momentary, like from the electric blow of the gymnotus. --De Quincey. | |
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d8Gynd2cium \[d8]Gy*n[d2]"ci*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a woman + [?] house.] (Bot.) The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. See Illust. of {Carpophore}. | |
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d8Hacienda \[d8]Ha`ci*en"da\ (? or ?), n. [Sp., fr. OSp. facienda employment, estate, fr. L. facienda, pl. of faciendum what is to be done, fr. facere to do. See {Fact}.] A large estate where work of any kind is done, as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, or raising of animals; a cultivated farm, with a good house, in distinction from a farming establishment with rude huts for herdsmen, etc.; -- a word used in Spanish-American regions. | |
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d8Hexandria \[d8]Hex*an"dri*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "e`x six + [?], [?], a man, male: cf. F. hexandrie.] (Bot.) A Linn[91]an class of plants having six stamens. | |
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d8Hyoganoidei \[d8]Hy`o*ga*noi"de*i\, n. pl. [NL. See {Hyo-}, and {Canoidei}.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of ganoid fishes, including the gar pikes and bowfins. -- {Hy`o*ga"noid}, a. | |
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d8Jamadar \[d8]Jam"a*dar\, n. Same as {Jemidar}. | |
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d8Jamdani \[d8]Jam"da*ni\, n. A silk fabric, with a woven pattern of sprigs of flowers. [Written also {jamdanee}.] --Balfour (Cyc. of India). | |
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d8Janthina \[d8]Jan"thi*na\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ianthina}. | |
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d8Jantu \[d8]Jan"tu\n. A machine of great antiquity, used in Bengal for raising water to irrigate land. --Knight. | |
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d8Jemidar \[d8]Jem"i*dar`\, n. [Per. & Hind. jama-d[be]r.] The chief or leader of a hand or body of persons; esp., in the native army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant in the English army. [Written also {jemadar}, {jamadar}.] | |
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d8Osmaterium \[d8]Os`ma*te"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Osmateria}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] smell.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a pair of scent organs which the larv[91] of certain butterflies emit from the first body segment, either above or below. | |
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d8Osmidrosis \[d8]Os`mi*dro"sis\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] smell + [?] to sweat.] (Med.) The secretion of fetid sweat. | |
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Quantum \Quan"tum\, n.; pl. {Quanta}. [L., neuter of quantus how great, how much. See {Quantity},] 1. Quantity; amount. [bd]Without authenticating . . . the quantum of the charges.[b8] --Burke. 2. (Math.) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary. --W. K. Clifford. {[d8]Quantum meruit}[L., as much as he merited] (Law), a count in an action grounded on a promise that the defendant would pay to the plaintiff for his service as much as he should deserve. {[d8]Quantum sufficit}, [or] {Quantum suff.} | |
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Quantum \Quan"tum\, n.; pl. {Quanta}. [L., neuter of quantus how great, how much. See {Quantity},] 1. Quantity; amount. [bd]Without authenticating . . . the quantum of the charges.[b8] --Burke. 2. (Math.) A definite portion of a manifoldness, limited by a mark or by a boundary. --W. K. Clifford. {[d8]Quantum meruit}[L., as much as he merited] (Law), a count in an action grounded on a promise that the defendant would pay to the plaintiff for his service as much as he should deserve. {[d8]Quantum sufficit}, [or] {Quantum suff.} | |
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[L., as much suffices] (Med.), a sufficient quantity. {[d8]Quantum valebat}[L., as much at it was worth] (Law), a count in an action to recover of the defendant, for goods sold, as much as they were worth. --Blackstone. | |
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d8Quindecemvir \[d8]Quin`de*cem"vir\, n.; pl. E. {Quindecemvirs}, L. {Quindecemviri}. [L., from quindecim fifteen + vir a man.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of a sacerdotal college of fifteen men whose chief duty was to take care of the Sibylline books. | |
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d8Sandix \[d8]San"dix\, n. [L. sandix, sandyx, vermilion, or a color like vermilion, Gr. [?], [?].] A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium. [Written also {sandyx}.] [Obs.] | |
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d8Sandyx \[d8]San"dyx\, n. [L.] See {Sandix}. | |
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d8Sanhita \[d8]San"hi*ta\, n. [Skr. samhita, properly, combination.] A collection of vedic hymns, songs, or verses, forming the first part of each Veda. | |
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d8Santalum \[d8]San"ta*lum\, n. [NL. See {Sandalwood}.] (Bot.) A genus of trees with entire opposite leaves and small apetalous flowers. There are less than a dozen species, occurring from India to Australia and the Pacific Islands. See {Sandalwood}. | |
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d8Santon \[d8]San"ton\, n. [Sp. santon, augmented fr. santo holy, L. sanctus.] A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit. | |
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d8Scandalum magnatum \[d8]Scan"da*lum mag*na"tum`\ [L., scandal of magnates.] (Law) A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag. | |
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d8Schindylesis \[d8]Schin`dy*le"sis\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] a splitting into fragments.] (Anat.) A form of articulation in which one bone is received into a groove or slit in another. | |
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d8Scienter \[d8]Sci*en"ter\, adv. [L.] (Law) Knowingly; willfully. --Bouvier. | |
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d8Scintilla \[d8]Scin*til"la\, n. [L.] A spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle. --R. North. | |
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d8Semita \[d8]Sem"i*ta\, n.; pl. {Semit[91]}. [L., a path.] (Zo[94]l.) A fasciole of a spatangoid sea urchin. | |
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d8Sindi \[d8]Sind"i\, n. [Ar. Sind[c6], fr. Sind Indian, Skr. sindhu river, sea, the river Indus, the country along the Indus. Cf. {Indian}, {Hindoo}.] (Ethnol.) A native of Sind, India, esp. one of the native Hindoo stock. | |
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d8Sintoc \[d8]Sin"toc\, n. A kind of spice used in the East Indies, consisting of the bark of a species of {Cinnamomum.} [Written also {sindoc}.] | |
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d8Sonatina \[d8]So`na*ti"na\, n. [It.] (Mus.) A short and simple sonata. | |
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d8Sondeli \[d8]Son"de*li\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The musk shrew. See under {Musk}. | |
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d8Squamata \[d8]Squa*ma"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. squamatus scaly.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of edentates having the body covered with large, imbricated horny scales. It includes the pangolins. | |
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d8Syndesmosis \[d8]Syn`des*mo"sis\, n.; pl. {Syndesmoses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a bond; [?] together + [?] a bond, fr. [?] to bind.] (Anat.) An articulation formed by means of ligaments. | |
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d8Syndrome \[d8]Syn"dro*me\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?]; sy`n with + [?] a course, a running.] Concurrence. [R.] --Glanvill. | |
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d8Syntaxis \[d8]Syn*tax"is\, n. Syntax. [R.] --B. Jonson. | |
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d8Thigmotaxis \[d8]Thig`mo*tax"is\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] touch + [?] an arranging.] (Physiol.) The property possessed by living protoplasm of contracting, and thus moving, when touched by a solid or fluid substance. Note: When the movement is away from the touching body, it is {negative thigmotaxis}; when towards it, {positive thigmotaxis}. | |
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d8Toison d'or \[d8]Toi`son" d'or"\ (d[osl]r"). [F.] Lit., the golden fleece; specif., the order of the Golden Fleece, or its jewel. | |
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d8Xanthelasma \[d8]Xan`the*las"ma\, n. [NL.; Gr. xanqo`s yellow + 'e`lasma a metal plate.] (Med.) See {Xanthoma}. | |
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d8Xanthidium \[d8]Xan*thid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Xanthidia}. [NL., fr. Gr. xanqo`s yellow.] (Bot.) A genus of minute unicellular alg[91] of the desmids. These alg[91] have a rounded shape and are armed with glochidiate or branched aculei. Several species occur in ditches, and others are found fossil in flint or hornstone. | |
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d8Xanthium \[d8]Xan"thi*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. xa`nqion a plant used for dyeing the hair yellow, said to be the {Xanthium strumarium}, from xanqo`s yellow.] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants in which the scales of the involucre are united so as to form a kind of bur; cocklebur; clotbur. | |
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d8Xanthochroi \[d8]Xan*thoch"ro*i\, n. pl. [NL. See {Xanthochroic}.] (Ethnol.) A division of the Caucasian races, comprising the lighter-colored members. The Xanthochroi, or fair whites, . . . are the prevalent inhabitants of Northern Europe, and the type may be traced into North Africa, and eastward as far as Hindostan. --Tylor. | |
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d8Xanthoma \[d8]Xan*tho"ma\, n. [NL. See {Xantho-}, and {-oma}.] (Med.) A skin disease marked by the development or irregular yellowish patches upon the skin, especially upon the eyelids; -- called also {xanthelasma}. | |
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d8Xanthorhd2a \[d8]Xan`tho*rh[d2]"a\, n. [NL., from Gr. xanqo`s yellow + "rei^n to flow.] (Bot.) A genus of endogenous plants, native to Australia, having a thick, sometimes arborescent, stem, and long grasslike leaves. See {Grass tree}. | |
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d8Xanthosis \[d8]Xan*tho"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. xanqo`s yellow.] (Med.) The yellow discoloration often observed in cancerous tumors. | |
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d8Xanthoxylum \[d8]Xan*thox"y*lum\, n. [NL., from Gr. xanqo`s yellow + xy`lon wood.] (Bot.) A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots of which are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash. Note: The commonest species in the Northern United States is {Xanthoxylum Americanum}. See {Prickly ash}, under {Prickly}. | |
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d8Xenodochium \[d8]Xen`o*do*chi"um\, n. [LL., fr. L. xenodochium a building for the reception of strangers, Gr. [?] .] (a) (Class. Antiq.) A house for the reception of strangers. (b) In the Middle Ages, a room in a monastery for the reception and entertainment of strangers and pilgrims, and for the relief of paupers. [Called also {Xenodocheion}.] | |
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d8Zaimet \[d8]Zaim"et\ (?; 277), n. [Turk. & Ar. za'[c6]met.] A district from which a Zaim draws his revenue. --Smart. | |
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d8Zend-Avesta \[d8]Zend`-A*ves"ta\, n. [Properly, the Avesta, or sacred text, and its zend, or interpretation, in a more modern and intelligible language. --W. D. Whitney.] The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date. | |
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d8Zendik \[d8]Zen"dik\, n. [Ar. zand[c6]k.] An atheist or unbeliever; -- name given in the East to those charged with disbelief of any revealed religion, or accused of magical heresies. | |
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d8Zoanthacea \[d8]Zo`an*tha"ce*a\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. zw^,on an animal + [?] flower.] (Zo[94]l.) A suborder of Actinaria, including {Zoanthus} and allied genera, which are permanently attached by their bases. | |
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d8Zoantharia \[d8]Zo`an*tha"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Anthozoa}. | |
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d8Zoanthus \[d8]Zo*an"thus\, n. [NL. See {Zoantharia}.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of Actinaria, including numerous species, found mostly in tropical seas. The zooids or polyps resemble small, elongated actinias united together at their bases by fleshy stolons, and thus forming extensive groups. The tentacles are small and bright colored. | |
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Dasymeter \Da*sym"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] rough, thick + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an atmosphere of known density. | |
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Dawsonite \Daw"son*ite\, n. [Named after J. W. Dawson of Montreal.] (Min.) A hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals. | |
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Deaconhood \Dea"con*hood\, n. The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship. | |
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Decameter \Dec"a*me`ter\, Decametre \Dec"a*me`tre\, n. [F. d[82]cam[8a]tre; Gr. de`ka ten + m[8a]tre. See {Meter}.] A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches. | |
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Decameter \Dec"a*me`ter\, Decametre \Dec"a*me`tre\, n. [F. d[82]cam[8a]tre; Gr. de`ka ten + m[8a]tre. See {Meter}.] A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches. | |
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Decandrian \De*can"dri*an\, Decandrous \De*can"drous\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]candre.] (Bot.) Belonging to the Decandria; having ten stamens. | |
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Decandrian \De*can"dri*an\, Decandrous \De*can"drous\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]candre.] (Bot.) Belonging to the Decandria; having ten stamens. | |
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Decant \De*cant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decanting}.] [F. d[82]canter (cf. It. decantare), prop., to pour off from the edge of a vessel; pref. d[82]- (L. de) + OF. cant (It. canto) edge, border, end. See {Cant} an edge.] To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine. | |
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Decantate \De*can"tate\, v. t. To decant. [Obs.] | |
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Decantation \De`can*ta"tion\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. d[82]cantation.] The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another. | |
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Decant \De*cant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decanting}.] [F. d[82]canter (cf. It. decantare), prop., to pour off from the edge of a vessel; pref. d[82]- (L. de) + OF. cant (It. canto) edge, border, end. See {Cant} an edge.] To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine. | |
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Decanter \De*cant"er\, n. 1. A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled. 2. One who decants liquors. | |
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Decant \De*cant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decanting}.] [F. d[82]canter (cf. It. decantare), prop., to pour off from the edge of a vessel; pref. d[82]- (L. de) + OF. cant (It. canto) edge, border, end. See {Cant} an edge.] To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine. | |
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Decemdentate \De`cem*den"tate\, a. [L. decem ten + E. dentate.] Having ten points or teeth. | |
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Decent \De"cent\, a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr. of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory, honor, ornament, Gr. [?] to seem good, to seem, think; cf. Skr. d[?]c to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E. attire, tire: cf. F. d[82]cent. Cf. {Decorate}, {Decorum}, {Deig[?]}.] 1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language. --Shak. Before his decent steps. --Milton. 2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest. 3. Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic] A sable stole of cyprus lawn Over thy decent shoulders drawn. --Milton. By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. --Pope. 4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person. A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs. --Burke. -- {De"cent*ly}, adv. -- {De"cent*ness}, n. | |
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Decent \De"cent\, a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr. of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory, honor, ornament, Gr. [?] to seem good, to seem, think; cf. Skr. d[?]c to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E. attire, tire: cf. F. d[82]cent. Cf. {Decorate}, {Decorum}, {Deig[?]}.] 1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language. --Shak. Before his decent steps. --Milton. 2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest. 3. Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic] A sable stole of cyprus lawn Over thy decent shoulders drawn. --Milton. By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. --Pope. 4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person. A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs. --Burke. -- {De"cent*ly}, adv. -- {De"cent*ness}, n. | |
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Decent \De"cent\, a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr. of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory, honor, ornament, Gr. [?] to seem good, to seem, think; cf. Skr. d[?]c to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E. attire, tire: cf. F. d[82]cent. Cf. {Decorate}, {Decorum}, {Deig[?]}.] 1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language. --Shak. Before his decent steps. --Milton. 2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest. 3. Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic] A sable stole of cyprus lawn Over thy decent shoulders drawn. --Milton. By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. --Pope. 4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person. A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs. --Burke. -- {De"cent*ly}, adv. -- {De"cent*ness}, n. | |
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Decentralization \De*cen`tral*i*za"tion\, n. The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized. [bd]The decentralization of France.[b8] --J. P. Peters. | |
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Decentralize \De*cen"tral*ize\, v. t. To prevent from centralizing; to cause to withdraw from the center or place of concentration; to divide and distribute (what has been united or concentrated); -- esp. said of authority, or the administration of public affairs. | |
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Decimate \Dec"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decimating}.] [L. decimatus, p. p. of decimare to decimate (in senses 1 & 2), fr. decimus tenth. See {Decimal}.] 1. To take the tenth part of; to tithe. --Johnson. 2. To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny. --Macaulay. 3. To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease. | |
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Decimate \Dec"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decimating}.] [L. decimatus, p. p. of decimare to decimate (in senses 1 & 2), fr. decimus tenth. See {Decimal}.] 1. To take the tenth part of; to tithe. --Johnson. 2. To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny. --Macaulay. 3. To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease. | |
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Decimate \Dec"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decimating}.] [L. decimatus, p. p. of decimare to decimate (in senses 1 & 2), fr. decimus tenth. See {Decimal}.] 1. To take the tenth part of; to tithe. --Johnson. 2. To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny. --Macaulay. 3. To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease. | |
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Decimation \Dec`i*ma"tion\, n. [L. decimatio: cf. F. d[82]cimation.] 1. A tithing. [Obs.] --State Trials (1630). 2. A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment. --Shak. 3. The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war. --Milman. | |
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Decimator \Dec"i*ma`tor\, n. [Cf. LL. decimator.] One who decimates. --South. | |
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Decimeter \Dec"i*me`ter\, Decimetre \Dec"i*me`tre\, n. [F. d[82]cim[8a]tre; pref. d[82]ci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) + m[8a]tre. See {Meter}.] A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches. | |
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Decimeter \Dec"i*me`ter\, Decimetre \Dec"i*me`tre\, n. [F. d[82]cim[8a]tre; pref. d[82]ci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) + m[8a]tre. See {Meter}.] A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches. | |
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Deck \Deck\, n. [D. dek. See {Deck}, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. Note: The following are the more common names of the decks of vessels having more than one. {Berth deck} (Navy), a deck next below the gun deck, where the hammocks of the crew are swung. {Boiler deck} (River Steamers), the deck on which the boilers are placed. {Flush deck}, any continuous, unbroken deck from stem to stern. {Gun deck} (Navy), a deck below the spar deck, on which the ship's guns are carried. If there are two gun decks, the upper one is called the main deck, the lower, the lower gun deck; if there are three, one is called the middle gun deck. {Half-deck}, that portion of the deck next below the spar deck which is between the mainmast and the cabin. {Hurricane deck} (River Steamers, etc.), the upper deck, usually a light deck, erected above the frame of the hull. {Orlop deck}, the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. {Poop deck}, the deck forming the roof of a poop or poop cabin, built on the upper deck and extending from the mizzenmast aft. {Quarter-deck}, the part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. {Spar deck}. (a) Same as the upper deck. (b) Sometimes a light deck fitted over the upper deck. {Upper deck}, the highest deck of the hull, extending from stem to stern. 2. (arch.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat. 3. (Railroad) The roof of a passenger car. 4. A pack or set of playing cards. The king was slyly fingered from the deck. --Shak. 5. A heap or store. [Obs.] Who . . . hath such trinkets Ready in the deck. --Massinger. {Between decks}. See under {Between}. {Deck bridge} (Railroad Engineering), a bridge which carries the track upon the upper chords; -- distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders. {Deck curb} (Arch.), a curb supporting a deck in roof construction. {Deck floor} (Arch.), a floor which serves also as a roof, as of a belfry or balcony. {Deck hand}, a sailor hired to help on the vessel's deck, but not expected to go aloft. {Deck molding} (Arch.), the molded finish of the edge of a deck, making the junction with the lower slope of the roof. {Deck roof} (Arch.), a nearly flat roof which is not surmounted by parapet walls. {Deck transom} (Shipbuilding), the transom into which the deck is framed. {To clear the decks} (Naut.), to remove every unnecessary incumbrance in preparation for battle; to prepare for action. {To sweep the deck} (Card Playing), to clear off all the stakes on the table by winning them. | |
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Degender \De*gen"der\, Degener \De*gen"er\, v. i. [See {Degenerate}.] To degenerate. [Obs.] [bd]Degendering to hate.[b8] --Spenser. He degenereth into beastliness. --Joye. | |
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Degum \De*gum"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Degummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Degumming}.] To deprive of, or free from, gum; as, to degum ramie. | |
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Dehiscent \De*his"cent\, a. [L. dehiscens, -entis, p. pr. Cf. F. d[82]hiscent.] Characterized by dehiscence; opening in some definite way, as the capsule of a plant. | |
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Deign \Deign\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deigning}.] [OE. deinen, deignen, OF. degner, deigner, daigner, F. daigner, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy, deign, fr. dignus worthy; akin to decere to be fitting. See {Decent}, and cf. {Dainty}, {Dignity}, {Condign}, {Disdain}.] 1. To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice; -- opposed to disdain. [Obs.] I fear my Julia would not deign my lines. --Shak. 2. To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to vouchsafe; to allow; to grant. Nor would we deign him burial of his men. --Shak. | |
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Dekameter \Dek"a*me`ter\, n. Same as {Decameter}. | |
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Dequantitate \De*quan"ti*tate\, v. t. [L. de- + quantatas, -atis. See {Quantity}.] To diminish the quantity of; to disquantity. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Descant \Des*cant"\ (d[ecr]s*k[acr]nt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Descanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Descanting}.] [From descant; n.; or directly fr. OF. descanter, deschanter; L. dis- + cantare to sing.] 1. To sing a variation or accomplishment. 2. To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large. A virtuous man should be pleased to find people descanting on his actions. --Addison. | |
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Descant \Des"cant\ (d[ecr]s"k[acr]nt), n. [OF. descant, deschant, F. d[82]chant, discant, LL. discantus, fr. L. dis + cantus singing, melody, fr. canere to sing. See {Chant}, and cf. {Descant}, v. i., {Discant}.] 1. (Mus.) (a) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song. (b) The upper voice in part music. (c) The canto, cantus, or soprano voice; the treble. --Grove. Twenty doctors expound one text twenty ways, as children make descant upon plain song. --Tyndale. She [the nightingale] all night long her amorous descant sung. --Milton. Note: The term has also been used synonymously with counterpoint, or polyphony, which developed out of the French d[82]chant, of the 12th century. 2. A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments. Upon that simplest of themes how magnificent a descant! --De Quincey. | |
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Figurate \Fig"ur*ate\, a. [L. figuratus, p. p. of figurare. See {Figure}.] 1. Of a definite form or figure. Plants are all figurate and determinate, which inanimate bodies are not. --Bacon. 2. Figurative; metaphorical. [Obs.] --Bale. 3. (Mus.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant. {Figurate counterpoint} [or] {descant} (Mus.), that which is not simple, or in which the parts do not move together tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or more parts mingles passing discords with the harmony; -- called also {figural}, {figurative}, and {figured counterpoint} or {descant} (although the term figured is more commonly applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to indicate the other notes of the harmony). {Figurate numbers} (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers, formed from any arithmetical progression in which the first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number, by taking the first term, and the sums of the first two, first three, first four, etc., as the successive terms of a new series, from which another may be formed in the same manner, and so on, the numbers in the resulting series being such that points representing them are capable of symmetrical arrangement in different geometrical figures, as triangles, squares, pentagons, etc. Note: In the following example, the two lower lines are composed of figurate numbers, those in the second line being triangular, and represented thus: -- . 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. . . . 1, 3, 6, 10, etc. . . . . . . . etc. 1, 4, 10, 20, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . | |
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Descant \Des*cant"\ (d[ecr]s*k[acr]nt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Descanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Descanting}.] [From descant; n.; or directly fr. OF. descanter, deschanter; L. dis- + cantare to sing.] 1. To sing a variation or accomplishment. 2. To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large. A virtuous man should be pleased to find people descanting on his actions. --Addison. | |
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Descant \Des"cant\ (d[ecr]s"k[acr]nt), n. [OF. descant, deschant, F. d[82]chant, discant, LL. discantus, fr. L. dis + cantus singing, melody, fr. canere to sing. See {Chant}, and cf. {Descant}, v. i., {Discant}.] 1. (Mus.) (a) Originally, a double song; a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor; a variation of an air; a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song. (b) The upper voice in part music. (c) The canto, cantus, or soprano voice; the treble. --Grove. Twenty doctors expound one text twenty ways, as children make descant upon plain song. --Tyndale. She [the nightingale] all night long her amorous descant sung. --Milton. Note: The term has also been used synonymously with counterpoint, or polyphony, which developed out of the French d[82]chant, of the 12th century. 2. A discourse formed on its theme, like variations on a musical air; a comment or comments. Upon that simplest of themes how magnificent a descant! --De Quincey. | |
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Figurate \Fig"ur*ate\, a. [L. figuratus, p. p. of figurare. See {Figure}.] 1. Of a definite form or figure. Plants are all figurate and determinate, which inanimate bodies are not. --Bacon. 2. Figurative; metaphorical. [Obs.] --Bale. 3. (Mus.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant. {Figurate counterpoint} [or] {descant} (Mus.), that which is not simple, or in which the parts do not move together tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or more parts mingles passing discords with the harmony; -- called also {figural}, {figurative}, and {figured counterpoint} or {descant} (although the term figured is more commonly applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to indicate the other notes of the harmony). {Figurate numbers} (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers, formed from any arithmetical progression in which the first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number, by taking the first term, and the sums of the first two, first three, first four, etc., as the successive terms of a new series, from which another may be formed in the same manner, and so on, the numbers in the resulting series being such that points representing them are capable of symmetrical arrangement in different geometrical figures, as triangles, squares, pentagons, etc. Note: In the following example, the two lower lines are composed of figurate numbers, those in the second line being triangular, and represented thus: -- . 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. . . . 1, 3, 6, 10, etc. . . . . . . . etc. 1, 4, 10, 20, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . | |
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Descant \Des*cant"\ (d[ecr]s*k[acr]nt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Descanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Descanting}.] [From descant; n.; or directly fr. OF. descanter, deschanter; L. dis- + cantare to sing.] 1. To sing a variation or accomplishment. 2. To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large. A virtuous man should be pleased to find people descanting on his actions. --Addison. | |
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Descanter \Des*cant"er\, n. One who descants. | |
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Descant \Des*cant"\ (d[ecr]s*k[acr]nt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Descanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Descanting}.] [From descant; n.; or directly fr. OF. descanter, deschanter; L. dis- + cantare to sing.] 1. To sing a variation or accomplishment. 2. To comment freely; to discourse with fullness and particularity; to discourse at large. A virtuous man should be pleased to find people descanting on his actions. --Addison. | |
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Descend \De*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Descended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Descending}.] [F. descendre, L. descendere, descensum; de- + scandere to climb. See {Scan}.] 1. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend. The rain descended, and the floods came. --Matt. vii. 25. We will here descend to matters of later date. --Fuller. 2. To enter mentally; to retire. [Poetic] [He] with holiest meditations fed, Into himself descended. --Milton. 3. To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon. And on the suitors let thy wrath descend. --Pope. 4. To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he descended from his high estate. 5. To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered. 6. To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir. 7. (Anat.) To move toward the south, or to the southward. 8. (Mus.) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone. | |
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Descend \De*scend"\, v. t. To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder. But never tears his cheek descended. --Byron. | |
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Descendant \De*scend"ant\, a. [F. descendant, p. pr. of descendre. Cf. {Descendent}.] Descendent. | |
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Descendant \De*scend"ant\, n. One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant. Our first parents and their descendants. --Hale. The descendant of so many kings and emperors. --Burke. | |
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Descend \De*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Descended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Descending}.] [F. descendre, L. descendere, descensum; de- + scandere to climb. See {Scan}.] 1. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend. The rain descended, and the floods came. --Matt. vii. 25. We will here descend to matters of later date. --Fuller. 2. To enter mentally; to retire. [Poetic] [He] with holiest meditations fed, Into himself descended. --Milton. 3. To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon. And on the suitors let thy wrath descend. --Pope. 4. To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he descended from his high estate. 5. To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered. 6. To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir. 7. (Anat.) To move toward the south, or to the southward. 8. (Mus.) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone. | |
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Descendent \De*scend"ent\, a. [L. descendens, -entis, p. pr. of descendre. Cf. {Descendant}.] Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source. More than mortal grace Speaks thee descendent of ethereal race. --Pope. | |
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Descender \De*scend"er\, n. One who descends. | |
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Descendibility \De*scend`i*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality of being descendible; capability of being transmitted from ancestors; as, the descendibility of an estate. | |
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Descendible \De*scend"i*ble\, a. 1. Admitting descent; capable of being descended. 2. That may descend from an ancestor to an heir. [bd]A descendant estate.[b8] --Sir W. Jones. | |
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Descend \De*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Descended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Descending}.] [F. descendre, L. descendere, descensum; de- + scandere to climb. See {Scan}.] 1. To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend. The rain descended, and the floods came. --Matt. vii. 25. We will here descend to matters of later date. --Fuller. 2. To enter mentally; to retire. [Poetic] [He] with holiest meditations fed, Into himself descended. --Milton. 3. To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon. And on the suitors let thy wrath descend. --Pope. 4. To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he descended from his high estate. 5. To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered. 6. To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir. 7. (Anat.) To move toward the south, or to the southward. 8. (Mus.) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone. | |
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Descending \De*scend"ing\, a. Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards. {Descending constellations} [or] {signs} (Astron.), those through which the planets descent toward the south. {Descending node} (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward. {Descending series} (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding one; also, a series arranged according to descending powers of a quantity. | |
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Descending \De*scend"ing\, a. Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards. {Descending constellations} [or] {signs} (Astron.), those through which the planets descent toward the south. {Descending node} (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward. {Descending series} (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding one; also, a series arranged according to descending powers of a quantity. | |
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Descending \De*scend"ing\, a. Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards. {Descending constellations} [or] {signs} (Astron.), those through which the planets descent toward the south. {Descending node} (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward. {Descending series} (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding one; also, a series arranged according to descending powers of a quantity. | |
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Node \Node\, n. [L. nodus; perh. akin to E. knot. Cf. {Noose}, {Nowed}.] 1. A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling. 2. Specifically: (a) (Astron.) One of the two points where the orbit of a planet, or comet, intersects the ecliptic, or the orbit of a satellite intersects the plane of the orbit of its primary. (b) (Bot.) The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted. (c) (Dialing) A hole in the gnomon of a dial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc. (d) (Geom.) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See {Crunode}, and {Acnode}. (e) (Mech.) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also {knot}. --W. R. Johnson. (f) (poet.) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece. (g) (Med.) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint. --Dunglison. (h) (Mus) One of the fixed points of a sonorous string, when it vibrates by aliquot parts, and produces the harmonic tones; nodal line or point. (i) (Zo[94]l.) A swelling. {Ascending node} (Astron.), the node at which the body is passing northerly, marked with the symbol [astascending], called the Dragon's head. Called also {northern node}. {Descending node}, the node at which the body is moving southwardly, marked thus [astdescending], called Dragon's tail. {Line of nodes}, a straight line joining the two nodes of an orbit. | |
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Descending \De*scend"ing\, a. Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards. {Descending constellations} [or] {signs} (Astron.), those through which the planets descent toward the south. {Descending node} (Astron.), that point in a planet's orbit where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward. {Descending series} (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding one; also, a series arranged according to descending powers of a quantity. | |
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Descendingly \De*scend"ing*ly\, adv. In a descending manner. | |
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Descent \De*scent"\, n. [F. descente, fr. descendre; like vente, from vendre. See {Descend}.] 1. The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower. 2. Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; -- often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy. The United Provinces . . . ordered public prayer to God, when they feared that the French and English fleets would make a descent upon their coasts. --Jortin. 3. Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc. 2. Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction. --Dryden. 5. (Law) Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity. --Abbott. 6. Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent. 7. That which is descended; descendants; issue. If care of our descent perplex us most, Which must be born to certain woe. --Milton. 8. A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation. No man living is a thousand descents removed from Adam himself. --Hooker. 9. Lowest place; extreme downward place. [R.] And from the extremest upward of thy head, To the descent and dust below thy foot. --Shak. 10. (Mus.) A passing from a higher to a lower tone. Syn: Declivity; slope; degradation; extraction; lineage; assault; invasion; attack. | |
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Distaff \Dis"taff\, n.; pl. {Distaffs}, rarely {Distaves}. [OE. distaf, dysestafe, AS. distaef; cf. LG. diesse the bunch of flax on a distaff, and E. dizen. See {Staff}.] 1. The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand. I will the distaff hold; come thou and spin. --Fairfax. 2. Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively. His crown usurped, a distaff on the throne. --Dryden. Some say the crozier, some say the distaff was too busy. --Howell. Note: The plural is regular, but Distaves occurs in Beaumont & Fletcher. {Descent by distaff}, descent on the mother's side. {Distaff Day}, [or] {Distaff's Day}, the morrow of the Epiphany, that is, January 7, because working at the distaff was then resumed, after the Christmas festival; -- called also {Rock Day}, a distaff being called a rock. --Shipley. | |
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Desmid \Des"mid\, Desmidian \Des*mid"i*an\, n. [Gr. desmo`s chain + e'i^dos form.] (Bot.) A microscopic plant of the family {Desmidi[91]}, a group of unicellular alg[91] in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves. | |
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Animalcule \An`i*mal"cule\, n. [As if fr. a L. animalculum, dim. of animal.] 1. A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc. [Obs.] --Ray. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See {Infusoria}. Note: Many of the so-called animalcules have been shown to be plants, having locomotive powers something like those of animals. Among these are {Volvox}, the {Desmidiac[91]}, and the siliceous {Diatomace[91]}. {Spermatic animalcules}. See {Spermatozoa}. | |
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Desmid \Des"mid\, Desmidian \Des*mid"i*an\, n. [Gr. desmo`s chain + e'i^dos form.] (Bot.) A microscopic plant of the family {Desmidi[91]}, a group of unicellular alg[91] in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves. | |
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Sainfoin \Sain"foin\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. sain wholesome (L. sanus; see {Sane}.) + foin hay (L. f[91]num); or perh. fr. saint sacred (L. sanctus; see {Saint}) + foin hay.] (Bot.) (a) A leguminous plant ({Onobrychis sativa}) cultivated for fodder. [Written also {saintfoin}.] (b) A kind of tick trefoil ({Desmodium Canadense}). [Canada] | |
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Moving \Mov"ing\, a. 1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a moving car, or power. 2. Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic; as, a moving appeal. I sang an old moving story. --Coleridge. {Moving force} (Mech.), a force that accelerates, retards, or deflects the motion of a body. {Moving plant} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Desmodium gyrans}); -- so called because its leaflets have a distinct automatic motion. | |
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Telegraph \Tel"e*graph\, n. [Gr. [?] far, far off (cf. Lith. toli) + -graph: cf. F. t[82]l[82]graphe. See {Graphic}.] An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical action. Note: The instruments used are classed as indicator, type-printing, symbol-printing, or chemical-printing telegraphs, according as the intelligence is given by the movements of a pointer or indicator, as in Cooke & Wheatstone's (the form commonly used in England), or by impressing, on a fillet of paper, letters from types, as in House's and Hughe's, or dots and marks from a sharp point moved by a magnet, as in Morse's, or symbols produced by electro-chemical action, as in Bain's. In the offices in the United States the recording instrument is now little used, the receiving operator reading by ear the combinations of long and short intervals of sound produced by the armature of an electro-magnet as it is put in motion by the opening and breaking of the circuit, which motion, in registering instruments, traces upon a ribbon of paper the lines and dots used to represent the letters of the alphabet. See Illustration in Appendix. {Acoustic telegraph}. See under {Acoustic}. {Dial telegraph}, a telegraph in which letters of the alphabet and numbers or other symbols are placed upon the border of a circular dial plate at each station, the apparatus being so arranged that the needle or index of the dial at the receiving station accurately copies the movements of that at the sending station. {Electric telegraph}, [or] {Electro-magnetic telegraph}, a telegraph in which an operator at one station causes words or signs to be made at another by means of a current of electricity, generated by a battery and transmitted over an intervening wire. {Facsimile telegraph}. See under {Facsimile}. {Indicator telegraph}. See under {Indicator}. {Pan-telegraph}, an electric telegraph by means of which a drawing or writing, as an autographic message, may be exactly reproduced at a distant station. {Printing telegraph}, an electric telegraph which automatically prints the message as it is received at a distant station, in letters, not signs. {Signal telegraph}, a telegraph in which preconcerted signals, made by a machine, or otherwise, at one station, are seen or heard and interpreted at another; a semaphore. {Submarine telegraph cable}, a telegraph cable laid under water to connect stations separated by a body of water. {Telegraph cable}, a telegraphic cable consisting of several conducting wires, inclosed by an insulating and protecting material, so as to bring the wires into compact compass for use on poles, or to form a strong cable impervious to water, to be laid under ground, as in a town or city, or under water, as in the ocean. {Telegraph plant} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Desmodium gyrans}) native of the East Indies. The leaflets move up and down like the signals of a semaphore. | |
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Desmodont \Des"mo*dont\, n. [Gr. desmo`s bond + [?], [?], tooth.] (Zo[94]l.) A member of a group of South American blood-sucking bats, of the genera {Desmodus} and {Diphylla}. See {Vampire}. | |
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Desmoid \Des"moid\, a. [Gr. desmo`s ligament + -oid.] (Anat.) Resembling, or having the characteristics of, a ligament; ligamentous. | |
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Desquamate \Des"qua*mate\, v. i. [L. desquamatus, p. p. of desquamare to scale off; de- + squama scale.] (Med.) To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases. | |
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Desquamation \Des`qua*ma"tion\, n. [Cf. F. desquamation.] (Med.) The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones. | |
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Desquamative \De*squam"a*tive\, Desquamatory \De*squam"a*to*ry\, a. Of, pertaining to, or attended with, desquamation. | |
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Desquamative \De*squam"a*tive\, Desquamatory \De*squam"a*to*ry\, a. Of, pertaining to, or attended with, desquamation. | |
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Desquamatory \De*squam"a*to*ry\, n. (Surg.) An instrument formerly used in removing the lamin[91] of exfoliated bones. | |
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Diaconate \Di*ac"o*nate\, n. [L. diaconatus: cf. F. diaconat.] The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons. | |
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Diaconate \Di*ac"o*nate\, a. Governed by deacons. [bd]Diaconate church.[b8] --T. Goodwin. | |
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Diagometer \Di`a*gom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] to transmit + -meter.] A sort of electroscope, invented by Rousseau, in which the dry pile is employed to measure the amount of electricity transmitted by different bodies, or to determine their conducting power. --Nichol. | |
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Squirrel \Squir"rel\ (skw[etil]r"r[etil]l or skw[icr]r"-; 277), n. [OE. squirel, OF. esquirel, escurel, F. [82]cureuil, LL. squirelus, squirolus, scuriolus, dim. of L. sciurus, Gr. si`oyros; skia` shade + o'yra` tail. Cf. {Shine}, v. i.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus {Sciurus} and several allied genera of the family {Sciurid[91]}. Squirrels generally have a bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species live in burrows. Note: Among the common North American squirrels are the gray squirrel ({Scirius Carolinensis}) and its black variety; the fox, or cat, sqirrel ({S. cinereus}, or {S. niger}) which is a large species, and variable in color, the southern variety being frequently black, while the northern and western varieties are usually gray or rusty brown; the red squirrel (see {Chickaree}); the striped, or chipping, squirrel (see {Chipmunk}); and the California gray squirrel ({S. fossor}). Several other species inhabit Mexico and Central America. The common European species ({Sciurus vulgaris}) has a long tuft of hair on each ear. the so-called Australian squirrels are marsupials. See {Petaurist}, and {Phalanger}. 2. One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder. {Barking squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the prairie dog. {Federation squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the striped gopher. See {Gopher}, 2. {Flying squirrel} (Zo[94]l.). See {Flying squirrel}, in the Vocabulary. {Java squirrel} (Zo[94]l.). See {Jelerang}. {Squirrel corn} (Bot.), a North American herb ({Dicantra Canadensis}) bearing little yellow tubers. {Squirrel cup} (Bot.), the blossom of the {Hepatica triloba}, a low perennial herb with cup-shaped flowers varying from purplish blue to pink or even white. It is one of the earliest flowers of spring. {Squirrel fish} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A sea bass ({Serranus fascicularis}) of the Southern United States. (b) The sailor's choice ({Diplodus rhomboides}). (c) The redmouth, or grunt. (d) A market fish of Bermuda ({Holocentrum Ascensione}). {Squirrel grass} (Bot.), a pestiferous grass ({Hordeum murinum}) related to barley. In California the stiffly awned spiklets work into the wool of sheep, and into the throat, flesh, and eyes of animals, sometimes even producing death. {Squirrel hake} (Zo[94]l.), a common American hake ({Phycis tenuis}); -- called also {white hake}. {Squirrel hawk} (Zo[94]l.), any rough-legged hawk; especially, the California species {Archibuteo ferrugineus}. {Squirrel monkey}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of small, soft-haired South American monkeys of the genus {Calithrix}. They are noted for their graceful form and agility. See {Teetee}. (b) A marmoset. {Squirrel petaurus} (Zo[94]l.), a flying phalanger of Australia. See {Phalanger}, {Petaurist}, and {Flying phalanger} under {Flying}. {Squirrel shrew} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the genus {Tupaia}. They are allied to the shrews, but have a bushy tail, like that of a squirrel. {Squirrel-tail grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Hordeum jubatum}) found in salt marshes and along the Great Lakes, having a dense spike beset with long awns. | |
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Dutchman \Dutch"man\, n.; pl. {Dutchmen}. A native, or one of the people, of Holland. {Dutchman's breeches} (Bot.), a perennial American herb ({Dicentra cucullaria}), with peculiar double-spurred flowers. See Illust. of {Dicentra}. {Dutchman's laudanum} (Bot.), a West Indian passion flower ({Passiflora Murucuja}); also, its fruit. {Dutchman's pipe} (Bot.), an American twining shrub ({Aristolochia Sipho}). Its flowers have their calyx tubes curved like a tobacco pipe. | |
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Param \Par"am\, n. (Chem.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance ({C2H4N4}); -- called also {dicyandiamide}. | |
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Dicyanide \Di*cy"a*nide\, n. [Pref. di- + cyanogen.] (Chem.) A compound of a binary type containing two cyanogen groups or radicals; -- called also {bicyanide}. | |
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Dicyemid \Di`cy*e"mid\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Like or belonging to the Dicyemata. -- n. One of the Dicyemata. | |
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Dicynodont \Di*cyn"o*dont\, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?] dog + [?], [?], tooth.] (Paleon.) One of a group of extinct reptiles having the jaws armed with a horny beak, as in turtles, and in the genus {Dicynodon}, supporting also a pair of powerful tusks. Their remains are found in triassic strata of South Africa and India. | |
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Digammate \Di*gam"mate\, Digammated \Di*gam"mated\, a. Having the digamma or its representative letter or sound; as, the Latin word vis is a digammated form of the Greek [?]. --Andrews. | |
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Digammate \Di*gam"mate\, Digammated \Di*gam"mated\, a. Having the digamma or its representative letter or sound; as, the Latin word vis is a digammated form of the Greek [?]. --Andrews. | |
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Dignation \Dig*na"tion\, n. [L. dignatio.] The act of thinking worthy; honor. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Dignitary \Dig"ni*ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Dignitaries}. [Cf. F. dignitaire, fr. L. dignitas.] One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of a parochial priest or clergyman. | |
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Dignitary \Dig"ni*ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Dignitaries}. [Cf. F. dignitaire, fr. L. dignitas.] One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of a parochial priest or clergyman. | |
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Prebend \Preb"end\ (pr[ecr]b"[ecr]nd), n. [F. pr[82]bende (cf. It. & Sp. prebenda), from L. praebenda, from L. praebere to hold forth, afford, contr. fr. praehibere; prae before + habere to have, hold. See {Habit}, and cf. {Provender}.] 1. A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See {Note} under {Benefice}. 2. A prebendary. [Obs.] --Bacon. {Dignitary prebend}, one having jurisdiction annexed to it. {Simple prebend}, one without jurisdiction. | |
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Dignity \Dig"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Dignities}. [OE. dignete, dignite, OF. dignet[82], dignit[82], F. dignit[82], fr. L. dignitas, from dignus worthy. See {Dainty}, {Deign}.] 1. The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence. 2. Elevation; grandeur. The dignity of this act was worth the audience of kings. --Shak. 3. Elevated rank; honorable station; high office, political or ecclesiastical; degree of excellence; preferment; exaltation. --Macaulay. And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? --Esth. vi. 3. Reuben, thou art my firstborn, . . . the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power. --Gen. xlix. 3. 4. Quality suited to inspire respect or reverence; loftiness and grace; impressiveness; stateliness; -- said of [?][?]en, manner, style, etc. A letter written with singular energy and dignity of thought [?][?]d language. --Macaulay. 5. One holding high rank; a dignitary. These filthy dreamers . . . speak evil of dignities. --Jude. 8. 6. Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim. [Obs.] Sciences concluding from dignities, and principles known by themselves. --Sir T. Browne. Syn: See {Decorum}. {To stand upon one's dignity}, to have or to affect a high notion of one's own rank, privilege, or character. They did not stand upon their dignity, nor give their minds to being or to seeming as elegant and as fine as anybody else. --R. G. White. | |
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Dignity \Dig"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Dignities}. [OE. dignete, dignite, OF. dignet[82], dignit[82], F. dignit[82], fr. L. dignitas, from dignus worthy. See {Dainty}, {Deign}.] 1. The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence. 2. Elevation; grandeur. The dignity of this act was worth the audience of kings. --Shak. 3. Elevated rank; honorable station; high office, political or ecclesiastical; degree of excellence; preferment; exaltation. --Macaulay. And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? --Esth. vi. 3. Reuben, thou art my firstborn, . . . the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power. --Gen. xlix. 3. 4. Quality suited to inspire respect or reverence; loftiness and grace; impressiveness; stateliness; -- said of [?][?]en, manner, style, etc. A letter written with singular energy and dignity of thought [?][?]d language. --Macaulay. 5. One holding high rank; a dignitary. These filthy dreamers . . . speak evil of dignities. --Jude. 8. 6. Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim. [Obs.] Sciences concluding from dignities, and principles known by themselves. --Sir T. Browne. Syn: See {Decorum}. {To stand upon one's dignity}, to have or to affect a high notion of one's own rank, privilege, or character. They did not stand upon their dignity, nor give their minds to being or to seeming as elegant and as fine as anybody else. --R. G. White. | |
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Dignotion \Dig*no"tion\, n. [L. dignoscere to distinguish; di- = dis- + gnoscere, noscere, to learn to know.] Distinguishing mark; diagnostic. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Dioxindol \Di`ox*in"dol\, n. [Pref. di- + oxygen + indol.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance obtained by the reduction of isatin. It is a member of the indol series; -- hence its name. | |
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Discandy \Dis*can"dy\, v. i. To melt; to dissolve; to thaw. [Obs.] | |
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Discant \Dis"cant\, n. See {Descant}, n. | |
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Discind \Dis*cind"\, v. t. [L. discindere; dis- + scindere to cut, split.] To part; to divide. [Obs.] --Boyle. | |
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Discommodate \Dis*com"mo*date\, v. t. [L. dis- + commodatus, p. p. of commodare to make fit or suitable, fr. commodus fit, commodious. See {Commodious}, and cf. {Discommode}.] To discommode. [Obs.] --Howell. | |
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Discommode \Dis`com*mode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discommoded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discommoding}.] [See {Discommodate}.] To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble. [R.] Syn: To incommode; annoy; inconvenience. | |
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Discommode \Dis`com*mode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discommoded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discommoding}.] [See {Discommodate}.] To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble. [R.] Syn: To incommode; annoy; inconvenience. | |
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Discommode \Dis`com*mode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discommoded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discommoding}.] [See {Discommodate}.] To put inconvenience; to incommode; to trouble. [R.] Syn: To incommode; annoy; inconvenience. | |
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Discommodious \Dis`com*mo"di*ous\, a. Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious. [R.] --Spenser. -- {Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Discommodious \Dis`com*mo"di*ous\, a. Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious. [R.] --Spenser. -- {Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Discommodious \Dis`com*mo"di*ous\, a. Inconvenient; troublesome; incommodious. [R.] --Spenser. -- {Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`com*mo"di*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Discommodity \Dis`com*mod"i*ty\, n. Disadvantage; inconvenience. --Bacon. | |
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Disconducive \Dis`con*du"cive\, a. Not conductive; impeding; disadvantageous. [R.] | |
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Discontent \Dis`con*tent"\ (d[icr]s`k[ocr]n*t[ecr]nt"), a. Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. --Jer. Taylor. Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was very quiet. --Bunyan. | |
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Discontent \Dis`con*tent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discontented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discontenting}.] To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. --Suckling. | |
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Discontent \Dis`con*tent"\, n. 1. Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet. Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York. --Shak. The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent. --Hallam 2. A discontented person; a malcontent. [R.] Thus was the Scotch nation full of discontents. --Fuller. | |
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Discontentation \Dis*con`ten*ta"tion\, n. Discontent. [Obs.] --Ascham. | |
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Discontent \Dis`con*tent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discontented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discontenting}.] To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. --Suckling. | |
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Discontented \Dis`con*tent"ed\, p. p. & a. Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent. And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him. --1 Sam. xxii. 2. -- {Dis`con*tent"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`con*tent"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Discontented \Dis`con*tent"ed\, p. p. & a. Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent. And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him. --1 Sam. xxii. 2. -- {Dis`con*tent"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`con*tent"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Discontented \Dis`con*tent"ed\, p. p. & a. Dissatisfied; uneasy in mind; malcontent. And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him. --1 Sam. xxii. 2. -- {Dis`con*tent"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`con*tent"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Discontentful \Dis`con*tent"ful\, a. Full of discontent. [R.] | |
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Discontent \Dis`con*tent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discontented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discontenting}.] To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy. --Suckling. | |
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Discontenting \Dis`con*tent"ing\, a. 1. Discontented. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. Causing discontent; dissatisfying. --Milton. | |
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Discontentive \Dis`con*tent"ive\, a. Relating or tending to discontent. [R.] [bd]Pride is ever discontentive.[b8] --Feltham. | |
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Discontentment \Dis`con*tent"ment\, n. The state of being discontented; uneasiness; inquietude. --Bacon. | |
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Discontinuable \Dis`con*tin"u*a*ble\, a. Admitting of being discontinued. [R.] | |
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Discontinuance \Dis`con*tin"u*ance\, n. 1. The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel. 2. (Law) (a) A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other tenant, seized in right of another, of a larger estate than the tenant was entitled to, whereby the party ousted or injured was driven to his real action, and could not enter. This effect of such alienation is now obviated by statute in both England and the United States. (b) The termination of an action in practice by the voluntary act of the plaintiff; an entry on the record that the plaintiff discontinues his action. (c) That technical interruption of the proceedings in pleading in an action, which follows where a defendant does not answer the whole of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to take judgment for the part unanswered. --Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill. Syn: Cessation; intermission; discontinuation; separation; disunion; disjunction; disruption; break. | |
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Discontinuation \Dis`con*tin`u*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. discontinuation.] Breach or interruption of continuity; separation of parts in a connected series; discontinuance. Upon any discontinuation of parts, made either by bubbles or by shaking the glass, the whole mercury falls. --Sir I. Newton. | |
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Discontinue \Dis`con*tin"ue\, v. i. 1. To lose continuity or cohesion of parts; to be disrupted or broken off. --Bacon. 2. To be separated or severed; to part. Thyself shalt discontinue from thine heritage. --Jer. xvii. 4. | |
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Discontinue \Dis`con*tin"ue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discontinued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discontinuing}.] [Cf. F. discontinuer.] To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. --Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth. --Shak. Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years. --Daniel. They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it. --Holder. | |
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Discontinue \Dis`con*tin"ue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discontinued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discontinuing}.] [Cf. F. discontinuer.] To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. --Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth. --Shak. Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years. --Daniel. They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it. --Holder. | |
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Discontinuee \Dis`con*tin`u*ee"\, n. (Law) One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance. | |
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Discontinuer \Dis`con*tin"u*er\, n. One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee. He was no gadder abroad, not discontinuer from his convent for a long time. --Fuller. | |
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Discontinue \Dis`con*tin"ue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discontinued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discontinuing}.] [Cf. F. discontinuer.] To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. --Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school Above a twelvemonth. --Shak. Taught the Greek tongue, discontinued before in these parts the space of seven hundred years. --Daniel. They modify and discriminate the voice, without appearing to discontinue it. --Holder. | |
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Discontinuity \Dis*con`ti*nu"i*ty\, n. Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts. [bd]Discontinuity of surface.[b8] --Boyle. | |
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Discontinuor \Dis`con*tin"u*or\, n. (Law) One who deprives another of the possession of an estate by discontinuance. See {Discontinuance}, 2. | |
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Discontinuous \Dis`con*tin"u*ous\, a. 1. Not continuous; interrupted; broken off. A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and intersected at every turn by human negligence. --De Quincey. 2. Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping. [bd]Discontinuous wound.[b8] --Milton. {Discontinuous function} (Math.), a function which for certain values or between certain values of the variable does not vary continuously as the variable increases. The discontinuity may, for example, consist of an abrupt change in the value of the function, or an abrupt change in its law of variation, or the function may become imaginary. | |
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Discontinuous \Dis`con*tin"u*ous\, a. 1. Not continuous; interrupted; broken off. A path that is zigzag, discontinuous, and intersected at every turn by human negligence. --De Quincey. 2. Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping. [bd]Discontinuous wound.[b8] --Milton. {Discontinuous function} (Math.), a function which for certain values or between certain values of the variable does not vary continuously as the variable increases. The discontinuity may, for example, consist of an abrupt change in the value of the function, or an abrupt change in its law of variation, or the function may become imaginary. | |
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Function \Func"tion\, n. [L. functio, fr. fungi to perform, execute, akin to Skr. bhuj to enjoy, have the use of: cf. F. fonction. Cf. {Defunct}.] 1. The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance. [bd]In the function of his public calling.[b8] --Swift. 2. (Physiol.) The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body. 3. The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind. As the mind opens, and its functions spread. --Pope. 4. The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession. Tradesmen . . . going about their functions. --Shak. The malady which made him incapable of performing his regal functions. --Macaulay. 5. (Math.) A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x^{2}, 3^{x}, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x. {Algebraic function}, a quantity whose connection with the variable is expressed by an equation that involves only the algebraic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, raising to a given power, and extracting a given root; -- opposed to transcendental function. {Arbitrary function}. See under {Arbitrary}. {Calculus of functions}. See under {Calculus}. {Carnot's function} (Thermo-dynamics), a relation between the amount of heat given off by a source of heat, and the work which can be done by it. It is approximately equal to the mechanical equivalent of the thermal unit divided by the number expressing the temperature in degrees of the air thermometer, reckoned from its zero of expansion. {Circular functions}. See {Inverse trigonometrical functions} (below). -- Continuous function, a quantity that has no interruption in the continuity of its real values, as the variable changes between any specified limits. {Discontinuous function}. See under {Discontinuous}. {Elliptic functions}, a large and important class of functions, so called because one of the forms expresses the relation of the arc of an ellipse to the straight lines connected therewith. {Explicit function}, a quantity directly expressed in terms of the independently varying quantity; thus, in the equations y = 6x^{2}, y = 10 -x^{3}, the quantity y is an explicit function of x. {Implicit function}, a quantity whose relation to the variable is expressed indirectly by an equation; thus, y in the equation x^{2} + y^{2} = 100 is an implicit function of x. {Inverse trigonometrical functions}, [or] {Circular function}, the lengths of arcs relative to the sines, tangents, etc. Thus, AB is the arc whose sine is BD, and (if the length of BD is x) is written sin ^{-1}x, and so of the other lines. See {Trigonometrical function} (below). Other transcendental functions are the exponential functions, the elliptic functions, the gamma functions, the theta functions, etc. {One-valued function}, a quantity that has one, and only one, value for each value of the variable. -- {Transcendental functions}, a quantity whose connection with the variable cannot be expressed by algebraic operations; thus, y in the equation y = 10^{x} is a transcendental function of x. See {Algebraic function} (above). -- {Trigonometrical function}, a quantity whose relation to the variable is the same as that of a certain straight line drawn in a circle whose radius is unity, to the length of a corresponding are of the circle. Let AB be an arc in a circle, whose radius OA is unity let AC be a quadrant, and let OC, DB, and AF be drawnpependicular to OA, and EB and CG parallel to OA, and let OB be produced to G and F. E Then BD is the sine of the arc AB; OD or EB is the cosine, AF is the tangent, CG is the cotangent, OF is the secant OG is the cosecant, AD is the versed sine, and CE is the coversed sine of the are AB. If the length of AB be represented by x (OA being unity) then the lengths of Functions. these lines (OA being unity) are the trigonometrical functions of x, and are written sin x, cos x, tan x (or tang x), cot x, sec x, cosec x, versin x, coversin x. These quantities are also considered as functions of the angle BOA. | |
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Discount \Dis"count`\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discounted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discounting}.] [OF. desconter, descompter, to deduct, F. d[82]compter to discount; pref. des- (L. dis-) + conter, compter. See {Count}, v.] 1. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills. 2. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange. Discount only unexceptionable paper. --Walsh. 3. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event). 4. To leave out of account; to take no notice of. [R.] Of the three opinions (I discount Brown's). --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Discount \Dis"count`\ (?; 277), v. i. To lend, or make a practice of lending, money, abating the discount; as, the discount for sixty or ninety days. | |
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Discount \Dis"count`\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]compte. See {Discount}, v. t.] 1. A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted. 2. A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money. 3. The rate of interest charged in discounting. {At a discount}, below par, or below the nominal value; hence, colloquially, out of favor; poorly esteemed; depreciated. {Bank discount}, a sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it become due. {Discount broker}, one who makes a business of discounting commercial paper; a bill broker. {Discount day}, a particular day of the week when a bank discounts bills. {True discount}, the interest which, added to a principal, will equal the face of a note when it becomes due. The principal yielding this interest is the present value of the note. | |
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Discount \Dis"count`\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]compte. See {Discount}, v. t.] 1. A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted. 2. A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money. 3. The rate of interest charged in discounting. {At a discount}, below par, or below the nominal value; hence, colloquially, out of favor; poorly esteemed; depreciated. {Bank discount}, a sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it become due. {Discount broker}, one who makes a business of discounting commercial paper; a bill broker. {Discount day}, a particular day of the week when a bank discounts bills. {True discount}, the interest which, added to a principal, will equal the face of a note when it becomes due. The principal yielding this interest is the present value of the note. | |
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Discount \Dis"count`\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]compte. See {Discount}, v. t.] 1. A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted. 2. A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money. 3. The rate of interest charged in discounting. {At a discount}, below par, or below the nominal value; hence, colloquially, out of favor; poorly esteemed; depreciated. {Bank discount}, a sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it become due. {Discount broker}, one who makes a business of discounting commercial paper; a bill broker. {Discount day}, a particular day of the week when a bank discounts bills. {True discount}, the interest which, added to a principal, will equal the face of a note when it becomes due. The principal yielding this interest is the present value of the note. | |
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Discountable \Dis*count"a*ble\, a. Capable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; as, certain forms are necessary to render notes discountable at a bank. | |
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Discount \Dis"count`\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discounted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discounting}.] [OF. desconter, descompter, to deduct, F. d[82]compter to discount; pref. des- (L. dis-) + conter, compter. See {Count}, v.] 1. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills. 2. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange. Discount only unexceptionable paper. --Walsh. 3. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event). 4. To leave out of account; to take no notice of. [R.] Of the three opinions (I discount Brown's). --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Discountenance \Dis*coun"te*nance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discountenanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discountenancing}.] [Pref. dis- + countenance: cf. OF. descontenancer, F. d[82]contenancer.] 1. To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash. How would one look from his majestic brow . . . Discountenance her despised! --Milton. The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage. A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot. --Bancroft. | |
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Discountenance \Dis*coun"te*nance\, n. Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage. He thought a little discountenance on those persons would suppress that spirit. --Clarendon. | |
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Discountenance \Dis*coun"te*nance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discountenanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discountenancing}.] [Pref. dis- + countenance: cf. OF. descontenancer, F. d[82]contenancer.] 1. To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash. How would one look from his majestic brow . . . Discountenance her despised! --Milton. The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage. A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot. --Bancroft. | |
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Discountenancer \Dis*coun"te*nan*cer\, n. One who discountenances; one who disfavors. --Bacon. | |
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Discountenance \Dis*coun"te*nance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discountenanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discountenancing}.] [Pref. dis- + countenance: cf. OF. descontenancer, F. d[82]contenancer.] 1. To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash. How would one look from his majestic brow . . . Discountenance her despised! --Milton. The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage. A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot. --Bancroft. | |
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Discounter \Dis"count`er\, n. One who discounts; a discount broker. --Burke. | |
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Discount \Dis"count`\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discounted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discounting}.] [OF. desconter, descompter, to deduct, F. d[82]compter to discount; pref. des- (L. dis-) + conter, compter. See {Count}, v.] 1. To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt payment of bills. 2. To lend money upon, deducting the discount or allowance for interest; as, the banks discount notes and bills of exchange. Discount only unexceptionable paper. --Walsh. 3. To take into consideration beforehand; to anticipate and form conclusions concerning (an event). 4. To leave out of account; to take no notice of. [R.] Of the three opinions (I discount Brown's). --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Disendow \Dis`en*dow"\, v. t. To deprive of an endowment, as a church. --Gladstone. | |
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Disendowment \Dis`en*dow"ment\, n. The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments. [The] disendowment of the Irish Church. --G. B. Smith. | |
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Disentail \Dis`en*tail"\, v. t. (Law) To free from entailment. | |
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Disentangle \Dis`en*tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disentangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disentangling}.] 1. To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn. 2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate. To disentangle truth from error. --Stewart. To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. --Clarendon. A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. --Bp. Stillingfleet. Syn: To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach. | |
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Disentangle \Dis`en*tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disentangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disentangling}.] 1. To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn. 2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate. To disentangle truth from error. --Stewart. To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. --Clarendon. A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. --Bp. Stillingfleet. Syn: To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach. | |
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Disentanglement \Dis`en*tan"gle*ment\, n. The act of disentangling or clearing from difficulties. --Warton. | |
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Disentangle \Dis`en*tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disentangled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disentangling}.] 1. To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn. 2. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate. To disentangle truth from error. --Stewart. To extricate and disentangle themselves out of this labyrinth. --Clarendon. A mind free and disentangled from all corporeal mixtures. --Bp. Stillingfleet. Syn: To loose; extricate; disembarrass; disembroil; clear; evolve; disengage; separate; detach. | |
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Disenter \Dis`en*ter"\, v. t. See {Disinter}. | |
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Disenthrall \Dis`en*thrall"\, v. t. [See {Enthrall}.] To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall. [Written also {disenthral}.] --Milton. | |
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Disenthrall \Dis`en*thrall"\, v. t. [See {Enthrall}.] To release from thralldom or slavery; to give freedom to; to disinthrall. [Written also {disenthral}.] --Milton. | |
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Disenthrallment \Dis`en*thrall"ment\, n. Liberation from bondage; emancipation; disinthrallment. [Written also {disenthralment}.] | |
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Disenthrallment \Dis`en*thrall"ment\, n. Liberation from bondage; emancipation; disinthrallment. [Written also {disenthralment}.] | |
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Disenthrone \Dis`en*throne"\, v. t. To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority. --Milton. | |
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Disentitle \Dis`en*ti"tle\, v. t. To deprive of title or claim. Every ordinary offense does not disentitle a son to the love of his father. --South. | |
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Disentomb \Dis`en*tomb"\, v. t. To take out from a tomb; a disinter. | |
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Disentrail \Dis`en*trail"\, v. t. To disembowel; to let out or draw forth, as the entrails. [Obs.] As if he thought her soul to disentrail. --Spenser. | |
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Disentrance \Dis`en*trance"\, v. t. To awaken from a trance or an enchantment. --Hudibras. | |
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Disentwine \Dis`en*twine"\, v. t. To free from being entwined or twisted. --Shelley. | |
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Dishaunt \Dis*haunt"\, v. t. To leave; to quit; to cease to haunt. --Halliwell. | |
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Disintegrable \Dis*in"te*gra*ble\, a. Capable of being disintegrated, or reduced to fragments or powder. Argillo-calcite is readily disintegrable by exposure. --Kirwan. | |
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Disintegrate \Dis*in"te*grate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disintegrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disintegrating}.] [L. dis- + integratus, p. p. of integrare to renew, repair, fr. integer entire, whole. See {Integer}.] To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences. Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. --Kirwan. | |
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Disintegrate \Dis*in"te*grate\, v. i. To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates. | |
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Disintegrate \Dis*in"te*grate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disintegrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disintegrating}.] [L. dis- + integratus, p. p. of integrare to renew, repair, fr. integer entire, whole. See {Integer}.] To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences. Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. --Kirwan. | |
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Disintegrate \Dis*in"te*grate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disintegrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disintegrating}.] [L. dis- + integratus, p. p. of integrare to renew, repair, fr. integer entire, whole. See {Integer}.] To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences. Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. --Kirwan. | |
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Disintegration \Dis*in`te*gra"tion\, n. (a) The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated. Specifically (b) (Geol.) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc. Society had need of further disintegration before it could begin to reconstruct itself locally. --Motley. | |
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Disintegrator \Dis*in"te*gra`tor\, n. (Mech.) A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion. | |
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Disinter \Dis`in*ter"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinterred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinterring}.] 1. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up. 2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view. --Addison. | |
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Disinteress \Dis*in"ter*ess\, v. t. [F. d[82]sint[82]resser to deprive of interest in; pref. d[82]s- (L. dis-) + int[82]resser to interest, fr. L. interesse to import, concern. See {Interest}, and cf. {Disinterest}.] To deprive or rid of interest in, or regard for; to disengage. [Obs.] | |
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Disinteressment \Dis*in"ter*ess*ment\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]sint[82]ressement.] Disinterestedness; impartiality; fairness. [Obs.] --Prior. | |
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Disinterest \Dis*in"ter*est\, p. a. Disinterested. [Obs.] The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Disinterest \Dis*in"ter*est\, n. 1. What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage. [Obs.] --Glanvill. 2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness. [Obs.] --Johnson. | |
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Disinterest \Dis*in"ter*est\, v. t. To divest of interest or interested motives. [Obs.] --Feltham. | |
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Disinterested \Dis*in"ter*est*ed\, a. [Cf. {Disinteressed}.] Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge. The happiness of disinterested sacrifices. --Channing. Syn: Unbiased; impartial; uninterested; indifferent. | |
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Disinterestedly \Dis*in"ter*est*ed*ly\, adv. In a disinterested manner; without bias or prejudice. | |
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Disinterestedness \Dis*in"ter*est*ed*ness\, n. The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality. That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. --Macaulay. | |
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Disinteresting \Dis*in"ter*est*ing\, a. Uninteresting. [Obs.] [bd]Disinteresting passages.[b8] --Bp. Warburton. | |
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Disinterment \Dis`in*ter"ment\, n. The act of disinterring, or taking out of the earth; exhumation. | |
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Disinter \Dis`in*ter"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinterred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinterring}.] 1. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up. 2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view. --Addison. | |
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Disinter \Dis`in*ter"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinterred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinterring}.] 1. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up. 2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view. --Addison. | |
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Disinthrall \Dis`in*thrall"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinthralled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinthralling}.] [Pref. dis- + inthrall. Cf. {Disenthrall}.] To free from thralldom; to disenthrall. [Written also {disinthral}.] | |
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Disinthrall \Dis`in*thrall"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinthralled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinthralling}.] [Pref. dis- + inthrall. Cf. {Disenthrall}.] To free from thralldom; to disenthrall. [Written also {disinthral}.] | |
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Disinthrall \Dis`in*thrall"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinthralled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinthralling}.] [Pref. dis- + inthrall. Cf. {Disenthrall}.] To free from thralldom; to disenthrall. [Written also {disinthral}.] | |
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Disinthrall \Dis`in*thrall"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinthralled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinthralling}.] [Pref. dis- + inthrall. Cf. {Disenthrall}.] To free from thralldom; to disenthrall. [Written also {disinthral}.] | |
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Disinthrallment \Dis`in*thrall"ment\, n. A releasing from thralldom or slavery; disenthrallment. [Written also {disinthralment}.] | |
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Disinthrallment \Dis`in*thrall"ment\, n. A releasing from thralldom or slavery; disenthrallment. [Written also {disinthralment}.] | |
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Disintricate \Dis*in"tri*cate\, v. t. To disentangle. [R.] [bd]To disintricate the question.[b8] --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Disjoin \Dis*join"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disjoined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disjoining}.] [OF. desjoindre, F. disjoindre, d[82]joindre, fr. L. disjungere; dis- + jungere to join. See {Join}, and cf. {Disjoint}, {Disjunct}.] To part; to disunite; to separate; to sunder. That marriage, therefore, God himself disjoins. --Milton. Never let us lay down our arms against France, till we have utterly disjoined her from the Spanish monarchy. --Addison. Windmill Street consisted of disjoined houses. --Pennant. Syn: To disunite; separate; detach; sever; dissever; sunder; disconnect. | |
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Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disjointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disjointing}.] 1. To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving. Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame, But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame? --Prior. 2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice. Some half-ruined wall Disjointed and about to fall. --Longfellow. 3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech. | |
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Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, v. i. To fall in pieces. --Shak. | |
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Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, a. [OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See {Disjoin}.] Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to {conjoint}. --Milton. | |
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Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, n. [From OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See {Disjoint}, v. t.] Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. [Obs.] [bd]I stand in such disjoint.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disjointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disjointing}.] 1. To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving. Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame, But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame? --Prior. 2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice. Some half-ruined wall Disjointed and about to fall. --Longfellow. 3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech. | |
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Disjointed \Dis*joint"ed\, a. Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. -- {Dis*joint"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*joint"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Disjointed \Dis*joint"ed\, a. Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. -- {Dis*joint"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*joint"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Disjointed \Dis*joint"ed\, a. Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. -- {Dis*joint"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*joint"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Disjoint \Dis*joint"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disjointed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disjointing}.] 1. To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving. Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame, But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame? --Prior. 2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice. Some half-ruined wall Disjointed and about to fall. --Longfellow. 3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech. | |
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Disjointly \Dis*joint"ly\, adv. In a disjointed state. --Sandys. | |
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Diskindness \Dis*kind"ness\, n. Unkindness; disservice. [R.] --A. Tucker. | |
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Dismay \Dis*may"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dismaying}.] [OE. desmaien, dismaien, OF. esmaier; pref. es- (L. ex) + OHG. magan to be strong or able; akin to E. may. In English the pref. es- was changed to dis- (L. dis-). See {May}, v. i.] 1. To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify. Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed. --Josh. i. 9. What words be these? What fears do you dismay? --Fairfax. 2. To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet. [Obs.] Do not dismay yourself for this. --Spenser. Syn: To terrify; fright; affright; frighten; appall; daunt; dishearthen; dispirit; discourage; deject; depress. -- To {Dismay}, {Daunt}, {Appall}. Dismay denotes a state of deep and gloomy apprehension. To daunt supposes something more sudden and startling. To appall is the strongest term, implying a sense of terror which overwhelms the faculties. So flies a herd of beeves, that hear, dismayed, The lions roaring through the midnight shade. --Pope. Jove got such heroes as my sire, whose soul No fear could daunt, nor earth nor hell control. --Pope. Now the last ruin the whole host appalls; Now Greece has trembled in her wooden walls. --Pope. | |
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Dismayedness \Dis*may"ed*ness\, n. A state of being dismayed; dejection of courage; dispiritedness. | |
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Dismettled \Dis*met"tled\, a. Destitute of mettle, that is, or fire or spirit. [R.] --Llewellyn. | |
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Disnaturalize \Dis*nat"u*ral*ize\, v. t. To make alien; to deprive of the privileges of birth. --Locke. | |
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Disnatured \Dis*na"tured\ (?; 135), a. [Pref. dis- + nature: cf. OF. desnatur[82], F. d[82]natur[82].] Deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Disown \Dis*own"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disowned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disowning}.] 1. To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an author will sometimes disown his writings. 2. To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny. Then they, who brother's better claim disown, Expel their parents, and usurp the throne. --Dryden. Syn: To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce; disallow. | |
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Disquantity \Dis*quan"ti*ty\, v. t. To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Dissent \Dis*sent"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dissented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissenting}.] [L. dissentire, dissentum; dis- + sentire to feel, think. See {Sense}.] 1. To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from. The bill passed . . . without a dissenting voice. --Hallam. Opinions in which multitudes of men dissent from us. --Addison. 2. (Eccl.) To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government. 3. To differ; to be of a contrary nature. --Hooker. | |
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Dissent \Dis*sent"\, n. 1. The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement. The dissent of no small number [of peers] is frequently recorded. --Hallam. 2. (Eccl.) Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity. It is the dissidence of dissent and the protestantism of the Protestant religion. --Burke. 3. Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality. [Obs.] The dissent of the metals. --Bacon. Syn: Disagreement; variance; difference; nonconcurrence; nonconformity. | |
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Dissentaneous \Dis`sen*ta"ne*ous\, a. [L. dissentaneus.] Disagreeing; contrary; differing; -- opposed to {consentaneous}. [R.] --Barrow. | |
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Dissentany \Dis"sen*ta*ny\, a. Dissentaneous; inconsistent. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Dissentation \Dis`sen*ta"tion\, n. Dissension. [Obs.] --W. Browne. | |
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Dissent \Dis*sent"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dissented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissenting}.] [L. dissentire, dissentum; dis- + sentire to feel, think. See {Sense}.] 1. To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from. The bill passed . . . without a dissenting voice. --Hallam. Opinions in which multitudes of men dissent from us. --Addison. 2. (Eccl.) To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government. 3. To differ; to be of a contrary nature. --Hooker. | |
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Dissenter \Dis*sent"er\, n. 1. One who dissents; one who differs in opinion, or declares his disagreement. 2. (Eccl.) One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the Church of England; a nonconformist. Dissenters from the establishment of their several countries. --Burke. Robert Brown is said to have the first formal dissenter. --Shipley. Note: [bd]The word is commonly applied only to Protestants. The Roman Catholics are generally referred to as a distinct class.[b8] --Brande & C. | |
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Dissenterism \Dis*sent"er*ism\, n. The spirit or principles of dissenters. --Ed. Rev. | |
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Dissentiate \Dis*sen"ti*ate\, v. t. To throw into a state of dissent. [R.] --Feltham. | |
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Dissentient \Dis*sen"tient\, a. [L. dissentiens, p. pr. of dissentire. See {Dissent}, v. i.] Disagreeing; declaring dissent; dissenting. -- n. One who dissents. --Macaulay. | |
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Dissent \Dis*sent"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dissented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissenting}.] [L. dissentire, dissentum; dis- + sentire to feel, think. See {Sense}.] 1. To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from. The bill passed . . . without a dissenting voice. --Hallam. Opinions in which multitudes of men dissent from us. --Addison. 2. (Eccl.) To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government. 3. To differ; to be of a contrary nature. --Hooker. | |
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Dissentious \Dis*sen"tious\, a. Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. -- {Dis*sen"tious*ly}, adv. | |
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Dissentious \Dis*sen"tious\, a. Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. -- {Dis*sen"tious*ly}, adv. | |
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Dissentive \Dis*sent"ive\, a. Disagreeing; inconsistent. [Obs.] --Feltham. | |
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Dissunder \Dis*sun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissundering}.] [Pref. dis- (intens) + sunder.] To separate; to sunder; to destroy. [R.] --Chapman. | |
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Dissunder \Dis*sun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissundering}.] [Pref. dis- (intens) + sunder.] To separate; to sunder; to destroy. [R.] --Chapman. | |
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Dissunder \Dis*sun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissundering}.] [Pref. dis- (intens) + sunder.] To separate; to sunder; to destroy. [R.] --Chapman. | |
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Dissymmetrical \Dis`sym*met"ric*al\, a. Not having symmetry; asymmetrical; unsymmetrical. | |
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Dissymmetry \Dis*sym"me*try\, n. [Pref. dis- + symmetry.] Absence or defect of symmetry; asymmetry. | |
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Disunite \Dis`u*nite"\, v. i. To part; to fall asunder; to become separated. The joints of the body politic do separate and disunite. --South. | |
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Disunite \Dis`u*nite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disunited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disuniting}.] 1. To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter. 2. To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of. Go on both in hand, O nations, never be disunited, be the praise . . . of all posterity! --Milton. | |
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Disunite \Dis`u*nite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disunited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disuniting}.] 1. To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter. 2. To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of. Go on both in hand, O nations, never be disunited, be the praise . . . of all posterity! --Milton. | |
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Disuniter \Dis`u*nit"er\, n. One who, or that which, disjoins or causes disunion. | |
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Disunite \Dis`u*nite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disunited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disuniting}.] 1. To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter. 2. To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of. Go on both in hand, O nations, never be disunited, be the praise . . . of all posterity! --Milton. | |
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Disunity \Dis*u"ni*ty\, n. A state of separation or disunion; want of unity. --Dr. H. More. | |
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Diswont \Dis*wont"\, v. t. To deprive of wonted usage; to disaccustom. [R.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Dizen \Diz"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dizened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dizening}.] [Perh. orig., to dress in a foolish manner, and allied to dizzy: but cf. also OE. dysyn (Palsgrave) to put tow or flax on a distaff, i. e., to dress it. Cf. {Distaff}.] 1. To dress; to attire. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 2. To dress gaudily; to overdress; to bedizen; to deck out. Like a tragedy queen, he has dizened her out. --Goldsmith. To-morrow when the masks shall fall That dizen Nature's carnival. --Emerson. | |
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Docent \Do"cent\, a. [L. docens, -entis, p. pr. of docere to teach.] Serving to instruct; teaching. [Obs.] | |
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d8Privatdocent \[d8]Pri*vat"do*cent`\, n.; G. pl. {-docenten}. [Also {Privatdozent}.] [G.; privat private + docent teacher. See {Docent}.] In the universities of Germany and some other European countries, a licensed teacher or lecturer having no share in the university government and dependent upon fees for remuneration. | |
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Dogma \Dog"ma\, n.; pl. E. {Dogmas}, L. {Dogmata}. [L. dogma, Gr. [?], pl. [?], fr. [?] to think, seem, appear; akin to L. decet it is becoming. Cf. {Decent}.] 1. That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine. The obscure and loose dogmas of early antiquity. -- Whewell. 2. A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet. 3. A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum. Syn: tenet; opinion; proposition; doctrine. Usage: -- {Dogma}, {Tenet}. A tenet is that which is maintained as true with great firmness; as, the tenets of our holy religion. A dogma is that which is laid down with authority as indubitably true, especially a religious doctrine; as, the dogmas of the church. A tenet rests on its own intrinsic merits or demerits; a dogma rests on authority regarded as competent to decide and determine. Dogma has in our language acquired, to some extent, a repulsive sense, from its carrying with it the idea of undue authority or assumption. This is more fully the case with its derivatives dogmatical and dogmatism. | |
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Dogmatic \Dog*mat"ic\, n. One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the {Empiric}. | |
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Dogmatic \Dog*mat"ic\, Dogmatical \Dog*mat`ic*al\, a. [L. dogmaticus, Gr. [?], fr. [?]: cf. F. dogmatique.] 1. Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet. 2. Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing. Critics write in a positive, dogmatic way. -- Spectator. [They] are as assertive and dogmatical as if they were omniscient. -- Glanvill. {Dogmatic theology}. Same as {Dogmatics}. Syn: Magisterial; arrogant. See {Magisterial}. | |
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Dogmatic \Dog*mat"ic\, Dogmatical \Dog*mat`ic*al\, a. [L. dogmaticus, Gr. [?], fr. [?]: cf. F. dogmatique.] 1. Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet. 2. Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing. Critics write in a positive, dogmatic way. -- Spectator. [They] are as assertive and dogmatical as if they were omniscient. -- Glanvill. {Dogmatic theology}. Same as {Dogmatics}. Syn: Magisterial; arrogant. See {Magisterial}. | |
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Dogmatic \Dog*mat"ic\, Dogmatical \Dog*mat`ic*al\, a. [L. dogmaticus, Gr. [?], fr. [?]: cf. F. dogmatique.] 1. Pertaining to a dogma, or to an established and authorized doctrine or tenet. 2. Asserting a thing positively and authoritatively; positive; magisterial; hence, arrogantly authoritative; overbearing. Critics write in a positive, dogmatic way. -- Spectator. [They] are as assertive and dogmatical as if they were omniscient. -- Glanvill. {Dogmatic theology}. Same as {Dogmatics}. Syn: Magisterial; arrogant. See {Magisterial}. | |
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Dogmatically \Dog*mat"ic*al*ly\, adv. In a dogmatic manner; positively; magisterially. | |
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Dogmaticalness \Dog*mat"ic*al*ness\, n. The quality of being dogmatical; positiveness. | |
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Dogmatician \Dog`ma*ti"cian\, n. A dogmatist. | |
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Dogmatics \Dog*mat"ics\, n. The science which treats of Christian doctrinal theology. | |
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Dogmatism \Dog"ma*tism\, n. The manner or character of a dogmatist; arrogance or positiveness in stating opinion. The self-importance of his demeanor, and the dogmatism of his conversation. -- Sir W. Scott. | |
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Dogmatist \Dog"ma*tist\, n. [L. dogmatistes, Gr. [?], fr. [?].] One who dogmatizes; one who speaks dogmatically; a bold and arrogant advancer of principles. I expect but little success of all this upon the dogmatist; his opinioned assurance is paramount to argument. -- Glanvill. | |
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Dogmatize \Dog"ma*tize\, v. t. To deliver as a dogma. [R.] | |
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Dogmatize \Dog"ma*tize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dogmatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dogmatizing}.] [L. dogmatizare to lay down an opinion, Gr. [?], fr. [?]: cf. F. dogmatiser. See {Dogma}.] To assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance. The pride of dogmatizing schools. --Blackmore. | |
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Dogmatize \Dog"ma*tize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dogmatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dogmatizing}.] [L. dogmatizare to lay down an opinion, Gr. [?], fr. [?]: cf. F. dogmatiser. See {Dogma}.] To assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance. The pride of dogmatizing schools. --Blackmore. | |
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Dogmatizer \Dog"ma*ti`zer\, n. One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher. --Hammond. | |
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Dogmatize \Dog"ma*tize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dogmatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dogmatizing}.] [L. dogmatizare to lay down an opinion, Gr. [?], fr. [?]: cf. F. dogmatiser. See {Dogma}.] To assert positively; to teach magisterially or with bold and undue confidence; to advance with arrogance. The pride of dogmatizing schools. --Blackmore. | |
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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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Dosimetry \Do*sim"e*try\, n. [NL. dosis dose + -metry.] (Med.) Measurement of doses; specif., a system of therapeutics which uses but few remedies, mostly alkaloids, and gives them in doses fixed by certain rules. -- {Do`si*met"ric}, a. -- {Do*sim"e*trist}, n. | |
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Dosimetry \Do*sim"e*try\, n. [NL. dosis dose + -metry.] (Med.) Measurement of doses; specif., a system of therapeutics which uses but few remedies, mostly alkaloids, and gives them in doses fixed by certain rules. -- {Do`si*met"ric}, a. -- {Do*sim"e*trist}, n. | |
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Dosimetry \Do*sim"e*try\, n. [NL. dosis dose + -metry.] (Med.) Measurement of doses; specif., a system of therapeutics which uses but few remedies, mostly alkaloids, and gives them in doses fixed by certain rules. -- {Do`si*met"ric}, a. -- {Do*sim"e*trist}, n. | |
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Doughnut \Dough"nut\, n. A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard. | |
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Dozenth \Doz"enth\, a. Twelfth. [R.] | |
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Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ] 1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[91]}, family {Anatid[91]}. Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the former are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas}); the wood duck ({Aix sponsa}); the beautiful mandarin duck of China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata}); the Muscovy duck, originally of South America ({Cairina moschata}). Among the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc. 2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water. Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be trod. --Milton. {Bombay duck} (Zo[94]l.), a fish. See {Bummalo}. {Buffel duck}, [or] {Spirit duck}. See {Buffel duck}. {Duck ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees. {Duck barnacle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Goose barnacle}. {Duck hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon. (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard. {Duck mole} (Zo[94]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus}). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; -- called also {duckbill}, {platypus}, {mallangong}, {mullingong}, {tambreet}, and {water mole}. {To make ducks and drakes}, to throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water, raising a succession of jets | |
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Duckmeat \Duck"meat`\, [or] Duck's-meat \Duck's"-meat`\, n. (Bot.) Duckweed. | |
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Duckweed \Duck"weed`\, n. (Bot.) A genus ({Lemna}) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; -- called also {duckmeat}. | |
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Duckmeat \Duck"meat`\, [or] Duck's-meat \Duck's"-meat`\, n. (Bot.) Duckweed. | |
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Duckweed \Duck"weed`\, n. (Bot.) A genus ({Lemna}) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; -- called also {duckmeat}. | |
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Drakestone \Drake"stone\, n. A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called {ducks and drakes}. Internal earthquakes, that, not content with one throe, run along spasmodically, like boys playing at what is called drakestone. --De Quincey. | |
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Duckmeat \Duck"meat`\, [or] Duck's-meat \Duck's"-meat`\, n. (Bot.) Duckweed. | |
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Dysenteric \Dys`en*ter"ic\, Dysenterical \Dys`en*ter"ic*al\, a. [L. dysentericus, Gr. [?]; cf. F. dysent[82]rigue.] Of or pertaining to dysentery; having dysentery; as, a dysenteric patient. [bd]Dysenteric symptoms.[b8] --Copland. | |
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Dysenteric \Dys`en*ter"ic\, Dysenterical \Dys`en*ter"ic*al\, a. [L. dysentericus, Gr. [?]; cf. F. dysent[82]rigue.] Of or pertaining to dysentery; having dysentery; as, a dysenteric patient. [bd]Dysenteric symptoms.[b8] --Copland. | |
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Dysentery \Dys"en*ter*y\, n. [L. dysenteria, Gr. [?]; [?] ill, bad + [?], pl. [?], intestines, fr. 'ento`s within, fr. [?] in, akin to E. in: cf. F. dysenterie. See {Dys}, and {In}.] (Med.) A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire to evacuate the bowels, and the discharge of mucus and blood. Note: When acute, dysentery is usually accompanied with high fevers. It occurs epidemically, and is believed to be communicable through the medium of the alvine discharges. | |
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Dewey County, OK (county, FIPS 43) Location: 35.99308 N, 98.99649 W Population (1990): 5551 (2733 housing units) Area: 2590.6 sq km (land), 21.1 sq km (water) Dewey County, SD (county, FIPS 41) Location: 45.15859 N, 100.87532 W Population (1990): 5523 (2123 housing units) Area: 5964.3 sq km (land), 370.4 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DECmate I computers based on the {Intersil 6120} [Harris 6120?] {microprocessor} and dedicated to {wordprocessing}. The DECmate was DEC's original competition for the {IBM PC}. The DECmate I was introduced in 1980 as the successor to the {WT78}. The processor ran at 10 MHz, and was housed in a {VT100} {CRT} terminal. It was a very limted model, no {EAE} option was available, memory was 32 Kwords. It used the RX02 8" dual floppy drive. Options were the DP278-A and -B communication ports and RL278: 1 to 4 {RL02} {cartridge disk} drives. {(http://telnet.hu/hamster/dr/decmate.html)}. [Processor manufacturer?] (2003-05-29) | |
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DECnet A proprietary network protocol designed by Digital Equipment Corporation. The functionality of each Phase of the implementation, such as Phase IV and Phase V, is different. | |
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DECwindows DEC's windowing environment based on the {X Window System}. | |
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descender such as "g", "j", or "p". Also used to denote the part of the letter extending below the base line. Compare {ascender}. (1998-03-27) | |
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descent function If a {recursive} function is of the form f x = ... f (d x) ... then d is known as the descent function. | |
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disjoint union In {domain theory}, a union (or sum) which results in a domain without a least element. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
disk controller circuit which allows the {CPU} to communicate with a {hard disk}, {floppy disk} or other kind of {disk drive}. The most common disk controllers in use are {IDE} and {SCSI} controllers. Most home {personal computers} use IDE controllers. High end PCs, {workstations} and network {file servers} mostly have {SCSI adaptors}. (1998-03-16) |