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d890migr82 \[d8][90]`mi`gr[82]"\, n. [F., emigrant.] One of the natives of France who were opposed to the first Revolution, and who left their country in consequence. | |
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d8Anacardium \[d8]An`a*car"di*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] similar to + [?] heart; -- the fruit of this plant being thought to resemble the heart of a bird.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See {Cashew}. | |
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d8Anacharis \[d8]An*ach"a*ris\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] up + [?] grace.] (Bot.) A fresh-water weed of the frog's-bit family ({Hydrocharidace[91]}), native to America. Transferred to England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called also {waterweed} and {water thyme}. | |
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d8Anacrusis \[d8]An`a*cru"sis\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to push up or back; [?] + [?] to strike.] (Pros.) A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable. | |
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d8Anasarca \[d8]An`a*sar"ca\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] throughout + [?], [?], flesh.] (Med.) Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin. | |
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d8Angor \[d8]An"gor\ ([acr][nsm]"g[ocr]r), n. [L. See {Anger}.] (Med.) Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression. | |
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d8Anseres \[d8]An"se*res\, n. pl. [L., geese.] (Zo[94]l.) A Linn[91]an order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc. | |
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d8Anseriformes \[d8]An`se*ri*for"mes\, n. pl. (Zo[94]l.) A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms. | |
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d8Deinoceras \[d8]Dei*noc"e*ras\, n. [NL.] (Paleon.) See {Dinoceras}. | |
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d8Deinosaur \[d8]Dei"no*saur\ (d[imac]"n[osl]*s[add]r), n. [NL.] (Paleon.) See {Dinosaur}. | |
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d8Dinoceras \[d8]Di*noc"e*ras\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] terrible + [?], [?], horn.] (Paleon.) A genus of large extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; -- called also {Uintatherium}. See Illustration in Appendix. Note: They were herbivorous, and remarkable for three pairs of hornlike protuberances on the skull. The males were armed with a pair of powerful canine tusks. | |
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d8Dinosauria \[d8]Di`no*sau"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] terrible + [?] lizard.] (Paleon.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large [bd]bird tracks,[b8] so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of {Compsognathus}, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix. | |
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Caracole \Car"a*cole\, n. [F. caracole, caracol, fr. Sp. caracol snail, winding staircase, a wheeling about.] 1. (Man.) A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left. 2. (Arch.) A staircase in a spiral form. {[d8]En caracole}[F.], spiral; -- said of a staircase. | |
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d8Encarpus \[d8]En*car"pus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] containing fruit; [?] in + [?] fruit; cf. L. encarpa, pl., Gr. [?].] (Arch.) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. [Written also {encarpa}.] | |
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d8Enchiridion \[d8]En`chi*rid"i*on\, n. [L., from Gr. [?]; [?] in + [?] hand.] Handbook; a manual of devotions. --Evelyn. | |
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d8Encrinoidea \[d8]En`cri*noid"e*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Encrinus} and {-oid}.] (Zo[94]l.) That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under {Comatula} and {Crinoidea}. | |
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d8Encrinus \[d8]En"cri*nus\, n.; pl. {Encrini}. [NL. See {Encrinite}.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks. | |
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d8Hammochrysos \[d8]Ham`mo*chry"sos\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?], [?], sand + chryso`s gold.] A stone with spangles of gold color in it. | |
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d8Hemicardia \[d8]Hem`i*car"di*a\, n. [NL. See {Hemi-}, and {Cardia}.] (Anat.) A lateral half of the heart, either the right or left. --B. G. Wilder. | |
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d8Hemicerebrum \[d8]Hem`i*cer"e*brum\, n. [Hemi- + cerebrum.] (Anat.) A lateral half of the cerebrum. --Wilder. | |
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d8Hemicrania \[d8]Hem`i*cra"ni*a\, n. [L.: cf. F. h[82]micr[83]nie. See {Cranium}, and {Megrim}.] (Med.) A pain that affects only one side of the head. | |
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d8Incertum \[d8]In*cer"tum\, a. Doubtful; not of definite form. {Opus incertum} (Anc. Arch.), a kind of masonry employed in building walls, in which the stones were not squared nor laid in courses; rubblework. | |
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d8Incroyable \[d8]In`croy`a"ble\, n. [F., lit., incredible.] A French fop or dandy of the time of the Directory; hence, any fop. Note: The name is said to have been given in allusion not only to the extravagant dress, but also to the frequent use of the phrase [bd]C'est vraiment incroyable[b8] (That is really incredible.). | |
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d8Injuria \[d8]In*ju"ri*a\, n.; pl. {Injurie}. [L.] (Law) Injury; invasion of another's rights. | |
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d8Inoceramus \[d8]In`o*cer"a*mus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], a muscle + [?] an earthen vessel.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period. | |
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d8Mach91rodus \[d8]Ma*ch[91]"ro*dus\, d8Machairodus \[d8]Ma*chai"ro*dus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] dagger + [?] tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in the upper jaw canine teeth of remarkable size and strength; -- hence called saber-toothed tigers. | |
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d8Mach91rodus \[d8]Ma*ch[91]"ro*dus\, d8Machairodus \[d8]Ma*chai"ro*dus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] dagger + [?] tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in the upper jaw canine teeth of remarkable size and strength; -- hence called saber-toothed tigers. | |
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d8Macirtin \[d8]M[acir]`tin"\, n. [F. m[acir]tin.] (Zo[94]l.) A French mastiff. | |
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d8Macrochires \[d8]Mac`ro*chi"res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.[?] long + [?] hand.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing. | |
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d8Macrocystis \[d8]Mac`ro*cys"tis\, n. [NL. See {Macro-}, and {Cyst}.] (Bot.) An immensely long blackish seaweed of the Pacific ({Macrocystis pyrifera}), having numerous almond-shaped air vessels. | |
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d8Macroglossia \[d8]Mac`ro*glos"si*a\, n. [NL. See {Macro-}, and {Glossa}.] (Med.) Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue. | |
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d8Macropteres \[d8]Ma*crop"te*res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] long + [?] feather, wing.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of birds; the Longipennes. | |
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d8Macropus \[d8]Mac"ro*pus\, n. [NL. See {Macropod}.] (Zo[94]l.) genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo. | |
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d8Macrosporangium \[d8]Mac`ro*spo*ran"gi*um\, n. [NL. See {Macro-}, and {Sporangium}.] (Bot.) A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; -- opposed to {microsporangium}. Both are found in the genera {Selaginella}, {Isoctes}, and {Marsilia}, plants remotely allied to ferns. | |
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d8Macroura \[d8]Ma*crou"ra\, n. pl., Macroural \Ma*crou"ral\, a., etc.(Zo[94]l.) Same as {Macrura}, {Macrural}, etc. | |
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d8Macrura \[d8]Ma*cru"ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] long + [?] tail.] (Zo[94]l.) A subdivision of decapod Crustacea, having the abdomen largely developed. It includes the lobster, prawn, shrimp, and many similar forms. Cf. {Decapoda}. | |
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d8Maggiore \[d8]Mag`gio"re\, a. [It., from L. major, compar. of magnus great. See {Major}.] (Mus.) Greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc., when used in opposition to minor; major. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). | |
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d8Maguari \[d8]Ma`gua*ri"\, n. [From native name: cf. Pg. magoari.] (Zo[94]l.) A South American stork ({Euxenara maguari}), having a forked tail. | |
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d8Majorat \[d8]Ma`jo`rat"\, n. [F. majorat, LL. majoratus. See {Major}, a., and cf. {Majorate}.] 1. The right of succession to property according to age; -- so termed in some of the countries of continental Europe. 2. (French Law) Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of honor as to descend with it. | |
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d8Masora \[d8]Ma*so"ra\, n. [NHeb. m[be]s[?]r[be]h tradition.] A Jewish critical work on the text of the Hebrew Scriptures, composed by several learned rabbis of the school of Tiberias, in the eighth and ninth centuries. [Written also {Masorah}, {Massora}, and {Massorah}.] | |
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d8Masseur \[d8]Mas`seur"\ (m[adot]`s[ucir]r"), n.; pl. {-seurs} (-s[ucir]rz"; F. -s[ucir]r"). [F. See {Massage}.] 1. A man who practices massage. 2. An instrument used in the performance of massage. | |
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d8Masseur \[d8]Mas`seur"\, n. m., d8Masseuse \[d8]Mas`seuse"\, n. f.,][F., or formed in imitation of French. See {Massage}.] (Med.) One who performs massage. | |
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d8Mesoarium \[d8]Mes`o*a"ri*um\, n. [NL., from Gr. me`sos middle + 'w,a`rion, dim. of 'w,o`n an egg.] (Anat.) The fold of peritoneum which suspends the ovary from the dorsal wall of the body cavity. | |
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d8Mesorchium \[d8]Me*sor"chi*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`sos middle + [?] a testicle.] (Anat.) The fold of peritoneum which attaches the testis to the dorsal wall of the body cavity or scrotal sac. | |
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d8Mesorectum \[d8]Mes`o*rec"tum\, n. [Meso- + rectum.] (Anat.) The fold of peritoneum, or mesentery, attached to the rectum. -- {Mes`o*rec"tal}, a. | |
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d8Mezzo-rilievo \[d8]Mez"zo-ri*lie"vo\, n. [It.] (a) A middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief. (b) Sculpture in this kind of relief. See under {Alto-rilievo}. | |
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d8Micraster \[d8]Mi*cras"ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. mikro`s small + [?] star.] (Paleon.) A genus of sea urchins, similar to Spatangus, abounding in the chalk formation; -- from the starlike disposal of the ambulacral furrows. | |
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d8Microbacteria \[d8]Mi`cro*bac*te"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Micro-}, and {Bacterium}.] (Biol.) In the classification of Cohn, one of the four tribes of Bacteria. Note: In this classification bacteria are divided into four tribes: 1. {Spherobacteria}, or spherical bacteria, as the genus {Micrococcus}. 2. {Microbacteria}, or bacteria in the form of short rods, including the genus {Bacterium}. 3. {Desmobacteria}, or bacteria in straight filaments, of which the genus {Bacillus} is a type. 4. {Spirobacteria}, or bacteria in spiral filaments, as the genus {Vibrio}. | |
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Microbe \Mi"crobe\, d8Microbion \[d8]Mi*cro"bi*on\, n. [NL. microbion, fr. Gr. [?] little + [?] life.] (Biol.) A microscopic organism; -- particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl cholera. | |
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d8Micrococcus \[d8]Mi`cro*coc"cus\, n.; pl. {Micrococci}. [NL. See {Micro-}, and {Coccus}.] (Biol.) A genus of {Spherobacteria}, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells ({Diplococcus}), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of {Ascoccus}. Note: Physiologically, micrococci are divided into three groups; chromogenic, characterized by their power of forming pigment; zymogenic, including those associated with definite chemical processes; and pathogenic, those connected with disease. | |
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d8Microlepidoptera \[d8]Mi`cro*lep`i*dop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See {Micro-}, and {Lepidoptera}.] (Zo[94]l.) A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc. | |
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d8Microlestes \[d8]Mi`cro*les"tes\, n. [NL., from Gr. mikro`s small + [?] a robber.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of small Triassic mammals, the oldest yet found in European strata. | |
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d8Microsporangium \[d8]Mi`cro*spo*ran"gi*um\, n. [NL. See {Micro-}, and {Sporangium}.] (Bot.) A sporangium or conceptacle containing only very minute spores. Cf. {Macrosporangium}. | |
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d8Microzoa \[d8]Mi`cro*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mikro`s small + zw^,on an animal.] (Zo[94]l.) The Infusoria. | |
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d8Miserere \[d8]Mis`e*re"re\, n. [L., have mercy, fr. misereri to have mercy, fr. miser. See {Miser}.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) The psalm usually appointed for penitential acts, being the 50th psalm in the Latin version. It commences with the word miserere. 2. A musical composition adapted to the 50th psalm. Where only the wind signs miserere. --Lowell. 3. (Arch.) A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see {Stall}). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia. 4. (Med.) Same as {Ileus}. | |
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d8Misericordia \[d8]Mis`e*ri*cor"di*a\, n. [L., mercy, compassion; miser wretched + cor, cordis, heart.] 1. (O. Law) An amercement. --Burrill. 2. (Anc. Armor.) A thin-bladed dagger; so called, in the Middle Ages, because used to give the death wound or [bd]mercy[b8] stroke to a fallen adversary. 3. (Eccl.) An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order. --Shipley. | |
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d8Misurato \[d8]Mi`su*ra"to\, a. [It.] (Mus.) Measured; -- a direction to perform a passage in strict or measured time. | |
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d8Mouchoir \[d8]Mou`choir"\, n. [F.] A handkerchief. | |
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d8Mucor \[d8]Mu"cor\, n. [L., fr. mucere to be moldy or musty.] (Bot.) A genus of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender threads with terminal globular sporangia; mold. | |
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d8Mucro \[d8]Mu"cro\, n. [L.] (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ. | |
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d8Myocarditis \[d8]My`o*car*di"tis\, n. [NL. see {Myocardium}.] (Med.) Inflammation of the myocardium. | |
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d8Myocardium \[d8]My`o*car"di*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], muscle + [?] heart.] (Anat.) The main substance of the muscular wall of the heart inclosed between the epicardium and endocardium. | |
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d8Nacr82 \[d8]Na`cr[82]"\, a. [F. See {Nacre}.] (Art) Having the peculiar iridescence of nacre, or mother-of-pearl, or an iridescence resembling it; as, nacr[82] ware. | |
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d8Nagor \[d8]Na"gor\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A West African gazelle ({Gazella redunca}). | |
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d8Necrobiosis \[d8]Nec`ro*bi*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] dead + [?] way of life, fr. [?] life.] (Biol. & Med.) The death of a part by molecular disintegration and without loss of continuity, as in the processes of degeneration and atrophy. | |
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d8Necrosis \[d8]Ne*cro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. gr. [?], fr. [?] to make dead, to mortify, [?] a dead body.] 1. (med.) Mortification or gangrene of bone, or the death of a bone or portion of a bone in mass, as opposed to its death by molecular disintegration. See {Caries}. | |
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d8Negrita \[d8]Ne*gri"ta\, n. [Sp., blackish, fem. of negrito, dim. of negro black.] (Zo[94]l.) A blackish fish ({Hypoplectrus nigricans}), of the Sea-bass family. It is a native of the West Indies and Florida. | |
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d8Neocarida \[d8]Ne`o*car"i*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. gr. [?] new + [?], [?], a kind of crustacean.] (Zo[94]l.) The modern, or true, Crustacea, as distinguished from the Merostomata. | |
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d8Omagra \[d8]Om"a*gra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] shoulder + [?] seizure.] (Med.) Gout in the shoulder. | |
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d8Onager \[d8]On"a*ger\, n.; pl. L. {Onagri}, E. {Onagers}. [L. onager, onagrus, Gr. [?].] 1. (Rom.Antiq.) A military engine acting like a sling, which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket, and was operated by machinery. --Fairholt. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A wild ass, especially the koulan. | |
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Damask \Dam"ask\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus. 2. Having the color of the damask rose. But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. --Shak. {Damask color}, a deep rose-color like that of the damask rose. {Damask plum}, a small dark-colored plum, generally called damson. {Damask rose} (Bot.), a large, pink, hardy, and very fragrant variety of rose ({Rosa damascena}) from Damascus. [bd]Damask roses have not been known in England above one hundred years.[b8] --Bacon. {Damask steel}, [or] {Damascus steel}, steel of the kind originally made at Damascus, famous for its hardness, and its beautiful texture, ornamented with waving lines; especially, that which is inlaid with damaskeening; -- formerly much valued for sword blades, from its great flexibility and tenacity. | |
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d8Asclepias \[d8]As*cle"pi*as\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], named from Asclepios or Aesculapius.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties. {Asclepias butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a large, handsome, red and black butterfly ({Danais Archippus}), found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of the genus Asclepias. | |
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Dancer \Dan"cer\, n. One who dances or who practices dancing. {The merry dancers}, beams of the northern lights when they rise and fall alternately without any considerable change of length. See {Aurora borealis}, under {Aurora}. | |
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Danceress \Dan"cer*ess\, n. A female dancer. [Obs.] --Wyclif. | |
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Danger \Dan"ger\, n. [OE. danger, daunger, power, arrogance, refusal, difficulty, fr. OF. dagier, dongier (with same meaning), F. danger danger, fr. an assumed LL. dominiarium power, authority, from L. dominium power, property. See {Dungeon}, {Domain}, {Dame}.] 1. Authority; jurisdiction; control. [Obs.] In dangerhad he . . . the young girls. --Chaucer. 2. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [Obs.] See {In one's danger}, below. You stand within his danger, do you not? --Shak. Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in dangerof this statute. --Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity. 4. Difficulty; sparingness. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 5. Coyness; disdainful behavior. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {In one's danger}, in one's power; liable to a penalty to be inflicted by him. [Obs.] This sense is retained in the proverb, [bd]Out of debt out of danger.[b8] Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not. --Robynson (More's Utopia). {To do danger}, to cause danger. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: Peril; hazard; risk; jeopardy. Usage: {Danger}, {Peril}, {Hazard}, {Risk}, {Jeopardy}. Danger is the generic term, and implies some contingent evil in prospect. Peril is instant or impending danger; as, in peril of one's life. Hazard arises from something fortuitous or beyond our control; as, the hazard of the seas. Risk is doubtful or uncertain danger, often incurred voluntarily; as, to risk an engagement. Jeopardy is extreme danger. Danger of a contagious disease; the perils of shipwreck; the hazards of speculation; the risk of daring enterprises; a life brought into jeopardy. | |
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Danger \Dan"ger\, v. t. To endanger. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Dangerful \Dan"ger*ful\, a. Full of danger; dangerous. [Obs.] -- {Dan"ger*ful*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Udall. | |
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Dangerful \Dan"ger*ful\, a. Full of danger; dangerous. [Obs.] -- {Dan"ger*ful*ly}, adv. [Obs.] --Udall. | |
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Dangerless \Dan"ger*less\, a. Free from danger. [R.] | |
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Dangerous \Dan"ger*ous\, a. [OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous, fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See {Danger}.] 1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe. Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us; The ways are dangerous. --Shak. It is dangerous to assert a negative. --Macaulay. 2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury. If they incline to think you dangerous To less than gods. --Milton. 3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. [Colloq.] --Forby. Bartlett. 4. Hard to suit; difficult to please. [Obs.] My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; My lord to me is hard and dangerous. --Chaucer. 5. Reserved; not affable. [Obs.] [bd]Of his speech dangerous.[b8] --Chaucer. -- {Dan"ger*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Dan"ger*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Dangerous \Dan"ger*ous\, a. [OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous, fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See {Danger}.] 1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe. Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us; The ways are dangerous. --Shak. It is dangerous to assert a negative. --Macaulay. 2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury. If they incline to think you dangerous To less than gods. --Milton. 3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. [Colloq.] --Forby. Bartlett. 4. Hard to suit; difficult to please. [Obs.] My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; My lord to me is hard and dangerous. --Chaucer. 5. Reserved; not affable. [Obs.] [bd]Of his speech dangerous.[b8] --Chaucer. -- {Dan"ger*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Dan"ger*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Dangerous \Dan"ger*ous\, a. [OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous, fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See {Danger}.] 1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe. Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us; The ways are dangerous. --Shak. It is dangerous to assert a negative. --Macaulay. 2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury. If they incline to think you dangerous To less than gods. --Milton. 3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. [Colloq.] --Forby. Bartlett. 4. Hard to suit; difficult to please. [Obs.] My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; My lord to me is hard and dangerous. --Chaucer. 5. Reserved; not affable. [Obs.] [bd]Of his speech dangerous.[b8] --Chaucer. -- {Dan"ger*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Dan"ger*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Dansker \Dansk"er\, n. A Dane. [Obs.] Inquire me first what Danskers are in Paris. --Shak. | |
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{Anniversary day}. See {Anniversary}, n. {Astronomical day}, a period equal to the mean solar day, but beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day, as that most used by astronomers. {Born days}. See under {Born}. {Canicular days}. See {Dog day}. {Civil day}, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight. {Day blindness}. (Med.) See {Nyctalopia}. {Day by day}, or {Day after day}, daily; every day; continually; without intermission of a day. See under {By}. [bd]Day by day we magnify thee.[b8] --Book of Common Prayer. {Days in bank} (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench, or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. --Burrill. {Day in court}, a day for the appearance of parties in a suit. {Days of devotion} (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. --Shipley. {Days of grace}. See {Grace}. {Days of obligation} (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. --Shipley. {Day owl}, (Zo[94]l.), an owl that flies by day. See {Hawk owl}. {Day rule} (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished) allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go beyond the prison limits for a single day. {Day school}, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in distinction from a boarding school. {Day sight}. (Med.) See {Hemeralopia}. {Day's work} (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. {From day to day}, as time passes; in the course of time; as, he improves from day to day. {Jewish day}, the time between sunset and sunset. {Mean solar day} (Astron.), the mean or average of all the apparent solar days of the year. {One day}, {One of these days}, at an uncertain time, usually of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. [bd]Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.[b8] --Shak. {Only from day to day}, without certainty of continuance; temporarily. --Bacon. {Sidereal day}, the interval between two successive transits of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time. {To win the day}, to gain the victory, to be successful. --S. Butler. {Week day}, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day. {Working day}. (a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction from Sundays and legal holidays. (b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom, during which a workman, hired at a stated price per day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay. | |
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Dinosaur \Di"no*saur\, Dinosaurian \Di`no*sau"ri*an\, n. [Gr. [?] terrible + [?] lizard.] (Paleon.) One of the Dinosauria. [Written also {deinosaur}, and {deinosaurian}.] | |
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Dinosaur \Di"no*saur\, Dinosaurian \Di`no*sau"ri*an\, n. [Gr. [?] terrible + [?] lizard.] (Paleon.) One of the Dinosauria. [Written also {deinosaur}, and {deinosaurian}.] | |
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Demicircle \Dem"i*cir`cle\, n. [Cf. F. demi-cercle.] An instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles a protractor, but has an alidade, sights, and a compass. | |
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Demigorge \Dem"i*gorge`\, n. [Cf. F. demi- gorge.] (Fort.) Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the center of the bastion. | |
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Demigrate \Dem"i*grate\, v. i. [L. demigrare, demigratum, to emigrate. See {De}-, and {Migrate}.] To emigrate. [Obs.] --Cockeram. | |
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Demigration \Dem`i*gra"tion\n. [L. demigratio.] Emigration. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Demigroat \Dem"i*groat`\, n. A half groat. | |
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Democracy \De*moc"ra*cy\, n.; pl. {Democracies}. [F. d[82]mocratie, fr. Gr. dhmokrati`a; dh^mos the people + kratei^n to be strong, to rule, kra`tos strength.] 1. Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people. 2. Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic. 3. Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government. --Milton. 4. The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called. [U.S.] | |
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Democracy \De*moc"ra*cy\, n.; pl. {Democracies}. [F. d[82]mocratie, fr. Gr. dhmokrati`a; dh^mos the people + kratei^n to be strong, to rule, kra`tos strength.] 1. Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people. 2. Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic. 3. Collectively, the people, regarded as the source of government. --Milton. 4. The principles and policy of the Democratic party, so called. [U.S.] | |
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Democrat \Dem"o*crat\, n. A large light uncovered wagon with two or more seats. [U. S.] | |
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Democrat \Dem"o*crat\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]mocrate.] 1. One who is an adherent or advocate of democracy, or government by the people. Whatever they call him, what care I, Aristocrat, democrat, autocrat. --Tennyson. 2. A member of the Democratic party. [U.S.] | |
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Democratic \Dem`o*crat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. d[82]mocratique.] 1. Pertaining to democracy; favoring democracy, or constructed upon the principle of government by the people. 2. Relating to a political party so called. 3. Befitting the common people; -- opposed to aristocratic. {The Democratic party}, the name of one of the chief political parties in the United States. | |
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Democratical \Dem`o*crat"ic*al\, a. Democratic. The democratical embassy was democratically received. --Algernon Sidney. | |
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Democratically \Dem`o*crat"ic*al*ly\, adv. In a democratic manner. | |
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Democratism \De*moc"ra*tism\, n. The principles or spirit of a democracy. [R.] | |
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Democratist \De*moc"ra*tist\, n. A democrat. [R.] --Burke. | |
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Democratize \De*moc"ra*tize\v. t. To render democratic. | |
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Democraty \De*moc"ra*ty\, n. Democracy. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Demogorgon \De`mo*gor"gon\, n. [First mentioned by Lutatius, or Lactantius Placidus, the scholiast on Statius, perh. fr. Gr. [?] god, deity + gorgo`s fierce, terrible] A mysterious, terrible, and evil divinity, regarded by some as the author of creation, by others as a great magician who was supposed to command the spirits of the lower world. See {Gorgon}. | |
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Demography \De*mog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?] the people + -graphy.] The study of races, as to births, marriages, mortality, health, etc. -- {Dem`o*graph"ic}, a. | |
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Demography \De*mog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?] the people + -graphy.] The study of races, as to births, marriages, mortality, health, etc. -- {Dem`o*graph"ic}, a. | |
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Denigrate \Den"i*grate\, v. t. [L. denigrare; de- + nigrare to blacken, niger black.] 1. To blacken thoroughly; to make very black. --Boyle. 2. Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame. [R.] To denigrate the memory of Voltaire. --Morley. | |
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Denigration \Den`i*gra"tion\, n. [L. denigratio.] 1. The act of making black. --Boyle. 2. Fig.: A blackening; defamation. The vigorous denigration of science. --Morley. | |
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Denigrator \Den"i*gra`tor\, n. One who, or that which, blackens. | |
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Dimissory \Dim"is*so*ry\ (?; 277), a. [L. dimissorius: cf. F. dimissoire. See {Dimit}.] Sending away; dismissing to another jurisdiction; granting leave to depart. {Letters dimissory} (Eccl.), letters given by a bishop dismissing a person who is removing into another diocese, and recommending him for reception there. --Hook. | |
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Dingy \Din"gy\, a. [Compar. {Dingier}; superl. {Dingiest}.] [Prob. fr. dung. Cf. {Dungy}.] Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty. [bd]Scraps of dingy paper.[b8] --Macaulay. | |
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Dinosaur \Di"no*saur\, Dinosaurian \Di`no*sau"ri*an\, n. [Gr. [?] terrible + [?] lizard.] (Paleon.) One of the Dinosauria. [Written also {deinosaur}, and {deinosaurian}.] | |
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Dinosaur \Di"no*saur\, Dinosaurian \Di`no*sau"ri*an\, n. [Gr. [?] terrible + [?] lizard.] (Paleon.) One of the Dinosauria. [Written also {deinosaur}, and {deinosaurian}.] | |
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Grade \Grade\, n. [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace, grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. {Congress}, {Degree}, {Gradus}.] 1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour. They also appointed and removed, at their own pleasure, teachers of every grade. --Buckle. 2. In a railroad or highway: (a) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264. (b) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient. 3. (Stock Breeding) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade. {At grade}, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are on the same level at the point of crossing. {Down grade}, a descent, as on a graded railroad. {Up grade}, an ascent, as on a graded railroad. {Equating for grades}. See under {Equate}. {Grade crossing}, a crossing at grade. | |
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Down-share \Down"-share`\, n. A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs. [Eng.] --Knight. | |
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Dummy \Dum"my\, a. [See {Dumb}.] 1. Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine. 2. Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch. {Dummy car}. See under {Car}. | |
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Car \Car\, n. [OF. car, char, F. cahr, fr. L. carrus, Wagon: a Celtic word; cf. W. car, Armor. karr, Ir. & Gael. carr. cf. {Chariot}.] 1. A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart. 2. A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad. [U. S.] Note: In England a railroad passenger car is called a railway carriage; a freight car a goods wagon; a platform car a goods truck; a baggage car a van. But styles of car introduced into England from America are called cars; as, tram car. Pullman car. See {Train}. 3. A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity. [Poetic]. The gilded car of day. --Milton. The towering car, the sable steeds. --Tennyson. 4. (Astron.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper. The Pleiads, Hyads, and the Northern Car. --Dryden. 5. The cage of a lift or elevator. 6. The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc. 7. A floating perforated box for living fish. [U. S.] {Car coupling}, or {Car coupler}, a shackle or other device for connecting the cars in a railway train. [U. S.] {Dummy car} (Railroad), a car containing its own steam power or locomotive. {Freight car} (Railrood), a car for the transportation of merchandise or other goods. [U. S.] {Hand car} (Railroad), a small car propelled by hand, used by railroad laborers, etc. [U. S.] {Horse car}, or {Street car}, an omnibus car, draw by horses or other power upon rails laid in the streets. [U. S.] {Palace car}, {Drawing-room car}, {Sleeping car}, {Parlor car}, etc. (Railroad), cars especially designed and furnished for the comfort of travelers. | |
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Dun \Dun\, a. [AS. dunn. of Celtic origin; cf. W. dwn, Ir. & Gael. donn.] Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy. Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up. -- Pierpont. Chill and dun Falls on the moor the brief November day. --Keble. {Dun crow} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its color; -- also called {hoody}, and {hoddy}. {Dun diver} (Zo[94]l.), the goosander or merganser. | |
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Hooded \Hood"ed\, a. 1. Covered with a hood. 2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood. 3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip. 4. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. (b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake. {Hooded crow}, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called also {hoody}, {dun crow}, and {royston crow}. {Hooded gull}, the European black-headed pewit or gull. {Hooded merganser}. See {Merganser}. {Hooded seal}, a large North Atlantic seal ({Cystophora cristata}). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac upon the head. Called also {hoodcap}. {Hooded sheldrake}, the hooded merganser. See {Merganser}. {Hooded snake}. See {Cobra de capello}, {Asp}, {Haje}, etc. {Hooded warbler}, a small American warbler ({Sylvania mitrata}). | |
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Dun \Dun\, a. [AS. dunn. of Celtic origin; cf. W. dwn, Ir. & Gael. donn.] Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy. Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up. -- Pierpont. Chill and dun Falls on the moor the brief November day. --Keble. {Dun crow} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its color; -- also called {hoody}, and {hoddy}. {Dun diver} (Zo[94]l.), the goosander or merganser. | |
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Hooded \Hood"ed\, a. 1. Covered with a hood. 2. Furnished with a hood or something like a hood. 3. Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip. 4. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the plumage; -- said of birds. (b) Having a hoodlike crest or prominence on the head or neck; as, the hooded seal; a hooded snake. {Hooded crow}, a European crow (Corvus cornix); -- called also {hoody}, {dun crow}, and {royston crow}. {Hooded gull}, the European black-headed pewit or gull. {Hooded merganser}. See {Merganser}. {Hooded seal}, a large North Atlantic seal ({Cystophora cristata}). The male has a large, inflatible, hoodlike sac upon the head. Called also {hoodcap}. {Hooded sheldrake}, the hooded merganser. See {Merganser}. {Hooded snake}. See {Cobra de capello}, {Asp}, {Haje}, etc. {Hooded warbler}, a small American warbler ({Sylvania mitrata}). | |
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Duncery \Dun"cer*y\, n. Dullness; stupidity. | |
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Dunbird \Dun"bird`\, n. [Named from its color.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pochard; -- called also {dunair}, and {dunker}, or {dun-curre}. (b) An American duck; the ruddy duck. | |
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Dungaree \Dun`ga*ree"\, n. A coarse kind of unbleached cotton stuff. [Written also {dungari}.] [India] | |
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Dungaree \Dun`ga*ree"\, n. A coarse kind of unbleached cotton stuff. [Written also {dungari}.] [India] | |
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Dungyard \Dung"yard`\, n. A yard where dung is collected. | |
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Dunker \Dun"ker\, n. [G. tunken to dip.] One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers; -- called also {Tunkers}, {Dunkards}, {Dippers}, and, by themselves, {Brethren}, and {German Baptists}. Note: The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708, but after a few years the members emigrated to the United States. {Seventh-day Dunkers}, a sect which separated from the Dunkers and formed a community, in 1728. They keep the seventh day or Saturday as the Sabbath. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dunbird \Dun"bird`\, n. [Named from its color.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pochard; -- called also {dunair}, and {dunker}, or {dun-curre}. (b) An American duck; the ruddy duck. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dunker \Dun"ker\, n. [G. tunken to dip.] One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers; -- called also {Tunkers}, {Dunkards}, {Dippers}, and, by themselves, {Brethren}, and {German Baptists}. Note: The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708, but after a few years the members emigrated to the United States. {Seventh-day Dunkers}, a sect which separated from the Dunkers and formed a community, in 1728. They keep the seventh day or Saturday as the Sabbath. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dunbird \Dun"bird`\, n. [Named from its color.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pochard; -- called also {dunair}, and {dunker}, or {dun-curre}. (b) An American duck; the ruddy duck. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dunker \Dun"ker\, n. [G. tunken to dip.] One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists, but partly those of the Quakers; -- called also {Tunkers}, {Dunkards}, {Dippers}, and, by themselves, {Brethren}, and {German Baptists}. Note: The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708, but after a few years the members emigrated to the United States. {Seventh-day Dunkers}, a sect which separated from the Dunkers and formed a community, in 1728. They keep the seventh day or Saturday as the Sabbath. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Daingerfield, TX (town, FIPS 18464) Location: 33.03059 N, 94.72424 W Population (1990): 2572 (1081 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75638 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dames Quarter, MD Zip code(s): 21820 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dinosaur, CO (town, FIPS 20495) Location: 40.24156 N, 109.00804 W Population (1990): 324 (157 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 81610 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dune Acres, IN (town, FIPS 18982) Location: 41.64366 N, 87.10332 W Population (1990): 263 (149 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dunkerton, IA (city, FIPS 22845) Location: 42.56834 N, 92.15990 W Population (1990): 746 (292 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50626 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dunkirk, IN (city, FIPS 19054) Location: 40.37352 N, 85.20793 W Population (1990): 2739 (1227 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47336 Dunkirk, MD Zip code(s): 20754 Dunkirk, NY (city, FIPS 21105) Location: 42.56541 N, 79.32413 W Population (1990): 13989 (5952 housing units) Area: 11.7 sq km (land), 94.9 sq km (water) Dunkirk, OH (village, FIPS 22946) Location: 40.78764 N, 83.64254 W Population (1990): 869 (360 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45836 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
demogroup n. [{demoscene}] A group of {demo} (sense 4) composers. Job titles within a group include coders (the ones who write programs), graphicians (the ones who painstakingly pixelate the fine art), musicians (the music composers), {sysop}s, traders/swappers (the ones who do the trading and other PR), and organizers (in larger groups). It is not uncommon for one person to do multiple jobs, but it has been observed that good coders are rarely good composers and vice versa. [How odd. Musical talent seems common among Internet/Unix hackers --ESR] | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
dinosaur n. 1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power. Used especially of old minis and mainframes, in contrast with newer microprocessor-based machines. In a famous quote from the 1988 Unix EXPO, Bill Joy compared the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive IBM display with a grazing dinosaur "with a truck outside pumping its bodily fluids through it". IBM was not amused. Compare {big iron}; see also {mainframe}. 2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a {zipperhead}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
dinosaur pen n. A traditional {mainframe} computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See {boa}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
dinosaurs mating n. Said to occur when yet another {big iron} merger or buyout occurs; reflects a perception by hackers that these signal another stage in the long, slow dying of the {mainframe} industry. In its glory days of the 1960s, it was `IBM and the Seven Dwarves': Burroughs, Control Data, General Electric, Honeywell, NCR, RCA, and Univac. RCA and GE sold out early, and it was `IBM and the Bunch' (Burroughs, Univac, NCR, Control Data, and Honeywell) for a while. Honeywell was bought out by Bull; Burroughs merged with Univac to form Unisys (in 1984 -- this was when the phrase `dinosaurs mating' was coined); and in 1991 AT&T absorbed NCR (but spat it back out a few years later). Control Data still exists but is no longer in the mainframe business. More such earth-shaking unions of doomed giants seem inevitable. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Dennis Ritchie Dennis M. Ritchie, co-author of the {Unix} {operating system}, inventor of the {C} programming language and {demigod}. See also {K&R}, {Core War}, {If you want X, you know where to find it}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
dinosaur 1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power. Used especially of old {minicomputer}s and {mainframe}s, in contrast with newer {microprocessor}-based machines. In a famous quote from the 1988 Unix EXPO, {Bill Joy} compared the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive {IBM} display with a grazing dinosaur "with a truck outside pumping its bodily fluids through it". IBM was not amused. Compare {big iron}; see also {dinosaurs mating}. 2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a {zipperhead}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
dinosaur pen A traditional {mainframe} computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See {boa}. (1995-11-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
dinosaurs mating iron} merger or buy-out occurs; reflects a perception by hackers that these signal another stage in the long, slow dying of the {mainframe} industry. Also described as "elephants mating": lots of noise and action at a high level, with an eventual outcome in the somewhat distant future. In its glory days of the 1960s, it was "{IBM} and the Seven Dwarves": {Burroughs}, {Control Data}, {General Electric}, {Honeywell}, {NCR}, {RCA}, and {Univac}. Early on, RCA sold out to Univac and GE also sold out, and it was "IBM and the BUNCH" (an acronym for Burroughs, Univac, NCR, Control Data, and Honeywell) for a while. Honeywell was bought out by Bull. Univac in turn merged with {Sperry} to form Sperry/Univac, which was later merged (although the employees of Sperry called it a hostile takeover) with Burroughs to form {Unisys} in 1986 (this was when the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was coined). In 1991 {AT&T} absorbed NCR, only to spit it out again in 1996. Unisys bought {Convergent Technologies} in 1988 and later others. More such earth-shaking unions of doomed giants seem inevitable. [More dates?] [{Jargon File}] (1998-07-10) |