English Dictionary: Gallinula chloropus cachinnans | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Madder \Mad"der\, n. [OE. mader, AS. m[91]dere; akin to Icel. ma[?]ra.] (Bot.) A plant of the {Rubia} ({R. tinctorum}). The root is much used in dyeing red, and formerly was used in medicine. It is cultivated in France and Holland. See {Rubiaceous}. Note: Madder is sometimes used in forming pigments, as lakes, etc., which receive their names from their colors; as. madder yellow. {Field madder}, an annual European weed ({Sherardia arvensis}) resembling madder. {Indian madder}, the East Indian {Rubia cordifolia}, used in the East for dyeing; -- called also {munjeet}. {Wild madder}, {Rubia peregrina} of Europe; also the {Galium Mollugo}, a kind of bedstraw. | |
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Night \Night\, n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht; akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[?]tt, Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nachts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche, W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, gr. [?], [?], Skr. nakta, nakti. [root] 265. Cf. {Equinox}, {Nocturnal}.] 1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. --Gen. i. 5. 2. Hence: (a) Darkness; obscurity; concealment. Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night. --Pope. (b) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance. (c) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow. (d) The period after the close of life; death. She closed her eyes in everlasting night. --Dryden. (e) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep. [bd]Sad winter's night[b8]. --Spenser. Note: Night is sometimes used, esp. with participles, in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, night-blooming, night-born, night-warbling, etc. {Night by night}, {Night after night}, nightly; many nights. So help me God, as I have watched the night, Ay, night by night, in studying good for England. --Shak. {Night bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The moor hen ({Gallinula chloropus}). (b) The Manx shearwater ({Puffinus Anglorum}). {Night blindness}. (Med.) See {Hemeralopia}. {Night cart}, a cart used to remove the contents of privies by night. {Night churr}, (Zo[94]l.), the nightjar. {Night crow}, a bird that cries in the night. {Night dog}, a dog that hunts in the night, -- used by poachers. {Night fire}. (a) Fire burning in the night. (b) Ignis fatuus; Will-o'-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern. {Night flyer} (Zo[94]l.), any creature that flies in the night, as some birds and insects. {night glass}, a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large amount of light, so as see objects distinctly at night. --Totten. {Night green}, iodine green. {Night hag}, a witch supposed to wander in the night. {Night hawk} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Chordeiles Virginianus}), allied to the goatsucker. It hunts the insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel. Also sometimes applied to the European goatsuckers. It is called also {bull bat}. {Night heron} ({Zo[94]l}.), any one of several species of herons of the genus {Nycticorax}, found in various parts of the world. The best known species is {Nycticorax griseus}, or {N. nycticorax}, of Europe, and the American variety (var. n[91]vius). The yellow-crowned night heron ({Nycticorax violaceus}) inhabits the Southern States. Called also {qua-bird}, and {squawk}. {Night house}, a public house, or inn, which is open at night. {Night key}, a key for unfastening a night latch. {Night latch}, a kind of latch for a door, which is operated from the outside by a key. {Night monkey} (Zo[94]l.), an owl monkey. {night moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of the noctuids. {Night parrot} (Zo[94]l.), the kakapo. {Night piece}, a painting representing some night scene, as a moonlight effect, or the like. {Night rail}, a loose robe, or garment, worn either as a nightgown, or over the dress at night, or in sickness. [Obs.] {Night raven} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of ill omen that cries in the night; esp., the bittern. {Night rule}. (a) A tumult, or frolic, in the night; -- as if a corruption, of night revel. [Obs.] (b) Such conduct as generally rules, or prevails, at night. What night rule now about this haunted grove? --Shak. {Night sight}. (Med.) See {Nyctolopia}. {Night snap}, a night thief. [Cant] --Beau. & Fl. {Night soil}, human excrement; -- so called because in cities it is collected by night and carried away for manure. {Night spell}, a charm against accidents at night. {Night swallow} (Zo[94]l.), the nightjar. {Night walk}, a walk in the evening or night. {Night walker}. (a) One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist; a noctambulist. (b) One who roves about in the night for evil purposes; specifically, a prostitute who walks the streets. {Night walking}. (a) Walking in one's sleep; somnambulism; noctambulism. (b) Walking the streets at night with evil designs. {Night warbler} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler ({Acrocephalus phragmitis}); -- called also {night singer}. [prov. Eng.] {Night watch}. (a) A period in the night, as distinguished by the change of watch. (b) A watch, or guard, to aford protection in the night. {Night watcher}, one who watches in the night; especially, one who watches with evil designs. {Night witch}. Same as {Night hag}, above. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gallinule \Gal"li*nule\, n. [L. gallinula chicken, dim. of gallina hen: cf. F. gallinule.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family {Rallidae}. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is {Ionornis Martinica}, that of the Old World is {Porphyrio porphyrio}. The common European gallinule ({Gallinula chloropus}) is also called {moor hen}, {water hen}, {water rail}, {moor coot}, {night bird}, and erroneously {dabchick}. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule ({Gallinula galeata}). Note: The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was formerly believed to be able to detect and report adultery, and for that reason, chiefly, it was commonly domesticated by the ancients. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gallinule \Gal"li*nule\, n. [L. gallinula chicken, dim. of gallina hen: cf. F. gallinule.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family {Rallidae}. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is {Ionornis Martinica}, that of the Old World is {Porphyrio porphyrio}. The common European gallinule ({Gallinula chloropus}) is also called {moor hen}, {water hen}, {water rail}, {moor coot}, {night bird}, and erroneously {dabchick}. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule ({Gallinula galeata}). Note: The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was formerly believed to be able to detect and report adultery, and for that reason, chiefly, it was commonly domesticated by the ancients. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gallinule \Gal"li*nule\, n. [L. gallinula chicken, dim. of gallina hen: cf. F. gallinule.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family {Rallidae}. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is {Ionornis Martinica}, that of the Old World is {Porphyrio porphyrio}. The common European gallinule ({Gallinula chloropus}) is also called {moor hen}, {water hen}, {water rail}, {moor coot}, {night bird}, and erroneously {dabchick}. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule ({Gallinula galeata}). Note: The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was formerly believed to be able to detect and report adultery, and for that reason, chiefly, it was commonly domesticated by the ancients. | |
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Glenlivat \Glen*liv"at\, Glenlivet \Glen*liv"et\, n. A kind of Scotch whisky, named from the district in which it was first made. --W. E. Aytoun. | |
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Glenlivat \Glen*liv"at\, Glenlivet \Glen*liv"et\, n. A kind of Scotch whisky, named from the district in which it was first made. --W. E. Aytoun. | |
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Glomuliferous \Glom`u*lif"er*ous\, a. [L. glomus a ball + -ferous.] (Biol.) Having small clusters of minutely branched coral-like excrescences. --M. C. Cooke. | |
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Gloomily \Gloom"i*ly\, adv. In a gloomy manner. | |
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Glumal \Glu"mal\, a. (Bot.) Characterized by a glume, or having the nature of a glume. | |
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Glumella \Glu*mel"la\, Glumelle \Glu"melle\, n. [F. glumelle, dim. of glume.] (Bot.) One of the pelets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses. | |
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Glumella \Glu*mel"la\, Glumelle \Glu"melle\, n. [F. glumelle, dim. of glume.] (Bot.) One of the pelets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses. | |
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Glumly \Glum"ly\, adv. In a glum manner; sullenly; moodily. | |
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Gauley Mills, WV Zip code(s): 26208 | |
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Gayle Mill, SC (CDP, FIPS 28825) Location: 34.70181 N, 81.24029 W Population (1990): 1037 (419 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Glen Allan, MS Zip code(s): 38744 | |
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Glen Allen, AL (town, FIPS 29944) Location: 33.88483 N, 87.74412 W Population (1990): 350 (130 housing units) Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Glen Allen, VA (CDP, FIPS 31200) Location: 37.66398 N, 77.48449 W Population (1990): 9010 (3514 housing units) Area: 26.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 23060 | |
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Glen Alpine, NC (town, FIPS 26200) Location: 35.72933 N, 81.77863 W Population (1990): 563 (248 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Glen Elder, KS (city, FIPS 26500) Location: 39.49970 N, 98.30618 W Population (1990): 448 (255 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67446 | |
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Glen Ellen, CA (CDP, FIPS 30028) Location: 38.35580 N, 122.53836 W Population (1990): 1191 (492 housing units) Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95442 | |
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Glen Ellyn, IL (village, FIPS 29756) Location: 41.86655 N, 88.06260 W Population (1990): 24944 (9747 housing units) Area: 15.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60137 | |
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Glen Lyn, VA (town, FIPS 31376) Location: 37.37163 N, 80.85918 W Population (1990): 170 (53 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24093 | |
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Glen Lyon, PA (CDP, FIPS 29680) Location: 41.18405 N, 76.07143 W Population (1990): 2082 (1041 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18617 | |
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Glen Mills, PA Zip code(s): 19342 | |
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Glen Ullin, ND (city, FIPS 30860) Location: 46.81238 N, 101.83210 W Population (1990): 927 (437 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58631 | |
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Glen Wild, NY Zip code(s): 12738 | |
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Glenallen, MO (town, FIPS 27280) Location: 37.31682 N, 90.02814 W Population (1990): 96 (48 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63751 | |
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Glenelg, MD Zip code(s): 21737 | |
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Glennallen, AK (CDP, FIPS 28740) Location: 62.08486 N, 145.60352 W Population (1990): 451 (206 housing units) Area: 48.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99588 | |
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Glenolden, PA (borough, FIPS 29720) Location: 39.89870 N, 75.29283 W Population (1990): 7260 (3055 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19036 | |
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Glenwillow, OH (village, FIPS 30632) Location: 41.36077 N, 81.47240 W Population (1990): 455 (221 housing units) Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) |