English Dictionary: Marshall-Inseln | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tamarin \Tam"a*rin\, n. [From the native name in Cayenne.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small squirrel-like South American monkeys of the genus {Midas}, especially {M. ursulus}. | |
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Maara shell \Ma"a*ra shell`\ (Zo[94]l.) A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell ({Turbo margaritaceus}), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament. | |
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Marceline \Mar"cel*ine\, n. [F., fr. L. marcidus withered, fr. marcere to wither, shrivel.] A thin silk fabric used for linings, etc., in ladies' dresses. | |
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Marechal Niel \Mare"chal Niel"\ [F.] A kind of large yellow rose. [Written also {Marshal Niel}.] | |
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Noisette \Noi*sette"\, n. (Bot.) A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the {Lamarque}, the {Marechal (or Marshal) Niel}, and the {Cloth of gold}. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth. --P. Henderson. | |
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Mareschal \Mare"schal\, n. [OF. mareschal, F. mar[82]chal. See {Marshal}.] A military officer of high rank; a marshal. [Obs.] | |
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Marigold \Mar"i*gold\, n. [Mary + gold.] (Bot.) A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the {Calendula officinalis} (see {Calendula}), and the cultivated species of {Tagetes}. Note: There are several yellow-flowered plants of different genera bearing this name; as, the {African [or] French marigold} of the genus {Tagetes}, of which several species and many varieties are found in gardens. They are mostly strong-smelling herbs from South America and Mexico: {bur marigold}, of the genus {Bidens}; {corn marigold}, of the genus {Chrysanthemum} ({C. segetum}, a pest in the cornfields of Italy); {fig marigold}, of the genus {Mesembryanthemum}; {marsh marigold}, of the genus {Caltha} ({C. palustris}), commonly known in America as the cowslip. See {Marsh Marigold}. {Marigold window}. (Arch.) See {Rose window}, under {Rose}. | |
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Kinglet \King"let\, n. 1. A little king; a weak or insignificant king. --Carlyle. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small singing birds of the genus {Regulus} and family {Sylviid[91]}. Note: The golden-crowned kinglet ({Regulus satrapa}), and the rubycrowned kinglet ({R. calendula}), are the most common American species. The common English kinglet ({R. cristatus}) is also called {golden-crested wren}, {moonie}, and {marigold finch}. The kinglets are often popularly called {wrens}, both in America and England. | |
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Marigold \Mar"i*gold\, n. [Mary + gold.] (Bot.) A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the {Calendula officinalis} (see {Calendula}), and the cultivated species of {Tagetes}. Note: There are several yellow-flowered plants of different genera bearing this name; as, the {African [or] French marigold} of the genus {Tagetes}, of which several species and many varieties are found in gardens. They are mostly strong-smelling herbs from South America and Mexico: {bur marigold}, of the genus {Bidens}; {corn marigold}, of the genus {Chrysanthemum} ({C. segetum}, a pest in the cornfields of Italy); {fig marigold}, of the genus {Mesembryanthemum}; {marsh marigold}, of the genus {Caltha} ({C. palustris}), commonly known in America as the cowslip. See {Marsh Marigold}. {Marigold window}. (Arch.) See {Rose window}, under {Rose}. | |
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{Rose de Pompadour}, {Rose du Barry}, names succesively given to a delicate rose color used on S[8a]vres porcelain. {Rose diamond}, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf. {Brilliant}, n. {Rose ear}. See under {Ear}. {Rose elder} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose. {Rose engine}, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe, by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with a variety of curved lines. --Craig. {Rose family} (Bot.) the {Rosece[91]}. See {Rosaceous}. {Rose fever} (Med.), rose cold. {Rose fly} (Zo[94]l.), a rose betle, or rose chafer. {Rose gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall found on rosebushes. See {Bedeguar}. {Rose knot}, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to resemble a rose; a rosette. {Rose lake}, {Rose madder}, a rich tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt. {Rose mallow}. (Bot.) (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus {Hibiscus}, with large rose-colored flowers. (b) the hollyhock. {Rose nail}, a nail with a convex, faceted head. {Rose noble}, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott. {Rose of China}. (Bot.) See {China rose} (b), under {China}. {Rose of Jericho} (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant ({Anastatica Hierochuntica}) which rolls up when dry, and expands again when moistened; -- called also {resurrection plant}. {Rose of Sharon} (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub ({Hibiscus Syriacus}). In the Bible the name is used for some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or possibly the great lotus flower. {Rose oil} (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief part of attar of roses. {Rose pink}, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also, the color of the pigment. {Rose quartz} (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red. {Rose rash}. (Med.) Same as {Roseola}. {Rose slug} (Zo[94]l.), the small green larva of a black sawfly ({Selandria ros[91]}). These larv[91] feed in groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often abundant and very destructive. {Rose window} (Arch.), a circular window filled with ornamental tracery. Called also {Catherine wheel}, and {marigold window}. Cf. {wheel window}, under {Wheel}. {Summer rose} (Med.), a variety of roseola. See {Roseola}. {Under the rose} [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret; privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there said was to be divulged. {Wars of the Roses} (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster. | |
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Marigold \Mar"i*gold\, n. [Mary + gold.] (Bot.) A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms, especially the {Calendula officinalis} (see {Calendula}), and the cultivated species of {Tagetes}. Note: There are several yellow-flowered plants of different genera bearing this name; as, the {African [or] French marigold} of the genus {Tagetes}, of which several species and many varieties are found in gardens. They are mostly strong-smelling herbs from South America and Mexico: {bur marigold}, of the genus {Bidens}; {corn marigold}, of the genus {Chrysanthemum} ({C. segetum}, a pest in the cornfields of Italy); {fig marigold}, of the genus {Mesembryanthemum}; {marsh marigold}, of the genus {Caltha} ({C. palustris}), commonly known in America as the cowslip. See {Marsh Marigold}. {Marigold window}. (Arch.) See {Rose window}, under {Rose}. | |
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{Rose de Pompadour}, {Rose du Barry}, names succesively given to a delicate rose color used on S[8a]vres porcelain. {Rose diamond}, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf. {Brilliant}, n. {Rose ear}. See under {Ear}. {Rose elder} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose. {Rose engine}, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe, by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with a variety of curved lines. --Craig. {Rose family} (Bot.) the {Rosece[91]}. See {Rosaceous}. {Rose fever} (Med.), rose cold. {Rose fly} (Zo[94]l.), a rose betle, or rose chafer. {Rose gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall found on rosebushes. See {Bedeguar}. {Rose knot}, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to resemble a rose; a rosette. {Rose lake}, {Rose madder}, a rich tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt. {Rose mallow}. (Bot.) (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus {Hibiscus}, with large rose-colored flowers. (b) the hollyhock. {Rose nail}, a nail with a convex, faceted head. {Rose noble}, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott. {Rose of China}. (Bot.) See {China rose} (b), under {China}. {Rose of Jericho} (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant ({Anastatica Hierochuntica}) which rolls up when dry, and expands again when moistened; -- called also {resurrection plant}. {Rose of Sharon} (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub ({Hibiscus Syriacus}). In the Bible the name is used for some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or possibly the great lotus flower. {Rose oil} (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief part of attar of roses. {Rose pink}, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also, the color of the pigment. {Rose quartz} (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red. {Rose rash}. (Med.) Same as {Roseola}. {Rose slug} (Zo[94]l.), the small green larva of a black sawfly ({Selandria ros[91]}). These larv[91] feed in groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often abundant and very destructive. {Rose window} (Arch.), a circular window filled with ornamental tracery. Called also {Catherine wheel}, and {marigold window}. Cf. {wheel window}, under {Wheel}. {Summer rose} (Med.), a variety of roseola. See {Roseola}. {Under the rose} [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret; privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there said was to be divulged. {Wars of the Roses} (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster. | |
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Marsala \Mar*sa"la\, n. [It., fr. Marsala, in Sicyly.] A kind of wine exported from Marsala in Sicily. | |
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d8Marseillais \[d8]Mar`sei`llais"\, a. m. d8Marseillaise \[d8]Mar`sei`llaise"\, a. f.[F.] Of or pertaining to Marseilles, in France, or to its inhabitants. {Marseillaise hymn}, [or] {The Marseillaise}, the national anthem of France, popularly so called. It was composed in 1792, by Rouget de l'Isle, an officer then stationed at Strasburg. In Paris it was sung for the first time by the band of men who came from Marseilles to aid in the revolution of August 10, 1792; whence the name. | |
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Marseilles \Mar*seilles"\, n. A general term for certain kinds of fabrics, which are formed of two series of threads interlacing each other, thus forming double cloth, quilted in the loom; -- so named because first made in Marseilles, France. | |
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Soap \Soap\, n. [OE. sope, AS. s[be]pe; akin to D. zeep, G. seife, OHG. seifa, Icel. s[be]pa, Sw. s[?]pa, Dan. s[?]be, and perhaps to AS. s[c6]pan to drip, MHG. s[c6]fen, and L. sebum tallow. Cf. {Saponaceous}.] A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. {Saponification}. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not. Note: In general, soaps are of two classes, hard and soft. Calcium, magnesium, lead, etc., form soaps, but they are insoluble and useless. The purifying action of soap depends upon the fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of water into free alkali and an insoluble acid salt. The first of these takes away the fatty dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus tends to remove it. --Roscoe & Schorlemmer. {Castile soap}, a fine-grained hard soap, white or mottled, made of olive oil and soda; -- called also {Marseilles, [or] Venetian, soap}. {Hard soap}, any one of a great variety of soaps, of different ingredients and color, which are hard and compact. All solid soaps are of this class. {Lead soap}, an insoluble, white, pliable soap made by saponifying an oil (olive oil) with lead oxide; -- used externally in medicine. Called also {lead plaster}, {diachylon}, etc. {Marine soap}. See under {Marine}. {Pills of soap} (Med.), pills containing soap and opium. {Potash soap}, any soap made with potash, esp. the soft soaps, and a hard soap made from potash and castor oil. {Pumice soap}, any hard soap charged with a gritty powder, as silica, alumina, powdered pumice, etc., which assists mechanically in the removal of dirt. {Resin soap}, a yellow soap containing resin, -- used in bleaching. {Silicated soap}, a cheap soap containing water glass (sodium silicate). {Soap bark}. (Bot.) See {Quillaia bark}. {Soap bubble}, a hollow iridescent globe, formed by blowing a film of soap suds from a pipe; figuratively, something attractive, but extremely unsubstantial. This soap bubble of the metaphysicians. --J. C. Shairp. {Soap cerate}, a cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax, and the subacetate of lead, sometimes used as an application to allay inflammation. {Soap fat}, the refuse fat of kitchens, slaughter houses, etc., used in making soap. {Soap liniment} (Med.), a liniment containing soap, camphor, and alcohol. {Soap nut}, the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the soapberry tree, -- used for making beads, buttons, etc. {Soap plant} (Bot.), one of several plants used in the place of soap, as the {Chlorogalum pomeridianum}, a California plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells not unlike new brown soap. It is called also {soap apple}, {soap bulb}, and {soap weed}. {Soap tree}. (Bot.) Same as {Soapberry tree}. {Soda soap}, a soap containing a sodium salt. The soda soaps are all hard soaps. {Soft soap}, a soap of a gray or brownish yellow color, and of a slimy, jellylike consistence, made from potash or the lye from wood ashes. It is strongly alkaline and often contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc. Figuratively, flattery; wheedling; blarney. [Colloq.] {Toilet soap}, hard soap for the toilet, usually colored and perfumed. | |
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Marsh \Marsh\, n. [OE. mersch, AS. mersc, fr. mere lake. See {Mere} pool, and cf. {Marish}, {Morass}.] A tract of soft wet land, commonly covered partially or wholly with water; a fen; a swamp; a morass. [Written also {marish}.] {Marsh asphodel} (Bot.), a plant ({Nartheeium ossifragum}) with linear equitant leaves, and a raceme of small white flowers; -- called also {bog asphodel}. {Marsh cinquefoil} (Bot.), a plant ({Potentilla palustris}) having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places; marsh five-finger. {Marsh elder}. (Bot.) (a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree ({Viburnum Opulus}). (b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt marshes ({Iva frutescens}). {Marsh five-finger}. (Bot.) See {Marsh cinquefoil} (above). {Marsh gas}. (Chem.) See under {Gas}. {Marsh grass} (Bot.), a genus ({Spartina}) of coarse grasses growing in marshes; -- called also {cord grass}. The tall {S. cynosuroides} is not good for hay unless cut very young. The low {S. juncea} is a common component of salt hay. {Marsh harrier} (Zo[94]l.), a European hawk or harrier ({Circus [91]ruginosus}); -- called also {marsh hawk}, {moor hawk}, {moor buzzard}, {puttock}. {Marsh hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A hawk or harrier ({Circus cyaneus}), native of both America and Europe. The adults are bluish slate above, with a white rump. Called also {hen harrier}, and {mouse hawk}. (b) The marsh harrier. {Marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), a rail; esp., {Rallus elegans} of fresh-water marshes, and {R. longirostris} of salt-water marshes. {Marsh mallow} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Alth[91]a} ( {A. officinalis}) common in marshes near the seashore, and whose root is much used in medicine as a demulcent. {Marsh marigold}. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. {Marsh pennywort} (Bot.), any plant of the umbelliferous genus {Hydrocotyle}; low herbs with roundish leaves, growing in wet places; -- called also {water pennywort}. {Marsh quail} (Zo[94]l.), the meadow lark. {Marsh rosemary} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Statice} ({S. Limonium}), common in salt marshes. Its root is powerfully astringent, and is sometimes used in medicine. Called also {sea lavender}. {Marsh samphire} (Bot.), a plant ({Salicornia herbacea}) found along seacoasts. See {Glasswort}. {Marsh St. John's-wort} (Bot.), an American herb ({Elodes Virginica}) with small opposite leaves and flesh-colored flowers. {Marsh tea}. (Bot.). Same as {Labrador tea}. {Marsh trefoil}. (Bot.) Same as {Buckbean}. {Marsh wren} (Zo[94]l.), any species of small American wrens of the genus {Cistothorus}, and allied genera. They chiefly inhabit salt marshes. | |
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Elder \El"der\, n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG. elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder; or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs ({Sambucus}) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries. Note: The common North American species is {Sambucus Canadensis}; the common European species ({S. nigra}) forms a small tree. The red-berried elder is {S. pubens}. The berries are diaphoretic and aperient. {Box elder}. See under 1st {Box}. {Dwarf elder}. See {Danewort}. {Elder tree}. (Bot.) Same as {Elder}. --Shak. {Marsh elder}, the cranberry tree {Viburnum Opulus}). | |
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Marshal \Mar"shal\, n. [OE. mareschal, OF. mareschal, F. mar[82]chal, LL. mariscalcus, from OHG. marah-scalc (G. marschall); marah horse + scalc servant (akin to AS. scealc, Goth. skalks). F. mar[82]chal signifies, a marshal, and a farrier. See {Mare} horse, and cf. {Seneschal}.] 1. Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom. [Obs.] 2. An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like; as, specifically: (a) One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant. (b) One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like. (c) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists. --Johnson. (d) (France) The highest military officer. In other countries of Europe a marshal is a military officer of high rank, and called {field marshal}. (e) (Am. Law) A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city. {Earl marshal of England}, the eighth officer of state; an honorary title, and personal, until made hereditary in the family of the Duke of Norfolk. During a vacancy in the office of high constable, the earl marshal has jurisdiction in the court of chivalry. --Brande & C. {Earl marshal of Scotland}, an officer who had command of the cavalry under the constable. This office was held by the family of Keith, but forfeited by rebellion in 1715. {Knight marshal}, [or] {Marshal of the King's house}, formerly, in England, the marshal of the king's house, who was authorized to hear and determine all pleas of the Crown, to punish faults committed within the verge, etc. His court was called the Court of Marshalsea. {Marshal of the Queen's Bench}, formerly the title of the officer who had the custody of the Queen's bench prison in Southwark. --Mozley & W. | |
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Marshal \Mar"shal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marshaled}or {Marshalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marshaling} or {Marshalling}.] 1. To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army. And marshaling the heroes of his name As, in their order, next to light they came. --Dryden. 2. To direct, guide, or lead. Thou marshalest me the way that I was going. --Shak. 3. (Her.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement. | |
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Marechal Niel \Mare"chal Niel"\ [F.] A kind of large yellow rose. [Written also {Marshal Niel}.] | |
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Marshal \Mar"shal\, n. [OE. mareschal, OF. mareschal, F. mar[82]chal, LL. mariscalcus, from OHG. marah-scalc (G. marschall); marah horse + scalc servant (akin to AS. scealc, Goth. skalks). F. mar[82]chal signifies, a marshal, and a farrier. See {Mare} horse, and cf. {Seneschal}.] 1. Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom. [Obs.] 2. An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like; as, specifically: (a) One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant. (b) One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like. (c) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists. --Johnson. (d) (France) The highest military officer. In other countries of Europe a marshal is a military officer of high rank, and called {field marshal}. (e) (Am. Law) A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city. {Earl marshal of England}, the eighth officer of state; an honorary title, and personal, until made hereditary in the family of the Duke of Norfolk. During a vacancy in the office of high constable, the earl marshal has jurisdiction in the court of chivalry. --Brande & C. {Earl marshal of Scotland}, an officer who had command of the cavalry under the constable. This office was held by the family of Keith, but forfeited by rebellion in 1715. {Knight marshal}, [or] {Marshal of the King's house}, formerly, in England, the marshal of the king's house, who was authorized to hear and determine all pleas of the Crown, to punish faults committed within the verge, etc. His court was called the Court of Marshalsea. {Marshal of the Queen's Bench}, formerly the title of the officer who had the custody of the Queen's bench prison in Southwark. --Mozley & W. | |
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Marshal \Mar"shal\, n. [OE. mareschal, OF. mareschal, F. mar[82]chal, LL. mariscalcus, from OHG. marah-scalc (G. marschall); marah horse + scalc servant (akin to AS. scealc, Goth. skalks). F. mar[82]chal signifies, a marshal, and a farrier. See {Mare} horse, and cf. {Seneschal}.] 1. Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom. [Obs.] 2. An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like; as, specifically: (a) One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant. (b) One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like. (c) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists. --Johnson. (d) (France) The highest military officer. In other countries of Europe a marshal is a military officer of high rank, and called {field marshal}. (e) (Am. Law) A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city. {Earl marshal of England}, the eighth officer of state; an honorary title, and personal, until made hereditary in the family of the Duke of Norfolk. During a vacancy in the office of high constable, the earl marshal has jurisdiction in the court of chivalry. --Brande & C. {Earl marshal of Scotland}, an officer who had command of the cavalry under the constable. This office was held by the family of Keith, but forfeited by rebellion in 1715. {Knight marshal}, [or] {Marshal of the King's house}, formerly, in England, the marshal of the king's house, who was authorized to hear and determine all pleas of the Crown, to punish faults committed within the verge, etc. His court was called the Court of Marshalsea. {Marshal of the Queen's Bench}, formerly the title of the officer who had the custody of the Queen's bench prison in Southwark. --Mozley & W. | |
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Marshal \Mar"shal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marshaled}or {Marshalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marshaling} or {Marshalling}.] 1. To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army. And marshaling the heroes of his name As, in their order, next to light they came. --Dryden. 2. To direct, guide, or lead. Thou marshalest me the way that I was going. --Shak. 3. (Her.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement. | |
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Marshaler \Mar"shal*er\, n. [Written also marshaller.] One who marshals. | |
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Marshaling \Mar"shal*ing\, n. [Written also marshalling.] 1. The act of arranging in due order. 2. (Her.) The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner. {Marshaling of assets} (Law), the arranging or ranking of assets in due order of administration. | |
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Marshal \Mar"shal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marshaled}or {Marshalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marshaling} or {Marshalling}.] 1. To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army. And marshaling the heroes of his name As, in their order, next to light they came. --Dryden. 2. To direct, guide, or lead. Thou marshalest me the way that I was going. --Shak. 3. (Her.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement. | |
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Marshaling \Mar"shal*ing\, n. [Written also marshalling.] 1. The act of arranging in due order. 2. (Her.) The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner. {Marshaling of assets} (Law), the arranging or ranking of assets in due order of administration. | |
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Marshal \Mar"shal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marshaled}or {Marshalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marshaling} or {Marshalling}.] 1. To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army. And marshaling the heroes of his name As, in their order, next to light they came. --Dryden. 2. To direct, guide, or lead. Thou marshalest me the way that I was going. --Shak. 3. (Her.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement. | |
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Marshal \Mar"shal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marshaled}or {Marshalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marshaling} or {Marshalling}.] 1. To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army. And marshaling the heroes of his name As, in their order, next to light they came. --Dryden. 2. To direct, guide, or lead. Thou marshalest me the way that I was going. --Shak. 3. (Her.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement. | |
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Marshalsea \Mar"shal*sea\, n. [Marshal + OE. se a seat. See {See} a seat.] The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household. [Eng.] {Court of Marshalsea}, a court formerly held before the steward and marshal of the king's house to administer justice between the king's domestic servants. --Blackstone. | |
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Marshalship \Mar"shal*ship\, n. The office of a marshal. | |
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d8Nardoo \[d8]Nar*doo"\, n. (Bot.) An Australian name for {Marsilea Drummondii}, a four-leaved cryptogamous plant, sometimes used for food. | |
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Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. [?].] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet. That finer matter, called sand, is no other than very small pebbles. --Woodward. 2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak. 3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life. The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak. 4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide. [bd]The Libyan sands.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The sands o' Dee.[b8] --C. Kingsley. 5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang] {Sand badger} (Zo[94]l.), the Japanese badger ({Meles ankuma}). {Sand bag}. (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc. (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins. {Sand ball}, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet. {Sand bath}. (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed. (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand. {Sand bed}, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace. {Sand birds} (Zo[94]l.), a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; -- called also {shore birds}. {Sand blast}, a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process. {Sand box}. (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand. (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping. {Sand-box tree} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of {Regma}. {Sand bug} (Zo[94]l.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under {Anomura}. {Sand canal} (Zo[94]l.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function. {Sand cock} (Zo[94]l.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand collar}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand saucer}, below. {Sand crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The lady crab. (b) A land crab, or ocypodian. {Sand crack} (Far.), a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness. {Sand cricket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus {Stenophelmatus} and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States. {Sand cusk} (Zo[94]l.), any ophidioid fish. See {Illust.} under {Ophidioid}. {Sand dab} (Zo[94]l.), a small American flounder ({Limanda ferruginea}); -- called also {rusty dab}. The name is also applied locally to other allied species. {Sand darter} (Zo[94]l.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley ({Ammocrypta pellucida}). {Sand dollar} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially {Echinarachnius parma} of the American coast. {Sand drift}, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand. {Sand eel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A lant, or launce. (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus {Gonorhynchus}, having barbels about the mouth. {Sand flag}, sandstone which splits up into flagstones. {Sand flea}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea. (b) The chigoe. (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See {Beach flea}, under {Beach}. {Sand flood}, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind. --James Bruce. {Sand fluke}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sandnecker. (b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes microcephalus}); -- called also {kitt}, {marysole}, {smear dab}, {town dab}. {Sand fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Simulium}, abounding on sandy shores, especially {Simulium nocivum} of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also {no-see-um}, {punky}, and {midge}. {Sand gall}. (Geol.) See {Sand pipe}, below. {Sand grass} (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass ({Triplasis purpurea}) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast. | |
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Marysole \Ma"ry*sole\, n. [Mary, the proper name + sole the fish.] (Zo[94]l.) A large British fluke, or flounder ({Rhombus megastoma}); -- called also {carter}, and {whiff}. | |
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Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. [?].] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet. That finer matter, called sand, is no other than very small pebbles. --Woodward. 2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak. 3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life. The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak. 4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide. [bd]The Libyan sands.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The sands o' Dee.[b8] --C. Kingsley. 5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang] {Sand badger} (Zo[94]l.), the Japanese badger ({Meles ankuma}). {Sand bag}. (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc. (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins. {Sand ball}, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet. {Sand bath}. (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed. (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand. {Sand bed}, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace. {Sand birds} (Zo[94]l.), a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; -- called also {shore birds}. {Sand blast}, a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process. {Sand box}. (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand. (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping. {Sand-box tree} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of {Regma}. {Sand bug} (Zo[94]l.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under {Anomura}. {Sand canal} (Zo[94]l.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function. {Sand cock} (Zo[94]l.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand collar}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand saucer}, below. {Sand crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The lady crab. (b) A land crab, or ocypodian. {Sand crack} (Far.), a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness. {Sand cricket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus {Stenophelmatus} and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States. {Sand cusk} (Zo[94]l.), any ophidioid fish. See {Illust.} under {Ophidioid}. {Sand dab} (Zo[94]l.), a small American flounder ({Limanda ferruginea}); -- called also {rusty dab}. The name is also applied locally to other allied species. {Sand darter} (Zo[94]l.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley ({Ammocrypta pellucida}). {Sand dollar} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially {Echinarachnius parma} of the American coast. {Sand drift}, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand. {Sand eel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A lant, or launce. (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus {Gonorhynchus}, having barbels about the mouth. {Sand flag}, sandstone which splits up into flagstones. {Sand flea}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea. (b) The chigoe. (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See {Beach flea}, under {Beach}. {Sand flood}, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind. --James Bruce. {Sand fluke}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sandnecker. (b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes microcephalus}); -- called also {kitt}, {marysole}, {smear dab}, {town dab}. {Sand fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Simulium}, abounding on sandy shores, especially {Simulium nocivum} of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also {no-see-um}, {punky}, and {midge}. {Sand gall}. (Geol.) See {Sand pipe}, below. {Sand grass} (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass ({Triplasis purpurea}) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast. | |
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Marysole \Ma"ry*sole\, n. [Mary, the proper name + sole the fish.] (Zo[94]l.) A large British fluke, or flounder ({Rhombus megastoma}); -- called also {carter}, and {whiff}. | |
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Merciless \Mer"ci*less\, a. Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves. The foe is merciless, and will not pity. --Shak. Syn: Cruel; unmerciful; remorseless; ruthless; pitiless; barbarous; savage. -- {Mer"ci*less*ly}, adv. -- {Mer"ci*less*ness}, n. | |
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Merciless \Mer"ci*less\, a. Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves. The foe is merciless, and will not pity. --Shak. Syn: Cruel; unmerciful; remorseless; ruthless; pitiless; barbarous; savage. -- {Mer"ci*less*ly}, adv. -- {Mer"ci*less*ness}, n. | |
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Merciless \Mer"ci*less\, a. Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless tyrant; merciless waves. The foe is merciless, and will not pity. --Shak. Syn: Cruel; unmerciful; remorseless; ruthless; pitiless; barbarous; savage. -- {Mer"ci*less*ly}, adv. -- {Mer"ci*less*ness}, n. | |
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Rotche \Rotche\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A very small arctic sea bird ({Mergulus alle}, or {Alle alle}) common on both coasts of the Atlantic in winter; -- called also {little auk}, {dovekie}, {rotch}, {rotchie}, and {sea dove}. | |
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Dove \Dove\, n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d[?]fe; akin to OS. d[?]ba, D. duif, OHG. t[?]ba, G. taube, Icel. d[?]fa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d[?]b[?]; perh. from the root of E. dive.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A pigeon of the genus {Columba} and various related genera. The species are numerous. Note: The domestic dove, including the varieties called {fantails}, {tumblers}, {carrier pigeons}, etc., was derived from the {rock pigeon} ({Columba livia}) of Europe and Asia; the {turtledove} of Europe, celebrated for its sweet, plaintive note, is {C. turtur} or {Turtur vulgaris}; the {ringdove}, the largest of European species, is {C. palumbus}; the {Carolina dove}, or {Mourning dove}, is {Zenaidura macroura}; the {sea dove} is the little auk ({Mergulus alle} or {Alle alle}). See {Turtledove}, {Ground dove}, and {Rock pigeon}. The dove is a symbol of innocence, gentleness, and affection; also, in art and in the Scriptures, the typical symbol of the Holy Ghost. | |
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Merocele \Me"ro*cele\, n. [Gr. [?] thigh + [?] tumor.] (Med.) Hernia in the thigh; femoral hernia . | |
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Miracle \Mir"a*cle\, v. t. To make wonderful. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Miracle \Mir"a*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. miraculum, fr. mirari to wonder. See {Marvel}, and cf. {Mirror}.] 1. A wonder or wonderful thing. That miracle and queen of genus. --Shak. 2. Specifically: An event or effect contrary to the established constitution and course of things, or a deviation from the known laws of nature; a supernatural event, or one transcending the ordinary laws by which the universe is governed. They considered not the miracle of the loaves. --Mark vi. 52. 3. A miracle play. 4. A story or legend abounding in miracles. [Obs.] When said was all this miracle. --Chaucer. {Miracle monger}, an impostor who pretends to work miracles. {Miracle play}, one of the old dramatic entertainments founded on legends of saints and martyrs or (see 2d {Mystery}, 2) on events related in the Bible. | |
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Miracle \Mir"a*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. miraculum, fr. mirari to wonder. See {Marvel}, and cf. {Mirror}.] 1. A wonder or wonderful thing. That miracle and queen of genus. --Shak. 2. Specifically: An event or effect contrary to the established constitution and course of things, or a deviation from the known laws of nature; a supernatural event, or one transcending the ordinary laws by which the universe is governed. They considered not the miracle of the loaves. --Mark vi. 52. 3. A miracle play. 4. A story or legend abounding in miracles. [Obs.] When said was all this miracle. --Chaucer. {Miracle monger}, an impostor who pretends to work miracles. {Miracle play}, one of the old dramatic entertainments founded on legends of saints and martyrs or (see 2d {Mystery}, 2) on events related in the Bible. | |
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Miracle \Mir"a*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. miraculum, fr. mirari to wonder. See {Marvel}, and cf. {Mirror}.] 1. A wonder or wonderful thing. That miracle and queen of genus. --Shak. 2. Specifically: An event or effect contrary to the established constitution and course of things, or a deviation from the known laws of nature; a supernatural event, or one transcending the ordinary laws by which the universe is governed. They considered not the miracle of the loaves. --Mark vi. 52. 3. A miracle play. 4. A story or legend abounding in miracles. [Obs.] When said was all this miracle. --Chaucer. {Miracle monger}, an impostor who pretends to work miracles. {Miracle play}, one of the old dramatic entertainments founded on legends of saints and martyrs or (see 2d {Mystery}, 2) on events related in the Bible. | |
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Miraculize \Mi*rac"u*lize\, v. t. To cause to seem to be a miracle. [R.] --Shaftesbury. | |
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Miraculous \Mi*rac"u*lous\, a. [F. miraculeux. See {Miracle}.] 1. Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by natural causes. 2. Supernatural; wonderful. 3. Wonder-working. [bd]The miraculous harp.[b8] --Shak. -- {Mi*rac"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Mi*rac"u*lous*ness}, n. | |
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Miraculous \Mi*rac"u*lous\, a. [F. miraculeux. See {Miracle}.] 1. Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by natural causes. 2. Supernatural; wonderful. 3. Wonder-working. [bd]The miraculous harp.[b8] --Shak. -- {Mi*rac"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Mi*rac"u*lous*ness}, n. | |
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Miraculous \Mi*rac"u*lous\, a. [F. miraculeux. See {Miracle}.] 1. Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by natural causes. 2. Supernatural; wonderful. 3. Wonder-working. [bd]The miraculous harp.[b8] --Shak. -- {Mi*rac"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Mi*rac"u*lous*ness}, n. | |
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Moor \Moor\, n. [OE. mor, AS. m[d3]r moor, morass; akin to D. moer moor, G. moor, and prob. to Goth. marei sea, E. mere. See {Mere} a lake.] 1. An extensive waste covered with patches of heath, and having a poor, light soil, but sometimes marshy, and abounding in peat; a heath. In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor. --Carew. 2. A game preserve consisting of moorland. {Moor buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh harrier. [Prov. Eng.] {Moor coal} (Geol.), a friable variety of lignite. {Moor cock} (Zo[94]l.), the male of the moor fowl or red grouse of Europe. {Moor coot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gallinule}. {Moor fowl}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse ({Lagopus Scoticus}). (b) The European heath grouse. See under {Heath}. {Moor game}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Moor fowl} (above). {Moor grass} (Bot.), a tufted perennial grass ({Sesleria c[91]rulea}), found in mountain pastures of Europe. {Moor hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the marsh harrier. {Moor hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The female of the moor fowl. (b) A gallinule, esp. the European species. See {Gallinule}. (c) An Australian rail ({Tribonyx ventralis}). {Moor monkey} (Zo[94]l.), the black macaque of Borneo ({Macacus maurus}). {Moor titling} (Zo[94]l.), the European stonechat ({Pratinocola rubicola}). | |
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Morel \Mor"el\, n. [See {Moril}.] (Bot.) An edible fungus ({Morchella esculenta}), the upper part of which is covered with a reticulated and pitted hymenium. It is used as food, and for flavoring sauces. [Written also {moril}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Seldem \Sel"dem\, adv. [Usually, Compar. {More seldom}; superl. {Most seldom}; but sometimes also, {Seldomer}, {Seldomest}.] [AS. seldan, seldon, seldum, fr. seld rare; akin to OFries. sielden, D. zelden, G. selten, OHG. seltan, Icel. sjaldan, Dan. sielden, Sw. s[84]llan, Goth. sildaleiks marvelous.] Rarely; not often; not frequently. Wisdom and youth are seldom joined in one. --Hooker. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Morglay \Mor"glay\, n. [Cf. {Claymore}.] A sword. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Morosely \Mo*rose"ly\, adv. Sourly; with sullen austerity. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Moroxylate \Mo*rox"y*late\, n. (Chem.) A morate. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Moroxylic \Mor`ox*yl"ic\, a. [L. morus a mulberry tree + Gr. [?] wood.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the mulberry; moric. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Morse alphabet \Morse" al"pha*bet\ A telegraphic alphabet in very general use, inventing by Samuel F.B.Morse, the inventor of Morse's telegraph. The letters are represented by dots and dashes impressed or printed on paper, as, .- (A), - . . . (B), -.. (D), . (E), .. (O), . . . (R), -- (T), etc., or by sounds, flashes of light, etc., with greater or less intervals between them. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Morsel \Mor"sel\, n. [OF. morsel, F. morceau, LL. morsellus, a dim. fr. L. morsus a biting, bite, fr. mordere to bite; prob. akin to E. smart. See {Smart}, and cf. {Morceau}, {Mordant}, {Muse}, v., {Muzzle}, n.] 1. A little bite or bit of food. --Chaucer. Every morsel to a satisfied hunger is only a new labor to a tired digestion. --South. 2. A small quantity; a little piece; a fragment. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Morus \[d8]Mo"rus\, n. [L., mulberry tree. See {Mulberry}.] (Bot.) A genus of trees, some species of which produce edible fruit; the mulberry. See {Mulberry}. Note: {Morus alba} is the white mulberry, a native of India or China, the leaves of which are extensively used for feeding silkworms, for which it furnishes the chief food. {Morus multicaulis}, the many-stemmed or Chinese mulberry, is only a form of white mulberry, preferred on account of its more abundant leaves. {Morus nigra}, the black mulberry, produces a dark-colored fruit, of an agreeable flavor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Muriculate \Mu*ric"u*late\, a. Minutely muricate. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Murkily \Murk"i*ly\, adv. Darkly; gloomily. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myricyl \Myr"i*cyl\, n. [Myricin + -yl.] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical regarded as the essential residue of myricin; -- called also {melissyl}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myricin \Myr"i*cin\, n. [Cf. F. myricine. Prob. so called from a fancied resemblance to the wax of the bayberry (Myrica).] (Chem.) A silky, crystalline, waxy substance, forming the less soluble part of beeswax, and regarded as a palmitate of a higher alcohol of the paraffin series; -- called also {myricyl alcohol}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin, Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.] 1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or volatile oil. Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A great variety of substances pass under this name, but the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu. There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to which the name balsam has been given. 2. (Bot.) (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}). (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with beautiful flowers; balsamine. 3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores. Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood? --Tennyson. {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and poultices. {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived. {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}. {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead. {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of Peru. {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is used as a stomachic and expectorant. {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp. the {Abies balsamea}. {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure, becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See {Balm}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tolu \To*lu"\, n. A fragrant balsam said to have been first brought from Santiago de Tolu, in New Granada. See {Balsam of Tolu}, under {Balsam}. {Tolu tree} (Bot.), a large tree ({Myroxylon toluiferum}), the wood of which is red in the center, and has an aromatic rose odor. It affords the balsam called tolu. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Balsam \Bal"sam\, n. [L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin, Gr. [?]. See {Balm}, n.] 1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or volatile oil. Note: The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A great variety of substances pass under this name, but the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu. There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to which the name balsam has been given. 2. (Bot.) (a) A species of tree ({Abies balsamea}). (b) An annual garden plant ({Impatiens balsamina}) with beautiful flowers; balsamine. 3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores. Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood? --Tennyson. {Balsam apple} (Bot.), an East Indian plant ({Momordica balsamina}), of the gourd family, with red or orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and poultices. {Balsam fir} (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, {Abies balsamea}, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived. {Balsam of copaiba}. See {Copaiba}. {Balsam of Mecca}, balm of Gilead. {Balsam of Peru}, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained from a Central American tree ({Myroxylon Pereir[91]} and used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of Peru. {Balsam of Tolu}, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree ({Myroxylon toluiferum}). It is highly fragrant, and is used as a stomachic and expectorant. {Balsam tree}, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp. the {Abies balsamea}. {Canada balsam}, {Balsam of fir}, Canada turpentine, a yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure, becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir ({Abies balsamea}) by breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See {Balm}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Marceline, MO (city, FIPS 45866) Location: 39.71696 N, 92.94743 W Population (1990): 2645 (1262 housing units) Area: 8.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64658 | |
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Marcell, MN Zip code(s): 56657 | |
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Marcella, AR Zip code(s): 72555 | |
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Marcellus, MI (village, FIPS 51460) Location: 42.02598 N, 85.81325 W Population (1990): 1193 (457 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49067 Marcellus, NY (village, FIPS 45480) Location: 42.98411 N, 76.33999 W Population (1990): 1840 (814 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13108 | |
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Marcola, OR Zip code(s): 97454 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mare Island, CA Zip code(s): 94592 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Markle, IN (town, FIPS 47160) Location: 40.82643 N, 85.33810 W Population (1990): 1208 (486 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46770 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Marklesburg, PA (borough, FIPS 47544) Location: 40.38398 N, 78.16928 W Population (1990): 165 (114 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Markleton, PA Zip code(s): 15551 | |
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Markleville, IN (town, FIPS 47178) Location: 39.97723 N, 85.61612 W Population (1990): 412 (160 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46056 | |
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Markleysburg, PA (borough, FIPS 47560) Location: 39.73710 N, 79.45289 W Population (1990): 320 (105 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15459 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mars Hill, ME Zip code(s): 04758 Mars Hill, NC (town, FIPS 41620) Location: 35.82815 N, 82.55055 W Population (1990): 1611 (466 housing units) Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28754 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Mars Hill-Blaine, ME (CDP, FIPS 43745) Location: 46.50864 N, 67.87003 W Population (1990): 1717 (700 housing units) Area: 12.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Marseilles, IL (city, FIPS 47150) Location: 41.32777 N, 88.68784 W Population (1990): 4811 (1991 housing units) Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61341 Marseilles, OH (village, FIPS 47992) Location: 40.70115 N, 83.39275 W Population (1990): 130 (57 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Marshall, AK (city, FIPS 47000) Location: 61.87534 N, 162.06010 W Population (1990): 273 (83 housing units) Area: 11.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99585 Marshall, AR (city, FIPS 44300) Location: 35.90987 N, 92.63621 W Population (1990): 1318 (639 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72650 Marshall, CA Zip code(s): 94940 Marshall, IL (city, FIPS 47163) Location: 39.39618 N, 87.69025 W Population (1990): 3555 (1610 housing units) Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62441 Marshall, IN (town, FIPS 47322) Location: 39.84696 N, 87.18578 W Population (1990): 379 (157 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47859 Marshall, MI (city, FIPS 51940) Location: 42.26169 N, 84.95835 W Population (1990): 6891 (2894 housing units) Area: 14.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49068 Marshall, MN (city, FIPS 40688) Location: 44.45069 N, 95.78952 W Population (1990): 12023 (4692 housing units) Area: 19.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56258 Marshall, MO (city, FIPS 46316) Location: 39.11495 N, 93.20217 W Population (1990): 12711 (5162 housing units) Area: 24.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Marshall, NC (town, FIPS 41580) Location: 35.79674 N, 82.68403 W Population (1990): 809 (387 housing units) Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Marshall, OK (town, FIPS 46650) Location: 36.15541 N, 97.62479 W Population (1990): 288 (191 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73056 Marshall, TX (city, FIPS 46776) Location: 32.53600 N, 94.35076 W Population (1990): 23682 (9683 housing units) Area: 62.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75670 Marshall, VA Zip code(s): 22115 Marshall, WI (village, FIPS 49575) Location: 43.17254 N, 89.06406 W Population (1990): 2329 (928 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53559 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Marshall County, AL (county, FIPS 95) Location: 34.36516 N, 86.31306 W Population (1990): 70832 (30225 housing units) Area: 1468.8 sq km (land), 145.3 sq km (water) Marshall County, IA (county, FIPS 127) Location: 42.03347 N, 93.00175 W Population (1990): 38276 (15862 housing units) Area: 1482.4 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water) Marshall County, IL (county, FIPS 123) Location: 41.03112 N, 89.34230 W Population (1990): 12846 (5317 housing units) Area: 1000.0 sq km (land), 32.2 sq km (water) Marshall County, IN (county, FIPS 99) Location: 41.33134 N, 86.26259 W Population (1990): 42182 (16820 housing units) Area: 1150.7 sq km (land), 14.6 sq km (water) Marshall County, KS (county, FIPS 117) Location: 39.77853 N, 96.52917 W Population (1990): 11705 (5269 housing units) Area: 2337.8 sq km (land), 4.6 sq km (water) Marshall County, KY (county, FIPS 157) Location: 36.88068 N, 88.33522 W Population (1990): 27205 (12528 housing units) Area: 789.7 sq km (land), 91.7 sq km (water) Marshall County, MN (county, FIPS 89) Location: 48.35407 N, 96.37716 W Population (1990): 10993 (5049 housing units) Area: 4590.2 sq km (land), 105.0 sq km (water) Marshall County, MS (county, FIPS 93) Location: 34.77007 N, 89.50947 W Population (1990): 30361 (10984 housing units) Area: 1829.6 sq km (land), 9.0 sq km (water) Marshall County, OK (county, FIPS 95) Location: 34.02533 N, 96.76948 W Population (1990): 10829 (7389 housing units) Area: 961.2 sq km (land), 144.6 sq km (water) Marshall County, SD (county, FIPS 91) Location: 45.76275 N, 97.60154 W Population (1990): 4844 (2640 housing units) Area: 2172.7 sq km (land), 121.2 sq km (water) Marshall County, TN (county, FIPS 117) Location: 35.46711 N, 86.76687 W Population (1990): 21539 (8909 housing units) Area: 972.3 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water) Marshall County, WV (county, FIPS 51) Location: 39.87241 N, 80.67175 W Population (1990): 37356 (15630 housing units) Area: 795.2 sq km (land), 13.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Marshall Creek, TX (town, FIPS 46782) Location: 33.01760 N, 97.20833 W Population (1990): 315 (128 housing units) Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Marshallberg, NC Zip code(s): 28553 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Marshallton, DE Zip code(s): 19808 Marshallton, PA (CDP, FIPS 47736) Location: 40.78554 N, 76.53465 W Population (1990): 1482 (767 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Marshalltown, IA (city, FIPS 49755) Location: 42.03545 N, 92.91183 W Population (1990): 25178 (10630 housing units) Area: 39.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50158 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Marshallville, GA (city, FIPS 49924) Location: 32.45718 N, 83.94109 W Population (1990): 1457 (528 housing units) Area: 8.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31057 Marshallville, OH (village, FIPS 48048) Location: 40.90035 N, 81.73329 W Population (1990): 758 (271 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44645 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Marsland, NE (village, FIPS 30800) Location: 42.44457 N, 103.30091 W Population (1990): 10 (8 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69354 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Merigold, MS (town, FIPS 46720) Location: 33.83907 N, 90.72691 W Population (1990): 572 (233 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38759 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Merkel, TX (town, FIPS 47796) Location: 32.46834 N, 100.01283 W Population (1990): 2469 (1178 housing units) Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79536 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Meyers Lake, OH (village, FIPS 49294) Location: 40.81385 N, 81.41816 W Population (1990): 493 (292 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Moores Hill, IN (town, FIPS 50958) Location: 39.11339 N, 85.08904 W Population (1990): 649 (237 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47032 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Moore's Law /morz law/ prov. The observation that the logic density of silicon integrated circuits has closely followed the curve (bits per square inch) = 2^(t - 1962) where t is time in years; that is, the amount of information storable on a given amount of silicon has roughly doubled every year since the technology was invented. This relation, first uttered in 1964 by semiconductor engineer Gordon Moore (who co-founded Intel four years later) held until the late 1970s, at which point the doubling period slowed to 18 months. The doubling period remained at that value through time of writing (late 1999). Moore's Law is apparently self-fulfilling. The implication is that somebody, somewhere is going to be able to build a better chip then you if you rest on your laurels, so you'd better start pushing hard on the problem. See also {Parkinson's Law of Data}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Marseille Prolog being {Edinburgh Prolog}. The difference is largely {syntax}. The original Marseille Interpreter (1973) was written in {Fortran}. [Developed by?] (1998-03-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
marshaling (1998-03-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
marshalling or more items of data into a message {buffer}, prior to transmitting that message buffer over a communication channel. The packing process not only collects together values which may be stored in non-consecutive memory locations but also converts data of different types into a standard representation agreed with the recipient of the message. (2000-06-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Miracula An implementation of a subset of {Miranda} by Stefan Kahrs interactively switched between {eager} and {lazy} evaluation. Portable source in C from the author. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Moore's Law {Intel} co-founder {Gordon Moore} while preparing a speech, that each new memory {integrated circuit} contained roughly twice as much capacity as its predecessor, and each chip was released within 18-24 months of the previous chip. If this trend continued, he reasoned, computing power would rise exponentially with time. Moore's observation still holds in 1997 and is the basis for many performance forecasts. In 24 years the number of {transistors} on processor chips has increased by a factor of almost 2400, from 2300 on the {Intel 4004} in 1971 to 5.5 million on the {Pentium Pro} in 1995 (doubling roughly every two years). Date Chip Transistors MIPS clock/MHz ----------------------------------------------- Nov 1971 4004 2300 0.06 0.108 Apr 1974 8080 6000 0.64 2 Jun 1978 8086 29000 0.75 10 Feb 1982 80286 134000 2.66 12 Oct 1985 386DX 275000 5 16 Apr 1989 80486 1200000 20 25 Mar 1993 Pentium 3100000 112 66 Nov 1995 Pentium Pro 5500000 428 200 ----------------------------------------------- Moore's Law has been (mis)interpreted to mean many things over the years. In particular, {microprocessor} performance has increased faster than the number of transistors per chip. The number of {MIPS} has, on average, doubled every 1.8 years for the past 25 years, or every 1.6 years for the last 10 years. While more recent processors have had wider {data paths}, which would correspond to an increase in transistor count, their performance has also increased due to increased {clock rates}. Chip density in transistors per unit area has increased less quickly - a factor of only 146 between the 4004 (12 mm^2) and the Pentium Pro (196 mm^2) (doubling every 3.3 years). {Feature size} has decreased from 10 to 0.35 microns which would give over 800 times as many transistors per unit. However, the automatic layout required to cope with the increased complexity is less efficient than the hand layout used for early processors. {(http://www.intel.com/intel/museum/25anniv/html/hof/moore.htm)}. {Intel Microprocessor Quick Reference Guide (http://www.intel.com/pressroom/no_frame/quickref.htm)}. {"Birth of a Chip", Linley Gwennap, Byte, Dec 1996 (http://www.byte.com/art/9612/sec6/art2.htm)}. See also March 1997 "inbox". {Chronology of Events in the History of Microcomputers (http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/comphist.htm)}, Ken Polsson. See also {Parkinson's Law of Data}. [{Jargon File}] (1997-03-04) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Maher-shalal-hash-baz plunder speedeth; spoil hasteth, (Isa. 8:1-3; comp. Zeph. 1:14), a name Isaiah was commanded first to write in large characters on a tablet, and afterwards to give as a symbolical name to a son that was to be born to him (Isa. 8:1, 3), as denoting the sudden attack on Damascus and Syria by the Assyrian army. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Mars Hill the Areopagus or rocky hill in Athens, north-west of the Acropolis, where the Athenian supreme tribunal and court of morals was held. From some part of this hill Paul delivered the address recorded in Acts 17:22-31. (See {AREOPAGUS}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Miracle an event in the external world brought about by the immediate agency or the simple volition of God, operating without the use of means capable of being discerned by the senses, and designed to authenticate the divine commission of a religious teacher and the truth of his message (John 2:18; Matt. 12:38). It is an occurrence at once above nature and above man. It shows the intervention of a power that is not limited by the laws either of matter or of mind, a power interrupting the fixed laws which govern their movements, a supernatural power. "The suspension or violation of the laws of nature involved in miracles is nothing more than is constantly taking place around us. One force counteracts another: vital force keeps the chemical laws of matter in abeyance; and muscular force can control the action of physical force. When a man raises a weight from the ground, the law of gravity is neither suspended nor violated, but counteracted by a stronger force. The same is true as to the walking of Christ on the water and the swimming of iron at the command of the prophet. The simple and grand truth that the universe is not under the exclusive control of physical forces, but that everywhere and always there is above, separate from and superior to all else, an infinite personal will, not superseding, but directing and controlling all physical causes, acting with or without them." God ordinarily effects his purpose through the agency of second causes; but he has the power also of effecting his purpose immediately and without the intervention of second causes, i.e., of invading the fixed order, and thus of working miracles. Thus we affirm the possibility of miracles, the possibility of a higher hand intervening to control or reverse nature's ordinary movements. In the New Testament these four Greek words are principally used to designate miracles: (1.) Semeion, a "sign", i.e., an evidence of a divine commission; an attestation of a divine message (Matt. 12:38, 39; 16:1, 4; Mark 8:11; Luke 11:16; 23:8; John 2:11, 18, 23; Acts 6:8, etc.); a token of the presence and working of God; the seal of a higher power. (2.) Terata, "wonders;" wonder-causing events; portents; producing astonishment in the beholder (Acts 2:19). (3.) Dunameis, "might works;" works of superhuman power (Acts 2:22; Rom. 15:19; 2 Thess. 2:9); of a new and higher power. (4.) Erga, "works;" the works of Him who is "wonderful in working" (John 5:20, 36). Miracles are seals of a divine mission. The sacred writers appealed to them as proofs that they were messengers of God. Our Lord also appealed to miracles as a conclusive proof of his divine mission (John 5:20, 36; 10:25, 38). Thus, being out of the common course of nature and beyond the power of man, they are fitted to convey the impression of the presence and power of God. Where miracles are there certainly God is. The man, therefore, who works a miracle affords thereby clear proof that he comes with the authority of God; they are his credentials that he is God's messenger. The teacher points to these credentials, and they are a proof that he speaks with the authority of God. He boldly says, "God bears me witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles." The credibility of miracles is established by the evidence of the senses on the part of those who are witnesses of them, and to all others by the testimony of such witnesses. The witnesses were competent, and their testimony is trustworthy. Unbelievers, following Hume, deny that any testimony can prove a miracle, because they say miracles are impossible. We have shown that miracles are possible, and surely they can be borne witness to. Surely they are credible when we have abundant and trustworthy evidence of their occurrence. They are credible just as any facts of history well authenticated are credible. Miracles, it is said, are contrary to experience. Of course they are contrary to our experience, but that does not prove that they were contrary to the experience of those who witnessed them. We believe a thousand facts, both of history and of science, that are contrary to our experience, but we believe them on the ground of competent testimony. An atheist or a pantheist must, as a matter of course, deny the possibility of miracles; but to one who believes in a personal God, who in his wisdom may see fit to interfere with the ordinary processes of nature, miracles are not impossible, nor are they incredible. (See LIST OF MIRACLES, Appendix.) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Maher-shalal-hash-baz, making speed to the spoil; he hastens to the prey | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Marshall Islands Marshall Islands:Geography Location: Oceania, group of atolls and reefs in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Papua New Guinea Map references: Oceania Area: total area: 181.3 sq km land area: 181.3 sq km comparative area: slightly larger than Washington, DC note: includes the atolls of Bikini, Eniwetak, and Kwajalein Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 370.4 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: claims US territory of Wake Island Climate: wet season May to November; hot and humid; islands border typhoon belt Terrain: low coral limestone and sand islands Natural resources: phosphate deposits, marine products, deep seabed minerals Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 60% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 0% other: 40% Irrigated land: NA sq km Environment: current issues: inadequate supplies of potable water natural hazards: occasional typhoons international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution Note: two archipelagic island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands; Bikini and Eniwetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range Marshall Islands:People Population: 56,157 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 51% (female 13,950; male 14,547) 15-64 years: 47% (female 12,801; male 13,470) 65 years and over: 2% (female 740; male 649) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 3.86% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 46.03 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 7.48 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 48 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 63.49 years male: 61.94 years female: 65.11 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 6.89 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Marshallese (singular and plural) adjective: Marshallese Ethnic divisions: Micronesian Religions: Christian (mostly Protestant) Languages: English (universally spoken and is the official language), two major Marshallese dialects from the Malayo-Polynesian family, Japanese Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980) total population: 93% male: 100% female: 88% Labor force: 4,800 (1986) by occupation: NA Marshall Islands:Government Names: conventional long form: Republic of the Marshall Islands conventional short form: Marshall Islands former: Marshall Islands District (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) Digraph: RM Type: constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force 21 October 1986 Capital: Majuro Administrative divisions: none Independence: 21 October 1986 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship) National holiday: Proclamation of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 1 May (1979) Constitution: 1 May 1979 Legal system: based on adapted Trust Territory laws, acts of the legislature, municipal, common, and customary laws Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state and head of government: President Amata KABUA (since 1979); election last held 6 January 1992 (next to be held NA); results - President Amata KABUA was reelected cabinet: Cabinet; president selects from the parliament Legislative branch: unicameral Parliament (Nitijela): elections last held 18 November 1991 (next to be held November 1995); results - percent of vote NA; seats - (33 total) independents 33 Judicial branch: Supreme Court Political parties and leaders: no formal parties; President KABUA is chief political (and traditional) leader Member of: AsDB, ESCAP, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFC, IMF, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, SPARTECA, SPC, SPF, UN, UNCTAD, WHO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Wilfred I. KENDALL chancery: 2433 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 234-5414 FAX: [1] (202) 232-3236 consulate(s) general: Honolulu and Los Angeles US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador David C. FIELDS embassy: address NA, Majuro mailing address: P. O. Box 1379, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands 96960-1379 telephone: [692] 247-4011 FAX: [692] 247-4012 Flag: blue with two stripes radiating from the lower hoist-side corner - orange (top) and white; there is a white star with four large rays and 20 small rays on the hoist side above the two stripes Economy Overview: Agriculture and tourism are the mainstays of the economy. Agricultural production is concentrated on small farms, and the most important commercial crops are coconuts, tomatoes, melons, and breadfruit. A few cattle ranches supply the domestic meat market. Small-scale industry is limited to handicrafts, fish processing, and copra. The tourist industry is the primary source of foreign exchange and employs about 10% of the labor force. The islands have few natural resources, and imports far exceed exports. The US Government provides about 70% of the budget. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $75 million (1992 est.) National product real growth rate: 6% (1992) National product per capita: $1,500 (1992 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7% (1992 est.) Unemployment rate: 16% (1991 est.) Budget: revenues: $106 million expenditures: $128.7 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1993) Exports: $3.9 million (f.o.b., 1992 est.) commodities: coconut oil, fish, live animals, trichus shells partners: US, Japan, Australia Imports: $62.9 million (c.i.f., 1992 est.) commodities: foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, beverages and tobacco, fuels partners: US, Japan, Australia External debt: $NA Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: capacity: 42,000 kW production: 80 million kWh consumption per capita: 1,840 kWh (1990) Industries: copra, fish, tourism; craft items from shell, wood, and pearls; offshore banking (embryonic) Agriculture: coconuts, cacao, taro, breadfruit, fruits, pigs, chickens Economic aid: recipient: under the terms of the Compact of Free Association, the US is to provide approximately $40 million in aid annually Currency: 1 United States dollar (US$) = 100 cents Exchange rates: US currency is used Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September Marshall Islands:Transportation Railroads: 0 km Highways: total: NA note: paved roads on major islands (Majuro, Kwajalein), otherwise stone-, coral-, or laterite-surfaced roads and tracks Ports: Majuro Merchant marine: total: 37 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,205,275 GRT/4,263,247 DWT ships by type: bulk carrier 23, cargo 1, combination ore/oil 1, oil tanker 12 Airports: total: 16 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1 with paved runways under 914 m: 5 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 6 Marshall Islands:Communications Telephone system: 570 telephones (Majuro) and 186 telephones (Ebeye); telex services local: NA intercity: islands interconnected by shortwave radio (used mostly for government purposes) international: 2 INTELSAT (Pacific Ocean) earth stations; US Government satellite communications system on Kwajalein Radio: broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 1 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 1 televisions: NA Marshall Islands:Defense Forces Branches: no regular military forces; Police Note: defense is the responsibility of the US |