English Dictionary: Paul Hermann Muller | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ring \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G. ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf. Russ. krug'. Cf. {Harangue}, {Rank} a row,{Rink}.] A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a circular line or hoop. 2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a wedding ring. Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer. The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak. 3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports are performed; an arena. Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring, Where youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E. Smith. 4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence, figuratively, prize fighting. [bd]The road was an institution, the ring was an institution.[b8] --Thackeray. 5. A circular group of persons. And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's alter sing. --Milton. 6. (Geom.) (a) The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles. (b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other figure. 7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite. 8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of {Sporangium}. 9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute offices, obtain contracts, etc. The ruling ring at Constantinople. --E. A. Freeman. {Ring armor}, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring mail}, below, and {Chain mail}, under {Chain}. {Ring blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel. {Ring canal} (Zo[94]l.), the circular water tube which surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms. {Ring dotterel}, [or] {Ringed dotterel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dotterel}, and Illust. of {Pressiroster}. {Ring dropper}, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring (dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy it as valuable, it being worthless. {Ring fence}. See under {Fence}. {Ring finger}, the third finger of the left hand, or the next the little finger, on which the ring is placed in marriage. {Ring formula} (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See Illust. under {Benzene}. {Ring mail}, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed upon a garment of leather or of cloth. {Ring micrometer}. (Astron.) See {Circular micrometer}, under {Micrometer}. {Saturn's rings}. See {Saturn}. {Ring ousel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ousel}. {Ring parrot} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck, especially {Pal[91]ornis torquatus}, common in India, and {P. Alexandri} of {Java}. {Ring plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The ringed dotterel. (b) Any one of several small American plovers having a dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover ({[92]gialitis semipalmata}). {Ring snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small harmless American snake ({Diadophis punctatus}) having a white ring around the neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of an orange red. {Ring stopper}. (Naut.) See under {Stopper}. {Ring thrush} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel. {The prize ring}, the ring in which prize fighters contend; prize fighters, collectively. {The ring}. (a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races. [Eng.] (b) The prize ring. | |
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Paleornithology \Pa`le*or`ni*thol"o*gy\, n. [Paleo- + ornithology.] The branch of paleontology which treats of fossil birds. | |
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Pawl \Pawl\, n. [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf. {Pole} a stake.] (Mach.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of {Ratchet Wheel}. [Written also {paul}, or {pall}.] {Pawl bitt} (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass, to receive the strain of the pawls. {Pawl rim} [or] {ring} (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the pawls to catch in. | |
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Pelerine \Pel"er*ine\, n. [F. p[8a]lerine a tippet, fr. p[8a]lerin a pilgrim, fr. L. peregrinus foreign, alien. See {Pilgrim}.] A woman's cape; especially, a fur cape that is longer in front than behind. | |
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Philharmonic \Phil`har*mon"ic\, a. [Philo- + Gr. [?] harmony: cf. F. philharmonique.] Loving harmony or music. | |
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Phillyrin \Phil"ly*rin\, n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from Phillyrea as a bitter white crystalline substance. It is sometimes used as a febrifuge. | |
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Phloramine \Phlo*ram"ine\, n. [Phlorlucin + amine.] (Chem.) A basic amido derivative of phloroglucin, having an astringent taste. | |
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Phlorone \Phlo"rone\, n. [Phlorol + quinone.] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance having a peculiar unpleasant odor, resembling the quinones, and obtained from beechwood tar and coal tar, as also by the oxidation of xylidine; -- called also {xyloquinone}. | |
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Phyllorhine \Phyl"lo*rhine\, a. [Phyllo- + Gr. [?], [?], the nose.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to {Phyllorhina} and other related genera of bats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils. | |
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Phyllorhine \Phyl"lo*rhine\, a. [Phyllo- + Gr. [?], [?], the nose.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to {Phyllorhina} and other related genera of bats that have a leaflike membrane around the nostrils. | |
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Pileworm \Pile"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The teredo. | |
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Pile-worn \Pile"-worn`\, a. Having the pile worn off; threadbare. | |
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Pillory \Pil"lo*ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pilloried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pillorying}.] [Cf. F. pilorier.] 1. To set in, or punish with, the pillory. [bd]Hungering for Puritans to pillory.[b8] --Macaulay. 2. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. --Gladstone. | |
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Pillworm \Pill"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any myriapod of the genus {Iulus} and allied genera which rolls up spirally; a galleyworm. See Illust. under {Myriapod}. | |
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Plerome \Ple"rome\, n. [Gr. [?] that which fills up, fr. [?] to fill.] (Bot.) The central column of parenchyma in a growing stem or root. | |
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Pleurenchyma \Pleu*ren"chy*ma\, n. [Gr. [?] side + [?], as in parenchyma.] (Bot.) A tissue consisting of long and slender tubular cells, of which wood is mainly composed. | |
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Flatfish \Flat"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any fish of the family {Pleuronectid[91]}; esp., the winter flounder ({Pleuronectes Americanus}). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See {Flounder}. | |
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Flounder \Floun"der\, n. [Cf. Sw. flundra; akin to Dan. flynder, Icel. fly[?]ra, G. flunder, and perh. to E. flounder, v.i.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A flatfish of the family {Pleuronectid[91]}, of many species. Note: The common English flounder is {Pleuronectes flesus}. There are several common American species used as food; as the smooth flounder ({P. glabra}); the rough or winter flounder ({P. Americanus}); the summer flounder, or plaice ({Paralichthys dentatus}), Atlantic coast; and the starry flounder ({Pleuronectes stellatus}). 2. (Bootmaking) A tool used in crimping boot fronts. | |
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Dab \Dab\, n. [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. {Dabchick}.] (Zo[94]l.) A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, {Pleuronectes limanda}. The American rough dab is {Hippoglossoides platessoides}. | |
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Water flounder \Wa"ter floun"der\ (Zo[94]l.) The windowpane ({Pleuronectes maculatus}). [Local, U. S.] | |
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Windowpane \Win"dow*pane`\, n. 1. (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., (3) b . [In this sense, written also {window pane}.] 2. (Zo[94]l.) A thin, spotted American turbot ({Pleuronectes maculatus}) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued as a food fish. Called also {spotted turbot}, {daylight}, {spotted sand flounder}, and {water flounder}. | |
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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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Plaice \Plaice\, n. [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa flatish, plaice. See {Place}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European food fish ({Pleuronectes platessa}), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more. (b) A large American flounder ({Paralichthys dentatus}; called also {brail}, {puckermouth}, and {summer flounder}. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species. [Written also {plaise}.] {Plaice mouth}, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry mouth. [R.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Flounder \Floun"der\, n. [Cf. Sw. flundra; akin to Dan. flynder, Icel. fly[?]ra, G. flunder, and perh. to E. flounder, v.i.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A flatfish of the family {Pleuronectid[91]}, of many species. Note: The common English flounder is {Pleuronectes flesus}. There are several common American species used as food; as the smooth flounder ({P. glabra}); the rough or winter flounder ({P. Americanus}); the summer flounder, or plaice ({Paralichthys dentatus}), Atlantic coast; and the starry flounder ({Pleuronectes stellatus}). 2. (Bootmaking) A tool used in crimping boot fronts. | |
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Pleuronectoid \Pleu`ro*nec"toid\, a. [NL. Pleuronectes, name of a genus (fr. Gr. [?] rib + [?] a swimmer) + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to the {Pleuronectid[91]}, or Flounder family. | |
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Pleuronectoid \Pleu`ro*nec"toid\, a. [NL. Pleuronectes, name of a genus (fr. Gr. [?] rib + [?] a swimmer) + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to the {Pleuronectid[91]}, or Flounder family. | |
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Polarimeter \Po`lar*im"e*ter\, n. [Polar + -meter.] (Opt.) An instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light, or the proportion of polarized light, in a partially polarized ray. | |
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Polarimetry \Po`lar*im"e*try\, n. (Opt.) The art or process of measuring the polarization of light. | |
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Polron \Pol"ron\, n. See {Pauldron}. | |
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Polyorama \Pol`y*o*ra"ma\, n. [Poly- + Gr. [?] a sight, view.] A view of many objects; also, a sort of panorama with dissolving views. | |
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Palermo, CA (CDP, FIPS 55086) Location: 39.43666 N, 121.53054 W Population (1990): 5260 (2015 housing units) Area: 102.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95968 Palermo, ME Zip code(s): 04354 Palermo, ND (city, FIPS 60620) Location: 48.33828 N, 102.22852 W Population (1990): 95 (60 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58769 Palermo, WV Zip code(s): 25546 |