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Landfall \Land"fall\, n. 1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner. 2. (Naut.) Sighting or making land when at sea. {A good landfall} (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity with the navigator's reckoning and expectation. | |
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Leg \Leg\ (l[ecr]g), n. [Icel. leggr; akin to Dan. l[91]g calf of the leg, Sw. l[84]gg.] 1. A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and foot. 2. That which resembles a leg in form or use; especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests; as, the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses or dividers. 3. The part of any article of clothing which covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of trousers. 4. A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing. [Obs.] He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks for a favor he never received. --Fuller. 5. A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg. [Slang, Eng.] 6. (Naut.) The course and distance made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks. 7. (Steam Boiler) An extension of the boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; -- called also {water leg}. 8. (Grain Elevator) The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets. 9. (Cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter. {A good leg} (Naut.), a course sailed on a tack which is near the desired course. {Leg bail}, escape from custody by flight. [Slang] {Legs of an hyperbola} (or other curve) (Geom.), the branches of the curve which extend outward indefinitely. {Legs of a triangle}, the sides of a triangle; -- a name seldom used unless one of the sides is first distinguished by some appropriate term; as, the hypothenuse and two legs of a right-angled triangle. {On one's legs}, standing to speak. {On one's last legs}. See under {Last}. {To have legs} (Naut.), to have speed. | |
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Noddy \Nod"dy\, n.; pl. {Noddies}. [Prob. fr. nod to incline the head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness.] 1. A simpleton; a fool. --L'Estrange. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any tern of the genus {Anous}, as {A. stolidus}. (b) The arctic fulmar ({Fulmarus glacialis}). Sometimes also applied to other sea birds. 3. An old game at cards. --Halliwell. 4. A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle. 5. An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; -- used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal vibrations of a body to which it is attached. | |
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Acatalectic \A*cat`a*lec"tic\, a. [L. acatalecticus, Gr. [?], not defective at the end; 'a priv. + [?] to cease.] (Pros.) Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse. -- n. A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables. | |
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Acatalepsy \A*cat"a*lep`sy\, n. [Gr. [?]; 'a priv. + [?] to seize, comprehend.] Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability. | |
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Acataleptic \A*cat`a*lep"tic\, a. [Gr. [?].] Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible. | |
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Acetal \Ac"e*tal\, n. [Acetic + alcohol.] (Chem.) A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black. | |
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Acetaldehyde \Ac`et*al"de*hyde\, n. Acetic aldehyde. See {Aldehyde}. | |
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Acetol \Ac"e*tol\, n. [Acetic + -ol as in alcohol.] (Chem.) Methyl ketol; also, any of various homologues of the same. | |
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Acetyl \Ac"e*tyl\, n. [L. acetum vinegar + Gr. [?] substance. See {-yl}.] (Chem.) A complex, hypothetical radical, composed of two parts of carbon to three of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Its hydroxide is acetic acid. | |
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Tetrinic \Te*trin"ic\, a. [See {Tetra-}.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex ketonic acid, {C5H6O3}, obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- so called because once supposed to contain a peculiar radical of four carbon atoms. Called also {acetyl-acrylic acid}. | |
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Acetylene \A*cet"y*lene\, n. (Chem.) A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant. --Watts. | |
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{Acid albumin}, a modification of albumin produced by the action of dilute acids. It is not coagulated by heat. {Alkali albumin}, albumin as modified by the action of alkaline substances; -- called also {albuminate}. | |
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Acidly \Ac"id*ly\, adv. Sourly; tartly. | |
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Acidulate \A*cid"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acidulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acidulating}.] [Cf. F. aciduler. See {Acidulous}.] To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Acidulate \A*cid"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acidulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acidulating}.] [Cf. F. aciduler. See {Acidulous}.] To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Acidulate \A*cid"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acidulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acidulating}.] [Cf. F. aciduler. See {Acidulous}.] To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Acidulent \A*cid"u*lent\, a. Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous. [bd]With anxious, acidulent face.[b8] --Carlyle. | |
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Acidulous \A*cid"u*lous\, a. [L. acidulus, dim. of acidus. See Acid.] Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture. --E. Burke. {Acidulous mineral waters}, such as contain carbonic anhydride. | |
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Acidulous \A*cid"u*lous\, a. [L. acidulus, dim. of acidus. See Acid.] Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture. --E. Burke. {Acidulous mineral waters}, such as contain carbonic anhydride. | |
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Acotyledon \A*cot`y*le"don\ (#; 277), n. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] anything cup-shaped. See {Cotyledon}.] (Bot.) A plant which has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants. | |
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Acotyledonous \A*cot`y*led"on*ous\ (#; 277), a. Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc. | |
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Acquittal \Ac*quit"tal\, n. 1. The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance. 2. (Law) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court. --Bouvier. | |
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Actless \Act"less\, a. Without action or spirit. [R.] | |
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Actual \Ac"tu*al\ (#; 135), a. [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L. actualis, fr. agere to do, act.] 1. Involving or comprising action; active. [Obs.] Her walking and other actual performances. --Shak. Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to {potential}, {possible}, {virtual}, {speculative}, {conceivable}, {theoretical}, or {nominal}; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion. 3. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country. {Actual cautery}. See under {Cautery}. {Actual sin} (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by ourselves in contradistinction to [bd]original sin.[b8] Syn: Real; genuine; positive; certain. See {Real}. | |
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Actual \Ac"tu*al\, n. (Finance) Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts. [Cant] The accounts of revenues supplied . . . were not real receipts: not, in financial language, [bd]actuals,[b8] but only Egyptian budget estimates. --Fortnightly Review. | |
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Actual \Ac"tu*al\ (#; 135), a. [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L. actualis, fr. agere to do, act.] 1. Involving or comprising action; active. [Obs.] Her walking and other actual performances. --Shak. Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to {potential}, {possible}, {virtual}, {speculative}, {conceivable}, {theoretical}, or {nominal}; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion. 3. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country. {Actual cautery}. See under {Cautery}. {Actual sin} (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by ourselves in contradistinction to [bd]original sin.[b8] Syn: Real; genuine; positive; certain. See {Real}. | |
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Cautery \Cau"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Cauteries}. [L. cauterium, Gr. [?]. See {Cauter}.] 1. (Med.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue. 2. The iron of other agent in cauterizing. {Actual cautery}, a substance or agent (as a hot iron) which cauterizes or sears by actual heat; or the burning so effected. {Potential cautery}, a substance which cauterizes by chemical action; as, lunar caustic; also, the cauterizing produced by such substance. | |
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Sin \Sin\, n. [OE. sinne, AS. synn, syn; akin to D. zonde, OS. sundia, OHG. sunta, G. s[81]nde, Icel., Dan. & Sw. synd, L. sons, sontis, guilty, perhaps originally from the p. pr. of the verb signifying, to be, and meaning, the one who it is. Cf. {Authentic}, {Sooth}.] 1. Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission. Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. --John viii. 34. Sin is the transgression of the law. --1 John iii. 4. I think 't no sin. To cozen him that would unjustly win. --Shak. Enthralled By sin to foul, exorbitant desires. --Milton. 2. An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners. I grant that poetry's a crying sin. --Pope. 3. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin. He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. --2 Cor. v. 21. 4. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person. [R.] Thy ambition, Thou scarlet sin, robbed this bewailing land Of noble Buckingham. --Shak. Note: Sin is used in the formation of some compound words of obvious signification; as, sin-born; sin-bred, sin-oppressed, sin-polluted, and the like. {Actual sin}, {Canonical sins}, {Original sin}, {Venial sin}. See under {Actual}, {Canonical}, etc. {Deadly}, [or] {Mortal}, {sins} (R. C. Ch.), willful and deliberate transgressions, which take away divine grace; -- in distinction from vental sins. The seven deadly sins are pride, covetousness, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth. {Sin eater}, a man who (according to a former practice in England) for a small gratuity ate a piece of bread laid on the chest of a dead person, whereby he was supposed to have taken the sins of the dead person upon himself. {Sin offering}, a sacrifice for sin; something offered as an expiation for sin. Syn: Iniquity; wickedness; wrong. See {Crime}. | |
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Actual \Ac"tu*al\ (#; 135), a. [OE. actuel, F. actuel, L. actualis, fr. agere to do, act.] 1. Involving or comprising action; active. [Obs.] Her walking and other actual performances. --Shak. Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to {potential}, {possible}, {virtual}, {speculative}, {conceivable}, {theoretical}, or {nominal}; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion. 3. In action at the time being; now exiting; present; as the actual situation of the country. {Actual cautery}. See under {Cautery}. {Actual sin} (Theol.), that kind of sin which is done by ourselves in contradistinction to [bd]original sin.[b8] Syn: Real; genuine; positive; certain. See {Real}. | |
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Actualist \Ac"tu*al*ist\, n. One who deals with or considers actually existing facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; -- opposed to {idealist}. | |
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Actuality \Ac`tu*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Actualities}. The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature. --South. | |
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Actuality \Ac`tu*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Actualities}. The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature. --South. | |
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Actualization \Ac`tu*al*i*za"tion\, n. A making actual or really existent. [R.] --Emerson. | |
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Actualize \Ac"tu*al*ize\, v. t. To make actual; to realize in action. [R.] --Coleridge. | |
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Actually \Ac"tu*al*ly\, adv. 1. Actively. [Obs.] [bd]Neither actually . . . nor passively.[b8] --Fuller. 2. In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively. | |
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Actualness \Ac"tu*al*ness\, n. Quality of being actual; actuality. | |
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Acutely \A*cute"ly\, adv. In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination. | |
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Acutilobate \A*cu`ti*lo"bate\, a. [L. acutus sharp + E. lobe.] (Bot.) Having acute lobes, as some leaves. | |
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Agedly \A"ged*ly\, adv. In the manner of an aged person. | |
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Aquatile \Aq"ua*tile\, a. [L. aquatilis: cf. F. aquatile.] Inhabiting the water. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Astel \As"tel\ ([acr]s"t[etil]l), n. [OE. astelle piece of wood, OF. astele splinter, shaving, F. attelle, astelle: cf. L. astula, dim. of assis board.] (Mining) An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads in a mine. | |
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Astylar \A*sty"lar\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] pillar.] (arch.) Without columns or pilasters. --Weale. | |
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Astyllen \A*styl"len\, n. (Mining) A small dam to prevent free passage of water in an adit or level. | |
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Agua Dulce, CA Zip code(s): 91350 Agua Dulce, TX (city, FIPS 1396) Location: 27.78277 N, 97.90976 W Population (1990): 794 (292 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Actalk J-P Briot in 1989. ["Actalk: A Testbed for Classifying and Designing Actor Languages in the Smalltalk-80 Environment", J-P. Briot, Proc ECOOP '89, pp. 109-129]. (1994-11-08) | |
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actual argument {function} or {subroutine} when it is called and which replaces or is bound to the corresponding {formal argument}. See: {argument}. (2002-07-02) | |
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