English Dictionary: aide-de-camp | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dog \Dog\ (d[ocr]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Canis}, esp. the domestic dog ({C. familiaris}). Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred varieties, as the beagle, bloodhound, bulldog, coachdog, collie, Danish dog, foxhound, greyhound, mastiff, pointer, poodle, St. Bernard, setter, spaniel, spitz dog, terrier, etc. There are also many mixed breeds, and partially domesticated varieties, as well as wild dogs, like the dingo and dhole. (See these names in the Vocabulary.) 2. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch. What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? -- 2 Kings viii. 13 (Rev. Ver. ) 3. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.] 4. (Astron.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius). 5. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron. 6. (Mech.) (a) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them. (b) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill. (c) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool. Note: Dog is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in the sense of relating to, or characteristic of, a dog. It is also used to denote a male; as, dog fox or g-fox, a male fox; dog otter or dog-otter, dog wolf, etc.; -- also to denote a thing of cheap or mean quality; as, dog Latin. {A dead dog}, a thing of no use or value. --1 Sam. xxiv. 14. {A dog in the manger}, an ugly-natured person who prevents others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them but is none to him. {Dog ape} (Zo[94]l.), a male ape. {Dog cabbage}, [or] {Dog's cabbage} (Bot.), a succulent herb, native to the Mediterranean region ({Thelygonum Cynocrambe}). {Dog cheap}, very cheap. See under {Cheap}. {Dog ear} (Arch.), an acroterium. [Colloq.] {Dog flea} (Zo[94]l.), a species of flea ({Pulex canis}) which infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to man. In America it is the common flea. See {Flea}, and {Aphaniptera}. {Dog grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Triticum caninum}) of the same genus as wheat. {Dog Latin}, barbarous Latin; as, the dog Latin of pharmacy. {Dog lichen} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Peltigera canina}) growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, -- a lobed expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous veins beneath. {Dog louse} (Zo[94]l.), a louse that infests the dog, esp. {H[91]matopinus piliferus}; another species is {Trichodectes latus}. {Dog power}, a machine operated by the weight of a dog traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for churning. {Dog salmon} (Zo[94]l.), a salmon of northwest America and northern Asia; -- the {gorbuscha}; -- called also {holia}, and {hone}. {Dog shark}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dogfish}. {Dog's meat}, meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal. {Dog Star}. See in the Vocabulary. {Dog wheat} (Bot.), Dog grass. {Dog whelk} (Zo[94]l.), any species of univalve shells of the family {Nassid[91]}, esp. the {Nassa reticulata} of England. {To give, [or] throw}, {to the dogs}, to throw away as useless. [bd]Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it.[b8] --Shak. {To go to the dogs}, to go to ruin; to be ruined. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sepulcher \Sep"ul*cher\, Sepulchre \Sep"ul*chre\, n. [OE. sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F. s[82]pulcre, fr. L. sepulcrum, sepulchrum, fr. sepelire to bury.] The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb. The stony entrance of this sepulcher. --Shak. The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulcher. --John xx. 1. {A whited sepulcher}. Fig.: Any person who is fair outwardly but unclean or vile within. See --Matt. xxiii. 27. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Discount \Dis"count`\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]compte. See {Discount}, v. t.] 1. A counting off or deduction made from a gross sum on any account whatever; an allowance upon an account, debt, demand, price asked, and the like; something taken or deducted. 2. A deduction made for interest, in advancing money upon, or purchasing, a bill or note not due; payment in advance of interest upon money. 3. The rate of interest charged in discounting. {At a discount}, below par, or below the nominal value; hence, colloquially, out of favor; poorly esteemed; depreciated. {Bank discount}, a sum equal to the interest at a given rate on the principal (face) of a bill or note from the time of discounting until it become due. {Discount broker}, one who makes a business of discounting commercial paper; a bill broker. {Discount day}, a particular day of the week when a bank discounts bills. {True discount}, the interest which, added to a principal, will equal the face of a note when it becomes due. The principal yielding this interest is the present value of the note. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Odds \Odds\ ([ocr]dz), n. sing. & pl. [See {Odd}, a.] 1. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability. [bd]Pre[89]minent by so much odds.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The fearful odds of that unequal fray.[b8] --Trench. The odds Is that we scarce are men and you are gods. --Shak. There appeared, at least, four to one odds against them. --Swift. All the odds between them has been the different scope . . . given to their understandings to range in. --Locke. Judging is balancing an account and determining on which side the odds lie. --Locke. 2. Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase at odds. Set them into confounding odds. --Shak. I can not speak Any beginning to this peevish odds. --Shak. {At odds}, in dispute; at variance. [bd]These squires at odds did fall.[b8] --Spenser. [bd]He flashes into one gross crime or other, that sets us all at odds.[b8] --Shak. {It is odds}, it is probable. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Athetize \Ath"e*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Athetized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Athetizing}.] [Gr. [?], fr. [?] set aside, not fixed; [?] not + [?] to place.] To set aside or reject as spurious, as by marking with an obelus. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Athetize \Ath"e*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Athetized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Athetizing}.] [Gr. [?], fr. [?] set aside, not fixed; [?] not + [?] to place.] To set aside or reject as spurious, as by marking with an obelus. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Athetize \Ath"e*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Athetized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Athetizing}.] [Gr. [?], fr. [?] set aside, not fixed; [?] not + [?] to place.] To set aside or reject as spurious, as by marking with an obelus. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Audit \Au"dit\, n. [L. auditus a hearing, fr. audire. See {Audible}, a.] 1. An audience; a hearing. [Obs.] He appeals to a high audit. --Milton. 2. An examination in general; a judicial examination. Note: Specifically: An examination of an account or of accounts, with the hearing of the parties concerned, by proper officers, or persons appointed for that purpose, who compare the charges with the vouchers, examine witnesses, and state the result. 3. The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account. Yet I can make my audit up. --Shak. 4. A general receptacle or receiver. [Obs.] It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud. --Jer. Taylor. {Audit ale}, a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit. {Audit house}, {Audit room}, an appendage to a cathedral, for the transaction of its business. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Autotheism \Au"to*the`ism\, n. [Auto- + theism.] 1. The doctrine of God's self-existence. [R.] 2. Deification of one's self; self-worship. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Autotheist \Au"to*the`ist\, n. One given to self-worship. [R.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Autotoxic \Au`to*tox"ic\, a. [Auto- + toxic.] (Med.) Pertaining to, or causing, autotox[91]mia. | |
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Autotoxication \Au`to*tox`i*ca"tion\, n. [Auto- + toxication.] (Physiol.) Same as {Auto-intoxication}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
AT Attachment {Advanced Technology Attachment} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
AT Attachment Packet Interface additional commands to control a {CD-ROM} drive or {magnetic tape}. [Winn L. Rosch "The Winn L. Rosch Hardware Bible" (Third Edition), Sams Publishing, 1994]. (1998-11-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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