English Dictionary: alloantibody | by the DICT Development Group |
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Ailanthus \Ai*lan"thus\, n. Same as {Ailantus}. | |
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Ailantus \Ai*lan"tus\, n. [From aylanto, i. e., tree of heaven, the name of the tree in the Moluccas.] (Bot.) A genus of beautiful trees, natives of the East Indies. The tree imperfectly di[oe]cious, and the staminate or male plant is very offensive when blossom. | |
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Tree \Tree\ (tr[emac]), n. [OE. tree, tre, treo, AS. tre[a2], tre[a2]w, tree, wood; akin to OFries. tr[emac], OS. treo, trio, Icel. tr[emac], Dan. tr[91], Sw. tr[84], tr[84]d, Goth. triu, Russ. drevo, W. derw an oak, Ir. darag, darog, Gr. dry^s a tree, oak, do`ry a beam, spear shaft, spear, Skr. dru tree, wood, d[be]ru wood. [root]63, 241. Cf. {Dryad}, {Germander}, {Tar}, n., {Trough}.] 1. (Bot.) Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk. Note: The kind of tree referred to, in any particular case, is often indicated by a modifying word; as forest tree, fruit tree, palm tree, apple tree, pear tree, etc. 2. Something constructed in the form of, or considered as resembling, a tree, consisting of a stem, or stock, and branches; as, a genealogical tree. 3. A piece of timber, or something commonly made of timber; -- used in composition, as in axletree, boottree, chesstree, crosstree, whiffletree, and the like. 4. A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree. [Jesus] whom they slew and hanged on a tree. --Acts x. 39. 5. Wood; timber. [Obs.] --Chaucer. In a great house ben not only vessels of gold and of silver but also of tree and of earth. --Wyclif (2 Tim. ii. 20). 6. (Chem.) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution. See {Lead tree}, under {Lead}. {Tree bear} (Zo[94]l.), the raccoon. [Local, U. S.] {Tree beetle} (Zo[94]l.) any one of numerous species of beetles which feed on the leaves of trees and shrubs, as the May beetles, the rose beetle, the rose chafer, and the goldsmith beetle. {Tree bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects which live upon, and suck the sap of, trees and shrubs. They belong to {Arma}, {Pentatoma}, {Rhaphigaster}, and allied genera. {Tree cat} (Zool.), the common paradoxure ({Paradoxurus musang}). {Tree clover} (Bot.), a tall kind of melilot ({Melilotus alba}). See {Melilot}. {Tree crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. See under {Purse}. {Tree creeper} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of arboreal creepers belonging to {Certhia}, {Climacteris}, and allied genera. See {Creeper}, 3. {Tree cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a nearly white arboreal American cricket ({Ecanthus niv[oe]us}) which is noted for its loud stridulation; -- called also {white cricket}. {Tree crow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World crows belonging to {Crypsirhina} and allied genera, intermediate between the true crows and the jays. The tail is long, and the bill is curved and without a tooth. {Tree dove} (Zo[94]l.) any one of several species of East Indian and Asiatic doves belonging to {Macropygia} and allied genera. They have long and broad tails, are chiefly arboreal in their habits, and feed mainly on fruit. {Tree duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of ducks belonging to {Dendrocygna} and allied genera. These ducks have a long and slender neck and a long hind toe. They are arboreal in their habits, and are found in the tropical parts of America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. {Tree fern} (Bot.), an arborescent fern having a straight trunk, sometimes twenty or twenty-five feet high, or even higher, and bearing a cluster of fronds at the top. Most of the existing species are tropical. {Tree fish} (Zo[94]l.), a California market fish ({Sebastichthys serriceps}). {Tree frog}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Same as {Tree toad}. (b) Any one of numerous species of Old World frogs belonging to {Chiromantis}, {Rhacophorus}, and allied genera of the family {Ranid[91]}. Their toes are furnished with suckers for adhesion. The flying frog (see under {Flying}) is an example. {Tree goose} (Zo[94]l.), the bernicle goose. {Tree hopper} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small leaping hemipterous insects which live chiefly on the branches and twigs of trees, and injure them by sucking the sap. Many of them are very odd in shape, the prothorax being often prolonged upward or forward in the form of a spine or crest. {Tree jobber} (Zo[94]l.), a woodpecker. [Obs.] {Tree kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}. {Tree lark} (Zo[94]l.), the tree pipit. [Prov. Eng.] {Tree lizard} (Zo[94]l.), any one of a group of Old World arboreal lizards ({Dendrosauria}) comprising the chameleons. {Tree lobster}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Tree crab}, above. {Tree louse} (Zo[94]l.), any aphid; a plant louse. {Tree moss}. (Bot.) (a) Any moss or lichen growing on trees. (b) Any species of moss in the form of a miniature tree. {Tree mouse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of African mice of the subfamily {Dendromyin[91]}. They have long claws and habitually live in trees. {Tree nymph}, a wood nymph. See {Dryad}. {Tree of a saddle}, a saddle frame. {Tree of heaven} (Bot.), an ornamental tree ({Ailantus glandulosus}) having long, handsome pinnate leaves, and greenish flowers of a disagreeable odor. {Tree of life} (Bot.), a tree of the genus Thuja; arbor vit[91]. {Tree onion} (Bot.), a species of garlic ({Allium proliferum}) which produces bulbs in place of flowers, or among its flowers. {Tree oyster} (Zo[94]l.), a small American oyster ({Ostrea folium}) which adheres to the roots of the mangrove tree; -- called also {raccoon oyster}. {Tree pie} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Asiatic birds of the genus {Dendrocitta}. The tree pies are allied to the magpie. {Tree pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of longwinged arboreal pigeons native of Asia, Africa, and Australia, and belonging to {Megaloprepia}, {Carpophaga}, and allied genera. {Tree pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Pipit}. {Tree porcupine} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Central and South American arboreal porcupines belonging to the genera {Ch[91]tomys} and {Sphingurus}. They have an elongated and somewhat prehensile tail, only four toes on the hind feet, and a body covered with short spines mixed with bristles. One South American species ({S. villosus}) is called also {couiy}; another ({S. prehensilis}) is called also {c[oe]ndou}. {Tree rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large ratlike West Indian rodents belonging to the genera {Capromys} and {Plagiodon}. They are allied to the porcupines. {Tree serpent} (Zo[94]l.), a tree snake. {Tree shrike} (Zo[94]l.), a bush shrike. {Tree snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of snakes of the genus {Dendrophis}. They live chiefly among the branches of trees, and are not venomous. {Tree sorrel} (Bot.), a kind of sorrel ({Rumex Lunaria}) which attains the stature of a small tree, and bears greenish flowers. It is found in the Canary Islands and Teneriffe. {Tree sparrow} (Zo[94]l.) any one of several species of small arboreal sparrows, especially the American tree sparrow ({Spizella monticola}), and the common European species ({Passer montanus}). {Tree swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of swallows of the genus {Hylochelidon} which lay their eggs in holes in dead trees. They inhabit Australia and adjacent regions. Called also {martin} in Australia. {Tree swift} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of swifts of the genus {Dendrochelidon} which inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. {Tree tiger} (Zo[94]l.), a leopard. {Tree toad} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of amphibians belonging to {Hyla} and allied genera of the family {Hylid[91]}. They are related to the common frogs and toads, but have the tips of the toes expanded into suckers by means of which they cling to the bark and leaves of trees. Only one species ({Hyla arborea}) is found in Europe, but numerous species occur in America and Australia. The common tree toad of the Northern United States ({H. versicolor}) is noted for the facility with which it changes its colors. Called also {tree frog}. See also {Piping frog}, under {Piping}, and {Cricket frog}, under {Cricket}. {Tree warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arboreal warblers belonging to {Phylloscopus} and allied genera. {Tree wool} (Bot.), a fine fiber obtained from the leaves of pine trees. | |
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Alamodality \Al`a*mo*dal"i*ty\, n. The quality of being [85] la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness. [R.] --Southey. | |
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Alamode \Al"a*mode`\, adv. & a. [F. [85] la mode after the fashion.] According to the fashion or prevailing mode. [bd]Alamode beef shops.[b8] --Macaulay. | |
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Alamode \Al"a*mode`\, n. A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode. --Buchanan. | |
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Aland \A*land"\, adv. [Pref. a- + land.] On land; to the land; ashore. [bd]Cast aland.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Inulin \In"u*lin\, n. [From NL. Inula Helenium, the elecampane: cf. F. inuline.] (Chem.) A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as {Inula}, {Helianthus}, {Campanula}, etc., and is extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called also {dahlin}, {helenin}, {alantin}, etc. | |
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Alantin \A*lan"tin\, n. [G. alant elecampane, the Inula helenium of Linn[91]us.] (Chem.) See {Inulin}. | |
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Inulin \In"u*lin\, n. [From NL. Inula Helenium, the elecampane: cf. F. inuline.] (Chem.) A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as {Inula}, {Helianthus}, {Campanula}, etc., and is extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called also {dahlin}, {helenin}, {alantin}, etc. | |
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Alantin \A*lan"tin\, n. [G. alant elecampane, the Inula helenium of Linn[91]us.] (Chem.) See {Inulin}. | |
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Alaunt \A*launt"\, n. See {Alan}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Alienate \Al"ien*ate\, n. A stranger; an alien. [Obs.] | |
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Alienate \Al"ien*ate\ ([amac]l"y[eit]n*[asl]t), a. [L. alienatus, p. p. of alienare, fr. alienus. See {Alien}, and cf. {Aliene}.] Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; -- with from. O alienate from God. --Milton. | |
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Alienate \Al"ien*ate\ (-[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alienated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alienating}.] 1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of. 2. To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from. The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. --Macaulay. The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present. --I. Taylor. | |
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Alienate \Al"ien*ate\ (-[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alienated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alienating}.] 1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of. 2. To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from. The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. --Macaulay. The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present. --I. Taylor. | |
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Alienate \Al"ien*ate\ (-[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alienated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alienating}.] 1. To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of. 2. To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; -- with from. The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. --Macaulay. The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present. --I. Taylor. | |
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Alienation \Al`ien*a"tion\, n. [F. ali[82]nation, L. alienatio, fr. alienare, fr. alienare. See {Alienate}.] 1. The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated. 2. (Law) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another. 3. A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. The alienation of his heart from the king. --Bacon. 4. Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind. Syn: Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; delirium; frenzy; dementia; monomania. See {Insanity}. | |
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Alienator \Al"ien*a"tor\, n. One who alienates. | |
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Allineation \Al*lin`e*a"tion\, Alineation \A*lin`e*a"tion\, n. Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. --Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. --C. A. Young. | |
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Alineation \A*lin`e*a"tion\, n. See {Allineation}. | |
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World \World\, n. [OE. world, werld, weorld, weoreld, AS. weorold, worold; akin to OS. werold, D. wereld, OHG. weralt, worolt, werolt, werlt, G. welt, Icel. ver[94]ld, Sw. verld, Dan. verden; properly, the age of man, lifetime, humanity; AS. wer a man + a word akin to E. old; cf. AS. yld lifetime, age, ylde men, humanity. Cf. {Werewolf}, {Old}.] 1. The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe. The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen. --Rom. 1. 20. With desire to know, What nearer might concern him, how this world Of heaven and earth conspicuous first began. --Milton. 2. Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests; as, a plurality of worlds. [bd]Lord of the worlds above.[b8] --I. Watts. Amongst innumerable stars, that shone Star distant, but high-hand seemed other worlds. --Milton. There may be other worlds, where the inhabitants have never violated their allegiance to their almighty Sovereign. --W. B. Sprague. 3. The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the sum of human affairs and interests. That forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe. --Milton. 4. In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future world; the heathen world. One of the greatest in the Christian world Shall be my surety. --Shak. Murmuring that now they must be put to make war beyond the world's end -- for so they counted Britain. --Milton. 5. The customs, practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the world. Happy is she that from the world retires. --Waller. If knowledge of the world makes man perfidious, May Juba ever live in ignorance. --Addison. 6. Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as, to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and begin the world anew. 7. The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind. Since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to any purpose that the world can say against it. --Shak. Tell me, wench, how will the world repute me For undertaking so unstaid a journey? --Shak. 8. The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the life to come; the present existence and its interests; hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind. I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. --John xvii. 9. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. --1 John ii. 15, 16. 9. As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity; a large number. [bd]A world of men.[b8] --Chapman. [bd]A world of blossoms for the bee.[b8] --Bryant. Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company. --Shak. A world of woes dispatched in little space. --Dryden. {All . . . in the world}, all that exists; all that is possible; as, all the precaution in the world would not save him. {A world to see}, a wonder to see; something admirable or surprising to see. [Obs.] O, you are novices; 't is a world to see How tame, when men and women are alone, A meacock wretch can make the curstest shrew. --Shak. {For all the world}. (a) Precisely; exactly. (b) For any consideration. {Seven wonders of the world}. See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. {To go to the world}, to be married. [Obs.] [bd]Thus goes every one to the world but I . . .; I may sit in a corner and cry heighho for a husband![b8] --Shak. {World's end}, the end, or most distant part, of the world; the remotest regions. {World without end}, eternally; forever; everlastingly; as if in a state of existence having no end. Throughout all ages, world without end. --Eph. iii. 21. | |
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--Shak. The number slain on the rebel's part were some two thousand. --Bacon. 5. Considerable in number or quality. [bd]Bore us some leagues to sea.[b8] --Shak. On its outer point, some miles away. The lighthouse lifts its massive masonry. --Longfellow. 6. Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinct from other or others; as, some men believe one thing, and others another. Some [seeds] fell among thorns; . . . but other fell into good ground. --Matt. xiii. 7, 8. 7. A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions. Your edicts some reclaim from sins, But most your life and blest example wins. --Dryden. {All and some}, one and all. See under {All}, adv. [Obs.] Note: The illiterate in the United States and Scotland often use some as an adverb, instead of somewhat, or an equivalent expression; as, I am some tired; he is some better; it rains some, etc. {Some . . . some}, one part . . . another part; these . . . those; -- used distributively. Some to the shores do fly, Some to the woods, or whither fear advised. --Daniel. Note: Formerly used also of single persons or things: this one . . . that one; one . . . another. Some in his bed, some in the deep sea. --Chaucer. | |
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Note: In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all so long, etc., this word retains its appropriate sense or becomes intensive. 2. Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) [Obs. or Poet.] All as his straying flock he fed. --Spenser. A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined. --Gay. {All to}, [or] {All-to}. In such phrases as [bd]all to rent,[b8] [bd]all to break,[b8] [bd]all-to frozen,[b8] etc., which are of frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb, equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether. But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all (as it does in [bd]all forlorn,[b8] and similar expressions), and the to properly belongs to the following word, being a kind of intensive prefix (orig. meaning asunder and answering to the LG. ter-, HG. zer-). It is frequently to be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus Wyclif says, [bd]The vail of the temple was to rent:[b8] and of Judas, [bd]He was hanged and to-burst the middle:[b8] i. e., burst in two, or asunder. {All along}. See under {Along}. {All and some}, individually and collectively, one and all. [Obs.] [bd]Displeased all and some.[b8] --Fairfax. {All but}. (a) Scarcely; not even. [Obs.] --Shak. (b) Almost; nearly. [bd]The fine arts were all but proscribed.[b8] --Macaulay. {All hollow}, entirely, completely; as, to beat any one all hollow. [Low] {All one}, the same thing in effect; that is, wholly the same thing. {All over}, over the whole extent; thoroughly; wholly; as, she is her mother all over. [Colloq.] {All the better}, wholly the better; that is, better by the whole difference. {All the same}, nevertheless. [bd]There they [certain phenomena] remain rooted all the same, whether we recognize them or not.[b8] --J. C. Shairp. [bd]But Rugby is a very nice place all the same.[b8] --T. Arnold. -- See also under {All}, n. | |
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Sundry \Sun"dry\, a. [OE. sundry, sondry, AS. syndrig, fr. sundor asunder. See {Sunder}, v. t.] 1. Several; divers; more than one or two; various. [bd]Sundry wines.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Sundry weighty reasons.[b8] --Shak. With many a sound of sundry melody. --Chaucer. Sundry foes the rural realm surround. --Dryden. 2. Separate; diverse. [Obs.] Every church almost had the Bible of a sundry translation. --Coleridge. {All and sundry}, all collectively, and each separately. | |
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Hand \Hand\, n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[94]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See {Manus}. 2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand; as: (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. (b) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock. 3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses. 4. Side; part; direction, either right or left. On this hand and that hand, were hangings. --Ex. xxxviii. 15. The Protestants were then on the winning hand. --Milton. 5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator. --Addison. 6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance. To change the hand in carrying on the war. --Clarendon. Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand. --Judges vi. 36. 7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking. A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for. --Locke. I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile. --Hazlitt. 8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature. I say she never did invent this letter; This is a man's invention and his hand. --Shak. Some writs require a judge's hand. --Burril. 9. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural. [bd]Receiving in hand one year's tribute.[b8] --Knolles. Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the goverment of Britain. --Milton. 10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new. 11. Rate; price. [Obs.] [bd]Business is bought at a dear hand, where there is small dispatch.[b8] --Bacon. 12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as: (a) (Card Playing) The quota of cards received from the dealer. (b) (Tobacco Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. 13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. Note: Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as: (a) Activity; operation; work; -- in distinction from the head, which implies thought, and the heart, which implies affection. [bd]His hand will be against every man.[b8] --Gen. xvi. 12. (b) Power; might; supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures. [bd]With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over you.[b8] --Ezek. xx. 33. (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand; to give the right hand. (d) Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as, to ask the hand; to pledge the hand. Note: Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand; as, hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe: used by, or designed for, the hand; as, hand ball or handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the hand; as, handbreadth or hand's breadth, hand gallop or hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following paragraph are written either as two words or in combination. {Hand bag}, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books, papers, parcels, etc. {Hand basket}, a small or portable basket. {Hand bell}, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell. --Bacon. {Hand bill}, a small pruning hook. See 4th {Bill}. {Hand car}. See under {Car}. {Hand director} (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a good position of the hands and arms when playing on the piano; a hand guide. {Hand drop}. See {Wrist drop}. {Hand gallop}. See under {Gallop}. {Hand gear} (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine, or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power, may be operated by hand. {Hand glass}. (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of plants. (b) A small mirror with a handle. {Hand guide}. Same as {Hand director} (above). {Hand language}, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology. {Hand lathe}. See under {Lathe}. {Hand money}, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest money. {Hand organ} (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank turned by hand. {Hand plant}. (Bot.) Same as {Hand tree} (below). -- {Hand rail}, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by. --Gwilt. {Hand sail}, a sail managed by the hand. --Sir W. Temple. {Hand screen}, a small screen to be held in the hand. {Hand screw}, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp. {Hand staff} (pl. {Hand staves}), a javelin. --Ezek. xxxix. 9. {Hand stamp}, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or canceling papers, envelopes, etc. {Hand tree} (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico ({Cheirostemon platanoides}), having red flowers whose stamens unite in the form of a hand. {Hand vise}, a small vise held in the hand in doing small work. --Moxon. {Hand work}, [or] {Handwork}, work done with the hands, as distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork. {All hands}, everybody; all parties. {At all hands}, {On all hands}, on all sides; from every direction; generally. {At any hand}, {At no hand}, in any (or no) way or direction; on any account; on no account. [bd]And therefore at no hand consisting with the safety and interests of humility.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. {At first hand}, {At second hand}. See def. 10 (above). {At hand}. (a) Near in time or place; either present and within reach, or not far distant. [bd]Your husband is at hand; I hear his trumpet.[b8] --Shak. (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] [bd]Horses hot at hand.[b8] --Shak. {At the hand of}, by the act of; as a gift from. [bd]Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil?[b8] --Job ii. 10. {Bridle hand}. See under {Bridle}. {By hand}, with the hands, in distinction from instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as, to weed a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand. {Clean hands}, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. [bd]He that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.[b8] --Job xvii. 9. {From hand to hand}, from one person to another. {Hand in hand}. (a) In union; conjointly; unitedly. --Swift. (b) Just; fair; equitable. As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand comparison. --Shak. {Hand over hand}, {Hand over fist}, by passing the hands alternately one before or above another; as, to climb hand over hand; also, rapidly; as, to come up with a chase hand over hand. {Hand over head}, negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does. [Obs.] --Bacon. {Hand running}, consecutively; as, he won ten times hand running. {Hand off!} keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling! {Hand to hand}, in close union; in close fight; as, a hand to hand contest. --Dryden. {Heavy hand}, severity or oppression. {In hand}. (a) Paid down. [bd]A considerable reward in hand, and . . . a far greater reward hereafter.[b8] --Tillotson. (b) In preparation; taking place. --Chaucer. [bd]Revels . . . in hand.[b8] --Shak. (c) Under consideration, or in the course of transaction; as, he has the business in hand. {In one's hand} [or] {hands}. (a) In one's possession or keeping. (b) At one's risk, or peril; as, I took my life in my hand. {Laying on of hands}, a form used in consecrating to office, in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons. {Light hand}, gentleness; moderation. {Note of hand}, a promissory note. {Off hand}, {Out of hand}, forthwith; without delay, hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. [bd]She causeth them to be hanged up out of hand.[b8] --Spenser. {Off one's hands}, out of one's possession or care. {On hand}, in present possession; as, he has a supply of goods on hand. {On one's hands}, in one's possession care, or management. {Putting the hand under the thigh}, an ancient Jewish ceremony used in swearing. {Right hand}, the place of honor, power, and strength. {Slack hand}, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth. {Strict hand}, severe discipline; rigorous government. {To bear a hand} (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten. {To bear in hand}, to keep in expectation with false pretenses. [Obs.] --Shak. {To be} {hand and glove, [or] in glove} {with}. See under {Glove}. {To be on the mending hand}, to be convalescent or improving. {To bring up by hand}, to feed (an infant) without suckling it. {To change hand}. See {Change}. {To change hands}, to change sides, or change owners. --Hudibras. {To clap the hands}, to express joy or applause, as by striking the palms of the hands together. {To come to hand}, to be received; to be taken into possession; as, the letter came to hand yesterday. {To get hand}, to gain influence. [Obs.] Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them. --Baxter. {To got one's hand in}, to make a beginning in a certain work; to become accustomed to a particular business. {To have a hand in}, to be concerned in; to have a part or concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in. {To have in hand}. (a) To have in one's power or control. --Chaucer. (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with. {To have one's hands full}, to have in hand al that one can do, or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with difficulties. {To} {have, [or] get}, {the (higher) upper hand}, to have, or get, the better of another person or thing. {To his hand}, {To my hand}, etc., in readiness; already prepared. [bd]The work is made to his hands.[b8] --Locke. {To hold hand}, to compete successfully or on even conditions. [Obs.] --Shak. {To lay hands on}, to seize; to assault. {To lend a hand}, to give assistance. {To} {lift, [or] put forth}, {the hand against}, to attack; to oppose; to kill. {To live from hand to mouth}, to obtain food and other necessaries as want compels, without previous provision. {To make one's hand}, to gain advantage or profit. {To put the hand unto}, to steal. --Ex. xxii. 8. {To put the} {last, [or] finishing}, {hand to}, to make the last corrections in; to complete; to perfect. {To set the hand to}, to engage in; to undertake. That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to. --Deut. xxiii. 20. {To stand one in hand}, to concern or affect one. {To strike hands}, to make a contract, or to become surety for another's debt or good behavior. {To take in hand}. (a) To attempt or undertake. (b) To seize and deal with; as, he took him in hand. {To wash the hands of}, to disclaim or renounce interest in, or responsibility for, a person or action; as, to wash one's hands of a business. --Matt. xxvii. 24. {Under the hand of}, authenticated by the handwriting or signature of; as, the deed is executed under the hand and seal of the owner. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wind \Wind\ (w[icr]nd, in poetry and singing often w[imac]nd; 277), n. [AS. wind; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. wind, OHG. wint, Dan. & Sw. vind, Icel. vindr, Goth winds, W. gwynt, L. ventus, Skr. v[be]ta (cf. Gr. 'ah`ths a blast, gale, 'ah^nai to breathe hard, to blow, as the wind); originally a p. pr. from the verb seen in Skr. v[be] to blow, akin to AS. w[be]wan, D. waaijen, G. wehen, OHG. w[be]en, w[be]jen, Goth. waian. [root]131. Cf. {Air}, {Ventail}, {Ventilate}, {Window}, {Winnow}.] 1. Air naturally in motion with any degree of velocity; a current of air. Except wind stands as never it stood, It is an ill wind that turns none to good. --Tusser. Winds were soft, and woods were green. --Longfellow. 2. Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows. 3. Breath modulated by the respiratory and vocal organs, or by an instrument. Their instruments were various in their kind, Some for the bow, and some for breathing wind. --Dryden. 4. Power of respiration; breath. If my wind were but long enough to say my prayers, I would repent. --Shak. 5. Air or gas generated in the stomach or bowels; flatulence; as, to be troubled with wind. 6. Air impregnated with an odor or scent. A pack of dogfish had him in the wind. --Swift. 7. A direction from which the wind may blow; a point of the compass; especially, one of the cardinal points, which are often called the four winds. Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain. --Ezek. xxxvii. 9. Note: This sense seems to have had its origin in the East. The Hebrews gave to each of the four cardinal points the name of wind. 8. (Far.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing. 9. Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words. Nor think thou with wind Of airy threats to awe. --Milton. 10. (Zo[94]l.) The dotterel. [Prov. Eng.] Note: Wind is often used adjectively, or as the first part of compound words. {All in the wind}. (Naut.) See under {All}, n. {Before the wind}. (Naut.) See under {Before}. {Between wind and water} (Naut.), in that part of a ship's side or bottom which is frequently brought above water by the rolling of the ship, or fluctuation of the water's surface. Hence, colloquially, (as an injury to that part of a vessel, in an engagement, is particularly dangerous) the vulnerable part or point of anything. {Cardinal winds}. See under {Cardinal}, a. {Down the wind}. (a) In the direction of, and moving with, the wind; as, birds fly swiftly down the wind. (b) Decaying; declining; in a state of decay. [Obs.] [bd]He went down the wind still.[b8] --L'Estrange. {In the wind's eye} (Naut.), directly toward the point from which the wind blows. {Three sheets in the wind}, unsteady from drink. [Sailors' Slang] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
All \All\, n. The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake. Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. --Shak. All that thou seest is mine. --Gen. xxxi. 43. Note: All is used with of, like a partitive; as, all of a thing, all of us. {After all}, after considering everything to the contrary; nevertheless. {All in all}, a phrase which signifies all things to a person, or everything desired; (also adverbially) wholly; altogether. Thou shalt be all in all, and I in thee, Forever. --Milton. Trust me not at all, or all in all. --Tennyson. {All in the wind} (Naut.), a phrase denoting that the sails are parallel with the course of the wind, so as to shake. {All told}, all counted; in all. {And all}, and the rest; and everything connected. [bd]Bring our crown and all.[b8] --Shak. {At all}. (a) In every respect; wholly; thoroughly. [Obs.] [bd]She is a shrew at al(l).[b8] --Chaucer. (b) A phrase much used by way of enforcement or emphasis, usually in negative or interrogative sentences, and signifying in any way or respect; in the least degree or to the least extent; in the least; under any circumstances; as, he has no ambition at all; has he any property at all? [bd]Nothing at all.[b8] --Shak. [bd]If thy father at all miss me.[b8] --1 Sam. xx. 6. {Over all}, everywhere. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Note: All is much used in composition to enlarge the meaning, or add force to a word. In some instances, it is completely incorporated into words, and its final consonant is dropped, as in almighty, already, always: but, in most instances, it is an adverb prefixed to adjectives or participles, but usually with a hyphen, as, all-bountiful, all-glorious, allimportant, all-surrounding, etc. In others it is an adjective; as, allpower, all-giver. Anciently many words, as, alabout, alaground, etc., were compounded with all, which are now written separately. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Allanite \Al"lan*ite\, n. [From T. Allan, who first distinguished it as a species.] (min.) A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Allantoic \Al`lan*to"ic\, a. [Cf. F. allanto[8b]que.] Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois. {Allantoic acid}. (Chem.) See {Allantoin}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Allantoic \Al`lan*to"ic\, a. [Cf. F. allanto[8b]que.] Pertaining to, or contained in, the allantois. {Allantoic acid}. (Chem.) See {Allantoin}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Allantois \[d8]Al*lan"to*is\, Allantoid \Al*lan"toid\, ] n.. (Anat.) A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Allantoid \Al*lan"toid\, Allantoidal \Al`lan*toid"al\, a. [Gr. [?] shaped like a sausage; [?] sausage + [?] form.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the allantois. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Allantoid \Al*lan"toid\, Allantoidal \Al`lan*toid"al\, a. [Gr. [?] shaped like a sausage; [?] sausage + [?] form.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the allantois. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Allantoin \Al*lan"to*in\, n. (Chem.) A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lantanuric \Lan`ta*nu"ric\, a. [Formed by transposition of the letters of allantoin and -uric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, and usually called {allanturic acid}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alliant \Al*li"ant\, n. [Cf. F. alliant, p. pr.] An ally; a confederate. [Obs. & R.] --Sir H. Wotton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Allineate \Al*lin"e*ate\, v. t. [L. ad + lineatus, p. p. of lineare to draw a line.] To align. [R.] --Herschel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Allineation \Al*lin`e*a"tion\, Alineation \A*lin`e*a"tion\, n. Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. --Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. --C. A. Young. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Leek \Leek\ (l[emac]k), n. [AS. le[a0]c; akin to D. look, G. lauch, OHG. louh, Icel. laukr, Sw. l[94]k, Dan l[94]g. Cf. {Garlic}.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Allium} ({A. Porrum}), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the common onion. {Wild leek}, in America, a plant ({Allium tricoccum}) with a cluster of ovoid bulbs and large oblong elliptical leaves. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Allmouth \All"mouth`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The angler. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Angler \An"gler\, n. 1. One who angles. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A fish ({Lophius piscatorius}), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also {fishing frog}, {frogfish}, {toadfish}, {goosefish}, {allmouth}, {monkfish}, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Allmouth \All"mouth`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The angler. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Angler \An"gler\, n. 1. One who angles. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A fish ({Lophius piscatorius}), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also {fishing frog}, {frogfish}, {toadfish}, {goosefish}, {allmouth}, {monkfish}, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Alunite \Al"u*nite\, n. (Min.) Alum stone. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Alameda, CA (city, FIPS 562) Location: 37.75277 N, 122.27589 W Population (1990): 76459 (30520 housing units) Area: 27.8 sq km (land), 31.7 sq km (water) Alameda, NM Zip code(s): 87114 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Alameda County, CA (county, FIPS 1) Location: 37.65385 N, 121.91395 W Population (1990): 1279182 (504109 housing units) Area: 1910.1 sq km (land), 216.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Alamota, KS Zip code(s): 67839 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Allendale, IL (village, FIPS 815) Location: 38.52757 N, 87.71029 W Population (1990): 476 (198 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62410 Allendale, MI (CDP, FIPS 1340) Location: 42.98574 N, 85.95175 W Population (1990): 6950 (1828 housing units) Area: 59.1 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49401 Allendale, MO (town, FIPS 712) Location: 40.48622 N, 94.28870 W Population (1990): 58 (44 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Allendale, NJ (borough, FIPS 700) Location: 41.03319 N, 74.13283 W Population (1990): 5900 (1915 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07401 Allendale, SC (town, FIPS 955) Location: 33.00809 N, 81.30974 W Population (1990): 4410 (1698 housing units) Area: 8.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29810 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Allendale County, SC (county, FIPS 5) Location: 32.99088 N, 81.35491 W Population (1990): 11722 (4242 housing units) Area: 1057.3 sq km (land), 11.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Allenton, WI Zip code(s): 53002 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Allentown, GA (town, FIPS 1500) Location: 32.59387 N, 83.22599 W Population (1990): 273 (123 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31003 Allentown, NJ (borough, FIPS 760) Location: 40.17565 N, 74.58688 W Population (1990): 1828 (680 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08501 Allentown, PA (city, FIPS 2000) Location: 40.59633 N, 75.47767 W Population (1990): 105090 (45636 housing units) Area: 45.9 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18101, 18102, 18103, 18104 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Allenwood, PA Zip code(s): 17810 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Almedia, PA (CDP, FIPS 2088) Location: 41.01441 N, 76.38798 W Population (1990): 1116 (459 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Alondra Park, CA (CDP, FIPS 1150) Location: 33.88955 N, 118.32997 W Population (1990): 12215 (4290 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Aulander, NC (town, FIPS 2580) Location: 36.22887 N, 77.11364 W Population (1990): 1209 (493 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27805 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Alan M. Turing {Alan Turing} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Alan Turing British mathematician, inventor of the {Turing Machine}. Turing also proposed the {Turing test}. Turing's work was fundamental in the theoretical foundations of computer science. Turing was a student and fellow of {King's College Cambridge} and was a graduate student at {Princeton University} from 1936 to 1938. While at Princeton Turing published "On Computable Numbers", a paper in which he conceived an {abstract machine}, now called a {Turing Machine}. Turing returned to England in 1938 and during World War II, he worked in the British Foreign Office. He masterminded operations at {Bletchley Park}, UK which were highly successful in cracking the Nazis "Enigma" codes during World War II. Some of his early advances in computer design were inspired by the need to perform many repetitive symbolic manipulations quickly. Before the building of the {Colossus} computer this work was done by a roomful of women. In 1945 he joined the {National Physical Laboratory} in London and worked on the design and construction of a large computer, named {Automatic Computing Engine} (ACE). In 1949 Turing became deputy director of the Computing Laboratory at Manchester where the {Manchester Automatic Digital Machine}, the worlds largest memory computer, was being built. He also worked on theories of {artificial intelligence}, and on the application of mathematical theory to biological forms. In 1952 he published the first part of his theoretical study of morphogenesis, the development of pattern and form in living organisms. Turing was gay, and died rather young under mysterious circumstances. He was arrested for violation of British homosexuality statutes in 1952. He died of potassium cyanide poisoning while conducting electrolysis experiments. An inquest concluded that it was self-administered but it is now thought by some to have been an accident. There is an excellent biography of Turing by Andrew Hodges, subtitled "The Enigma of Intelligence" and a play based on it called "Breaking the Code". There was also a popular summary of his work in Douglas Hofstadter's book "Gödel, Escher, Bach". {(http://www.AlanTuring.net/)}. (2001-10-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Aloha Net functioning {networks} in the USA, conceived and implimented at the {University of Hawaii} campus at Manoa. Its purpose was to link the University {mainframe} computer to client computers located on outer islands at University campuses. Put in place in the early 1970s, it was dubed the Aloha Net. {Key punch} cards were fed through a reader, and sent over the commercial phone lines. (1995-12-10) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Alamoth virgins, a musical term (1 Chr. 15:20), denoting that the psalm which bears this inscription (Ps. 46) was to be sung by soprano or female voices. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Alemeth covering. (1.) One of the nine sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:8). (2.) One of the sons of Jehoadah, or Jarah, son of Ahaz (1 Chr. 8:36). (3.) A sacerdotal city of Benjamin (1 Chr. 6:60), called also Almon (Josh. 21:18), now Almit, a mile north-east of the ancient Anathoth. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Almodad immeasurable, the first named of the sons of Joktan (Gen. 10:26), the founder of an Arabian tribe. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Alemeth, hiding; youth; worlds; upon the dead | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Almodad, measure of God |