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Alatern \Al"a*tern\, d8Alaternus \[d8]Al`a*ter"nus\, n. [L. ala wing + terni three each.] (Bot.) An ornamental evergreen shrub ({Rhamnus alaternus}) belonging to the buckthorns. | |
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Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi[?]r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.] 1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; -- frequently used in the plural. Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak. 2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. [bd]To worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.[b8] --Milton. 3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain. Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose and lignin, which are isomeric with starch. 4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses. {Wood acid}, {Wood vinegar} (Chem.), a complex acid liquid obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically, acetic acid. Formerly called {pyroligneous acid}. {Wood anemone} (Bot.), a delicate flower ({Anemone nemorosa}) of early spring; -- also called {windflower}. See Illust. of {Anemone}. {Wood ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}) which lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests. {Wood apple} (Bot.). See {Elephant apple}, under {Elephant}. {Wood baboon} (Zo[94]l.), the drill. {Wood betony}. (Bot.) (a) Same as {Betony}. (b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or purplish flowers. {Wood borer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles, buprestidans, and certain weevils. See {Apple borer}, under {Apple}, and {Pine weevil}, under {Pine}. (b) The larva of any one of various species of lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under {Peach}), and of the goat moths. (c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the tribe Urocerata. See {Tremex}. (d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood, as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga. (e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the {Limnoria}, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura terebrans}). {Wood carpet}, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth. --Knight. {Wood cell} (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the principal constituent of woody fiber. {Wood choir}, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods. [Poetic] --Coleridge. {Wood coal}, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal. {Wood cricket} (Zo[94]l.), a small European cricket ({Nemobius sylvestris}). {Wood culver} (Zo[94]l.), the wood pigeon. {Wood cut}, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an engraving. {Wood dove} (Zo[94]l.), the stockdove. {Wood drink}, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods. {Wood duck} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A very beautiful American duck ({Aix sponsa}). The male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal duck}, {summer duck}, and {wood widgeon}. (b) The hooded merganser. (c) The Australian maned goose ({Chlamydochen jubata}). {Wood echo}, an echo from the wood. {Wood engraver}. (a) An engraver on wood. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any of several species of small beetles whose larv[91] bore beneath the bark of trees, and excavate furrows in the wood often more or less resembling coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus xylographus}. {Wood engraving}. (a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography. (b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from such an engraving. {Wood fern}. (Bot.) See {Shield fern}, under {Shield}. {Wood fiber}. (a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue. (b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty mass. {Wood fretter} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of beetles whose larv[91] bore in the wood, or beneath the bark, of trees. {Wood frog} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American frog ({Rana sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown, with a black stripe on each side of the head. {Wood germander}. (Bot.) See under {Germander}. {Wood god}, a fabled sylvan deity. {Wood grass}. (Bot.) See under {Grass}. {Wood grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The capercailzie. (b) The spruce partridge. See under {Spruce}. {Wood guest} (Zo[94]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.] {Wood hen}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged rails of the genus {Ocydromus}, including the weka and allied species. (b) The American woodcock. {Wood hoopoe} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of Old World arboreal birds belonging to {Irrisor} and allied genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but have a curved beak, and a longer tail. {Wood ibis} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus {Tantalus}. The head and neck are naked or scantily covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus loculator}) is common in Florida. {Wood lark} (Zo[94]l.), a small European lark ({Alauda arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on trees. {Wood laurel} (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne Laureola}). {Wood leopard} (Zo[94]l.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera [91]sculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit trees. {Wood lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley. {Wood lock} (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the pintle, to keep the rudder from rising. {Wood louse} (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod Crustacea belonging to {Oniscus}, {Armadillo}, and related genera. See {Sow bug}, under Sow, and {Pill bug}, under {Pill}. (b) Any one of several species of small, wingless, pseudoneuropterous insects of the family {Psocid[91]}, which live in the crevices of walls and among old books and papers. Some of the species are called also {book lice}, and {deathticks}, or {deathwatches}. {Wood mite} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small mites of the family {Oribatid[91]}. They are found chiefly in woods, on tree trunks and stones. {Wood mote}. (Eng. Law) (a) Formerly, the forest court. (b) The court of attachment. {Wood nettle}. (Bot.) See under {Nettle}. {Wood nightshade} (Bot.), woody nightshade. {Wood nut} (Bot.), the filbert. {Wood nymph}. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled goddess of the woods; a dryad. [bd]The wood nymphs, decked with daisies trim.[b8] --Milton. (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored moths belonging to the genus {Eudryas}. The larv[91] are bright-colored, and some of the species, as {Eudryas grata}, and {E. unio}, feed on the leaves of the grapevine. (c) (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored South American humming birds belonging to the genus {Thalurania}. The males are bright blue, or green and blue. {Wood offering}, wood burnt on the altar. We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh. x. 34. {Wood oil} (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East Indian trees of the genus {Dipterocarpus}, having properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See {Gurjun}. {Wood opal} (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having some resemblance to wood. {Wood paper}, paper made of wood pulp. See {Wood pulp}, below. {Wood pewee} (Zo[94]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher ({Contopus virens}). It closely resembles the pewee, but is smaller. {Wood pie} (Zo[94]l.), any black and white woodpecker, especially the European great spotted woodpecker. {Wood pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons belonging to {Palumbus} and allied genera of the family {Columbid[91]}. (b) The ringdove. {Wood puceron} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse. {Wood pulp} (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale. {Wood quail} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of East Indian crested quails belonging to {Rollulus} and allied genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({R. roulroul}), the male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red hairlike feathers. {Wood rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the cottontail. {Wood rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American wild rats of the genus {Neotoma} found in the Southern United States; -- called also {bush rat}. The Florida wood rat ({Neotoma Floridana}) is the best-known species. {Wood reed grass} (Bot.), a tall grass ({Cinna arundinacea}) growing in moist woods. {Wood reeve}, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.] {Wood rush} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Luzula}, differing from the true rushes of the genus {Juncus} chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule. {Wood sage} (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of the genus {Teucrium}. See {Germander}. {Wood screw}, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood. {Wood sheldrake} (Zo[94]l.), the hooded merganser. {Wood shock} (Zo[94]l.), the fisher. See {Fisher}, 2. {Wood shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old World singing birds belonging to {Grallina}, {Collyricincla}, {Prionops}, and allied genera, common in India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes, but feed upon both insects and berries. {Wood snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American woodcock. (b) An Asiatic snipe ({Gallinago nemoricola}). {Wood soot}, soot from burnt wood. {Wood sore}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cuckoo spit}, under {Cuckoo}. {Wood sorrel} (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of {Shamrock}. {Wood spirit}. (Chem.) See {Methyl alcohol}, under {Methyl}. {Wood stamp}, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood, for impressing figures or colors on fabrics. {Wood star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small South American humming birds belonging to the genus {Calothorax}. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue, purple, and other colors. {Wood sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the yaffle. {Wood swallow} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old World passerine birds belonging to the genus {Artamus} and allied genera of the family {Artamid[91]}. They are common in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white beneath. {Wood tapper} (Zo[94]l.), any woodpecker. {Wood tar}. See under {Tar}. {Wood thrush}, (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}) noted for the sweetness of its song. See under {Thrush}. (b) The missel thrush. {Wood tick}. See in Vocabulary. {Wood tin}. (Min.). See {Cassiterite}. {Wood titmouse} (Zo[94]l.), the goldcgest. {Wood tortoise} (Zo[94]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See under {Sculptured}. {Wood vine} (Bot.), the white bryony. {Wood vinegar}. See {Wood acid}, above. {Wood warbler}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of the genus {Dendroica}. See {Warbler}. (b) A European warbler ({Phylloscopus sibilatrix}); -- called also {green wren}, {wood wren}, and {yellow wren}. {Wood worm} (Zo[94]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood borer. {Wood wren}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The wood warbler. (b) The willow warbler. | |
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Lark \Lark\, n. [OE. larke, laverock, AS. l[be]werce; akin to D. leeuwerik, LG. lewerke, OHG. l[?]rahha, G. lerche, Sw. l[84]rka, Dan. lerke, Icel. l[91]virki.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus {Alauda} and allied genera (family {Alaudid[91]}). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned by the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus {Otocoris}. The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and usually, dull, sandy brown colors. Note: The European skylark, or lark of the poets ({Alauda arvensis}), is of a brown mottled color, and is noted for its clear and sweet song, uttered as it rises and descends almost perpendicularly in the air. It is considered a table delicacy, and immense numbers are killed for the markets. Other well-known European species are the crested, or tufted, lark ({Alauda cristata}), and the wood lark ({A. arborea}). The pipits, or titlarks, of the genus {Anthus} (family {Motacillid[91]}) are often called larks. See {Pipit}. The American meadow larks, of the genus {Sturnella}, are allied to the starlings. See {Meadow Lark}. The Australian bush lark is {Mirafra Horsfieldii}. See {Shore lark}. {Lark bunting} (Zo[94]l.), a fringilline bird ({Calamospiza melanocorys}) found on the plains of the Western United States. {Lark sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a sparrow ({Chondestes grammacus}), found in the Mississippi Valley and the Western United States. | |
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Skylark \Sky"lark`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the common species ({Alauda arvensis}) found in Europe and in some parts of Asia, and celebrated for its melodious song; -- called also {sky laverock}. See under {Lark}. Note: The Australian skylark ({Cincloramphus cantillans}) is a pipit which has the habit of ascending perpendicularly like a skylark, but it lacks the song of a true lark. The Missouri skylark is a pipit ({Anthus Spraguei}) of the Western United States, resembling the skylark in habit and song. | |
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Alder \Al"der\ ([add]l"d[etil]r), Aller \Al"ler\ ([add]l"l[etil]r), a. [From ealra, alra, gen. pl. of AS. eal. The d is excrescent.] Of all; -- used in composition; as, alderbest, best of all, alderwisest, wisest of all. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Alder \Al"der\ ([add]l"d[etil]r), n. [OE. aldir, aller, fr. AS. alr, aler, alor, akin to D. els, G. erle, Icel. erlir, erli, Swed. al, Dan. elle, el, L. alnus, and E. elm.] (Bot.) A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus {Alnus}. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees. {Black alder}. (a) A European shrub ({Rhamnus frangula}); Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly ({Ilex verticillata}), bearing red berries. | |
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Alder fly \Al"der fly\ 1. Any of numerous neuropterous insects of the genus {Sialis} or allied genera. They have aquatic larv[91], which are used for bait. 2. (Angling) An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs. | |
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Alder-liefest \Al`der-lief"est\ ([add]l`d[etil]r*l[emac]f"[ecr]st), a. [For allerliefest dearest of all. See {Lief}.] Most beloved. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Alderman \Al"der*man\ ([add]l"d[etil]r*m[ait]n), n.; pl. {Aldermen}. [AS. aldormon, ealdorman; ealdor an elder + man. See {Elder}, n.] 1. A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity. [Obs.] Note: The title was applied, among the Anglo-Saxons, to princes, dukes, earls, senators, and presiding magistrates; also to archbishops and bishops, implying superior wisdom or authority. Thus Ethelstan, duke of the East-Anglians, was called Alderman of all England; and there were aldermen of cities, counties, and castles, who had jurisdiction within their respective districts. 3. One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions. | |
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Aldermancy \Al"der*man*cy\, n. The office of an alderman. | |
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Aldermanic \Al"der*man"ic\, a. Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman. | |
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Aldermanity \Al`der*man"i*ty\, n. 1. Aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen. 2. The state of being an alderman. [Jocular] | |
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Aldermanlike \Al`der*man*like`\, a. Like or suited to an alderman. | |
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Aldermanly \Al"der*man*ly\, a. Pertaining to, or like, an alderman. | |
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Aldermanly \Al"der*man*ly\, a. Pertaining to, or like, an alderman. [bd]An aldermanly discretion.[b8] --Swift. | |
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Aldermanry \Al"der*man*ry\, n. 1. The district or ward of an alderman. 2. The office or rank of an alderman. [R.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Aldermanship \Al"der*man*ship\, n. The condition, position, or office of an alderman. --Fabyan. | |
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Alderman \Al"der*man\ ([add]l"d[etil]r*m[ait]n), n.; pl. {Aldermen}. [AS. aldormon, ealdorman; ealdor an elder + man. See {Elder}, n.] 1. A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity. [Obs.] Note: The title was applied, among the Anglo-Saxons, to princes, dukes, earls, senators, and presiding magistrates; also to archbishops and bishops, implying superior wisdom or authority. Thus Ethelstan, duke of the East-Anglians, was called Alderman of all England; and there were aldermen of cities, counties, and castles, who had jurisdiction within their respective districts. 3. One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions. | |
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Aldern \Al"dern\, a. Made of alder. | |
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Alderney \Al"der*ney\, n. One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called {Jersey cattle}. See {Jersey}, 3. | |
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Aleatory \A"le*a*to*ry\, a. [L. aleatorius, fr. alea chance, die.] (Law) Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract. --Bouvier. | |
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Cotton \Cot"ton\ (k[ocr]t"t'n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr. Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. {Acton}, {Hacqueton}.] 1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half. 2. The cotton plant. See {Cotten plant}, below. 3. Cloth made of cotton. Note: Cotton is used as an adjective before many nouns in a sense which commonly needs no explanation; as, cotton bagging; cotton cloth; cotton goods; cotton industry; cotton mill; cotton spinning; cotton tick. {Cotton cambric}. See {Cambric}, n., 2. {Cotton flannel}, the manufactures' name for a heavy cotton fabric, twilled, and with a long plush nap. In England it is called swan's-down cotton, or Canton flannel. {Cotton gin}, a machine to separate the seeds from cotton, invented by Eli Whitney. {Cotton grass} (Bot.), a genus of plants ({Eriphorum}) of the Sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles surrounding the fruit (seedlike achenia), which elongate at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton. {Cotton mouse} (Zool.), a field mouse ({Hesperomys gossypinus}), injurious to cotton crops. {Cotton plant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gossypium}, of several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing the cotton of commerce. The common species, originally Asiatic, is {G. herbaceum}. {Cotton press}, a building and machinery in which cotton bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a press for baling cotton. {Cotton rose} (Bot.), a genus of composite herbs ({Filago}), covered with a white substance resembling cotton. {Cotton scale} (Zo[94]l.), a species of bark louse ({Pulvinaria innumerabilis}), which does great damage to the cotton plant. {Cotton shrub}. Same as Cotton plant. {Cotton stainer} (Zo[94]l.), a species of hemipterous insect ({Dysdercus suturellus}), which seriously damages growing cotton by staining it; -- called also {redbug}. {Cotton thistle} (Bot.), the Scotch thistle. See under {Thistle}. {Cotton velvet}, velvet in which the warp and woof are both of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made wholly of cotton. {Cotton waste}, the refuse of cotton mills. {Cotton wool}, cotton in its raw or woolly state. {Cotton worm} (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect ({Aletia argillacea}), which in the larval state does great damage to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. It also feeds on corn, etc., and hence is often called {corn worm}, and {Southern army worm}. | |
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Unicorn \U"ni*corn\, n. [OE. unicorne, F. unicorne, L. unicornis one-horned, having a single horn; unus one + cornu a horn; cf. L. unicornuus a unicorn. See {One}, and {Horn}.] 1. A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter. 2. A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures. Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? --Job xxxix. 10. Note: The unicorn mentioned in the Scripture was probably the urus. See the Note under {Reem}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax. (b) The larva of a unicorn moth. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The kamichi; -- called also {unicorn bird}. 5. (Mil.) A howitzer. [Obs.] {Fossil unicorn}, or {Fossil unicorn's horn} (Med.), a substance formerly of great repute in medicine; -- named from having been supposed to be the bone or the horn of the unicorn. {Unicorn fish}, {Unicorn whale} (Zo[94]l.), the narwhal. {Unicorn moth} (Zo[94]l.), a notodontian moth ({C[d2]lodasys unicornis}) whose caterpillar has a prominent horn on its back; -- called also {unicorn prominent}. {Unicorn root} (Bot.), a name of two North American plants, the yellow-flowered colicroot ({Aletris farinosa}) and the blazing star ({Cham[91]lirium luteum}). Both are used in medicine. {Unicorn shell} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine gastropods having a prominent spine on the lip of the shell. Most of them belong to the genera {Monoceros} and {Leucozonia}. | |
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Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a. Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches. --Sir W. Scott. {Blazing star}. (a) A comet. [Obs.] (b) A brilliant center of attraction. (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to {Cham[91]lirium luteum} of the Lily family; {Liatris squarrosa}; and {Aletris farinosa}, called also {colicroot} and {star grass}. | |
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Colicroot \Col"ic*root`\, n. A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike ({Aletris farinosa} and {A. aurea}). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root. | |
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Alitrunk \Al"i*trunk\, n. [L. ala wing + truncus trunk.] (Zo[94]l.) The segment of the body of an insect to which the wings are attached; the thorax. --Kirby. | |
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Aliturgical \Al`i*tur"gic*al\, a. [Pref. a- + liturgical.] (Eccl.) Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered. --Shipley. | |
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Allatrate \Al"la*trate\, v. i. [L. allatrare. See {Latrate}.] To bark as a dog. [Obs.] --Stubbes. | |
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Alliteral \Al*lit"er*al\, a. Pertaining to, or characterized by alliteration. | |
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Alliterate \Al*lit"er*ate\, v. t. To employ or place so as to make alliteration. --Skeat. | |
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Alliterate \Al*lit"er*ate\, v. i. To compose alliteratively; also, to constitute alliteration. | |
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Alliteration \Al*lit`er*a"tion\, n. [L. ad + litera letter. See {Letter}.] The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. --Milton. Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. --Tennyson. Note: The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words is also called alliteration. Anglo-Saxon poetry is characterized by alliterative meter of this sort. Later poets also employed it. In a somer seson whan soft was the sonne, I shope me in shroudes as I a shepe were. --P. Plowman. | |
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Alliterative \Al*lit"er*a*tive\ (?; 277), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. -- {Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Alliterative \Al*lit"er*a*tive\ (?; 277), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. -- {Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Alliterative \Al*lit"er*a*tive\ (?; 277), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. -- {Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Alliterator \Al*lit"er*a`tor\, n. One who alliterates. | |
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Allodiary \Al*lo"di*a*ry\, n. One who holds an allodium. | |
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Allotriophagy \Al`lo*tri*oph"a*gy\ ([acr]l`l[osl]*tr[icr]*[ocr]f"[adot]*j[ycr]), n. [Gr. 'allo`trios strange + fagei^n to eat: cf. F. allotriophagie.] (Med.) A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food. | |
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Allotrophic \Al`lo*troph"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] other + trophic.] (a) (Physiol.) Changed or modified in nutritive power by the process of digestion. (b) (Plant Physiol.) Dependent upon other organisms for nutrition; heterotrophic; -- said of plants unable to perform photosynthesis, as all saprophytes; -- opposed to {autotrophic}. | |
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Allotropic \Al`lo*trop"ic\ ([acr]l`l[osl]*tr[ocr]p"[icr]k), Allotropical \Al`lo*trop"ic*al\ (-[icr]k*[ait]l), a. [Cf. F. allotropique.] Of or pertaining to allotropism. -- {Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly}, adv. {Allotropic state}, the several conditions which occur in a case of allotropism. | |
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Allotropic \Al`lo*trop"ic\ ([acr]l`l[osl]*tr[ocr]p"[icr]k), Allotropical \Al`lo*trop"ic*al\ (-[icr]k*[ait]l), a. [Cf. F. allotropique.] Of or pertaining to allotropism. -- {Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly}, adv. {Allotropic state}, the several conditions which occur in a case of allotropism. | |
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Allotropic \Al`lo*trop"ic\ ([acr]l`l[osl]*tr[ocr]p"[icr]k), Allotropical \Al`lo*trop"ic*al\ (-[icr]k*[ait]l), a. [Cf. F. allotropique.] Of or pertaining to allotropism. -- {Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly}, adv. {Allotropic state}, the several conditions which occur in a case of allotropism. | |
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Allotropic \Al`lo*trop"ic\ ([acr]l`l[osl]*tr[ocr]p"[icr]k), Allotropical \Al`lo*trop"ic*al\ (-[icr]k*[ait]l), a. [Cf. F. allotropique.] Of or pertaining to allotropism. -- {Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly}, adv. {Allotropic state}, the several conditions which occur in a case of allotropism. | |
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Allotropicity \Al*lot`ro*pic"i*ty\, n. Allotropic property or nature. | |
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Allotropism \Al*lot"ro*pism\, Allotropy \Al*lot"ro*py\, n. [Gr. [?] other + direction, way, [?] to turn: cf. F. allotropie.] (Chem.) The property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations. Note: Thus, carbon occurs crystallized in octahedrons and other related forms, in a state of extreme hardness, in the diamond; it occurs in hexagonal forms, and of little hardness, in black lead; and again occurs in a third form, with entire softness, in lampblack and charcoal. In some cases, one of these is peculiarly an active state, and the other a passive one. Thus, ozone is an active state of oxygen, and is distinct from ordinary oxygen, which is the element in its passive state. | |
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Allotropize \Al*lot"ro*pize\, v. t. To change in physical properties but not in substance. [R.] | |
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Allotropism \Al*lot"ro*pism\, Allotropy \Al*lot"ro*py\, n. [Gr. [?] other + direction, way, [?] to turn: cf. F. allotropie.] (Chem.) The property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations. Note: Thus, carbon occurs crystallized in octahedrons and other related forms, in a state of extreme hardness, in the diamond; it occurs in hexagonal forms, and of little hardness, in black lead; and again occurs in a third form, with entire softness, in lampblack and charcoal. In some cases, one of these is peculiarly an active state, and the other a passive one. Thus, ozone is an active state of oxygen, and is distinct from ordinary oxygen, which is the element in its passive state. | |
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Allotter \Al*lot"ter\, n. One who allots. | |
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Allottery \Al*lot"ter*y\, n. Allotment. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl. altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier, F. autel. Cf. {Altitude}.] 1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity. Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii. 20. 2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table. Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread. {Altar cloth} or {Altar-cloth}, the cover for an altar in a Christian church, usually richly embroidered. {Altar cushion}, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian church to support the service book. {Altar frontal}. See {Frontal}. {Altar rail}, the railing in front of the altar or communion table. {Altar screen}, a wall or partition built behind an altar to protect it from approach in the rear. {Altar tomb}, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc. {Family altar}, place of family devotions. {To lead (as a bride) to the altar}, to marry; -- said of a woman. | |
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Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl. altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier, F. autel. Cf. {Altitude}.] 1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity. Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii. 20. 2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table. Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread. {Altar cloth} or {Altar-cloth}, the cover for an altar in a Christian church, usually richly embroidered. {Altar cushion}, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian church to support the service book. {Altar frontal}. See {Frontal}. {Altar rail}, the railing in front of the altar or communion table. {Altar screen}, a wall or partition built behind an altar to protect it from approach in the rear. {Altar tomb}, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc. {Family altar}, place of family devotions. {To lead (as a bride) to the altar}, to marry; -- said of a woman. | |
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Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl. altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier, F. autel. Cf. {Altitude}.] 1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity. Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii. 20. 2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table. Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread. {Altar cloth} or {Altar-cloth}, the cover for an altar in a Christian church, usually richly embroidered. {Altar cushion}, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian church to support the service book. {Altar frontal}. See {Frontal}. {Altar rail}, the railing in front of the altar or communion table. {Altar screen}, a wall or partition built behind an altar to protect it from approach in the rear. {Altar tomb}, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc. {Family altar}, place of family devotions. {To lead (as a bride) to the altar}, to marry; -- said of a woman. | |
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Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl. altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier, F. autel. Cf. {Altitude}.] 1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity. Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii. 20. 2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table. Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread. {Altar cloth} or {Altar-cloth}, the cover for an altar in a Christian church, usually richly embroidered. {Altar cushion}, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian church to support the service book. {Altar frontal}. See {Frontal}. {Altar rail}, the railing in front of the altar or communion table. {Altar screen}, a wall or partition built behind an altar to protect it from approach in the rear. {Altar tomb}, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc. {Family altar}, place of family devotions. {To lead (as a bride) to the altar}, to marry; -- said of a woman. | |
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Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl. altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier, F. autel. Cf. {Altitude}.] 1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity. Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii. 20. 2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table. Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread. {Altar cloth} or {Altar-cloth}, the cover for an altar in a Christian church, usually richly embroidered. {Altar cushion}, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian church to support the service book. {Altar frontal}. See {Frontal}. {Altar rail}, the railing in front of the altar or communion table. {Altar screen}, a wall or partition built behind an altar to protect it from approach in the rear. {Altar tomb}, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc. {Family altar}, place of family devotions. {To lead (as a bride) to the altar}, to marry; -- said of a woman. | |
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Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl. altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier, F. autel. Cf. {Altitude}.] 1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity. Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii. 20. 2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table. Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread. {Altar cloth} or {Altar-cloth}, the cover for an altar in a Christian church, usually richly embroidered. {Altar cushion}, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian church to support the service book. {Altar frontal}. See {Frontal}. {Altar rail}, the railing in front of the altar or communion table. {Altar screen}, a wall or partition built behind an altar to protect it from approach in the rear. {Altar tomb}, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc. {Family altar}, place of family devotions. {To lead (as a bride) to the altar}, to marry; -- said of a woman. | |
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Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl. altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier, F. autel. Cf. {Altitude}.] 1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity. Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii. 20. 2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table. Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread. {Altar cloth} or {Altar-cloth}, the cover for an altar in a Christian church, usually richly embroidered. {Altar cushion}, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian church to support the service book. {Altar frontal}. See {Frontal}. {Altar rail}, the railing in front of the altar or communion table. {Altar screen}, a wall or partition built behind an altar to protect it from approach in the rear. {Altar tomb}, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc. {Family altar}, place of family devotions. {To lead (as a bride) to the altar}, to marry; -- said of a woman. | |
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Altarage \Al"tar*age\, n. [Cf. OF. auterage, autelage.] 1. The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church. 2. The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes. --Shipley. | |
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Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl. altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier, F. autel. Cf. {Altitude}.] 1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity. Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii. 20. 2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table. Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread. {Altar cloth} or {Altar-cloth}, the cover for an altar in a Christian church, usually richly embroidered. {Altar cushion}, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian church to support the service book. {Altar frontal}. See {Frontal}. {Altar rail}, the railing in front of the altar or communion table. {Altar screen}, a wall or partition built behind an altar to protect it from approach in the rear. {Altar tomb}, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc. {Family altar}, place of family devotions. {To lead (as a bride) to the altar}, to marry; -- said of a woman. | |
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Altarist \Al"tar*ist\, n. [Cf. LL. altarista, F. altariste.] (Old Law) (a) A chaplain. (b) A vicar of a church. | |
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Altarpiece \Al"tar*piece`\, n. The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos. | |
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Altarwise \Al"tar*wise`\, adv. In the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the north and south. --Shipley. | |
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Alter \Al"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Altered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Altering}.] [F. alt[82]rer, LL. alterare, fr. L. alter other, alius other. Cf. {Else}, {Other}.] 1. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify. [bd]To alter the king's course.[b8] [bd]To alter the condition of a man.[b8] [bd]No power in Venice can alter a decree.[b8] --Shak. It gilds all objects, but it alters none. --Pope. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. --Ps. lxxxix. 34. 2. To agitate; to affect mentally. [Obs.] --Milton. 3. To geld. [Colloq.] Syn: {Change}, {Alter}. Usage: Change is generic and the stronger term. It may express a loss of identity, or the substitution of one thing in place of another; alter commonly expresses a partial change, or a change in form or details without destroying identity. | |
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Alter \Al"ter\, v. i. To become, in some respects, different; to vary; to change; as, the weather alters almost daily; rocks or minerals alter by exposure. [bd]The law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.[b8] --Dan. vi. 8. | |
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Alterability \Al`ter*a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. alt[82]rabilit[82].] The quality of being alterable; alterableness. | |
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Alterable \Al"ter*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. alt[82]rable.] Capable of being altered. Our condition in this world is mutable and uncertain, alterable by a thousand accidents. --Rogers. | |
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Alterableness \Al"ter*a*ble*ness\, n. The quality of being alterable; variableness; alterability. | |
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Alterably \Al"ter*a*bly\, adv. In an alterable manner. | |
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Alterant \Al"ter*ant\, a. [LL. alterans, p. pr.: cf. F. alt[82]rant.] Altering; gradually changing. --Bacon. | |
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Alterant \Al"ter*ant\, n. An alterative. [R.] --Chambers. | |
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Alteration \Al`ter*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. alt[82]ration.] 1. The act of altering or making different. Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences. --Hooker. 2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition. Ere long might perceive Strange alteration in me. --Milton. Appius Claudius admitted to the senate the sons of those who had been slaves; by which, and succeeding alterations, that council degenerated into a most corrupt. --Swift. | |
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Alterative \Al"ter*a*tive\, a. [L. alterativus: cf. F. alt[82]ratif.] Causing ateration. Specifically: Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state of the functions into one of health. --Burton. | |
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Alterative \Al"ter*a*tive\, n. A medicine or treatment which gradually induces a change, and restores healthy functions without sensible evacuations. | |
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Altercate \Al"ter*cate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Altercated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Altercating}.] [L. altercatus, p. p. of altercare, altercari, fr. alter another. See {Alter}.] To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle. | |
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Altercate \Al"ter*cate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Altercated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Altercating}.] [L. altercatus, p. p. of altercare, altercari, fr. alter another. See {Alter}.] To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle. | |
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Altercate \Al"ter*cate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Altercated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Altercating}.] [L. altercatus, p. p. of altercare, altercari, fr. alter another. See {Alter}.] To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle. | |
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Altercation \Al`ter*ca"tion\ (?; 277), n. [F. altercation, fr. L. altercatio.] Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. [bd]Stormy altercations.[b8] --Macaulay. Syn: {Altercation}, {Dispute}, {Wrangle}. Usage: The term dispute is in most cases, but not necessarily, applied to a verbal contest; as, a dispute on the lawfulness of war. An altercation is an angry dispute between two parties, involving an interchange of severe language. A wrangle is a confused and noisy altercation. Their whole life was little else than a perpetual wrangling and altercation. --Hakewill. | |
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Altercative \Al"ter*ca*tive\, a. Characterized by wrangling; scolding. [R.] --Fielding. | |
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Alter \Al"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Altered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Altering}.] [F. alt[82]rer, LL. alterare, fr. L. alter other, alius other. Cf. {Else}, {Other}.] 1. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify. [bd]To alter the king's course.[b8] [bd]To alter the condition of a man.[b8] [bd]No power in Venice can alter a decree.[b8] --Shak. It gilds all objects, but it alters none. --Pope. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. --Ps. lxxxix. 34. 2. To agitate; to affect mentally. [Obs.] --Milton. 3. To geld. [Colloq.] Syn: {Change}, {Alter}. Usage: Change is generic and the stronger term. It may express a loss of identity, or the substitution of one thing in place of another; alter commonly expresses a partial change, or a change in form or details without destroying identity. | |
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Alter \Al"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Altered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Altering}.] [F. alt[82]rer, LL. alterare, fr. L. alter other, alius other. Cf. {Else}, {Other}.] 1. To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify. [bd]To alter the king's course.[b8] [bd]To alter the condition of a man.[b8] [bd]No power in Venice can alter a decree.[b8] --Shak. It gilds all objects, but it alters none. --Pope. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. --Ps. lxxxix. 34. 2. To agitate; to affect mentally. [Obs.] --Milton. 3. To geld. [Colloq.] Syn: {Change}, {Alter}. Usage: Change is generic and the stronger term. It may express a loss of identity, or the substitution of one thing in place of another; alter commonly expresses a partial change, or a change in form or details without destroying identity. | |
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Alterity \Al*ter"i*ty\, n. [F. alt[82]rit[82].] The state or quality of being other; a being otherwise. [R.] For outness is but the feeling of otherness (alterity) rendered intuitive, or alterity visually represented. --Coleridge. | |
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Altern \Al"tern\, a. [L. alternus, fr. alter another: cf. F. alterne.] Acting by turns; alternate. --Milton. {Altern base} (Trig.), a second side made base, in distinction from a side previously regarded as base. | |
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Altern \Al"tern\, a. [L. alternus, fr. alter another: cf. F. alterne.] Acting by turns; alternate. --Milton. {Altern base} (Trig.), a second side made base, in distinction from a side previously regarded as base. | |
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5. (Chem.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; -- applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids. 6. (Pharmacy) The chief ingredient in a compound. 7. (Dyeing) A substance used as a mordant. --Ure. 8. (Fort.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. 9. (Geom.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand. 10. (Math.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms. 11. [See {Base} low.] A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base. [Now commonly written {bass}.] The trebles squeak for fear, the bases roar. --Dryden. 12. (Mil.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc. 13. (Mil.) The smallest kind of cannon. [Obs.] 14. (Zo[94]l.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ. 15. (Crystallog.) The basal plane of a crystal. 16. (Geol.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline. 17. (Her.) The lower part of the field. See {Escutcheon}. 18. The housing of a horse. [Obs.] 19. pl. A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. [Obs.] 20. The lower part of a robe or petticoat. [Obs.] 21. An apron. [Obs.] [bd]Bakers in their linen bases.[b8] --Marston. 22. The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games. To their appointed base they went. --Dryden. 23. (Surv.) A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles. --Lyman. 24. A rustic play; -- called also {prisoner's base}, {prison base}, or {bars}. [bd]To run the country base.[b8] --Shak. 25. (Baseball) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. {Altern base}. See under {Altern}. {Attic base}. (Arch.) See under {Attic}. {Base course}. (Arch.) (a) The first or lower course of a foundation wall, made of large stones of a mass of concrete; -- called also {foundation course}. (b) The architectural member forming the transition between the basement and the wall above. {Base hit} (Baseball), a hit, by which the batsman, without any error on the part of his opponents, is able to reach the first base without being put out. {Base line}. (a) A main line taken as a base, as in surveying or in military operations. (b) A line traced round a cannon at the rear of the vent. {Base plate}, the foundation plate of heavy machinery, as of the steam engine; the bed plate. {Base ring} (Ordnance), a projecting band of metal around the breech, connected with the body of the gun by a concave molding. --H. L. Scott. | |
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Alternacy \Al*ter"na*cy\, n. Alternateness; alternation. [R.] --Mitford. | |
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Alternant \Al*ter"nant\, a. [L. alternans, p. pr.: cf. F. alternant. See {Alternate}, v. t.] (Geol.) Composed of alternate layers, as some rocks. | |
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Rupturewort \Rup"ture*wort"\ (?; 135), n. (Bot.) (a) Same as {Burstwort}. (b) A West Indian plant ({Alternanthera polygonoides}) somewhat resembling burstwort. | |
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Alternate \Al"ter*nate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alternated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alternating}.] [L. alternatus, p. p. of alternare. See {Altern}.] To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly. The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition of good and evil. --Grew. | |
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Alternate \Al*ter"nate\ (?; 277), a. [L. alternatus, p. p. of alternate, fr. alternus. See {Altern}, {Alter}.] 1. Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal. And bid alternate passions fall and rise. --Pope. 2. Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.; read every alternate line. 3. (Bot.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. --Gray. {Alternate alligation}. See {Alligation}. {Alternate angles} (Geom.), the internal and angles made by two lines with a third, on opposite sides of it. It the parallels AB, CD, are cut by the line EF, the angles AGH, GHD, as also the angles BGH and GHC, are called alternate angles. {Alternate generation}. (Biol.) See under {Generation}. | |
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Alternate \Al"ter*nate\, v. i. 1. To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other. Rage, shame, and grief alternate in his breast. --J. Philips. Different species alternating with each other. --Kirwan. 2. To vary by turns; as, the land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains. | |
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Alternate \Al*ter"nate\ (?; 277), n. 1. That which alternates with something else; vicissitude. [R.] Grateful alternates of substantial. --Prior. 2. A substitute; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty. 3. (Math.) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means. | |
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Alternate \Al*ter"nate\ (?; 277), a. [L. alternatus, p. p. of alternate, fr. alternus. See {Altern}, {Alter}.] 1. Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal. And bid alternate passions fall and rise. --Pope. 2. Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.; read every alternate line. 3. (Bot.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. --Gray. {Alternate alligation}. See {Alligation}. {Alternate angles} (Geom.), the internal and angles made by two lines with a third, on opposite sides of it. It the parallels AB, CD, are cut by the line EF, the angles AGH, GHD, as also the angles BGH and GHC, are called alternate angles. {Alternate generation}. (Biol.) See under {Generation}. | |
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Angle \An"gle\ ([acr][nsm]"g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked, angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.] 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. --Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. --Milton. 2. (Geom.) (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet. (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle. 3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. Though but an angle reached him of the stone. --Dryden. 4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological [bd]houses.[b8] [Obs.] --Chaucer. 5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. --Shak. A fisher next his trembling angle bears. --Pope. {Acute angle}, one less than a right angle, or less than 90[deg]. {Adjacent} or {Contiguous angles}, such as have one leg common to both angles. {Alternate angles}. See {Alternate}. {Angle bar}. (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. --Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as {Angle iron}. {Angle bead} (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall. {Angle brace}, {Angle tie} (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side pieces together. --Knight. {Angle iron} (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted. {Angle leaf} (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an angle. {Angle meter}, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for ascertaining the dip of strata. {Angle shaft} (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both. {Curvilineal angle}, one formed by two curved lines. {External angles}, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened. {Facial angle}. See under {Facial}. {Internal angles}, those which are within any right-lined figure. {Mixtilineal angle}, one formed by a right line with a curved line. {Oblique angle}, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right angle. {Obtuse angle}, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90[deg]. {Optic angle}. See under {Optic}. {Rectilineal} or {Right-lined angle}, one formed by two right lines. {Right angle}, one formed by a right line falling on another perpendicularly, or an angle of 90[deg] (measured by a quarter circle). {Solid angle}, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more plane angles at one point. {Spherical angle}, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or sphere. {Visual angle}, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye. {For Angles of commutation}, {draught}, {incidence}, {reflection}, {refraction}, {position}, {repose}, {fraction}, see {Commutation}, {Draught}, {Incidence}, {Reflection}, {Refraction}, etc. | |
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Alternate \Al*ter"nate\ (?; 277), a. [L. alternatus, p. p. of alternate, fr. alternus. See {Altern}, {Alter}.] 1. Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal. And bid alternate passions fall and rise. --Pope. 2. Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.; read every alternate line. 3. (Bot.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. --Gray. {Alternate alligation}. See {Alligation}. {Alternate angles} (Geom.), the internal and angles made by two lines with a third, on opposite sides of it. It the parallels AB, CD, are cut by the line EF, the angles AGH, GHD, as also the angles BGH and GHC, are called alternate angles. {Alternate generation}. (Biol.) See under {Generation}. | |
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Alternate \Al*ter"nate\ (?; 277), a. [L. alternatus, p. p. of alternate, fr. alternus. See {Altern}, {Alter}.] 1. Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal. And bid alternate passions fall and rise. --Pope. 2. Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second; as, the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.; read every alternate line. 3. (Bot.) Distributed, as leaves, singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence. --Gray. {Alternate alligation}. See {Alligation}. {Alternate angles} (Geom.), the internal and angles made by two lines with a third, on opposite sides of it. It the parallels AB, CD, are cut by the line EF, the angles AGH, GHD, as also the angles BGH and GHC, are called alternate angles. {Alternate generation}. (Biol.) See under {Generation}. | |
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Generation \Gen`er*a"tion\, n. [OE. generacioun, F. g[82]n[82]ration, fr.L. generatio.] 1. The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals. 2. Origination by some process, mathematical, chemical, or vital; production; formation; as, the generation of sounds, of gases, of curves, etc. 3. That which is generated or brought forth; progeny; offspiring. 4. A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or remove in genealogy. Hence: The body of those who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor; the mass of beings living at one period; also, the average lifetime of man, or the ordinary period of time at which one rank follows another, or father is succeeded by child, usually assumed to be one third of a century; an age. This is the book of the generations of Adam. --Gen. v. 1. Ye shall remain there [in Babylon] many years, and for a long season, namely, seven generations. --Baruch vi. 3. All generations and ages of the Christian church. --Hooker. 5. Race; kind; family; breed; stock. Thy mother's of my generation; what's she, if I be a dog? --Shak. 6. (Geom.) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude; as, the generation of a line or curve by the motion of a point, of a surface by a line, a sphere by a semicircle, etc. 7. (Biol.) The aggregate of the functions and phenomene which attend reproduction. Note: There are four modes of generation in the animal kingdom: scissiparity or by fissiparous generation, gemmiparity or by budding, germiparity or by germs, and oviparity or by ova. {Alternate generation} (Biol.), alternation of sexual with asexual generation, in which the products of one process differ from those of the other, -- a form of reproduction common both to animal and vegetable organisms. In the simplest form, the organism arising from sexual generation produces offspiring unlike itself, agamogenetically. These, however, in time acquire reproductive organs, and from their impregnated germs the original parent form is reproduced. In more complicated cases, the first series of organisms produced agamogenetically may give rise to others by a like process, and these in turn to still other generations. Ultimately, however, a generation is formed which develops sexual organs, and the original form is reproduced. {Spontaneous generation} (Biol.), the fancied production of living organisms without previously existing parents from inorganic matter, or from decomposing organic matter, a notion which at one time had many supporters; abiogenesis. | |
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Alternate \Al"ter*nate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alternated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alternating}.] [L. alternatus, p. p. of alternare. See {Altern}.] To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly. The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition of good and evil. --Grew. | |
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Alternately \Al*ter"nate*ly\, adv. 1. In reciprocal succession; succeeding by turns; in alternate order. 2. (Math.) By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent. | |
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Alternateness \Al*ter"nate*ness\, n. The quality of being alternate, or of following by turns. | |
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Alternate \Al"ter*nate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alternated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alternating}.] [L. alternatus, p. p. of alternare. See {Altern}.] To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly. The most high God, in all things appertaining unto this life, for sundry wise ends alternates the disposition of good and evil. --Grew. | |
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Alternating current \Al"ter*nat`ing cur"rent\ (Elec.) A current which periodically changes or reverses its direction of flow. | |
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Permutation \Per`mu*ta"tion\, n. [L. permutatio: cf. F. permutation. See {Permute}.] 1. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange. The violent convulsions and permutations that have been made in property. --Burke. 2. (Math.) (a) The arrangement of any determinate number of things, as units, objects, letters, etc., in all possible orders, one after the other; -- called also {alternation}. Cf. {Combination}, n., 4. (b) Any one of such possible arrangements. 3. (Law) Barter; exchange. {Permutation lock}, a lock in which the parts can be transposed or shifted, so as to require different arrangements of the tumblers on different occasions of unlocking. | |
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Alternation \Al`ter*na"tion\, n. [L. alternatio: cf. F. alternation.] 1. The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear. 2. (Math.) Permutation. 3. The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. --Mason. {Alternation of generation}. See under {Generation}. | |
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Permutation \Per`mu*ta"tion\, n. [L. permutatio: cf. F. permutation. See {Permute}.] 1. The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange. The violent convulsions and permutations that have been made in property. --Burke. 2. (Math.) (a) The arrangement of any determinate number of things, as units, objects, letters, etc., in all possible orders, one after the other; -- called also {alternation}. Cf. {Combination}, n., 4. (b) Any one of such possible arrangements. 3. (Law) Barter; exchange. {Permutation lock}, a lock in which the parts can be transposed or shifted, so as to require different arrangements of the tumblers on different occasions of unlocking. | |
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Alternation \Al`ter*na"tion\, n. [L. alternatio: cf. F. alternation.] 1. The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear. 2. (Math.) Permutation. 3. The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. --Mason. {Alternation of generation}. See under {Generation}. | |
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Alternation \Al`ter*na"tion\, n. [L. alternatio: cf. F. alternation.] 1. The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear. 2. (Math.) Permutation. 3. The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister. --Mason. {Alternation of generation}. See under {Generation}. | |
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Alternative \Al*ter"na*tive\, a. [Cf. F. alternatif.] 1. Offering a choice of two things. 2. Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction. 3. Alternate; reciprocal. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Alternative \Al*ter"na*tive\, n. [Cf. F. alternative, LL. alternativa.] 1. An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left. There is something else than the mere alternative of absolute destruction or unreformed existence. --Burke. 2. Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called {alternatives}. Having to choose between two alternatives, safety and war, you obstinately prefer the worse. --Jowett (Thucyd.). 3. The course of action or the thing offered in place of another. If this demand is refused the alternative is war. --Lewis. With no alternative but death. --Longfellow. 4. A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among. My decided preference is for the fourth and last of these alternatives. --Gladstone. | |
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Alternatively \Al*ter"na*tive*ly\, adv. In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of one out of two things. | |
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Alternativeness \Al*ter"na*tive*ness\, n. The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice between two. | |
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Alternator \Al"ter*na`tor\, n. (Elec.) An electric generator or dynamo for producing alternating currents. | |
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Alternity \Al*ter"ni*ty\, n. [LL. alternitas.] Succession by turns; alternation. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Althorn \Alt"horn`\, n. [Alt + horn.] (Mus.) An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn. --Grove. | |
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Alto-relievo \Al"to-re*lie"vo\, n. Alto-rilievo. | |
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Relief \Re*lief"\ (r?-l?f"), n. [OE. relef, F. relief, properly, a lifting up, a standing out. See {Relieve}, and cf. {Basrelief}, {Rilievi}.] 1. The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress. He sees the dire contagion spread so fast, That, where it seizes, all relief is vain. --Dryden. 2. Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry. For this relief much thanks; 'tis bitter cold. --Shak. 3. That which removes or lessens evil, pain, discomfort, uneasiness, etc.; that which gives succor, aid, or comfort; also, the person who relieves from performance of duty by taking the place of another; a relay. 4. (Feudal Law) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant. 5. (Sculp. & Arch.) The projection of a figure above the ground or plane on which it is formed. Note: Relief is of three kinds, namely, {high relief} ({altorilievo}), {low relief}, ({basso-rilievo}), and {demirelief} ({mezzo-rilievo}). See these terms in the Vocabulary. 6. (Paint.) The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure. 7. (Fort.) The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch. --Wilhelm. 8. (Physical Geog.) The elevations and surface undulations of a country. --Guyot. {Relief valve}, a valve arranged for relieving pressure of steam, gas, or liquid; an escape valve. Syn: Alleviation; mitigation; aid; help; succor; assistance; remedy; redress; indemnification. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Alto-rilievo \[d8]Al"to-ri*lie*vo\, n.; pl. {Alto-rilievos}. [It.] (Sculp.) High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo. Note: When the figure stands only half out, it is called mezzo-rilievo, demi-rilievo, or medium relief; when its projection is less than one half, basso-rilievo, bas-relief, or low relief. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Altrical \Al"tri*cal\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Like the articles. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Altruism \Al"tru*ism\, n. [F. altruisme (a word of Comte's), It. altrui of or to others, fr. L. alter another.] Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to {egoism} or {selfishness}. [Recent] --J. S. Mill. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Altruist \Al"tru*ist\, n. One imbued with altruism; -- opposed to {egoist}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Altruistic \Al`tru*is"tic\, a. [Cf. F. altruiste, a. See {Altruism}..] Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to {egoistic} or {selfish}. --Bain. -- {Al`tru*is"tic*al*ly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Altruistic \Al`tru*is"tic\, a. [Cf. F. altruiste, a. See {Altruism}..] Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish; -- opposed to {egoistic} or {selfish}. --Bain. -- {Al`tru*is"tic*al*ly}, adv. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Alder Creek, NY Zip code(s): 13301 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Alderson, OK (town, FIPS 1150) Location: 34.90075 N, 95.69096 W Population (1990): 395 (155 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Alderson, WV (town, FIPS 772) Location: 37.72680 N, 80.64419 W Population (1990): 1152 (574 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Alderwood Manor-Bothell North, WA (CDP, FIPS 1178) Location: 47.79959 N, 122.24211 W Population (1990): 22945 (8153 housing units) Area: 20.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Aldora, GA (town, FIPS 1248) Location: 33.05132 N, 84.17412 W Population (1990): 127 (46 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Aldrich, MN (city, FIPS 892) Location: 46.37474 N, 94.93943 W Population (1990): 70 (39 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56434 Aldrich, MO (village, FIPS 568) Location: 37.54909 N, 93.55231 W Population (1990): 76 (36 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65601 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Altro, KY Zip code(s): 41306 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Altura, MN (city, FIPS 1234) Location: 44.06982 N, 91.93894 W Population (1990): 349 (136 housing units) Area: 7.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55910 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Alturas, CA (city, FIPS 1444) Location: 41.49151 N, 120.54544 W Population (1990): 3231 (1413 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 96101 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Alderson loop n. [Intel] A special version of an {infinite loop} where there is an exit condition available, but inaccessible in the current implementation of the code. Typically this is created while debugging user interface code. An example would be when there is a menu stating, "Select 1-3 or 9 to quit" and 9 is not allowed by the function that takes the selection from the user. This term received its name from a programmer who had coded a modal message box in MSAccess with no Ok or Cancel buttons, thereby disabling the entire program whenever the box came up. The message box had the proper code for dismissal and even was set up so that when the non-existent Ok button was pressed the proper code would be called. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Altair 8800 Altair was the first popular {microcomputer} kit. It appeared on the cover of the January 1975 "Popular Electronics" magazine with an article (probably) by Leslie Solomon. Leslie Solomon was an editor at Popular Electronics who had a knack for spotting kits that would interest people and make them buy the magazine. The Altair 8800 was one such. The MITS guys took the prototype Altair to New York to show Solomon, but couldn't get it to work after the flight. Nonetheless, he liked it, and it appeared on the cover as "The first minicomputer in a kit." Solomon's blessing was important enough that some MITS competitors named their product the "SOL" to gain his favour. Some wags suggested {SOL} was actually an abbreviation for the condition in which kit purchasers would find themselves. {Bill Gates} and Paul Allen saw the article on the Altair 8800 in Popular Electronics. They realized that the Altair, which was programmed via its binary front panel needed a {high level language}. Legend has it that they called MITS with the claim that they had a {BASIC} {interpreter} for the Altair. When MITS asked them to demo it in Albuquerque, they wrote one on the plane. On arrival, they entered the machine code via the front panel and demonstrated and sold their "product." Thus was born "Altair BASIC." The original Altair BASIC ran in less than 4K of RAM because a "loaded" Altair had 4K memory. Since there was no {operating system} on the Altair, Altair BASIC included what we now think of as {BIOS}. It was distributed on {paper tape} that could be read on a {Teletype}. Later versions supported the 8K Altair and the 16K {diskette}-based Altair (demonstrating that, even in the 1970s, {Microsoft} was committed to {software bloat}). Altair BASIC was ported to the {Motorola 6800} for the Altair 680 machine, and to other 8080-based microcomputers produced by MITS' competitors. {PC-History.org Altair 8800 page (http://pc-history.org/altair_8800.htm)}. [Forrest M. Mimms, article in "Computers and Electronics", (formerly "Popular Electronics"), Jan 1985(?)]. [Was there ever an "Altair 9000" microcomputer?] (2002-06-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Alternating bit protocol retransmits lost or corrupted messages. Messages are sent from transmitter A to receiver B. Assume that the channel from A to B is initialised and that there are no messages in transit. Each message contains a data part, a {checksum}, and a one-bit {sequence number}, i.e. a value that is 0 or 1. When A sends a message, it sends it continuously, with the same sequence number, until it receives an acknowledgment ({ACK}) from B that contains the same sequence number. When that happens, A complements (flips) the sequence number and starts transmitting the next message. When B receives a message from A, it checks the checksum. If the message is not corrupted B sends back an ACK with the same sequence number. If it is the first message with that sequence number then it is sent for processing. Subsequent messages with the same sequence bit are simply acknowledged. If the message is corrupted B sends back an negative/error acknowledgment ({NAK}). This is optional, as A will continue transmitting until it receives the correct ACK. A treats corrupted ACK messages, and NAK messages in the same way. The simplest behaviour is to ignore them all and continue transmitting. (2000-10-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ALTRAN developed by W.S. Brown of {Bell Labs} ca. 1968. ["The ALTRAN System for Rational Function Manipulation - A Survey", A.D. Hall, CACM 14(8):517-521 (Aug 1971)]. (1995-06-01) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Altar (Heb. mizbe'ah, from a word meaning "to slay"), any structure of earth (Ex. 20:24) or unwrought stone (20:25) on which sacrifices were offered. Altars were generally erected in conspicuous places (Gen. 22:9; Ezek. 6:3; 2 Kings 23:12; 16:4; 23:8; Acts 14:13). The word is used in Heb. 13:10 for the sacrifice offered upon it--the sacrifice Christ offered. Paul found among the many altars erected in Athens one bearing the inscription, "To the unknown God" (Acts 17:23), or rather "to an [i.e., some] unknown God." The reason for this inscription cannot now be accurately determined. It afforded the apostle the occasion of proclaiming the gospel to the "men of Athens." The first altar we read of is that erected by Noah (Gen. 8:20). Altars were erected by Abraham (Gen. 12:7; 13:4; 22:9), by Isaac (Gen. 26:25), by Jacob (33:20; 35:1, 3), and by Moses (Ex. 17:15, "Jehovah-nissi"). In the tabernacle, and afterwards in the temple, two altars were erected. (1.) The altar of burnt offering (Ex. 30:28), called also the "brasen altar" (Ex. 39:39) and "the table of the Lord" (Mal. 1:7). This altar, as erected in the tabernacle, is described in Ex. 27:1-8. It was a hollow square, 5 cubits in length and in breadth, and 3 cubits in height. It was made of shittim wood, and was overlaid with plates of brass. Its corners were ornamented with "horns" (Ex. 29:12; Lev. 4:18). In Ex. 27:3 the various utensils appertaining to the altar are enumerated. They were made of brass. (Comp. 1 Sam. 2:13, 14; Lev. 16:12; Num. 16:6, 7.) In Solomon's temple the altar was of larger dimensions (2 Chr. 4:1. Comp. 1 Kings 8:22, 64; 9:25), and was made wholly of brass, covering a structure of stone or earth. This altar was renewed by Asa (2 Chr. 15:8). It was removed by Ahaz (2 Kings 16:14), and "cleansed" by Hezekiah, in the latter part of whose reign it was rebuilt. It was finally broken up and carried away by the Babylonians (Jer. 52:17). After the return from captivity it was re-erected (Ezra 3:3, 6) on the same place where it had formerly stood. (Comp. 1 Macc. 4:47.) When Antiochus Epiphanes pillaged Jerusalem the altar of burnt offering was taken away. Again the altar was erected by Herod, and remained in its place till the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans (70 A.D.). The fire on the altar was not permitted to go out (Lev. 6:9). In the Mosque of Omar, immediately underneath the great dome, which occupies the site of the old temple, there is a rough projection of the natural rock, of about 60 feet in its extreme length, and 50 in its greatest breadth, and in its highest part about 4 feet above the general pavement. This rock seems to have been left intact when Solomon's temple was built. It was in all probability the site of the altar of burnt offering. Underneath this rock is a cave, which may probably have been the granary of Araunah's threshing-floor (1 Chr. 21:22). (2.) The altar of incense (Ex. 30:1-10), called also "the golden altar" (39:38; Num. 4:11), stood in the holy place "before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony." On this altar sweet spices were continually burned with fire taken from the brazen altar. The morning and the evening services were commenced by the high priest offering incense on this altar. The burning of the incense was a type of prayer (Ps. 141:2; Rev. 5:8; 8:3, 4). This altar was a small movable table, made of acacia wood overlaid with gold (Ex. 37:25, 26). It was 1 cubit in length and breadth, and 2 cubits in height. In Solomon's temple the altar was similar in size, but was made of cedar-wood (1 Kings 6:20; 7:48) overlaid with gold. In Ezek. 41:22 it is called "the altar of wood." (Comp. Ex. 30:1-6.) In the temple built after the Exile the altar was restored. Antiochus Epiphanes took it away, but it was afterwards restored by Judas Maccabaeus (1 Macc. 1:23; 4:49). Among the trophies carried away by Titus on the destruction of Jerusalem the altar of incense is not found, nor is any mention made of it in Heb. 9. It was at this altar Zacharias ministered when an angel appeared to him (Luke 1:11). It is the only altar which appears in the heavenly temple (Isa. 6:6; Rev. 8:3,4). |