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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Widgeon \Widg"eon\, n. [Probably from an old French form of F. vigeon, vingeon, gingeon; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vipio, -onis, a kind of small crane.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus {Mareca}, of the genus {Anas}. The common European widgeon ({Anas penelope}) and the American widgeon ({A. Americana}) are the most important species. The latter is called also {baldhead}, {baldpate}, {baldface}, {baldcrown}, {smoking duck}, {wheat}, {duck}, and {whitebelly}. {Bald-faced}, [or] {Green-headed}, widgeon, the American widgeon. {Black widgeon}, the European tufted duck. {Gray widgeon}. (a) The gadwall. (b) The pintail duck. {Great headed widgeon}, the poachard. {Pied widgeon}. (a) The poachard. (b) The goosander. {Saw-billed widgeon}, the merganser. {Sea widgeon}. See in the Vocabulary. {Spear widgeon}, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.] {Spoonbilled widgeon}, the shoveler. {White widgeon}, the smew. {Wood widgeon}, the wood duck. | |
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Agave \A*ga"ve\, n. [L. Agave, prop. name, fr. Gr. [?], fem. of [?] illustrious, noble.] (bot.) A genus of plants (order {Amaryllidace[91]}) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant ({A. Americana}), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses. | |
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Maguey \Mag"uey\, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.] (Bot.) The century plant, a species of {Agave} ({A. Americana}). See {Agave}. | |
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Lant \Lant\, n. [Cf. {Lance}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus {Ammedytes}. The common European species ({A. tobianus}) and the American species ({A. Americanus}) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also {launce}, and {sand eel}. | |
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Moose \Moose\, n. [A native name; Knisteneaux mouswah; Algonquin monse. Mackenzie.] (Zo[94]l.) A large cervine mammal ({Alces machlis}, or {A. Americanus}), native of the Northern United States and Canada. The adult male is about as large as a horse, and has very large, palmate antlers. It closely resembles the European elk, and by many zo[94]logists is considered the same species. See {Elk}. {Moose bird} (Zo[94]l.), the Canada jayor whisky jack. See {Whisky jack}. {Moose deer}. Same as {Moose}. {Moose yard} (Zo[94]l.), a locality where moose, in winter, herd together in a forest to feed and for mutual protection. | |
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Wattlebird \Wat"tle*bird`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to {Anthoch[91]ra} and allied genera of the family {Meliphagid[91]}. These birds usually have a large and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging down below each ear. They are natives of Australia and adjacent islands. Note: The best-known species ({Anthoch[91]ra carunculata}) has the upper parts grayish brown, with a white stripe on each feather, and the wing and tail quills dark brown or blackish, tipped with withe. Its wattles, in life, are light blood-red. Called also {wattled crow}, {wattled bee-eater}, {wattled honey eater}. Another species ({A. inauris}) is streaked with black, gray, and white, and its long wattles are white, tipped with orange. The bush wattlebirds, belonging to the genus {Anellobia}, are closely related, but lack conspicuous wattles. The most common species ({A. mellivora}) is dark brown, finely streaked with white. Called also {goruck creeper}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The Australian brush turkey. | |
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Marked \Marked\, a. Designated or distinguished by, or as by, a mark; hence; noticeable; conspicuous; as, a marked card; a marked coin; a marked instance. -- {Mark"ed*ly}, adv. --J. S. Mill. {A marked man}, a man who is noted by a community, or by a part of it, as, for excellence or depravity; -- usually with an unfavorable suggestion. | |
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Amerce \A*merce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amerced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Amercing}.] [OF. amercier, fr. a merci at the mercy of, liable to a punishment. See {Mercy}.] 1. To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars. Note: The penalty of fine may be expressed without a preposition, or it may be introduced by in, with, or of. 2. To punish, in general; to mulct. Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven. --Milton. Shall by him be amerced with penance due. --Spenser. | |
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Amerceable \A*merce"a*ble\, a. Liable to be amerced. | |
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Amerce \A*merce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amerced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Amercing}.] [OF. amercier, fr. a merci at the mercy of, liable to a punishment. See {Mercy}.] 1. To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars. Note: The penalty of fine may be expressed without a preposition, or it may be introduced by in, with, or of. 2. To punish, in general; to mulct. Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven. --Milton. Shall by him be amerced with penance due. --Spenser. | |
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Amercement \A*merce"ment\, n. [OF. amerciment.] The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See {Affeer}.] --Blackstone. Note: This word, in old books, is written amerciament. {Amercement royal}, a penalty imposed on an officer for a misdemeanor in his office. --Jacobs. | |
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Amercement \A*merce"ment\, n. [OF. amerciment.] The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the latter is, or was originally, a fixed and certain sum prescribed by statue for an offense; but an amercement is arbitrary. Hence, the act or practice of affeering. [See {Affeer}.] --Blackstone. Note: This word, in old books, is written amerciament. {Amercement royal}, a penalty imposed on an officer for a misdemeanor in his office. --Jacobs. | |
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Amercer \A*mer"cer\, n. One who amerces. | |
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Amerciament \A*mer"cia*ment\, n. [LL. amerciamentum.] Same as {Amercement}. --Mozley & W. | |
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Amerce \A*merce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amerced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Amercing}.] [OF. amercier, fr. a merci at the mercy of, liable to a punishment. See {Mercy}.] 1. To punish by a pecuniary penalty, the amount of which is not fixed by law, but left to the discretion of the court; as, the amerced the criminal in the sum on the hundred dollars. Note: The penalty of fine may be expressed without a preposition, or it may be introduced by in, with, or of. 2. To punish, in general; to mulct. Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven. --Milton. Shall by him be amerced with penance due. --Spenser. | |
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Nutmeg \Nut"meg\, n. [OE. notemuge; note nut + OF. muge musk, of the same origin as E. musk; cf. OF. noix muguette nutmeg, F. noix muscade. See {Nut}, and {Musk}.] (Bot.) The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree ({Myristica fragrans}), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics. Note: This fruit is a nearly spherical drupe, of the size of a pear, of a yellowish color without and almost white within. This opens into two nearly equal longitudinal valves, inclosing the nut surrounded by its aril, which is mace The nutmeg is an aromatic, very grateful to the taste and smell, and much used in cookery. Other species of {Myristica} yield nutmegs of inferior quality. {American}, {Calabash}, [or] {Jamaica}, {nutmeg}, the fruit of a tropical shrub ({Monodora Myristica}). It is about the size of an orange, and contains many aromatic seeds imbedded in pulp. {Brazilian nutmeg}, the fruit of a lauraceous tree, {Cryptocarya moschata}. {California nutmeg}, tree of the Yew family ({Torreya Californica}), growing in the Western United States, and having a seed which resembles a nutmeg in appearance, but is strongly impregnated with turpentine. {Clove nutmeg}, the {Ravensara aromatica}, a laura ceous tree of Madagascar. The foliage is used as a spice, but the seed is acrid and caustic. {Jamaica nutmeg}. See American nutmeg (above). {Nutmeg bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Indian finch ({Munia punctularia}). {Nutmeg butter}, a solid oil extracted from the nutmeg by expression. {Nutmeg flower} (Bot.), a ranunculaceous herb ({Nigella sativa}) with small black aromatic seeds, which are used medicinally and for excluding moths from furs and clothing. {Nutmeg liver} (Med.), a name applied to the liver, when, as the result of heart or lung disease, it undergoes congestion and pigmentation about the central veins of its lobules, giving it an appearance resembling that of a nutmeg. {Nutmeg melon} (Bot.), a small variety of muskmelon of a rich flavor. {Nutmeg pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of pigeons of the genus {Myristicivora}, native of the East Indies and Australia. The color is usually white, or cream-white, with black on the wings and tail. {Nutmeg wood} (Bot.), the wood of the Palmyra palm. {Peruvian nutmeg}, the aromatic seed of a South American tree ({Laurelia sempervirens}). {Plume nutmeg} (Bot.), a spicy tree of Australia ({Atherosperma moschata}). | |
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American \A*mer"i*can\, n. A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States. The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism. --Washington. | |
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American \A*mer"i*can\, a. [Named from Americus Vespucius.] 1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians. 2. Of or pertaining to the United States. [bd]A young officer of the American navy.[b8] --Lyell. {American ivy}. See {Virginia creeper}. {American Party} (U. S. Politics), a party, about 1854, which opposed the influence of foreign-born citizens, and those supposed to owe allegiance to a foreign power. {Native american Party} (U. S. Politics), a party of principles similar to those of the American party. It arose about 1843, but soon died out. | |
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Aloe \Al"oe\ ([acr]l"n[osl]), n.; pl. {Aloes} (-[omac]z). [L. alo[89], Gr. 'alo`h, aloe: cf. OF. aloe, F. alo[8a]s.] 1. pl. The wood of the agalloch. [Obs.] --Wyclif. 2. (Bot.) A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergreen herbaceous plants; from some of which are prepared articles for medicine and the arts. They are natives of warm countries. 3. pl. (Med.) The inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative. [Plural in form but syntactically singular.] {American aloe}, {Century aloe}, the agave. See {Agave}. | |
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Point \Point\, n. 1. (Med.) A pointed piece of quill or bone covered at one end with vaccine matter; -- called also {vaccine point}. 2. One of the raised dots used in certain systems of printing and writing for the blind. The first practical system was that devised by Louis Braille in 1829, and still used in Europe (see {Braille}). Two modifications of this are current in the United States: {New York point} founded on three bases of equidistant points arranged in two lines (viz., : :: :::), and a later improvement, {American Braille}, embodying the Braille base (:::) and the New-York-point principle of using the characters of few points for the commonest letters. 3. In technical senses: (a) In various games, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player himself; as: (1) (Lacrosse & Ice Hockey) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goal keeper; also, the player himself. (2) (Baseball) (pl.) The position of the pitcher and catcher. (b) (Hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run. [Colloq. Oxf. E. D.] (c) (Falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover. (d) Act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions. | |
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Calumba \Ca*lum"ba\, n. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.) The root of a plant ({Jateorrhiza Calumba}, and probably {Cocculus palmatus}), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also {colombo}, {columbo}, and {calombo}.] {American calumba}, the {Frasera Carolinensis}, also called {American gentian}. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba. | |
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Cowslip \Cow"slip`\ (-sl[icr]p`), n. [AS. c[umac]slyppe, c[umac]sloppe, prob. orig., cow's droppings. Cf. {Slop}, n.] (Bot.) 1. A common flower in England ({Primula veris}) having yellow blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often cultivated in the United States. 2. In the United States, the marsh marigold ({Caltha palustris}), appearing in wet places in early spring and often used as a pot herb. It is nearer to a buttercup than to a true cowslip. See Illust. of {Marsh marigold}. {American cowslip} (Bot.), a pretty flower of the West ({Dodecatheon Meadia}), belonging to the same order ({Primulace[91]}) with the English cowslip. {French cowslip} (Bot.), bear's-ear ({Primula Auricula}). | |
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Forge \Forge\, n. [F. forge, fr. L. fabrica the workshop of an artisan who works in hard materials, fr. faber artisan, smith, as adj., skillful, ingenious; cf. Gr. [?] soft, tender. Cf. {Fabric}.] 1. A place or establishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and wrought; a smithy. In the quick forge and working house of thought. --Shak. 2. The works where wrought iron is produced directly from the ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and shingling; a shingling mill. 3. The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metalic bodies. [Obs.] In the greater bodies the forge was easy. --Bacon. {American forge}, a forge for the direct production of wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly in using finely crushed ore and working continuously. --Raymond. {Catalan forge}. (Metal.) See under {Catalan}. {Forge cinder}, the dross or slag form a forge or bloomary. {Forge rolls}, {Forge train}, the train of rolls by which a bloom is converted into puddle bars. {Forge wagon} (Mil.), a wagon fitted up for transporting a blackmith's forge and tools. {Portable forge}, a light and compact blacksmith's forge, with bellows, etc., that may be moved from place to place. | |
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Calumba \Ca*lum"ba\, n. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.) The root of a plant ({Jateorrhiza Calumba}, and probably {Cocculus palmatus}), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also {colombo}, {columbo}, and {calombo}.] {American calumba}, the {Frasera Carolinensis}, also called {American gentian}. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba. | |
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Germander \Ger*man"der\, n. [OE. germaunder, F. germandr[82]e, It. calamandrea, L. chamaedrys, fr. Gr.[?]; [?] on the earth or ground + [?] tree. See {Humble}, and {Tree}.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Teucrium} (esp. {Teucrium Cham[91]drys} or wall germander), mintlike herbs and low shrubs. {American germander}, {Teucrium Canadense}. {Germander chickweed}, {Veronica agrestis}. {Water germander}, {Teucrium Scordium}. {Wood germander}, {Teucrium Scorodonia}. | |
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Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. [?], OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindoo}.] 1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies. 2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk. 3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.] {Indian} bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree ({Persea Indica}). {Indian bean} (Bot.), a name of the catalpa. {Indian berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Cocculus indicus}. {Indian bread}. (Bot.) Same as {Cassava}. {Indian club}, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for gymnastic exercise. {Indian cordage}, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut husk. {Indian corn} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Zea} ({Z. Mays}); the maize, a native of America. See {Corn}, and {Maize}. {Indian cress} (Bot.), nasturtium. See {Nasturtium}, 2. {Indian cucumber} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Medeola} ({M. Virginica}), a common in woods in the United States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers. {Indian currant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Symphoricarpus} ({S. vulgaris}), bearing small red berries. {Indian dye}, the puccoon. {Indian fig}. (Bot.) (a) The banyan. See {Banyan}. (b) The prickly pear. {Indian file}, single file; arrangement of persons in a row following one after another, the usual way among Indians of traversing woods, especially when on the war path. {Indian fire}, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter, and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light. {Indian grass} (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United States; wood grass. --Gray. {Indian hemp}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Apocynum} ({A. cannabinum}), having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in properties. (b) The variety of common hemp ({Cannabis Indica}), from which hasheesh is obtained. {Indian mallow} (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon Avicenn[91]}). See {Abutilon}. {Indian meal}, ground corn or maize. [U.S.] {Indian millet} (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It is called also {Guinea corn}. See {Durra}. {Indian ox} (Zo[94]l.), the zebu. {Indian paint}. See {Bloodroot}. {Indian paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}. {Indian physic} (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus {Gillenia} ({G. trifoliata}, and {G. stipulacea}), common in the United States, the roots of which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also {American ipecac}, and {bowman's root}. --Gray. {Indian pink}. (Bot.) (a) The Cypress vine ({Ipom[d2]a Quamoclit}); -- so called in the West Indies. (b) See {China pink}, under {China}. {Indian pipe} (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying. {Indian plantain} (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genus {Cacalia}, tall herbs with composite white flowers, common through the United States in rich woods. --Gray. {Indian poke} (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white hellebore} ({Veratrum viride}). {Indian pudding}, a pudding of which the chief ingredients are Indian meal, milk, and molasses. {Indian purple}. (a) A dull purple color. (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and black. {Indian red}. (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the Persian Gulf. Called also {Persian red}. (b) See {Almagra}. {Indian rice} (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See {Rice}. {Indian shot} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Canna} ({C. Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot. See {Canna}. {Indian summer}, in the United States, a period of warm and pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under {Summer}. {Indian tobacco} (Bot.), a species of {Lobelia}. See {Lobelia}. {Indian turnip} (Bot.), an American plant of the genus {Aris[91]ma}. {A. triphyllum} has a wrinkled farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid juice. See {Jack in the Pulpit}, and {Wake-robin}. {Indian wheat}, maize or Indian corn. {Indian yellow}. (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but less pure than cadmium. (b) See {Euxanthin}. | |
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Ivy \I"vy\, n.; pl. {Ivies}. [AS. [c6]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi, ebah, G. epheu.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Hedera} ({H. helix}), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers. Direct The clasping ivy where to climb. --Milton. Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. --Milton. {American ivy}. (Bot.) See {Virginia creeper}. {English ivy} (Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy proper ({Hedera helix}). {German ivy} (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of {Senecio} ({S. scandens}). {Ground ivy}. (Bot.) Gill ({Nepeta Glechoma}). {Ivy bush}. (Bot.) See {Mountain laurel}, under {Mountain}. {Ivy owl} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. {Ivy tod} (Bot.), the ivy plant. --Tennyson. {Japanese ivy} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ampelopsis tricuspidata}), closely related to the Virginia creeper. {Poison ivy} (Bot.), an American woody creeper ({Rhus Toxicodendron}), with trifoliate leaves, and greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the touch for most persons. {To pipe in an ivy leaf}, to console one's self as best one can. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {West Indian ivy}, a climbing plant of the genus {Marcgravia}. | |
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Virginia \Vir*gin"i*a\, n. One of the States of the United States of America. -- a. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia. {Virginia cowslip} (Bot.), the American lungwort ({Mertensia Virginica}). {Virginia creeper} (Bot.), a common ornamental North American woody vine ({Ampelopsis quinquefolia}), climbing extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also {woodbine}, and {American ivy}. [U. S.] {Virginia fence}. See {Worm fence}, under {Fence}. {Virginia nightingale} (Zo[94]l.), the cardinal bird. See under {Cardinal}. {Virginia quail} (Zo[94]l.), the bobwhite. {Virginia reel}, an old English contradance; -- so called in the United States. --Bartlett. {Virginia stock}. (Bot.) See {Mahon stock}. | |
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American \A*mer"i*can\, a. [Named from Americus Vespucius.] 1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians. 2. Of or pertaining to the United States. [bd]A young officer of the American navy.[b8] --Lyell. {American ivy}. See {Virginia creeper}. {American Party} (U. S. Politics), a party, about 1854, which opposed the influence of foreign-born citizens, and those supposed to owe allegiance to a foreign power. {Native american Party} (U. S. Politics), a party of principles similar to those of the American party. It arose about 1843, but soon died out. | |
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Laurel \Lau"rel\, n. [OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier, laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus {Laurus} ({L. nobilis}), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also {sweet bay}. Note: The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks to crown the victor in the games of Apollo. At a later period, academic honors were indicated by a crown of laurel, with the fruit. The leaves and tree yield an aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce. Note: The name is extended to other plants which in some respect resemble the true laurel. See Phrases, below. 2. A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels. 3. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel. {Laurel water}, water distilled from the fresh leaves of the cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other products carried over in the process. {American laurel}, [or] {Mountain laurel}, {Kalmia latifolia}. See under {Mountain}. {California laurel}, {Umbellularia Californica}. {Cherry laurel} (in England called {laurel}). See under {Cherry}. {Great laurel}, the rosebay ({Rhododendron maximum}). {Ground laurel}, trailing arbutus. {New Zealand laurel}, {Laurelia Nov[91] Zelandi[91]}. {Portugal laurel}, the {Prunus Lusitanica}. {Rose laurel}, the oleander. See {Oleander}. {Sheep laurel}, a poisonous shrub, {Kalmia angustifolia}, smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and redder flowers. {Spurge laurel}, {Daphne Laureola}. {West Indian laurel}, {Prunus occidentalis}. | |
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Mountain \Moun"tain\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer. 2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great. The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron. {Mountain antelope} (Zo[94]l.), the goral. {Mountain ash} (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus (Sorbus) Americana}, producing beautiful bunches of red berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. The European species is the {P. aucuparia}, or rowan tree. {Mountain barometer}, a portable barometer, adapted for safe transportation, used in measuring the heights of mountains. {Mountain beaver} (Zo[94]l.), the sewellel. {Mountain blue} (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite. {Mountain cat} (Zo[94]l.), the catamount. See {Catamount}. {Mountain chain}, a series of contiguous mountain ranges, generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves. {Mountain cock} (Zo[94]l.), capercailzie. See {Capercailzie}. {Mountain cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling cork in its texture. {Mountain crystal}. See under {Crystal}. {Mountain damson} (Bot.), a large tree of the genus {Simaruba} ({S. amarga}) growing in the West Indies, which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes used in medicine. {Mountain dew}, Scotch whisky, so called because often illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous] {Mountain ebony} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and in tanning. {Mountain flax} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very fine fibers; amianthus. See {Amianthus}. {Mountain fringe} (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under {Fumitory}. {Mountain goat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Mazama}. {Mountain green}. (Min.) (a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper. (b) See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a. {Mountain holly} (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries. It is found in the Northern United States. {Mountain laurel} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is poisonous. Called also {American laurel}, {ivy bush}, and {calico bush}. See {Kalmia}. {Mountain leather} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling leather in its texture. {Mountain licorice} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Trifolium} ({T. Alpinum}). {Mountain limestone} (Geol.), a series of marine limestone strata below the coal measures, and above the old red standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of {Geology}. {Mountain linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the twite. {Mountain magpie}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker. (b) The European gray shrike. {Mountain mahogany} (Bot.) See under {Mahogany}. {Mountain meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite, occurring as an efflorescence. {Mountain milk} (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of lime. {Mountain mint}. (Bot.) See {Mint}. {Mountain ousel} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel; -- called also {mountain thrush} and {mountain colley}. See {Ousel}. {Mountain pride}, [or] {Mountain green} (Bot.), a tree of Jamaica ({Spathelia simplex}), which has an unbranched palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate leaves. {Mountain quail} (Zo[94]l.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender, plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black and white; the neck and breast are dark gray. {Mountain range}, a series of mountains closely related in position and direction. {Mountain rice}. (Bot.) (a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation, in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States. (b) An American genus of grasses ({Oryzopsis}). {Mountain rose} (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa alpina}). {Mountain soap} (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish color, used in crayon painting; saxonite. {Mountain sorrel} (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray. {Mountain sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the European tree sparrow. {Mountain spinach}. (Bot.) See {Orach}. {Mountain tobacco} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica montana}) of Europe; called also {leopard's bane}. {Mountain witch} (Zo[94]l.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of the genus {Geotrygon}. | |
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2. (Astron.) A sign and a constellation; Leo. 3. An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at that time. Such society was far more enjoyable than that of Edinburgh, for here he was not a lion, but a man. --Prof. Wilson. {American lion} (Zo[94]l.), the puma or cougar. {Lion ant} (Zo[94]l.), the ant-lion. {Lion dog} (Zo[94]l.), a fancy dog with a flowing mane, usually clipped to resemble a lion's mane. {Lion lizard} (Zo[94]l.), the basilisk. {Lion's share}, all, or nearly all; the best or largest part; -- from [92]sop's fable of the lion hunting in company with certain smaller beasts, and appropriating to himself all the prey. | |
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Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[umac]"m[adot]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zo[94]l.) A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor}), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also {catamount}, {cougar}, {American lion}, {mountain lion}, and {panther} or {painter}. | |
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Cougar \Cou"gar\ (k??"g?r), n. [F. couguar, from the native name in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.] (Zo[94]l.) An American feline quadruped ({Felis concolor}), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the {American lion}. Called also {puma}, {panther}, {mountain lion}, and {catamount}. See {Puma}. | |
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Rhea \Rhe"a\, n. [L., a proper name.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera {Rhea} and {Pterocnemia}. Called also the {American ostrich}. Note: The common rhea, or nandou ({Rhea Americana}), ranges from Brazil to Patagonia. Darwin's rhea ({Pterocnemia Darwinii}), of Patagonia, is smaller, and has the legs feathered below the knee. | |
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American \A*mer"i*can\, a. [Named from Americus Vespucius.] 1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians. 2. Of or pertaining to the United States. [bd]A young officer of the American navy.[b8] --Lyell. {American ivy}. See {Virginia creeper}. {American Party} (U. S. Politics), a party, about 1854, which opposed the influence of foreign-born citizens, and those supposed to owe allegiance to a foreign power. {Native american Party} (U. S. Politics), a party of principles similar to those of the American party. It arose about 1843, but soon died out. | |
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Chief hare \Chief" hare`\ (Zo[94]l.) A small rodent ({Lagamys princeps}) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called {crying hare}, {calling hare}, {cony}, {American pika}, and {little chief hare}. Note: It is not a true hare or rabbit, but belongs to the curious family {Lagomyid[91]}. | |
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Pitcher \Pitch"er\, n. [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar, pehh[be]ri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf. {Beaker}.] 1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle. 2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. {American pitcher plants}, the species of Sarracenia. See {Sarracenia}. {Australian pitcher plant}, the {Cephalotus follicularis}, a low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a cockleshell. {California pitcher plant}, the {Darlingtonia California}. See {Darlingtonia}. {Pitcher plant}, any plant with the whole or a part of the leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs, especially the species of {Nepenthes}. See {Nepenthes}. | |
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American plan \A*mer"i*can plan\ In hotels, aplan upon which guests pay for both room and board by the day, week, or other convenient period; -- contrasted with {European plan}. | |
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Redhead \Red"head`\ (-h?d`), n. 1. A person having red hair. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American duck ({Aythya Americana}) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also {red-headed duck}. {American poachard}, {grayback}, and {fall duck}. See Illust. under {Poachard}. (b) The red-headed woodpecker. See {Woodpecker}. 3. (Bot.) A kind of milkweed ({Asclepias Curassavica}) with red flowers. It is used in medicine. | |
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American Protective Association \A*mer"i*can Pro*tect"ive As*so`ci*a"tion\ A secret organization in the United States, formed in Iowa in 1887, ostensibly for the protection of American institutions by keeping Roman Catholics out of public office. Abbrev. commonly to A. P .A. | |
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Sora \So"ra\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A North American rail ({Porzana Carolina}) common in the Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called also {American rail}, {Carolina rail}, {Carolina crake}, {common rail}, {sora rail}, {soree}, {meadow chicken}, and {orto}. {King sora}, the Florida gallinule. | |
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Polyphemus \Pol`y*phe"mus\, n. [L. Polyphemus the one-eyed Cyclops who was blinded by Ulysses.] (Zo[94]l.) A very large American moth ({Telea polyphemus}) belonging to the Silkworm family ({Bombycid[91]}). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Called also {American silkworm}. | |
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Silver \Sil"ver\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup. 2. Resembling silver. Specifically: (a) Bright; resplendent; white. [bd]Silver hair.[b8] --Shak. Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast. --Milton. (b) Precious; costly. (c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. [bd]Silver voices.[b8] --Spenser. (d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. [bd]Silver slumber.[b8] --Spenser. {American silver fir} (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under {Balsam}. {Silver age} (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of the previous golden age, so-called. {Silver-bell tree} (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree ({Halesia tetraptera}) with white bell-shaped flowers in clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree. {Silver bush} (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant ({Anthyllis Barba-Jovis}) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage. {Silver chub} (Zo[94]l.), the fallfish. {Silver eel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The cutlass fish. (b) A pale variety of the common eel. {Silver fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Abies pectinata}) found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150 feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine. {Silver foil}, foil made of silver. {Silver fox} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the common fox ({Vulpes vulpes}, variety {argenteus}) found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black, with silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also {black fox}, and {silver-gray fox}. {Silver gar}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Billfish} (a) . {Silver grain} (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple, pine, cherry, etc. {Silver grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the red-throated diver. See Illust. under {Diver}. {Silver hake} (Zo[94]l.), the American whiting. {Silver leaf}, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very thin. {Silver lunge} (Zo[94]l.), the namaycush. {Silver moonfish}.(Zo[94]l.) See {Moonfish} (b) . {Silver moth} (Zo[94]l.), a lepisma. {Silver owl} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. {Silver perch} (Zo[94]l.), the mademoiselle, 2. {Silver pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of the genus {Euplocamus}. They have the tail and more or less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common species ({E. nychtemerus}) is native of China. {Silver plate}, domestic utensils made of silver. | |
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Pinefinch \Pine"finch`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small American bird ({Spinus, [or] Chrysomitris, spinus}); -- called also {pine siskin}, and {American siskin}. (b) The pine grosbeak. | |
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Pipit \Pip"it\, n. [So named from its call note.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to {Anthus} and allied genera, of the family {Motacillid[91]}. They strongly resemble the true larks in habits, colors, and the great length of the hind claw. They are, therefore, often called {titlarks}, and {pipit larks}. Note: The {meadow pipit} ({Anthus pratensis}); the {tree pipit}, or tree lark ({A. trivialis}); and the {rock pipit}, or sea lark ({A. obscurus}) are well-known European species. The common American pipit, or brown lark, is {Anthus Pensilvanicus}. The Western species ({A. Spraguei}) is called the {American skylark}, on account of its musical powers. | |
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Jaguar \Ja*guar"\, n. [Braz. yago[a0]ra: cf. & Pg. jaguar.] (Zo[94]l.) A large and powerful feline animal ({Felis onca}), ranging from Texas and Mexico to Patagonia. It is usually brownish yellow, with large, dark, somewhat angular rings, each generally inclosing one or two dark spots. It is chiefly arboreal in its habits. Called also the {American tiger}. | |
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Tiger \Ti"ger\, n. [OE. tigre, F. tigre, L. tigris, Gr. ti`gris; probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri an arrow, Per. t[c6]r; perhaps akin to E. stick, v.t.; -- probably so named from its quickness.] 1. A very large and powerful carnivore ({Felis tigris}) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also {royal tiger}, and {Bengal tiger}. 2. Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person. As for heinous tiger, Tamora. --Shak. 3. A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress. --Dickens. 4. A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger. [Colloq. U. S.] 5. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar. {American tiger}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The puma. (b) The jaguar. {Clouded tiger} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome striped and spotted carnivore ({Felis macrocelis} or {F. marmorata}) native of the East Indies and Southern Asia. Its body is about three and a half feet long, and its tail about three feet long. Its ground color is brownish gray, and the dark markings are irregular stripes, spots, and rings, but there are always two dark bands on the face, one extending back from the eye, and one from the angle of the mouth. Called also {tortoise-shell tiger}. {Mexican tiger} (Zo[94]l.), the jaguar. {Tiger beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of active carnivorous beetles of the family {Cicindelid[91]}. They usually inhabit dry or sandy places, and fly rapidly. {Tiger bittern}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sun bittern}, under {Sun}. {Tiger cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wild cats of moderate size with dark transverse bars or stripes somewhat resembling those of the tiger. {Tiger flower} (Bot.), an iridaceous plant of the genus {Tigridia} (as {T. conchiflora}, {T. grandiflora}, etc.) having showy flowers, spotted or streaked somewhat like the skin of a tiger. {Tiger grass} (Bot.), a low East Indian fan palm ({Cham[91]rops Ritchieana}). It is used in many ways by the natives. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). {Tiger lily}. (Bot.) See under {Lily}. {Tiger moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of moths of the family {Arctiad[91]} which are striped or barred with black and white or with other conspicuous colors. The larv[91] are called {woolly bears}. {Tiger shark} (Zo[94]l.), a voracious shark ({Galeocerdo maculatus [or] tigrinus}) more or less barred or spotted with yellow. It is found in both the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Called also {zebra shark}. {Tiger shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large and conspicuously spotted cowrie ({Cypr[91]a tigris}); -- so called from its fancied resemblance to a tiger in color and markings. Called also {tiger cowrie}. {Tiger wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted hyena ({Hy[91]na crocuta}). {Tiger wood}, the variegated heartwood of a tree ({Mach[91]rium Schomburgkii}) found in Guiana. | |
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Cedar \Ce"dar\, n. [AS. ceder, fr. L. cedrus, Gr. [?].] (Bot.) The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor. Note: The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani; the white cedar ({Cupressus thyoides}) is now called {Cham[d2]cyparis sph[91]roidea}; American red cedar is the {Juniperus Virginiana}; Spanish cedar, the West Indian {Cedrela odorata}. Many other trees with odoriferous wood are locally called cedar. {Cedar bird} (Zo[94]l.), a species of chatterer ({Ampelis cedrarum}), so named from its frequenting cedar trees; -- called also {cherry bird}, {Canada robin}, and {American waxwing}. | |
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Wayfaring \Way"far`ing\, a. Traveling; passing; being on a journey. [bd]A wayfaring man.[b8] --Judg. xix. 17. {Wayfaring tree} (Bot.), a European shrub ({Viburnum lantana}) having large ovate leaves and dense cymes of small white flowers. {American wayfaring tree} (Bot.), the ({Viburnum lantanoides}). | |
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Yew \Yew\, n. [OE. ew, AS. e[a2]w, [c6]w, eoh; akin to D. ijf, OHG. [c6]wa, [c6]ha, G. eibe, Icel. [ymac]r; cf. Ir. iubhar, Gael. iubhar, iughar, W. yw, ywen, Lith. j[89]va the black alder tree.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen tree ({Taxus baccata}) of Europe, allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British churchyards. 2. The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain. Note: The {American yew} ({Taxus baccata}, var. {Canadensis}) is a low and straggling or prostrate bush, never forming an erect trunk. The {California yew} ({Taxus brevifolia}) is a good-sized tree, and its wood is used for bows, spear handles, paddles, and other similar implements. Another yew is found in Florida, and there are species in Japan and the Himalayas. 3. A bow for shooting, made of the yew. | |
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d8Ankylostomiasis \[d8]An`ky*los*to*mi"a*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Ankylostoma, var. of Agchylostoma, generic name of one genus of the parasitic nematodes.] (Med.) A disease due to the presence of the parasites {Agchylostoma duodenale}, {Uncinaria} (subgenus {Necator}) {americana}, or allied nematodes, in the small intestine. When present in large numbers they produce a severe an[91]mia by sucking the blood from the intestinal walls. Called also {miner's an[91]mia}, {tunnel disease}, {brickmaker's an[91]mia}, {Egyptian chlorosis}. | |
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Americanism \A*mer"i*can*ism\, n. 1. Attachment to the United States. 2. A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea. 3. A word or phrase peculiar to the United States. | |
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Americanization \A*mer`i*can*i*za"tion\, n. The process of Americanizing. | |
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Americanize \A*mer"i*can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Americanizer}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Americanizing}.] To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics. | |
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Americanize \A*mer"i*can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Americanizer}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Americanizing}.] To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics. | |
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Americanize \A*mer"i*can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Americanizer}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Americanizing}.] To render American; to assimilate to the Americans in customs, ideas, etc.; to stamp with American characteristics. | |
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Amharic \Am*har"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic. -- n. The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia). | |
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Sea pork \Sea" pork`\ (Zo[94]l.) An American compound ascidian ({Amor[91]cium stellatum}) which forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork. | |
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Amorist \Am"o*rist\, n. [L. armor love. See {Amorous}.] A lover; a gallant. [R.] --Milton. It was the custom for an amorist to impress the name of his mistress in the dust, or upon the damp earth, with letters fixed upon his shoe. --Southey. | |
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Amorosity \Am`o*ros"i*ty\, n. The quality of being amorous; lovingness. [R.] --Galt. | |
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Amorous \Am"o*rous\, a. [OF. amoros, F. amoreux, LL. amorosus, fr. L. amor love, fr. amare to love.] 1. Inclined to love; having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment; loving; fond; affectionate; as, an amorous disposition. 2. Affected with love; in love; enamored; -- usually with of; formerly with on. Thy roses amorous of the moon. --Keats. High nature amorous of the good. --Tennyson. Sure my brother is amorous on Hero. --Shak. 3. Of or relating to, or produced by, love. [bd]Amorous delight.[b8] --Milton. [bd]Amorous airs.[b8] --Waller. Syn: Loving; fond; tender; passionate; affectionate; devoted; ardent. | |
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Amorously \Am"o*rous*ly\, adv. In an amorous manner; fondly. | |
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Amorousness \Am"o*rous*ness\, n. The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness. | |
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Amurcous \A*mur"cous\, a. [LL. amurcosus, L. amurca the dregs of olives, Gr. 'amo`rghs, fr. 'ame`rgein to pluck.] Full off dregs; foul. [R.] --Knowles. | |
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d8Lignum rhodium \[d8]Lig"num rho"di*um\ (l[icr]g"n[ucr]m r[omac]"d[icr]*[ucr]m). [NL., fr. L. lignum wood + Gr. "ro`don a rose.] (Bot.) The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species of {Rhodorhiza} from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian {Amyris balsamifera}. | |
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Rosewood \Rose"wood\, n. A valuable cabinet wood of a dark red color, streaked and variegated with black, obtained from several tropical leguminous trees of the genera {Dalbergia} and {Mach[91]rium}. The finest kind is from Brazil, and is said to be from the {Dalbergia nigra}. {African rosewood}, the wood of the leguminous tree {Pterocarpus erinaceus}. {Jamaica rosewood}, the wood of two West Indian trees ({Amyris balsamifera}, and {Linocieria ligustrina}). {New South Wales rosewood}, the wood of {Trichilia glandulosa}, a tree related to the margosa. | |
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Torchwood \Torch"wood`\, n. (Bot.) The inflammable wood of certain trees ({Amyris balsamifera}, {A. Floridana}, etc.); also, the trees themselves. | |
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Anarch \An"arch\, n. [Gr. [?] without head or chief; 'an priv. + [?] beginning, the first place, magistracy, government.] The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. --Milton. Imperial anarchs doubling human woes. --Byron. | |
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Anarchal \A*nar"chal\, a. Lawless; anarchical. [R.] We are in the habit of calling those bodies of men anarchal which are in a state of effervescence. --Landor. | |
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Pondweed \Pond"weed`\, n. (Bot.) Any aquatic plant of the genus {Potamogeton}, of which many species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers. {Choke pondweed}, an American water weed ({Anarcharis, [or] Elodea, Canadensis}.) See {Anacharis}. {Horned pondweed}, the {Zannichellia palustris}, a slender, branching aquatic plant, having pointed nutlets. | |
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Anarchic \A*nar"chic\, Anarchical \A*nar"chic*al\, a. [Cf. F. anarchique.] Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions. | |
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Anarchic \A*nar"chic\, Anarchical \A*nar"chic*al\, a. [Cf. F. anarchique.] Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions. | |
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Anarchism \An"arch*ism\, n. [Cf. F. anarchisme.] The doctrine or practice of anarchists. | |
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Anarchist \An"arch*ist\, n. [Cf. F. anarchiste.] An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government. | |
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Anarchize \An"arch*ize\, v. t. To reduce to anarchy. | |
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Anarchy \An"arch*y\, n. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. anarchie. See {Anarch}.] 1. Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion. Spread anarchy and terror all around. --Cowper. 2. Hence, confusion or disorder, in general. There being then . . . an anarchy, as I may term it, in authors and their re[?]koning of years. --Fuller. | |
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Strawberry \Straw"ber*ry\, n. [AS. stre[a0]wberige; stre[a0]w straw + berie berry; perhaps from the resemblance of the runners of the plant to straws.] (Bot.) A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus {Fragaria}, of which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. The common American strawberry is {Fragaria virginiana}; the European, {F. vesca}. There are also other less common species. {Strawberry bass}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Calico bass}, under {Calico}. {Strawberry blite}. (Bot.) See under {Blite}. {Strawberry borer} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of insects whose larv[91] burrow in the crown or roots of the strawberry vine. Especially: (a) The root borer ({Anarsia lineatella}), a very small dark gray moth whose larv[91] burrow both in the larger roots and crown, often doing great damage. (b) The crown borer ({Tyloderma fragari[91]}), a small brown weevil whose larva burrows in the crown and kills the plant. {Strawberry bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Euonymus Americanus}), a kind of spindle tree having crimson pods and the seeds covered with a scarlet aril. {Strawberry crab} (Zo[94]l.), a small European spider crab ({Eurynome aspera}); -- so called because the back is covered with pink tubercles. {Strawberry fish} (Zo[94]l.), the amadavat. {Strawberry geranium} (Bot.), a kind of saxifrage ({Saxifraga sarmentosa}) having reniform leaves, and producing long runners like those of the strawberry. {Strawberry leaf}. (a) The leaf of the strawberry. (b) The symbol of the rank or estate of a duke, because the ducal coronet is twined with strawberry leaves. [bd]The strawberry leaves on her chariot panels are engraved on her ladyship's heart.[b8] --Thackeray. {Strawberry-leaf roller} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of moths whose larv[91] roll up, and feed upon, the leaves of the strawberry vine; especially, {Phoxopteris fragari[91]}, and {Eccopsis permundana}. {Strawberry moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of moth whose larv[91] feed on the strawberry vines; as: (a) The smeared dagger ({Apatela oblinita}), whose large hairy larva is velvety black with two rows of bright yellow spots on each side. (b) A geometrid ({Angerona crocataria}) which is yellow with dusky spots on the wings. Called also {currant moth}. {Strawberry pear} (Bot.), the red ovoid fruit of a West Indian plant of the genus Cereus ({C. triangularia}). It has a sweetish flavor, and is slightly acid, pleasant, and cooling. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. {Strawberry sawfly} (Zo[94]l.), a small black sawfly ({Emphytus maculatus}) whose larva eats the leaves of the strawberry vine. {Strawberry tomato}. (Bot.) See {Alkekengi}. {Strawberry tree}. (Bot.) See {Arbutus}. {Strawberry vine} (Bot.), the plant which yields the strawberry. {Strawberry worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any moth which feeds on the strawberry vine. | |
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d8Anergia \[d8]An*er"gi*a\, Anergy \An"er*gy\, n. [NL. anergia, fr. Gr. [?]- not + [?] work.] Lack of energy; inactivity. -- {An*er"gic}, a. | |
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d8Anergia \[d8]An*er"gi*a\, Anergy \An"er*gy\, n. [NL. anergia, fr. Gr. [?]- not + [?] work.] Lack of energy; inactivity. -- {An*er"gic}, a. | |
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Aneurism \An"eu*rism\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a widening, an opening; [?] up + [?] wide.] (Med.) A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery. [Written also {aneurysm}.] | |
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Aneurismal \An`eu*ris"mal\, a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis. [Written also {aneurysmal}.] | |
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Aneurism \An"eu*rism\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], a widening, an opening; [?] up + [?] wide.] (Med.) A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery. [Written also {aneurysm}.] | |
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Aneurismal \An`eu*ris"mal\, a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to an aneurism; as, an aneurismal tumor; aneurismal diathesis. [Written also {aneurysmal}.] | |
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d8Anorexia \[d8]An`o*rex"i*a\, Anorexy \An"o*rex`y\n. [Gr. [?]; 'an priv. + [?] desire, appetite, [?] desire.] (Med.) Want of appetite, without a loathing of food. --Coxe. | |
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Anurous \A*nu"rous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Destitute of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [Also written {anourous}.] | |
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Anourous \An*ou"rous\, a. See {Anurous}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anurous \A*nu"rous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Destitute of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [Also written {anourous}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anourous \An*ou"rous\, a. See {Anurous}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anurous \A*nu"rous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Destitute of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [Also written {anourous}.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Amargosa Valley, NV Zip code(s): 89020 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
American Canyon, CA (CDP, FIPS 1640) Location: 38.17320 N, 122.26117 W Population (1990): 7706 (2857 housing units) Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 94589 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
American Falls, ID (city, FIPS 1900) Location: 42.78198 N, 112.85378 W Population (1990): 3757 (1453 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83211 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
American Fork, UT (city, FIPS 1310) Location: 40.38425 N, 111.79387 W Population (1990): 15696 (4222 housing units) Area: 15.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 84003 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Americus, GA (city, FIPS 2116) Location: 32.07211 N, 84.22694 W Population (1990): 16512 (6317 housing units) Area: 25.0 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Americus, KS (city, FIPS 1675) Location: 38.50648 N, 96.26098 W Population (1990): 891 (359 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66835 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Amherst, CO Zip code(s): 80721 Amherst, MA (CDP, FIPS 1290) Location: 42.37512 N, 72.51999 W Population (1990): 17824 (3120 housing units) Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Amherst, NE (village, FIPS 1290) Location: 40.83877 N, 99.26915 W Population (1990): 231 (95 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68812 Amherst, NH Zip code(s): 03031 Amherst, NY Zip code(s): 14226, 14228 Amherst, OH (city, FIPS 1798) Location: 41.40005 N, 82.23073 W Population (1990): 10332 (3864 housing units) Area: 18.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Amherst, SD Zip code(s): 57421 Amherst, TX (city, FIPS 3084) Location: 34.01243 N, 102.41396 W Population (1990): 742 (361 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79312 Amherst, VA (town, FIPS 1672) Location: 37.58609 N, 79.05043 W Population (1990): 1060 (435 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24521 Amherst, WI (village, FIPS 1750) Location: 44.44825 N, 89.28480 W Population (1990): 792 (340 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54406 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Amherst County, VA (county, FIPS 9) Location: 37.61125 N, 79.14239 W Population (1990): 28578 (10598 housing units) Area: 1230.9 sq km (land), 9.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Amherst Junction, WI (village, FIPS 1800) Location: 44.46954 N, 89.31667 W Population (1990): 269 (108 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54407 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Amherstdale-Robinette, WV (CDP, FIPS 1672) Location: 37.77978 N, 81.77390 W Population (1990): 2435 (860 housing units) Area: 56.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
America On-Line, Inc. based in Vienna, Virginia, USA. AOL claims to be the largest and fastest growing provider of on-line services in the world, with the most active subscriber base. AOL offers its three million subscribers {electronic mail}, interactive newspapers and magazines, conferencing, software libraries, computing support, and on-line classes. In October 1994 AOL made {Internet} {FTP} available to its members and in May 1995, full Internet access including {World-Wide Web}. AOL's main competitors are {Prodigy} and {Compuserve}. {Home (http://www.aol.com/)}. (1997-08-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
American National Standard standards, e.g.: "ANS {Forth}", or "American National Standard X3.215-1994". (1998-07-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) The United States government body responsible for approving US {standards} in many areas, including computers and communications. ANSI is a member of {ISO}. ANSI sells ANSI and ISO (international) standards. {Home (http://www.ansi.org/)}. Address: New York, NY 10036, USA. Sales: 1430 Broadway, NY NY 10018. Telephone: +1 (212) 642 4900. (1996-11-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) A group involved in {CAD} standardisation. (1995-04-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange The basis of character sets used in almost all present-day computers. {US-ASCII} uses only the lower seven {bit}s ({character points} 0 to 127) to convey some {control codes}, space, numbers, most basic punctuation, and unaccented letters a-z and A-Z. More modern coded character sets (e.g., {Latin-1}, {Unicode}) define extensions to ASCII for values above 127 for conveying special Latin characters (like accented characters, or German ess-tsett), characters from non-Latin writing systems (e.g., Cyrillic, or {Han characters}), and such desirable {glyphs} as distinct open- and close-quotation marks. ASCII replaced earlier systems such as {EBCDIC} and {Baudot}, which used fewer bytes, but were each {broken} in their own way. Computers are much pickier about spelling than humans; thus, hackers need to be very precise when talking about characters, and have developed a considerable amount of verbal shorthand for them. Every character has one or more names - some formal, some concise, some silly. Individual characters are listed in this dictionary with alternative names from revision 2.3 of the {Usenet} ASCII pronunciation guide in rough order of popularity, including their official {ITU-T} names and the particularly silly names introduced by {INTERCAL}. See {V} {ampersand}, {asterisk}, {back quote}, {backslash}, {caret}, {colon}, {comma}, {commercial at}, {control-C}, {dollar}, {dot}, {double quote}, {equals}, {exclamation mark}, {greater than}, {hash}, {left bracket}, {left parenthesis}, {less than}, {minus}, {parentheses}, {oblique stroke}, {percent}, {plus}, {question mark}, {right brace}, {right brace}, {right bracket}, {right parenthesis}, {semicolon}, {single quote}, {space}, {tilde}, {underscore}, {vertical bar}, {zero}. Some other common usages cause odd overlaps. The "#", "$", ">", and "&" characters, for example, are all pronounced "hex" in different communities because various assemblers use them as a prefix tag for {hexadecimal} constants (in particular, "#" in many assembler-programming cultures, "$" in the {6502} world, ">" at {Texas Instruments}, and "&" on the {BBC Micro}, {Acorn Archimedes}, {Sinclair}, and some {Zilog Z80} machines). See also {splat}. The inability of {US-ASCII} to correctly represent nearly any language other than English became an obvious and intolerable {misfeature} as computer use outside the US and UK became the rule rather than the exception (see {software rot}). And so national extensions to US-ASCII were developed, such as Latin-1. Hardware and software from the US still tends to embody the assumption that US-ASCII is the universal character set and that words of text consist entirely of byte values 65-90 and 97-122 (A-Z and a-z); this is a major irritant to people who want to use a character set suited to their own languages. Perversely, though, efforts to solve this problem by proliferating sets of national characters produced an evolutionary pressure (especially in protocol design, e.g., the {URL} standard) to stick to {US-ASCII} as a subset common to all those in use, and therefore to stick to English as the language encodable with the common subset of all the ASCII dialects. This basic problem with having a multiplicity of national character sets ended up being a prime justification for {Unicode}, which was designed, ostensibly, to be the *one* ASCII extension anyone will need. A system is described as "{eight-bit clean}" if it doesn't mangle text with byte values above 127, as some older systems did. See also {ASCII character table}, {Yu-Shiang Whole Fish}. (1995-03-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
American Telephone and Telegraph, Inc. largest US telecommunications providers. Also noted for being the birthplace of the {Unix} {operating system} and the {C} and {C++} programming languages. AT&T was incorporated in 1885, but traces its lineage to Alexander Graham Bell and his invention of the telephone in 1876. As parent company of the former {Bell System}, AT&T's primary mission was to provide telephone service to virtually everyone in the United States. In its first 50 years, AT&T established subsidiaries and allied companies in more than a dozen other countries. It sold these interests in 1925 and focused on achieving its mission in the United States. It did, however, continue to provide international long distance service. The Bell System was dissolved at the end of 1983 with AT&T's divestiture of the Bell telephone companies. AT&T split into three parts in 1996, one of which is {Lucent Tecnologies}, the former systems and equipment portion of AT&T (including Bell Laboratories). See also {3DO}, {Advanced RISC Machine}, {Berkeley Software Distribution}, {Bell Laboratories}, {Concurrent C}, {Death Star}, {dinosaurs mating}, {InterNIC}, {System V}, {Nawk}, {Open Look}, {rc}, {S}, {Standard ML of New Jersey}, {Unix International}, {Unix conspiracy}, {USG Unix}, {Unix System Laboratories}. {AT&T Home (http://www.att.com/)}. (2002-06-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
American Wire Gauge Gauge") A U.S. {standard} set of non-ferrous wire conductor sizes. Typical household wiring is AWG number 12 or 14. Telephone wire is usually 22, 24, or 26. The higher the gauge number, the smaller the diameter and the thinner the wire. Thicker wire is better for long distances due to its lower resistance per unit length. (2001-03-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
America's Multimedia Online company which invented {Never Offline} in 1995 and was officially started in 1996. {Home (http://amo.net/)}. E-mail: AMO Address: Albuquerque, NM, USA. (1999-11-03) | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
americium Symbol: Am Atomic number: 95 Atomic weight: (243) Radioactive metallic transuranic element, belongs to the actinoids. Ten known isotopes. Am-243 is the most stable isotope, with a half-life of 7.95*10^3 years. Discovered by Glenn T. Seaborg and associates in 1945, it was obtained by bombarding {uranium}-238 with alpha particles. | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
American Samoa (territory of the US) American Samoa:Geography Location: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand Map references: Oceania Area: total area: 199 sq km land area: 199 sq km comparative area: slightly larger than Washington, DC note: includes Rose Island and Swains Island Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 116 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages 124 inches; rainy season from November to April, dry season from May to October; little seasonal temperature variation Terrain: five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains, two coral atolls (Rose Island, Swains Island) Natural resources: pumice, pumicite Land use: arable land: 10% permanent crops: 5% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 75% other: 10% Irrigated land: NA sq km Environment: current issues: limited natural fresh water resources; in many areas of the island water supplies come from roof catchments natural hazards: typhoons common from December to March international agreements: NA Note: Pago Pago has one of the best natural deepwater harbors in the South Pacific Ocean, sheltered by shape from rough seas and protected by peripheral mountains from high winds; strategic location in the South Pacific Ocean American Samoa:People Population: 57,366 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: NA 15-64 years: NA 65 years and over: NA Population growth rate: 3.82% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 36.21 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 4.01 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: 6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 18.78 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.91 years male: 71.03 years female: 74.85 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 4.3 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: American Samoan(s) adjective: American Samoan Ethnic divisions: Samoan (Polynesian) 89%, Caucasian 2%, Tongan 4%, other 5% Religions: Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant denominations and other 30% Languages: Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English; most people are bilingual Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980) total population: 97% male: 98% female: 97% Labor force: 14,400 (1990) by occupation: government 33%, tuna canneries 34%, other 33% (1990) American Samoa:Government Names: conventional long form: Territory of American Samoa conventional short form: American Samoa Abbreviation: AS Digraph: AQ Type: unincorporated and unorganized territory of the US; administered by the US Department of Interior, Office of Territorial and International Affairs Capital: Pago Pago Administrative divisions: none (territory of the US) Independence: none (territory of the US) National holiday: Territorial Flag Day, 17 April (1900) Constitution: ratified 1966, in effect 1967 Legal system: NA Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President William Jefferson CLINTON (since 20 January 1993); Vice President Albert GORE, Jr. (since 20 January 1993) head of government: Governor A. P. LUTALI (since 3 January 1993); Lieutenant Governor Tauese P. SUNIA (since 3 January 1993); election last held 3 November 1992 (next to be held NA November 1996); results - A. P. LUTALI (Democrat) 53%, Peter Tali COLEMAN (Republican) 36% Legislative branch: bicameral Legislative Assembly (Fono) House of Representatives: elections last held 3 November 1992 (next to be held NA November 1994); results - representatives popularly elected from 17 house districts; seats - (21 total, 20 elected, and 1 nonvoting delegate from Swains Island) Senate: elections last held 3 November 1992 (next to be held NA November 1996); results - senators elected by village chiefs from 12 senate districts; seats - (18 total) number of seats by party NA US House of Representatives: elections last held 3 November 1992 (next to be held NA November 1994); results - Eni R. F. H. FALEOMAVAEGA reelected as delegate Judicial branch: High Court Political parties and leaders: NA Member of: ESCAP (associate), INTERPOL (subbureau), IOC, SPC Diplomatic representation in US: none (territory of the US) US diplomatic representation: none (territory of the US) Flag: blue with a white triangle edged in red that is based on the fly side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and white American bald eagle flying toward the hoist side is carrying two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a staff and a war club Economy Overview: Economic activity is strongly linked to the US, with which American Samoa conducts 80%-90% of its foreign trade. Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned tuna the primary export. The tuna canneries and the government are by far the two largest employers. Other economic activities include a slowly developing tourist industry. Transfers from the US Government add substantially to American Samoa's economic well-being. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $128 million (1991 est.) National product real growth rate: NA% National product per capita: $2,600 (1991) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7% (1990) Unemployment rate: 12% (1991) Budget: revenues: $97 million (includes $43,000,000 in local revenue and $54,000,000 in grant revenue); expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY90/91) Exports: $306 million (f.o.b., 1989) commodities: canned tuna 93% partners: US 99.6% Imports: $360.3 million (c.i.f., 1989) commodities: materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%, machinery and parts 6% partners: US 62%, Japan 9%, NZ 7%, Australia 11%, Fiji 4%, other 7% External debt: $NA Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: capacity: 30,000 kW production: 90 million kWh consumption per capita: 1,505 kWh (1993) Industries: tuna canneries (largely dependent on foreign fishing vessels), meat canning, handicrafts Agriculture: bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas, dairy farming Economic aid: recipient: $21,042,650 in operational funds and $1,227,000 in construction funds for capital improvement projects from the US Department of Interior (1991) Currency: 1 United States dollar = 100 cents Exchange rates: US currency is used Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September American Samoa:Transportation Railroads: 0 km Highways: total: 350 km paved: 150 km unpaved: 200 km Ports: Aanu'u (new construction), Auasi, Faleosao, Ofu, Pago Pago, Ta'u Merchant marine: none Airports: total: 4 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 with paved runways under 914 m: 3 note: small airstrips on Fituita and Ofu American Samoa:Communications Telephone system: 8,399 telephones; good telex, telegraph, and facsimile services local: NA intercity: NA international: 1 INTELSAT (Pacific Ocean) and 1 COMSAT earth station Radio: broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 1 televisions: NA American Samoa:Defense Forces Note: defense is the responsibility of the US |