English Dictionary: ankarren | by the DICT Development Group |
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Ahungered \A*hun"gered\, a. [Pref. a- + hungered.] Pinched with hunger; very hungry. --C. Bront[82]. | |
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Amacratic \Am`a*crat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] together + [?] power.] (Photog.) Amasthenic. --Sir J. Herschel. | |
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Amasser \A*mass"er\, n. One who amasses. | |
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Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. [?].] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet. That finer matter, called sand, is no other than very small pebbles. --Woodward. 2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak. 3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life. The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak. 4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide. [bd]The Libyan sands.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The sands o' Dee.[b8] --C. Kingsley. 5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang] {Sand badger} (Zo[94]l.), the Japanese badger ({Meles ankuma}). {Sand bag}. (a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc. (b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins. {Sand ball}, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet. {Sand bath}. (a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed. (b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand. {Sand bed}, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace. {Sand birds} (Zo[94]l.), a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; -- called also {shore birds}. {Sand blast}, a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process. {Sand box}. (a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand. (b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping. {Sand-box tree} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of {Regma}. {Sand bug} (Zo[94]l.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under {Anomura}. {Sand canal} (Zo[94]l.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function. {Sand cock} (Zo[94]l.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.] {Sand collar}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand saucer}, below. {Sand crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The lady crab. (b) A land crab, or ocypodian. {Sand crack} (Far.), a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness. {Sand cricket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus {Stenophelmatus} and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States. {Sand cusk} (Zo[94]l.), any ophidioid fish. See {Illust.} under {Ophidioid}. {Sand dab} (Zo[94]l.), a small American flounder ({Limanda ferruginea}); -- called also {rusty dab}. The name is also applied locally to other allied species. {Sand darter} (Zo[94]l.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley ({Ammocrypta pellucida}). {Sand dollar} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially {Echinarachnius parma} of the American coast. {Sand drift}, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand. {Sand eel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A lant, or launce. (b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus {Gonorhynchus}, having barbels about the mouth. {Sand flag}, sandstone which splits up into flagstones. {Sand flea}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea. (b) The chigoe. (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See {Beach flea}, under {Beach}. {Sand flood}, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind. --James Bruce. {Sand fluke}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The sandnecker. (b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes microcephalus}); -- called also {kitt}, {marysole}, {smear dab}, {town dab}. {Sand fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus {Simulium}, abounding on sandy shores, especially {Simulium nocivum} of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also {no-see-um}, {punky}, and {midge}. {Sand gall}. (Geol.) See {Sand pipe}, below. {Sand grass} (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass ({Triplasis purpurea}) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast. | |
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Amuser \A*mus"er\ (-[etil]r), n. One who amuses. | |
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Anacardiaceous \An`a*car"di*a"ceous\, a. (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples. | |
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Anacardic \An`a*car"dic\, a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid. | |
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Cashew \Ca*shew"\ (k[adot]*sh[oomac]"), n. [F. acajou, for cajou, prob. from Malay k[be]yu tree; cf. Pg. acaju, cf. {Acajou}.] (Bot.) A tree ({Anacardium occidentale}) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long. {Cashew nut}, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell by roasting the nut. | |
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Anachoret \An*ach"o*ret\, n. Anachoretical \An*ach`o*ret"ic*al\, a. See {Anchoret}, {Anchoretic}. [Obs.] | |
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Anchoret \An"cho*ret\, Anchorite \An"cho*rite\, n. [F. anachor[8a]te, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to go back, retire; [?] + [?] to give place, retire, [?] place; perh. akin to Skr. h[be] to leave. Cf. {Anchor} a hermit.] One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors {anachoret}.] Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. --Boyle. | |
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Anachoret \An*ach"o*ret\, n. Anachoretical \An*ach`o*ret"ic*al\, a. See {Anchoret}, {Anchoretic}. [Obs.] | |
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Anchoret \An"cho*ret\, Anchorite \An"cho*rite\, n. [F. anachor[8a]te, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to go back, retire; [?] + [?] to give place, retire, [?] place; perh. akin to Skr. h[be] to leave. Cf. {Anchor} a hermit.] One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors {anachoret}.] Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. --Boyle. | |
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Anachoret \An*ach"o*ret\, n. Anachoretical \An*ach`o*ret"ic*al\, a. See {Anchoret}, {Anchoretic}. [Obs.] | |
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Anachorism \An*ach"o*rism\, n. [Gr. [?] + [?] place.] An error in regard to the place of an event or a thing; a referring something to a wrong place. [R.] | |
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Anachronic \An`a*chron"ic\, Anachronical \An`a*chron"ic*al\,a. Characterized by, or involving, anachronism; anachronistic. | |
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Anachronic \An`a*chron"ic\, Anachronical \An`a*chron"ic*al\,a. Characterized by, or involving, anachronism; anachronistic. | |
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Anachronism \An*ach"ro*nism\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to refer to a wrong time, to confound times; [?] + [?] time: cf. F. anachronisme.] A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation. | |
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Anachronistic \An*ach`ro*nis"tic\, a. Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism. --T. Warton. | |
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Anachronize \An*ach"ro*nize\, v. t. [Gr. [?].] To refer to, or put into, a wrong time. [R.] --Lowell. | |
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Anachronous \An*ach"ro*nous\, a. Containing an anachronism; anachronistic. -- {An*ach"ro*nous*ly}, adv. | |
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Anachronous \An*ach"ro*nous\, a. Containing an anachronism; anachronistic. -- {An*ach"ro*nous*ly}, adv. | |
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Anacreontic \A*nac`re*on"tic\, a. [L. Anacreonticus.] Pertaining to, after the manner of, or in the meter of, the Greek poet Anacreon; amatory and convivial. --De Quincey. | |
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Anacreontic \A*nac`re*on"tic\, n. A poem after the manner of Anacreon; a sprightly little poem in praise of love and wine. | |
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Anacrotic \An`a*crot"ic\, a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to anachronism. | |
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Anacrotism \A*nac"ro*tism\, n. [Gr. [?], up, again + [?] a stroke.] (Physiol.) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing. | |
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Anagram \An"a*gram\, n. [F. anagramme, LL. anagramma, fr. Gr. [?] back, again + [?] to write. See {Graphic}.] Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law. | |
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Anagram \An"a*gram\, v. t. To anagrammatize. Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into Benevolus. --Warburton. | |
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Anagrammatic \An`a*gram*mat"ic\, Anagrammatical \An`a*gram*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. anagramtique.] Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram. -- {An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Anagrammatic \An`a*gram*mat"ic\, Anagrammatical \An`a*gram*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. anagramtique.] Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram. -- {An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Anagrammatic \An`a*gram*mat"ic\, Anagrammatical \An`a*gram*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. anagramtique.] Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram. -- {An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Anagrammatism \An`a*gram"ma*tism\, n. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. anagrammatisme.] The act or practice of making anagrams. --Camden. | |
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Anagrammatist \An`a*gram"ma*tist\, n. [Cf. F. anagrammatiste.] A maker anagrams. | |
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Anagrammatize \An`a*gram"ma*tize\, v. t. [Gr. [?] cf. F. anagrammatiser.] To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an anagram. --Cudworth. | |
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Anagraph \An"a*graph\, n. [Gr. [?] a writing out, fr. [?] to write out, to record; [?] + [?] to write.] An inventory; a record. [Obs.] --Knowles. | |
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Bean trefoil \Bean" tre"foil\ (Bot.) A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves ({Anagyris f[d2]tida}). | |
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Teal \Teal\, n. [OE. tele; akin to D. teling a generation, production, teal, telen to breed, produce, and E. till to cultivate. The English word probably once meant, a brood or flock. See {Till} to cultivate.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus {Anas} and the subgenera {Querquedula} and {Nettion}. The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the wings. Note: The common European teal ({Anas crecca}) and the European blue-winged teal, or garganey ({A. querquedula} or {A. circia}), are well-known species. In America the blue-winged teal ({A. discors}), the green-winged teal ({A. Carolinensis}), and the cinnamon teal ({A. cynaoptera}) are common species, valued as game birds. See {Garganey}. {Goose teal}, a goslet. See {Goslet}. {Teal duck}, the common European teal. | |
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Garganey \Gar"ga*ney\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small European duck ({Anas querquedula}); -- called also {cricket teal}, and {summer teal}. | |
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Anasarcous \An`a*sar"cous\, a. Belonging, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical. --Wiseman. | |
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Anchor \An"chor\ ([acr][nsm]"k[etil]r), n. [OE. anker, AS. ancor, oncer, L. ancora, sometimes spelt anchora, fr. Gr. 'a`gkyra, akin to E. angle: cf. F. ancre. See {Angle}, n.] 1. A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station. Note: The common anchor consists of a straight bar called a shank, having at one end a transverse bar called a stock, above which is a ring for the cable, and at the other end the crown, from which branch out two or more arms with flukes, forming with the shank a suitable angle to enter the ground. Note: Formerly the largest and strongest anchor was the sheet anchor (hence, Fig., best hope or last refuge), called also {waist anchor}. Now the bower and the sheet anchor are usually alike. Then came the best bower and the small bower (so called from being carried on the bows). The stream anchor is one fourth the weight of the bower anchor. Kedges or kedge anchors are light anchors used in warping. 2. Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place. 3. Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety. Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul. --Heb. vi. 19. 4. (Her.) An emblem of hope. 5. (Arch.) (a) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together. (b) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also {egg-and-dart}, {egg-and-tongue}) ornament. 6. (Zo[94]l.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of {Synapta}. {Anchor ice}. See under {Ice}. {Anchor ring}. (Math.) Same as {Annulus}, 2 (b). {Anchor stock} (Naut.), the crossbar at the top of the shank at right angles to the arms. {The anchor comes home}, when it drags over the bottom as the ship drifts. {Foul anchor}, the anchor when it hooks, or is entangled with, another anchor, or with a cable or wreck, or when the slack cable entangled. {The anchor is acockbill}, when it is suspended perpendicularly from the cathead, ready to be let go. {The anchor is apeak}, when the cable is drawn in do tight as to bring to ship directly over it. {The anchor is atrip}, or {aweigh}, when it is lifted out of the ground. {The anchor is awash}, when it is hove up to the surface of the water. {At anchor}, anchored. {To back an anchor}, to increase the holding power by laying down a small anchor ahead of that by which the ship rides, with the cable fastened to the crown of the latter to prevent its coming home. {To cast anchor}, to drop or let go an anchor to keep a ship at rest. {To cat the anchor}, to hoist the anchor to the cathead and pass the ring-stopper. {To fish the anchor}, to hoist the flukes to their resting place (called the bill-boards), and pass the shank painter. {To weigh anchor}, to heave or raise the anchor so as to sail away. | |
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Anchor \An"chor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Anchored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Anchoring}.] [Cf. F. ancrer.] 1. To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship. 2. To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge. Till that my nails were anchored in thine eyes. --Shak. | |
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Anchor \An"chor\, v. i. 1. To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream. 2. To stop; to fix or rest. My invention . . . anchors on Isabel. --Shak. | |
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Anchor \An"chor\, n. [OE. anker, ancre, AS. ancra, fr. L. anachoreta. See {Anchoret}.] An anchoret. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Buoy \Buoy\, n. [D. boei buoy, fetter, fr. OF. boie, buie, chain, fetter, F. bou[82]e a buoy, from L. boia. [bd]Boiae genus vinculorum tam ferreae quam ligneae.[b8] --Festus. So called because chained to its place.] (Naut.) A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc. {Anchor buoy}, a buoy attached to, or marking the position of, an anchor. {Bell buoy}, a large buoy on which a bell is mounted, to be rung by the motion of the waves. {Breeches buoy}. See under {Breeches}. {Cable buoy}, an empty cask employed to buoy up the cable in rocky anchorage. {Can buoy}, a hollow buoy made of sheet or boiler iron, usually conical or pear-shaped. {Life buoy}, a float intended to support persons who have fallen into the water, until a boat can be dispatched to save them. {Nut} [or] {Nun buoy}, a buoy large in the middle, and tapering nearly to a point at each end. {To stream the buoy}, to let the anchor buoy fall by the ship's side into the water, before letting go the anchor. {Whistling buoy}, a buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown by the action of the waves. | |
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Anchor escapement \An"chor es*cape"ment\ (Horol.) (a) The common recoil escapement. (b) A variety of the lever escapement with a wide impulse pin. | |
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Anchor \An"chor\ ([acr][nsm]"k[etil]r), n. [OE. anker, AS. ancor, oncer, L. ancora, sometimes spelt anchora, fr. Gr. 'a`gkyra, akin to E. angle: cf. F. ancre. See {Angle}, n.] 1. A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station. Note: The common anchor consists of a straight bar called a shank, having at one end a transverse bar called a stock, above which is a ring for the cable, and at the other end the crown, from which branch out two or more arms with flukes, forming with the shank a suitable angle to enter the ground. Note: Formerly the largest and strongest anchor was the sheet anchor (hence, Fig., best hope or last refuge), called also {waist anchor}. Now the bower and the sheet anchor are usually alike. Then came the best bower and the small bower (so called from being carried on the bows). The stream anchor is one fourth the weight of the bower anchor. Kedges or kedge anchors are light anchors used in warping. 2. Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place. 3. Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety. Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul. --Heb. vi. 19. 4. (Her.) An emblem of hope. 5. (Arch.) (a) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together. (b) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also {egg-and-dart}, {egg-and-tongue}) ornament. 6. (Zo[94]l.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of {Synapta}. {Anchor ice}. See under {Ice}. {Anchor ring}. (Math.) Same as {Annulus}, 2 (b). {Anchor stock} (Naut.), the crossbar at the top of the shank at right angles to the arms. {The anchor comes home}, when it drags over the bottom as the ship drifts. {Foul anchor}, the anchor when it hooks, or is entangled with, another anchor, or with a cable or wreck, or when the slack cable entangled. {The anchor is acockbill}, when it is suspended perpendicularly from the cathead, ready to be let go. {The anchor is apeak}, when the cable is drawn in do tight as to bring to ship directly over it. {The anchor is atrip}, or {aweigh}, when it is lifted out of the ground. {The anchor is awash}, when it is hove up to the surface of the water. {At anchor}, anchored. {To back an anchor}, to increase the holding power by laying down a small anchor ahead of that by which the ship rides, with the cable fastened to the crown of the latter to prevent its coming home. {To cast anchor}, to drop or let go an anchor to keep a ship at rest. {To cat the anchor}, to hoist the anchor to the cathead and pass the ring-stopper. {To fish the anchor}, to hoist the flukes to their resting place (called the bill-boards), and pass the shank painter. {To weigh anchor}, to heave or raise the anchor so as to sail away. | |
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Ice \Ice\ ([imac]s), n. [OE. is, iis, AS. [c6]s; aksin to D. ijs, G. eis, OHG. [c6]s, Icel. [c6]ss, Sw. is, Dan. iis, and perh. to E. iron.] 1. Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4[f8] C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats. Note: Water freezes at 32[f8] F. or 0[f8] Cent., and ice melts at the same temperature. Ice owes its cooling properties to the large amount of heat required to melt it. 2. Concreted sugar. --Johnson. 3. Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen. 4. Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice. {Anchor ice}, ice which sometimes forms about stones and other objects at the bottom of running or other water, and is thus attached or anchored to the ground. {Bay ice}, ice formed in bays, fiords, etc., often in extensive fields which drift out to sea. {Ground ice}, anchor ice. {Ice age} (Geol.), the glacial epoch or period. See under {Glacial}. {Ice anchor} (Naut.), a grapnel for mooring a vessel to a field of ice. --Kane. {Ice blink} [Dan. iisblink], a streak of whiteness of the horizon, caused by the reflection of light from ice not yet in sight. {Ice boat}. (a) A boat fitted with skates or runners, and propelled on ice by sails; an ice yacht. (b) A strong steamboat for breaking a channel through ice. {Ice box} [or] {chest}, a box for holding ice; a box in which things are kept cool by means of ice; a refrigerator. {Ice brook}, a brook or stream as cold as ice. [Poetic] --Shak. {Ice cream} [for iced cream], cream, milk, or custard, sweetened, flavored, and frozen. {Ice field}, an extensive sheet of ice. {Ice float}, {Ice floe}, a sheet of floating ice similar to an ice field, but smaller. {Ice foot}, shore ice in Arctic regions; an ice belt. --Kane. {Ice house}, a close-covered pit or building for storing ice. {Ice machine} (Physics), a machine for making ice artificially, as by the production of a low temperature through the sudden expansion of a gas or vapor, or the rapid evaporation of a volatile liquid. {Ice master}. See {Ice pilot} (below). {Ice pack}, an irregular mass of broken and drifting ice. {Ice paper}, a transparent film of gelatin for copying or reproducing; papier glac[82]. {Ice petrel} (Zo[94]l.), a shearwater ({Puffinus gelidus}) of the Antarctic seas, abundant among floating ice. {Ice pick}, a sharp instrument for breaking ice into small pieces. {Ice pilot}, a pilot who has charge of a vessel where the course is obstructed by ice, as in polar seas; -- called also {ice master}. {Ice pitcher}, a pitcher adapted for ice water. {Ice plow}, a large tool for grooving and cutting ice. | |
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Anchor light \Anchor light\ (Naut.) The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor. International rules of the road require vessels at anchor to carry from sunset to sunrise a single white light forward if under 150 feet in length, and if longer, two such lights, one near the stern and one forward. | |
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Tore \Tore\, n. [See {Torus}.] 1. (Arch.) Same as {Torus}. 2. (Geom.) (a) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane. (b) The solid inclosed by such a surface; -- sometimes called an {anchor ring}. | |
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Anchor \An"chor\ ([acr][nsm]"k[etil]r), n. [OE. anker, AS. ancor, oncer, L. ancora, sometimes spelt anchora, fr. Gr. 'a`gkyra, akin to E. angle: cf. F. ancre. See {Angle}, n.] 1. A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station. Note: The common anchor consists of a straight bar called a shank, having at one end a transverse bar called a stock, above which is a ring for the cable, and at the other end the crown, from which branch out two or more arms with flukes, forming with the shank a suitable angle to enter the ground. Note: Formerly the largest and strongest anchor was the sheet anchor (hence, Fig., best hope or last refuge), called also {waist anchor}. Now the bower and the sheet anchor are usually alike. Then came the best bower and the small bower (so called from being carried on the bows). The stream anchor is one fourth the weight of the bower anchor. Kedges or kedge anchors are light anchors used in warping. 2. Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place. 3. Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety. Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul. --Heb. vi. 19. 4. (Her.) An emblem of hope. 5. (Arch.) (a) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together. (b) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also {egg-and-dart}, {egg-and-tongue}) ornament. 6. (Zo[94]l.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of {Synapta}. {Anchor ice}. See under {Ice}. {Anchor ring}. (Math.) Same as {Annulus}, 2 (b). {Anchor stock} (Naut.), the crossbar at the top of the shank at right angles to the arms. {The anchor comes home}, when it drags over the bottom as the ship drifts. {Foul anchor}, the anchor when it hooks, or is entangled with, another anchor, or with a cable or wreck, or when the slack cable entangled. {The anchor is acockbill}, when it is suspended perpendicularly from the cathead, ready to be let go. {The anchor is apeak}, when the cable is drawn in do tight as to bring to ship directly over it. {The anchor is atrip}, or {aweigh}, when it is lifted out of the ground. {The anchor is awash}, when it is hove up to the surface of the water. {At anchor}, anchored. {To back an anchor}, to increase the holding power by laying down a small anchor ahead of that by which the ship rides, with the cable fastened to the crown of the latter to prevent its coming home. {To cast anchor}, to drop or let go an anchor to keep a ship at rest. {To cat the anchor}, to hoist the anchor to the cathead and pass the ring-stopper. {To fish the anchor}, to hoist the flukes to their resting place (called the bill-boards), and pass the shank painter. {To weigh anchor}, to heave or raise the anchor so as to sail away. | |
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Tore \Tore\, n. [See {Torus}.] 1. (Arch.) Same as {Torus}. 2. (Geom.) (a) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane. (b) The solid inclosed by such a surface; -- sometimes called an {anchor ring}. | |
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Anchor \An"chor\ ([acr][nsm]"k[etil]r), n. [OE. anker, AS. ancor, oncer, L. ancora, sometimes spelt anchora, fr. Gr. 'a`gkyra, akin to E. angle: cf. F. ancre. See {Angle}, n.] 1. A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station. Note: The common anchor consists of a straight bar called a shank, having at one end a transverse bar called a stock, above which is a ring for the cable, and at the other end the crown, from which branch out two or more arms with flukes, forming with the shank a suitable angle to enter the ground. Note: Formerly the largest and strongest anchor was the sheet anchor (hence, Fig., best hope or last refuge), called also {waist anchor}. Now the bower and the sheet anchor are usually alike. Then came the best bower and the small bower (so called from being carried on the bows). The stream anchor is one fourth the weight of the bower anchor. Kedges or kedge anchors are light anchors used in warping. 2. Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place. 3. Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety. Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul. --Heb. vi. 19. 4. (Her.) An emblem of hope. 5. (Arch.) (a) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together. (b) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also {egg-and-dart}, {egg-and-tongue}) ornament. 6. (Zo[94]l.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of {Synapta}. {Anchor ice}. See under {Ice}. {Anchor ring}. (Math.) Same as {Annulus}, 2 (b). {Anchor stock} (Naut.), the crossbar at the top of the shank at right angles to the arms. {The anchor comes home}, when it drags over the bottom as the ship drifts. {Foul anchor}, the anchor when it hooks, or is entangled with, another anchor, or with a cable or wreck, or when the slack cable entangled. {The anchor is acockbill}, when it is suspended perpendicularly from the cathead, ready to be let go. {The anchor is apeak}, when the cable is drawn in do tight as to bring to ship directly over it. {The anchor is atrip}, or {aweigh}, when it is lifted out of the ground. {The anchor is awash}, when it is hove up to the surface of the water. {At anchor}, anchored. {To back an anchor}, to increase the holding power by laying down a small anchor ahead of that by which the ship rides, with the cable fastened to the crown of the latter to prevent its coming home. {To cast anchor}, to drop or let go an anchor to keep a ship at rest. {To cat the anchor}, to hoist the anchor to the cathead and pass the ring-stopper. {To fish the anchor}, to hoist the flukes to their resting place (called the bill-boards), and pass the shank painter. {To weigh anchor}, to heave or raise the anchor so as to sail away. | |
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Anchor shot \Anchor shot\ (Billiards) A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space. | |
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Grapple \Grap"ple\, n. [See Grapple, v. t., and cf. Crapple.] 1. A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold. --Milton. 2. (a) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab. (b) (Naut.) A grappling iron. The iron hooks and grapples keen. --Spenser. {Grapple plant} (Bot.), a South African herb ({Herpagophytum leptocarpum}) having the woody fruits armed with long hooked or barbed thorns by which they adhere to cattle, causing intense annoyance. {Grapple shot} (Life-saving Service), a projectile, to which are attached hinged claws to catch in a ship's rigging or to hold in the ground; -- called also {anchor shot}. | |
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Anchor shot \Anchor shot\ (Billiards) A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space. | |
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Grapple \Grap"ple\, n. [See Grapple, v. t., and cf. Crapple.] 1. A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold. --Milton. 2. (a) An instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab. (b) (Naut.) A grappling iron. The iron hooks and grapples keen. --Spenser. {Grapple plant} (Bot.), a South African herb ({Herpagophytum leptocarpum}) having the woody fruits armed with long hooked or barbed thorns by which they adhere to cattle, causing intense annoyance. {Grapple shot} (Life-saving Service), a projectile, to which are attached hinged claws to catch in a ship's rigging or to hold in the ground; -- called also {anchor shot}. | |
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Anchor space \Anchor space\ (Billiards) In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 inches by 3[frac12], lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line. Object balls in an anchor space are treated as in balk. | |
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Anchor \An"chor\ ([acr][nsm]"k[etil]r), n. [OE. anker, AS. ancor, oncer, L. ancora, sometimes spelt anchora, fr. Gr. 'a`gkyra, akin to E. angle: cf. F. ancre. See {Angle}, n.] 1. A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station. Note: The common anchor consists of a straight bar called a shank, having at one end a transverse bar called a stock, above which is a ring for the cable, and at the other end the crown, from which branch out two or more arms with flukes, forming with the shank a suitable angle to enter the ground. Note: Formerly the largest and strongest anchor was the sheet anchor (hence, Fig., best hope or last refuge), called also {waist anchor}. Now the bower and the sheet anchor are usually alike. Then came the best bower and the small bower (so called from being carried on the bows). The stream anchor is one fourth the weight of the bower anchor. Kedges or kedge anchors are light anchors used in warping. 2. Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place. 3. Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety. Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul. --Heb. vi. 19. 4. (Her.) An emblem of hope. 5. (Arch.) (a) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together. (b) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also {egg-and-dart}, {egg-and-tongue}) ornament. 6. (Zo[94]l.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of {Synapta}. {Anchor ice}. See under {Ice}. {Anchor ring}. (Math.) Same as {Annulus}, 2 (b). {Anchor stock} (Naut.), the crossbar at the top of the shank at right angles to the arms. {The anchor comes home}, when it drags over the bottom as the ship drifts. {Foul anchor}, the anchor when it hooks, or is entangled with, another anchor, or with a cable or wreck, or when the slack cable entangled. {The anchor is acockbill}, when it is suspended perpendicularly from the cathead, ready to be let go. {The anchor is apeak}, when the cable is drawn in do tight as to bring to ship directly over it. {The anchor is atrip}, or {aweigh}, when it is lifted out of the ground. {The anchor is awash}, when it is hove up to the surface of the water. {At anchor}, anchored. {To back an anchor}, to increase the holding power by laying down a small anchor ahead of that by which the ship rides, with the cable fastened to the crown of the latter to prevent its coming home. {To cast anchor}, to drop or let go an anchor to keep a ship at rest. {To cat the anchor}, to hoist the anchor to the cathead and pass the ring-stopper. {To fish the anchor}, to hoist the flukes to their resting place (called the bill-boards), and pass the shank painter. {To weigh anchor}, to heave or raise the anchor so as to sail away. | |
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Note: Watches are often distinguished by the kind of escapement used, as an {anchor watch}, a {lever watch}, a {chronometer watch}, etc. (see the Note under {Escapement}, n., 3); also, by the kind of case, as a {gold} or {silver watch}, an {open-faced watch}, a {hunting watch}, or {hunter}, etc. 6. (Naut.) (a) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. {Dogwatch}. (b) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the {port watch}, and the {starboard watch}. {Anchor watch} (Naut.), a detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck when a vessel is at anchor. {To be on the watch}, to be looking steadily for some event. {Watch and ward} (Law), the charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace. --Wharton. --Burrill. {Watch and watch} (Naut.), the regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided. {Watch barrel}, the brass box in a watch, containing the mainspring. {Watch bell} (Naut.), a bell struck when the half-hour glass is run out, or at the end of each half hour. --Craig. {Watch bill} (Naut.), a list of the officers and crew of a ship as divided into watches, with their stations. --Totten. {Watch case}, the case, or outside covering, of a watch; also, a case for holding a watch, or in which it is kept. {Watch chain}. Same as {watch guard}, below. {Watch clock}, a watchman's clock; see under {Watchman}. {Watch fire}, a fire lighted at night, as a signal, or for the use of a watch or guard. {Watch glass}. (a) A concavo-convex glass for covering the face, or dial, of a watch; -- also called {watch crystal}. (b) (Naut.) A half-hour glass used to measure the time of a watch on deck. | |
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Anchor watch \Anchor watch\ (Naut.) A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor. | |
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Note: Watches are often distinguished by the kind of escapement used, as an {anchor watch}, a {lever watch}, a {chronometer watch}, etc. (see the Note under {Escapement}, n., 3); also, by the kind of case, as a {gold} or {silver watch}, an {open-faced watch}, a {hunting watch}, or {hunter}, etc. 6. (Naut.) (a) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. {Dogwatch}. (b) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the {port watch}, and the {starboard watch}. {Anchor watch} (Naut.), a detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck when a vessel is at anchor. {To be on the watch}, to be looking steadily for some event. {Watch and ward} (Law), the charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace. --Wharton. --Burrill. {Watch and watch} (Naut.), the regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided. {Watch barrel}, the brass box in a watch, containing the mainspring. {Watch bell} (Naut.), a bell struck when the half-hour glass is run out, or at the end of each half hour. --Craig. {Watch bill} (Naut.), a list of the officers and crew of a ship as divided into watches, with their stations. --Totten. {Watch case}, the case, or outside covering, of a watch; also, a case for holding a watch, or in which it is kept. {Watch chain}. Same as {watch guard}, below. {Watch clock}, a watchman's clock; see under {Watchman}. {Watch fire}, a fire lighted at night, as a signal, or for the use of a watch or guard. {Watch glass}. (a) A concavo-convex glass for covering the face, or dial, of a watch; -- also called {watch crystal}. (b) (Naut.) A half-hour glass used to measure the time of a watch on deck. | |
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Anchor watch \Anchor watch\ (Naut.) A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor. | |
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Note: Watches are often distinguished by the kind of escapement used, as an {anchor watch}, a {lever watch}, a {chronometer watch}, etc. (see the Note under {Escapement}, n., 3); also, by the kind of case, as a {gold} or {silver watch}, an {open-faced watch}, a {hunting watch}, or {hunter}, etc. 6. (Naut.) (a) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. {Dogwatch}. (b) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the {port watch}, and the {starboard watch}. {Anchor watch} (Naut.), a detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck when a vessel is at anchor. {To be on the watch}, to be looking steadily for some event. {Watch and ward} (Law), the charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace. --Wharton. --Burrill. {Watch and watch} (Naut.), the regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided. {Watch barrel}, the brass box in a watch, containing the mainspring. {Watch bell} (Naut.), a bell struck when the half-hour glass is run out, or at the end of each half hour. --Craig. {Watch bill} (Naut.), a list of the officers and crew of a ship as divided into watches, with their stations. --Totten. {Watch case}, the case, or outside covering, of a watch; also, a case for holding a watch, or in which it is kept. {Watch chain}. Same as {watch guard}, below. {Watch clock}, a watchman's clock; see under {Watchman}. {Watch fire}, a fire lighted at night, as a signal, or for the use of a watch or guard. {Watch glass}. (a) A concavo-convex glass for covering the face, or dial, of a watch; -- also called {watch crystal}. (b) (Naut.) A half-hour glass used to measure the time of a watch on deck. | |
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Anchor watch \Anchor watch\ (Naut.) A detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck at night when a vessel is at anchor. | |
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Anchorable \An"chor*a*ble\, a. Fit for anchorage. | |
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Anchorage \An"chor*age\, n. 1. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor. 2. A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor. 3. The set of anchors belonging to a ship. 4. Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge. 5. Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust. 6. A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties. --Johnson. | |
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Anchorage \An"cho*rage\, n. Abode of an anchoret. | |
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Anchorate \An"chor*ate\, a. Anchor-shaped. | |
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Anchor \An"chor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Anchored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Anchoring}.] [Cf. F. ancrer.] 1. To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship. 2. To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge. Till that my nails were anchored in thine eyes. --Shak. | |
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Anchored \An"chored\, a. 1. Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue. 2. (Her.) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross. [Sometimes spelt {ancred}.] | |
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Anchoress \An"cho*ress\, n. A female anchoret. And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt. --Wordsworth. | |
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Anchoret \An"cho*ret\, Anchorite \An"cho*rite\, n. [F. anachor[8a]te, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to go back, retire; [?] + [?] to give place, retire, [?] place; perh. akin to Skr. h[be] to leave. Cf. {Anchor} a hermit.] One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors {anachoret}.] Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. --Boyle. | |
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Anchoretic \An`cho*ret"ic\, Anchoretical \An`cho*ret"ic*al\, a. [Cf. Gr. [?].] Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret. | |
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Anchoretic \An`cho*ret"ic\, Anchoretical \An`cho*ret"ic*al\, a. [Cf. Gr. [?].] Pertaining to an anchoret or hermit; after the manner of an anchoret. | |
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Anchoretish \An"cho*ret`ish\, a. Hermitlike. | |
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Anchoretism \An"cho*ret*ism\, n. The practice or mode of life of an anchoret. | |
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Anchor-hold \An"chor-hold`\, n. 1. The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds. 2. Hence: Firm hold: security. | |
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Anchor \An"chor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Anchored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Anchoring}.] [Cf. F. ancrer.] 1. To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship. 2. To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge. Till that my nails were anchored in thine eyes. --Shak. | |
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Anchoret \An"cho*ret\, Anchorite \An"cho*rite\, n. [F. anachor[8a]te, L. anachoreta, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to go back, retire; [?] + [?] to give place, retire, [?] place; perh. akin to Skr. h[be] to leave. Cf. {Anchor} a hermit.] One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors {anachoret}.] Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. --Boyle. | |
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Anchorite \An"cho*rite\, n. Same as {Anchoret}. | |
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Anchoritess \An"cho*ri`tess\, n. An anchoress. [R.] | |
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Anchorless \An"chor*less\, a. Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled. | |
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Anchored \An"chored\, a. 1. Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue. 2. (Her.) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor; as, an anchored cross. [Sometimes spelt {ancred}.] | |
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Angariation \An*ga"ri*a"tion\, n. [LL. angariatio, fr. L. angaria service to a lord, villenage, fr. angarius, Gr. 'a`ggaros (a Persian word), a courier for carrying royal dispatches.] Exaction of forced service; compulsion. [Obs.] --Speed. | |
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Anger \An"ger\, n. [OE. anger, angre, affliction, anger, fr. Icel. angr affliction, sorrow; akin to Dan. anger regret, Swed. [86]nger regret, AS. ange oppressed, sad, L. angor a strangling, anguish, angere to strangle, Gr. [?] to strangle, Skr. amhas pain, and to. anguish, anxious, quinsy, and perh. awe, ugly. The word seems to have orig. meant to choke, squeeze. [?].] 1. Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc. [Obs.] I made the experiment, setting the moxa where . . . the greatest anger and soreness still continued. --Temple. 2. A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury. Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way, Self-mettle tires him. --Shak. Syn: Resentment; wrath; rage; fury; passion; ire gall; choler; indignation; displeasure; vexation; grudge; spleen. Usage: {Anger}, {Indignation}, {Resentment}, {Wrath}, {Ire}, {Rage}, {Fury}. Anger is a feeling of keen displeasure (usually with a desire to punish) for what we regard as wrong toward ourselves or others. It may be excessive or misplaced, but is not necessarily criminal. Indignation is a generous outburst of anger in view of things which are indigna, or unworthy to be done, involving what is mean, cruel, flagitious, etc., in character or conduct. Resentment is often a moody feeling, leading one to brood over his supposed personal wrongs with a deep and lasting anger. See {Resentment}. Wrath and ire (the last poetical) express the feelings of one who is bitterly provoked. Rage is a vehement ebullition of anger; and fury is an excess of rage, amounting almost to madness. Warmth of constitution often gives rise to anger; a high sense of honor creates indignation at crime; a man of quick sensibilities is apt to cherish resentment; the wrath and ire of men are often connected with a haughty and vindictive spirit; rage and fury are distempers of the soul to be regarded only with abhorrence. | |
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Anger \An"ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Angered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Angering}.] [Cf. Icel. angra.] 1. To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame. [Obs.] He . . . angereth malign ulcers. --Bacon. 2. To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke. Taxes and impositions . . . which rather angered than grieved the people. --Clarendon. | |
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Anger \An"ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Angered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Angering}.] [Cf. Icel. angra.] 1. To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame. [Obs.] He . . . angereth malign ulcers. --Bacon. 2. To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke. Taxes and impositions . . . which rather angered than grieved the people. --Clarendon. | |
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Anger \An"ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Angered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Angering}.] [Cf. Icel. angra.] 1. To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame. [Obs.] He . . . angereth malign ulcers. --Bacon. 2. To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke. Taxes and impositions . . . which rather angered than grieved the people. --Clarendon. | |
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Angerly \An"ger*ly\, adv. Angrily. [Obs. or Poetic] Why, how now, Hecate! you look angerly. --Shak. | |
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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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Angora \An*go"ra\ ([acr]n*g[omac]"r[adot]), n. A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc. {Angora cat} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the domestic cat with very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color. Called also {Angola cat}. See {Cat}. {Angora goat} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture. | |
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Persian \Per"sian\, a. [From Persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf. {Parsee}, {Peach}, {Persic}.] Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language. {Persian berry}, the fruit of {Rhamnus infectorius}, a kind of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly from Trebizond. {Persian cat}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Angora cat}, under {Angora}. {Persian columns} (Arch.), columns of which the shaft represents a Persian slave; -- called also {Persians}. See {Atlantes}. {Persian drill} (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder. {Persian fire} (Med.), malignant pustule. {Persian powder}. See {Insect powder}, under {Insect}. {Persian red}. See {Indian red} (a), under {Indian}. {Persian wheel}, a noria; a tympanum. See {Noria}. | |
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Angora \An*go"ra\ ([acr]n*g[omac]"r[adot]), n. A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc. {Angora cat} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the domestic cat with very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color. Called also {Angola cat}. See {Cat}. {Angora goat} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture. | |
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Cat \Cat\, n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. kett, Icel. k[94]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. Cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL. catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. [?], [?], Russ. & Pol. cot, Turk. kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. CF. {Ketten}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An animal of various species of the genera {Felis} and {Lynx}. The domestic cat is {Felis domestica}. The European wild cat ({Felis catus}) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name {wild cat} is commonly applied to the bay lynx ({Lynx rufus}) See {Wild cat}, and {Tiger cat}. Note: The domestic cat includes many varieties named from their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the {Angora cat}; the {Maltese cat}; the {Manx cat}. Note: The word cat is also used to designate other animals, from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat. 2. (Naut.) (a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade. (b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship. --Totten. 3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed. 4. An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See {Tipcat}. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc. 5. A cat o' nine tails. See below. {Angora cat}, {blind cat}, See under {Angora}, {Blind}. {Black cat} the fisher. See under {Black}. {Cat and dog}, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonious. [bd]I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it.[b8] --Coleridge. {Cat block} (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to the cathead. {Cat hook} (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block. {Cat nap}, a very short sleep. [Colloq.] {Cat o' nine tails}, an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back. {Cat's cradle}, game played, esp. by children, with a string looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of another, at each transfer with a change of form. See {Cratch}, {Cratch cradle}. {To let the cat out of the bag}, to tell a secret, carelessly or willfully. [Colloq.] {Bush cat}, the serval. See {Serval}. | |
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Angora \An*go"ra\ ([acr]n*g[omac]"r[adot]), n. A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc. {Angora cat} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the domestic cat with very long and silky hair, generally of the brownish white color. Called also {Angola cat}. See {Cat}. {Angora goat} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture. | |
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Rabbit \Rab"bit\, n. [OE. abet, akin to OD. robbe, robbeken.] (Zo[94]l.) Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species ({Lepus cuniculus}), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries. It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some parts of Australia and New Zealand. Note: The common American rabbit ({L. sylvalica}) is similar but smaller. See {Cottontail}, and {Jack rabbit}, under 2d {Jack}. The larger species of Lepus are commonly called hares. See {Hare}. {Angora rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the domestic rabbit having long, soft fur. {Rabbit burrow}, a hole in the earth made by rabbits for shelter and habitation. {Rabbit fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The northern chim[91]ra ({Chim[91]ra monstrosa}). (b) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, as the bur fish, and puffer. The term is also locally applied to other fishes. {Rabbits' ears}. (Bot.) See {Cyclamen}. | |
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d8Faham \[d8]Fa"ham\, n. The leaves of an orchid ({Angraecum fragrans}), of the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius, used (in France) as a substitute for Chinese tea. | |
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Angry \An"gry\, a. [Compar. {Angrier}; superl. {Angriest}.] [See {Anger}.] 1. Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous. [Obs.] God had provided a severe and angry education to chastise the forwardness of a young spirit. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Inflamed and painful, as a sore. 3. Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; -- followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing. Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves. --Gen. xlv. 5. Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice? --Eccles. v. 6. 4. Showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as, angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves. [bd]An angry countenance.[b8] --Prov. xxv. 23. 5. Red. [R.] Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave. --Herbert. 6. Sharp; keen; stimulated. [R.] I never ate with angrier appetite. --Tennyson. Syn: Passionate; resentful; irritated; irascible; indignant; provoked; enraged; incensed; exasperated; irate; hot; raging; furious; wrathful; wroth; choleric; inflamed; infuriated. | |
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Angry \An"gry\, a. [Compar. {Angrier}; superl. {Angriest}.] [See {Anger}.] 1. Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous. [Obs.] God had provided a severe and angry education to chastise the forwardness of a young spirit. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Inflamed and painful, as a sore. 3. Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; -- followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing. Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves. --Gen. xlv. 5. Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice? --Eccles. v. 6. 4. Showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as, angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves. [bd]An angry countenance.[b8] --Prov. xxv. 23. 5. Red. [R.] Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave. --Herbert. 6. Sharp; keen; stimulated. [R.] I never ate with angrier appetite. --Tennyson. Syn: Passionate; resentful; irritated; irascible; indignant; provoked; enraged; incensed; exasperated; irate; hot; raging; furious; wrathful; wroth; choleric; inflamed; infuriated. | |
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Angrily \An"gri*ly\, adv. In an angry manner; under the influence of anger. | |
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Angriness \An"gri*ness\, n. The quality of being angry, or of being inclined to anger. Such an angriness of humor that we take fire at everything. --Whole Duty of Man. | |
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Angry \An"gry\, a. [Compar. {Angrier}; superl. {Angriest}.] [See {Anger}.] 1. Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous. [Obs.] God had provided a severe and angry education to chastise the forwardness of a young spirit. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Inflamed and painful, as a sore. 3. Touched with anger; under the emotion of anger; feeling resentment; enraged; -- followed generally by with before a person, and at before a thing. Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves. --Gen. xlv. 5. Wherefore should God be angry at thy voice? --Eccles. v. 6. 4. Showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as, angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves. [bd]An angry countenance.[b8] --Prov. xxv. 23. 5. Red. [R.] Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave. --Herbert. 6. Sharp; keen; stimulated. [R.] I never ate with angrier appetite. --Tennyson. Syn: Passionate; resentful; irritated; irascible; indignant; provoked; enraged; incensed; exasperated; irate; hot; raging; furious; wrathful; wroth; choleric; inflamed; infuriated. | |
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Angurize \An"gur*ize\, v. t. To augur. [Obs.] --Blount. | |
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Anker \An"ker\, n. [D. anker: cf. LL. anceria, ancheria.] A liquid measure in various countries of Europe. The Dutch anker, formerly also used in England, contained about 10 of the old wine gallons, or 8[frac12] imperial gallons. | |
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Ankerite \An"ker*ite\, n. [So called from Prof. Anker of Austria: cf. F. ank[82]rite, G. ankerit.] (Min.) A mineral closely related to dolomite, but containing iron. | |
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Annexer \An*nex"er\, n. One who annexes. | |
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Speckled-bill \Spec"kled-bill"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The American white-fronted goose ({Anser albifrons}). | |
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Goose \Goose\ (g[oomac]s), n.; pl. {Geese} (g[emac]s). [OE. gos, AS. g[omac]s, pl. g[emac]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[be]s, Dan. gaas, Sw. g[aring]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[msdot]sa. [root]233. Cf. {Gander}, {Gannet}, {Ganza}, {Gosling}.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily {Anserin[91]}, and belonging to {Anser}, {Branta}, {Chen}, and several allied genera. See {Anseres}. Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser anser}). The bean goose ({A. segetum}), the American wild or Canada goose ({Branta Canadensis}), and the bernicle goose ({Branta leucopsis}) are well known species. The American white or snow geese and the blue goose belong to the genus {Chen}. See {Bernicle}, {Emperor goose}, under {Emperor}, {Snow goose}, {Wild goose}, {Brant}. 2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose. Note: The Egyptian or fox goose ({Alopochen [92]gyptiaca}) and the African spur-winged geese ({Plectropterus}) belong to the family {Plectropterid[91]}. The Australian semipalmated goose ({Anseranas semipalmata}) and Cape Barren goose ({Cereopsis Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]}) are very different from northern geese, and each is made the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in Australia. 3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose. 4. A silly creature; a simpleton. 5. A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted. The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose. --Goldsmith. {A wild goose chase}, an attempt to accomplish something impossible or unlikely of attainment. {Fen goose}. See under {Fen}. {Goose barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), any pedunculated barnacle of the genus {Anatifa} or {Lepas}; -- called also {duck barnacle}. See {Barnacle}, and {Cirripedia}. {Goose cap}, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & . {Goose corn} (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus squarrosus}). {Goose feast}, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.] {Goose flesh}, a peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear; -- called also {goose skin}. | |
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Graylag \Gray"lag`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The common wild gray goose ({Anser anser}) of Europe, believed to be the wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of {Goose}. | |
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Bean \Bean\ (b[emac]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be[a0]n; akin to D. boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[omac]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b[94]nne, Sw. b[94]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera {Faba}, {Phaseolus}, and {Dolichos}; also, to the herbs. Note: The origin and classification of many kinds are still doubtful. Among true beans are: the black-eyed bean and China bean, included in {Dolichos Sinensis}; black Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, {D. Lablab}; the common haricot beans, kidney beans, string beans, and pole beans, all included in {Phaseolus vulgaris}; the lower bush bean, {Ph. vulgaris}, variety {nanus}; Lima bean, {Ph. lunatus}; Spanish bean and scarlet runner, {Ph. maltiflorus}; Windsor bean, the common bean of England, {Faba vulgaris}. As an article of food beans are classed with vegetables. 2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans. {Bean aphis} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse ({Aphis fab[91]}) which infests the bean plant. {Bean fly} (Zo[94]l.), a fly found on bean flowers. {Bean goose} (Zo[94]l.), a species of goose ({Anser segetum}). {Bean weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species in {Bruchus fab[91]}. {Florida bean} (Bot.), the seed of {Mucuna urens}, a West Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments. {Ignatius bean}, or {St. Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), a species of {Strychnos}. {Navy bean}, the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy. {Pea bean}, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; -- so called from its size. {Sacred bean}. See under {Sacred}. {Screw bean}. See under {Screw}. {Sea bean}. (a) Same as {Florida bean}. (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament. {Tonquin bean}, or {Tonka bean}, the fragrant seed of {Dipteryx odorata}, a leguminous tree. {Vanilla bean}. See under {Vanilla}. | |
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Goose \Goose\ (g[oomac]s), n.; pl. {Geese} (g[emac]s). [OE. gos, AS. g[omac]s, pl. g[emac]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[be]s, Dan. gaas, Sw. g[aring]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[msdot]sa. [root]233. Cf. {Gander}, {Gannet}, {Ganza}, {Gosling}.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily {Anserin[91]}, and belonging to {Anser}, {Branta}, {Chen}, and several allied genera. See {Anseres}. Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser anser}). The bean goose ({A. segetum}), the American wild or Canada goose ({Branta Canadensis}), and the bernicle goose ({Branta leucopsis}) are well known species. The American white or snow geese and the blue goose belong to the genus {Chen}. See {Bernicle}, {Emperor goose}, under {Emperor}, {Snow goose}, {Wild goose}, {Brant}. 2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose. Note: The Egyptian or fox goose ({Alopochen [92]gyptiaca}) and the African spur-winged geese ({Plectropterus}) belong to the family {Plectropterid[91]}. The Australian semipalmated goose ({Anseranas semipalmata}) and Cape Barren goose ({Cereopsis Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]}) are very different from northern geese, and each is made the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in Australia. 3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose. 4. A silly creature; a simpleton. 5. A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted. The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose. --Goldsmith. {A wild goose chase}, an attempt to accomplish something impossible or unlikely of attainment. {Fen goose}. See under {Fen}. {Goose barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), any pedunculated barnacle of the genus {Anatifa} or {Lepas}; -- called also {duck barnacle}. See {Barnacle}, and {Cirripedia}. {Goose cap}, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & . {Goose corn} (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus squarrosus}). {Goose feast}, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.] {Goose flesh}, a peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear; -- called also {goose skin}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anserated \An"ser*a`ted\, a. (Her.) Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions, etc.; as, an anserated cross. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anserine \An"ser*ine\, a. [L. anserinus, fr. anser a goose.] 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to the Anseres. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anserous \An"ser*ous\, a. [L. anser a goose.] Resembling a goose; silly; simple. --Sydney Smith. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Answer \An"swer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Answered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Answering}.] [OE. andswerien, AS. andswerian, andswarian, to answer, fr. andswaru, n., answer. See {Answer}, n.] 1. To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation. 2. To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to. She answers him as if she knew his mind. --Shak. So spake the apostate angel, though in pain: . . . And him thus answered soon his bold compeer. --Milton. 3. To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute. No man was able to answer him a word. --Matt. xxii. 46. These shifts refuted, answer thine appellant. --Milton. The reasoning was not and could not be answered. --Macaulay. 4. To be or act in return or response to. Hence: (a) To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell. This proud king . . . studies day and night To answer all the debts he owes unto you. --Shak. (b) To render account to or for. I will . . . send him to answer thee. --Shak. (c) To atone; to be punished for. And grievously hath C[91]zar answered it. --Shak. (d) To be opposite to; to face. The windows answering each other, we could just discern the glowing horizon them. --Gilpin. (e) To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay. [R.] Money answereth all things. --Eccles. x. 19. (f) To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit. Weapons must needs be dangerous things, if they answered the bulk of so prodigious a person. --Swift. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Answer \An"swer\, v. i. 1. To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response. There was no voice, nor any that answered. --1 Kings xviii. 26. 2. To make a satisfactory response or return. Hence: To render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care. Let his neck answer for it, if there is any martial law. --Shak. 3. To be or act in return. Hence: (a) To be or act by way of compliance, fulfillment, reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils. Do the strings answer to thy noble hand? --Dryden. (b) To be opposite, or to act in opposition. (c) To be or act as an equivalent, or as adequate or sufficient; as, a very few will answer. (d) To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; -- usually with to. That the time may have all shadow and silence in it, and the place answer to convenience. --Shak. If this but answer to my just belief, I 'll remember you. --Shak. As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. --Pro[?]. xxvii. 19. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Answer \An"swer\, n. [OE. andsware, AS. andswaru; and against + swerian to swear. [?], [?]. See {Anti-}, and {Swear}, and cf. 1st {un-}.] 1. A reply to a change; a defense. At my first answer no man stood with me. --2 Tim. iv. 16. 2. Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply. A soft answer turneth away wrath. --Prov. xv. 1. I called him, but he gave me no answer. --Cant. v. 6. 3. Something done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action. Great the slaughter is Here made by the Roman; great the answer be Britons must take. --Shak. 4. A solution, the result of a mathematical operation; as, the answer to a problem. 5. (Law) A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill. --Bouvier. Syn: Reply; rejoinder; response. See {Reply}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Answerable \An"swer*a*ble\, a. 1. Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages. Will any man argue that . . . he can not be justly punished, but is answerable only to God? --Swift. 2. Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer. The argument, though subtle, is yet answerable. --Johnson. 3. Correspondent; conformable; hence, comparable. What wit and policy of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? --Holland. This revelation . . . was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. --Milton. 4. Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it. 5. Equal; equivalent; adequate. [Archaic] Had the valor of his soldiers been answerable, he had reached that year, as was thought, the utmost bounds of Britain. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Answerableness \An"swer*a*ble*ness\, n. The quality of being answerable, liable, responsible, or correspondent. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Answerably \An"swer*a*bly\, adv. In an answerable manner; in due proportion or correspondence; suitably. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Answer \An"swer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Answered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Answering}.] [OE. andswerien, AS. andswerian, andswarian, to answer, fr. andswaru, n., answer. See {Answer}, n.] 1. To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation. 2. To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to. She answers him as if she knew his mind. --Shak. So spake the apostate angel, though in pain: . . . And him thus answered soon his bold compeer. --Milton. 3. To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute. No man was able to answer him a word. --Matt. xxii. 46. These shifts refuted, answer thine appellant. --Milton. The reasoning was not and could not be answered. --Macaulay. 4. To be or act in return or response to. Hence: (a) To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell. This proud king . . . studies day and night To answer all the debts he owes unto you. --Shak. (b) To render account to or for. I will . . . send him to answer thee. --Shak. (c) To atone; to be punished for. And grievously hath C[91]zar answered it. --Shak. (d) To be opposite to; to face. The windows answering each other, we could just discern the glowing horizon them. --Gilpin. (e) To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay. [R.] Money answereth all things. --Eccles. x. 19. (f) To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit. Weapons must needs be dangerous things, if they answered the bulk of so prodigious a person. --Swift. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Answerer \An"swer*er\, n. One who answers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Answer \An"swer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Answered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Answering}.] [OE. andswerien, AS. andswerian, andswarian, to answer, fr. andswaru, n., answer. See {Answer}, n.] 1. To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation. 2. To speak or write in return to, as in return to a call or question, or to a speech, declaration, argument, or the like; to reply to (a question, remark, etc.); to respond to. She answers him as if she knew his mind. --Shak. So spake the apostate angel, though in pain: . . . And him thus answered soon his bold compeer. --Milton. 3. To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification, and the like; to refute. No man was able to answer him a word. --Matt. xxii. 46. These shifts refuted, answer thine appellant. --Milton. The reasoning was not and could not be answered. --Macaulay. 4. To be or act in return or response to. Hence: (a) To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, demand; as, he answered my claim upon him; the servant answered the bell. This proud king . . . studies day and night To answer all the debts he owes unto you. --Shak. (b) To render account to or for. I will . . . send him to answer thee. --Shak. (c) To atone; to be punished for. And grievously hath C[91]zar answered it. --Shak. (d) To be opposite to; to face. The windows answering each other, we could just discern the glowing horizon them. --Gilpin. (e) To be or act an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay. [R.] Money answereth all things. --Eccles. x. 19. (f) To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit. Weapons must needs be dangerous things, if they answered the bulk of so prodigious a person. --Swift. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Answerless \An"swer*less\, a. Having no answer, or impossible to be answered. --Byron. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ainsworth, IA (city, FIPS 730) Location: 41.29015 N, 91.55412 W Population (1990): 506 (209 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52201 Ainsworth, NE (city, FIPS 415) Location: 42.54898 N, 99.85718 W Population (1990): 1870 (963 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69210 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Anacortes, WA (city, FIPS 1990) Location: 48.49239 N, 122.62940 W Population (1990): 11451 (4992 housing units) Area: 28.2 sq km (land), 4.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98221 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Anchor, IL (village, FIPS 1361) Location: 40.56870 N, 88.53873 W Population (1990): 178 (69 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61720 | |
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Anchor Point, AK (CDP, FIPS 3110) Location: 59.77067 N, 151.81306 W Population (1990): 866 (405 housing units) Area: 53.1 sq km (land), 10.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Anchorage, AK (Borough, FIPS 20) Location: 61.17837 N, 149.18642 W Population (1990): 226338 (94153 housing units) Area: 4396.9 sq km (land), 683.4 sq km (water) Anchorage, AK (city, FIPS 3000) Location: 61.17837 N, 149.18642 W Population (1990): 226338 (94153 housing units) Area: 4396.9 sq km (land), 683.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99501, 99502, 99503, 99504, 99507, 99508, 99515, 99516, 99517, 99518 Anchorage, KY (city, FIPS 1504) Location: 38.27022 N, 85.53810 W Population (1990): 2082 (684 housing units) Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40223 | |
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Anchorville, MI (CDP, FIPS 2100) Location: 42.69268 N, 82.69627 W Population (1990): 3202 (1446 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 7.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48004 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ancram, NY Zip code(s): 12502 | |
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Ancramdale, NY Zip code(s): 12503 | |
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Angier, NC (town, FIPS 1400) Location: 35.51074 N, 78.73882 W Population (1990): 2235 (962 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27501 | |
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Angora, MN Zip code(s): 55703 Angora, NE Zip code(s): 69331 | |
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Anna's Retreat, VI (CDP, FIPS 5500) Location: 18.34208 N, 64.88791 W Population (1990): 9084 (2542 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
angry fruit salad n. A bad visual-interface design that uses too many colors. (This term derives, of course, from the bizarre day-glo colors found in canned fruit salad.) Too often one sees similar effects from interface designers using color window systems such as {X}; there is a tendency to create displays that are flashy and attention-getting but uncomfortable for long-term use. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
anchor within the content of a {hypertext} {node} (e.g. a {web page}) which is the source or destination of a {link}. A source anchor may be a word, phrase, image, or possibly the whole node. A destination anchor may be a whole node or some position within the node. Typically, clicking with the {mouse} on a source anchor causes the link to be followed and the anchor at the opposite end of the link to be displayed. Anchors are highlighted in some way (either always, or when the mouse is over them), or they may be marked by a special symbol. In {HTML} anchors are created with the The opening A tag of a source anchor has an HREF (hypertext reference) attribute giving the destination in the form of a {URL} - usually a whole node or "page". E.g. Free On-line Dictionary of Computing Destination anchors are only used in HTML to name a position within a page using a NAME attribute. E.g. The name or "fragment identifier" is appended to the URL of the page with a "#": http://www.fairystory.com/goldilocks.html#chapter3 (Though it is generally better to break pages into smaller units than to have large pages with named sections). (1997-11-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
angry fruit salad colours. (This term derives, of course, from the bizarre day-glo colours found in canned fruit salad). Too often one sees similar effects from interface designers using colour window systems such as {X}; there is a tendency to create displays that are flashy and attention-getting but uncomfortable for long-term use. [{Jargon File}] (1995-11-24) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Anchor From Acts 27:29, 30, 40, it would appear that the Roman vessels carried several anchors, which were attached to the stern as well as to the prow. The Roman anchor, like the modern one, had two teeth or flukes. In Heb. 6:19 the word is used metaphorically for that which supports or keeps one steadfast in the time of trial or of doubt. It is an emblem of hope. "If you fear, Put all your trust in God: that anchor holds." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Anger the emotion of instant displeasure on account of something evil that presents itself to our view. In itself it is an original susceptibility of our nature, just as love is, and is not necessarily sinful. It may, however, become sinful when causeless, or excessive, or protracted (Matt. 5:22; Eph. 4:26; Col. 3:8). As ascribed to God, it merely denotes his displeasure with sin and with sinners (Ps. 7:11). |