English Dictionary: apiary | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Attorney \At*tor"ney\, n.; pl. {Attorneys}. [OE. aturneye, OF. atorn[82], p. p. of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus, fr. attornare. See {Attorn}.] 1. A substitute; a proxy; an agent. [Obs.] And will have no attorney but myself. --Shak. 2. (Law) (a) One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact. (b) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law. Note: An attorney is either public or private. A private attorney, or an attorney in fact, is a person appointed by another, by a letter or power of attorney, to transact any business for him out of court; but in a more extended sense, this class includes any agent employed in any business, or to do any act in pais, for another. A public attorney, or attorney at law, is a practitioner in a court of law, legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in such court, on the retainer of clients. --Bouvier. -- The attorney at law answers to the procurator of the civilians, to the solicitor in chancery, and to the proctor in the ecclesiastical and admiralty courts, and all of these are comprehended under the more general term lawyer. In Great Britain and in some states of the United States, attorneys are distinguished from counselors in that the business of the former is to carry on the practical and formal parts of the suit. In many states of the United States however, no such distinction exists. In England, since 1873, attorneys at law are by statute called solicitors. {A power}, {letter}, or {warrant}, {of attorney}, a written authority from one person empowering another to transact business for him. | |
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Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It. {gomma}.] 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins. 2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}. 3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. [Southern U. S.] 4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.] {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under {Black}, {Blue}, etc. {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}). {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}. {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}. {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple. {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose. {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}. {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}. {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}. {Gum lac}. See {Lac}. {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]}, {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum. {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients. {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter. {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa. {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and Australia: (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.} (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice. {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales. | |
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Abear \A*bear"\, v. t. [AS. [be]beran; pref. [be]- + beran to bear.] 1. To bear; to behave. [Obs.] So did the faery knight himself abear. --Spenser. 2. To put up with; to endure. [Prov.] --Dickens. | |
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Aberr \Ab*err"\, v. i. [L. aberrare. See {Aberrate}.] To wander; to stray. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Abhor \Ab*hor"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abhorred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abhorring}.] [L. abhorrere; ab + horrere to bristle, shiver, shudder: cf. F. abhorrer. See {Horrid}.] 1. To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. --Rom. xii. 9. 2. To fill with horror or disgust. [Obs.] It doth abhor me now I speak the word. --Shak. 3. (Canon Law) To protest against; to reject solemnly. [Obs.] I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. --Shak. Syn: To hate; detest; loathe; abominate. See {Hate}. | |
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Abhor \Ab*hor"\, v. i. To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with from. [Obs.] [bd]To abhor from those vices.[b8] --Udall. Which is utterly abhorring from the end of all law. --Milton. | |
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Abray \A*bray"\, v. [A false form from the preterit abraid, abrayde.] See {Abraid}. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Afar \A*far"\, adv. [Pref. a- (for on or of) + far.] At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off. The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar. --Beattie. | |
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Affair \Af*fair"\ ([acr]f*f[acir]r"), n. [OE. afere, affere, OF. afaire, F. affaire, fr. a faire to do; L.. ad + facere to do. See {Fact}, and cf. {Ado}.] 1. That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. [bd]At the head of affairs.[b8] --Junius. [bd]A talent for affairs.[b8] --Prescott. 2. Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue. 3. (Mil.) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle. 4. Action; endeavor. [Obs.] And with his best affair Obeyed the pleasure of the Sun. --Chapman. 5. A material object (vaguely designated). A certain affair of fine red cloth much worn and faded. --Hawthorne. | |
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Affear \Af*fear"\, v. t. [OE. aferen, AS. [be]f[?]ran. See {Afeard}.] To frighten. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Affeer \Af*feer"\, v. t. [OF. aforer, afeurer, to tax, appraise, assess, fr. L. ad + forum market, court of justice, in LL. also meaning price.] 1. To confirm; to assure. [Obs.] [bd]The title is affeered.[b8] --Shak. 2. (Old Law) To assess or reduce, as an arbitrary penalty or amercement, to a certain and reasonable sum. Amercements . . . were affeered by the judges. --Blackstone. | |
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Affray \Af*fray"\, v. t. [p. p. {Affrayed}.] [OE. afraien, affraien, OF. effreer, esfreer, F. effrayer, orig. to disquiet, put out of peace, fr. L. ex + OHG. fridu peace (akin to E. free). Cf. {Afraid}, {Fray}, {Frith} inclosure.] [Archaic] 1. To startle from quiet; to alarm. Smale foules a great heap That had afrayed [affrayed] me out of my sleep. --Chaucer. 2. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away. That voice doth us affray. --Shak. | |
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Affray \Af*fray"\, n. [OE. afrai, affrai, OF. esfrei, F. effroi, fr. OF. esfreer. See {Affray}, v. t.] 1. The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack. [Obs.] 2. Alarm; terror; fright. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. A tumultuous assault or quarrel; a brawl; a fray. [bd]In the very midst of the affray.[b8] --Motley. 4. (Law) The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. --Blackstone. Note: A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an affray. Syn: Quarrel; brawl; scuffle; encounter; fight; contest; feud; tumult; disturbance. | |
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Afire \A*fire"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + fire.] On fire. | |
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Afore \A*fore"\, adv. [OE. afore, aforn, AS. onforan or [91]tforan; pref. a- + fore.] 1. Before. [Obs.] If he have never drunk wine afore. --Shak. 2. (Naut.) In the fore part of a vessel. | |
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Afore \A*fore"\, prep. 1. Before (in all its senses). [Archaic] 2. (Naut.) Before; in front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass. {Afore the mast}, among the common sailors; -- a phrase used to distinguish the ship's crew from the officers. | |
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Apair \A*pair"\, v. t. & i. To impair or become impaired; to injure. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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d8Apar \[d8]A"par\, Apara \A"pa*ra\, n. [Native name apara.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Mataco}. | |
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Aper \Ap"er\, n. One who apes. | |
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Apery \Ap"er*y\, n.; pl. {Aperies}. 1. A place where apes are kept. [R.] --Kingsley. 2. The practice of aping; an apish action. --Coleridge. | |
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Apiary \A"pi*a*ry\, n. [L. apiarium, fr. apis bee.] A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse. | |
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Appair \Ap*pair"\, v. t. & i. [OF. empeirier, F. empire. See {Impair}.] To impair; to grow worse. [Obs.] | |
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Appear \Ap*pear"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Appeared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appearing}.] [OE. apperen, aperen, OF. aparoir, F. apparoir, fr. L. appar[?]re to appear + par[?]reto come forth, to be visible; prob. from the same root as par[?]re to produce. Cf. {Apparent}, {Parent}, {Peer}, v. i.] 1. To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible. And God . . . said, Let . . . the dry land appear. --Gen. i. 9. 2. To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time. 3. To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried. We must all appear before the judgment seat. --[b5] Cor. v. 10. One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear. --Macaulay. 4. To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest. It doth not yet appear what we shall be. --1 John iii. 2. Of their vain contest appeared no end. --Milton. 5. To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look. They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. --Matt. vi. 16. Syn: To seem; look. See {Seem}. | |
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Appear \Ap*pear"\, n. Appearance. [Obs.] --J. Fletcher. | |
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Aver \A"ver\ ([amac]"v[etil]r), n. [OF. aver domestic animal, whence LL. averia, pl. cattle. See {Habit}, and cf. {Average}.] A work horse, or working ox. [Obs. or Dial. Eng.] | |
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Aver \A*ver"\ ([adot]*v[etil]r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Averred} ([adot]*v[etil]rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Averring}.] [F. av[82]rer, LL. adverare, averare; L. ad + versus true. See {Verity}.] 1. To assert, or prove, the truth of. [Obs.] 2. (Law) To avouch or verify; to offer to verify; to prove or justify. See {Averment}. 3. To affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner, as in confidence of asserting the truth. It is sufficient that the very fact hath its foundation in truth, as I do seriously aver is the case. --Fielding. Then all averred I had killed the bird. --Coleridge. Syn: To assert; affirm; asseverate. See {Affirm}. | |
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Aviary \A"vi*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Aviaries}. [L. aviarium, fr. aviarius pertaining to birds, fr. avis bird, akin to Gr, [?], Skr. vi.] A house, inclosure, large cage, or other place, for keeping birds confined; a bird house. Lincolnshire may be termed the aviary of England. --Fuller. | |
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Avower \A*vow"er\, n. One who avows or asserts. | |
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Avowry \A*vow"ry\, n. [OE. avouerie protection, authority, OF. avouerie. See {Avow} to declare.] 1. An advocate; a patron; a patron saint. [Obs.] Let God alone be our avowry. --Latimer. 2. The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right. --Blackstone. Note: When an action of replevin is brought, the distrainer either makes avowry, that is, avours taking the distress in his own right, or the right of his wife, and states the reason if it, as for arrears of rent, damage done, or the like; or makes cognizance, that is, acknowledges the taking, but justifies in an another's right, as his bailiff or servant. | |
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Avoyer \A*voy"er\, n. [F.] A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland. [Obs.] | |
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Auberry, CA (CDP, FIPS 3190) Location: 37.07780 N, 119.49362 W Population (1990): 1866 (707 housing units) Area: 49.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 93602 | |
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Aubrey, AR (town, FIPS 2680) Location: 34.71978 N, 90.89785 W Population (1990): 204 (91 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72311 Aubrey, TX (city, FIPS 4600) Location: 33.30389 N, 96.98311 W Population (1990): 1138 (485 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76227 | |
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Avera, GA (city, FIPS 4448) Location: 33.19370 N, 82.52963 W Population (1990): 215 (112 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30803 | |
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Avery, ID Zip code(s): 83802 Avery, TX (town, FIPS 5072) Location: 33.55102 N, 94.77983 W Population (1990): 430 (225 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75554 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ABR {automatic baud rate detection} |