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Year \Year\, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [f4]er, AS. ge[a0]r; akin to OFries. i[?]r, g[?]r, D. jaar, OHG. j[be]r, G. jahr, Icel. [be]r, Dan. aar, Sw. [86]r, Goth. j[?]r, Gr. [?] a season of the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, [?] a year, Zend y[be]re year. [root]4, 279. Cf. {Hour}, {Yore}.] 1. The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see {Bissextile}). Of twenty year of age he was, I guess. --Chaucer. Note: The civil, or legal, year, in England, formerly commenced on the 25th of March. This practice continued throughout the British dominions till the year 1752. 2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn. 3. pl. Age, or old age; as, a man in years. --Shak. {Anomalistic year}, the time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again, which is 365 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds. {A year's mind} (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased person, as by a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. {A month's mind}, under {Month}. {Bissextile year}. See {Bissextile}. {Canicular year}. See under {Canicular}. {Civil year}, the year adopted by any nation for the computation of time. {Common lunar year}, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354 days. {Common year}, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from leap year. {Embolismic year}, [or] {Intercalary lunar year}, the period of 13 lunar months, or 384 days. {Fiscal year} (Com.), the year by which accounts are reckoned, or the year between one annual time of settlement, or balancing of accounts, and another. {Great year}. See {Platonic year}, under {Platonic}. {Gregorian year}, {Julian year}. See under {Gregorian}, and {Julian}. {Leap year}. See {Leap year}, in the Vocabulary. {Lunar astronomical year}, the period of 12 lunar synodical months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds. {Lunisolar year}. See under {Lunisolar}. {Periodical year}. See {Anomalistic year}, above. {Platonic year}, {Sabbatical year}. See under {Platonic}, and {Sabbatical}. {Sidereal year}, the time in which the sun, departing from any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, and 9.3 seconds. {Tropical year}. See under {Tropical}. {Year and a day} (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an act or an event, in order that an entire year might be secured beyond all question. --Abbott. {Year of grace}, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini; A. D. or a. d. | |
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A89rognosy \A`[89]r*og"no*sy\, n. [A[89]ro- + Gr. [?] knowing, knowledge: cf. F. a[82]rognosie.] The science which treats of the properties of the air, and of the part it plays in nature. --Craig. | |
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A89rogun \A"[89]r*o*gun`\, n. [A[89]ro- + gun.] A cannon capable of being trained at very high angles for use against aircraft. | |
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Air chamber \Air" cham`ber\ 1. A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant. 2. A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine. | |
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2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. [bd]A bachelor's life in chambers.[b8] --Thackeray. 3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. 4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. 5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye. 6. pl. (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court. 7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.] 8. (Mil.) (a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. (c) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. {Air chamber}. See {Air chamber}, in the Vocabulary. {Chamber of commerce}, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city. {Chamber council}, a secret council. --Shak. {Chamber} {counsel [or] counselor}, a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court. {Chamber fellow}, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum. {Chamber hangings}, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. {Chamber lye}, urine. --Shak. {Chamber music}, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church. {Chamber practice} (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court. {To sit at chambers}, to do business in chambers, as a judge. | |
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14. (Paint.) (a) The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed. --New Am. Cyc. (b) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of that portrait has a good air. --Fairholt. 15. (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse. Note: Air is much used adjectively or as the first part of a compound term. In most cases it might be written indifferently, as a separate limiting word, or as the first element of the compound term, with or without the hyphen; as, air bladder, air-bladder, or airbladder; air cell, air-cell, or aircell; air-pump, or airpump. {Air balloon}. See {Balloon}. {Air bath}. (a) An apparatus for the application of air to the body. (b) An arrangement for drying substances in air of any desired temperature. {Air castle}. See {Castle in the air}, under {Castle}. {Air compressor}, a machine for compressing air to be used as a motive power. {Air crossing}, a passage for air in a mine. {Air cushion}, an air-tight cushion which can be inflated; also, a device for arresting motion without shock by confined air. {Air fountain}, a contrivance for producing a jet of water by the force of compressed air. {Air furnace}, a furnace which depends on a natural draft and not on blast. {Air line}, a straight line; a bee line. Hence {Air-line}, adj.; as, air-line road. {Air lock} (Hydr. Engin.), an intermediate chamber between the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a pneumatic caisson. --Knight. {Air port} (Nav.), a scuttle or porthole in a ship to admit air. {Air spring}, a spring in which the elasticity of air is utilized. {Air thermometer}, a form of thermometer in which the contraction and expansion of air is made to measure changes of temperature. {Air threads}, gossamer. {Air trap}, a contrivance for shutting off foul air or gas from drains, sewers, etc.; a stench trap. {Air trunk}, a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated air from a room. {Air valve}, a valve to regulate the admission or egress of air; esp. a valve which opens inwardly in a steam boiler and allows air to enter. {Air way}, a passage for a current of air; as the air way of an air pump; an air way in a mine. {In the air}. (a) Prevalent without traceable origin or authority, as rumors. (b) Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled. (c) (Mil.) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken in flank; as, the army had its wing in the air. {To take air}, to be divulged; to be made public. {To take the air}, to go abroad; to walk or ride out. | |
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Air gun \Air" gun`\ (g[ucr]n`). A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger. | |
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Arachnid \A*rach"nid\, n. An arachnidan. --Huxley. | |
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Arachnidan \A*rach"ni*dan\, n. [Gr. [?] spider.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Arachnida. | |
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Arachnidial \Ar`ach*nid"i*al\, a. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Of or pertaining to the Arachnida. (b) Pertaining to the arachnidium. | |
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Arachnoid \A*rach"noid\, n. 1. (Anat.) The arachnoid membrane. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Arachnoidea. | |
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Arachnoid \A*rach"noid\, a. [Gr. [?] like a cobweb; [?] spider, spider's web + [?] form.] 1. Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike. 2. (Anat.) Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater. 3. (Bot.) Covered with, or composed of, soft, loose hairs or fibers, so as to resemble a cobweb; cobwebby. | |
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Arachnoidal \Ar`ach*noid"al\, a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid. | |
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Arachnological \A*rach`no*log"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to arachnology. | |
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Arachnologist \Ar`ach*nol"o*gist\, n. One who is versed in, or studies, arachnology. | |
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Arachnology \Ar`ach*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] spider + -logy.] The department of zo[94]logy which treats of spiders and other Arachnida. | |
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Aragonese \Ar`a*go*nese\, a. Of or pertaining to Aragon, in Spain, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Aragon, in Spain. | |
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Aragonite \A*rag"o*nite\, n. [From Aragon, in Spain.] (Min.) A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters. | |
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Noah \No"ah\, n. [Heb. N[omac]akh rest.] A patriarch of Biblical history, in the time of the Deluge. {Noah's ark}. (a) (Zo[94]l.) A marine bivalve shell ({Arca No[91]}), which somewhat resembles an ark, or ship, in form. (b) A child's toy, consisting of an ark-shaped box containing many different wooden animals. | |
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d8Arcanum \[d8]Ar*ca"num\, n.; pl. {Arcana}. [L., fr. arcanus closed, secret, fr. arca chest, box, fr. arcere to inclose. See {Ark}.] 1. A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural. Inquiries into the arcana of the Godhead. --Warburton. 2. (Med.) A secret remedy; an elixir. --Dunglison. | |
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Arcane \Ar*cane"\, a. [L. arcanus.] Hidden; secret. [Obs.] [bd]The arcane part of divine wisdom.[b8] --Berkeley. | |
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Arch91an \Ar*ch[91]"an\, a. [Gr. 'archai^os ancient, fr. 'archh` beginning.] Ancient; pertaining to the earliest period in geological history. | |
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Arch91an \Ar*ch[91]"an\, n. (Geol.) The earliest period in geological period, extending up to the Lower Silurian. It includes an Azoic age, previous to the appearance of life, and an Eozoic age, including the earliest forms of life. Note: This is equivalent to the formerly accepted term Azoic, and to the Eozoic of Dawson. | |
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Archangel \Arch`an"gel\, n. [L. archangelus, Gr. 'archa`ggelos: cf. OF. archangel, F. archange. See {Arch-}, pref., and {Angel}.] 1. A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy. --Milton. 2. (Bot.) A term applied to several different species of plants ({Angelica archangelica}, {Lamium album}, etc.). | |
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Archangelic \Arch`an*gel"ic\, a. [Cf. F. archang[82]lique.] Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel. --Milton. | |
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Angelica \An*gel"i*ca\, n. [NL. See {Angelic}.] (Bot.) 1. An aromatic umbelliferous plant ({Archangelica officinalis} or {Angelica archangelica}) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery, and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic. 2. The candied leaf stalks of angelica. {Angelica tree}, a thorny North American shrub ({Aralia spinosa}), called also {Hercules' club}. | |
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Cowbane \Cow"bane`\ (kou"b[amac]n`), n. (Bot.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the {Cicuta virosa}; in the United States, the {Cicuta maculata} and the {Archemora rigida}. See {Water hemlock}. | |
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Archenemy \Arch`en"e*my\, n. [Pref. arch- + enemy.] A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind. --Milton. | |
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Archenteric \Arch`en*ter"ic\, a. (Biol.) Relating to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination. | |
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Archimage \Ar"chi*mage\, d8Archimagus \[d8]Ar`chi*ma"gus\, n. [NL.; pref. archi- + L. magus, Gr. [?], a Magian.] 1. The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire. 2. A great magician, wizard, or enchanter. --Spenser. | |
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Archimandrite \Ar`chi*man"drite\, n. [L. archimandrita, LGr. [?]; pref. [?] (E. arch-) + [?] an inclosed space, esp. for cattle, a fold, a monastery.] (Gr. Church) (a) A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church. (b) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church. | |
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Archimedean \Ar`chi*me*de"an\, a. [L. Archimedeus.] Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc. {Archimedean screw}, or {Archimedes' screw}, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the form of a screw. When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the upper end. --Francis. | |
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Archimedean \Ar`chi*me*de"an\, a. [L. Archimedeus.] Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc. {Archimedean screw}, or {Archimedes' screw}, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the form of a screw. When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the upper end. --Francis. | |
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Screw \Screw\ (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [82]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[umac]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut. Note: The screw, as a mechanical power, is a modification of the inclined plane, and may be regarded as a right-angled triangle wrapped round a cylinder, the hypotenuse of the marking the spiral thread of the screw, its base equaling the circumference of the cylinder, and its height the pitch of the thread. 2. Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also {wood screws}, and {screw nails}. See also {Screw bolt}, below. 3. Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See {Screw propeller}, below. 4. A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller. 5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. --Thackeray. 6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges] 7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] --Mayhew. 8. An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance. --Ld. Lytton. 9. (Math.) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th {Pitch}, 10 (b) ). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis. 10. (Zo[94]l.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw ({Caprella}). See {Sand screw}, under {Sand}. {Archimedes screw}, {Compound screw}, {Foot screw}, etc. See under {Archimedes}, {Compound}, {Foot}, etc. {A screw loose}, something out of order, so that work is not done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. --H. Martineau. {Endless, [or] perpetual, {screw}, a screw used to give motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a {worm}. {Lag screw}. See under {Lag}. {Micrometer screw}, a screw with fine threads, used for the measurement of very small spaces. {Right and left screw}, a screw having threads upon the opposite ends which wind in opposite directions. {Screw alley}. See {Shaft alley}, under {Shaft}. {Screw bean}. (Bot.) (a) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree ({Prosopis pubescens}) growing from Texas to California. It is used for fodder, and ground into meal by the Indians. (b) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties. {Screw bolt}, a bolt having a screw thread on its shank, in distinction from a {key bolt}. See 1st {Bolt}, 3. {Screw box}, a device, resembling a die, for cutting the thread on a wooden screw. {Screw dock}. See under {Dock}. {Screw engine}, a marine engine for driving a screw propeller. {Screw gear}. See {Spiral gear}, under {Spiral}. {Screw jack}. Same as {Jackscrew}. {Screw key}, a wrench for turning a screw or nut; a spanner wrench. {Screw machine}. (a) One of a series of machines employed in the manufacture of wood screws. (b) A machine tool resembling a lathe, having a number of cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work successively, for making screws and other turned pieces from metal rods. {Screw pine} (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus {Pandanus}, of which there are about fifty species, natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; -- named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like leaves. {Screw plate}, a device for cutting threads on small screws, consisting of a thin steel plate having a series of perforations with internal screws forming dies. {Screw press}, a press in which pressure is exerted by means of a screw. {Screw propeller}, a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel propelled by a screw. {Screw shell} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, spiral gastropod shell, especially of the genus Turritella and allied genera. See {Turritella}. {Screw steamer}, a steamship propelled by a screw. {Screw thread}, the spiral rib which forms a screw. {Screw stone} (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite. {Screw tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Helicteres}, consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs, with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled capsules; -- also called {twisted-horn}, and {twisty}. {Screw valve}, a stop valve which is opened or closed by a screw. {Screw worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an American fly ({Compsomyia macellaria}), allied to the blowflies, which sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results. {Screw wrench}. (a) A wrench for turning a screw. (b) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a screw. {To put the} {screw, [or] screws}, {on}, to use pressure upon, as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce. {To put under the} {screw [or] screws}, to subject to pressure; to force. {Wood screw}, a metal screw with a sharp thread of coarse pitch, adapted to holding fast in wood. See Illust. of {Wood screw}, under {Wood}. | |
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Archimedean \Ar`chi*me*de"an\, a. [L. Archimedeus.] Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc. {Archimedean screw}, or {Archimedes' screw}, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the form of a screw. When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the upper end. --Francis. | |
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Screw \Screw\ (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [82]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[umac]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut. Note: The screw, as a mechanical power, is a modification of the inclined plane, and may be regarded as a right-angled triangle wrapped round a cylinder, the hypotenuse of the marking the spiral thread of the screw, its base equaling the circumference of the cylinder, and its height the pitch of the thread. 2. Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also {wood screws}, and {screw nails}. See also {Screw bolt}, below. 3. Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See {Screw propeller}, below. 4. A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller. 5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. --Thackeray. 6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges] 7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] --Mayhew. 8. An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance. --Ld. Lytton. 9. (Math.) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th {Pitch}, 10 (b) ). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis. 10. (Zo[94]l.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw ({Caprella}). See {Sand screw}, under {Sand}. {Archimedes screw}, {Compound screw}, {Foot screw}, etc. See under {Archimedes}, {Compound}, {Foot}, etc. {A screw loose}, something out of order, so that work is not done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. --H. Martineau. {Endless, [or] perpetual, {screw}, a screw used to give motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a {worm}. {Lag screw}. See under {Lag}. {Micrometer screw}, a screw with fine threads, used for the measurement of very small spaces. {Right and left screw}, a screw having threads upon the opposite ends which wind in opposite directions. {Screw alley}. See {Shaft alley}, under {Shaft}. {Screw bean}. (Bot.) (a) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree ({Prosopis pubescens}) growing from Texas to California. It is used for fodder, and ground into meal by the Indians. (b) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties. {Screw bolt}, a bolt having a screw thread on its shank, in distinction from a {key bolt}. See 1st {Bolt}, 3. {Screw box}, a device, resembling a die, for cutting the thread on a wooden screw. {Screw dock}. See under {Dock}. {Screw engine}, a marine engine for driving a screw propeller. {Screw gear}. See {Spiral gear}, under {Spiral}. {Screw jack}. Same as {Jackscrew}. {Screw key}, a wrench for turning a screw or nut; a spanner wrench. {Screw machine}. (a) One of a series of machines employed in the manufacture of wood screws. (b) A machine tool resembling a lathe, having a number of cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work successively, for making screws and other turned pieces from metal rods. {Screw pine} (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus {Pandanus}, of which there are about fifty species, natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; -- named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like leaves. {Screw plate}, a device for cutting threads on small screws, consisting of a thin steel plate having a series of perforations with internal screws forming dies. {Screw press}, a press in which pressure is exerted by means of a screw. {Screw propeller}, a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel propelled by a screw. {Screw shell} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, spiral gastropod shell, especially of the genus Turritella and allied genera. See {Turritella}. {Screw steamer}, a steamship propelled by a screw. {Screw thread}, the spiral rib which forms a screw. {Screw stone} (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite. {Screw tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Helicteres}, consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs, with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled capsules; -- also called {twisted-horn}, and {twisty}. {Screw valve}, a stop valve which is opened or closed by a screw. {Screw worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an American fly ({Compsomyia macellaria}), allied to the blowflies, which sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results. {Screw wrench}. (a) A wrench for turning a screw. (b) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a screw. {To put the} {screw, [or] screws}, {on}, to use pressure upon, as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce. {To put under the} {screw [or] screws}, to subject to pressure; to force. {Wood screw}, a metal screw with a sharp thread of coarse pitch, adapted to holding fast in wood. See Illust. of {Wood screw}, under {Wood}. | |
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Archimedean \Ar`chi*me*de"an\, a. [L. Archimedeus.] Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc. {Archimedean screw}, or {Archimedes' screw}, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the form of a screw. When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the upper end. --Francis. | |
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Arch \Arch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arching}.] 1. To cover with an arch or arches. 2. To form or bend into the shape of an arch. The horse arched his neck. --Charlesworth. | |
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Arching \Arch"ing\, n. 1. The arched part of a structure. 2. (Naut.) Hogging; -- opposed to {sagging}. | |
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Archmarshal \Arch`mar"shal\, n. [G. erzmarschall. See {Arch-}, pref.] The grand marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that to the Elector of Saxony. | |
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Archness \Arch"ness\, n. The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness. --Goldsmith. | |
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Archon \Ar"chon\, n. [L. archon, Gr. [?], [?], ruler, chief magistrate, p. pr. of [?] to be first, to rule.] (Antiq.) One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by pre[89]minence, the first of the nine chief magistrates. -- {Ar*chon"tic}, a. | |
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Archonship \Ar"chon*ship\, n. The office of an archon. --Mitford. | |
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Archontate \Ar"chon*tate\, n. [Cf. F. archontat.] An archon's term of office. --Gibbon. | |
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Archon \Ar"chon\, n. [L. archon, Gr. [?], [?], ruler, chief magistrate, p. pr. of [?] to be first, to rule.] (Antiq.) One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by pre[89]minence, the first of the nine chief magistrates. -- {Ar*chon"tic}, a. | |
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Archonts \Ar"chonts\, n. pl. [Gr. 'a`rchwn, p. pr. See {Archon}.] (Zo[94]l.) The group including man alone. | |
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d8Balisaur \[d8]Bal"i*sa`ur\, n. [Hind.] (Zo[94]l.) A badgerlike animal of India ({Arcionyx collaris}). | |
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Arc \Arc\ ([aum]rk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Arcked} ([aum]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Arcking}.] (Elec.) To form a voltaic arc, as an electrical current in a broken or disconnected circuit. | |
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Argand lamp \Ar"gand lamp`\ [Named from the inventor, Aim[82] Argand of Geneva.] A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame. {Argand burner}, a burner for an Argand lamp, or a gas burner in which the principle of that lamp is applied. | |
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Burner \Burn"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything. 2. The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is produced. {Bunsen's burner} (Chem.), a kind of burner, invented by Professor Bunsen of Heidelberg, consisting of a straight tube, four or five inches in length, having small holes for the entrance of air at the bottom. Illuminating gas being also admitted at the bottom, a mixture of gas and air is formed which burns at the top with a feebly luminous but intensely hot flame. {Argand burner}, {Rose burner}, etc. See under {Argand}, {Rose}, etc. | |
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Argand lamp \Ar"gand lamp`\ [Named from the inventor, Aim[82] Argand of Geneva.] A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame. {Argand burner}, a burner for an Argand lamp, or a gas burner in which the principle of that lamp is applied. | |
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Argean \Ar*ge"an\, a. Pertaining to the ship Argo. See {Argo}. | |
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Mexican \Mex"i*can\, a. Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Mexico. {Mexican poppy} (Bot.), a tropical American herb of the Poppy family ({Argemone Mexicana}) with much the look of a thistle, but having large yellow or white blossoms. {Mexican tea} (Bot.), an aromatic kind of pigweed from tropical America ({Chenopodium ambrosioides}). | |
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Poppy \Pop"py\, n.; pl. {Poppies}. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L. papaver.] (Bot.) Any plant or species of the genus {Papaver}, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species ({Papaver somniferum}) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of {Capsule}. {California poppy} (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the genus {Eschscholtzia}. {Corn poppy}. See under {Corn}. {Horn}, [or] {Horned}, {poppy}. See under {Horn}. {Poppy bee} (Zo[94]l.), a leaf-cutting bee ({Anthocopa papaveris}) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for the lining of its cells; -- called also {upholsterer bee}. {Prickly poppy} (Bot.), {Argemone Mexicana}, a yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly as a thistle. {Poppy seed}, the seed the opium poppy ({P. somniferum}). {Spatling poppy} (Bot.), a species of Silene ({S. inflata}). See {Catchfly}. | |
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d8Chicalote \[d8]Chi`ca*lo"te\, n. [Sp., prob. of Mex. origin.] (Bot.) A Mexican prickly poppy ({Argemone platyceras}), which has migrated into California. | |
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Argent \Ar"gent\, n. [F. argent, fr. L. argentum, silver; akin to Gr. 'a`rgyros silver, 'argo`s, 'argh`s, white, bright, Skr. rajata white, silver, raj to shine, Ir. arg white, milk, airgiod silver, money, and L. arguere to make clear. See {Argue}.] 1. Silver, or money. [Archaic] 2. (Fig. & Poet.) Whiteness; anything that is white. The polished argent of her breast. --Tennyson. 3. (Her.) The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white surface. --Weale. | |
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Argent \Ar"gent\, a. Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining. Yonder argent fields above. --Pope. | |
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Argental \Ar*gen"tal\, a. Of or pertaining to silver; resembling, containing, or combined with, silver. | |
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Argentalium \Ar`gen*ta"li*um\, n. [NL.; L. argentum silver + E. aluminium.] A (patented) alloy of aluminium and silver, with a density of about 2.9. | |
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Argentamine \Ar*gen"ta*mine\, n. Also -min \-min\ . [L. argentum silver + E. amine.] (Med.) A solution of silver phosphate in an aqueous solution of ethylene diamine, used as an antiseptic astringent and as a disinfectant. | |
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Nickel \Nick"el\, n. [G., fr. Sw. nickel, abbrev. from Sw. kopparnickel copper-nickel, a name given in derision, as it was thought to be a base ore of copper. The origin of the second part of the word is uncertain. Cf. {Kupfer-nickel}, {Copper-nickel}.] 1. (Chem.) A bright silver-white metallic element. It is of the iron group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile. It occurs combined with sulphur in millerite, with arsenic in the mineral niccolite, and with arsenic and sulphur in nickel glance. Symbol Ni. Atomic weight 58.6. Note: On account of its permanence in air and inertness to oxidation, it is used in the smaller coins, for plating iron, brass, etc., for chemical apparatus, and in certain alloys, as german silver. It is magnetic, and is very frequently accompanied by cobalt, both being found in meteoric iron. 2. A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a five-cent piece. [Colloq. U.S.] {Nickel silver}, an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc; -- usually called {german silver}; called also {argentan}. | |
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Argentan \Ar"gen*tan\, n. An alloy of nickel with copper and zinc; German silver. | |
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Nickel \Nick"el\, n. [G., fr. Sw. nickel, abbrev. from Sw. kopparnickel copper-nickel, a name given in derision, as it was thought to be a base ore of copper. The origin of the second part of the word is uncertain. Cf. {Kupfer-nickel}, {Copper-nickel}.] 1. (Chem.) A bright silver-white metallic element. It is of the iron group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile. It occurs combined with sulphur in millerite, with arsenic in the mineral niccolite, and with arsenic and sulphur in nickel glance. Symbol Ni. Atomic weight 58.6. Note: On account of its permanence in air and inertness to oxidation, it is used in the smaller coins, for plating iron, brass, etc., for chemical apparatus, and in certain alloys, as german silver. It is magnetic, and is very frequently accompanied by cobalt, both being found in meteoric iron. 2. A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a five-cent piece. [Colloq. U.S.] {Nickel silver}, an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc; -- usually called {german silver}; called also {argentan}. | |
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Argentan \Ar"gen*tan\, n. An alloy of nickel with copper and zinc; German silver. | |
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Argentate \Ar"gen*tate\, a. [L. argentatus silvered.] (Bot.) Silvery white. --Gray. | |
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Argentation \Ar`gen*ta"tion\, n. [L. argentare to silver, fr. argentum silver. See {Argent}.] A coating or overlaying with silver. [R.] --Johnson. | |
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Silver \Sil"ver\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup. 2. Resembling silver. Specifically: (a) Bright; resplendent; white. [bd]Silver hair.[b8] --Shak. Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed Their downy breast. --Milton. (b) Precious; costly. (c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. [bd]Silver voices.[b8] --Spenser. (d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. [bd]Silver slumber.[b8] --Spenser. {American silver fir} (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under {Balsam}. {Silver age} (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of the previous golden age, so-called. {Silver-bell tree} (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree ({Halesia tetraptera}) with white bell-shaped flowers in clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree. {Silver bush} (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant ({Anthyllis Barba-Jovis}) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage. {Silver chub} (Zo[94]l.), the fallfish. {Silver eel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The cutlass fish. (b) A pale variety of the common eel. {Silver fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Abies pectinata}) found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150 feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine. {Silver foil}, foil made of silver. {Silver fox} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the common fox ({Vulpes vulpes}, variety {argenteus}) found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black, with silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also {black fox}, and {silver-gray fox}. {Silver gar}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Billfish} (a) . {Silver grain} (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple, pine, cherry, etc. {Silver grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the red-throated diver. See Illust. under {Diver}. {Silver hake} (Zo[94]l.), the American whiting. {Silver leaf}, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very thin. {Silver lunge} (Zo[94]l.), the namaycush. {Silver moonfish}.(Zo[94]l.) See {Moonfish} (b) . {Silver moth} (Zo[94]l.), a lepisma. {Silver owl} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. {Silver perch} (Zo[94]l.), the mademoiselle, 2. {Silver pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of the genus {Euplocamus}. They have the tail and more or less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common species ({E. nychtemerus}) is native of China. {Silver plate}, domestic utensils made of silver. | |
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Argentic \Ar*gen"tic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, silver; -- said of certain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowest proportion; as, argentic chloride. | |
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Argentiferous \Ar`gen*tif"er*ous\, a. [L. argentum silver + -ferous: cf. F. argentif[8a]re.] Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins. | |
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Argentine \Ar"gen*tine\ (?; in the 2d sense, commonly ?), a. 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery. Celestial Dian, goddess argentine. --Shak. 2. Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America. | |
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Argentine \Ar"gen*tine\, n. [Cf. F. argentin, fr. L. argentum silver.] 1. (Min.) A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure. 2. White metal coated with silver. --Simmonds. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A fish of Europe ({Maurolicus Pennantii}) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus {Argentina}. 4. A citizen of the Argentine Republic. | |
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Argentite \Ar"gen*tite\, n. [L. argentum silver.] (Min.) Sulphide of silver; -- also called {vitreous silver}, or {silver glance}. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like lead. | |
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Argentous \Ar*gen"tous\, a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, silver; -- said of certain silver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than in argentic compounds; as, argentous chloride. | |
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Argentry \Ar"gent*ry\, n. [F. argenterie, fr. argent silver, L. argentum.] Silver plate or vessels. [Obs.] Bowls of frosted argentry. --Howell. | |
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Blood \Blood\, n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[?]d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth, bl[?][?], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to bloom.] 1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under {Arterial}. Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless, and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and give the blood its uniformly red color. See {Corpuscle}, {Plasma}. 2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship. To share the blood of Saxon royalty. --Sir W. Scott. A friend of our own blood. --Waller. {Half blood} (Law), relationship through only one parent. {Whole blood}, relationship through both father and mother. In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole blood. --Bouvier. --Peters. 3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage. Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak. I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak. 4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed. Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or warm blood, is the same as blood. 5. The fleshy nature of man. Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak. 6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction. So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for blood atones. --Hood. 7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.] He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. --Shak. 8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions. When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth. --Shak. Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm, or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion is signified; as, my blood was up. 9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake. Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty? --Shak. It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood. --Thackeray. 10. The juice of anything, especially if red. He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes. --Gen. xiix. 11. Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first part of self-explaining compound words; as, blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling, blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained, blood-warm, blood-won. {Blood baptism} (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for literal baptism. {Blood blister}, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody serum, usually caused by an injury. {Blood brother}, brother by blood or birth. {Blood clam} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca and allied genera, esp. {Argina pexata} of the American coast. So named from the color of its flesh. {Blood corpuscle}. See {Corpuscle}. {Blood crystal} (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the separation in a crystalline form of the h[91]moglobin of the red blood corpuscles; h[91]matocrystallin. All blood does not yield blood crystals. {Blood heat}, heat equal to the temperature of human blood, or about 98[ab] [deg] Fahr. {Blood horse}, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly prized origin or stock. {Blood money}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blood orange}, an orange with dark red pulp. {Blood poisoning} (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from without, or the absorption or retention of such as are produced in the body itself; tox[91]mia. {Blood pudding}, a pudding made of blood and other materials. {Blood relation}, one connected by blood or descent. {Blood spavin}. See under {Spavin}. {Blood vessel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blue blood}, the blood of noble or aristocratic families, which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic family. {Flesh and blood}. (a) A blood relation, esp. a child. (b) Human nature. {In blood} (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor. --Shak. {To let blood}. See under {Let}. {Prince of the blood}, the son of a sovereign, or the issue of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood royal. | |
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d8Argo \[d8]Ar"go\, n. [L. Argo, Gr. [?].] 1. (Myth.) The name of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four companions to Colchis, in quest of the Golden Fleece. 2. (Astron.) A large constellation in the southern hemisphere, called also {Argo Navis}. In modern astronomy it is replaced by its three divisions, Carina, Puppis, and Vela. | |
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Argoan \Ar*go"an\, a. Pertaining to the ship Argo. | |
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Argon \Ar"gon\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], neut. of [?] inactive; [?] priv. + [?] work.] (Chem.) A colorless, odorless gas occurring in the air (of which it constitutes 0.93 per cent by volume), in volcanic gases, etc.; -- so named on account of its inertness by Rayleigh and Ramsay, who prepared and examined it in 1894-95. Symbol, A; at. wt., 39.9. Argon is condensible to a colorless liquid boiling at -186.1[deg] C. and to a solid melting at -189.6[deg] C. It has a characteristic spectrum. No compounds of it are known, but there is physical evidence that its molecule is monatomic. Weight of one liter at 0[deg] C. and 760 mm., 1.7828 g. | |
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Argon \Ar"gon\, n. [Gr. [?] inactive.] (Chem.) A substance regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness. --Rayleigh and Ramsay. | |
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Argonaut \Ar"go*naut\, n. One of those who went to California in search of gold shortly after it was discovered there in 1848. [U. S.] --Bret Harte. The [bd]Argonauts of '49[b8] were a strong, self-reliant, generous body of men. --D. S. Jordan. | |
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Argonaut \Ar"go*naut\, n. [L. Argonauta, Gr. [?]; [?] + [?] sailor, [?] ship. See {Argo}.] 1. Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta. | |
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Argonautic \Ar"go*naut"ic\, a. [L. Argonauticus.] Of or pertaining to the Argonauts. | |
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Argue \Ar"gue\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Argued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arguing}.] [OE. arguen, F. arguer, fr. L. argutare, freq. of arguere to make clear; from the same root as E. argent.] 1. To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason. I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will. --Milton. 2. To contend in argument; to dispute; to reason; -- followed by with; as, you may argue with your friend without convincing him. | |
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Argument \Ar"gu*ment\ ([acr]r"g[usl]*m[eit]nt), v. i. [L. argumentari.] To make an argument; to argue. [Obs.] --Gower. | |
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Argument \Ar"gu*ment\, n. [F. argument, L. argumentum, fr. arguere to argue.] 1. Proof; evidence. [Obs.] There is.. no more palpable and convincing argument of the existence of a Deity. --Ray. Why, then, is it made a badge of wit and an argument of parts for a man to commence atheist, and to cast off all belief of providence, all awe and reverence for religion? --South. 2. A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it. 3. A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation. The argument is about things, but names. --Locke. 4. The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem. You and love are still my argument. --Shak. The abstract or argument of the piece. --Jeffrey. [Shields] with boastful argument portrayed. --Milton. 5. Matter for question; business in hand. [Obs.] Sheathed their swords for lack of argument. --Shak. 6. (Astron.) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction. 7. (Math.) The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends. --Brande & C. | |
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Argumentable \Ar`gu*men"ta*ble\ (-m[eit]n"t[adot]*b'l), a. [L. argumentabilis.] Admitting of argument. [R.] --Chalmers. | |
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Argumental \Ar`gu*men"tal\, a. [L. argumentalis.] Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative. | |
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Argumentation \Ar`gu*men*ta"tion\, n. [L. argumentatio, from argumentari: cf. F. argumentation.] 1. The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true. Which manner of argumentation, how false and naught it is, . . . every man that hath with perceiveth. --Tyndale. 2. Debate; discussion. Syn: Reasoning; discussion; controversy. See {Reasoning}. | |
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Argumentative \Ar`gu*men"ta*tive\, a. 1. Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse. 2. Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator. [Obs.] 3. Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer. --{Ar`gu*men"ta*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Ar`gu*men"ta*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Argumentative \Ar`gu*men"ta*tive\, a. 1. Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse. 2. Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator. [Obs.] 3. Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer. --{Ar`gu*men"ta*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Ar`gu*men"ta*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Argumentative \Ar`gu*men"ta*tive\, a. 1. Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse. 2. Adductive as proof; indicative; as, the adaptation of things to their uses is argumentative of infinite wisdom in the Creator. [Obs.] 3. Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer. --{Ar`gu*men"ta*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Ar`gu*men"ta*tive*ness}, n. | |
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Argumentize \Ar"gu*men*tize\, v. i. To argue or discuss. [Obs.] --Wood. | |
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d8Aphrodite \[d8]Aph`ro*di"te\, n. [Gr. [?].] 1. (Classic Myth.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike set[91]; the sea mouse. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A beautiful butterfly ({Argunnis Aphrodite}) of the United States. | |
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Water spider \Wa"ter spi"der\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) An aquatic European spider ({Argyoneta aquatica}) which constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on water plants. It lives in a bell-shaped structure of silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with air which the spider carries down in the form of small bubbles attached one at a time to the spinnerets and hind feet. Called also {diving spider}. (b) A water mite. (c) Any spider that habitually lives on or about the water, especially the large American species ({Dolomedes lanceolatus}) which runs rapidly on the surface of water; -- called also {raft spider}. | |
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Aricine \Ar"i*cine\, n. [From Arica, in Chile.] (Chem.) An alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark. | |
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Dragon \Drag"on\, n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. [?], [?], to look (akin to Skr. dar[?] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt. Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan. Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2. 2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco. 4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent. 5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon. 8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. {Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[91]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below). {Dragon fish} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Dragon fly} (Zo[94]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[91]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[91] are aquatic and insectivorous. {Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}); green dragon. {Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {C. Rotang} and {C. Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[91]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. {Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol [?]. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit. {Dragon shell} (Zo[94]l.), a species of limpet. {Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth. {Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol [?]. See {Dragon's head} (above). {Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({A. dracunculus}). {Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[91]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[91]na}. {Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. [bd]Dragon water may do good upon him.[b8] --Randolph (1640). {Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide. | |
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Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE. grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See {Grow.}] 1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald. 2. Having a sickly color; wan. To look so green and pale. --Shak. 3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound. As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation. --Burke. 4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc. 5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.] We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L. Watts. 6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment. I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs. --Sir W. Scott. 7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc. --Shak. {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the United States; -- called also {cat brier}. {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock. {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally named {joe-rocker}. {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root crop, etc. {Green diallage}. (Min.) (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene. (b) Smaragdite. {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip; -- called also {dragon root}. {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}. {Green ebony}. (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing. (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}. {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate), to which the color of the flame is due. {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants. {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary. {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91]. {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.] {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in the West Indies and in South America, used for shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is the {Colubrina ferruginosa}. {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite. {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima}); -- called also {green sloke}. {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite. {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch. {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm. {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine. {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment. See {Greengill}. {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West Indies early in the last century, and has become very abundant there. {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides of platinum. {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made. {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a vessel's deck. {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis. {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are bright green in color. {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See {Turtle}. {Green vitriol}. (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc. (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate of iron}. {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not yet baked. {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}. | |
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{Jack rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large American hares, having very large ears and long legs. The California species ({Lepus Californicus}), and that of Texas and New Mexico ({L. callotis}), have the tail black above, and the ears black at the tip. They do not become white in winter. The more northern prairie hare ({L. campestris}) has the upper side of the tail white, and in winter its fur becomes nearly white. {Jack rafter} (Arch.), in England, one of the shorter rafters used in constructing a hip or valley roof; in the United States, any secondary roof timber, as the common rafters resting on purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the pieces simulating extended rafters, used under the eaves in some styles of building. {Jack salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eyed pike, or glasseye. {Jack sauce}, an impudent fellow. [Colloq. & Obs.] {Jack shaft} (Mach.), the first intermediate shaft, in a factory or mill, which receives power, through belts or gearing, from a prime mover, and transmits it, by the same means, to other intermediate shafts or to a line shaft. {Jack sinker} (Knitting Mach.), a thin iron plate operated by the jack to depress the loop of thread between two needles. {Jack snipe}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary. {Jack staff} (Naut.), a staff fixed on the bowsprit cap, upon which the jack is hoisted. {Jack timber} (Arch.), any timber, as a rafter, rib, or studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the others. {Jack towel}, a towel hung on a roller for common use. {Jack truss} (Arch.), in a hip roof, a minor truss used where the roof has not its full section. {Jack tree}. (Bot.) See 1st {Jack}, n. {Jack yard} (Naut.), a short spar to extend a topsail beyond the gaff. {Blue jack}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper. {Hydraulic jack}, a jack used for lifting, pulling, or forcing, consisting of a compact portable hydrostatic press, with its pump and a reservoir containing a supply of liquid, as oil. {Jack-at-a-pinch}. (a) One called upon to take the place of another in an emergency. (b) An itinerant parson who conducts an occasional service for a fee. {Jack-at-all-trades}, one who can turn his hand to any kind of work. {Jack-by-the-hedge} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Erysimum} ({E. alliaria}, or {Alliaria officinalis}), which grows under hedges. It bears a white flower and has a taste not unlike garlic. Called also, in England, {sauce-alone}. --Eng. Cyc. {Jack-in-a-box}. (a) (Bot.) A tropical tree ({Hernandia sonora}), which bears a drupe that rattles when dry in the inflated calyx. (b) A child's toy, consisting of a box, out of which, when the lid is raised, a figure springs. (c) (Mech.) An epicyclic train of bevel gears for transmitting rotary motion to two parts in such a manner that their relative rotation may be variable; applied to driving the wheels of tricycles, road locomotives, and to cotton machinery, etc.; an equation box; a jack frame; -- called also {compensating gearing}. (d) A large wooden screw turning in a nut attached to the crosspiece of a rude press. {Jack-in-office}, an insolent fellow in authority. --Wolcott. {Jack-in-the-bush} (Bot.), a tropical shrub with red fruit ({Cordia Cylindrostachya}). {Jack-in-the-green}, a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework of boughs, carried in Mayday processions. {Jack-in-the-pulpit} (Bot.), the American plant {Aris[91]ma triphyllum}, or Indian turnip, in which the upright spadix is inclosed. {Jack-of-the-buttery} (Bot.), the stonecrop ({Sedum acre}). {Jack-of-the-clock}, a figure, usually of a man, on old clocks, which struck the time on the bell. {Jack-on-both-sides}, one who is or tries to be neutral. {Jack-out-of-office}, one who has been in office and is turned out. --Shak. {Jack the Giant Killer}, the hero of a well-known nursery story. {Jack-with-a-lantern}, {Jack-o'-lantern}. (a) An ignis fatuus; a will-o'-the-wisp. [bd][Newspaper speculations] supplying so many more jack-o'-lanterns to the future historian.[b8] --Lowell. (b) A lantern made of a pumpkin so prepared as to show in illumination the features of a human face, etc. {Yellow Jack} (Naut.), the yellow fever; also, the quarantine flag. See {Yellow flag}, under {Flag}. | |
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Arise \A*rise"\ ([adot]*r[imac]z"), v. i. [imp. {Arose} (-r[omac]z"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Arising}; p. p. {Arisen} (-r[icr]z"'n).]. [AS. [be]r[c6]san; [be] (equiv. to Goth. us-, ur-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + r[c6]san to rise; cf. Goth. urreisan to arise. See {Rise}.] 1. To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning. 2. To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise. There arose up a new king . . . which knew not Joseph. --Ex. i. 8. The doubts that in his heart arose. --Milton. 3. To proceed; to issue; to spring. Whence haply mention may arise Of something not unseasonable to ask. --Milton. | |
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Arise \A*rise"\ ([adot]*r[imac]z"), v. i. [imp. {Arose} (-r[omac]z"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Arising}; p. p. {Arisen} (-r[icr]z"'n).]. [AS. [be]r[c6]san; [be] (equiv. to Goth. us-, ur-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + r[c6]san to rise; cf. Goth. urreisan to arise. See {Rise}.] 1. To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning. 2. To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise. There arose up a new king . . . which knew not Joseph. --Ex. i. 8. The doubts that in his heart arose. --Milton. 3. To proceed; to issue; to spring. Whence haply mention may arise Of something not unseasonable to ask. --Milton. | |
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Arouse \A*rouse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aroused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arousing}.] [Pref. a- + rouse.] To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties. Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse His brother, mighty sovereign on the host. --Cowper. No suspicion was aroused. --Merivale. | |
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Arragonite \Ar*rag"o*nite\, n. See {Aragonite}. | |
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Arraign \Ar*raign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arraigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arraigning}.] [OE. arainen, arenen, OF. aragnier, aranier, araisnier, F. arraisonner, fr. LL. arrationare to address to call before court; L. ad + ratio reason, reasoning, LL. cause, judgment. See {Reason}.] 1. (Law) To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint. --Blackstone. 2. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal. They will not arraign you for want of knowledge. --Dryden. It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world. --I. Taylor. Syn: To accuse; impeach; charge; censure; criminate; indict; denounce. See {Accuse}. | |
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Arraign \Ar*raign"\, n. Arraignment; as, the clerk of the arraigns. --Blackstone. Macaulay. | |
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Arraign \Ar*raign"\, v. t. [From OF. aramier, fr. LL. adhramire.] (Old Eng. Law) To appeal to; to demand; as, to arraign an assize of novel disseizin. | |
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Arraign \Ar*raign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arraigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arraigning}.] [OE. arainen, arenen, OF. aragnier, aranier, araisnier, F. arraisonner, fr. LL. arrationare to address to call before court; L. ad + ratio reason, reasoning, LL. cause, judgment. See {Reason}.] 1. (Law) To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint. --Blackstone. 2. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal. They will not arraign you for want of knowledge. --Dryden. It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world. --I. Taylor. Syn: To accuse; impeach; charge; censure; criminate; indict; denounce. See {Accuse}. | |
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Arraigner \Ar*raign"er\, n. One who arraigns. --Coleridge. | |
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Arraign \Ar*raign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arraigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arraigning}.] [OE. arainen, arenen, OF. aragnier, aranier, araisnier, F. arraisonner, fr. LL. arrationare to address to call before court; L. ad + ratio reason, reasoning, LL. cause, judgment. See {Reason}.] 1. (Law) To call or set as a prisoner at the bar of a court to answer to the matter charged in an indictment or complaint. --Blackstone. 2. To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal. They will not arraign you for want of knowledge. --Dryden. It is not arrogance, but timidity, of which the Christian body should now be arraigned by the world. --I. Taylor. Syn: To accuse; impeach; charge; censure; criminate; indict; denounce. See {Accuse}. | |
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Arraignment \Ar*raign"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. arraynement, aresnement.] 1. (Law) The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint. 2. A calling to an account to faults; accusation. In the sixth satire, which seems only an Arraignment of the whole sex, there is a latent admonition. --Dryden. | |
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Arrasene \Ar`ras*ene"\, n. [From {Arras}.] A material of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery. | |
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Arrogance \Ar"ro*gance\, n. [F., fr. L. arrogantia, fr. arrogans. See {Arrogant}.] The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption. I hate not you for her proud arrogance. --Shak. Syn: Haughtiness; hauteur; assumption; lordliness; presumption; pride; disdain; insolence; conceit; conceitedness. See {Haughtiness}. | |
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Arrogancy \Ar"ro*gan*cy\, n. Arrogance. --Shak. | |
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Arrogant \Ar"ro*gant\, a. [F. arrogant, L. arrogans, p. pr. of arrogare. See {Arrogate}.] 1. Making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to persons. Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate. --Shak. 2. Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; -- applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior. Syn: Magisterial; lordly; proud; assuming; overbearing; presumptuous; haughty. See {Magisterial}. | |
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Arrogantly \Ar"ro*gant*ly\, adv. In an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self-importance. | |
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Arrogantness \Ar"ro*gant*ness\, n. Arrogance. [R.] | |
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Arrosion \Ar*ro"sion\, n. [L. arrodere, arrosum, to gnaw: cf. F. arrosion.] A gnawing. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Arsenal \Ar"se*nal\, n. [Sp. & F. arsenal arsenal, dockyard, or It. arzanale, arsenale (cf. It. & darsena dock); all fr. Ar. d[be]r[?]in[be]'a house of industry or fabrication; d[be]r house + [?]in[be] art, industry.] A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service. | |
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Arsenate \Ar"se*nate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of arsenic acid. | |
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Arseniate \Ar*se"ni*ate\, n. See {Arsenate}. [R.] | |
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Arsenic \Ar"se*nic\ ([aum]r"s[esl]*n[icr]k; 277), n. [L. arsenicum, Gr. 'arseniko`n, 'arreniko`n, yellow orpiment, perh. fr. 'arseniko`s or better Attic 'arreniko`s masculine, 'a`rrhn male, on account of its strength, or fr. Per. zern[c6]kh: cf. F. arsenic.] 1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 356[deg] Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the true arsenicum of the ancients. The element and its compounds are active poisons. Specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. Atomic weight 75. Symbol As. 2. (Com.) Arsenious oxide or arsenious anhydride; -- called also {arsenious acid}, {white arsenic}, and {ratsbane}. | |
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Arsenic \Ar*sen"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic; -- said of those compounds of arsenic in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, arsenic acid. | |
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Arsenical \Ar*sen"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenical vapor; arsenical wall papers. {Arsenical silver}, an ore of silver containing arsenic. | |
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Pyrites \Py*ri"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] fire. See {Pyre}.] (Min.) A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color. Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite, or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when struck with steel. {Arsenical pyrites}, arsenopyrite. {Auriferous pyrites}. See under {Auriferous}. {Capillary pyrites}, millerite. {Common pyrites}, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite. {Hair pyrites}, millerite. {Iron pyrites}. See {Pyrite}. {Magnetic pyrites}, pyrrhotite. {Tin pyrites}, stannite. {White iron pyrites}, orthorhombic iron disulphide; marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites, etc. {Yellow}, [or] {Copper}, {pyrites}, the sulphide of copper and iron; chalcopyrite. | |
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Arsenopyrite \Ar`sen*o*pyr"ite\, n. [Arsenic + pyrite.] (Min.) A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called {arsenical pyrites} and {mispickel}. | |
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Pyrites \Py*ri"tes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] fire. See {Pyre}.] (Min.) A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color. Note: The term was originally applied to the mineral pyrite, or iron pyrites, in allusion to its giving sparks when struck with steel. {Arsenical pyrites}, arsenopyrite. {Auriferous pyrites}. See under {Auriferous}. {Capillary pyrites}, millerite. {Common pyrites}, isometric iron disulphide; pyrite. {Hair pyrites}, millerite. {Iron pyrites}. See {Pyrite}. {Magnetic pyrites}, pyrrhotite. {Tin pyrites}, stannite. {White iron pyrites}, orthorhombic iron disulphide; marcasite. This includes cockscomb pyrites (a variety of marcasite, named in allusion to its form), spear pyrites, etc. {Yellow}, [or] {Copper}, {pyrites}, the sulphide of copper and iron; chalcopyrite. | |
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Arsenopyrite \Ar`sen*o*pyr"ite\, n. [Arsenic + pyrite.] (Min.) A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called {arsenical pyrites} and {mispickel}. | |
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Arsenical \Ar*sen"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenical vapor; arsenical wall papers. {Arsenical silver}, an ore of silver containing arsenic. | |
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Arsenicate \Ar*sen"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arsenicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arsenicating}.] To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic. | |
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Arsenicate \Ar*sen"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arsenicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arsenicating}.] To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic. | |
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Arsenicate \Ar*sen"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arsenicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arsenicating}.] To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic. | |
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Arsenicism \Ar*sen"i*cism\, n. (Med.) A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic. | |
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Arsenide \Ar"sen*ide\, n. (Chem.) A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret. | |
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Arseniferous \Ar`sen*if"er*ous\, a. [Arsenic + -ferous.] Containing or producing arsenic. | |
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Arsenious \Ar*se"ni*ous\, a. [Cf. F. ars[82]nieux.] 1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenious powder or glass. 2. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic, when having an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, arsenious acid. | |
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Arsenic \Ar"se*nic\ ([aum]r"s[esl]*n[icr]k; 277), n. [L. arsenicum, Gr. 'arseniko`n, 'arreniko`n, yellow orpiment, perh. fr. 'arseniko`s or better Attic 'arreniko`s masculine, 'a`rrhn male, on account of its strength, or fr. Per. zern[c6]kh: cf. F. arsenic.] 1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 356[deg] Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the true arsenicum of the ancients. The element and its compounds are active poisons. Specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. Atomic weight 75. Symbol As. 2. (Com.) Arsenious oxide or arsenious anhydride; -- called also {arsenious acid}, {white arsenic}, and {ratsbane}. | |
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Arsenite \Ar"sen*ite\, n. [Cf. F. ars[82]nite.] (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of arsenious acid with a base. | |
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Arseniuret \Ar`se*ni"u*ret\, n. (Chem.) See {Arsenide}. | |
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Arseniureted \Ar`se*ni"u*ret`ed\, a. (Chem.) Combined with arsenic; -- said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen. [Also spelt {arseniuretted}.] | |
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Arseniureted \Ar`se*ni"u*ret`ed\, a. (Chem.) Combined with arsenic; -- said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen. [Also spelt {arseniuretted}.] | |
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Arsenopyrite \Ar`sen*o*pyr"ite\, n. [Arsenic + pyrite.] (Min.) A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called {arsenical pyrites} and {mispickel}. | |
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Arsine \Ar"sine\ ([aum]r"s[icr]n or -s[emac]n), n. [From {Arsenic}.] (Chem.) A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, {AsH3}, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic; arseniureted hydrogen. | |
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Arsmetrike \Ars`met"rike\ ([aum]rz`m[ecr]t"r[icr]k), n. [An erroneous form of arithmetic, as if from L. ars metrica the measuring art.] Arithmetic. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Arson \Ar"son\ ([aum]r"s'n; 277), n. [OF. arson, arsun, fr. L. ardere, arsum, to burn.] (Law) The malicious burning of a dwelling house or outhouse of another man, which by the common law is felony; the malicious and voluntary firing of a building or ship. --Wharton. Note: The definition of this crime is varied by statues in different countries and states. The English law of arson has been considerably modified in the United States; in some of the States it has been materially enlarged, while in others, various degrees of arson have been established, with corresponding punishment. --Burrill. | |
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Aurocyanide \Au`ro*cy"a*nide\, n. [Aurum + cyanide.] (Chem.) A double cyanide of gold and some other metal or radical; -- called also {cyanaurate}. | |
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Aworking \A*work"ing\, adv. [Pref. a- + working.] At work; in action. [Archaic or Colloq.] --Spenser. | |
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Aragon, GA (city, FIPS 2592) Location: 34.04615 N, 85.05770 W Population (1990): 902 (352 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30104 Aragon, NM Zip code(s): 87820 | |
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Arizona City, AZ (CDP, FIPS 3530) Location: 32.75080 N, 111.66982 W Population (1990): 1940 (1077 housing units) Area: 15.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
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Arkansas City, AR (city, FIPS 1990) Location: 33.60882 N, 91.20566 W Population (1990): 523 (236 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71630 Arkansas City, KS (city, FIPS 2300) Location: 37.06882 N, 97.04064 W Population (1990): 12762 (5774 housing units) Area: 19.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67005 | |
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Arkansas County, AR (county, FIPS 1) Location: 34.28887 N, 91.37634 W Population (1990): 21653 (9575 housing units) Area: 2560.3 sq km (land), 117.4 sq km (water) | |
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Arkoma, OK (town, FIPS 2650) Location: 35.33200 N, 94.45141 W Population (1990): 2393 (989 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74901 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Arrowsmith, IL (village, FIPS 2362) Location: 40.44886 N, 88.63148 W Population (1990): 313 (112 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61722 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Arroyo zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 3927) Location: 17.97082 N, 66.06211 W Population (1990): 8763 (2877 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Arsenal, PA Zip code(s): 15201 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Archimedes Computers}, Cambridge, UK. The Archimedes, launched in June 1987, was the first {RISC} based {personal computer} (predating {Apple Computer}'s {Power Mac} by some seven years). It uses the {Advanced RISC Machine} (ARM) processor and includes Acorn's {multitasking} {operating system} and {graphical user interface}, {RISC OS} on {ROM}, along with an interpreter for Acorn's enhanced {BASIC}, {BASIC V}. The Archimedes was designed as the successor to Acorn's sucessful {BBC Microcomputer} series and includes some backward compatibility and a {6502} {emulator}. Several utilities are included free on disk (later in ROM) such as a {text editor}, paint and draw programs. Software emulators are also available for the {IBM PC} as well as add-on {Intel} processor cards. There have been several series of Archimedes: A300, A400, A3000, A5000, A4000 and {RISC PC}. {Usenet FAQ (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/acorn/)}. {Archive site list (http://www.cs.vu.nl/~gerben/acorn/acorn-archives.txt)}. {HENSA archive (ftp://micros.hensa.ac.uk/)}. {Stuttgart archive (ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/systems/acorn)}. See also {Crisis Software}, {Warm Silence Software}. (1998-04-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ARCnet {proprietary} until the late 1980s and had about as large a marketshare as {Ethernet} among small businesses. It was almost as fast and was considerably cheaper at the time. (1995-01-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
argument {function}, {procedure}, {subroutine}, command or program, by the caller. For example, in the function square(x) = x * x x is the {formal argument} or "parameter" and in the call y = square(3+3) 3+3 is the {actual argument}. This will, in most cases, execute the function square with x having the value 6. There are many different conventions for passing arguments to functions and procedures including {call-by-value}, {call-by-name}, {call-by-need}. These affect whether the value of the argument is computed by the caller or the callee (the function) and whether the callee can modify the value of the argument as seen by the caller (if it is a variable). Arguments to functions are usually, following mathematical notation, written in parentheses after the function name, separated by commas. Arguments to a program are usually given after the command name, separated by spaces, e.g.: cat myfile yourfile hisfile Here "cat" is the command and "myfile", "yourfile", and "hisfile" are the arguments. See also: {curried function}. (2002-07-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Arjuna by a team led by Professor Santosh Shrivastava at the {University of Newcastle}, implemented entirely in {C++}. Arjuna provides a set of tools for the construction of {fault-tolerant} {distributed} applications. It exploits features found in most object-oriented languages (such as {inheritance}) and only requires a limited set of system capabilities commonly found in conventional {operating systems}. Arjuna provides the programmer with {classes} that implement {atomic transactions}, {object level recovery}, {concurrency} control and {persistence}. The system is {portable}, modular and flexible; the system software has been available via FTP since 1992. {Home (http://arjuna.ncl.ac.uk/)}. (1995-03-06) | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
argon Symbol: Ar Atomic number: 18 Atomic weight: 39.948 Monatomic noble gas. Makes up 0.93% of the air. Colourless, odorless. Is inert and has no true compounds. Lord Rayleigh and Sir william Ramsey identified argon in 1894. | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
arsenic Symbol: As Atomic number: 33 Atomic weight: 74.922 Metalloid element of group 15. There are three allotropes, yellow, black, and grey. Reacts with halogens, concentrated oxidizing acids and hot alkalis. Albertus Magnus is believed to have been the first to isolate the element in 1250. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Archangel (1Thess. 4:16; Jude 1:9), the prince of the angels. | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Argentina Argentina:Geography Location: Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay Map references: South America Area: total area: 2,766,890 sq km land area: 2,736,690 sq km comparative area: slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US Land boundaries: total 9,665 km, Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,224 km, Chile 5,150 km, Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 579 km Coastline: 4,989 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: short section of the boundary with Uruguay is in dispute; short section of the boundary with Chile is indefinite; claims British-administered Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas); claims British-administered South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; territorial claim in Antarctica Climate: mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest Terrain: rich plains of the Pampas in northern half, flat to rolling plateau of Patagonia in south, rugged Andes along western border Natural resources: fertile plains of the pampas, lead, zinc, tin, copper, iron ore, manganese, petroleum, uranium Land use: arable land: 9% permanent crops: 4% meadows and pastures: 52% forest and woodland: 22% other: 13% Irrigated land: 17,600 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: erosion results from inadequate flood controls and improper land use practices; irrigated soil degradation; desertification; air pollution in Buenos Aires and other major cites; water pollution in urban areas; rivers becoming polluted due to increased pesticide and fertilizer use natural hazards: Tucuman and Mendoza areas in the Andes subject to earthquakes; pamperos are violent windstorms that can strike the Pampas and northeast; heavy flooding international agreements: party to - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Desertification, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation Note: second-largest country in South America (after Brazil); strategic location relative to sea lanes between South Atlantic and South Pacific Oceans (Strait of Magellan, Beagle Channel, Drake Passage) Argentina:People Population: 34,292,742 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 28% (female 4,706,793; male 4,903,589) 15-64 years: 62% (female 10,680,074; male 10,689,728) 65 years and over: 10% (female 1,922,552; male 1,390,006) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 1.11% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 19.51 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 8.62 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: 0.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 28.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 71.51 years male: 68.22 years female: 74.97 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.65 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Argentine(s) adjective: Argentine Ethnic divisions: white 85%, mestizo, Indian, or other nonwhite groups 15% Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 90% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 6% Languages: Spanish (official), English, Italian, German, French Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.) total population: 95% male: 96% female: 95% Labor force: 10.9 million by occupation: agriculture 12%, industry 31%, services 57% (1985 est.) Argentina:Government Names: conventional long form: Argentine Republic conventional short form: Argentina local long form: Republica Argentina local short form: Argentina Digraph: AR Type: republic Capital: Buenos Aires Administrative divisions: 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 federal district* (distrito federal); Buenos Aires; Catamarca; Chaco; Chubut; Cordoba; Corrientes; Distrito Federal*; Entre Rios; Formosa; Jujuy; La Pampa; La Rioja; Mendoza; Misiones; Neuquen; Rio Negro; Salta; San Juan; San Luis; Santa Cruz; Santa Fe; Santiago del Estero; Tierra del Fuego, Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur; Tucuman note: the US does not recognize any claims to Antarctica or Argentina's claims to the Falkland Islands Independence: 9 July 1816 (from Spain) National holiday: Revolution Day, 25 May (1810) Constitution: 1 May 1853; revised August 1994 Legal system: mixture of US and West European legal systems; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state and head of government: President Carlos Saul MENEM (since 8 July 1989); Vice President (position vacant); election last held 14 May 1995 (next to be held NA May 1999); results - Carlos Saul MENEM was reelected cabinet: Cabinet; appointed by the president Legislative branch: bicameral National Congress (Congreso Nacional) Senate: elections last held May 1989, but provincial elections in late 1991 set the stage for indirect elections by provincial senators for one-third of 48 seats in the national senate in May 1992; seats (48 total) - PJ 29, UCR 11, others 7, vacant 1 Chamber of Deputies: elections last held 3 October 1993 ( next to be held October 1995); elections are held every two years and half of the total membership is elected each time for four year terms; seats - (257 total) PJ 122, UCR 83, MODIN 7, UCD 5, other 40 Judicial branch: Supreme Court (Corte Suprema) Political parties and leaders: Justicialist Party (PJ), Carlos Saul MENEM, Peronist umbrella political organization; Radical Civic Union (UCR),Raul ALFONSIN, moderately left-of-center party; Union of the Democratic Center (UCD), Jorge AGUADO, conservative party; Dignity and Independence Political Party (MODIN), Aldo RICO, right-wing party; Grand Front (Frente Grande), Carlos ALVAREZ, center-left coalition; several provincial parties Other political or pressure groups: Peronist-dominated labor movement; General Confederation of Labor (CGT; Peronist-leaning umbrella labor organization); Argentine Industrial Union (manufacturers' association); Argentine Rural Society (large landowners' association); business organizations; students; the Roman Catholic Church; the Armed Forces Member of: AfDB, AG (observer), Australia Group, BCIE, CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G- 6, G-11, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, MERCOSUR, MINURSO, MTCR, NSG (observer), OAS, ONUSAL, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNAVEM II, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMIH, UNOMOZ, UNPROFOR, UNTSO, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Raul Enrique GRANILLO OCAMPO chancery: 1600 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009 telephone: [1] (202) 939-6400 through 6403 consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, and San Juan (Puerto Rico) US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador James R. CHEEK embassy: 4300 Colombia, 1425 Buenos Aires mailing address: Unit 4334; APO AA 34034 telephone: [54] (1) 777-4533, 4534 FAX: [54] (1) 777-0197 Flag: three equal horizontal bands of light blue (top), white, and light blue; centered in the white band is a radiant yellow sun with a human face known as the Sun of May Economy Overview: Argentina, rich in natural resources, benefits also from a highly literate population, an export-oriented agricultural sector, and a diversified industrial base. Nevertheless, following decades of mismanagement and statist policies, the economy in the late 1980s was plagued with huge external debts and recurring bouts of hyperinflation. Elected in 1989, in the depths of recession, President MENEM has implemented a comprehensive economic restructuring program that shows signs of putting Argentina on a path of stable, sustainable growth. Argentina's currency has traded at par with the US dollar since April 1991, and inflation has fallen to its lowest level in 20 years. Argentines have responded to the relative price stability by repatriating flight capital and investing in domestic industry. The economy registered an impressive 6% advance in 1994, fueled largely by inflows of foreign capital and strong domestic consumption spending. The government's major short term objective is encouraging exports, e.g., by reducing domestic costs of production. At the start of 1995, the government had to deal with the spillover from international financial movements associated with the devaluation of the Mexican peso. In addition, unemployment had become a serious issue for the government. Despite average annual 7% growth in 1991-94, unemployment surprisingly has doubled - due mostly to layoffs in government bureaus and in privatized industrial firms and utilities and, to a lesser degree, to illegal immigration. Much remains to be done in the 1990s in dismantling the old statist barriers to growth, extending the recent economic gains, and bringing down the rate of unemployment. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $270.8 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 6% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $7,990 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.9% (1994 est.) Unemployment rate: 12% (1994 est.) Budget: revenues: $48.46 billion expenditures: $46.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $3.5 billion (1994 est.) Exports: $15.7 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.) commodities: meat, wheat, corn, oilseed, manufactures partners: US 12%, Brazil, Italy, Japan, Netherlands Imports: $21.4 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.) commodities: machinery and equipment, chemicals, metals, fuels and lubricants, agricultural products partners: US 22%, Brazil, Germany, Bolivia, Japan, Italy, Netherlands External debt: $73 billion (April 1994) Industrial production: growth rate 12.5% accounts for 31% of GDP (1994 est.) Electricity: capacity: 17,330,000 kW production: 54.8 billion kWh consumption per capita: 1,610 kWh (1993) Industries: food processing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, textiles, chemicals and petrochemicals, printing, metallurgy, steel Agriculture: accounts for 8% of GDP (including fishing); produces abundant food for both domestic consumption and exports; among world's top five exporters of grain and beef; principal crops - wheat, corn, sorghum, soybeans, sugar beets Illicit drugs: increasing use as a transshipment country for cocaine headed for the US and Europe Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $1 billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $4.4 billion; Communist countries (1970-89), $718 million Currency: 1 nuevo peso argentino = 100 centavos Exchange rates: pesos per US$1 - 0.99870 (December 1994), 0.99901 (1994), 0.99895 (1993), 0.99064 (1992), 0.95355 (1991), 0.48759 (1990) Fiscal year: calendar year Argentina:Transportation Railroads: total: 34,572 km broad gauge: NA km 1.676-m gauge standard gauge: NA km 1.435-m narrow gauge: 400 km 0.750-m gauge; NA km 1.000-m gauge (209 km electrified) Highways: total: 208,350 km paved: 57,000 km unpaved: gravel 39,500 km; improved/unimproved earth 111,850 km Inland waterways: 11,000 km navigable Pipelines: crude oil 4,090 km; petroleum products 2,900 km; natural gas 9,918 km Ports: Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Comodoro Rivadavia, Concepcion del Uruguay, La Plata, Mar del Plata, Necochea, Rio Gallegos, Rosario, Santa Fe, Ushuaia Merchant marine: total: 44 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 434,525 GRT/667,501 DWT ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 21, chemical tanker 1, container 4, oil tanker 8, railcar carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 Airports: total: 1,602 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 5 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 25 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 55 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 48 with paved runways under 914 m: 703 with unpaved runways over 3,047 m: 2 with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 70 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 693 Argentina:Communications Telephone system: 2,650,000 telephones; 12,000 public telephones; 78 telephones/1,000 persons; extensive modern system but many families do not have telephones; microwave widely used; however, during rainstorms, the telephone system frequently grounds out, even in Buenos Aires local: NA intercity: microwave radio relay and domestic satellite network with 40 earth stations international: 2 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth stations Radio: broadcast stations: AM 171, FM 0, shortwave 13 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 231 televisions: NA Argentina:Defense Forces Branches: Argentine Army, Navy of the Argentine Republic, Argentine Air Force, National Gendarmerie, Argentine Naval Prefecture (Coast Guard only), National Aeronautical Police Force Manpower availability: males age 15-49 8,573,780; males fit for military service 6,954,584; males reach military age (20) annually 301,166 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP |