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A89rocyst \A"[89]r*o*cyst\, n. [A[89]ro- + cyst.] (Bot.) One of the air cells of algals. | |
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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 cock \Air" cock`\ A faucet to allow escape of air. | |
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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 gas \Air" gas`\ See under {Gas}. | |
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Note: Gas is often used adjectively or in combination; as, gas fitter or gasfitter; gas meter or gas-meter, etc. {Air gas} (Chem.), a kind of gas made by forcing air through some volatile hydrocarbon, as the lighter petroleums. The air is so saturated with combustible vapor as to be a convenient illuminating and heating agent. {Gas battery} (Elec.), a form of voltaic battery, in which gases, especially hydrogen and oxygen, are the active agents. {Gas carbon}, {Gas coke}, etc. See under {Carbon}, {Coke}, etc. {Gas coal}, a bituminous or hydrogenous coal yielding a high percentage of volatile matters, and therefore available for the manufacture of illuminating gas. --R. W. Raymond. {Gas engine}, an engine in which the motion of the piston is produced by the combustion or sudden production or expansion of gas; -- especially, an engine in which an explosive mixture of gas and air is forced into the working cylinder and ignited there by a gas flame or an electric spark. | |
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Air jacket \Air" jack`et\ A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming. | |
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Air sac \Air" sac`\ (Anat.) One of the spaces in different parts of the bodies of birds, which are filled with air and connected with the air passages of the lungs; an air cell. | |
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Airsick \Air`sick`\, a. Affected with a[89]rial sickness. -- {Air"sick`ness}, n. | |
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Airsick \Air`sick`\, a. Affected with a[89]rial sickness. -- {Air"sick`ness}, n. | |
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Intercolumniation \In`ter*co*lum`ni*a"tion\, n. (Arch.) The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts. --Gwilt. Note: It is customary to measure the intercolumniation in terms of the diameter of the shaft, taken also at the bottom. Different words, derived from the Greek, are in use to denote certain common proportions. They are: {Pycnostyle}, when the intercolumniation is of one and a half diameters; {Systyle}, of two diameters; {Eustyle}, of two and a quarter diameters; {Diastyle}, of three diameters; {Ar[91]ostyle}, of four or more, and so great that a wooden architrave has to be used instead of stone; {Ar[91]osystyle}, when the intercolumniations are alternately systyle and ar[91]ostyle. | |
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Ar91osystyle \A*r[91]`o*sys"tyle\, a. & n. [Gr. [?] as intervals + [?]. See {Systyle}.] (Arch.) See {Intercolumniation}. | |
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Araceous \A*ra"ceous\, a. [L. arum a genus of plants, fr. Gr. [?].] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus {Arum} is the type. | |
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Peanut \Pea"nut\, n. (Bot.) The fruit of a trailing leguminous plant ({Arachis hypog[91]a}); also, the plant itself, which is widely cultivated for its fruit. Note: The fruit is a hard pod, usually containing two or three seeds, sometimes but one, which ripen beneath the soil. Called also {earthnut}, {groundnut}, and {goober}. | |
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Pindal \Pin"dal\, Pindar \Pin"dar\, n. [D. piendel.] (Bot.) The peanut ({Arachis hypog[91]a}); -- so called in the West Indies. | |
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Groundnut \Ground"nut`\ (-n[ucr]t`), n. (Bot.) (a) The fruit of the {Arachis hypog[91]a} (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut. (b) A leguminous, twining plant ({Apios tuberosa}), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. (c) The dwarf ginseng ({Aralia trifolia}). [U. S.] --Gray. (d) A European plant of the genus {Bunium} ({B. flexuosum}), having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; -- called also {earthnut}, {earth chestnut}, {hawknut}, and {pignut}. [1913 Webster] | |
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Hypog91ic \Hyp`o*g[91]"ic\, a. [Pref. hypo- + Gr. gai^a, gh^, earth.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the peanut, or earthnut ({Arachis hypog[91]a}). {Hypog[91]ic acid} (Chem.), an acid in the oil of the earthnut, in which it exists as a glyceride, and from which it is extracted as a white, crystalline substance. | |
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Arch stone \Arch" stone`\ A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir. | |
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Arch91ography \Ar`ch[91]*og"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?] ancient + -graphy.] A description of, or a treatise on, antiquity or antiquities. | |
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Arch91ostomatous \Ar`ch[91]*o*stom"a*tous\, a. [Gr. 'archai^os ancient + sto`ma mouth.] (Biol.) Applied to a gastrula when the blastopore does not entirely close up. | |
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Arch91ozoic \Ar`ch[91]*o*zo"ic\, a. [Gr. 'archai^os ancient + zw^,on animal.] (Zo[94]l.) Like or belonging to the earliest forms of animal life. | |
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Archaic \Ar*cha"ic\, a. [Gr. 'archai:ko`s old-fashioned, fr. 'archai^os ancient.] Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent. | |
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Archaical \Ar*cha"ic*al\, a. Archaic. [R.] -- {Ar*cha"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Archaical \Ar*cha"ic*al\, a. Archaic. [R.] -- {Ar*cha"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Archaism \Ar"cha*ism\, n. [Gr. 'archai:smo`s, fr. 'archai^os ancient, fr. 'archh` beginning: cf. F. archa[8b]sme. See {Arch}, a.] 1. An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word, expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use. 2. Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness. A select vocabulary corresponding (in point of archaism and remoteness from ordinary use) to our Scriptural vocabulary. --De Quincey. | |
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Archaist \Ar"cha*ist\, n. 1. Am antiquary. 2. One who uses archaisms. | |
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Archaistic \Ar`cha*is"tic\, a. Like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to an archaism. | |
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Archaize \Ar"cha*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Archaized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Archaizing}.] [Gr. 'archai:`zein.] To make appear archaic or antique. --Mahaffy. | |
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Archaize \Ar"cha*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Archaized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Archaizing}.] [Gr. 'archai:`zein.] To make appear archaic or antique. --Mahaffy. | |
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Archaize \Ar"cha*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Archaized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Archaizing}.] [Gr. 'archai:`zein.] To make appear archaic or antique. --Mahaffy. | |
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Archchamberlain \Arch`cham"ber*lain\, n. [Cf. G. erzk[84]mmerer. See {Arch-}, pref.] A chief chamberlain; -- an officer of the old German empire, whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in England. | |
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Archchancellor \Arch`chan"cel*lor\, n. [Cf. Ger. erzkanzler. See {Arch-}, pref.] A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court. | |
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Archchemic \Arch`chem"ic\, a. Of supreme chemical powers. [R.] [bd]The archchemic sun.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Archegonial \Ar`che*go"ni*al\, a. Relating to the archegonium. | |
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Archegony \Ar*cheg"o*ny\, n. [See {Archegonium}.] (Biol.) Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis. | |
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Arches \Arch"es\, pl. of {Arch}, n. {Court of arches}, or {Arches Court} (Eng. Law), the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof the judge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. --Mozley & W. | |
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Arches \Arch"es\, pl. of {Arch}, n. {Court of arches}, or {Arches Court} (Eng. Law), the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof the judge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. --Mozley & W. | |
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Archical \Ar"chi*cal\, a. [Gr. [?] able to govern, fr. [?] beginning, government. See {Arch-}, pref.] Chief; primary; primordial. [Obs.] --Cudworth. | |
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Sheepshead \Sheeps"head`\, n. [So called because of the fancied resemblance of its head and front teeth to those of a sheep.] (Zo[94]l.) A large and valuable sparoid food fish ({Archosargus, [or] Diplodus, probatocephalus}) found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It often weighs from ten to twelve pounds. Note: The name is also locally, in a loose way, applied to various other fishes, as the butterfish, the fresh-water drumfish, the parrot fish, the porgy, and the moonfish. | |
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Archwise \Arch"wise\, adv. Arch-shaped. | |
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Arcograph \Arc"o*graph\, n. [L. arcus (E. arc) + -graph.] An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point; a cyclograph. | |
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Areosystyle \A*re`o*sys"tyle\, a. & n. See {Intercolumniation}, and {Ar[91]osystyle}. | |
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2. A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle. O my dove, . . . let me hear thy voice. --Cant. ii. 14. {Dove tick} (Zo[94]l.), a mite ({Argas reflexus}) which infests doves and other birds. {Soiled dove}, a prostitute. [Slang] | |
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Argosy \Ar"go*sy\, n.; pl. {Argosies}. [Earlier ragusy, fr. ragusa meaning orig. a vessel of Ragusa.] A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size. Where your argosies with portly sail . . . Do overpeer the petty traffickers. --Shak. | |
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Argosy \Ar"go*sy\, n.; pl. {Argosies}. [Earlier ragusy, fr. ragusa meaning orig. a vessel of Ragusa.] A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size. Where your argosies with portly sail . . . Do overpeer the petty traffickers. --Shak. | |
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Argus shell \Ar"gus shell`\ (Zo[94]l.) A species of shell ({Cypr[91]a argus}), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacock's tail. | |
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Argus-eyed \Ar"gus-eyed\, a. Extremely observant; watchful; sharp-sighted. | |
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Arhizal \A*rhi"zal\, Arhizous \A*rhi"zous\, Arhythmic \A*rhyth"mic\, Arhythmous \A*rhyth"mous\, a. See {Arrhizal}, {Arrhizous}, {Arrhythmic}, {Arrhythmous}. | |
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Arkose \Ar*kose"\, n. [F] (Petrog) A sandstone derived from the disintegration of granite or gneiss, and characterized by feldspar fragments. -- {Ar*kos"ic}, a. | |
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Arkose \Ar*kose"\, n. [F] (Petrog) A sandstone derived from the disintegration of granite or gneiss, and characterized by feldspar fragments. -- {Ar*kos"ic}, a. | |
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Arraswise \Ar"ras*wise`\, Arrasways \Ar"ras*ways`\, adv. [Prob. a corruption of arriswise. See {Arris}.] Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form. --Encyc. Brit. Cussans. | |
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Arraswise \Ar"ras*wise`\, Arrasways \Ar"ras*ways`\, adv. [Prob. a corruption of arriswise. See {Arris}.] Placed in such a position as to exhibit the top and two sides, the corner being in front; -- said of a rectangular form. --Encyc. Brit. Cussans. | |
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Arrhizal \Ar*rhi"zal\, Arrhizous \Ar*rhi"zous\, a. [Gr. [?] not rooted; 'a priv. + [?] a root.] (Bot.) Destitute of a true root, as a parasitical plant. | |
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Arriswise \Ar"ris*wise`\, adv. Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise. | |
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Arsesmart \Arse"smart\, n. Smartweed; water pepper. --Dr. Prior. | |
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Aurochs \Au"rochs\ ([add]"r[ocr]ks), n. [G. auerochs, OHG. [umac]rohso; [umac]r (cf. AS. [umac]r) + ohso ox, G. ochs. Cf. {Owre}, {Ox}.] (Zo[94]l.) The European bison ({Bison bonasus, [or] Europ[91]us}), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of C[91]sar, with which it has often been confused. | |
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Argos, IN (town, FIPS 2044) Location: 41.23773 N, 86.24767 W Population (1990): 1642 (614 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46501 | |
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Argus, CA Zip code(s): 93562 | |
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Argusville, ND (city, FIPS 3020) Location: 47.05060 N, 96.94098 W Population (1990): 161 (56 housing units) Area: 10.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58005 | |
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Arroyo Seco, NM Zip code(s): 87514 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Argus supports {distributed programming} through {guardians} (like {monitors}, but can be created dynamically) and {atomic actions} (indivisible activity). It also has {cobegin} and coend. ["Argus Reference Manual", B. Liskov et al., TR-400, MIT/LCS, 1987]. ["Guardians and Actions: Linguistic Support for Robust, Distributed Programs", B. Liskov TOPLAS 5(3):381-404 (1983)]. (1995-12-28) |