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Sour \Sour\, a. [Compar. {Sourer}; superl. {Sourest}.] [OE. sour, sur, AS. s[?]r; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. s[?]r, Icel. s[?]rr, Sw. sur, Dan. suur, Lith. suras salt, Russ. surovui harsh, rough. Cf. {Sorrel}, the plant.] 1. Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart. All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite. --Bacon. 2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned. 3. Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. [bd]A sour countenance.[b8] --Swift. He was a scholar . . . Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him sweet as summer. --Shak. 4. Afflictive; painful. [bd]Sour adversity.[b8] --Shak. 5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh. {Sour dock} (Bot.), sorrel. {Sour gourd} (Bot.), the gourdlike fruit {Adansonia Gregorii}, and {A. digitata}; also, either of the trees bearing this fruit. See {Adansonia}. {Sour grapes}. See under {Grape}. {Sour gum} (Bot.) See {Turelo}. {Sour plum} (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian tree ({Owenia venosa}); also, the tree itself, which furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights. Syn: Acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious; crabbed; currish; peevish. | |
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d8Adansonia \[d8]Ad`an*so"ni*a\, n. [From Adanson, a French botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, {A. digitata}, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and {A. Gregorii}, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. --D. C. Eaton. | |
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Cane \Cane\, n. [OE. cane, canne, OF. cane, F. canne, L. canna, fr. Gr. [?], [?]; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. q[be]neh reed. Cf. {Canister}, {canon}, 1st {Cannon}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of {Calamus} and {D[91]manorops}, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans. (b) Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane. (c) Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry. Like light canes, that first rise big and brave. --B. Jonson. Note: In the Southern United States {great cane} is the {Arundinaria macrosperma}, and {small cane} is. {A. tecta}. 2. A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane. Stir the fire with your master's cane. --Swift. 3. A lance or dart made of cane. [R.] Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign The flying skirmish of the darted cane. --Dryden. 4. A local European measure of length. See {Canna}. {Cane borer} (Zo[94].), A beetle {(Oberea bimaculata)} which, in the larval state, bores into pith and destroy the canes or stalks of the raspberry, blackberry, etc. {Cane mill}, a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the manufacture of sugar. {Cane trash}, the crushed stalks and other refuse of sugar cane, used for fuel, etc. | |
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Adact \Ad*act"\, v. t. [L. adactus, p. p. of adigere.] To compel; to drive. [Obs.] --Fotherby. | |
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Adactyl \A*dac"tyl\, Adactylous \A*dac"tyl*ous\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] finger.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Without fingers or without toes. (b) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals). | |
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Adactyl \A*dac"tyl\, Adactylous \A*dac"tyl*ous\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] finger.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Without fingers or without toes. (b) Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals). | |
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Addict \Ad*dict"\, p. p. Addicted; devoted. [Obs.] | |
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Addict \Ad*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Addicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Addicting}.] [L. addictus, p. p. of addicere to adjudge, devote; ad + dicere to say. See {Diction}.] 1. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to. [bd]They addict themselves to the civil law.[b8] --Evelyn. He is addicted to his study. --Beau. & Fl. That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations. --Adventurer. His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity. --Fuller. A man gross . . . and addicted to low company. --Macaulay. 2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.] The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. --Evelyn. Syn: {Addict}, {Devote}, {Consecrate}, {Dedicate}. Addict was formerly used in a good sense; as, addicted to letters; but is now mostly employed in a bad sense or an indifferent one; as, addicted to vice; addicted to sensual indulgence. [bd]Addicted to staying at home.[b8] --J. S. Mill. Devote is always taken in a good sense, expressing habitual earnestness in the pursuit of some favorite object; as, devoted to science. Consecrate and dedicate express devotion of a higher kind, involving religious sentiment; as, consecrated to the service of the church; dedicated to God. | |
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Addict \Ad*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Addicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Addicting}.] [L. addictus, p. p. of addicere to adjudge, devote; ad + dicere to say. See {Diction}.] 1. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to. [bd]They addict themselves to the civil law.[b8] --Evelyn. He is addicted to his study. --Beau. & Fl. That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations. --Adventurer. His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity. --Fuller. A man gross . . . and addicted to low company. --Macaulay. 2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.] The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. --Evelyn. Syn: {Addict}, {Devote}, {Consecrate}, {Dedicate}. Addict was formerly used in a good sense; as, addicted to letters; but is now mostly employed in a bad sense or an indifferent one; as, addicted to vice; addicted to sensual indulgence. [bd]Addicted to staying at home.[b8] --J. S. Mill. Devote is always taken in a good sense, expressing habitual earnestness in the pursuit of some favorite object; as, devoted to science. Consecrate and dedicate express devotion of a higher kind, involving religious sentiment; as, consecrated to the service of the church; dedicated to God. | |
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Addictedness \Ad*dict"ed*ness\, n. The quality or state of being addicted; attachment. | |
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Addict \Ad*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Addicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Addicting}.] [L. addictus, p. p. of addicere to adjudge, devote; ad + dicere to say. See {Diction}.] 1. To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to. [bd]They addict themselves to the civil law.[b8] --Evelyn. He is addicted to his study. --Beau. & Fl. That part of mankind that addict their minds to speculations. --Adventurer. His genius addicted him to the study of antiquity. --Fuller. A man gross . . . and addicted to low company. --Macaulay. 2. To adapt; to make suitable; to fit. [Obs.] The land about is exceedingly addicted to wood, but the coldness of the place hinders the growth. --Evelyn. Syn: {Addict}, {Devote}, {Consecrate}, {Dedicate}. Addict was formerly used in a good sense; as, addicted to letters; but is now mostly employed in a bad sense or an indifferent one; as, addicted to vice; addicted to sensual indulgence. [bd]Addicted to staying at home.[b8] --J. S. Mill. Devote is always taken in a good sense, expressing habitual earnestness in the pursuit of some favorite object; as, devoted to science. Consecrate and dedicate express devotion of a higher kind, involving religious sentiment; as, consecrated to the service of the church; dedicated to God. | |
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Addiction \Ad*dic"tion\, n. [Cf. L. addictio an adjudging.] The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. [bd]His addiction was to courses vain.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Adduce \Ad*duce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adduced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adducing}.] [L. adducere, adductum, to lead or bring to; ad + ducere to lead. See {Duke}, and cf. {Adduct}.] To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege. Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. --Macaulay. Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. --De Quincey. Syn: To present; allege; advance; cite; quote; assign; urge; name; mention. | |
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Adduct \Ad*duct"\, v. t. [L. adductus, p. p. of adducere. See {Adduce}.] (Physiol.) To draw towards a common center or a middle line. --Huxley. | |
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Adduction \Ad*duc"tion\, n. [Cf. F. adduction. See {Adduce}.] 1. The act of adducing or bringing forward. An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters. --I. Taylor. 2. (Physiol.) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis]; -- opposed to {abduction}. --Dunglison. | |
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Adductive \Ad*duc"tive\, a. Adducing, or bringing towards or to something. | |
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Adductor \Ad*duc"tor\, n. [L., fr. adducere.] (Anat.) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to {abductor}; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose. In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles. --Verrill. | |
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Adequate \Ad"e*quate\, a. [L. adaequatus, p. p. of adaequare to make equal to; ad + aequare to make equal, aequus equal. See {Equal}.] Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition. Ireland had no adequate champion. --De Quincey. Syn: Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable; competent; capable. | |
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Adequate \Ad"e*quate\, v. t. [See {Adequate}, a.] 1. To equalize; to make adequate. [R.] --Fotherby. 2. To equal. [Obs.] It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity. --Shelford. | |
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Adequately \Ad"e*quate*ly\, adv. In an adequate manner. | |
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Adequateness \Ad"e*quate*ness\, n. The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy. | |
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Adequation \Ad`e*qua"tion\, n. [L. adaequatio.] The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent. [Obs.] --Bp. Barlow. | |
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Adiactinic \Ad`i*ac*tin"ic\, a. [Pref. a- not + diactinic.] (Chem.) Not transmitting the actinic rays. | |
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Adight \A*dight"\, v. t. [p. p. {Adight}.] [Pref. a- (intensive) + OE. dihten. See {Dight}.] To set in order; to array; to attire; to deck, to dress. [Obs.] | |
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Adjudge \Ad*judge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjudged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjudging}.] [OE. ajugen, OF. ajugier, fr. L. adjudicare; ad + judicare to judge. See {Judge}, and cf. {Adjudicate}.] 1. To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor. 2. To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide or award judicially; to adjudicate; as, the case was adjudged in the November term. 3. To sentence; to condemn. Without reprieve, adjudged to death For want of well pronouncing Shibboleth. --Milton. 4. To regard or hold; to judge; to deem. He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship. --Knolles. Syn: To decree; award; determine; adjudicate; ordain; assign. | |
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Adjudge \Ad*judge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjudged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjudging}.] [OE. ajugen, OF. ajugier, fr. L. adjudicare; ad + judicare to judge. See {Judge}, and cf. {Adjudicate}.] 1. To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor. 2. To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide or award judicially; to adjudicate; as, the case was adjudged in the November term. 3. To sentence; to condemn. Without reprieve, adjudged to death For want of well pronouncing Shibboleth. --Milton. 4. To regard or hold; to judge; to deem. He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship. --Knolles. Syn: To decree; award; determine; adjudicate; ordain; assign. | |
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Adjudger \Ad*judg"er\, n. One who adjudges. | |
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Adjudge \Ad*judge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjudged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjudging}.] [OE. ajugen, OF. ajugier, fr. L. adjudicare; ad + judicare to judge. See {Judge}, and cf. {Adjudicate}.] 1. To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor. 2. To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide or award judicially; to adjudicate; as, the case was adjudged in the November term. 3. To sentence; to condemn. Without reprieve, adjudged to death For want of well pronouncing Shibboleth. --Milton. 4. To regard or hold; to judge; to deem. He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship. --Knolles. Syn: To decree; award; determine; adjudicate; ordain; assign. | |
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Adjudgment \Ad*judg"ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. The act of adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication. --Sir W. Temple. | |
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Adjudicate \Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. i. To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case. | |
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Adjudicate \Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjudicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjudicating}] [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of adjudicare. See {Adjudge}.] To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree. | |
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Adjudicate \Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjudicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjudicating}] [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of adjudicare. See {Adjudge}.] To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree. | |
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Adjudicate \Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjudicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjudicating}] [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of adjudicare. See {Adjudge}.] To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree. | |
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Adjudication \Ad*ju`di*ca"tion\, n. [L. adjudicatio: cf. F. adjudication.] 1. The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially. 2. A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence. [bd]An adjudication in favor of natural rights.[b8] --Burke. 3. (Bankruptcy practice) The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt. --Abbott. 4. (Scots Law) A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt. | |
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Adjudicative \Ad*ju"di*ca*tive\, a. Adjudicating. | |
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Adjudicator \Ad*ju"di*ca`tor\, n. One who adjudicates. | |
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Adjudicature \Ad*ju"di*ca*ture\, n. Adjudication. | |
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Adjutage \Ad"ju*tage\, n. Same as {Ajutage}. | |
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Adjutancy \Ad"ju*tan*cy\, n. [See {Adjutant}.] 1. The office of an adjutant. 2. Skillful arrangement in aid; assistance. It was, no doubt, disposed with all the adjutancy of definition and division. --Burke. | |
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Adjutant \Ad"ju*tant\, n. [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to help. See {Aid}.] 1. A helper; an assistant. 2. (Mil.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty. {Adjutant general} (a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army, through whom the commanding general receives communications and issues military orders. In the U. S. army he is brigadier general. (b) (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of fathers, who resided with the general of the order, each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A species of very large stork ({Ciconia argala}), a native of India; -- called also the {gigantic crane}, and by the native name {argala}. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits. | |
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Adjutant \Ad"ju*tant\, n. [L. adjutans, p. pr. of adjutare to help. See {Aid}.] 1. A helper; an assistant. 2. (Mil.) A regimental staff officer, who assists the colonel, or commanding officer of a garrison or regiment, in the details of regimental and garrison duty. {Adjutant general} (a) (Mil.), the principal staff officer of an army, through whom the commanding general receives communications and issues military orders. In the U. S. army he is brigadier general. (b) (Among the Jesuits), one of a select number of fathers, who resided with the general of the order, each of whom had a province or country assigned to his care. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A species of very large stork ({Ciconia argala}), a native of India; -- called also the {gigantic crane}, and by the native name {argala}. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits. | |
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Adjutator \Ad"ju*ta`tor\, n. (Eng. Hist.) A corruption of {Agitator}. | |
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Agitator \Ag"i*ta`tor\, n. [L.] 1. One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; as, political reformers and agitators. 2. (Eng. Hist.) One of a body of men appointed by the army, in Cromwell's time, to look after their interests; -- called also {adjutators}. --Clarendon. 3. An implement for shaking or mixing. | |
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Adjute \Ad*jute"\, v. t. [F. ajouter; confused with L. adjutare.] To add. [Obs.] | |
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Adjutor \Ad*ju"tor\, n. [L., fr. adjuvare. See {Aid}.] A helper or assistant. [Archaic] --Drayton. | |
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Adjutory \Ad*ju"to*ry\, a. [L. adjutorius.] Serving to help or assist; helping. [Obs.] | |
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Adjutrix \Ad*ju"trix\, n. [L. See {Adjutor}.] A female helper or assistant. [R.] | |
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Adscititious \Ad`sci*ti"tious\, a. [L. adscitus, p. p. of adsciscere, asciscere, to take knowingly; ad + sciscere to seek to know, approve, scire to know.] Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious. [bd]Adscititious evidence.[b8] --Bowring. -- {Ad`sci*ti"tious*ly}, adv. | |
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Adscititious \Ad`sci*ti"tious\, a. [L. adscitus, p. p. of adsciscere, asciscere, to take knowingly; ad + sciscere to seek to know, approve, scire to know.] Supplemental; additional; adventitious; ascititious. [bd]Adscititious evidence.[b8] --Bowring. -- {Ad`sci*ti"tious*ly}, adv. | |
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Adstrict \Ad*strict"\, v. t. -- {Ad*stric"tion}, n. See {Astrict}, and {Astriction}. | |
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Adstrict \Ad*strict"\, v. t. -- {Ad*stric"tion}, n. See {Astrict}, and {Astriction}. | |
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Adstrictory \Ad*stric"to*ry\, a. See {Astrictory}. | |
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Adstringent \Ad*strin"gent\, a. See {Astringent}. | |
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Adust \A*dust"\, a. [L. adustus, p. p. of adurere: cf. F. aduste.] 1. Inflamed or scorched; fiery. [bd]The Libyan air adust.[b8] --Milton. 2. Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt. A tall, thin man, of an adust complexion. --Sir W. Scott. 3. (Med.) Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy. | |
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Adusted \A*dust"ed\, a. Burnt; adust. [Obs.] --Howell. | |
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Adustible \A*dust"i*ble\, a. That may be burnt. [Obs.] | |
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Adustion \A*dus"tion\ (?; 106), n. [L. adustio, fr. adurere, adustum: cf. F. adustion.] 1. The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried. [Obs.] --Harvey. 2. (Surg.) Cauterization. --Buchanan. | |
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Aid-de-camp \Aid"-de-camp`\, n.; pl. {Aids-de-camp}. . [F. aide de camp (literally) camp assistant.] (Mil.) An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements. | |
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Start \Start\, n. 1. The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion. The fright awakened Arcite with a start. --Dryden. 2. A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort. For she did speak in starts distractedly. --Shak. Nature does nothing by starts and leaps, or in a hurry. --L'Estrange. 3. A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy. To check the starts and sallies of the soul. --Addison. 4. The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action; first motion from a place; act of setting out; the outset; -- opposed to {finish}. The start of first performance is all. --Bacon. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. --Shak. {At a start}, at once; in an instant. [Obs.] At a start he was betwixt them two. --Chaucer. {To get}, [or] {have}, {the start}, to before another; to gain or have the advantage in a similar undertaking; -- usually with of. [bd]Get the start of the majestic world.[b8] --Shak. [bd]She might have forsaken him if he had not got the start of her.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Quiet \Qui"et\, n. [L. quies, -etis. See {Quiet}, a.] 1. The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an hour or a time of quiet. 2. Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness; tranquillity; peace; security. And join with thee, calm Peace and Quiet. --Milton. {At quiet}, still; peaceful. {In quiet}, quietly. [bd] I will depart in quiet.[b8] --Shak. {Out of quiet}, disturbed; restless. [Obs.] [bd]She is much out of quiet.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Stake \Stake\, n. [AS. staca, from the root of E. stick; akin to OFries. & LG. stake, D. staak, Sw. stake, Dan. stage. See {Stick}, v. t., and cf. {Estacade}, {Stockade}.] 1. A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc. A sharpened stake strong Dryas found. --Dryden. 2. A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off. 3. The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire. 4. A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc. 5. That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge. {At stake}, in danger; hazarded; pledged. [bd]I see my reputation is at stake.[b8] --Shak. | |
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d8Tubularida \[d8]Tu"bu*lar`i*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive division of Hydroidea; the tubularians; -- called also {Athecata}, {Gymnoblastea}, and {Tubulari[91]}. | |
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Atheist \A"the*ist\, n. [Gr. [?] without god; 'a priv. + [?] god: cf. F. ath[82]iste.] 1. One who disbelieves or denies the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being. 2. A godless person. [Obs.] Syn: Infidel; unbeliever. Note: See {Infidel}. | |
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Atheistic \A`the*is"tic\, Atheistical \A`the*is"tic*al\, a. 1. Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books. Atheistical explications of natural effects. --Barrow. 2. Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious; godless; -- applied to persons; as, an atheistic writer. -- {A`the*is"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {A`the*is"tic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Atheistic \A`the*is"tic\, Atheistical \A`the*is"tic*al\, a. 1. Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books. Atheistical explications of natural effects. --Barrow. 2. Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious; godless; -- applied to persons; as, an atheistic writer. -- {A`the*is"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {A`the*is"tic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Atheistic \A`the*is"tic\, Atheistical \A`the*is"tic*al\, a. 1. Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books. Atheistical explications of natural effects. --Barrow. 2. Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious; godless; -- applied to persons; as, an atheistic writer. -- {A`the*is"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {A`the*is"tic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Atheistic \A`the*is"tic\, Atheistical \A`the*is"tic*al\, a. 1. Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books. Atheistical explications of natural effects. --Barrow. 2. Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious; godless; -- applied to persons; as, an atheistic writer. -- {A`the*is"tic*al*ly}, adv. -- {A`the*is"tic*al*ness}, n. | |
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Attach \At*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Attaching}.] [OF. atachier, F. attacher, to tie or fasten: cf. Celt. tac, tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack to fasten. Cf. {Attack}, and see {Tack}.] 1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like. The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the muscles. --Paley. A huge stone to which the cable was attached. --Macaulay. 2. To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship. 3. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery. Incapable of attaching a sensible man. --Miss Austen. God . . . by various ties attaches man to man. --Cowper. 4. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance. Top this treasure a curse is attached. --Bayard Taylor. 5. To take, seize, or lay hold of. [Obs.] --Shak. 6. To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See {Attachment}, 4. The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason. --Miss Yonge. {Attached column} (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so that only a part of its circumference projects from it. Syn: To affix; bind; tie; fasten; connect; conjoin; subjoin; annex; append; win; gain over; conciliate. | |
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Attach \At*tach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Attaching}.] [OF. atachier, F. attacher, to tie or fasten: cf. Celt. tac, tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack to fasten. Cf. {Attack}, and see {Tack}.] 1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like. The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the muscles. --Paley. A huge stone to which the cable was attached. --Macaulay. 2. To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship. 3. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery. Incapable of attaching a sensible man. --Miss Austen. God . . . by various ties attaches man to man. --Cowper. 4. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance. Top this treasure a curse is attached. --Bayard Taylor. 5. To take, seize, or lay hold of. [Obs.] --Shak. 6. To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See {Attachment}, 4. The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason. --Miss Yonge. {Attached column} (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so that only a part of its circumference projects from it. Syn: To affix; bind; tie; fasten; connect; conjoin; subjoin; annex; append; win; gain over; conciliate. | |
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Column \Col"umn\, n. [L. columna, fr. columen, culmen, fr. cellere (used only in comp.), akin to E. excel, and prob. to holm. See {Holm}, and cf. {Colonel}.] 1. (Arch.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See {Order}. 2. Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vend[93]me; the spinal column. 3. (Mil.) (a) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from {line}. Compare {Ploy}, and {Deploy}. (b) A small army. 4. (Naut.) A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from [bd]line[b8], where they are side by side. 5. (Print.) A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper. 6. (Arith.) A perpendicular line of figures. 7. (Bot.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids. {Attached column}. See under {Attach}, v. t. {Clustered column}. See under {Cluster}, v. t. {Column rule}, a thin strip of brass separating columns of type in the form, and making a line between them in printing. | |
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Attack \At*tack"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Attacking}.] [F. attaquer, orig. another form of attacher to attack: cf. It. attacare to fasten, attack. See {Attach}, {Tack} a small nail.] 1. To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault. [bd]Attack their lines.[b8] --Dryden. 2. To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet. 3. To set to work upon, as upon a task or problem, or some object of labor or investigation. 4. To begin to affect; to begin to act upon, injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste. On the fourth of March he was attacked by fever. --Macaulay. Hydrofluoric acid . . . attacks the glass. --B. Stewart. Syn: To {Attack}, {Assail}, {Assault}, {Invade}. Usage: These words all denote a violent onset; attack being the generic term, and the others specific forms of attack. To attack is to commence the onset; to assail is to make a sudden and violent attack, or to make repeated attacks; to assault (literally, to leap upon) is to attack physically by a had-to-hand approach or by unlawful and insulting violence; to invade is to enter by force on what belongs to another. Thus, a person may attack by offering violence of any kind; he may assail by means of missile weapons; he may assault by direct personal violence; a king may invade by marching an army into a country. Figuratively, we may say, men attack with argument or satire; they assail with abuse or reproaches; they may be assaulted by severe temptations; the rights of the people may be invaded by the encroachments of the crown. | |
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Attaste \At*taste\, v. t. [Pref. a- + taste.] To taste or cause to taste. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Attest \At"test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Attesting}.] [L. attestari; ad + testari to bear witness: cf. F. attester.] 1. To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record. Facts . . . attested by particular pagan authors. --Addison. 2. To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence. 3. To call to witness; to invoke. [Archaic] The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state Attests in oaths, and fears to violate. --Dryden. | |
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Attest \At*test"\, n. Witness; testimony; attestation. [R.] The attest of eyes and ears. --Shak. | |
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Attestation \At`tes*ta"tion\, n. [L. attestatio: cf. F. attestation.] The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation. | |
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Attestative \At*test"a*tive\, a. Of the nature of attestation. | |
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Attest \At"test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Attesting}.] [L. attestari; ad + testari to bear witness: cf. F. attester.] 1. To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record. Facts . . . attested by particular pagan authors. --Addison. 2. To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence. 3. To call to witness; to invoke. [Archaic] The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state Attests in oaths, and fears to violate. --Dryden. | |
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Attester \At*test"er\, Attestor \At*test"or\, n. One who attests. | |
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Attest \At"test"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Attesting}.] [L. attestari; ad + testari to bear witness: cf. F. attester.] 1. To bear witness to; to certify; to affirm to be true or genuine; as, to attest the truth of a writing, a copy of record. Facts . . . attested by particular pagan authors. --Addison. 2. To give proof of; to manifest; as, the ruins of Palmyra attest its ancient magnificence. 3. To call to witness; to invoke. [Archaic] The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state Attests in oaths, and fears to violate. --Dryden. | |
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Attestive \At*test"ive\, a. Attesting; furnishing evidence. | |
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Attester \At*test"er\, Attestor \At*test"or\, n. One who attests. | |
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Attic \At"tic\, a. [L. Atticus, Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined. {Attic base} (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and [bd]Roman Doric[b8] orders, and imitated by the architects of the Renaissance. {Attic faith}, inviolable faith. {Attic purity}, special purity of language. {Attic salt}, {Attic wit}, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar to the Athenians. {Attic story}. See {Attic}, n. {Attic style}, a style pure and elegant. | |
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Attic \At"tic\, a. [L. Atticus, Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined. {Attic base} (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and [bd]Roman Doric[b8] orders, and imitated by the architects of the Renaissance. {Attic faith}, inviolable faith. {Attic purity}, special purity of language. {Attic salt}, {Attic wit}, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar to the Athenians. {Attic story}. See {Attic}, n. {Attic style}, a style pure and elegant. | |
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Attic \At"tic\, a. [L. Atticus, Gr. [?].] Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined. {Attic base} (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian and [bd]Roman Doric[b8] orders, and imitated by the architects of the Renaissance. {Attic faith}, inviolable faith. {Attic purity}, special purity of language. {Attic salt}, {Attic wit}, a poignant, delicate wit, peculiar to the Athenians. {Attic story}. See {Attic}, n. {Attic style}, a style pure and elegant. | |
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Atwixt \A*twixt"\, adv. Betwixt. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Audacity \Au*dac"i*ty\, n. 1. Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness. The freedom and audacity necessary in the commerce of men. --Tatler. 2. Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints. With the most arrogant audacity. --Joye. | |
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Autochthonal \Au*toch"tho*nal\, Authochthonic \Au`thoch*thon"ic\, Autochthonous \Au*toch"tho*nous\, a. Aboriginal; indigenous; native. | |
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Autochthon \Au*toch"thon\, n.; pl. E. {Authochthons}, L. {Autochthones}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], pl. [?], from the land itself; a'yto`s self + [?] earth, land.] 1. One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians. 2. That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin. | |
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Autocatalysis \Au`to*ca*tal"y*sis\, n. [Auto- + catalysis.] (Chem.) Self-catalysis; catalysis of a substance by one of its own products, as of silver oxide by the silver formed by reduction of a small portion of it. -- {Au`to*cat`a*lyt"ic}, a. | |
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Autocatalysis \Au`to*ca*tal"y*sis\, n. [Auto- + catalysis.] (Chem.) Self-catalysis; catalysis of a substance by one of its own products, as of silver oxide by the silver formed by reduction of a small portion of it. -- {Au`to*cat`a*lyt"ic}, a. | |
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Autochthon \Au*toch"thon\, n.; pl. E. {Authochthons}, L. {Autochthones}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], pl. [?], from the land itself; a'yto`s self + [?] earth, land.] 1. One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians. 2. That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin. | |
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Autochthonal \Au*toch"tho*nal\, Authochthonic \Au`thoch*thon"ic\, Autochthonous \Au*toch"tho*nous\, a. Aboriginal; indigenous; native. | |
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Autochthon \Au*toch"thon\, n.; pl. E. {Authochthons}, L. {Autochthones}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], pl. [?], from the land itself; a'yto`s self + [?] earth, land.] 1. One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians. 2. That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin. | |
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Autochthonism \Au*toch"tho*nism\, n. The state of being autochthonal. | |
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Autochthonal \Au*toch"tho*nal\, Authochthonic \Au`thoch*thon"ic\, Autochthonous \Au*toch"tho*nous\, a. Aboriginal; indigenous; native. | |
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Autochthony \Au*toch"tho*ny\, n. An aboriginal or autochthonous condition. | |
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Autoschediastic \Au`to*sche`di*as"tic\ ([add]`t[osl]*sk[emac]`d[icr]*[acr]s"t[icr]k), Autoschediastical \Au`to*sche`di*as"tic*al\ (-[acr]s"t[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [Auto- + Gr. schedia`zein to do hastily. See {Schediasm}.] Extemporary; offhand. [R.] --Dean Martin. | |
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Autoschediastic \Au`to*sche`di*as"tic\ ([add]`t[osl]*sk[emac]`d[icr]*[acr]s"t[icr]k), Autoschediastical \Au`to*sche`di*as"tic*al\ (-[acr]s"t[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [Auto- + Gr. schedia`zein to do hastily. See {Schediasm}.] Extemporary; offhand. [R.] --Dean Martin. | |
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d8Auto-da-f82 \[d8]Au"to-da-f[82]"\, n.; pl. {Autos-da-f[82]}. [Pg., act of the faith; auto act, fr. L. actus + da of the + f[82] faith, fr. L. fides.] 1. A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses. 2. An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies. 3. A session of the court of Inquisition. | |
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d8Auto-de-fe \[d8]Au"to-de-fe"\, n.; pl. {Autos-de-fe}. [Sp., act of faith.] Same as {Auto-da-f[82]}. | |
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Autostability \Au`to*sta*bil"i*ty\, n. [Auto- + stability.] (Mechanics) Automatic stability; also, inherent stability. An a[89]roplane is inherently stable if it keeps in steady poise by virtue of its shape and proportions alone; it is automatically stable if it keeps in steady poise by means of self-operative mechanism. | |
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Autostylic \Au`to*styl"ic\, a. [Auto- + Gr. sty^los pillar.] (Anat.) Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Adak Station, AK (CDP, FIPS 320) Location: 51.84290 N, 176.64028 W Population (1990): 4633 (1051 housing units) Area: 316.8 sq km (land), 12.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Addyston, OH (village, FIPS 436) Location: 39.13812 N, 84.71062 W Population (1990): 1198 (442 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45001 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Atascadero, CA (city, FIPS 3064) Location: 35.48548 N, 120.68792 W Population (1990): 23138 (8875 housing units) Area: 65.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 93422 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
AutoCAD engineering, marketed by {Autodesk, Inc.} (1994-11-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Autocode 2. A generic term for symbolic {assembly language}. Versions of Autocode were developed for {Ferranti} {Atlas}, {Titan}, {Mercury} and {Pegasus} and {IBM 702} and {IBM 705}. (2001-05-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
AUTOCODER was written by Alick E. Glennie in 1952. It translated symbolic statements into {machine language} for the {Manchester Mark I} computer. Autocoding later came to be a generic term for {assembly language} programming. (1994-11-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Autostat ["Autostat: A Language for Statistical Programming", A.S. Douglas et al, Computer J 3:61, 1960]. (2001-09-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
autostereogram {SIRDS} |