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Boil \Boil\, n. [Influenced by boil, v. See {Beal}, {Bile}.] A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core. {A blind boil}, one that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to come to a head. {Delhi boil} (Med.), a peculiar affection of the skin, probably parasitic in origin, prevailing in India (as among the British troops) and especially at Delhi. | |
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Flea \Flea\, n. [OE. fle, flee, AS. fle[a0], fle[a0]h; akin to D. [?], OHG. fl[?]h, G. floh, Icel. fl[?], Russ. blocha; prob. from the root of E. flee. [?] 84. See {Flee}.] (Zo[94]l.) An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most persons. The human flea ({Pulex irritans}), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea ({P. canis}) takes its place. See {Aphaniptera}, and {Dog flea}. See Illustration in Appendix. {A flea in the ear}, an unwelcome hint or unexpected reply, annoying like a flea; an irritating repulse; as, to put a flea in one's ear; to go away with a flea in one's ear. {Beach flea}, {Black flea}, etc. See under {Beach}, etc. | |
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Grunt \Grunt\, n. 1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus {H[91]mulon}, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt ({A. Plumieri}), and the redmouth grunt ({H. aurolineatus}), of the Southern United States; -- also applied to allied species of the genera {Pomadasys}, {Orthopristis}, and {Pristopoma}. Called also pigfish, squirrel fish, and grunter; -- so called from the noise it makes when taken. | |
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Abalienate \Ab*al"ien*ate\ ([acr]b*[amac]l"y[eit]n*[amac]t; 94, 106), v. t. [L. abalienatus, p. p. of abalienare; ab + alienus foreign, alien. See {Alien}.] 1. (Civil Law) To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate. 2. To estrange; to withdraw. [Obs.] 3. To cause alienation of (mind). --Sandys. | |
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Abalienation \Ab*al`ien*a"tion\ (-[amac]l`y[eit]n*[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L. abalienatio: cf. F. abali[82]nation.] The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement. [Obs.] | |
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Abelian \A*bel"i*an\, Abelite \A"bel*ite\, Abelonian \A`bel*o"ni*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel. | |
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Abelmosk \A"bel*mosk`\, n. [NL. abelmoschus, fr. Ar. abu-l-misk father of musk, i. e., producing musk. See {Musk}.] (Bot.) An evergreen shrub ({Hibiscus} -- formerly {Abelmoschus -- moschatus}), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called {musk mallow}. | |
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Okra \O"kra\, n. (Bot.) An annual plant ({Abelmoschus, [or] Hibiscus, esculentus}), whose green pods, abounding in nutritious mucilage, are much used for soups, stews, or pickles; gumbo. [Written also {ocra} and {ochra}.] | |
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Abelmosk \A"bel*mosk`\, n. [NL. abelmoschus, fr. Ar. abu-l-misk father of musk, i. e., producing musk. See {Musk}.] (Bot.) An evergreen shrub ({Hibiscus} -- formerly {Abelmoschus -- moschatus}), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called {musk mallow}. | |
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Abelian \A*bel"i*an\, Abelite \A"bel*ite\, Abelonian \A`bel*o"ni*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel. | |
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Abiliment \A*bil"i*ment\ ([adot]*b[icr]l"[icr]*m[eit]nt), n. Habiliment. [Obs.] | |
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Able-minded \A`ble-mind"ed\, a. Having much intellectual power. -- {A`ble-mind"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Able-minded \A`ble-mind"ed\, a. Having much intellectual power. -- {A`ble-mind"ed*ness}, n. | |
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Ablet \Ab"let\, Ablen \Ab"len\[F. ablet, ablette, a dim. fr. LL. abula, for albula, dim. of albus white. Cf. {Abele}.] (Zo[94]l.) A small fresh-water fish ({Leuciscus alburnus}); the bleak. | |
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Ableness \A"ble*ness\, n. Ability of body or mind; force; vigor. [Obs. or R.] | |
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d8Aiblins \[d8]Ai"blins\, Ablins \A"blins\, adv. [See {Able}.] Perhaps; possibly. [Scotch] --Burns. | |
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Ablins \A"blins\, adv. [See {Able}.] Perhaps. [Scot.] | |
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Abloom \A*bloom"\, adv. [Pref. a- + bloom.] In or into bloom; in a blooming state. --Masson. | |
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Abluent \Ab"lu*ent\, a. [L. abluens, p. pr. of. abluere to wash away; ab + luere (lavere, lavare). See {Lave}.] Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent. -- n. (Med.) A detergent. | |
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Affluence \Af"flu*ence\, n. [F. affluence, L. affluentia, fr. affluens, p. pr. of affluere to flow to; ad + fluere to flow. See {Flux}.] 1. A flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx. The affluence of young nobles from hence into Spain. --Wotton. There is an unusual affluence of strangers this year. --Carlyle. 2. An abundant supply, as of thought, words, feelings, etc.; profusion; also, abundance of property; wealth. And old age of elegance, affluence, and ease. --Coldsmith. Syn: Abundance; riches; profusion; exuberance; plenty; wealth; opulence. | |
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Affluency \Af"flu*en*cy\, n. Affluence. [Obs.] --Addison. | |
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Affluent \Af"flu*ent\, a. [Cf. F. affluent, L. affluens, -entis, p. pr. See {Affluence}.] 1. Flowing to; flowing abundantly. [bd]Affluent blood.[b8] --Harvey. 2. Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches. Language . . . affluent in expression. --H. Reed. Loaded and blest with all the affluent store, Which human vows at smoking shrines implore. --Prior. | |
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Affluent \Af"flu*ent\, n. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream. | |
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Affluently \Af"flu*ent*ly\, adv. Abundantly; copiously. | |
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Affluentness \Af*flu*ent*ness\, n. Great plenty. [R.] | |
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Aflame \A*flame"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + flame.] Inflames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze. --G. Eliot. | |
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Aflaunt \A*flaunt"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + flaunt.] In a flaunting state or position. --Copley. | |
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Aphelion \A*phel"ion\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Aphelia}. [Gr. [?] + [?] sun.] (Astron.) That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion. | |
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Aphilanthropy \Aph`i*lan"thro*py\, n. [Gr. [?] not loving man; 'a priv. + [?] to love + [?] man.] Want of love to mankind; -- the opposite of philanthropy. --Coxe. | |
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Broom rape \Broom" rape`\ (Bot.) A genus ({Orobanche}) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spiked flowers, and grow attached to the roots of other plants, as furze, clover, flax, wild carrot, etc. The name is sometimes applied to other plants related to this genus, as {Aphyllon uniflorum}and {A. Ludovicianum}. | |
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Aplanatic \Ap`la*nat"ic\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] disposed to wander, wandering, [?] to wander.] (Opt.) Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens. {Aplanatic focus} of a lens (Opt.), the point or focus from which rays diverging pass the lens without spherical aberration. In certain forms of lenses there are two such foci; and it is by taking advantage of this fact that the best aplanatic object glasses of microscopes are constructed. | |
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Aplanatic \Ap`la*nat"ic\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] disposed to wander, wandering, [?] to wander.] (Opt.) Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens. {Aplanatic focus} of a lens (Opt.), the point or focus from which rays diverging pass the lens without spherical aberration. In certain forms of lenses there are two such foci; and it is by taking advantage of this fact that the best aplanatic object glasses of microscopes are constructed. | |
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Focus \Fo"cus\, n.; pl. E. {Focuses}, L. {Foci}. [L. focus hearth, fireplace; perh. akin to E. bake. Cf. {Curfew}, {Fuel}, {Fusil} the firearm.] 1. (Opt.) A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror. 2. (Geom.) A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distace between any point of the curve and the focus to the distance of the same point from the directrix is constant. Note: Thus, in the ellipse FGHKLM, A is the focus and CD the directrix, when the ratios FA:FE, GA:GD, MA:MC, etc., are all equal. So in the hyperbola, A is the focus and CD the directrix when the ratio HA:HK is constant for all points of the curve; and in the parabola, A is the focus and CD the directrix when the ratio BA:BC is constant. In the ellipse this ratio is less than unity, in the parabola equal to unity, and in the hyperbola greater than unity. The ellipse and hyperbola have each two foci, and two corresponding directrixes, and the parabola has one focus and one directrix. In the ellipse the sum of the two lines from any point of the curve to the two foci is constant; that is: AG+GB=AH+HB; and in the hyperbola the difference of the corresponding lines is constant. The diameter which passes through the foci of the ellipse is the major axis. The diameter which being produced passes through the foci of the hyperbola is the transverse axis. The middle point of the major or the transverse axis is the center of the curve. Certain other curves, as the lemniscate and the Cartesian ovals, have points called foci, possessing properties similar to those of the foci of conic sections. In an ellipse, rays of light coming from one focus, and reflected from the curve, proceed in lines directed toward the other; in an hyperbola, in lines directed from the other; in a parabola, rays from the focus, after reflection at the curve, proceed in lines parallel to the axis. Thus rays from A in the ellipse are reflected to B; rays from A in the hyperbola are reflected toward L and M away from B. 3. A central point; a point of concentration. {Aplanatic focus}. (Opt.) See under {Aplanatic}. {Conjugate focus} (Opt.), the focus for rays which have a sensible divergence, as from a near object; -- so called because the positions of the object and its image are interchangeable. {Focus tube} (Phys.), a vacuum tube for R[d2]ntgen rays in which the cathode rays are focused upon the anticathode, for intensifying the effect. {Principal, [or] Solar}, {focus} (Opt.), the focus for parallel rays. | |
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Telescope \Tel"e*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] viewing afar, farseeing; [?] far, far off + [?] a watcher, akin to [?] to view: cf. F. t[82]lescope. See {Telegraph}, and {-scope}.] An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies. Note: A telescope assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first, by enlarging the visual angle under which a distant object is seen, and thus magnifying that object; and, secondly, by collecting, and conveying to the eye, a larger beam of light than would enter the naked organ, thus rendering objects distinct and visible which would otherwise be indistinct and or invisible. Its essential parts are the object glass, or concave mirror, which collects the beam of light, and forms an image of the object, and the eyeglass, which is a microscope, by which the image is magnified. {Achromatic telescope}. See under {Achromatic}. {Aplanatic telescope}, a telescope having an aplanatic eyepiece. {Astronomical telescope}, a telescope which has a simple eyepiece so constructed or used as not to reverse the image formed by the object glass, and consequently exhibits objects inverted, which is not a hindrance in astronomical observations. {Cassegrainian telescope}, a reflecting telescope invented by Cassegrain, which differs from the Gregorian only in having the secondary speculum convex instead of concave, and placed nearer the large speculum. The Cassegrainian represents objects inverted; the Gregorian, in their natural position. The Melbourne telescope (see Illust. under {Reflecting telescope}, below) is a Cassegrainian telescope. {Dialytic telescope}. See under {Dialytic}. {Equatorial telescope}. See the Note under {Equatorial}. {Galilean telescope}, a refracting telescope in which the eyeglass is a concave instead of a convex lens, as in the common opera glass. This was the construction originally adopted by Galileo, the inventor of the instrument. It exhibits the objects erect, that is, in their natural positions. {Gregorian telescope}, a form of reflecting telescope. See under {Gregorian}. {Herschelian telescope}, a reflecting telescope of the form invented by Sir William Herschel, in which only one speculum is employed, by means of which an image of the object is formed near one side of the open end of the tube, and to this the eyeglass is applied directly. {Newtonian telescope}, a form of reflecting telescope. See under {Newtonian}. {Photographic telescope}, a telescope specially constructed to make photographs of the heavenly bodies. {Prism telescope}. See {Teinoscope}. {Reflecting telescope}, a telescope in which the image is formed by a speculum or mirror (or usually by two speculums, a large one at the lower end of the telescope, and the smaller one near the open end) instead of an object glass. See {Gregorian, Cassegrainian, Herschelian, [and] Newtonian, telescopes}, above. {Refracting telescope}, a telescope in which the image is formed by refraction through an object glass. {Telescope carp} (Zo[94]l.), the telescope fish. {Telescope fish} (Zo[94]l.), a monstrous variety of the goldfish having very protuberant eyes. {Telescope fly} (Zo[94]l.), any two-winged fly of the genus {Diopsis}, native of Africa and Asia. The telescope flies are remarkable for having the eyes raised on very long stalks. {Telescope shell} (Zo[94]l.), an elongated gastropod ({Cerithium telescopium}) having numerous flattened whorls. {Telescope sight} (Firearms), a slender telescope attached to the barrel, having cross wires in the eyepiece and used as a sight. {Terrestrial telescope}, a telescope whose eyepiece has one or two lenses more than the astronomical, for the purpose of inverting the image, and exhibiting objects erect. | |
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Aplanatism \A*plan"a*tism\, n. Freedom from spherical aberration. | |
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Aplanogamete \A*plan`o*ga*mete"\, n. (Bot.) A nonmotile gamete, found in certain lower alg[91]. | |
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Apollinarian \A*pol`li*na"ri*an\, a. [L. Apollinaris, fr. Apollo.] (Rom. Antiq.) In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games. | |
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Apollinarian \A*pol`li*na"ri*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ. | |
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Apollinaris water \A*pol`li*na"ris wa"ter\ An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn. | |
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Apollonian \Ap`ol*lo"ni*an\, Apollonic \Ap`ol*lon"ic\, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo. | |
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Apollonian \Ap`ol*lo"ni*an\, Apollonic \Ap`ol*lon"ic\, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo. | |
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Apollyon \A*pol"ly*on\, n. [Gr. [?] destroying, fr. [?], [?], to destroy utterly; [?] from, entirely + [?] to destroy.] The Destroyer; -- a name used --(Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon. | |
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Appall \Ap*pall"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appalling}.] [OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a (L. ad) + p[83]lir to grow pale, to make pale, p[83]le pale. See Pale, a., and cf. {Pall}.] 1. To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.] The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . Hath so appalled my countenance. --Wyatt. 2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. --Holland. 3. To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart. The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum. --Clarendon. Syn: To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare; depress. See {Dismay}. | |
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Appalling \Ap*pall"ing\, a. Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. -- {Ap*pall"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Appalling \Ap*pall"ing\, a. Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. -- {Ap*pall"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Appallment \Ap*pall"ment\, n. Depression occasioned by terror; dismay. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Appealant \Ap*peal"ant\, n. An appellant. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Appealing \Ap*peal"ing\, a. That appeals; imploring. -- {Ap*peal"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Ap*peal"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Appeal \Ap*peal"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appealing}.] [OE. appelen, apelen, to appeal, accuse, OF. appeler, fr. L. appellare to approach, address, invoke, summon, call, name; akin to appellere to drive to; ad + pellere to drive. See {Pulse}, and cf. {Peal}.] 1. (Law) (a) To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court. (b) To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony. 2. To summon; to challenge. [Archaic] Man to man will I appeal the Norman to the lists. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To invoke. [Obs.] --Milton. | |
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Appealing \Ap*peal"ing\, a. That appeals; imploring. -- {Ap*peal"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Ap*peal"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Appealing \Ap*peal"ing\, a. That appeals; imploring. -- {Ap*peal"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Ap*peal"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Appellancy \Ap*pel"lan*cy\, n. Capability of appeal. | |
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Appellant \Ap*pel"lant\, a. [L. appellans, p. pr. of appellare; cf. F. appelant. See {Appeal}.] Relating to an appeal; appellate. [bd]An appellant jurisdiction.[b8] --Hallam. {Party appellant} (Law), the party who appeals; appellant; -- opposed to {respondent}, or {appellee}. --Tomlins. | |
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Appellant \Ap*pel"lant\, n. 1. (Law) (a) One who accuses another of felony or treason. [Obs.] (b) One who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal. 2. A challenger. [Obs.] --Milton. 3. (Eccl. Hist.) One who appealed to a general council against the bull Unigenitus. 4. One who appeals or entreats. | |
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Apple \Ap"ple\ ([acr]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [91]ppel, [91]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [84]ple, Dan. [91]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[uring]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown origin.] 1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus malus}) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung. 2. (bot.) Any tree genus {Pyrus} which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree. 3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple. 4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold. Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as, apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding. {Apple blight}, an aphid which injures apple trees. See {Blight}, n. {Apple borer} (Zo[94]l.), a coleopterous insect ({Saperda candida [or] bivittata}), the larva of which bores into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree. {Apple brandy}, brandy made from apples. {Apple butter}, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. --Bartlett. {Apple corer}, an instrument for removing the cores from apples. {Apple fly} (Zo[94]l.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera {Drosophila} and {Trypeta}. {Apple midge} (Zo[94]l.) a small dipterous insect ({Sciara mali}), the larva of which bores in apples. {Apple of the eye}, the pupil. {Apple of discord}, a subject of contention and envy, so called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed [bd]For the fairest,[b8] which was thrown into an assembly of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the latter. {Apple of love}, or {Love apple}, the tomato ({Lycopersicum esculentum}). {Apple of Peru}, a large coarse herb ({Nicandra physaloides}) bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit inclosing a dry berry. {Apples of Sodom}, a fruit described by ancient writers as externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often given to the fruit of {Solanum Sodom[91]um}, a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato. {Apple sauce}, stewed apples. [U. S.] {Apple snail} or {Apple shell} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water, operculated, spiral shell of the genus {Ampullaria}. {Apple tart}, a tart containing apples. {Apple tree}, a tree which naturally bears apples. See {Apple, 2.} {Apple wine}, cider. {Apple worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth ({Carpocapsa pomonella}) which burrows in the interior of apples. See {Codling moth}. {Dead Sea Apple}. (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. [bd]To seek the Dead Sea apples of politics.[b8] --S. B. Griffin. (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See {Gallnut}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Apple \Ap"ple\ ([acr]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [91]ppel, [91]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [84]ple, Dan. [91]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[uring]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown origin.] 1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus malus}) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung. 2. (bot.) Any tree genus {Pyrus} which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree. 3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple. 4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold. Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as, apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding. {Apple blight}, an aphid which injures apple trees. See {Blight}, n. {Apple borer} (Zo[94]l.), a coleopterous insect ({Saperda candida [or] bivittata}), the larva of which bores into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree. {Apple brandy}, brandy made from apples. {Apple butter}, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. --Bartlett. {Apple corer}, an instrument for removing the cores from apples. {Apple fly} (Zo[94]l.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera {Drosophila} and {Trypeta}. {Apple midge} (Zo[94]l.) a small dipterous insect ({Sciara mali}), the larva of which bores in apples. {Apple of the eye}, the pupil. {Apple of discord}, a subject of contention and envy, so called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed [bd]For the fairest,[b8] which was thrown into an assembly of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the latter. {Apple of love}, or {Love apple}, the tomato ({Lycopersicum esculentum}). {Apple of Peru}, a large coarse herb ({Nicandra physaloides}) bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit inclosing a dry berry. {Apples of Sodom}, a fruit described by ancient writers as externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often given to the fruit of {Solanum Sodom[91]um}, a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato. {Apple sauce}, stewed apples. [U. S.] {Apple snail} or {Apple shell} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water, operculated, spiral shell of the genus {Ampullaria}. {Apple tart}, a tart containing apples. {Apple tree}, a tree which naturally bears apples. See {Apple, 2.} {Apple wine}, cider. {Apple worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth ({Carpocapsa pomonella}) which burrows in the interior of apples. See {Codling moth}. {Dead Sea Apple}. (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. [bd]To seek the Dead Sea apples of politics.[b8] --S. B. Griffin. (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See {Gallnut}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Appliance \Ap*pli"ance\, n. 1. The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience. --Shak. 2. The thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Appliment \Ap*pli"ment\, n. Application. [Obs.] --Marston | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Apply \Ap*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Applied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Applying}.] [OF. aplier, F. appliquer, fr. L. applicare to join, fix, or attach to; ad + plicare to fold, to twist together. See {Applicant}, {Ply}.] 1. To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. He said, and the sword his throat applied. --Dryden. 2. To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt. 3. To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person. Yet God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied. --Milton. 4. To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline. Apply thine heart unto instruction. --Prov. xxiii. 12. 5. To direct or address. [R.] Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto. --Pope. 6. To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively. I applied myself to him for help. --Johnson. 7. To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obs.] She was skillful in applying his [bd]humors.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. 8. To visit. [Obs.] And he applied each place so fast. --Chapman. {Applied chemistry}. See under {Chemistry}. {Applied mathematics}. See under {Mathematics}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Avail \A*vail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Availed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Availing}.] [OE. availen, fr. F. [?] (L. ad) + valoir to be worth, fr. L. valere to be strong, to be worth. See {Valiant}.] 1. To turn to the advantage of; to be of service to; to profit; to benefit; to help; as, artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment. O, what avails me now that honor high ! --Milton. 2. To promote; to assist. [Obs.] --Pope. {To avail one's self of}, to make use of; take advantage of. Then shall they seek to avail themselves of names. --Milton. I have availed myself of the very first opportunity. --Dickens. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Availment \A*vail"ment\, n. Profit; advantage. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Avalanche \Av"a*lanche`\ (?; 277), n. [F. avalanche, fr. avaler to descend, to let down, from aval down, downward; [?] (L. ad) + val, L. vallis, valley. See {Valley}.] 1. A large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice. 2. A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice. 3. A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Avellane \A*vel"lane\, a. [Cf. It. avellana a filbert, fr. L. Avella or Abella a city of Campania.] (Her.) In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Awfulness \Aw"ful*ness\, n. 1. The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place. The awfulness of grandeur. --Johnson. 2. The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence. [Obs.] Producing in us reverence and awfulness. --Jer. Taylor. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Abilene, KS (city, FIPS 125) Location: 38.91996 N, 97.22196 W Population (1990): 6242 (2856 housing units) Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67410 Abilene, TX (city, FIPS 1000) Location: 32.45450 N, 99.73897 W Population (1990): 106654 (44436 housing units) Area: 267.0 sq km (land), 14.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79601, 79602, 79603, 79605, 79606 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Aplington, IA (city, FIPS 2395) Location: 42.58160 N, 92.88094 W Population (1990): 1034 (439 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50604 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Appling, GA Zip code(s): 30802 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Appling County, GA (county, FIPS 1) Location: 31.75339 N, 82.28558 W Population (1990): 15744 (6629 housing units) Area: 1317.7 sq km (land), 8.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Avalon, CA (city, FIPS 3274) Location: 33.34292 N, 118.32739 W Population (1990): 2918 (1888 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 90704 Avalon, GA (town, FIPS 4392) Location: 34.50151 N, 83.19444 W Population (1990): 159 (74 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Avalon, MO Zip code(s): 64621 Avalon, MS Zip code(s): 38912 Avalon, NJ (borough, FIPS 2320) Location: 39.09165 N, 74.73702 W Population (1990): 1809 (5026 housing units) Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08202 Avalon, PA (borough, FIPS 3608) Location: 40.50100 N, 80.06870 W Population (1990): 5784 (2869 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Avalon, WI Zip code(s): 53505 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Apple Macintosh {Macintosh} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Apple Newton Computer}. The Newton provides a clever, {user-friendly} interface and relies solely on pen-based input. Eagerly anticipated, the Newton uses handwriting recognition software to "learn" the users handwriting and provide reliable {character recognition}. Various third-party software applications are available and add-on {peripherals} like wireless {modems} for {Internet} access are being sold by {Apple Computer, Inc.} and its licensees. {Newton Inc.}'s {NewtonOS} competes with {Microsoft Corporation}'s {Windows CE}, and was to be compatible with {DEC}'s {StrongARM} SA-1100, an embedded 200MHz {microprocessor}, which was due in 1998. {Home (http://www.newton.apple.com/)}. {Handwriting recognition example (http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~jxm/tablespoons.html)}. (1997-09-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Avalon/C++ servers and transactions developed in 1986 for {fault-tolerant} {distributed} systems. Avalon/C++ was influenced by {Argus}. ["Camelot and Avalon: A Distributed Transaction Facility", J.L. Eppinger et al, Morgan Kaufmann 1990]. (2002-01-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Avalon/Common LISP ["Reliable Distributed Computing with Avalon/Common LISP", S.M. Clamen et al, CMU-CS-89-186 and Proc Intl Conf on Computer Languages, Mar 1990]. (2002-02-03) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Abel-meholah meadow of dancing, or the dancing-meadow, the birth-place and residence of the prophet Elisha, not far from Beth-shean (1 Kings 4:12), in the tribe of Issachar, near where the Wady el-Maleh emerges into the valley of the Jordan, "the rich meadow-land which extends about 4 miles south of Beth-shean; moist and luxuriant." Here Elisha was found at his plough by Elijah on his return up the Jordan valley from Horeb (1 Kings 19:16). It is now called 'Ain Helweh. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Abel-mizraim meadow of Egypt, or mourning of Egypt, a place "beyond," i.e., on the west of Jordan, at the "threshing-floor of Atad." Here the Egyptians mourned seventy days for Jacob (Gen. 50:4-11). Its site is unknown. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Abilene a plain, a district lying on the east slope of the Anti-Lebanon range; so called from its chief town, Abila (Luke 3:1), which stood in the Suk Wady Barada, between Heliopolis (Baalbec) and Damascus, 38 miles from the former and 18 from the latter. Lysanias was governor or tetrarch of this province. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Apollonia a city of Macedonia between Amphipolis and Thessalonica, from which it was distant about 36 miles. Paul and Silas passed through it on their way to Thessalonica (Acts 17:1). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Apollyon destroyer, the name given to the king of the hosts represented by the locusts (Rev. 9:11). It is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Abaddon (q.v.). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Abel-maim, mourning of waters | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Abel-meholah, mourning of sickness | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Abel-mizraim, the mourning of Egyptians | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Abilene, the father of mourning | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Apollonia, perdition, destruction | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Apollonius, destroying | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Apollyon, a destroyer |