English Dictionary: calling card | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cheetah \Chee"tah\, n. [Hind. ch[c6]t[be].] (Zo[94]l.) A species of leopard ({Cyn[91]lurus jubatus}) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is {C. laneus}. [Written also {chetah}.] | |
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Calamist \Cal"a*mist\ (-m[icr]st), n. [L. calamus a reed.] One who plays upon a reed or pipe. [Obs.] --Blount. | |
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Calamistrate \Cal`a*mis"trate\ (-m[icr]s"tr[amac]t), v. i. [L. calamistratus, curled with the curling iron, fr. calamistrum curling iron, fr. calamus a reed.] To curl or friz, as the hair. [Obs.] --Cotgrave. | |
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Calamistration \Cal`a*mis*tra"tion\ (k[acr]l*[adot]*m[icr]s*tr[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. The act or process of curling the hair. [Obs.] --Burton. | |
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Lark \Lark\, n. [OE. larke, laverock, AS. l[be]werce; akin to D. leeuwerik, LG. lewerke, OHG. l[?]rahha, G. lerche, Sw. l[84]rka, Dan. lerke, Icel. l[91]virki.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus {Alauda} and allied genera (family {Alaudid[91]}). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned by the shore larks, or horned larks, of the genus {Otocoris}. The true larks have holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and usually, dull, sandy brown colors. Note: The European skylark, or lark of the poets ({Alauda arvensis}), is of a brown mottled color, and is noted for its clear and sweet song, uttered as it rises and descends almost perpendicularly in the air. It is considered a table delicacy, and immense numbers are killed for the markets. Other well-known European species are the crested, or tufted, lark ({Alauda cristata}), and the wood lark ({A. arborea}). The pipits, or titlarks, of the genus {Anthus} (family {Motacillid[91]}) are often called larks. See {Pipit}. The American meadow larks, of the genus {Sturnella}, are allied to the starlings. See {Meadow Lark}. The Australian bush lark is {Mirafra Horsfieldii}. See {Shore lark}. {Lark bunting} (Zo[94]l.), a fringilline bird ({Calamospiza melanocorys}) found on the plains of the Western United States. {Lark sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a sparrow ({Chondestes grammacus}), found in the Mississippi Valley and the Western United States. | |
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Calamus \Cal"a*mus\, n.; pl. {Calami}. [L., a reed. See {Halm}.] 1. (Bot.) The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See {Rattan}, and {Dragon's blood}. 2. (Bot.) A species of {Acorus} ({A. calamus}), commonly called {calamus}, or {sweet flag}. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill. | |
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Calamus \Cal"a*mus\, n.; pl. {Calami}. [L., a reed. See {Halm}.] 1. (Bot.) The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See {Rattan}, and {Dragon's blood}. 2. (Bot.) A species of {Acorus} ({A. calamus}), commonly called {calamus}, or {sweet flag}. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill. | |
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Porgy \Por"gy\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the jolthead porgy, the sheepshead porgy ({Calamus penna}) of the West Indies, the grass porgy ({Calamus arctifrons}) of Florida, and the red porgy ({Pagrus pagrus}) of Europe. | |
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Porgy \Por"gy\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the jolthead porgy, the sheepshead porgy ({Calamus penna}) of the West Indies, the grass porgy ({Calamus arctifrons}) of Florida, and the red porgy ({Pagrus pagrus}) of Europe. | |
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Edible \Ed"i*ble\, a. [L. edibilis, fr. edere to eat. See {Eat}.] Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes. --Bacon. -- n. Anything edible. {Edible bird's nest}. See {Bird's nest}, 2. {Edible crab} (Zo[94]l.), any species of crab used as food, esp. the American blue crab ({Callinectes hastatus}). See {Crab}. {Edible frog} (Zo[94]l.), the common European frog ({Rana esculenta}), used as food. {Edible snail} (Zo[94]l.), any snail used as food, esp. {Helix pomatia} and {H. aspersa} of Europe. | |
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Blue \Blue\, a. [Compar. {Bluer}; superl. {Bluest}.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, Sw. bl[?], D. blauw, OHG. bl[?]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F. bleu, from OHG. bl[be]o.] 1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. [bd]The blue firmament.[b8] --Milton. 2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths. 3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue. 4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue. [Colloq.] 5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws. 6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of bluestocking. [Colloq.] The ladies were very blue and well informed. --Thackeray. {Blue asbestus}. See {Crocidolite}. {Blue black}, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost black. {Blue blood}. See under {Blood}. {Blue buck} (Zo[94]l.), a small South African antelope ({Cephalophus pygm[91]us}); also applied to a larger species ({[92]goceras leucoph[91]u}s); the blaubok. {Blue cod} (Zo[94]l.), the buffalo cod. {Blue crab} (Zo[94]l.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic coast of the United States ({Callinectes hastatus}). {Blue curls} (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also {bastard pennyroyal}. {Blue devils}, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons suffering with {delirium tremens}; hence, very low spirits. [bd]Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?[b8] --Thackeray. {Blue gage}. See under {Gage}, a plum. {Blue gum}, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as a protection against malaria. The essential oil is beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very useful. See {Eucalyptus}. {Blue jack}, {Blue stone}, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper. {Blue jacket}, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval uniform. {Blue jaundice}. See under {Jaundice}. {Blue laws}, a name first used in the eighteenth century to describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any puritanical laws. [U. S.] {Blue light}, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at sea, and in military operations. {Blue mantle} (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms; -- so called from the color of his official robes. {Blue mass}, a preparation of mercury from which is formed the blue pill. --McElrath. {Blue mold}, or mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C. {Blue Monday}, a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent). {Blue ointment} (Med.), mercurial ointment. {Blue Peter} (British Marine), a blue flag with a white square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater, one of the British signal flags. {Blue pill}. (Med.) (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc. (b) Blue mass. {Blue ribbon}. (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter; -- hence, a member of that order. (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great ambition; a distinction; a prize. [bd]These [scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college.[b8] --Farrar. (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon Army. {Blue ruin}, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle. {Blue spar} (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See {Lazulite}. {Blue thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a European and Asiatic thrush ({Petrocossyphus cyaneas}). {Blue verditer}. See {Verditer}. {Blue vitriol} (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico printing, etc. {Blue water}, the open ocean. {To look blue}, to look disheartened or dejected. {True blue}, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed; not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the Covenanters. | |
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Call \Call\ (k[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Called} (k[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Calling}] [OE. callen, AS. ceallian; akin to Icel. & Sw. kalla, Dan. kalde, D. kallen to talk, prate, OHG. kall[omac]n to call; cf. Gr. ghry`ein to speak, sing, Skr. gar to praise. Cf. {Garrulous}.] 1. To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant. Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain --Shak. 2. To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church. Paul . . . called to be an apostle --Rom. i. 1. The Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. --Acts xiii. 2. 3. To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen. Now call we our high court of Parliament. --Shak. 4. To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name. If you would but call me Rosalind. --Shak. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. --Gen. i. 5. 5. To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate. What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. --Acts x. 15. 6. To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work. [The] army is called seven hundred thousand men. --Brougham. 7. To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of. [Obs.] This speech calls him Spaniard. --Beau. & Fl. 8. To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company. No parish clerk who calls the psalm so clear. --Gay. 9. To invoke; to appeal to. I call God for a witness. --2 Cor. i. 23 [Rev. Ver. ] 10. To rouse from sleep; to awaken. If thou canst awake by four o' the clock. I prithee call me. Sleep hath seized me wholly. --Shak. {To call a bond}, to give notice that the amount of the bond will be paid. {To call a party} (Law), to cry aloud his name in open court, and command him to come in and perform some duty requiring his presence at the time on pain of what may befall him. {To call back}, to revoke or retract; to recall; to summon back. {To call down}, to pray for, as blessing or curses. {To call forth}, to bring or summon to action; as, to call forth all the faculties of the mind. {To call in}, (a) To collect; as, to call in debts or money; ar to withdraw from cirulation; as, to call in uncurrent coin. (b) To summon to one's side; to invite to come together; as, to call in neighbors. {To call (any one) names}, to apply contemptuous names (to any one). {To call off}, to summon away; to divert; as, to call off the attention; to call off workmen from their employment. {To call out}. (a) To summon to fight; to challenge. (b) To summon into service; as, to call out the militia. {To call over}, to recite separate particulars in order, as a roll of names. {To call to account}, to demand explanation of. {To call to mind}, to recollect; to revive in memory. {To call to order}, to request to come to order; as: (a) A public meeting, when opening it for business. (b) A person, when he is transgressing the rules of debate. {To call to the bar}, to admit to practice in courts of law. {To call up}. (a) To bring into view or recollection; as to call up the image of deceased friend. (b) To bring into action or discussion; to demand the consideration of; as, to call up a bill before a legislative body. Syn: To name; denominate; invite; bid; summon; convoke; assemble; collect; exhort; warn; proclaim; invoke; appeal to; designate. Usage: {To Call}, {Convoke}, {Summon}. Call is the generic term; as, to call a public meeting. To convoke is to require the assembling of some organized body of men by an act of authority; as, the king convoked Parliament. To summon is to require attendance by an act more or less stringent anthority; as, to summon a witness. | |
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Calling \Call"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one. 2. A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament. The frequent calling and meeting of Parlaiment. --Macaulay. 3. A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called. Who hath . . . called us with an holy calling. --2 Tim. i. 9. Give diligence to make yior calling . . . sure. --2 Pet. i. 10. 4. A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names with a view to obtaining an answer, as in legislative bodies. 5. One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade. The humble calling of ter female parent. --Thackeray. 6. The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment. To impose celibacy on wholy callings. --Hammond. 7. Title; appellation; name. [Obs.] I am more proud to be Sir Rowland's son His youngest son, and would not change that calling. --Shak. Syn: Occupation; employment; business; trade; profession; office; engagement; vocation. | |
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Fiddler \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[?]elere.] 1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A burrowing crab of the genus {Gelasimus}, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also {calling crab}, {soldier crab}, and {fighting crab}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The common European sandpiper ({Tringoides hypoleucus}); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body. {Fiddler crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}, n., 2. | |
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Crab \Crab\ (kr[acr]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body. Note: The name is applied to all the Brachyura, and to certain Anomura, as the hermit crabs. Formerly, it was sometimes applied to Crustacea in general. Many species are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being one of the most esteemed. The large European edible crab is {Cancer padurus}. {Soft-shelled crabs} are blue crabs that have recently cast their shells. See {Cancer}; also, {Box crab}, {Fiddler crab}, {Hermit crab}, {Spider crab}, etc., under {Box}, {Fiddler}. etc. 2. The zodiacal constellation Cancer. 3. [See {Crab}, a.] (Bot.) A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste. When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl. --Shak. 4. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. [Obs.] --Garrick. 5. (Mech.) (a) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. (b) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc. (c) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. (d) A claw for anchoring a portable machine. {Calling crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}., n., 2. {Crab apple}, a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also, the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple ({Pyrus Malus} var. sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple ({Pyrus baccata}); and the American ({Pyrus coronaria}). {Crab grass}. (Bot.) (a) A grass ({Digitaria, [or] Panicum, sanguinalis}); -- called also {finger grass}. (b) A grass of the genus {Eleusine} ({E. Indica}); -- called also {dog's-tail grass}, {wire grass}, etc. {Crab louse} (Zo[94]l.), a species of louse ({Phthirius pubis}), sometimes infesting the human body. {Crab plover} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic plover ({Dromas ardeola}). {Crab's eyes}, [or] {Crab's stones}, masses of calcareous matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths. {Crab spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of a group of spiders ({Laterigrad[91]}); -- called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab. {Crab tree}, the tree that bears crab applies. {Crab wood}, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which takes a high polish. --McElrath. {To catch a crab} (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower: (a) when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water; (b) when he misses the water altogether in making a stroke. | |
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Fiddler \Fid"dler\, n. [AS. fi[?]elere.] 1. One who plays on a fiddle or violin. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A burrowing crab of the genus {Gelasimus}, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also {calling crab}, {soldier crab}, and {fighting crab}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The common European sandpiper ({Tringoides hypoleucus}); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body. {Fiddler crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}, n., 2. | |
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Crab \Crab\ (kr[acr]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body. Note: The name is applied to all the Brachyura, and to certain Anomura, as the hermit crabs. Formerly, it was sometimes applied to Crustacea in general. Many species are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being one of the most esteemed. The large European edible crab is {Cancer padurus}. {Soft-shelled crabs} are blue crabs that have recently cast their shells. See {Cancer}; also, {Box crab}, {Fiddler crab}, {Hermit crab}, {Spider crab}, etc., under {Box}, {Fiddler}. etc. 2. The zodiacal constellation Cancer. 3. [See {Crab}, a.] (Bot.) A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste. When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl. --Shak. 4. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. [Obs.] --Garrick. 5. (Mech.) (a) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. (b) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc. (c) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. (d) A claw for anchoring a portable machine. {Calling crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}., n., 2. {Crab apple}, a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also, the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple ({Pyrus Malus} var. sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple ({Pyrus baccata}); and the American ({Pyrus coronaria}). {Crab grass}. (Bot.) (a) A grass ({Digitaria, [or] Panicum, sanguinalis}); -- called also {finger grass}. (b) A grass of the genus {Eleusine} ({E. Indica}); -- called also {dog's-tail grass}, {wire grass}, etc. {Crab louse} (Zo[94]l.), a species of louse ({Phthirius pubis}), sometimes infesting the human body. {Crab plover} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic plover ({Dromas ardeola}). {Crab's eyes}, [or] {Crab's stones}, masses of calcareous matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths. {Crab spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of a group of spiders ({Laterigrad[91]}); -- called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab. {Crab tree}, the tree that bears crab applies. {Crab wood}, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which takes a high polish. --McElrath. {To catch a crab} (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower: (a) when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water; (b) when he misses the water altogether in making a stroke. | |
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Pika \Pi"ka\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of rodents of the genus {Lagomys}, resembling small tailless rabbits. They inhabit the high mountains of Asia and America. Called also {calling hare}, and {crying hare}. See {Chief hare}. | |
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Chief hare \Chief" hare`\ (Zo[94]l.) A small rodent ({Lagamys princeps}) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called {crying hare}, {calling hare}, {cony}, {American pika}, and {little chief hare}. Note: It is not a true hare or rabbit, but belongs to the curious family {Lagomyid[91]}. | |
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Calm \Calm\ (k[aum]m), a. [Compar. {Calmer} (-[etil]r); super. {Calmest} (-[ecr]st)] 1. Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed. [bd]Calm was the day.[b8] --Spenser. Now all is calm, and fresh, and still. --Bryant. 2. Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech. [bd]Calm and sinless peace.[b8] --Milton. [bd]With calm attention.[b8] --Pope. Such calm old age as conscience pure And self-commanding hearts ensure. --Keble. Syn: Still; quiet; undisturbed; tranquil; peaceful; serene; composed; unruffled; sedate; collected; placid. | |
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Calmness \Calm"ness\, n. The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self-repose. The gentle calmness of the flood. --Denham. Hes calmness was the repose of conscious power. --E. Everett. Syn: Quietness; quietude; stillness; tranquillity; serenity; repose; composure; sedateness; placidity. | |
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Calmucks \Cal"mucks\, n. pl.; sing. {Calmuck}. A branch of the Mongolian race inhabiting parts of the Russian and Chinese empires; also (sing.), the language of the Calmucks. [Written also {Kalmucks}.] | |
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Calmucks \Cal"mucks\, n. pl.; sing. {Calmuck}. A branch of the Mongolian race inhabiting parts of the Russian and Chinese empires; also (sing.), the language of the Calmucks. [Written also {Kalmucks}.] | |
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Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr. [?][?][?], [?][?][?], probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[c6]zi, akin to Skr. vr[c6]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. {Rye}.] (Bot.) A well-known cereal grass ({Oryza sativa}) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed. {Ant rice}. (Bot.) See under {Ant}. {French rice}. (Bot.) See {Amelcorn}. {Indian rice}., a tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also {water oat}, {Canadian wild rice}, etc. {Mountain rice}, any species of an American genus ({Oryzopsis}) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice. {Rice bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Ricebird}. {Rice hen} (Zo[94]l.), the Florida gallinule. {Rice mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a large dark-colored field mouse ({Calomys palistris}) of the Southern United States. {Rice paper}, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a large herb ({Fatsia papyrifera}, related to the ginseng) into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under pressure. Called also {pith paper}. {Rice troupial} (Zo[94]l.), the bobolink. {Rice water}, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water. {Rice-water discharge} (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in cholera. {Rice weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Calandra, [or] Sitophilus, oryz[91]}) which destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also {black weevil}. | |
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Calumny \Cal"um*ny\, n.; pl. {Calumnies}. [L. calumnia, fr. calvi to devise tricks, deceive; cf. F. calomnie. Cf. {Challenge}, n.] False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction. [bd]Infamous calumnies.[b8] --Motley. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. --Shak. | |
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Calumnious \Ca*lum"ni*ous\, a. [L. calumniosus.] Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports. Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. --Shak. Syn: . Slanderous; defamatory; scurrilous; opprobrious; derogatory; libelous; abusive. -- {Ca*lum"ni*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ca*lum"ni*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Calumnious \Ca*lum"ni*ous\, a. [L. calumniosus.] Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports. Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. --Shak. Syn: . Slanderous; defamatory; scurrilous; opprobrious; derogatory; libelous; abusive. -- {Ca*lum"ni*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ca*lum"ni*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Calumnious \Ca*lum"ni*ous\, a. [L. calumniosus.] Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports. Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. --Shak. Syn: . Slanderous; defamatory; scurrilous; opprobrious; derogatory; libelous; abusive. -- {Ca*lum"ni*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ca*lum"ni*ous*ness}, n. | |
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Caulome \Cau"lome\, n. [Gr. kalo`s stem + -ome as in rhizome.] (Bot.) A stem structure or stem axis of a plant, viewed as a whole. -- {Cau*lom"ic}, a. | |
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Ceil \Ceil\ (s[emac]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ceiled} (s[emac]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ceiling}.] [From an older noun, fr. F. ciel heaven, canopy, fr. L. caelum heaven, vault, arch, covering; cf. Gr. koi^los hollow.] 1. To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room. The greater house he ceiled with fir tree. --2 Chron. iii. 5 2. To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like. | |
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Ceiling \Ceil"ing\, n. [See {Cell}, v. t.] 1. (Arch.) (a) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor. (b) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done. 2. (Naut.) The inner planking of a vessel. {Camp ceiling}. See under {Camp}. {Ceiling boards}, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with. | |
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Ceiling \Ceil"ing\, n. [See {Cell}, v. t.] 1. (Arch.) (a) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor. (b) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done. 2. (Naut.) The inner planking of a vessel. {Camp ceiling}. See under {Camp}. {Ceiling boards}, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with. | |
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Joist \Joist\, n. [OE. giste, OF. giste, F. g[8c]te, fr. gesir to lie, F. g[82]sir. See {Gist}.] (Arch.) A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or use, {binding joist}, {bridging joist}, {ceiling joist}, {trimming joist}, etc. See Illust. of {Double-framed floor}, under {Double}, a. | |
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Ceylonese \Cey`lon*ese"\, a. Of or pertaining to Ceylon. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Ceylon. | |
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Favor \Fa"vor\, n. [Written also favour.] [OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bh[be]vaya to further, foster, causative of bh[umac] to become, be. Cf. {Be}. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob. for favel a horse. See 2d {Favel}.] 1. Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will. Hath crawled into the favor of the king. --Shak. 2. The act of countenancing, or the condition of being countenanced, or regarded propitiously; support; promotion; befriending. But found no favor in his lady's eyes. --Dryden. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. --Luke ii. 52. 3. A kind act or office; kindness done or granted; benevolence shown by word or deed; an act of grace or good will, as distinct from justice or remuneration. Beg one favor at thy gracious hand. --Shak. 4. Mildness or mitigation of punishment; lenity. I could not discover the lenity and favor of this sentence. --Swift. 5. The object of regard; person or thing favored. All these his wondrous works, but chiefly man, His chief delight and favor. --Milton. 6. A gift or represent; something bestowed as an evidence of good will; a token of love; a knot of ribbons; something worn as a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding. Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy cap. --Shak. 7. Appearance; look; countenance; face. [Obs.] This boy is fair, of female favor. --Shak. 8. (Law) Partiality; bias. --Bouvier. 9. A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received. 10. pl. Love locks. [Obs.] --Wright. {Challenge} {to the favor [or] for favor} (Law), the challenge of a juror on grounds not sufficient to constitute a principal challenge, but sufficient to give rise to a probable suspicion of favor or bias, such as acquaintance, business relation, etc. See {Principal challenge}, under {Challenge}. {In favor of}, upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. {In favor with}, favored, countenanced, or encouraged by. {To curry favor} [see the etymology of {Favor}, above], to seek to gain favor by flattery, caresses, kindness, or officious civilities. {With one's favor}, [or] {By one's favor}, with leave; by kind permission. But, with your favor, I will treat it here. --Dryden. Syn: Kindness; countenance; patronage; support; lenity; grace; gift; present; benefit. | |
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Challenge \Chal"lenge\, v. i. To assert a right; to claim a place. Where nature doth with merit challenge. --Shak. | |
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Challenge \Chal"lenge\, n. [OE. chalenge claim, accusation, challenge, OF. chalenge, chalonge, claim, accusation, contest, fr. L. calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See {Calumny}.] 1. An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons. A challenge to controversy. --Goldsmith. 2. The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign. 3. A claim or demand. [Obs.] There must be no challenge of superiority. --Collier. 4. (Hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game. 5. (Law) An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause. --Blackstone 6. An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered. [U. S.] {Challenge to the array} (Law), an exception to the whole panel. {Challenge to the favor}, the alleging a special cause, the sufficiency of which is to be left to those whose duty and office it is to decide upon it. {Challenge to the polls}, an exception taken to any one or more of the individual jurors returned. {Peremptory challenge}, a privilege sometimes allowed to defendants, of challenging a certain number of jurors (fixed by statute in different States) without assigning any cause. {Principal challenge}, that which the law allows to be sufficient if found to be true. | |
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Challenge \Chal"lenge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Challenged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Challenging}.] [OE. chalengen to accuse, claim, OF. chalengier, chalongier, to claim, accuse, dispute, fr. L. calumniar to attack with false accusations. See {Challenge}, n., and cf. {Calumniate}.] 1. To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy. I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by right of fatherhood. --Locke. 2. To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat. By this I challenge him to single fight. --Shak. 3. To claim as due; to demand as a right. Challenge better terms. --Addison. 4. To censure; to blame. [Obs.] He complained of the emperors . . . and challenged them for that he had no greater revenues . . . from them. --Holland. 5. (Mil.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with [bd]Who comes there?[b8] 6. To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation. 7. (Law) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court. 8. To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the ground that the person in not qualified as a voter. [U. S.] {To challenge to the} {array, favor, polls}. See under {Challenge}, n. | |
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Challenge \Chal"lenge\, n. [OE. chalenge claim, accusation, challenge, OF. chalenge, chalonge, claim, accusation, contest, fr. L. calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See {Calumny}.] 1. An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons. A challenge to controversy. --Goldsmith. 2. The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign. 3. A claim or demand. [Obs.] There must be no challenge of superiority. --Collier. 4. (Hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game. 5. (Law) An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause. --Blackstone 6. An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered. [U. S.] {Challenge to the array} (Law), an exception to the whole panel. {Challenge to the favor}, the alleging a special cause, the sufficiency of which is to be left to those whose duty and office it is to decide upon it. {Challenge to the polls}, an exception taken to any one or more of the individual jurors returned. {Peremptory challenge}, a privilege sometimes allowed to defendants, of challenging a certain number of jurors (fixed by statute in different States) without assigning any cause. {Principal challenge}, that which the law allows to be sufficient if found to be true. | |
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Challenge \Chal"lenge\, n. [OE. chalenge claim, accusation, challenge, OF. chalenge, chalonge, claim, accusation, contest, fr. L. calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See {Calumny}.] 1. An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons. A challenge to controversy. --Goldsmith. 2. The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign. 3. A claim or demand. [Obs.] There must be no challenge of superiority. --Collier. 4. (Hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game. 5. (Law) An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause. --Blackstone 6. An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered. [U. S.] {Challenge to the array} (Law), an exception to the whole panel. {Challenge to the favor}, the alleging a special cause, the sufficiency of which is to be left to those whose duty and office it is to decide upon it. {Challenge to the polls}, an exception taken to any one or more of the individual jurors returned. {Peremptory challenge}, a privilege sometimes allowed to defendants, of challenging a certain number of jurors (fixed by statute in different States) without assigning any cause. {Principal challenge}, that which the law allows to be sufficient if found to be true. | |
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Challenge \Chal"lenge\, n. [OE. chalenge claim, accusation, challenge, OF. chalenge, chalonge, claim, accusation, contest, fr. L. calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See {Calumny}.] 1. An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons. A challenge to controversy. --Goldsmith. 2. The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign. 3. A claim or demand. [Obs.] There must be no challenge of superiority. --Collier. 4. (Hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game. 5. (Law) An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause. --Blackstone 6. An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered. [U. S.] {Challenge to the array} (Law), an exception to the whole panel. {Challenge to the favor}, the alleging a special cause, the sufficiency of which is to be left to those whose duty and office it is to decide upon it. {Challenge to the polls}, an exception taken to any one or more of the individual jurors returned. {Peremptory challenge}, a privilege sometimes allowed to defendants, of challenging a certain number of jurors (fixed by statute in different States) without assigning any cause. {Principal challenge}, that which the law allows to be sufficient if found to be true. | |
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Challengeable \Chal"lenge*a*ble\, a. That may be challenged. | |
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Challenge \Chal"lenge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Challenged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Challenging}.] [OE. chalengen to accuse, claim, OF. chalengier, chalongier, to claim, accuse, dispute, fr. L. calumniar to attack with false accusations. See {Challenge}, n., and cf. {Calumniate}.] 1. To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy. I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by right of fatherhood. --Locke. 2. To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat. By this I challenge him to single fight. --Shak. 3. To claim as due; to demand as a right. Challenge better terms. --Addison. 4. To censure; to blame. [Obs.] He complained of the emperors . . . and challenged them for that he had no greater revenues . . . from them. --Holland. 5. (Mil.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with [bd]Who comes there?[b8] 6. To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation. 7. (Law) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court. 8. To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the ground that the person in not qualified as a voter. [U. S.] {To challenge to the} {array, favor, polls}. See under {Challenge}, n. | |
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Challenger \Chal"len*ger\, n. One who challenges. | |
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Challenge \Chal"lenge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Challenged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Challenging}.] [OE. chalengen to accuse, claim, OF. chalengier, chalongier, to claim, accuse, dispute, fr. L. calumniar to attack with false accusations. See {Challenge}, n., and cf. {Calumniate}.] 1. To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy. I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by right of fatherhood. --Locke. 2. To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat. By this I challenge him to single fight. --Shak. 3. To claim as due; to demand as a right. Challenge better terms. --Addison. 4. To censure; to blame. [Obs.] He complained of the emperors . . . and challenged them for that he had no greater revenues . . . from them. --Holland. 5. (Mil.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with [bd]Who comes there?[b8] 6. To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation. 7. (Law) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court. 8. To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the ground that the person in not qualified as a voter. [U. S.] {To challenge to the} {array, favor, polls}. See under {Challenge}, n. | |
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Turtlehead \Tur"tle*head`\, n. (Bot.) An American perennial herb ({Chelone glabra}) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also {snakehead}, {shell flower}, and {balmony}. | |
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Sassafras \Sas"sa*fras\, n. [F. sassafras (cf. It. sassafrasso, sassafras, Sp. sasafras, salsafras, salsifrax, salsifragia, saxifragia), fr. L. saxifraga saxifrage. See {Saxifrage}.] (Bot.) An American tree of the Laurel family ({Sassafras officinale}); also, the bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell and taste. {Australian sassafras}, a lofty tree ({Doryophora Sassafras}) with aromatic bark and leaves. {Chilian sassafras}, an aromatic tree ({Laurelia sempervirens}). {New Zealand sassafras}, a similar tree ({Laurelia Nov[91] Zelandi[91]}). {Sassafras nut}. See {Pichurim bean}. {Swamp sassafras}, the sweet bay ({Magnolia glauca}). See {Magnolia}. | |
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Chilliness \Chill"i*ness\, n. 1. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness. 2. A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air. 3. Formality; lack of warmth. | |
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Chill \Chill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chilled} (ch[cc]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chilling}.] 1. To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold. When winter chilled the day. --Goldsmith. 2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage. Every thought on God chills the gayety of his spirits. --Rogers. 3. (Metal.) To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron. | |
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Chilling \Chill"ing\, a. Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner. -- {Chill"ing"ly}, adv. | |
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Chilling \Chill"ing\, a. Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner. -- {Chill"ing"ly}, adv. | |
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Chillness \Chill"ness\, n. Coolness; coldness; a chill. Death is the chillness that precedes the dawn. --Longfellow. | |
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Bur fish \Bur" fish`\ (Zo[94]l.) A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. {Chilo mycterus geometricus}) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also {ball fish}, {balloon fish}, and {swellfish}. | |
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d8Chlamys \[d8]Chla"mys\, n.; pl. E. {Chlamyses}, L. {Chlamydes}. [L., from Gr. [?].] A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks; a kind of cloak. | |
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Cholic \Chol"ic\, Cholinic \Cho*lin"ic\, a. [Gr. [?], from [?] bile.] (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the bile. {Cholic acid} (Chem.), a complex organic acid found as a natural constituent of taurocholic and glycocholic acids in the bile, and extracted as a resinous substance, convertible under the influence of ether into white crystals. | |
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Clamjamphrie \Clam*jam"phrie\, n. Low, worthless people; the rabble. [Scot.] --Jamieson. | |
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Clammy \Clam"my\, a. [Compar. {Clammier}; superl. {Clammiest}.] [Cf. AS. cl[be]m clay. See {Clam} to clog, and cf. {Clay}.] Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration. | |
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Clancular \Clan"cu*lar\, a. [L. clancularius, from clanculum secretly, adv. dim. of clam secretly.] Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed. [Obs.] Not close and clancular, but frank and open. --Barrow. | |
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Clancularly \Clan"cu*lar*ly\, adv. privately; secretly. [Obs.] | |
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Clang \Clang\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clanged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clanging}.] [L. clangere; akin to Gr. [?] to clash, scream; or perh. to E. clank.] To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound. The fierce Caretes . . . clanged their sounding arms. --Prior. | |
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Clang \Clang\, v. i. To give out a clang; to resound. [bd]Clanging hoofs.[b8] --Tennyson. | |
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Clang \Clang\, n. 1. A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic substances when clanged or struck together. The broadsword's deadly clang, As if a thousand anvils rang. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Mus.) Quality of tone. | |
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Clang \Clang\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clanged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clanging}.] [L. clangere; akin to Gr. [?] to clash, scream; or perh. to E. clank.] To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound. The fierce Caretes . . . clanged their sounding arms. --Prior. | |
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Clang \Clang\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clanged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clanging}.] [L. clangere; akin to Gr. [?] to clash, scream; or perh. to E. clank.] To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound. The fierce Caretes . . . clanged their sounding arms. --Prior. | |
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Clangor \Clan"gor\, n. [L., fr. clangere. See {Clang}, v. t.] A sharp, harsh, ringing sound. --Dryden. | |
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Clangorous \Clan"gor*ous\, a. [LL. clangorosus.] Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound. | |
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Clangous \Clan"gous\, a. Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound. [Obs.] | |
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Old \Old\, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf. {Adult}, {Alderman}, {Aliment}, {Auld}, {Elder}.] 1. Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree. Let not old age disgrace my high desire. --Sir P. Sidney. The melancholy news that we grow old. --Young. 2. Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship. [bd]An old acquaintance.[b8] --Camden. 3. Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise. [bd]The old schools of Greece.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The character of the old Ligurians.[b8] --Addison. 4. Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old. And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? --Cen. xlvii. 8. Note: In this use old regularly follows the noun that designates the age; as, she was eight years old. 5. Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice. Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old. --Milton. 6. Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to {new} land, that is, to land lately cleared. 7. Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes. 8. More than enough; abundant. [Obs.] If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have old turning the key. --Shak. 9. Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach. 10. Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly. 11. Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity. [bd]Go thy ways, old lad.[b8] --Shak. {Old age}, advanced years; the latter period of life. {Old bachelor}. See {Bachelor}, 1. {Old Catholics}. See under {Catholic}. {Old English}. See under {English}. n., 2. {Old Nick}, {Old Scratch}, the devil. {Old lady} (Zo[94]l.), a large European noctuid moth ({Mormo maura}). {Old maid}. (a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never been married; a spinster. (b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered periwinkle ({Vinca rosea}). (c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The person with whom the odd card is left is the old maid. {Old man's beard}. (Bot.) (a) The traveler's joy ({Clematis Vitalba}). So named from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit. (b) The {Tillandsia usneoides}. See {Tillandsia}. {Old man's head} (Bot.), a columnar cactus ({Pilocereus senilis}), native of Mexico, covered towards the top with long white hairs. {Old red sandstone} (Geol.), a series of red sandstone rocks situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and conglomerates. See {Sandstone}, and the Chart of {Geology}. {Old school}, a school or party belonging to a former time, or preserving the character, manner, or opinions of a former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; -- used also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians. {Old sledge}, an old and well-known game of cards, called also {all fours}, and {high, low, Jack, and the game}. {Old squaw} (Zo[94]l.), a duck ({Clangula hyemalis}) inhabiting the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is varied with black and white and is remarkable for the length of its tail. Called also {longtailed duck}, {south southerly}, {callow}, {hareld}, and {old wife}. {Old style}. (Chron.) See the Note under {Style}. {Old Testament}. See under {Testament}. {Old wife}. [In the senses b and c written also {oldwife}.] (a) A prating old woman; a gossip. Refuse profane and old wives' fables. --1 Tim. iv. 7. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream ({Cantharus lineatus}), the American alewife, etc. (c) (Zo[94]l.) A duck; the old squaw. {Old World}, the Eastern Hemisphere. Syn: Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated; old-fashioned; obsolete. See {Ancient}. | |
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Clanjamfrie \Clan*jam"frie\, n. Same as {Clamjamphrie}. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Clank \Clank\, n. [Akin to clink, and of imitative origin; cf. G. klang sound, D. klank. Cf. {Clang}.] A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink. But not in chains to pine, His spirit withered with tyeur clank. --Byron. | |
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Clank \Clank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clanked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clanking}.] To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains. | |
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Clank \Clank\, v. i. To sound with a clank. | |
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Clank \Clank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clanked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clanking}.] To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains. | |
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Clank \Clank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clanked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clanking}.] To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains. | |
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Clankless \Clank"less\, a. Without a clank. --Byreon. | |
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Clan-na-Gael \Clan"-na-Gael"\, n. [Ir., clan of the Gaels.] A secret society of Irish Fenians founded in Philadelphia in 1881. | |
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Clannish \Clan"nish\, a. Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan. -- {Clan"nish*ly}, adv. -- {Clan"nish*ness}, n. | |
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Clannish \Clan"nish\, a. Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan. -- {Clan"nish*ly}, adv. -- {Clan"nish*ness}, n. | |
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Clannish \Clan"nish\, a. Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan. -- {Clan"nish*ly}, adv. -- {Clan"nish*ness}, n. | |
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Clanship \Clan"ship\, n. A state of being united together as in a clan; an association under a chieftain. | |
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Clansman \Clans"man\, n.; pl. {Clansmen}. One belonging to the same clan with another. | |
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Clansman \Clans"man\, n.; pl. {Clansmen}. One belonging to the same clan with another. | |
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Claw \Claw\ (kl[add]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clawed} (kl[add]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clawing}.] [AS. clawan. See {Claw}, n.] 1. To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails. 2. To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court. [Obs.] Rich men they claw, soothe up, and flatter; the poor they contemn and despise. --Holland. 3. To rail at; to scold. [Obs.] In the aforesaid preamble, the king fairly claweth the great monasteries, wherein, saith he, religion, thanks be to God, is right well kept and observed; though he claweth them soon after in another acceptation. --T. Fuller {Claw me, claw thee}, stand by me and I will stand by you; -- an old proverb. --Tyndale. {To claw away}, to scold or revile. [bd]The jade Fortune is to be clawed away for it, if you should lose it.[b8] --L'Estrange. {To claw (one) on the back}, to tickle; to express approbation. (Obs.) --Chaucer. {To claw (one) on the gall}, to find fault with; to vex. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Claw \Claw\ (kl[add]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clawed} (kl[add]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clawing}.] [AS. clawan. See {Claw}, n.] 1. To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails. 2. To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court. [Obs.] Rich men they claw, soothe up, and flatter; the poor they contemn and despise. --Holland. 3. To rail at; to scold. [Obs.] In the aforesaid preamble, the king fairly claweth the great monasteries, wherein, saith he, religion, thanks be to God, is right well kept and observed; though he claweth them soon after in another acceptation. --T. Fuller {Claw me, claw thee}, stand by me and I will stand by you; -- an old proverb. --Tyndale. {To claw away}, to scold or revile. [bd]The jade Fortune is to be clawed away for it, if you should lose it.[b8] --L'Estrange. {To claw (one) on the back}, to tickle; to express approbation. (Obs.) --Chaucer. {To claw (one) on the gall}, to find fault with; to vex. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Clay \Clay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Claying}.] 1. To cover or manure with clay. 2. To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar. | |
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Clean-cut \Clean"-cut`\, a. See {Clear-cut}. | |
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Clean \Clean\, a. [Compar. {Cleaner}; superl. {Cleanest}.] [OE. clene, AS. cl[?]ne; akin to OHG. chleini pure, neat, graceful, small, G. klein small, and perh. to W. glan clean, pure, bright; all perh. from a primitive, meaning bright, shining. Cf. {Glair}.] 1. Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes. 2. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber. 3. Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence. 4. Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style. 5. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire. When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of corners of thy field. --Lev. xxiii. 22. 6. Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure. Create in me a clean heart, O God. --Ps. li. 10 That I am whole, and clean, and meet for Heaven --Tennyson. 7. (Script.) Free from ceremonial defilement. 8. Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy. [bd]Lothair is clean.[b8] --F. Harrison. 9. Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs. {A clean bill of health}, a certificate from the proper authority that a ship is free from infection. {Clean breach}. See under {Breach}, n., 4. {To make a clean breast}. See under {Breast}. | |
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Cleanness \Clean"ness\, n. [AS. cl[?]nnes. See {Clean}.] 1. The state or quality of being clean. 2. Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. --Chaucer. | |
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Cleansable \Cleans"a*ble\, a. Capable of being cleansed. --Sherwood. | |
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Cleanse \Cleanse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleansed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cleansing}.] [AS. cl[d6]nsian, fr. cl[d6]ne clean. See {Clean}.] To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean. If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin. --1 John i. 7. Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart? --Shak. | |
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Cleanse \Cleanse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleansed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cleansing}.] [AS. cl[d6]nsian, fr. cl[d6]ne clean. See {Clean}.] To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean. If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin. --1 John i. 7. Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart? --Shak. | |
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Cleanser \Cleans"er\, n. [AS. cl[aemac]nsere.] One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Cleanse \Cleanse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cleansed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cleansing}.] [AS. cl[d6]nsian, fr. cl[d6]ne clean. See {Clean}.] To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean. If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin. --1 John i. 7. Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart? --Shak. | |
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Clench \Clench\, n. & v. t. See {Clinch}. | |
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Clew \Clew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. & vb. n. {Clewing}.] [Cf. D. kluwenen. See {Clew}, n.] 1. To direct; to guide, as by a thread. [Obs.] Direct and clew me out the way to happiness. --Beau. && Fl. 2. (Naut.) To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets, clew lines, etc.; esp. to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yard. {To clew down} (Naut.), to force (a yard) down by hauling on the clew lines. {To clew up} (Naut.), to draw (a sail) up to the yard, as for furling. | |
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Cliency \Cli"en*cy\, n. State of being a client. | |
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Climacter \Cli*mac"ter\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], prop., round of a ladder, fr. [?] ladder: cf. F. climact[8a]re. See {Climax}.] See {Climacteric}, n. | |
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Climacteric \Cli*mac"ter*ic\ (? [or] ?; 277), a. [L. climactericus, Gr. [?]. See {Climacter}.] Relating to a climacteric; critical. | |
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Climacteric \Cli*mac"ter*ic\, n. 1. A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical periods are thought by some to be the years produced by multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to which others add the 81st year. 2. Any critical period. It is your lot, as it was mine, to live during one of the grand climacterics of the world. --Southey. {Grand} [or] {Great climacteric}, the sixty-third year of human life. I should hardly yield my rigid fibers to be regenerated by them; nor begin, in my grand climacteric, to squall in their new accents, or to stammer, in my second cradle, the elemental sounds of their barbarous metaphysics. --Burke. | |
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Climacterical \Clim`ac*ter"ic*al\, a. & n. See {Climacteric}. --Evelyn. | |
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Climactic \Cli*mac"tic\, a. Of or pertaining to a climax; forming, or of the nature of, a climax, or ascending series. A fourth kind of parallelism . . . is still sufficiently marked to be noticed by the side of those described by Lowth, viz., climactic parallelism (sometimes called [bd]ascending rhythm[b8]). --S. R. Driver. | |
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Climax \Cli"max\, n. [L., from Gr. [?] ladder, staircase, fr. [?] to make to bend, to lean. See {Ladder}, {Lean}, v. i.] 1. Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent. --Glanvill. 2. (Rhet.) A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness. [bd]Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience, and experience hope[b8] -- a happy climax. --J. D. Forbes. 3. The highest point; the greatest degree. We must look higher for the climax of earthly good. --I. Taylor. | |
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Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[icr]nch), n. 1. The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch. 2. A pun. --Pope. 3. (Naut.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts. | |
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Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[icr]nch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clinched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinching}.] [OE. clenchen, prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D. klinken to tinkle, rivet. See {Clink}.] 1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. [bd]Clinch the pointed spear.[b8] --Dryden. 2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first. --Swift. 3. To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail. 4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument. --South. | |
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Clinch \Clinch\, v. i. To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another. | |
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Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[icr]nch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clinched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinching}.] [OE. clenchen, prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D. klinken to tinkle, rivet. See {Clink}.] 1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. [bd]Clinch the pointed spear.[b8] --Dryden. 2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first. --Swift. 3. To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail. 4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument. --South. | |
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Clincher \Clinch"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast. --Pope. 2. That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument. | |
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Clincher-built \Clinch"er-built\, a. See {Clinker-built}. | |
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Clinch \Clinch\ (kl[icr]nch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clinched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinching}.] [OE. clenchen, prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D. klinken to tinkle, rivet. See {Clink}.] 1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. [bd]Clinch the pointed spear.[b8] --Dryden. 2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first. --Swift. 3. To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail. 4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument. --South. | |
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Cling \Cling\ (kl[icr]ng), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clung} (kl[ucr]ng), {Clong} (kl[ocr]ng), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinging}.] [AS. clingan to adhere, to wither; akin to Dan. klynge to cluster, crowd. Cf. {Clump}.] To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together. And what hath life for thee That thou shouldst cling to it thus? --Mrs. Hemans. | |
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Cling \Cling\, v. t. 1. To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing. [Obs.] I clung legs as close to his side as I could. --Swift. 2. To make to dry up or wither. [Obs.] If thou speak'st false, Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive, Till famine cling thee. --Shak. | |
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Cling \Cling\, n. Adherence; attachment; devotion. [R.] A more tenacious cling to worldly respects. --Milton. | |
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Cling \Cling\ (kl[icr]ng), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clung} (kl[ucr]ng), {Clong} (kl[ocr]ng), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinging}.] [AS. clingan to adhere, to wither; akin to Dan. klynge to cluster, crowd. Cf. {Clump}.] To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together. And what hath life for thee That thou shouldst cling to it thus? --Mrs. Hemans. | |
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Clingstone \Cling"stone`\, a. Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in some kinds of peaches. -- n. A fruit, as a peach, whose flesh adheres to the stone. | |
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Clingy \Cling"y\, a. Apt to cling; adhesive. [R.] | |
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Clinic \Clin"ic\, n. [See {Clinical}.] 1. One confined to the bed by sickness. 2. (Eccl.) One who receives baptism on a sick bed. [Obs.] --Hook. 3. (Med.) A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils. | |
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Clinical \Clin"ic*al\, Clinic \Clin"ic\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] bed, fr. [?] to lean, recline: cf. F. clinique. See {Lean}, v. i.] 1. Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed. 2. Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease in the living subject. | |
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Clinical \Clin"ic*al\, Clinic \Clin"ic\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] bed, fr. [?] to lean, recline: cf. F. clinique. See {Lean}, v. i.] 1. Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed. 2. Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease in the living subject. | |
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{Clinical baptism}, baptism administered to a person on a sick bed. {Clinical instruction}, instruction by means of clinics. {Clinical lecture} (Med.), a discourse upon medical topics illustrated by the exhibition and examination of living patients. {Clinical medicine}, {Clinical surgery}, that part of medicine or surgery which is occupied with the investigation of disease in the living subject. | |
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{Clinical baptism}, baptism administered to a person on a sick bed. {Clinical instruction}, instruction by means of clinics. {Clinical lecture} (Med.), a discourse upon medical topics illustrated by the exhibition and examination of living patients. {Clinical medicine}, {Clinical surgery}, that part of medicine or surgery which is occupied with the investigation of disease in the living subject. | |
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{Clinical baptism}, baptism administered to a person on a sick bed. {Clinical instruction}, instruction by means of clinics. {Clinical lecture} (Med.), a discourse upon medical topics illustrated by the exhibition and examination of living patients. {Clinical medicine}, {Clinical surgery}, that part of medicine or surgery which is occupied with the investigation of disease in the living subject. | |
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{Clinical baptism}, baptism administered to a person on a sick bed. {Clinical instruction}, instruction by means of clinics. {Clinical lecture} (Med.), a discourse upon medical topics illustrated by the exhibition and examination of living patients. {Clinical medicine}, {Clinical surgery}, that part of medicine or surgery which is occupied with the investigation of disease in the living subject. | |
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{Clinical baptism}, baptism administered to a person on a sick bed. {Clinical instruction}, instruction by means of clinics. {Clinical lecture} (Med.), a discourse upon medical topics illustrated by the exhibition and examination of living patients. {Clinical medicine}, {Clinical surgery}, that part of medicine or surgery which is occupied with the investigation of disease in the living subject. | |
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Clinically \Clin"ic*al*ly\, adv. In a clinical manner. | |
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Clink \Clink\, n. A prison cell; a lockup; -- probably orig. the name of the noted prison in Southwark, England. [Colloq.] [bd]I'm here in the clink.[b8] --Kipling. | |
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Clink \Clink\ (kl[icr][nsm]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clinked} (kl[icr][nsm]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinking}.] [OE. clinken; akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. {Clank}, {Clench}, {Click}, v. i.] To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together. And let me the canakin clink. --Shak. | |
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Clink \Clink\ (kl[icr][nsm]k), v. i. 1. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. [bd]The clinking latch.[b8] --Tennyson. 2. To rhyme. [Humorous]. --Cowper. | |
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Clink \Clink\, n. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies. [bd]Clink and fall of swords.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Clinkant \Clin"kant\ (kl[icr][nsm]"k[ait]nt), a. See {Clinquant}. | |
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Clink \Clink\ (kl[icr][nsm]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clinked} (kl[icr][nsm]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinking}.] [OE. clinken; akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. {Clank}, {Clench}, {Click}, v. i.] To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together. And let me the canakin clink. --Shak. | |
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Clinker \Clink"er\ (kl[icr][nsm]k"[etil]r), n. [From clink; cf. D. clinker a brick which is so hard that it makes a sonorous sound, from clinken to clink. Cf. {Clinkstone}.] 1. A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln. 2. Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag. 3. A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging. 4. A kind of brick. See {Dutch clinker}, under {Dutch}. | |
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Clinker-built \Clink"er-built\, a. (Naut.) Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See {Lapstreak}. | |
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Clink \Clink\ (kl[icr][nsm]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clinked} (kl[icr][nsm]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinking}.] [OE. clinken; akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. {Clank}, {Clench}, {Click}, v. i.] To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together. And let me the canakin clink. --Shak. | |
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Phonolite \Pho"no*lite\, n. [Phono- + -lite: cf. F. phonolithe.] (Min.) A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite, ha[81]ynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck; -- called also {clinkstone}. | |
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Clinkstone \Clink"stone`\ (?; 110), n. [Clink + stone; -- from its sonorousness.] (Min.) An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See {Phonolite}. | |
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Phonolite \Pho"no*lite\, n. [Phono- + -lite: cf. F. phonolithe.] (Min.) A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite, ha[81]ynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck; -- called also {clinkstone}. | |
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Clinkstone \Clink"stone`\ (?; 110), n. [Clink + stone; -- from its sonorousness.] (Min.) An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See {Phonolite}. | |
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Ripidolite \Ri*pid"o*lite\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?]. [?][?][?]. fan + -lite.] (Min.) A translucent mineral of a green color and micaceous structure, belonging to the chlorite group; a hydrous silicate of alumina, magnesia, and iron; -- called also {clinochlore}. | |
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Clinographic \Cli"no*graph"ic\, a. [Gr. kli`nein to incline + -graph.] Pertaining to that mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection. | |
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Clinostat \Cli"no*stat\, n. [Gr. [?] to incline + [?] to make to stand.] (Bot.) An apparatus consisting of a slowly revolving disk, usually regulated by clockwork, by means of wich the action of external agents, as light and gravity, on growing plants may be regulated or eliminated. | |
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Clinquant \Clin"quant\, a. [F.] Glittering; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Clinquant \Clin"quant\, n. Tinsel; Dutch gold. | |
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Cling \Cling\ (kl[icr]ng), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clung} (kl[ucr]ng), {Clong} (kl[ocr]ng), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinging}.] [AS. clingan to adhere, to wither; akin to Dan. klynge to cluster, crowd. Cf. {Clump}.] To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together. And what hath life for thee That thou shouldst cling to it thus? --Mrs. Hemans. | |
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Clong \Clong\, imp. of {Cling}. [Obs.] | |
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Clonic \Clon"ic\, a. [Gr. klo`nos a violent, confused motion; cf. F. clonique.] (Med.) Having an irregular, convulsive motion. --Dunglison. {Clonic spasm}. (Med.) See under {Spasm}. | |
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Clonic \Clon"ic\, a. [Gr. klo`nos a violent, confused motion; cf. F. clonique.] (Med.) Having an irregular, convulsive motion. --Dunglison. {Clonic spasm}. (Med.) See under {Spasm}. | |
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Clownage \Clown"age\, n. Behavior or manners of a clown; clownery. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Clownish \Clown"ish\, a. Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward. [bd]Clownish hands.[b8] --Spenser. [bd]Clownish mimic.[b8] --Prior. -- {Clown"ish*ly}, adv. Syn: Coarse; rough; clumsy; awkward; ungainly; rude; uncivil; ill-bred; boorish; rustic; untutored. | |
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Clownish \Clown"ish\, a. Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward. [bd]Clownish hands.[b8] --Spenser. [bd]Clownish mimic.[b8] --Prior. -- {Clown"ish*ly}, adv. Syn: Coarse; rough; clumsy; awkward; ungainly; rude; uncivil; ill-bred; boorish; rustic; untutored. | |
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Clownishness \Clown"ish*ness\, n. The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior. That plainness which the alamode people call clownishness. --Locke. | |
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Cloy \Cloy\ (kloi), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cloyed} (kloid); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cloying}.] [OE. cloer to nail up, F. clouer, fr. OF. clo nail, F. clou, fr. L. clavus nail. Cf. 3d {Clove}.] 1. To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog. [Obs.] The duke's purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by sinking ships, laden with stones. --Speed. 2. To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill to loathing; to surfeit. [Who can] cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast? --Shak. He sometimes cloys his readers instead of satisfying. --Dryden. 3. To penetrate or pierce; to wound. Which, with his cruel tusk, him deadly cloyed. --Spenser. He never shod horse but he cloyed him. --Bacon. 4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] --Johnson. 5. To stroke with a claw. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Clumsy \Clum"sy\, a. [Compar. {Clumsier}; superl. {Clumsiest}.] [OE. clumsed benumbed, fr. clumsen to be benumbed; cf. Icel. klumsa lockjaw, dial. Sw. klummsen benumbed with cold. Cf. 1st {Clam}, and 1st {Clamp}.] 1. Stiff or benumbed, as with cold. [Obs.] 2. Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse. But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed. --Dryden. Syn: See {Awkward}. | |
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Clumsy \Clum"sy\, a. [Compar. {Clumsier}; superl. {Clumsiest}.] [OE. clumsed benumbed, fr. clumsen to be benumbed; cf. Icel. klumsa lockjaw, dial. Sw. klummsen benumbed with cold. Cf. 1st {Clam}, and 1st {Clamp}.] 1. Stiff or benumbed, as with cold. [Obs.] 2. Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse. But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed. --Dryden. Syn: See {Awkward}. | |
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Clumsily \Clum"si*ly\, adv. In a clumsy manner; awkwardly; as, to walk clumsily. | |
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Clumsiness \Clum"si*ness\, n. The quality of being clumsy. The drudging part of life is chiefly owing to clumsiness and ignorance. --Collier. | |
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Clumsy \Clum"sy\, a. [Compar. {Clumsier}; superl. {Clumsiest}.] [OE. clumsed benumbed, fr. clumsen to be benumbed; cf. Icel. klumsa lockjaw, dial. Sw. klummsen benumbed with cold. Cf. 1st {Clam}, and 1st {Clamp}.] 1. Stiff or benumbed, as with cold. [Obs.] 2. Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse. But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed. --Dryden. Syn: See {Awkward}. | |
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Clunch \Clunch\, n. [Perh. fr. clinch to make fast] 1. (Mining) Indurated clay. See {Bind}, n., 3. 2. One of the hard beds of the lower chalk. --Dana. | |
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Cling \Cling\ (kl[icr]ng), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clung} (kl[ucr]ng), {Clong} (kl[ocr]ng), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clinging}.] [AS. clingan to adhere, to wither; akin to Dan. klynge to cluster, crowd. Cf. {Clump}.] To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together. And what hath life for thee That thou shouldst cling to it thus? --Mrs. Hemans. | |
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Clung \Clung\, imp. & p. p. of {Cling}. | |
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Clung \Clung\, a. [Prop. p. p. fr. OE. clingen to wither. See {Cling}, v. i.] Wasted away; shrunken. [Obs.] | |
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Cluniac \Clu"ni*ac\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine Order, founded in 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France. -- Also used as a. | |
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Cluniacensian \Clu`ni*a*cen"sian\, a. Cluniac. | |
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Coal \Coal\, n. [AS. col; akin to D. kool, OHG. chol, cholo, G. kohle, Icel. kol, pl., Sw. kol, Dan. kul; cf. Skr. jval to burn. Cf. {Kiln}, {Collier}.] 1. A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal. 2. (Min.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter. Note: This word is often used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, coal-black; coal formation; coal scuttle; coal ship. etc. Note: In England the plural coals is used, for the broken mineral coal burned in grates, etc.; as, to put coals on the fire. In the United States the singular in a collective sense is the customary usage; as, a hod of coal. {Age of coal plants}. See {Age of Acrogens}, under {Acrogen}. {Anthracite} or {Glance coal}. See {Anthracite}. {Bituminous coal}. See under {Bituminous}. {Blind coal}. See under {Blind}. {Brown coal}, [or] {Lignite}. See {Lignite}. {Caking coal}, a bituminous coal, which softens and becomes pasty or semi-viscid when heated. On increasing the heat, the volatile products are driven off, and a coherent, grayish black, cellular mass of coke is left. {Cannel coal}, a very compact bituminous coal, of fine texture and dull luster. See {Cannel coal}. {Coal bed} (Geol.), a layer or stratum of mineral coal. {Coal breaker}, a structure including machines and machinery adapted for crushing, cleansing, and assorting coal. {Coal field} (Geol.), a region in which deposits of coal occur. Such regions have often a basinlike structure, and are hence called {coal basins}. See {Basin}. {Coal gas}, a variety of carbureted hydrogen, procured from bituminous coal, used in lighting streets, houses, etc., and for cooking and heating. {Coal heaver}, a man employed in carrying coal, and esp. in putting it in, and discharging it from, ships. {Coal measures}. (Geol.) (a) Strata of coal with the attendant rocks. (b) A subdivision of the carboniferous formation, between the millstone grit below and the Permian formation above, and including nearly all the workable coal beds of the world. {Coal oil}, a general name for mineral oils; petroleum. {Coal plant} (Geol.), one of the remains or impressions of plants found in the strata of the coal formation. {Coal tar}. See in the Vocabulary. {To haul over the coals}, to call to account; to scold or censure. [Colloq.] {Wood coal}. See {Lignite}. | |
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Coal \Coal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coaled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coaling}.] 1. To burn to charcoal; to char. [R.] Charcoal of roots, coaled into great pieces. --Bacon. 2. To mark or delineate with charcoal. --Camden. 3. To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer. | |
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Coalmouse \Coal"mouse`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small species of titmouse, with a black head; the coletit. | |
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Coletit \Cole"tit`\ or Coaltit \Coal"tit\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small European titmouse ({Parus ater}), so named from its black color; -- called also {coalmouse} and {colemouse}. | |
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Coalmouse \Coal"mouse`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small species of titmouse, with a black head; the coletit. | |
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Coletit \Cole"tit`\ or Coaltit \Coal"tit\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small European titmouse ({Parus ater}), so named from its black color; -- called also {coalmouse} and {colemouse}. | |
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Coil \Coil\ (koil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coiled} (koild); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coiling}.] [OF. coillir, F. cueillir, to collect, gather together, L. coligere; col- + legere to gather. See {Legend}, and cf. {Cull}, v. t., {Collect}.] 1. To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing. 2. To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils. [Obs. or R.] --T. Edwards. | |
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Colemouse \Cole"mouse`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Coletit}. | |
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Coletit \Cole"tit`\ or Coaltit \Coal"tit\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small European titmouse ({Parus ater}), so named from its black color; -- called also {coalmouse} and {colemouse}. | |
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Colemouse \Cole"mouse`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Coletit}. | |
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Coletit \Cole"tit`\ or Coaltit \Coal"tit\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small European titmouse ({Parus ater}), so named from its black color; -- called also {coalmouse} and {colemouse}. | |
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Bobwhite \Bob"white`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The common quail of North America ({Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus}); -- so called from its note. | |
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Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the family {Perdicid[91]}, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer. Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species. 2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.] Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[91]}); and the California partridge ({Callipepla Californica}). 3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.] {Bamboo partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a spurred partridge of the genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China and the East Indies. {Night partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.] {Painted partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a francolin of South Africa ({Francolinus pictus}). {Partridge berry}. (Bot.) (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant ({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[91]}, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself. (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria procumbens}); also, the plant itself. {Partridge dove} (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under {Mountain}. {Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. {Partridge shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large marine univalve shell ({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of the partridge. {Partridge wood} (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}. Called also {pheasant wood}. (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles. {Sea partridge} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note. {Snow partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia. {Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}. {Wood partridge}, [or] {Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}. | |
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Colling \Coll"ing\, n. [From {Coll}, v. t.] An embrace; dalliance. [Obs.] --Halliwell. | |
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Collingly \Coll"ing*ly\, adv. With embraces. [Obs.] --Gascoigne. | |
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Collingual \Col*lin"gual\, a. Having, or pertaining to, the same language. | |
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Stoneroot \Stone"root`\, n. (Bot.) A North American plant ({Collinsonia Canadensis}) having a very hard root; horse balm. See {Horse balm}, under {Horse}. | |
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3. Mounted soldiery; cavalry; -- used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; -- distinguished from foot. The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five thousand horse and foot. --Bacon. 4. A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc. 5. A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment. 6. Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby. 7. (Mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance. 8. (Naut.) (a) See {Footrope}, a. (b) A breastband for a leadsman. (c) An iron bar for a sheet traveler to slide upon. (d) A jackstay. --W. C. Russell. --Totten. Note: Horse is much used adjectively and in composition to signify of, or having to do with, a horse or horses, like a horse, etc.; as, horse collar, horse dealer or horse[?]dealer, horsehoe, horse jockey; and hence, often in the sense of strong, loud, coarse, etc.; as, horselaugh, horse nettle or horse-nettle, horseplay, horse ant, etc. {Black horse}, {Blood horse}, etc. See under {Black}, etc. {Horse aloes}, caballine aloes. {Horse ant} (Zo[94]l.), a large ant ({Formica rufa}); -- called also {horse emmet}. {Horse artillery}, that portion of the artillery in which the cannoneers are mounted, and which usually serves with the cavalry; flying artillery. {Horse balm} (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant ({Collinsonia Canadensis}), having large leaves and yellowish flowers. {Horse bean} (Bot.), a variety of the English or Windsor bean ({Faba vulgaris}), grown for feeding horses. {Horse boat}, a boat for conveying horses and cattle, or a boat propelled by horses. {Horse bot}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Botfly}, and {Bots}. {Horse box}, a railroad car for transporting valuable horses, as hunters. [Eng.] {Horse} {breaker [or] trainer}, one employed in subduing or training horses for use. {Horse car}. (a) A railroad car drawn by horses. See under {Car}. (b) A car fitted for transporting horses. {Horse cassia} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Cassia Javanica}), bearing long pods, which contain a black, catharic pulp, much used in the East Indies as a horse medicine. {Horse cloth}, a cloth to cover a horse. {Horse conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large, spiral, marine shell of the genus Triton. See {Triton}. {Horse courser}. (a) One that runs horses, or keeps horses for racing. --Johnson. (b) A dealer in horses. [Obs.] --Wiseman. {Horse crab} (Zo[94]l.), the Limulus; -- called also {horsefoot}, {horsehoe crab}, and {king crab}. {Horse crevall[82]} (Zo[94]l.), the cavally. | |
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Colly \Col"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Collied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Collying}.] To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime. [Archaic.] Thou hast not collied thy face enough. --B. Jonson. Brief as the lighting in the collied night. --Shak. | |
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Colonical \Co*lon"i*cal\, a. [L. colonus husbandman.] Of or pertaining to husbandmen. [Obs.] | |
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Colony \Col"o*ny\, n.; pl. {Colonies}. [L. colonia, fr. colonus farmer, fr. colere to cultivate, dwell: cf. F. colonie. Cf. {Culture}.] 1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America. The first settlers of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony formed of better materials. --Ames. 2. The district or country colonized; a settlement. 3. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris. 4. (Nat. Hist.) A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range. | |
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Colonist \Col"o*nist\, n. A member or inhabitant of a colony. | |
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Colonization \Col`o*ni*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. colonisation.] The act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies. The wide continent of America invited colonization. --Bancroft. | |
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Colonizationist \Col`o*ni*za"tion*ist\, n. A friend to colonization, esp. (U. S. Hist) to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States. | |
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Colonize \Col"o*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Colonized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Colonizing}.] [Cf. F. coloniser.] To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. --Bacon. They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants. --Howell. | |
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Colonize \Col"o*nize\, v. i. To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. --C. Buchanan. | |
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Colonize \Col"o*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Colonized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Colonizing}.] [Cf. F. coloniser.] To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. --Bacon. They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants. --Howell. | |
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Colonizer \Col"o*ni`zer\, n. One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist. --Bancroft. | |
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Colonize \Col"o*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Colonized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Colonizing}.] [Cf. F. coloniser.] To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. --Bacon. They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants. --Howell. | |
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Cool \Cool\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cooled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cooling}.] 1. To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water. Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. --Luke xvi. 24. 2. To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate. We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts. --Shak. {To cool the heels}, to dance attendance; to wait, as for admission to a patron's house. [Colloq.] --Dryden. | |
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Cooling \Cool"ing\, p.a. Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. [bd]The cooling brook.[b8] --Goldsmith. {Cooling card}, something that dashes hopes. [Obs.] {Cooling time} (Law), such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances of the case in view, to produce a subsiding of passion previously provoked. --Wharton. | |
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Cooling \Cool"ing\, p.a. Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. [bd]The cooling brook.[b8] --Goldsmith. {Cooling card}, something that dashes hopes. [Obs.] {Cooling time} (Law), such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances of the case in view, to produce a subsiding of passion previously provoked. --Wharton. | |
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Cooling \Cool"ing\, p.a. Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. [bd]The cooling brook.[b8] --Goldsmith. {Cooling card}, something that dashes hopes. [Obs.] {Cooling time} (Law), such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances of the case in view, to produce a subsiding of passion previously provoked. --Wharton. | |
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Coolness \Cool"ness\, n. 1. The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness. 2. Calm impudence; self-possession. [Colloq.] | |
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Coolung \Coo"lung\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The great gray crane of India ({Grus cinerea}). [Also written {coolen} and {cullum}.] | |
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Culling \Cull"ing\ (k?l"?ng), n. 1. The act of one who culls. 2. pl. Anything separated or selected from a mass. | |
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Cull \Cull\ (k?l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Culled} (k?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Culling}.] [OE. cullen, OF. cuillir, coillir, F. cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See {Coil}, v. t., and cf. {Collect}.] To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers. From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. --Dryden. Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. --Tennyson. | |
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Calamus, IA (city, FIPS 9820) Location: 41.82665 N, 90.75967 W Population (1990): 379 (170 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 52729 | |
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Calhoun City, MS (town, FIPS 10580) Location: 33.85932 N, 89.31456 W Population (1990): 1838 (781 housing units) Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38916 | |
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Calhoun County, AL (county, FIPS 15) Location: 33.77455 N, 85.82562 W Population (1990): 116034 (46753 housing units) Area: 1576.0 sq km (land), 10.0 sq km (water) Calhoun County, AR (county, FIPS 13) Location: 33.55415 N, 92.49714 W Population (1990): 5826 (2437 housing units) Area: 1627.4 sq km (land), 11.0 sq km (water) Calhoun County, FL (county, FIPS 13) Location: 30.41018 N, 85.19740 W Population (1990): 11011 (4468 housing units) Area: 1469.5 sq km (land), 18.1 sq km (water) Calhoun County, GA (county, FIPS 37) Location: 31.52792 N, 84.61891 W Population (1990): 5013 (2061 housing units) Area: 725.7 sq km (land), 8.8 sq km (water) Calhoun County, IA (county, FIPS 25) Location: 42.38771 N, 94.63720 W Population (1990): 11508 (5362 housing units) Area: 1476.8 sq km (land), 5.5 sq km (water) Calhoun County, IL (county, FIPS 13) Location: 39.16479 N, 90.66735 W Population (1990): 5322 (2951 housing units) Area: 657.5 sq km (land), 77.3 sq km (water) Calhoun County, MI (county, FIPS 25) Location: 42.25270 N, 85.00302 W Population (1990): 135982 (55619 housing units) Area: 1836.0 sq km (land), 24.9 sq km (water) Calhoun County, MS (county, FIPS 13) Location: 33.93578 N, 89.33688 W Population (1990): 14908 (6260 housing units) Area: 1519.2 sq km (land), 3.7 sq km (water) Calhoun County, SC (county, FIPS 17) Location: 33.67472 N, 80.78091 W Population (1990): 12753 (5225 housing units) Area: 985.0 sq km (land), 31.2 sq km (water) Calhoun County, TX (county, FIPS 57) Location: 28.43618 N, 96.60518 W Population (1990): 19053 (9559 housing units) Area: 1327.0 sq km (land), 1346.5 sq km (water) Calhoun County, WV (county, FIPS 13) Location: 38.84370 N, 81.11771 W Population (1990): 7885 (3446 housing units) Area: 726.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Calimesa, CA (CDP, FIPS 9864) Location: 33.99590 N, 117.04515 W Population (1990): 4647 (1959 housing units) Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 92320 | |
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Callahan County, TX (county, FIPS 59) Location: 32.29167 N, 99.37111 W Population (1990): 11859 (5503 housing units) Area: 2327.6 sq km (land), 6.8 sq km (water) | |
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Callensburg, PA (borough, FIPS 10792) Location: 41.12565 N, 79.55853 W Population (1990): 205 (91 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16213 | |
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Chalan Kanoa, MP (CDP, FIPS 11800) Location: 15.14624 N, 145.70413 E Population (1990): 2549 (499 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
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Challenge-Brownsville, CA (CDP, FIPS 12612) Location: 39.46151 N, 121.25894 W Population (1990): 1096 (526 housing units) Area: 25.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chelan County, WA (county, FIPS 7) Location: 47.87696 N, 120.64136 W Population (1990): 52250 (25048 housing units) Area: 7567.0 sq km (land), 187.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chelmsford, MA (CDP, FIPS 13100) Location: 42.59986 N, 71.36767 W Population (1990): 32388 (11817 housing units) Area: 58.7 sq km (land), 1.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Clam Gulch, AK (CDP, FIPS 15320) Location: 60.22467 N, 151.40213 W Population (1990): 79 (56 housing units) Area: 13.8 sq km (land), 13.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99568 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Clemson, SC (city, FIPS 14950) Location: 34.68402 N, 82.81285 W Population (1990): 11096 (4850 housing units) Area: 18.5 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29631 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Climax, CO Zip code(s): 80429 Climax, GA (city, FIPS 16908) Location: 30.87562 N, 84.43125 W Population (1990): 226 (103 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31734 Climax, KS (city, FIPS 14275) Location: 37.71928 N, 96.22356 W Population (1990): 57 (34 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67137 Climax, KY Zip code(s): 40456 Climax, MI (village, FIPS 16440) Location: 42.23945 N, 85.33703 W Population (1990): 677 (229 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49034 Climax, MN (city, FIPS 11962) Location: 47.60679 N, 96.81227 W Population (1990): 264 (120 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Climax, NC Zip code(s): 27233 Climax, NY Zip code(s): 12042 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Climax Springs, MO (village, FIPS 14914) Location: 38.10159 N, 93.05166 W Population (1990): 91 (44 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65324 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Clinch County, GA (county, FIPS 65) Location: 30.91758 N, 82.70284 W Population (1990): 6160 (2423 housing units) Area: 2096.2 sq km (land), 38.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Clinchco, VA Zip code(s): 24226 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Clinchport, VA (town, FIPS 17536) Location: 36.67925 N, 82.74497 W Population (1990): 67 (29 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24244 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Coalinga, CA (city, FIPS 14274) Location: 36.14245 N, 120.35460 W Population (1990): 8212 (3223 housing units) Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 93210 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Collin County, TX (county, FIPS 85) Location: 33.18460 N, 96.57764 W Population (1990): 264036 (103827 housing units) Area: 2195.6 sq km (land), 98.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Collingdale, PA (borough, FIPS 15232) Location: 39.91450 N, 75.27741 W Population (1990): 9175 (3483 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19023 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Collings Lakes, NJ (CDP, FIPS 14230) Location: 39.59472 N, 74.88316 W Population (1990): 2046 (623 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Collingswood, NJ (borough, FIPS 14260) Location: 39.91615 N, 75.07504 W Population (1990): 15289 (6734 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08108 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Collingsworth County, TX (county, FIPS 87) Location: 34.96715 N, 100.26964 W Population (1990): 3573 (1952 housing units) Area: 2379.8 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Collins, GA (city, FIPS 17832) Location: 32.17915 N, 82.11095 W Population (1990): 528 (275 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30421 Collins, IA (city, FIPS 15195) Location: 41.90246 N, 93.30543 W Population (1990): 455 (207 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50055 Collins, MO (village, FIPS 15562) Location: 37.89011 N, 93.62077 W Population (1990): 144 (83 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64738 Collins, MS (city, FIPS 15140) Location: 31.63775 N, 89.55785 W Population (1990): 2541 (989 housing units) Area: 16.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39428 Collins, NY Zip code(s): 14034 Collins, OH Zip code(s): 44826 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Collinston, LA (village, FIPS 16655) Location: 32.68882 N, 91.87150 W Population (1990): 375 (128 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71229 Collinston, UT Zip code(s): 84306 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Collinsville, AL (town, FIPS 16600) Location: 34.26655 N, 85.86304 W Population (1990): 1429 (571 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35961 Collinsville, CT (CDP, FIPS 16120) Location: 41.81922 N, 72.92300 W Population (1990): 2591 (1075 housing units) Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 06022 Collinsville, IL (city, FIPS 15599) Location: 38.67840 N, 89.99727 W Population (1990): 22446 (9700 housing units) Area: 29.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62234 Collinsville, MS (CDP, FIPS 15180) Location: 32.49441 N, 88.84250 W Population (1990): 1364 (559 housing units) Area: 39.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39325 Collinsville, OK (city, FIPS 16350) Location: 36.37827 N, 95.85502 W Population (1990): 3612 (1542 housing units) Area: 12.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74021 Collinsville, TX (town, FIPS 16036) Location: 33.55966 N, 96.91000 W Population (1990): 1033 (421 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76233 Collinsville, VA (CDP, FIPS 18352) Location: 36.72479 N, 79.91195 W Population (1990): 7280 (3292 housing units) Area: 18.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 24078 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Colmesneil, TX (city, FIPS 16048) Location: 30.90901 N, 94.42307 W Population (1990): 569 (256 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cowlington, OK (town, FIPS 17850) Location: 35.27645 N, 94.72807 W Population (1990): 756 (334 housing units) Area: 113.9 sq km (land), 5.3 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
C Language Integrated Production System {JSC} in Houston, Texas, for developing {expert system}s, with the inferencing and representation capabilities of {OPS5} and support for {forward chaining} rule-based, {object-oriented} and {procedural} programming. CLIPS has a {Lisp}-like {syntax}. It is available for {MS-DOS} and comes with source code in {C}. COSMIC, U Georgia, (404) 542-3265. Austin Code Works Versions include CLIPS 5.1, CLIPS/Ada 4.3 and CLIPS6.0 (see {PCLIPS}). {Home (http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/~clips/CLIPS.html)}. E-mail: Telnet: cosmic.uga.edu, user: cosline. {U. Michigan (ftp://earth.rs.itd.umich.edu/mac.bin/etc/compsci/Clips/)}, {ENSMP, France (ftp://ftp.ensmp.fr/pub/clips/)}. ["Expert Systems: Principles and Programming", Joseph Giarratano and Gary Riley, PWS Publ 1994, ISBN 0-534-93744-6]. (1994-12-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Call Unix terminal} utility. cu allows a user on one computer to log in to another connected via {Ethernet}, direct {serial line} or {modem}. It shares some configuration files with {UUCP} in order to be able to use the same connections without conflict. {Unix manual page}: cu(1). (1997-12-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
calling convention or function call. Different programming languages may require arguments to be pushed onto a {stack} or entered in {registers} in left-to-right or right-to left order, and either the caller or the callee can be responsible for removing the arguments. The calling convention also determines if a variable number of arguments is allowed. (1995-11-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Cellang See {Cellular}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol {authentication} scheme used by {PPP} servers to validate the identity of the originator of the connection upon connection or any time later. CHAP applies a three-way {handshaking} procedure. After the link is established, the server sends a "challenge" message to the originator. The originator responds with a value calculated using a {one-way hash function}. The server checks the response against its own calculation of the expected hash value. If the values match, the authentication is acknowledged; otherwise the connection is usually terminated. CHAP provides protection against {playback} attack through the use of an incrementally changing identifier and a variable challenge value. The authentication can be repeated any time while the connection is open limiting the time of exposure to any single attack, and the server is in control of the frequency and timing of the challenges. As a result, CHAP provides greater security then {PAP}. CHAP is defined in {RFC} 1334. (1996-03-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
COLINGO Compile On-LINe and GO. An english-like query system from {MITRE Corporation}. for the {IBM 1401}. ["The COLINGO System Design Philosophy", Information System Sciences, Proc Second Congress, 1965]. [Sammet 1969, p. 664]. (1995-01-04) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Calamus the Latin for cane, Hebrew _Kaneh_, mentioned (Ex. 30:23) as one of the ingredients in the holy anointing oil, one of the sweet scents (Cant. 4:14), and among the articles sold in the markets of Tyre (Ezek. 27:19). The word designates an Oriental plant called the "sweet flag," the Acorus calamus of Linnaeus. It is elsewhere called "sweet cane" (Isa. 43:24; Jer. 6:20). It has an aromatic smell, and when its knotted stalk is cut and dried and reduced to powder, it forms an ingredient in the most precious perfumes. It was not a native of Palestine, but was imported from Arabia Felix or from India. It was probably that which is now known in India by the name of "lemon grass" or "ginger grass," the Andropogon schoenanthus. (See {CANE}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Calling a profession, or as we usually say, a vocation (1 Cor. 7:20). The "hope of your calling" in Eph. 4:4 is the hope resulting from your being called into the kingdom of God. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ceiling the covering (1 Kings 7:3,7) of the inside roof and walls of a house with planks of wood (2 Chr. 3:5; Jer. 22:14). Ceilings were sometimes adorned with various ornaments in stucco, gold, silver, gems, and ivory. The ceilings of the temple and of Solomon's palace are described 1 Kings 6:9, 15; 7:3; 2 Chr. 3:5,9. |