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Ribbon \Rib"bon\, n. [OE. riban, OF. riban, F. ruban, probably of German origin; cf. D. ringband collar, necklace, E. ring circle, and band.] [Written also {riband}, {ribband}.] 1. A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes. 2. A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons. 3. (Shipbuilding) Same as {Rib-band}. 4. pl. Driving reins. [Cant] --London Athen[91]um. 5. (Her.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide. 6. (Spinning) A silver. Note: The blue ribbon, and The red ribbon, are phrases often used to designate the British orders of the Garter and of the Bath, respectively, the badges of which are suspended by ribbons of these colors. See {Blue ribbon}, under {Blue}. {Ribbon fish}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any elongated, compressed, ribbon-shaped marine fish of the family {Trachypterid[91]}, especially the species of the genus {Trachypterus}, and the oarfish ({Regelecus Banksii}) of the North Atlantic, which is sometimes over twenty feet long. (b) The hairtail, or bladefish. (c) A small compressed marine fish of the genus {Cepola}, having a long, slender, tapering tail. The European species ({C. rubescens}) is light red throughout. Called also {band fish}. {Ribbon grass} (Bot.), a variety of reed canary grass having the leaves stripped with green and white; -- called also {Lady's garters}. See {Reed grass}, under {Reed}. {Ribbon seal} (Zo[94]l.), a North Pacific seal ({Histriophoca fasciata}). The adult male is dark brown, conspicuously banded and striped with yellowish white. {Ribbon snake} (Zo[94]l.), a common North American snake ({Eutainia saurita}). It is conspicuously striped with bright yellow and dark brown. {Ribbon Society}, a society in Ireland, founded in the early part of the 19th century in antagonism to the Orangemen. It afterwards became an organization of tennant farmers banded together to prevent eviction by landlords. It took its name from the green ribbon worn by members as a badge. {Ribborn worm}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A tapeworm. (b) A nemertean. | |
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Brocket \Brock"et\ (br[ocr]k"[ecr]t), n. [OE. broket, F. broquart fallow deer a year old, fr. the same root as E. broach, meaning point (hence tine of a horn).] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A male red deer two years old; -- sometimes called {brock}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A small South American deer, of several species ({Coassus superciliaris}, {C. rufus}, and {C. auritus}). | |
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Carapace \Car"a*pace\ (k[acr]r"[adot]*p[amac]s), n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals. | |
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Carapax \Car"a*pax\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Carapace}. | |
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Carbazol \Car"ba*zol\, n. [Carbon + azo + -ol.] (Chem.) A white crystallized substance, {C12H8NH}, derived from aniline and other amines. | |
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Carbazotate \Car*baz"o*tate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of carbazotic or picric acid; a picrate. | |
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Carbazotic \Car`ba*zot"ic\, a. [Carbon + azole.] Containing, or derived from, carbon and nitrogen. {Carbazotic acid} (Chem.), picric acid. See under {Picric}. | |
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Picric \Pi"cric\, a. [Gr. [?] bitter.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a strong organic acid (called picric acid), intensely bitter. Note: Picric acid is obtained by treating phenol with strong nitric acid, as a brilliant yellow crystalline substance, {C6H2(NO2)3.OH}. It is used in dyeing silk and wool, and also in the manufacture of explosives, as it is very unstable when heated. Called also {trinitrophenol}, and formerly {carbazotic acid}. | |
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Carbazotic \Car`ba*zot"ic\, a. [Carbon + azole.] Containing, or derived from, carbon and nitrogen. {Carbazotic acid} (Chem.), picric acid. See under {Picric}. | |
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Picric \Pi"cric\, a. [Gr. [?] bitter.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a strong organic acid (called picric acid), intensely bitter. Note: Picric acid is obtained by treating phenol with strong nitric acid, as a brilliant yellow crystalline substance, {C6H2(NO2)3.OH}. It is used in dyeing silk and wool, and also in the manufacture of explosives, as it is very unstable when heated. Called also {trinitrophenol}, and formerly {carbazotic acid}. | |
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Carbazotic \Car`ba*zot"ic\, a. [Carbon + azole.] Containing, or derived from, carbon and nitrogen. {Carbazotic acid} (Chem.), picric acid. See under {Picric}. | |
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Oxyquinoline \Ox`y*quin"o*line\, n. [Oxy (b) + quinoline.] (Chem.) Hydroxy quinoline; a phenol derivative of quinoline, -- called also {carbostyril}. | |
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Carbostyril \Car`bo*sty"ril\, n. [Carbon + styrene.] A white crystalline substance, {C9H6N.OH}, of acid properties derived from one of the amido cinnamic acids. | |
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Oxyquinoline \Ox`y*quin"o*line\, n. [Oxy (b) + quinoline.] (Chem.) Hydroxy quinoline; a phenol derivative of quinoline, -- called also {carbostyril}. | |
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Carbostyril \Car`bo*sty"ril\, n. [Carbon + styrene.] A white crystalline substance, {C9H6N.OH}, of acid properties derived from one of the amido cinnamic acids. | |
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Carboxide \Car*box"ide\, n. [Carbon + oxide.] (Chem.) A compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some element or radical; as, potassium carboxide. {Potassium carboxide}, a grayish explosive crystalline compound, {C6O6K}, obtained by passing carbon monoxide over heated potassium. | |
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Oxalyl \Ox"a*lyl\, n. [Oxalic + -yl.] (Chem.) (a) A hydrocarbon radical ({C2O2}) regarded as a residue of oxalic acid and occurring in derivatives of it. (b) An old name for {carbonyl}. (c) An old name for {carboxyl}. | |
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Carboxyl \Car*box"yl\, n. [Carbon + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.) The complex radical, {CO.OH}, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also {oxatyl}. | |
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Oxalyl \Ox"a*lyl\, n. [Oxalic + -yl.] (Chem.) (a) A hydrocarbon radical ({C2O2}) regarded as a residue of oxalic acid and occurring in derivatives of it. (b) An old name for {carbonyl}. (c) An old name for {carboxyl}. | |
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Carboxyl \Car*box"yl\, n. [Carbon + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.) The complex radical, {CO.OH}, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also {oxatyl}. | |
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Cariopsis \Car`i*op"sis\, n. See {Caryopsis}. | |
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Sucker \Suck"er\ (s[ucr]k"[etil]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. --Beau. & Fl. 3. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket. --Boyle. 4. A pipe through which anything is drawn. 5. A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything. 6. (Bot.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant. 7. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family {Catostomid[91]}; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker ({Catostomus Commersoni}), the white sucker ({C. teres}), the hog sucker ({C. nigricans}), and the chub, or sweet sucker ({Erimyzon sucetta}). Some of the large Western species are called {buffalo fish}, {red horse}, {black horse}, and {suckerel}. (b) The remora. (c) The lumpfish. (d) The hagfish, or myxine. (e) A California food fish ({Menticirrus undulatus}) closely allied to the kingfish (a); -- called also {bagre}. 8. A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above. They who constantly converse with men far above their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker, no branch. --Fuller. 9. A hard drinker; a soaker. [Slang] 10. A greenhorn; one easily gulled. [Slang, U.S.] 11. A nickname applied to a native of Illinois. [U. S.] {Carp sucker}, {Cherry sucker}, etc. See under {Carp}, {Cherry}, etc. {Sucker fish}. See {Sucking fish}, under {Sucking}. {Sucker rod}, a pump rod. See under {Pump}. {Sucker tube} (Zo[94]l.), one of the external ambulacral tubes of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker and used for locomotion. Called also {sucker foot}. See {Spatangoid}. | |
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Quillback \Quill"back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American fresh-water fish ({Ictiobus, [or] Carpiodes, cyprinus}); -- called also {carp sucker}, {sailfish}, {spearfish}, and {skimback}. | |
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Carp \Carp\, n.; pl. {Carp}, formerly {Carps}. [Cf. Icel. karfi, Dan. karpe, Sw. karp, OHG. charpho, G. karpfen, F. carpe, LL. carpa.] (Zo[94]l.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish ({Cyprinus carpio}.). Several other species of {Cyprinus}, {Catla}, and {Carassius} are called carp. See {Cruclan carp}. Note: The carp was originally from Asia, whence it was early introduced into Europe, where it is extensively reared in artificial ponds. Within a few years it has been introduced into America, and widely distributed by the government. Domestication has produced several varieties, as the leather carp, which is nearly or quite destitute of scales, and the mirror carp, which has only a few large scales. Intermediate varieties occur. {Carp louse} (Zo[94]l.), a small crustacean, of the genus {Argulus}, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. See {Branchiura}. {Carp mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a fish ({Moxostoma carpio}) of the Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers. {Carp sucker} (Zo[94]l.), a name given to several species of fresh-water fishes of the genus Carpiodes in the United States; -- called also quillback. | |
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Sucker \Suck"er\ (s[ucr]k"[etil]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. --Beau. & Fl. 3. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket. --Boyle. 4. A pipe through which anything is drawn. 5. A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything. 6. (Bot.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant. 7. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family {Catostomid[91]}; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker ({Catostomus Commersoni}), the white sucker ({C. teres}), the hog sucker ({C. nigricans}), and the chub, or sweet sucker ({Erimyzon sucetta}). Some of the large Western species are called {buffalo fish}, {red horse}, {black horse}, and {suckerel}. (b) The remora. (c) The lumpfish. (d) The hagfish, or myxine. (e) A California food fish ({Menticirrus undulatus}) closely allied to the kingfish (a); -- called also {bagre}. 8. A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above. They who constantly converse with men far above their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker, no branch. --Fuller. 9. A hard drinker; a soaker. [Slang] 10. A greenhorn; one easily gulled. [Slang, U.S.] 11. A nickname applied to a native of Illinois. [U. S.] {Carp sucker}, {Cherry sucker}, etc. See under {Carp}, {Cherry}, etc. {Sucker fish}. See {Sucking fish}, under {Sucking}. {Sucker rod}, a pump rod. See under {Pump}. {Sucker tube} (Zo[94]l.), one of the external ambulacral tubes of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker and used for locomotion. Called also {sucker foot}. See {Spatangoid}. | |
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Quillback \Quill"back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American fresh-water fish ({Ictiobus, [or] Carpiodes, cyprinus}); -- called also {carp sucker}, {sailfish}, {spearfish}, and {skimback}. | |
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Carp \Carp\, n.; pl. {Carp}, formerly {Carps}. [Cf. Icel. karfi, Dan. karpe, Sw. karp, OHG. charpho, G. karpfen, F. carpe, LL. carpa.] (Zo[94]l.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish ({Cyprinus carpio}.). Several other species of {Cyprinus}, {Catla}, and {Carassius} are called carp. See {Cruclan carp}. Note: The carp was originally from Asia, whence it was early introduced into Europe, where it is extensively reared in artificial ponds. Within a few years it has been introduced into America, and widely distributed by the government. Domestication has produced several varieties, as the leather carp, which is nearly or quite destitute of scales, and the mirror carp, which has only a few large scales. Intermediate varieties occur. {Carp louse} (Zo[94]l.), a small crustacean, of the genus {Argulus}, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. See {Branchiura}. {Carp mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a fish ({Moxostoma carpio}) of the Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers. {Carp sucker} (Zo[94]l.), a name given to several species of fresh-water fishes of the genus Carpiodes in the United States; -- called also quillback. | |
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Sucker \Suck"er\ (s[ucr]k"[etil]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. --Beau. & Fl. 3. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket. --Boyle. 4. A pipe through which anything is drawn. 5. A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a plaything. 6. (Bot.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant. 7. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family {Catostomid[91]}; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker ({Catostomus Commersoni}), the white sucker ({C. teres}), the hog sucker ({C. nigricans}), and the chub, or sweet sucker ({Erimyzon sucetta}). Some of the large Western species are called {buffalo fish}, {red horse}, {black horse}, and {suckerel}. (b) The remora. (c) The lumpfish. (d) The hagfish, or myxine. (e) A California food fish ({Menticirrus undulatus}) closely allied to the kingfish (a); -- called also {bagre}. 8. A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above. They who constantly converse with men far above their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker, no branch. --Fuller. 9. A hard drinker; a soaker. [Slang] 10. A greenhorn; one easily gulled. [Slang, U.S.] 11. A nickname applied to a native of Illinois. [U. S.] {Carp sucker}, {Cherry sucker}, etc. See under {Carp}, {Cherry}, etc. {Sucker fish}. See {Sucking fish}, under {Sucking}. {Sucker rod}, a pump rod. See under {Pump}. {Sucker tube} (Zo[94]l.), one of the external ambulacral tubes of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker and used for locomotion. Called also {sucker foot}. See {Spatangoid}. | |
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Quillback \Quill"back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American fresh-water fish ({Ictiobus, [or] Carpiodes, cyprinus}); -- called also {carp sucker}, {sailfish}, {spearfish}, and {skimback}. | |
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Carp \Carp\, n.; pl. {Carp}, formerly {Carps}. [Cf. Icel. karfi, Dan. karpe, Sw. karp, OHG. charpho, G. karpfen, F. carpe, LL. carpa.] (Zo[94]l.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish ({Cyprinus carpio}.). Several other species of {Cyprinus}, {Catla}, and {Carassius} are called carp. See {Cruclan carp}. Note: The carp was originally from Asia, whence it was early introduced into Europe, where it is extensively reared in artificial ponds. Within a few years it has been introduced into America, and widely distributed by the government. Domestication has produced several varieties, as the leather carp, which is nearly or quite destitute of scales, and the mirror carp, which has only a few large scales. Intermediate varieties occur. {Carp louse} (Zo[94]l.), a small crustacean, of the genus {Argulus}, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. See {Branchiura}. {Carp mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a fish ({Moxostoma carpio}) of the Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers. {Carp sucker} (Zo[94]l.), a name given to several species of fresh-water fishes of the genus Carpiodes in the United States; -- called also quillback. | |
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Apple \Ap"ple\ ([acr]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [91]ppel, [91]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [84]ple, Dan. [91]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[uring]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown origin.] 1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus malus}) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung. 2. (bot.) Any tree genus {Pyrus} which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree. 3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple. 4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold. Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as, apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding. {Apple blight}, an aphid which injures apple trees. See {Blight}, n. {Apple borer} (Zo[94]l.), a coleopterous insect ({Saperda candida [or] bivittata}), the larva of which bores into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree. {Apple brandy}, brandy made from apples. {Apple butter}, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. --Bartlett. {Apple corer}, an instrument for removing the cores from apples. {Apple fly} (Zo[94]l.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera {Drosophila} and {Trypeta}. {Apple midge} (Zo[94]l.) a small dipterous insect ({Sciara mali}), the larva of which bores in apples. {Apple of the eye}, the pupil. {Apple of discord}, a subject of contention and envy, so called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed [bd]For the fairest,[b8] which was thrown into an assembly of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the latter. {Apple of love}, or {Love apple}, the tomato ({Lycopersicum esculentum}). {Apple of Peru}, a large coarse herb ({Nicandra physaloides}) bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit inclosing a dry berry. {Apples of Sodom}, a fruit described by ancient writers as externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often given to the fruit of {Solanum Sodom[91]um}, a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato. {Apple sauce}, stewed apples. [U. S.] {Apple snail} or {Apple shell} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water, operculated, spiral shell of the genus {Ampullaria}. {Apple tart}, a tart containing apples. {Apple tree}, a tree which naturally bears apples. See {Apple, 2.} {Apple wine}, cider. {Apple worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth ({Carpocapsa pomonella}) which burrows in the interior of apples. See {Codling moth}. {Dead Sea Apple}. (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. [bd]To seek the Dead Sea apples of politics.[b8] --S. B. Griffin. (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See {Gallnut}. | |
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Codlin \Cod"lin\, Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Cf. AS. cod[91]ppel a quince.] (a) An apple fit to stew or coddle. (b) An immature apple. A codling when 't is almost an apple. --Shak. {Codling moth} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Carpocapsa Pomonella}), which in the larval state (known as the apple worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the crop. | |
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Apple \Ap"ple\ ([acr]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [91]ppel, [91]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [84]ple, Dan. [91]ble, Gael. ubhall, W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[uring]lys, Russ. iabloko; of unknown origin.] 1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus malus}) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung. 2. (bot.) Any tree genus {Pyrus} which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree. 3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple. 4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold. Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as, apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding. {Apple blight}, an aphid which injures apple trees. See {Blight}, n. {Apple borer} (Zo[94]l.), a coleopterous insect ({Saperda candida [or] bivittata}), the larva of which bores into the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree. {Apple brandy}, brandy made from apples. {Apple butter}, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider. --Bartlett. {Apple corer}, an instrument for removing the cores from apples. {Apple fly} (Zo[94]l.), any dipterous insect, the larva of which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera {Drosophila} and {Trypeta}. {Apple midge} (Zo[94]l.) a small dipterous insect ({Sciara mali}), the larva of which bores in apples. {Apple of the eye}, the pupil. {Apple of discord}, a subject of contention and envy, so called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed [bd]For the fairest,[b8] which was thrown into an assembly of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was adjudged to the latter. {Apple of love}, or {Love apple}, the tomato ({Lycopersicum esculentum}). {Apple of Peru}, a large coarse herb ({Nicandra physaloides}) bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit inclosing a dry berry. {Apples of Sodom}, a fruit described by ancient writers as externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often given to the fruit of {Solanum Sodom[91]um}, a prickly shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato. {Apple sauce}, stewed apples. [U. S.] {Apple snail} or {Apple shell} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water, operculated, spiral shell of the genus {Ampullaria}. {Apple tart}, a tart containing apples. {Apple tree}, a tree which naturally bears apples. See {Apple, 2.} {Apple wine}, cider. {Apple worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth ({Carpocapsa pomonella}) which burrows in the interior of apples. See {Codling moth}. {Dead Sea Apple}. (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. [bd]To seek the Dead Sea apples of politics.[b8] --S. B. Griffin. (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See {Gallnut}. | |
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Codlin \Cod"lin\, Codling \Cod"ling\, n. [Cf. AS. cod[91]ppel a quince.] (a) An apple fit to stew or coddle. (b) An immature apple. A codling when 't is almost an apple. --Shak. {Codling moth} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Carpocapsa Pomonella}), which in the larval state (known as the apple worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the crop. | |
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Jumping \Jump"ing\, p. a. & vb. n. of {Jump}, to leap. {Jumping bean}, a seed of a Mexican {Euphorbia}, containing the larva of a moth ({Carpocapsa saltitans}). The larva by its sudden movements causes the seed to roll to roll and jump about. {Jumping deer} (Zo[94]l.), a South African rodent ({Pedetes Caffer}), allied to the jerboa. {Jumping jack}, a toy figure of a man, jointed and made to jump or dance by means of strings. {Jumping louse} (Zo[94]l.), any of the numerous species of plant lice belonging to the family {Psyllid[91]}, several of which are injurious to fruit trees. {Jumping mouse} (Zo[94]l.), North American mouse ({Zapus Hudsonius}), having a long tail and large hind legs. It is noted for its jumping powers. Called also {kangaroo mouse}. {Jumping mullet} (Zo[94]l.), gray mullet. {Jumping shrew} (Zo[94]l.), any African insectivore of the genus {Macroscelides}. They are allied to the shrews, but have large hind legs adapted for jumping. {Jumping spider} (Zo[94]l.), spider of the genus {Salticus} and other related genera; one of the Saltigrad[91]; -- so called because it leaps upon its prey. | |
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Carpogenic \Car`po*gen"ic\ (k[add]r`p[osl]*j[ecr]n"[icr]k), a. [Gr. karpo`s fruit + -gen.] (Bot.) Productive of fruit, or causing fruit to be developed. | |
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Carpospore \Car"po*spore\, n. [Gr. karpo`s + -spore.] (Bot.) A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red alg[91]. -- {Car`po*spor"ic}, a. | |
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Carpospore \Car"po*spore\, n. [Gr. karpo`s + -spore.] (Bot.) A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red alg[91]. -- {Car`po*spor"ic}, a. | |
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Carp \Carp\, n.; pl. {Carp}, formerly {Carps}. [Cf. Icel. karfi, Dan. karpe, Sw. karp, OHG. charpho, G. karpfen, F. carpe, LL. carpa.] (Zo[94]l.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish ({Cyprinus carpio}.). Several other species of {Cyprinus}, {Catla}, and {Carassius} are called carp. See {Cruclan carp}. Note: The carp was originally from Asia, whence it was early introduced into Europe, where it is extensively reared in artificial ponds. Within a few years it has been introduced into America, and widely distributed by the government. Domestication has produced several varieties, as the leather carp, which is nearly or quite destitute of scales, and the mirror carp, which has only a few large scales. Intermediate varieties occur. {Carp louse} (Zo[94]l.), a small crustacean, of the genus {Argulus}, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. See {Branchiura}. {Carp mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a fish ({Moxostoma carpio}) of the Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers. {Carp sucker} (Zo[94]l.), a name given to several species of fresh-water fishes of the genus Carpiodes in the United States; -- called also quillback. | |
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Carvacrol \Car"va*crol\, n. (Chem.) A thick oily liquid, {C10H13.OH}, of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway ({Carum carui}). | |
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Carvist \Car"vist\, n. [A corruption of carry fist.] (Falconary) A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year. --Booth. | |
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Caryopsis \Car`y*op"sis\, n.; pl. {Caryopses}. [NL., fr. gr. [?] hut, kernel + [?] sight, form.] (Bot.) A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc. | |
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Caryopsis \Car`y*op"sis\, n.; pl. {Caryopses}. [NL., fr. gr. [?] hut, kernel + [?] sight, form.] (Bot.) A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc. | |
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Goose \Goose\ (g[oomac]s), n.; pl. {Geese} (g[emac]s). [OE. gos, AS. g[omac]s, pl. g[emac]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[be]s, Dan. gaas, Sw. g[aring]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[msdot]sa. [root]233. Cf. {Gander}, {Gannet}, {Ganza}, {Gosling}.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily {Anserin[91]}, and belonging to {Anser}, {Branta}, {Chen}, and several allied genera. See {Anseres}. Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser anser}). The bean goose ({A. segetum}), the American wild or Canada goose ({Branta Canadensis}), and the bernicle goose ({Branta leucopsis}) are well known species. The American white or snow geese and the blue goose belong to the genus {Chen}. See {Bernicle}, {Emperor goose}, under {Emperor}, {Snow goose}, {Wild goose}, {Brant}. 2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose. Note: The Egyptian or fox goose ({Alopochen [92]gyptiaca}) and the African spur-winged geese ({Plectropterus}) belong to the family {Plectropterid[91]}. The Australian semipalmated goose ({Anseranas semipalmata}) and Cape Barren goose ({Cereopsis Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]}) are very different from northern geese, and each is made the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in Australia. 3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose. 4. A silly creature; a simpleton. 5. A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted. The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose. --Goldsmith. {A wild goose chase}, an attempt to accomplish something impossible or unlikely of attainment. {Fen goose}. See under {Fen}. {Goose barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), any pedunculated barnacle of the genus {Anatifa} or {Lepas}; -- called also {duck barnacle}. See {Barnacle}, and {Cirripedia}. {Goose cap}, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & . {Goose corn} (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus squarrosus}). {Goose feast}, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.] {Goose flesh}, a peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear; -- called also {goose skin}. | |
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Cerevis \Cer"e*vis\ (s[ecr]r"[esl]*v[icr]s; G. ts[ecr]r`[etil]*v[emac]s"), n. [G., fr. L. cerevisia, cervisia, beer.] A small visorless cap, worn by members of German student corps. It is made in the corps colors, and usually bears the insignia of the corps. | |
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Cervical \Cer"vi*cal\, a. [L. cervix, -icis, neck: cf. F. cervical.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the neck; as, the cervical vertebr[91]. | |
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Rietboc \Riet"boc\, n. [D. riet reed + bok buck.] (Zo[94]l.) The reedbuck, a South African antelope ({Cervicapra arundinacea}); -- so called from its frequenting dry places covered with high grass or reeds. Its color is yellowish brown. Called also {inghalla}, and {rietbok}. | |
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d8Cervix \[d8]Cer"vix\, n.; pl. E. {Cervixes}, L. {Cervices}. [L.] (Anat.) The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of {Bird}. | |
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Cervicide \Cer"vi*cide\, n. [L. cervus deer + caedere to kill.] The act of killing deer; deer-slaying. [R.] | |
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d8Cervix \[d8]Cer"vix\, n.; pl. E. {Cervixes}, L. {Cervices}. [L.] (Anat.) The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of {Bird}. | |
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Elk \Elk\, n. [Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh, OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.] (Zo[94]l.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk ({Alces machlis} or {Cervus alces}) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti ({Cervus Canadensis}), is closely related to the European stag. See {Moose}, and {Wapiti}. {Irish elk} (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer ({Cervus giganteus}) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also Illustration of {Antler}. {Cape elk} (Zo[94]l.), the eland. | |
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d8Axis \[d8]Ax"is\, n. [L.] (Zo[94]l.) The spotted deer ({Cervus axis} or {Axis maculata}) of India, where it is called {hog deer} and {parrah} (Moorish name). | |
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Wapiti \Wap"i*ti\, n. [Probably the Iroquois name. Bartlett.] (Zo[94]l.) The American elk ({Cervus Canadensis}). It is closely related to the European red deer, which it somewhat exceeds in size. Note: By some writers it is thought to be a variety of the red deer, but it is considered a distinct species by others. It is noted for the large, branching antlers of the male. | |
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Elk \Elk\, n. [Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh, OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.] (Zo[94]l.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk ({Alces machlis} or {Cervus alces}) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti ({Cervus Canadensis}), is closely related to the European stag. See {Moose}, and {Wapiti}. {Irish elk} (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer ({Cervus giganteus}) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also Illustration of {Antler}. {Cape elk} (Zo[94]l.), the eland. | |
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Fallow deer \Fal"low deer`\ [So called from its fallow or pale yellow color.] (Zo[94]l.) A European species of deer ({Cervus dama}), much smaller than the red deer. In summer both sexes are spotted with white. It is common in England, where it is often domesticated in the parks. | |
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Deer \Deer\ (d[emac]r), n. sing. & pl. [OE. der, deor, animal, wild animal, AS. de[a2]r; akin to D. dier, OFries. diar, G. thier, tier, Icel. d[df]r, Dan. dyr, Sw. djur, Goth. dius; of unknown origin. [fb]71.] 1. Any animal; especially, a wild animal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Mice and rats, and such small deer. --Shak. The camel, that great deer. --Lindisfarne MS. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A ruminant of the genus {Cervus}, of many species, and of related genera of the family {Cervid[91]}. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison. Note: The deer hunted in England is {Cervus elaphus}, called also stag or red deer; the fallow deer is {C. dama}; the common American deer is {C. Virginianus}; the blacktailed deer of Western North America is {C. Columbianus}; and the mule deer of the same region is {C. macrotis}. See {Axis}, {Fallow deer}, {Mule deer}, {Reindeer}. Note: Deer is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, deerkiller, deerslayer, deerslaying, deer hunting, deer stealing, deerlike, etc. {Deer mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white-footed mouse ({Hesperomys leucopus}) of America. {Small deer}, petty game, not worth pursuing; -- used metaphorically. (See citation from Shakespeare under the first definition, above.) [bd]Minor critics . . . can find leisure for the chase of such small deer.[b8] --G. P. Marsh. | |
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Stag \Stag\, n. [Icel. steggr the male of several animals; or a doubtful AS. stagga. Cf. {Steg}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The adult male of the red deer ({Cervus elaphus}), a large European species closely related to the American elk, or wapiti. (b) The male of certain other species of large deer. 2. A colt, or filly; also, a romping girl. [Prov. Eng.] 3. A castrated bull; -- called also {bull stag}, and {bull seg}. See the Note under {Ox}. 4. (Stock Exchange) (a) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange. [Cant] (b) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock. [Cant] 5. (Zo[94]l.) The European wren. [Prov. Eng.] {Stag beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of lamellicorn beetles belonging to {Lucanus} and allied genera, especially {L. cervus} of Europe and {L. dama} of the United States. The mandibles are large and branched, or forked, whence the name. The lava feeds on the rotten wood of dead trees. Called also {horned bug}, and {horse beetle}. {Stag dance}, a dance by men only. [slang, U.S.] {Stag hog} (Zo[94]l.), the babiroussa. {Stag-horn coral} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large branching corals of the genus {Madrepora}, which somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially {Madrepora cervicornis}, and {M. palmata}, of Florida and the West Indies. {Stag-horn fern} (Bot.), an Australian and West African fern ({Platycerium alcicorne}) having the large fronds branched like a stag's horns; also, any species of the same genus. {Stag-horn sumac} (Bot.), a common American shrub ({Rhus typhina}) having densely velvety branchlets. See {Sumac}. {Stag party}, a party consisting of men only. [Slang, U. S.] {Stag tick} (Zo[94]l.), a parasitic dipterous insect of the family {Hippoboscid[91]}, which lives upon the stag and in usually wingless. The same species lives also upon the European grouse, but in that case has wings. | |
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{Red chalk}. See under {Chalk}. {Red copper} (Min.), red oxide of copper; cuprite. {Red coral} (Zo[94]l.), the precious coral ({Corallium rubrum}). See Illusts. of {Coral} and {Gorgonlacea}. {Red cross}. The cross of St. George, the national emblem of the English. (b) The Geneva cross. See {Geneva convention}, and {Geneva cross}, under {Geneva}. {Red currant}. (Bot.) See {Currant}. {Red deer}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common stag ({Cervus elaphus}), native of the forests of the temperate parts of Europe and Asia. It is very similar to the American elk, or wapiti. (b) The Virginia deer. See {Deer}. {Red duck} (Zo[94]l.), a European reddish brown duck ({Fuligula nyroca}); -- called also {ferruginous duck}. {Red ebony}. (Bot.) See {Grenadillo}. {Red empress} (Zo[94]l.), a butterfly. See {Tortoise shell}. {Red fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Pseudotsuga Douglasii}) found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the American {Abies magnifica} and {A. nobilis}. {Red fire}. (Pyrotech.) See {Blue fire}, under {Fire}. {Red flag}. See under {Flag}. {Red fox} (Zo[94]l.), the common American fox ({Vulpes fulvus}), which is usually reddish in color. {Red grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the Scotch grouse, or ptarmigan. See under {Ptarmigan}. {Red gum}, [or] {Red gum-tree} (Bot.), a name given to eight Australian species of {Eucalyptus} ({Eucalyptus amygdalina}, {resinifera}, etc.) which yield a reddish gum resin. See {Eucalyptus}. {Red hand} (Her.), a left hand appaum[82], fingers erect, borne on an escutcheon, being the mark of a baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; -- called also {Badge of Ulster}. {Red herring}, the common herring dried and smoked. | |
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Elaphine \El"a*phine\, a. [Gr. [?] stag.] (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of, the stag, or {Cervus elaphus}. | |
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Elk \Elk\, n. [Icel. elgr; akin to Sw. elg, AS. eolh, OHG. elaho, MHG. elch, cf. L. alces; perh. akin to E. eland.] (Zo[94]l.) A large deer, of several species. The European elk ({Alces machlis} or {Cervus alces}) is closely allied to the American moose. The American elk, or wapiti ({Cervus Canadensis}), is closely related to the European stag. See {Moose}, and {Wapiti}. {Irish elk} (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer ({Cervus giganteus}) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also Illustration of {Antler}. {Cape elk} (Zo[94]l.), the eland. | |
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Pampas \Pam"pas\, n. pl. [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.] Vast plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia. {Pampas cat} (Zo[94]l.), a South American wild cat ({Felis pajeros}). It has oblique transverse bands of yellow or brown. It is about three and a half feet long. Called also {straw cat}. {Pampas deer} (Zo[94]l.), a small, reddish-brown, South American deer ({Cervus, [or] Blastocerus, campestris}). {Pampas grass} (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass ({Gynerium argenteum}) with a silvery-white silky panicle. It is a native of the pampas of South America. | |
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Blacktail \Black"tail`\, n. [Black + tail.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A fish; the ruff or pope. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The black-tailed deer ({Cervus [or] Cariacus Columbianus}) of California and Oregon; also, the mule deer of the Rocky Mountains. See {Mule deer}. | |
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Mule \Mule\ (m[umac]l), n. [F., a she-mule, L. mula, fem. of mulus; cf. Gr. my`klos, mychlo`s. Cf. AS. m[umac]l, fr. L. mulus. Cf. {Mulatto}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare, sometimes a horse and a she-ass. See {Hinny}. Note: Mules are much used as draught animals. They are hardy, and proverbial for stubbornness. 2. (Bot.) A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; -- called also {hybrid}. 3. A very stubborn person. 4. A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; -- called also {jenny} and {mule-jenny}. {Mule armadillo} (Zo[94]l.), a long-eared armadillo (Tatusia hybrida), native of Buenos Aires; -- called also {mulita}. See Illust. under {Armadillo}. {Mule deer} (Zo[94]l.), a large deer ({Cervus, [or] Cariacus, macrotis}) of the Western United States. The name refers to its long ears. {Mule pulley} (Mach.), an idle pulley for guiding a belt which transmits motion between shafts that are not parallel. {Mule twist}, cotton yarn in cops, as spun on a mule; -- in distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame. | |
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Charbocle \Char"bo*cle\, n. Carbuncle. [Written also {Charboncle}.] [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Cherubic \Che*ru"bic\, Cherubical \Che*ru"bic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to cherubs; angelic. [bd]The cherubic host.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Cherubic \Che*ru"bic\, Cherubical \Che*ru"bic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to cherubs; angelic. [bd]The cherubic host.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Cherub \Cher"ub\, n.; pl. {Cherubs}; but the Hebrew plural {Cherubim}is also used. [Heb. ker[d4]b.] 1. A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in --Ezekiel i. and x. I knew that they were the cherubim. --Ezek. x. 20. He rode upon a cherub and did fly. --Ps. xviii. 10. 2. A symbolical winged figure of unknown form used in connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish Ark and Temple. --Ez. xxv. 18. 3. One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to denote knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim (see {Seraph}), and in later art the children's heads with wings are generally called cherubs. 4. A beautiful child; -- so called because artists have represented cherubs as beautiful children. | |
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Chorepiscopal \Cho`re*pis"co*pal\, a. Pertaining to a chorepiscopus or his change or authority. | |
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d8Chorepiscopus \[d8]Cho`re*pis"co*pus\, n.; pl. {Chorepiscopi}. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?], [?], place, country + [?] bishop. Cf. {Bishop}.] (Eccl.) A [bd]country[b8] or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district. | |
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Corbie \Cor"bie\ or Corby \Cor"by\ (k[ocir]r"b[ycr]), n.; pl. {Corbies} (-b[icr]z). [F. corbeau, OF. corbel, dim. fr. L. corvus raven.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The raven. [Scot.] 2. (her.) A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge. {Corbie crow}, the carrion crow. [Scot.] | |
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Corbie \Cor"bie\ or Corby \Cor"by\ (k[ocir]r"b[ycr]), n.; pl. {Corbies} (-b[icr]z). [F. corbeau, OF. corbel, dim. fr. L. corvus raven.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The raven. [Scot.] 2. (her.) A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge. {Corbie crow}, the carrion crow. [Scot.] | |
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Corbiestep \Cor"bie*step`\, n. (Arch.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called {crowstep}. | |
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Core \Core\, n. [OF. cor, coer, cuer, F. c[oe]ur, fr. L. cor heart. See {Heart}.] 1. The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince. A fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. --Byron. 2. The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh. 3. The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject. 4. (Founding) The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern. 5. A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 6. (Anat.) The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals. {Core box} (Founding), a box or mold, usually divisible, in which cores are molded. {Core print} (Founding), a projecting piece on a pattern which forms, in the mold, an impression for holding in place or steadying a core. | |
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Saint \Saint\ (s[amac]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. {Sacred}, {Sanctity}, {Sanctum}, {Sanctus}.] 1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God. Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints. --1 Cor. i. 2. 2. One of the blessed in heaven. Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure Far separate, circling thy holy mount, Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. --Milton. 3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.] {Saint Andrew's cross}. (a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}. (b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum Crux-Andre[91]}, the petals of which have the form of a Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray. {Saint Anthony's cross}, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6, under {Cross}. {Saint Anthony's fire}, the erysipelas; -- popularly so called because it was supposed to have been cured by the intercession of Saint Anthony. {Saint Anthony's nut} (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium flexuosum}); -- so called because swine feed on it, and St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Anthony's turnip} (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Barnaby's thistle} (Bot.), a kind of knapweed ({Centaurea solstitialis}) flowering on St. Barnabas's Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Bernard} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large, handsome dogs celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under {Dog}. {Saint Catharine's flower} (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist. See under {Love}. {Saint Cuthbert's beads} (Paleon.), the fossil joints of crinoid stems. {Saint Dabeoc's heath} (Bot.), a heatherlike plant ({Dab[d2]cia polifolia}), named from an Irish saint. {Saint Distaff's Day}. See under {Distaff}. {Saint Elmo's fire}, a luminous, flamelike appearance, sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or pointed objects. A single flame is called a {Helena}, or a {Corposant}; a double, or twin, flame is called a {Castor and Pollux}, or a {double Corposant}. It takes its name from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors. {Saint George's cross} (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a field argent, the field being represented by a narrow fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great Britain. {Saint George's ensign}, a red cross on a white field with a union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of England; -- called also {the white ensign}. --Brande & C. {Saint George's flag}, a smaller flag resembling the ensign, but without the union jack; used as the sign of the presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {Saint Gobain glass} (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it was manufactured. {Saint Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the Philippines ({Strychnos Ignatia}), of properties similar to the nux vomica. {Saint James's shell} (Zo[94]l.), a pecten ({Vola Jacob[91]us}) worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under {Scallop}. {Saint James's-wort} (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio Jacob[91]a}). {Saint John's bread}. (Bot.) See {Carob}. {Saint John's-wort} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Hypericum}, most species of which have yellow flowers; -- called also {John's-wort}. {Saint Leger}, the name of a race for three-year-old horses run annually in September at Doncaster, England; -- instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger. {Saint Martin's herb} (Bot.), a small tropical American violaceous plant ({Sauvagesia erecta}). It is very mucilaginous and is used in medicine. | |
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Corposant \Cor"po*sant\ (k?r"p?-z?nt), n. [It. corpo santo holy body.] St. Elmo's fire. See under {Saint}. | |
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Corps \Corps\, n. [Ger.] In some countries of Europe, a form of students' social society binding the members to strict adherence to certain student customs and its code of honor; -- Ger. spelling usually korps. | |
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Corps \Corps\ (k[omac]r, pl. k[omac]rz), n. sing. & pl. [F., fr. L. corpus body. See {Corpse}.] 1. The human body, whether living or dead. [Obs.] See {Corpse}, 1. By what craft in my corps, it cometh [commences] and where. --Piers Plowman. 2. A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps. A corps operating with an army should consist of three divisions of the line, a brigade of artillery, and a regiment of cavalry. --Gen. Upton (U. S. Tactics. ) 3. A body or code of laws. [Obs.] The whole corps of the law. --Bacon. 4. (Eccl.) The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed. [Obs.] The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a corps. --Bacon. {Army corps}, [or] (French) {Corps d'arm[82]e} (k[osl]r` d[aum]r`m[asl]"), a body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself. {[d8]Corps de logis} (k[osl]r` d[eit] l[osl]`zh[esl]") [F., body of the house], the principal mass of a building, considered apart from its wings. {Corps diplomatique} (k[?]r d[?]`pl[?]`m[?]-t[?]k") [F., diplomatic body], the body of ministers or envoys accredited to a government. | |
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Corps \Corps\ (k[omac]r, pl. k[omac]rz), n. sing. & pl. [F., fr. L. corpus body. See {Corpse}.] 1. The human body, whether living or dead. [Obs.] See {Corpse}, 1. By what craft in my corps, it cometh [commences] and where. --Piers Plowman. 2. A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps. A corps operating with an army should consist of three divisions of the line, a brigade of artillery, and a regiment of cavalry. --Gen. Upton (U. S. Tactics. ) 3. A body or code of laws. [Obs.] The whole corps of the law. --Bacon. 4. (Eccl.) The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed. [Obs.] The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a corps. --Bacon. {Army corps}, [or] (French) {Corps d'arm[82]e} (k[osl]r` d[aum]r`m[asl]"), a body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself. {[d8]Corps de logis} (k[osl]r` d[eit] l[osl]`zh[esl]") [F., body of the house], the principal mass of a building, considered apart from its wings. {Corps diplomatique} (k[?]r d[?]`pl[?]`m[?]-t[?]k") [F., diplomatic body], the body of ministers or envoys accredited to a government. | |
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Corps \Corps\ (k[omac]r, pl. k[omac]rz), n. sing. & pl. [F., fr. L. corpus body. See {Corpse}.] 1. The human body, whether living or dead. [Obs.] See {Corpse}, 1. By what craft in my corps, it cometh [commences] and where. --Piers Plowman. 2. A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps. A corps operating with an army should consist of three divisions of the line, a brigade of artillery, and a regiment of cavalry. --Gen. Upton (U. S. Tactics. ) 3. A body or code of laws. [Obs.] The whole corps of the law. --Bacon. 4. (Eccl.) The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed. [Obs.] The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a corps. --Bacon. {Army corps}, [or] (French) {Corps d'arm[82]e} (k[osl]r` d[aum]r`m[asl]"), a body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself. {[d8]Corps de logis} (k[osl]r` d[eit] l[osl]`zh[esl]") [F., body of the house], the principal mass of a building, considered apart from its wings. {Corps diplomatique} (k[?]r d[?]`pl[?]`m[?]-t[?]k") [F., diplomatic body], the body of ministers or envoys accredited to a government. | |
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Deputy \Dep"u*ty\, n.; pl. {Deputies}. [F. d[82]put[82], fr. LL. deputatus. See {Depute}.] 1. One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc. There was then [in the days of Jehoshaphat] no king in Edom; a deputy was king. --1 Kings xxii. 47. God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight. --Shak. Note: Deputy is used in combination with the names of various executive officers, to denote an assistant empowered to act in their name; as, deputy collector, deputy marshal, deputy sheriff. 2. A member of the Chamber of Deputies. [France] {Chamber of Deputies}, one of the two branches of the French legislative assembly; -- formerly called {Corps L[82]gislatif}. Its members, called deputies, are elected by the people voting in districts. Syn: Substitute; representative; legate; delegate; envoy; agent; factor. | |
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Corps of Engineers \Corps of Engineers\, a corps of officers and enlisted men consisting of one band and three battalions of engineers commanded by a brigadier general, whose title is Chief of Engineers. It has charge of the construction of fortifications for land and seacoast defense, the improvement of rivers and harbors, the construction of lighthouses, etc., and, in time of war, supervises the engineering operations of the armies in the field. (b) In the United States navy, a corps made up of the engineers, which was amalgamated with the line by act of March 3, 1899. It consisted of assistant and passed assistant engineers, ranking with ensigns and lieutenants, chief engineers, ranking from lieutenant to captain, and engineer in chief, ranking with commodore and having charge of the Bureau of Steam Engineering. | |
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Corpse \Corpse\ (k[ocir]rps), n. [OF. cors (sometimes written corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See {Midriff}, and cf. {Corse}, {Corselet}, {Corps}, {Cuerpo}.] 1. A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously. [Obs.] Note: Formerly written (after the French form) corps. See {Corps}, n., 1. 2. The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D. Webster. {Corpse candle}. (a) A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the customary watching with a corpse on the night before its interment. (b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death. {Corpse gate}, the gate of a burial place through which the dead are carried, often having a covered porch; -- called also {lich gate}. | |
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Corpse \Corpse\ (k[ocir]rps), n. [OF. cors (sometimes written corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See {Midriff}, and cf. {Corse}, {Corselet}, {Corps}, {Cuerpo}.] 1. A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously. [Obs.] Note: Formerly written (after the French form) corps. See {Corps}, n., 1. 2. The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D. Webster. {Corpse candle}. (a) A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the customary watching with a corpse on the night before its interment. (b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death. {Corpse gate}, the gate of a burial place through which the dead are carried, often having a covered porch; -- called also {lich gate}. | |
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Corpse \Corpse\ (k[ocir]rps), n. [OF. cors (sometimes written corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See {Midriff}, and cf. {Corse}, {Corselet}, {Corps}, {Cuerpo}.] 1. A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuously. [Obs.] Note: Formerly written (after the French form) corps. See {Corps}, n., 1. 2. The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D. Webster. {Corpse candle}. (a) A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the customary watching with a corpse on the night before its interment. (b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death. {Corpse gate}, the gate of a burial place through which the dead are carried, often having a covered porch; -- called also {lich gate}. | |
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d8Corpus \[d8]Cor"pus\ (-p[ucr]s), n.; pl. {Corpora} (-p[osl]*r[adot]). [L.] A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. {Corpus callosum} (k[acr]l*l[omac]"s[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora callosa} (-s[?]) [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres. See {Brain}. {Corpus Christi} (kr[icr]s"t[imac]) [L., body of Christ] (R. C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. {Corpus Christi cloth}. Same as {Pyx cloth}, under {Pyx}. {Corpus delicti} (d[esl]*l[icr]k"t[imac]) [L., the body of the crime] (Law), the substantial and fundamental fact of the comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a crime. {Corpus luteum} (l[umac]"t[esl]*[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora lutea} (-[adot]). [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary. {Corpus striatum} (str[isl]*[amac]"t[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora striata} (-t[adot]). [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain. | |
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d8Corpus \[d8]Cor"pus\ (-p[ucr]s), n.; pl. {Corpora} (-p[osl]*r[adot]). [L.] A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. {Corpus callosum} (k[acr]l*l[omac]"s[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora callosa} (-s[?]) [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres. See {Brain}. {Corpus Christi} (kr[icr]s"t[imac]) [L., body of Christ] (R. C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. {Corpus Christi cloth}. Same as {Pyx cloth}, under {Pyx}. {Corpus delicti} (d[esl]*l[icr]k"t[imac]) [L., the body of the crime] (Law), the substantial and fundamental fact of the comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a crime. {Corpus luteum} (l[umac]"t[esl]*[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora lutea} (-[adot]). [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary. {Corpus striatum} (str[isl]*[amac]"t[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora striata} (-t[adot]). [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain. | |
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d8Corpus \[d8]Cor"pus\ (-p[ucr]s), n.; pl. {Corpora} (-p[osl]*r[adot]). [L.] A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. {Corpus callosum} (k[acr]l*l[omac]"s[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora callosa} (-s[?]) [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres. See {Brain}. {Corpus Christi} (kr[icr]s"t[imac]) [L., body of Christ] (R. C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. {Corpus Christi cloth}. Same as {Pyx cloth}, under {Pyx}. {Corpus delicti} (d[esl]*l[icr]k"t[imac]) [L., the body of the crime] (Law), the substantial and fundamental fact of the comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a crime. {Corpus luteum} (l[umac]"t[esl]*[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora lutea} (-[adot]). [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary. {Corpus striatum} (str[isl]*[amac]"t[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora striata} (-t[adot]). [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain. | |
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d8Corpus \[d8]Cor"pus\ (-p[ucr]s), n.; pl. {Corpora} (-p[osl]*r[adot]). [L.] A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. {Corpus callosum} (k[acr]l*l[omac]"s[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora callosa} (-s[?]) [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres. See {Brain}. {Corpus Christi} (kr[icr]s"t[imac]) [L., body of Christ] (R. C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. {Corpus Christi cloth}. Same as {Pyx cloth}, under {Pyx}. {Corpus delicti} (d[esl]*l[icr]k"t[imac]) [L., the body of the crime] (Law), the substantial and fundamental fact of the comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a crime. {Corpus luteum} (l[umac]"t[esl]*[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora lutea} (-[adot]). [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary. {Corpus striatum} (str[isl]*[amac]"t[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora striata} (-t[adot]). [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain. | |
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d8Corpus \[d8]Cor"pus\ (-p[ucr]s), n.; pl. {Corpora} (-p[osl]*r[adot]). [L.] A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. {Corpus callosum} (k[acr]l*l[omac]"s[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora callosa} (-s[?]) [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres. See {Brain}. {Corpus Christi} (kr[icr]s"t[imac]) [L., body of Christ] (R. C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. {Corpus Christi cloth}. Same as {Pyx cloth}, under {Pyx}. {Corpus delicti} (d[esl]*l[icr]k"t[imac]) [L., the body of the crime] (Law), the substantial and fundamental fact of the comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a crime. {Corpus luteum} (l[umac]"t[esl]*[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora lutea} (-[adot]). [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary. {Corpus striatum} (str[isl]*[amac]"t[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora striata} (-t[adot]). [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain. | |
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d8Corpus \[d8]Cor"pus\ (-p[ucr]s), n.; pl. {Corpora} (-p[osl]*r[adot]). [L.] A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. {Corpus callosum} (k[acr]l*l[omac]"s[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora callosa} (-s[?]) [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres. See {Brain}. {Corpus Christi} (kr[icr]s"t[imac]) [L., body of Christ] (R. C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. {Corpus Christi cloth}. Same as {Pyx cloth}, under {Pyx}. {Corpus delicti} (d[esl]*l[icr]k"t[imac]) [L., the body of the crime] (Law), the substantial and fundamental fact of the comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a crime. {Corpus luteum} (l[umac]"t[esl]*[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora lutea} (-[adot]). [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary. {Corpus striatum} (str[isl]*[amac]"t[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora striata} (-t[adot]). [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain. | |
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Corpuscle \Cor"pus*cle\, n. (Physics) An electron. | |
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Corpuscle \Cor"pus*cle\ (-p[ucr]s*s'l), n. [L. corpusculum, dim. of corpus.] 1. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule. 2. (Anat.) A protoplasmic animal cell; esp., such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are imbedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles. See {Blood}. Virchow showed that the corpuscles of bone are homologous with those of connective tissue. --Quain's Anat. {Red blood corpuscles} (Physiol.), in man, yellowish, biconcave, circular discs varying from 1/3500 to 1/3200 of an inch in diameter and about 1/12400 of an inch thick. They are composed of a colorless stroma filled in with semifluid h[91]moglobin and other matters. In most mammals the red corpuscles are circular, but in the camels, birds, reptiles, and the lower vertebrates generally, they are oval, and sometimes more or less spherical in form. In Amphioxus, and most invertebrates, the blood corpuscles are all white or colorless. {White blood corpuscles} (Physiol.), rounded, slightly flattened, nucleated cells, mainly protoplasmic in composition, and possessed of contractile power. In man, the average size is about 1/2500 of an inch, and they are present in blood in much smaller numbers than the red corpuscles. | |
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Corpuscular \Cor*pus"cu*lar\ (k?r-p?s"k?-l?r), a. [Cf. F. corpusculaire.] Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles. {Corpuscular philosophy}, that which attempts to account for the phenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest, position, etc., of the minute particles of matter. {Corpuscular theory} (Opt.), the theory enunciated by Sir Isaac Newton, that light consists in the emission and rapid progression of minute particles or corpuscles. The theory is now generally rejected, and supplanted by the undulatory theory. | |
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Corpuscular \Cor*pus"cu*lar\ (k?r-p?s"k?-l?r), a. [Cf. F. corpusculaire.] Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles. {Corpuscular philosophy}, that which attempts to account for the phenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest, position, etc., of the minute particles of matter. {Corpuscular theory} (Opt.), the theory enunciated by Sir Isaac Newton, that light consists in the emission and rapid progression of minute particles or corpuscles. The theory is now generally rejected, and supplanted by the undulatory theory. | |
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Corpuscular \Cor*pus"cu*lar\ (k?r-p?s"k?-l?r), a. [Cf. F. corpusculaire.] Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles. {Corpuscular philosophy}, that which attempts to account for the phenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest, position, etc., of the minute particles of matter. {Corpuscular theory} (Opt.), the theory enunciated by Sir Isaac Newton, that light consists in the emission and rapid progression of minute particles or corpuscles. The theory is now generally rejected, and supplanted by the undulatory theory. | |
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Corpuscularian \Cor*pus`cu*la"ri*an\ (-l?"r?-a]/>n), a. Corpuscular. [Obs.] | |
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Corpuscularian \Cor*pus`cu*la"ri*an\, n. An adherent of the corpuscular philosophy. --Bentley. | |
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Corpuscule \Cor*pus"cule\ (k?r-p?s"k?l), n. A corpuscle. [Obs.] | |
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Corpusculous \Cor*pus"cu*lous\ (-k?-l?s), a. Corpuscular. --Tyndall. | |
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Corf \Corf\ (k[ocir]rf), n.; pl. {Corves} (k[ocir]rvz). [Cf. LG. & D. korf basket, G. korb, fr. L. corbis.] 1. A basket. 2. (Mining) (a) A large basket used in carrying or hoisting coal or ore. (b) A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines. | |
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Raven \Ra"ven\, n. [AS. hr[91]fn; akin to raaf, G. rabe, OHG. hraban, Icel. hrafn, Dan. ravn, and perhaps to L. corvus, Gr. [?]. [?][?][?].] (Zo[94]l.) A large black passerine bird ({Corvus corax}), similar to the crow, but larger. It is native of the northern part of Europe, Asia and America, and is noted for its sagacity. {Sea raven} (Zo[94]l.), the cormorant. | |
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Carrion \Car"ri*on\, a. Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion. A prey for carrion kites. --Shak. {Carrion beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; -- also called {sexton beetle} and {burying beetle}. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the family {Silphid[91]}. {Carrion buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bird of several species and genera (as {Ibycter}, {Milvago}, and {Polyborus}), which act as scavengers. See {Caracara}. {Carrion crow}, the common European crow ({Corvus corone}) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds. | |
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Rook \Rook\, n. [AS. hr[omac]c; akin to OHG. hruoh, ruoh, ruoho, Icel. hr[omac]kr, Sw. roka, Dan. raage; cf. Goth. hrukjan to crow.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A European bird ({Corvus frugilegus}) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species. The rook . . . should be treated as the farmer's friend. --Pennant. 2. A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper. --Wycherley. | |
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Daw \Daw\ (d[add]), n. [OE. dawe; akin to OHG. t[be]ha, MHG. t[be]he, t[be]hele, G. dohle. Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zo[94]l.) A European bird of the Crow family ({Corvus monedula}), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw. The loud daw, his throat displaying, draws The whole assembly of his fellow daws. --Waller. Note: The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a simpleton. See in Shakespeare: -- [bd]Then thou dwellest with daws too.[b8] (--Coriolanus iv. 5, 1. 47.) --Skeat. | |
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Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. {Fishes}, or collectively, {Fish}. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch, OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk, Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. {Piscatorial}. In some cases, such as fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob. been confused with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.] 1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of diverse characteristics, living in the water. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See {Pisces}. Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes), Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians (sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the fishes. 3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces. 4. The flesh of fish, used as food. 5. (Naut.) (a) A purchase used to fish the anchor. (b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish, used to strengthen a mast or yard. Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word; as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied. {Age of Fishes}. See under {Age}, n., 8. {Fish ball}, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small, round cake. [U.S.] {Fish bar}. Same as {Fish plate} (below). {Fish beam} (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis. {Fish crow} (Zo[94]l.), a species of crow ({Corvus ossifragus}), found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds largely on fish. {Fish culture}, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish; pisciculture. {Fish davit}. See {Davit}. {Fish day}, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day. {Fish duck} (Zo[94]l.), any species of merganser. {Fish fall}, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship. {Fish garth}, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or taking them easily. {Fish glue}. See {Isinglass}. {Fish joint}, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of railroads. {Fish kettle}, a long kettle for boiling fish whole. {Fish ladder}, a dam with a series of steps which fish can leap in order to ascend falls in a river. {Fish line}, [or] {Fishing line}, a line made of twisted hair, silk, etc., used in angling. {Fish louse} (Zo[94]l.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes, esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to {Caligus}, {Argulus}, and other related genera. See {Branchiura}. {Fish maw} (Zo[94]l.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air bladder, or sound. {Fish meal}, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in soups, etc. {Fish oil}, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc. {Fish owl} (Zo[94]l.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera {Scotopelia} and {Ketupa}, esp. a large East Indian species ({K. Ceylonensis}). {Fish plate}, one of the plates of a fish joint. {Fish pot}, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for catching crabs, lobsters, etc. {Fish pound}, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. {Fish slice}, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a fish trowel. {Fish slide}, an inclined box set in a stream at a small fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current. --Knight. {Fish sound}, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for the preparation of isinglass. {Fish story}, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett. {Fish strainer}. (a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a boiler. (b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish, to drain the water from a boiled fish. {Fish trowel}, a fish slice. {Fish} {weir [or] wear}, a weir set in a stream, for catching fish. {Neither fish nor flesh} (Fig.), neither one thing nor the other. | |
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Corypheus \Cor`y*phe"us\ (k?r`?-f?"?s), n.; pl. E. {Corypheuses} (-[ecr]z), L. {Coryphei} (-f[?]"[?]). [L. coryphaeus, fr. Gr. [?][?][?], fr. koryfh` head.] (Gr. Antiq.) The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest. That noted corypheus [Dr. John Owen] of the Independent faction. --South. | |
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Corypheus \Cor`y*phe"us\ (k?r`?-f?"?s), n.; pl. E. {Corypheuses} (-[ecr]z), L. {Coryphei} (-f[?]"[?]). [L. coryphaeus, fr. Gr. [?][?][?], fr. koryfh` head.] (Gr. Antiq.) The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest. That noted corypheus [Dr. John Owen] of the Independent faction. --South. | |
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Yard \Yard\, n. [OE. yard, yerd, AS. geard; akin to OFries. garda garden, OS. gardo garden, gard yard, D. gaard garden, G. garten, OHG. garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. gar[edh]r yard, house, Sw. g[86]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house, garda sheepfold, L. hortus garden, Gr. cho`rtos an inclosure. Cf. {Court}, {Garden}, {Garth}, {Horticulture}, {Orchard}.] 1. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard. A yard . . . inclosed all about with sticks In which she had a cock, hight chanticleer. --Chaucer. 2. An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard. {Liberty of the yard}, a liberty, granted to persons imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard, or within any other limits prescribed by law, on their giving bond not to go beyond those limits. {Prison yard}, an inclosure about a prison, or attached to it. {Yard grass} (Bot.), a low-growing grass ({Eleusine Indica}) having digitate spikes. It is common in dooryards, and like places, especially in the Southern United States. Called also {crab grass}. {Yard of land}. See {Yardland}. | |
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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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Yard \Yard\, n. [OE. yard, yerd, AS. geard; akin to OFries. garda garden, OS. gardo garden, gard yard, D. gaard garden, G. garten, OHG. garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. gar[edh]r yard, house, Sw. g[86]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house, garda sheepfold, L. hortus garden, Gr. cho`rtos an inclosure. Cf. {Court}, {Garden}, {Garth}, {Horticulture}, {Orchard}.] 1. An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of, or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard. A yard . . . inclosed all about with sticks In which she had a cock, hight chanticleer. --Chaucer. 2. An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard. {Liberty of the yard}, a liberty, granted to persons imprisoned for debt, of walking in the yard, or within any other limits prescribed by law, on their giving bond not to go beyond those limits. {Prison yard}, an inclosure about a prison, or attached to it. {Yard grass} (Bot.), a low-growing grass ({Eleusine Indica}) having digitate spikes. It is common in dooryards, and like places, especially in the Southern United States. Called also {crab grass}. {Yard of land}. See {Yardland}. | |
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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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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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Crabbish \Crab"bish\ (kr[acr]b"b[icr]sh), a. Somewhat sour or cross. The whips of the most crabbish Satyristes. --Decker. | |
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Crabfaced \Crab"faced`\ (kr[acr]b"f[amac]st`), a. Having a sour, disagreeable countenance. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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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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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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Crabsidle \Crab"si`dle\ (-s[imac]`d'l), v. i. To move sidewise, as a crab. [Jocular]. --Southey. | |
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Crabstick \Crab"stick`\ (-st[icr]k`), n. A stick, cane, or cudgel, made of the wood of the crab tree. | |
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Yaws \Yaws\, n. [African yaw a raspberry.] (Med.) A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as {framb[d2]sia}, {pian}, {verrugas}, and {crab-yaws}. | |
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Crab-yaws \Crab"-yaws`\ (kr?b"y?z`), n. (Med.) A disease in the West Indies. It is a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges. See {Yaws}. --Dunglison. | |
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Yaws \Yaws\, n. [African yaw a raspberry.] (Med.) A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as {framb[d2]sia}, {pian}, {verrugas}, and {crab-yaws}. | |
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Crab-yaws \Crab"-yaws`\ (kr?b"y?z`), n. (Med.) A disease in the West Indies. It is a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges. See {Yaws}. --Dunglison. | |
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Crap shooting \Crap shooting\ Same as {Craps}. | |
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Craps \Craps\ (kr?ps), n. A gambling game with dice. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Crawfish \Craw"fish`\ (kr[add]"f[icr]sh`), Crayfish \Cray"fish`\ (kr[amac]"f[icr]sh`), n.; pl. {-fishes} or {-fish}. [Corrupted fr. OE. crevis, creves, OF. crevice, F. [82]crevisse, fr. OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See {Crab}. The ending -fish arose from confusion with E. fish.] (Zo[94]l.) Any crustacean of the family {Astacid[91]}, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus {Cambarus}. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is {Cambarus pellucidus}. The common European species is {Astacus fluviatilis}. | |
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Crawfish \Craw"fish`\ (kr[add]"f[icr]sh`), Crayfish \Cray"fish`\ (kr[amac]"f[icr]sh`), n.; pl. {-fishes} or {-fish}. [Corrupted fr. OE. crevis, creves, OF. crevice, F. [82]crevisse, fr. OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See {Crab}. The ending -fish arose from confusion with E. fish.] (Zo[94]l.) Any crustacean of the family {Astacid[91]}, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus {Cambarus}. The blind crawfish of the Mammoth Cave is {Cambarus pellucidus}. The common European species is {Astacus fluviatilis}. | |
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Crayfish \Cray"fish\ (kr[amac]"f[icr]sh), n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Crawfish}. | |
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Crepuscle \Cre*pus"cle\ (kr[esl]*p[ucr]s"s'l), Crepuscule \Cre*pus"cule\ (kr[esl]*p[ucr]s"k[usl]l), n. [L. crepusculum, fr. creper dusky, dark: cf. F. cr[82]puscule.] Twilight. --Bailey. | |
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Crepuscular \Cre*pus"cu*lar\ (-k?-l?r), Crepusculous \Cre*pus"cu*lous\ (-l?s), a. [Cf. F. cr[82]pusculaire.] 1. Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly clear or luminous. This semihistorical and crepuscular period. --Sir G. C. Lewis. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Flying in the twilight or evening, or before sunrise; -- said certain birds and insects. Others feed only in the twilight, as bats and owls, and are called crepuscular. --Whewell. | |
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Crepuscle \Cre*pus"cle\ (kr[esl]*p[ucr]s"s'l), Crepuscule \Cre*pus"cule\ (kr[esl]*p[ucr]s"k[usl]l), n. [L. crepusculum, fr. creper dusky, dark: cf. F. cr[82]puscule.] Twilight. --Bailey. | |
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Crepusculine \Cre*pus"cu*line\ (-l[icr]n), a. Crepuscular. [Obs.] --Sprat. | |
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Crepuscular \Cre*pus"cu*lar\ (-k?-l?r), Crepusculous \Cre*pus"cu*lous\ (-l?s), a. [Cf. F. cr[82]pusculaire.] 1. Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly clear or luminous. This semihistorical and crepuscular period. --Sir G. C. Lewis. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Flying in the twilight or evening, or before sunrise; -- said certain birds and insects. Others feed only in the twilight, as bats and owls, and are called crepuscular. --Whewell. | |
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Crevice \Crev"ice\, v. t. To crack; to flaw. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Crevice \Crev"ice\ (kr?v"?s), n. [OE. crevace, crevice. F. crevasse, fr. crever to break, burst, fr. L. crepare to crack,break. Cf. {Craven}, {Crepitate}, {Crevasse}.] A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent. The mouse, Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about. --Tennyson. | |
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Creviced \Crev"iced\ (-?st), a. Having a crevice or crevices; as, a creviced structure for storing ears of corn. Trickling through the creviced rock. --J. Cunningham. | |
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Crevis \Crev"is\ (-?s), n. (Zo[94]l.) The crawfish. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Cribbage \Crib"bage\ (kr?b"?j), n. [From {Crib}, v. t., 2.] A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See {Crib}, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances. A man's fancy would be summed up in cribbage. --John Hall. {Cribbage board}, a board with holes and pegs, used by cribbage players to score their game. | |
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Cribbage \Crib"bage\ (kr?b"?j), n. [From {Crib}, v. t., 2.] A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See {Crib}, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances. A man's fancy would be summed up in cribbage. --John Hall. {Cribbage board}, a board with holes and pegs, used by cribbage players to score their game. | |
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Cropsick \Crop"sick`\ (kr?"s?k`), a. Sick from excess in eating or drinking. [Obs.] [bd]Cropsick drunkards.[b8] --Tate. -- {Crop"sick`ness}, n. [Obs.] --Whitlock. | |
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Cropsick \Crop"sick`\ (kr?"s?k`), a. Sick from excess in eating or drinking. [Obs.] [bd]Cropsick drunkards.[b8] --Tate. -- {Crop"sick`ness}, n. [Obs.] --Whitlock. | |
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Croupous \Croup"ous\ (kr??p"?s), a. (Med.) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup; as, croupous laryngitis. {Croupous pneumonia}, pneumonia attended with deposition of fibrinous matter in the air vesicles of the lungs; ordinary acute pneumonia. | |
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Pneumonia \Pneu*mo"ni*a\ (n[usl]*m[omac]"n[icr]*[adot]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. pneymoni`a, fr. pney`mwn, pl. pney`mones the lungs, also, pley`mwn, which is perh. the original form. Cf. {Pneumatio}, {Pulmonary}.] (Med.) Inflammation of the lungs. Note: {Catarrhal pneumonia}, [or] {Broncho-pneumonia}, is inflammation of the lung tissue, associated with catarrh and with marked evidences of inflammation of bronchial membranes, often chronic; -- also called {lobular pneumonia}, from its affecting single lobules at a time. {Croupous pneumonia}, or ordinary pneumonia, is an acute affection characterized by sudden onset with a chill, high fever, rapid course, and sudden decline; -- also called {lobar pneumonia}, from its affecting a whole lobe of the lung at once. See under {Croupous}. {Fibroid pneumonia} is an inflammation of the interstitial connective tissue lying between the lobules of the lungs, and is very slow in its course, producing shrinking and atrophy of the lungs. | |
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Croupous \Croup"ous\ (kr??p"?s), a. (Med.) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrane like that found in membranous croup; as, croupous laryngitis. {Croupous pneumonia}, pneumonia attended with deposition of fibrinous matter in the air vesicles of the lungs; ordinary acute pneumonia. | |
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Crow \Crow\, n. [AS. cr[?]we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr[?]e; cf. Icel. kr[?]ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr[?]wan to crow. See {Crow}, v. i. ] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus {Corvus}, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See {Caw}. Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is {C. corone}. The common American crow is {C. Americanus}. See {Carrion crow}, and Illustr., under {Carrion}. 2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar. Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight Unto my cell. --Shak. 3. The cry of the cock. See {Crow}, v. i., 1. 4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers. {Carrion crow}. See under {Carrion}. {Crow blackbird} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Quiscalus quiscula}); -- called also {purple grackle}. {Crow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See {Coucal}. {Crow shrike} (Zo[94]l.), any bird of the genera {Gymnorhina}, {Craticus}, or {Strepera}, mostly from Australia. {Red-legged crow}. See {Crough}. {As the crow flies}, in a direct line. {To pick a crow}, {To pluck a crow}, to state and adjust a difference or grievance (with any one). | |
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Curbstone \Curb"stone`\ (k?rb"st?n`), n. A stone [?]et along a margin as a and protection, as along the edge of a sidewalk next the roadway; an edge stone. {Curbstone broker}.See under {Broker}. | |
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Broker \Bro"ker\ (br[omac]"k[etil]r), n. [OE. brocour, from a word akin to broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, possess, digest, fr. AS. br[umac]can to use, enjoy; cf. Fries. broker, F. brocanteur. See {Brook}, v. t.] 1. One who transacts business for another; an agent. 2. (Law) An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own. --Story. 3. A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc. 4. A dealer in secondhand goods. [Eng.] 5. A pimp or procurer. [Obs.] --Shak. {Bill broker}, one who buys and sells notes and bills of exchange. {Curbstone broker} or {Street broker}, an operator in stocks (not a member of the Stock Exchange) who executes orders by running from office to office, or by transactions on the street. [U.S.] {Exchange broker}, one who buys and sells uncurrent money, and deals in exchanges relating to money. {Insurance broker}, one who is agent in procuring insurance on vessels, or against fire. {Pawn broker}. See {Pawnbroker}. {Real estate broker}, one who buys and sells lands, and negotiates loans, etc., upon mortgage. {Ship broker}, one who acts as agent in buying and selling ships, procuring freight, etc. {Stock broker}. See {Stockbroker}. | |
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Curbstone \Curb"stone`\ (k?rb"st?n`), n. A stone [?]et along a margin as a and protection, as along the edge of a sidewalk next the roadway; an edge stone. {Curbstone broker}.See under {Broker}. | |
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Soul \Soul\, n. [OE. soule, saule, AS. s[be]wel, s[be]wl; akin to OFries. s[?]le, OS. s[?]ola, D. ziel, G. seele, OHG. s[?]la, s[?]ula, Icel. s[be]la, Sw. sj[84]l, Dan. si[91]l, Goth. saiwala; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to L. saeculum a lifetime, age (cf. {Secular}.)] 1. The spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man; that part of man which enables him to think, and which renders him a subject of moral government; -- sometimes, in distinction from the higher nature, or spirit, of man, the so-called animal soul, that is, the seat of life, the sensitive affections and phantasy, exclusive of the voluntary and rational powers; -- sometimes, in distinction from the mind, the moral and emotional part of man's nature, the seat of feeling, in distinction from intellect; -- sometimes, the intellect only; the understanding; the seat of knowledge, as distinguished from feeling. In a more general sense, [bd]an animating, separable, surviving entity, the vehicle of individual personal existence.[b8] --Tylor. The eyes of our souls only then begin to see, when our bodily eyes are closing. --Law. 2. The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action; the animating or essential part. [bd]The hidden soul of harmony.[b8] --Milton. Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul. --Milton. 3. The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army. He is the very soul of bounty! --Shak. 4. Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent power or goodness. That he wants algebra he must confess; But not a soul to give our arms success. --Young. 5. A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul. As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. --Prov. xxv. 25. God forbid so many simple souls Should perish by the aword! --Shak. Now mistress Gilpin (careful soul). --Cowper. 6. A pure or disembodied spirit. That to his only Son . . . every soul in heaven Shall bend the knee. --Milton. Note: Soul is used in the formation of numerous compounds, most of which are of obvious signification; as, soul-betraying, soul-consuming, soul-destroying, soul-distracting, soul-enfeebling, soul-exalting, soul-felt, soul-harrowing, soul-piercing, soul-quickening, soul-reviving, soul-stirring, soul-subduing, soul-withering, etc. Syn: Spirit; life; courage; fire; ardor. {Cure of souls}. See {Cure}, n., 2. {Soul bell}, the passing bell. --Bp. Hall. {Soul foot}. See {Soul scot}, below. [Obs.] {Soul scot} [or] {Soul shot}. [Soul + scot, or shot; cf. AS. s[be]welsceat.] (O. Eccl. Law) A funeral duty paid in former times for a requiem for the soul. --Ayliffe. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Isodiabatic \I`so*di`a*bat"ic\, a. [Iso- + Gr. [?] to pass through.] (Physics) Pertaining to the reception or the giving out of equal quantities of heat by a substance. --Rankine. {Isodiabatic lines} [or] {curves}, a pair of lines or curves exhibiting, on a diagram of energy, the law of variation of the pressure and density of a fluid, the one during the lowering, and the other during the raising, of its temperature, when the quantity of heat given out by the fluid during any given stage of the one process is equal to the quantity received during the corresponding stage of the other. Such lines are said to be isodiabatic with respect to each other. Compare {Adiabatic}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Family \Fam"i*ly\, n.; pl. {Families}. [L. familia, fr. famulus servant; akin to Oscan famel servant, cf. faamat he dwells, Skr. dh[be]man house, fr. dh[be]to set, make, do: cf. F. famille. Cf. {Do}, v. t., {Doom}, {Fact}, {Feat}.] 1. The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders. 2. The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society. The welfare of the family underlies the welfare of society. --H. Spencer. 3. Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family. Go ! and pretend your family is young. --Pope. 4. Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage. 5. Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family. 6. A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family. 7. (Biol.) A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zo[94]logy a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order. {Family circle}. See under {Circle}. {Family man}. (a) A man who has a family; esp., one who has a wife and children living with him andd dependent upon him. (b) A man of domestic habits. [bd]The Jews are generally, when married, most exemplary family men.[b8] --Mayhew. {Family of} {curves [or] surfaces} (Geom.), a group of curves or surfaces derived from a single equation. {In a family way}, like one belonging to the family. [bd]Why don't we ask him and his ladies to come over in a family way, and dine with some other plain country gentlefolks?[b8] --Thackeray. {In the family way}, pregnant. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curvicaudate \Cur`vi*cau"date\ (k?r`v?-k?"d?t), a. [L. curvus bent + E. caudate.] (Zo[94]l.) Having a curved or crooked tail. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curvicostate \Cur`vi*cos"tate\ (k?r`v?-k?s"t?t), a. [L. curvus + E. costate.] (Bot.) Having bent ribs. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curviserial \Cur`vi*se"ri*al\ (-s?"r?-al), a. [L. curvus bent + E. serial.] (Bot.) Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curvograph \Cur"vo*graph\ (k?r"v?-gr?f), n. [L. curvus bent + -graph.] (Geom.) An arcograph. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Caribou County, ID (county, FIPS 29) Location: 42.75907 N, 111.55080 W Population (1990): 6963 (2867 housing units) Area: 4574.2 sq km (land), 84.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Churubusco, IN (town, FIPS 12610) Location: 41.23243 N, 85.32141 W Population (1990): 1781 (669 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46723 Churubusco, NY Zip code(s): 12923 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Corapeake, NC Zip code(s): 27926 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Corpus Christi, TX (city, FIPS 17000) Location: 27.70573 N, 97.29283 W Population (1990): 257453 (100205 housing units) Area: 349.6 sq km (land), 781.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78401, 78402, 78404, 78405, 78406, 78407, 78408, 78409, 78410, 78411, 78412, 78413, 78414, 78415, 78416, 78417, 78418, 78419, 78473 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Creve Coeur, IL (village, FIPS 17549) Location: 40.64125 N, 89.59969 W Population (1990): 5938 (2467 housing units) Area: 12.4 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Creve Coeur, MO (city, FIPS 17272) Location: 38.66047 N, 90.43547 W Population (1990): 12304 (5403 housing units) Area: 19.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63141 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cropsey, IL Zip code(s): 61731 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cropseyville, NY Zip code(s): 12052 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Caribou CodeWorks Director of Marketing: Norm Larsen (1995-11-05) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Carpus, fruit; fruitful |