English Dictionary: carnival | by the DICT Development Group |
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Carambola \Ca`ram*bo"la\, n. (Bot.) An East Indian tree ({Averrhoa Carambola}), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also {Coromandel gooseberry}. | |
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Carnification \Car`ni*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. carnification.] The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh. | |
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Carnify \Car"ni*fy\, v. i. [LL. carnificare, fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh + facere to make: cf. F. carnifier.] To form flesh; to become like flesh. --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Carnival \Car"ni*val\, n. [It. carnevale, prob. for older carnelevale, prop., the putting away of meat; fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh + levare to take away, lift up, fr. levis light.] 1. A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday. The carnival at Venice is everywhere talked of. --Addison. 2. Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess. --Tennyson. He saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival --Byron. | |
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Carnivoracity \Car*niv`o*rac"i*ty\, n. Greediness of appetite for flesh. [Sportive.] --Pope. | |
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Carnivore \Car`ni*vore\, n. [Cf. F. carnivore.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the Carnivora. | |
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Carnivorous \Car*niv"o*rous\, a. [L. carnivorus; caro, carnis, flesh + varare to devour.] Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics. | |
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Necrophore \Nec"ro*phore\, n. [Gr. [?] a dead body + [?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus {Necrophorus} and allied genera; -- called also {burying beetle}, {carrion beetle}, {sexton beetle}. | |
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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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Necrophore \Nec"ro*phore\, n. [Gr. [?] a dead body + [?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus {Necrophorus} and allied genera; -- called also {burying beetle}, {carrion beetle}, {sexton beetle}. | |
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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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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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Caracara \Ca`ra*ca"ra\ (k[aum]`r[adot]k[aum]"r[adot]), n. (Zo[94]l.) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called {carrion buzzards}. Note: The black caracara is {Ibycter ater}; the chimango is {Milvago chimango}; the Brazilian is {Polyborus Braziliensis}. | |
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, but contains in adition a large number of crystalline bodies, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin, carnin, etc. It is also rich in phosphate of potash. 2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish. With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread. --Chaucer. 3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person. As if this flesh, which walls about our life, Were brass impregnable. --Shak. 4. The human eace; mankind; humanity. All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. --Gen. vi. 12. 5. Human nature: (a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. --Cowper. (b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality. (c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences. 6. Kindred; stock; race. He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii. 27. 7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten. Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound. {After the flesh}, after the manner of man; in a gross or earthly manner. [bd]Ye judge after the flesh.[b8] --John viii. 15. {An arm of flesh}, human strength or aid. {Flesh and blood}. See under {Blood}. {Flesh broth}, broth made by boiling flesh in water. {Flesh fly} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of flies whose larv[91] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle fly; -- called also {meat fly}, {carrion fly}, and {blowfly}. See {Blowly}. {Flesh meat}, animal food. --Swift. {Flesh side}, the side of a skin or hide which was next to the flesh; -- opposed to grain side. {Flesh tint} (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate the hue of the living body. {Flesh worm} (Zo[94]l.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See {Flesh fly} (above). {Proud flesh}. See under {Proud}. {To be one flesh}, to be closely united as in marriage; to become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24. | |
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Earthnut \Earth"nut`\, n. (Bot.) A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground; as to: (a) The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants {Bunium flexuosum} and {Carum Bulbocastanum}. (b) The peanut. See {Peanut}. | |
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Parsley \Pars"ley\, n. [OE. persely, persil, F. persil, L. petroselinum rock parsley, Gr. [?]; [?] stone + [?] parsley. Cf. {Celery}.] (Bot.) An aromatic umbelliferous herb ({Carum Petroselinum}), having finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a garnish. As she went to the garden for parsley, to stuff a rabbit. --Shak. {Fool's parsley}. See under {Fool}. {Hedge parsley}, {Milk parsley}, {Stone parsley}, names given to various weeds of similar appearance to the parsley. {Parsley fern} (Bot.), a small fern with leaves resembling parsley ({Cryptogramme crispa}). {Parsley piert} (Bot.), a small herb ({Alchemilla arvensis}) formerly used as a remedy for calculus. | |
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Wenona \We*no"na\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A sand snake ({Charina plumbea}) of Western North America, of the family {Erycid[91]}. | |
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Charmful \Charm"ful\, a. Abounding with charms. [bd]His charmful lyre.[b8] --Cowley. | |
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Choriamb \Cho"ri*amb\, n.; pl. {Choriambs}. Same as {Choriambus}. | |
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Choriambus \Cho`ri*am"bus\, n.; pl. L. {Choriambi}, E. {Choriambuses}. [L. choriambus, Gr. [?]; [?] a choreus + [?] iambus.] (Anc. Pros.) A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- [de] [de] -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united. | |
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Choriambic \Cho`ri*am"bic\, a. [L. choriambicus, gr. [?].] Pertaining to a choriamb. -- n. A choriamb. | |
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Choriamb \Cho"ri*amb\, n.; pl. {Choriambs}. Same as {Choriambus}. | |
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Choriambus \Cho`ri*am"bus\, n.; pl. L. {Choriambi}, E. {Choriambuses}. [L. choriambus, Gr. [?]; [?] a choreus + [?] iambus.] (Anc. Pros.) A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- [de] [de] -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united. | |
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Choriambus \Cho`ri*am"bus\, n.; pl. L. {Choriambi}, E. {Choriambuses}. [L. choriambus, Gr. [?]; [?] a choreus + [?] iambus.] (Anc. Pros.) A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- [de] [de] -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united. | |
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Chromoblast \Chro"mo*blast\, n. [Gr. [?] color + -blast.] An embryonic cell which develops into a pigment cell. | |
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Chromophane \Chro"mo*phane\, n. [Gr. [?] color + [?] to show.] (Physiol.) A general name for the several coloring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina. | |
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Chromophore \Chro"mo*phore\, n. [Gr. [?] color + [?] to bear.] (Chem.) Any chemical group or residue (as {NO2}; {N2}; or {O2}) which imparts some decided color to the compound of which it is an ingredient. | |
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Chromophotograph \Chro`mo*pho"to*graph\, n. [Gr. [?] color + photograph.] A picture made by any of the processes for reproducing photographs in colors. -- {Chro`mo*pho`to*graph"ic}, a. | |
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Chromophotograph \Chro`mo*pho"to*graph\, n. [Gr. [?] color + photograph.] A picture made by any of the processes for reproducing photographs in colors. -- {Chro`mo*pho`to*graph"ic}, a. | |
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Chromophotography \Chro`mo*pho*tog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?] color + E. photography.] The art of producing photographs in colors. | |
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Chromophotolithograph \Chro"mo*pho`to*lith"o*graph\, n. A photolithograph printed in colors. | |
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Chromoplastid \Chro`mo*plas"tid\, n. [Gr. [?] + E. plastid.] (Bot.) A protoplasmic granule of some other color than green; -- also called {chromoleucite}. | |
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Chronopher \Chron"o*pher\, n. [Gr. [?] time + [?] to carry.] An instrument signaling the correct time to distant points by electricity. | |
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Chronophotograph \Chron`o*pho"to*graph\, n. [Gr. [?] time + photograph.] One of a set of photographs of a moving object, taken for the purpose of recording and exhibiting successive phases of the motion. -- {Chron`o*pho*tog"ra*phy}, n. | |
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Chronophotograph \Chron`o*pho"to*graph\, n. [Gr. [?] time + photograph.] One of a set of photographs of a moving object, taken for the purpose of recording and exhibiting successive phases of the motion. -- {Chron`o*pho*tog"ra*phy}, n. | |
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Cormophylogeny \Cor`mo*phy*log"e*ny\ (k?r`m?-f?-l?j"?-n?), n. [Gr. kormo`s trunk of a tree + E. phylogeny.] (Biol.) The phylogeny of groups or families of individuals. --Haeckel. | |
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Cormophytes \Cor"mo*phytes\ (k[ocir]r"m[osl]*f[imac]ts), d8Cormophyta \[d8]Cor*moph"y*ta\ (k[ocr]r*m[ocr]f"[icr]*t[adot]), n. pl. [NL. cormophyta, fr. Gr. kormo`s trunk of a tree + fyto`n plant.] (Bot.) A term proposed by Endlicher to include all plants with an axis containing vascular tissue and with foliage. | |
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Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[uacute]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. 2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; {white [or] southern corn}, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn}, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small variety, used for popping. 3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --Milton. 4. A small, hard particle; a grain. [bd]Corn of sand.[b8] --Bp. Hall. [bd]A corn of powder.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal. {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma [or] Lychnis Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; -- called also {sword lily}. {Corn fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called [bd]gout,[b8] on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is {Chlorops t[91]niopus}. (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}. {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn. {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[d2]as}), common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}. {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn. {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}. {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V. olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}. {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}. {Corn weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[91]}) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}. | |
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Corncrake \Corn"crake`\ (-kr?k`), n. (Zo[94]l.) A bird ({Crex crex} or {C. pratensis}) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also {corn bird}. | |
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Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[uacute]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. 2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; {white [or] southern corn}, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn}, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small variety, used for popping. 3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --Milton. 4. A small, hard particle; a grain. [bd]Corn of sand.[b8] --Bp. Hall. [bd]A corn of powder.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal. {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma [or] Lychnis Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; -- called also {sword lily}. {Corn fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called [bd]gout,[b8] on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is {Chlorops t[91]niopus}. (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}. {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn. {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[d2]as}), common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}. {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn. {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}. {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V. olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}. {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}. {Corn weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[91]}) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}. | |
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Flag \Flag\, n. [From {Flag} to hang loose, to bend down.] (Bot.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera {Iris} and {Acorus}. {Cooper's flag}, the cat-tail ({Typha latifolia}), the long leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels to make the latter water-tight. {Corn flag}. See under 2d {Corn}. {Flag broom}, a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or rushes. {Flag root}, the root of the sweet flag. {Sweet flag}. See {Calamus}, n., 2. | |
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Gladiole \Glad"i*ole\, n. [L. gladiolus a small sword, the sword lily, dim. of gladius sword. See {Glaive}.] (Bot.) A lilylike plant, of the genus {Gladiolus}; -- called also {corn flag}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[uacute]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. 2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; {white [or] southern corn}, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn}, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small variety, used for popping. 3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --Milton. 4. A small, hard particle; a grain. [bd]Corn of sand.[b8] --Bp. Hall. [bd]A corn of powder.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal. {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma [or] Lychnis Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; -- called also {sword lily}. {Corn fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called [bd]gout,[b8] on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is {Chlorops t[91]niopus}. (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}. {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn. {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[d2]as}), common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}. {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn. {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}. {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V. olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}. {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}. {Corn weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[91]}) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Flag \Flag\, n. [From {Flag} to hang loose, to bend down.] (Bot.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera {Iris} and {Acorus}. {Cooper's flag}, the cat-tail ({Typha latifolia}), the long leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels to make the latter water-tight. {Corn flag}. See under 2d {Corn}. {Flag broom}, a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or rushes. {Flag root}, the root of the sweet flag. {Sweet flag}. See {Calamus}, n., 2. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gladiole \Glad"i*ole\, n. [L. gladiolus a small sword, the sword lily, dim. of gladius sword. See {Glaive}.] (Bot.) A lilylike plant, of the genus {Gladiolus}; -- called also {corn flag}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[uacute]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. 2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; {white [or] southern corn}, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn}, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small variety, used for popping. 3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --Milton. 4. A small, hard particle; a grain. [bd]Corn of sand.[b8] --Bp. Hall. [bd]A corn of powder.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal. {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma [or] Lychnis Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; -- called also {sword lily}. {Corn fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called [bd]gout,[b8] on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is {Chlorops t[91]niopus}. (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}. {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn. {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[d2]as}), common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}. {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn. {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}. {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V. olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}. {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}. {Corn weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[91]}) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Flag \Flag\, n. [From {Flag} to hang loose, to bend down.] (Bot.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera {Iris} and {Acorus}. {Cooper's flag}, the cat-tail ({Typha latifolia}), the long leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels to make the latter water-tight. {Corn flag}. See under 2d {Corn}. {Flag broom}, a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or rushes. {Flag root}, the root of the sweet flag. {Sweet flag}. See {Calamus}, n., 2. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gladiole \Glad"i*ole\, n. [L. gladiolus a small sword, the sword lily, dim. of gladius sword. See {Glaive}.] (Bot.) A lilylike plant, of the genus {Gladiolus}; -- called also {corn flag}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[uacute]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. 2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; {white [or] southern corn}, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn}, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small variety, used for popping. 3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --Milton. 4. A small, hard particle; a grain. [bd]Corn of sand.[b8] --Bp. Hall. [bd]A corn of powder.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal. {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma [or] Lychnis Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; -- called also {sword lily}. {Corn fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called [bd]gout,[b8] on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is {Chlorops t[91]niopus}. (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}. {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn. {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[d2]as}), common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}. {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn. {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}. {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V. olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}. {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}. {Corn weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[91]}) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[uacute]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. 2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; {white [or] southern corn}, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn}, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small variety, used for popping. 3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --Milton. 4. A small, hard particle; a grain. [bd]Corn of sand.[b8] --Bp. Hall. [bd]A corn of powder.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal. {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma [or] Lychnis Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; -- called also {sword lily}. {Corn fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called [bd]gout,[b8] on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is {Chlorops t[91]niopus}. (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}. {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn. {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[d2]as}), common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}. {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn. {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}. {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V. olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}. {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}. {Corn weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[91]}) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}. | |
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Fritter \Frit"ter\, n. [OR. fritour, friture, pancake, F. friture frying, a thing fried, from frire to fry. See {Far}, v. t.] 1. A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters. 2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece. And cut whole giants into fritters. --Hudibras. {Corn fritter}. See under {Corn}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[uacute]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. 2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; {white [or] southern corn}, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn}, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small variety, used for popping. 3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --Milton. 4. A small, hard particle; a grain. [bd]Corn of sand.[b8] --Bp. Hall. [bd]A corn of powder.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal. {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma [or] Lychnis Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; -- called also {sword lily}. {Corn fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called [bd]gout,[b8] on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is {Chlorops t[91]niopus}. (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}. {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn. {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[d2]as}), common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}. {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn. {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}. {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V. olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}. {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}. {Corn weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[91]}) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[uacute]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. 2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; {white [or] southern corn}, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn}, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small variety, used for popping. 3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --Milton. 4. A small, hard particle; a grain. [bd]Corn of sand.[b8] --Bp. Hall. [bd]A corn of powder.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal. {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma [or] Lychnis Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; -- called also {sword lily}. {Corn fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called [bd]gout,[b8] on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is {Chlorops t[91]niopus}. (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}. {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn. {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[d2]as}), common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}. {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn. {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}. {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V. olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}. {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}. {Corn weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[91]}) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}. | |
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Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[uacute]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. 2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; {white [or] southern corn}, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn}, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small variety, used for popping. 3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --Milton. 4. A small, hard particle; a grain. [bd]Corn of sand.[b8] --Bp. Hall. [bd]A corn of powder.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal. {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma [or] Lychnis Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; -- called also {sword lily}. {Corn fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called [bd]gout,[b8] on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is {Chlorops t[91]niopus}. (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}. {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn. {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[d2]as}), common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}. {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn. {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}. {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V. olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}. {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}. {Corn weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[91]}) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}. | |
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Poppy \Pop"py\, n.; pl. {Poppies}. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L. papaver.] (Bot.) Any plant or species of the genus {Papaver}, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species ({Papaver somniferum}) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of {Capsule}. {California poppy} (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the genus {Eschscholtzia}. {Corn poppy}. See under {Corn}. {Horn}, [or] {Horned}, {poppy}. See under {Horn}. {Poppy bee} (Zo[94]l.), a leaf-cutting bee ({Anthocopa papaveris}) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for the lining of its cells; -- called also {upholsterer bee}. {Prickly poppy} (Bot.), {Argemone Mexicana}, a yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly as a thistle. {Poppy seed}, the seed the opium poppy ({P. somniferum}). {Spatling poppy} (Bot.), a species of Silene ({S. inflata}). See {Catchfly}. | |
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Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[uacute]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. 2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; {white [or] southern corn}, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn}, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small variety, used for popping. 3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --Milton. 4. A small, hard particle; a grain. [bd]Corn of sand.[b8] --Bp. Hall. [bd]A corn of powder.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal. {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma [or] Lychnis Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; -- called also {sword lily}. {Corn fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called [bd]gout,[b8] on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is {Chlorops t[91]niopus}. (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}. {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn. {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[d2]as}), common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}. {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn. {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}. {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V. olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}. {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}. {Corn weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[91]}) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}. | |
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{Corn violet}. See under {Corn}. {Dame's violet}. (Bot.) See {Damewort}. {Dogtooth violet}. (Bot.) See under {Dogtooth}. {Water violet} (Bot.), an aquatic European herb ({Hottonia palustris}) with pale purplish flowers and pinnatifid leaves. | |
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Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[uacute]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. 2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; {white [or] southern corn}, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn}, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small variety, used for popping. 3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --Milton. 4. A small, hard particle; a grain. [bd]Corn of sand.[b8] --Bp. Hall. [bd]A corn of powder.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal. {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma [or] Lychnis Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; -- called also {sword lily}. {Corn fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called [bd]gout,[b8] on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is {Chlorops t[91]niopus}. (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}. {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn. {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[d2]as}), common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}. {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn. {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}. {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V. olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}. {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}. {Corn weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[91]}) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}. | |
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Corn \Corn\, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka[uacute]rn, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. {Grain}, {Kernel}.] 1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain. 2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. Note: In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or {Indian corn}, of which there are several kinds; as, {yellow corn}, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; {white [or] southern corn}, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; {sweet corn}, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; {pop corn}, any small variety, used for popping. 3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing. In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. --Milton. 4. A small, hard particle; a grain. [bd]Corn of sand.[b8] --Bp. Hall. [bd]A corn of powder.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Corn ball}, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. {Corn bread}, bread made of Indian meal. {Corn cake}, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. {Corn cockle} (Bot.), a weed ({Agrostemma [or] Lychnis Githago}), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. {Corn flag} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Gladiolus}; -- called also {sword lily}. {Corn fly}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called [bd]gout,[b8] on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is {Chlorops t[91]niopus}. (b) A small fly ({Anthomyia ze}) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. {Corn fritter}, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] {Corn laws}, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. {Corn marigold}. (Bot.) See under {Marigold}. {Corn oyster}, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] {Corn parsley} (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus ({Petroselinum segetum}), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. {Corn popper}, a utensil used in popping corn. {Corn poppy} (Bot.), the red poppy ({Papaver Rh[d2]as}), common in European cornfields; -- also called {corn rose}. {Corn rent}, rent paid in corn. {Corn rose}. See {Corn poppy}. {Corn salad} (Bot.), a name given to several species of {Valerianella}, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. {V. olitoria} is also called {lamb's lettuce}. {Corn stone}, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] {Corn violet} (Bot.), a species of {Campanula}. {Corn weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil ({Sphenophorus ze[91]}) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See {Grain weevil}, under {Weevil}. | |
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Cornbind \Corn"bind`\ (k?rn"b?nd`), n. (Bot.) A weed that binds stalks of corn, as {Convolvulus arvensis}, {Polygonum Convolvulus}. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Cornfield \Corn"field`\ (k?rn"f?ld`), n. A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn. | |
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Cornfloor \Corn"floor`\ (-fl?r`), n. A thrashing floor. --Hos. ix. 1. | |
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Cornflower \Corn"flow`er\ (-flou`?r), n. (Bot.) A conspicuous wild flower ({Centaurea Cyanus}), growing in grainfields. | |
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Corniferous \Cor*nif"er*ous\ (k?r-n?f"?r-?s), a. [L. cornu horn + -ferous.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age. (See the Diagram, under {Geology}.) The Corniferous period has been so called from the numerous seams of hornstone which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York. | |
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Cornific \Cor*nif"ic\ (k?r-n?f"?k), a. [L. cornu horn + facere to make.] Producing horns; forming horn. | |
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Cornification \Cor`ni*fi*ca"tion\ (k?r`n?-f?-k?"sh?n), n. Conversion into, or formation of, horn; a becoming like horn. | |
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Cornified \Cor"ni*fied\ (k?r"n?-f?d), a. [L. cornu horn + -fy.] (Anat.) Converted into horn; horny. | |
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Corniform \Cor"ni*form\ (-f?rm), a. [L. cornu horn + -form.] Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped. | |
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Corniplume \Cor"ni*plume\ (k?r"n?-pl?m), n. [L. cornu horn + pluma feather.] (Zo[94]l.) A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds. | |
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Cornopean \Cor*no"pe*an\ (k?r-n?"p?-an), n. (Mus.) An obsolete name for the cornet-[85]-piston. | |
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Coroniform \Co*ron"i*form\ (k?-r?n"?-f?rm [or] k?-r?"n?-), a. [L. corona crown + -form.] Having the form of a crown or coronet; resembling a crown. | |
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Corrump \Cor*rump"\ (k?r-r?mp"), v. t. [L. corrumpere.] To corrupt. See {Corrupt}. [Obs.] --Chauser. | |
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Corrumpable \Cor*rump"a*ble\ (-?-b'l), a. Corruptible. [Obs.] | |
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Corymb \Cor"ymb\ (k?r"?mb [or] -?m; 220), n. [L. corymbus cluster of flowers, Gr. [?][?][?][?].] (Bot.) (a) A flat-topped or convex cluster of flowers, each on its own footstalk, and arising from different points of a common axis, the outermost blossoms expanding first, as in the hawthorn. (b) Any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit. | |
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Corymbed \Cor"ymbed\ (k?r"?mbd), a. (Bot.) Corymbose. | |
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Corymbiferous \Cor`ym*bif"er*ous\ (k?r`?m-b?f"?r-?s), a. [L. corymbifer; corymbus a cluster of flowers + ferre to bear[?] cf. F. corimbif[?]re.] (Bot.) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit. | |
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Corymbose \Co*rym"bose\ (k?-r?m"b?s [or] k?r"?m-b?s`), a. (Bot.) Consisting of corymbs, or resembling them in form. [Written also {corymbous}.] | |
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Corymbosely \Co*rym"bose*ly\, adv. In corymbs. | |
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Corymbose \Co*rym"bose\ (k?-r?m"b?s [or] k?r"?m-b?s`), a. (Bot.) Consisting of corymbs, or resembling them in form. [Written also {corymbous}.] | |
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Kale \Kale\, n. [Scot. kale, kail, cale, colewort, Gael. cael; akin to Ir. cal, W. cawl, Armor. kaol. See {Cole}.] 1. (Bot.) A variety of cabbage in which the leaves do not form a head, being nearly the original or wild form of the species. [Written also {kail}, and {cale}.] 2. See {Kail}, 2. {Sea kale} (Bot.), a European cruciferous herb ({Crambe maritima}), often used as a pot herb; sea cabbage. | |
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Crambo \Cram"bo\ (-b[osl]), n. [Cf. {Cramp}, a., difficult.] 1. A game in which one person gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme. I saw in one corner . . . a cluster of men and women, diverting themselves with a game at crambo. I heard several double rhymes . . . which raised a great deal of mirth. --Addison. 2. A word rhyming with another word. His similes in order set And every crambo he could get. --Swift. {Dumb crambo}, a game in which one party of players give a word which rhymes with another, which last to be guessed by the opposing party, who represent in dumb show what they think it to be. | |
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Cramp \Cramp\, n. (Med.) A paralysis of certain muscles due to excessive use; as, writer's cramp; milker's cramp, etc. | |
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Cramp \Cramp\ (kr[acr]mp), n. [OE. crampe, craumpe; akin to D. & Sw. kramp, Dan. krampe, G. krampf (whence F. crampe), Icel. krappr strait, narrow, and to E. crimp, crumple; cf. cram. See {Grape}.] 1. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance. A narrow fortune is a cramp to a great mind. --L'Estrange. Crippling his pleasures with the cramp of fear. --Cowper. 2. (Masonry) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron. 3. (Carp.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc. 4. A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape. 5. (Med.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg. The cramp, divers nights, gripeth him in his legs. --Sir T. More. {Cramp bone}, the patella of a sheep; -- formerly used as a charm for the cramp. --Halliwell. [bd]He could turn cramp bones into chess men.[b8] --Dickens. {Cramp ring}, a ring formerly supposed to have virtue in averting or curing cramp, as having been consecrated by one of the kings of England on Good Friday. | |
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Cramp \Cramp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cramped} (kr[?]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cramping}.] 1. To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder. The mind my be as much cramped by too much knowledge as by ignorance. --Layard. 2. To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp. 3. Hence, to bind together; to unite. The . . . fabric of universal justic is well cramped and bolted together in all its parts. --Burke. 4. To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs. 5. To afflict with cramp. When the gout cramps my joints. --Ford. {To cramp the wheels of wagon}, to turn the front wheels out of line with the hind wheels, so that one of them shall be against the body of the wagon. | |
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Cramp \Cramp\, a. [See {Cramp}, n.] Knotty; difficult. [R.] Care being taken not to add any of the cramp reasons for this opinion. --Coleridge. | |
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Cramp \Cramp\ (kr[acr]mp), n. [OE. crampe, craumpe; akin to D. & Sw. kramp, Dan. krampe, G. krampf (whence F. crampe), Icel. krappr strait, narrow, and to E. crimp, crumple; cf. cram. See {Grape}.] 1. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance. A narrow fortune is a cramp to a great mind. --L'Estrange. Crippling his pleasures with the cramp of fear. --Cowper. 2. (Masonry) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron. 3. (Carp.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc. 4. A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape. 5. (Med.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg. The cramp, divers nights, gripeth him in his legs. --Sir T. More. {Cramp bone}, the patella of a sheep; -- formerly used as a charm for the cramp. --Halliwell. [bd]He could turn cramp bones into chess men.[b8] --Dickens. {Cramp ring}, a ring formerly supposed to have virtue in averting or curing cramp, as having been consecrated by one of the kings of England on Good Friday. | |
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Cramp iron \Cramp" i`ron\ (?`rn). See {Cramp}, n., 2. | |
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Writer \Writ"er\, n. [AS. wr[c6]tere.] 1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. They [came] that handle the pen of the writer. --Judg. v. 14. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. --Ps. xlv. 1. 2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels. This pitch, as ancient writers do report, doth defile. --Shak. 3. A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor. {Writer of the tallies} (Eng. Law), an officer of the exchequer of England, who acted as clerk to the auditor of the receipt, and wrote the accounts upon the tallies from the tellers' bills. The use of tallies in the exchequer has been abolished. --Wharton (Law. Dict.) {Writer's} {cramp, palsy, [or] spasm} (Med.), a painful spasmodic affection of the muscles of the fingers, brought on by excessive use, as in writing, violin playing, telegraphing, etc. Called also {scrivener's palsy}. {Writer to the signet}. See under {Signet}. | |
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Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Rai[91], including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See {Skate}. {Bishop ray}, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray ({Stoasodon n[85]rinari}) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. {Butterfly ray}, a short-tailed American sting ray ({Pteroplatea Maclura}), having very broad pectoral fins. {Devil ray}. See {Sea Devil}. {Eagle ray}, any large ray of the family {Myliobatid[91]}, or {[92]tobatid[91]}. The common European species ({Myliobatis aquila}) is called also {whip ray}, and {miller}. {Electric ray}, or {Cramp ray}, a torpedo. {Starry ray}, a common European skate ({Raia radiata}). {Sting ray}, any one of numerous species of rays of the family {Trygonid[91]} having one or more large, sharp, barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also {stingaree}. | |
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Cramp \Cramp\ (kr[acr]mp), n. [OE. crampe, craumpe; akin to D. & Sw. kramp, Dan. krampe, G. krampf (whence F. crampe), Icel. krappr strait, narrow, and to E. crimp, crumple; cf. cram. See {Grape}.] 1. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance. A narrow fortune is a cramp to a great mind. --L'Estrange. Crippling his pleasures with the cramp of fear. --Cowper. 2. (Masonry) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron. 3. (Carp.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the joints of framework, etc. 4. A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape. 5. (Med.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg. The cramp, divers nights, gripeth him in his legs. --Sir T. More. {Cramp bone}, the patella of a sheep; -- formerly used as a charm for the cramp. --Halliwell. [bd]He could turn cramp bones into chess men.[b8] --Dickens. {Cramp ring}, a ring formerly supposed to have virtue in averting or curing cramp, as having been consecrated by one of the kings of England on Good Friday. | |
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Cramp \Cramp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cramped} (kr[?]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cramping}.] 1. To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder. The mind my be as much cramped by too much knowledge as by ignorance. --Layard. 2. To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp. 3. Hence, to bind together; to unite. The . . . fabric of universal justic is well cramped and bolted together in all its parts. --Burke. 4. To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs. 5. To afflict with cramp. When the gout cramps my joints. --Ford. {To cramp the wheels of wagon}, to turn the front wheels out of line with the hind wheels, so that one of them shall be against the body of the wagon. | |
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Crampet \Cram"pet\, n. One of the plates of iron, with attached spikes, forming a pair of crampoons; hence (Curling), an iron plate for a player to stand on when delivering the stones. | |
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Crampet \Cram"pet\ (kr?m"p?t), n. [See {Cramp},n.] (Mil.) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard. [Written also {crampit} and {crampette}.] | |
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Crampet \Cram"pet\ (kr?m"p?t), n. [See {Cramp},n.] (Mil.) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard. [Written also {crampit} and {crampette}.] | |
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Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. {Torpedoes}. [L. torpedo, -inis, from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See {Torpid}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to {Torpedo} and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also {crampfish}, and {numbfish}. See {Electrical fish}, under {Electrical}. Note: The common European torpedo ({T. vulgaris}) and the American species ({T. occidentalis}) are the best known. 2. An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up. Specifically: (a) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore. (b) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship. 3. (Mil.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it. 4. (Railroad) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal. 5. An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil. 6. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object. {Fish torpedo}, a spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped, self-propelling submarine torpedo. {Spar torpedo}, a canister or other vessel containing an explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo. {Torpedo boat}, a vessel adapted for carrying, launching, operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against an enemy's ship. | |
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Crampfish \Cramp"fish`\ (kr?mp"f?sh`), n. (Zo[94]l.) The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See {Electric fish}, and {Torpedo}. | |
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Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. {Torpedoes}. [L. torpedo, -inis, from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See {Torpid}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to {Torpedo} and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also {crampfish}, and {numbfish}. See {Electrical fish}, under {Electrical}. Note: The common European torpedo ({T. vulgaris}) and the American species ({T. occidentalis}) are the best known. 2. An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up. Specifically: (a) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore. (b) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship. 3. (Mil.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it. 4. (Railroad) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal. 5. An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil. 6. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object. {Fish torpedo}, a spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped, self-propelling submarine torpedo. {Spar torpedo}, a canister or other vessel containing an explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo. {Torpedo boat}, a vessel adapted for carrying, launching, operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against an enemy's ship. | |
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Crampfish \Cramp"fish`\ (kr?mp"f?sh`), n. (Zo[94]l.) The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See {Electric fish}, and {Torpedo}. | |
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Cramp \Cramp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cramped} (kr[?]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cramping}.] 1. To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder. The mind my be as much cramped by too much knowledge as by ignorance. --Layard. 2. To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp. 3. Hence, to bind together; to unite. The . . . fabric of universal justic is well cramped and bolted together in all its parts. --Burke. 4. To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs. 5. To afflict with cramp. When the gout cramps my joints. --Ford. {To cramp the wheels of wagon}, to turn the front wheels out of line with the hind wheels, so that one of them shall be against the body of the wagon. | |
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Crampet \Cram"pet\ (kr?m"p?t), n. [See {Cramp},n.] (Mil.) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard. [Written also {crampit} and {crampette}.] | |
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Crampit \Cram"pit\ (kr[acr]m"p[icr]t), n. (Mil.) See {Crampet}. | |
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Crampet \Cram"pet\ (kr?m"p?t), n. [See {Cramp},n.] (Mil.) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard. [Written also {crampit} and {crampette}.] | |
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Crampit \Cram"pit\ (kr[acr]m"p[icr]t), n. (Mil.) See {Crampet}. | |
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Cramponee \Cram`po*nee"\ (kr[acr]m`p?-n?"), a. [F. cramponn[82]. See {Crampoons}.] (Her.) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; -- said of a cross so furnished. | |
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Crampoons \Cram*poons"\ (kr[acr]m*p[oomac]nz"), n. pl. [F. crampon, fr. OHG. chramph crooked; akin to G. krampf cramp. See {Cramp},n., and cf. {Crampon}.] 1. A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc. 2. Iron instruments with sharp points, worn on the shoes to assist in gaining or keeping a foothold. | |
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Crampy \Cramp"y\ (kr[acr]mp"[ycr]), 1. Affected with cramp. 2. Productive of, or abounding in, cramps. [bd]This crampy country.[b8] --Howitt. | |
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Cranberry \Cran"ber*ry\ (kr[acr]n"b[ecr]r*r[ycr]), n.; pl. {Cranberries} (-r[icr]z). [So named from its fruit being ripe in the spring when the cranes return. --Dr. Prior.] (Bot.) A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also, the plant producing it (several species of {Vaccinum} or {Oxycoccus}.) The {high cranberry} or {cranberry tree} is a species of {Viburnum} ({V. Opulus}), and the other is sometimes called {low cranberry} or {marsh cranberry} to distinguish it. | |
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Cranberry \Cran"ber*ry\ (kr[acr]n"b[ecr]r*r[ycr]), n.; pl. {Cranberries} (-r[icr]z). [So named from its fruit being ripe in the spring when the cranes return. --Dr. Prior.] (Bot.) A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also, the plant producing it (several species of {Vaccinum} or {Oxycoccus}.) The {high cranberry} or {cranberry tree} is a species of {Viburnum} ({V. Opulus}), and the other is sometimes called {low cranberry} or {marsh cranberry} to distinguish it. | |
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Cranberry \Cran"ber*ry\ (kr[acr]n"b[ecr]r*r[ycr]), n.; pl. {Cranberries} (-r[icr]z). [So named from its fruit being ripe in the spring when the cranes return. --Dr. Prior.] (Bot.) A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also, the plant producing it (several species of {Vaccinum} or {Oxycoccus}.) The {high cranberry} or {cranberry tree} is a species of {Viburnum} ({V. Opulus}), and the other is sometimes called {low cranberry} or {marsh cranberry} to distinguish it. | |
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Fireworm \Fire"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The larva of a small tortricid moth which eats the leaves of the cranberry, so that the vines look as if burned; -- called also {cranberry worm}. | |
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Crane \Crane\ (kr[amac]n), n. [AS. cran; akin to D. & LG. craan, G. kranich, krahn (this in sense 2), Gr. ge`ranos, L. grus, W. & Armor. garan, OSlav. zerav[icr], Lith. gerve, Icel. trani, Sw. trana, Dan. trane. [root]24. Cf. {Geranium}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A wading bird of the genus {Grus}, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck. Note: The common European crane is {Grus cinerea}. The sand-hill crane ({G. Mexicana}) and the whooping crane ({G. Americana}) are large American species. The Balearic or crowned crane is {Balearica pavonina}. The name is sometimes erroneously applied to the herons and cormorants. 2. A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of {Derrick}. 3. An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire. 4. A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask. 5. (Naut.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See {Crotch}, 2. {Crane fly} (Zo[94]l.), a dipterous insect with long legs, of the genus {Tipula}. {Derrick crane}. See {Derrick}. {Gigantic crane}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Adjutant}, n., 3. {Traveling crane}, {Traveler crane}, {Traversing crane} (Mach.), a crane mounted on wheels; esp., an overhead crane consisting of a crab or other hoisting apparatus traveling on rails or beams fixed overhead, as in a machine shop or foundry. {Water crane}, a kind of hydrant with a long swinging spout, for filling locomotive tenders, water carts, etc., with water. | |
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Craniofacial \Cra`ni*o*fa"cial\ (-f?"shal), a. Of or pertaining to the cranium and face; as, the craniofacial angle. | |
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Crayon \Cray"on\ (kr?"?n), n. [F., a crayon, a lead pencil (crayon Cont[82] Cont[82]'s pencil, i. e., one made a black compound invented by Cont[82]), fr. craie chalk, L. creta; said to be, properly, Cretan earth, fr. Creta the island Crete. Cf. {Cretaceous}.] 1. An implement for drawing, made of clay and plumbago, or of some preparation of chalk, usually sold in small prisms or cylinders. Let no day pass over you . . . without giving some strokes of the pencil or the crayon. --Dryden. Note: The black crayon gives a deeper black than the lead pencil. This and the colored crayons are often called chalks. The red crayon is also called sanguine. See {Chalk}, and {Sanguine}. 2. A crayon drawing. 3. (Electricity) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light. {Crayon board}, cardboard with a surface prepared for crayon drawing. {Crayon drawing}, the act or art of drawing with crayons; a drawing made with crayons. | |
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Cream \Cream\ (kr[emac]m), n. [F. cr[ecir]me, perh. fr. LL. crema cream of milk; cf. L. cremor thick juice or broth, perh. akin to cremare to burn.] 1. The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained. 2. The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface. [R.] 3. A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream. 4. A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation. In vain she tries her paste and creams, To smooth her skin or hide its seams. --Goldsmith. 5. The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures. Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant. --Shelton. {Bavarian cream}, a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold. {Cold cream}, an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose water, and borax, and used as a salve for the hands and lips. {Cream cheese}, a kind of cheese made from curd from which the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has been added. {Cream gauge}, an instrument to test milk, being usually a graduated glass tube in which the milk is placed for the cream to rise. {Cream nut}, the Brazil nut. {Cream of lime}. (a) A scum of calcium carbonate which forms on a solution of milk of lime from the carbon dioxide of the air. (b) A thick creamy emulsion of lime in water. {Cream of tartar} (Chem.), purified tartar or argol; so called because of the crust of crystals which forms on the surface of the liquor in the process of purification by recrystallization. It is a white crystalline substance, with a gritty acid taste, and is used very largely as an ingredient of baking powders; -- called also {potassium bitartrate}, {acid potassium tartrate}, etc. | |
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Tartar \Tar"tar\, n. [F. tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg., & It. tartaro, LL. tartarum, LGr. [?]); perhaps of Arabic origin.] 1. (Chem.) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also {argol}, {wine stone}, etc. 2. A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime. {Cream of tartar}. (Chem.) See under {Cream}. {Tartar emetic} (Med. Chem.), a double tartrate of potassium and basic antimony. It is a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in medicine as a sudorific and emetic. | |
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Cream \Cream\ (kr[emac]m), n. [F. cr[ecir]me, perh. fr. LL. crema cream of milk; cf. L. cremor thick juice or broth, perh. akin to cremare to burn.] 1. The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained. 2. The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface. [R.] 3. A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream. 4. A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation. In vain she tries her paste and creams, To smooth her skin or hide its seams. --Goldsmith. 5. The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as, the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures. Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant. --Shelton. {Bavarian cream}, a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold. {Cold cream}, an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose water, and borax, and used as a salve for the hands and lips. {Cream cheese}, a kind of cheese made from curd from which the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has been added. {Cream gauge}, an instrument to test milk, being usually a graduated glass tube in which the milk is placed for the cream to rise. {Cream nut}, the Brazil nut. {Cream of lime}. (a) A scum of calcium carbonate which forms on a solution of milk of lime from the carbon dioxide of the air. (b) A thick creamy emulsion of lime in water. {Cream of tartar} (Chem.), purified tartar or argol; so called because of the crust of crystals which forms on the surface of the liquor in the process of purification by recrystallization. It is a white crystalline substance, with a gritty acid taste, and is used very largely as an ingredient of baking powders; -- called also {potassium bitartrate}, {acid potassium tartrate}, etc. | |
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Bread \Bread\, n. [AS. bre[a0]d; akin to OFries. br[be]d, OS. br[?]d, D. brood, G. brod, brot, Icel. brau[?], Sw. & Dan. br[94]d. The root is probably that of E. brew. [?] See {Brew}.] 1. An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking. Note: {Raised bread} is made with yeast, salt, and sometimes a little butter or lard, and is mixed with warm milk or water to form the dough, which, after kneading, is given time to rise before baking. {Cream of tartar bread} is raised by the action of an alkaline carbonate or bicarbonate (as saleratus or ammonium bicarbonate) and cream of tartar (acid tartrate of potassium) or some acid. {Unleavened bread} is usually mixed with water and salt only. {A[89]rated bread}. See under {A[89]rated}. {Bread and butter} (fig.), means of living. {Brown bread}, {Indian bread}, {Graham bread}, {Rye and Indian bread}. See {Brown bread}, under {Brown}. {Bread tree}. See {Breadfruit}. 2. Food; sustenance; support of life, in general. Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi. 11 | |
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Cream-faced \Cream"-faced`\ (kr?m"f?st`), a. White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion. Thou cream-faced loon. --Shak. | |
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Cream-fruit \Cream"-fruit`\ (kr?m"fr?t`), n. (Bot.) A plant of Sierra Leone which yields a wholesome, creamy juice. | |
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Crimeful \Crime"ful\ (kr?m"f?l), a. Criminal; wicked; contrary to law, right, or dury. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Crimp \Crimp\, v. t. (Firearms) In cartridge making, to fold the edge of (a cartridge case) inward so as to close the mouth partly and confine the charge. | |
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Crimp \Crimp\ (kr[icr]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crimped} (kr[icr]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crimping}.] [Akin to D. krimpen to shrink, shrivel, Sw. krympa, Dan. krympe, and to E. cramp. See {Cramp}.] 1. To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. {Crisp}. The comely hostess in a crimped cap. --W. Irving. 2. To pinch and hold; to seize. 3. Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen. Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. --Carlyle. 4. (Cookery) To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc. {Crimping house}, a low lodging house, into which men are decoyed and plied with drink, to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers. {Crimping iron}. (a) An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair. (b) A crimping machine. {Crimping machine}, a machine with fluted rollers or with dies, for crimping ruffles leather, iron, etc. {Crimping pin}, an instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady's cap. | |
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Crimp \Crimp\, a. 1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [R.] Now the fowler . . . treads the crimp earth. --J. Philips. 2. Weak; inconsistent; contradictory. [R.] The evidance is crimp; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Crimp \Crimp\, n. 1. A coal broker. [Prov. Eng.] --De Foe. 2. One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service. -- Marryat. 3. A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced. 4. Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl. 5. A game at cards. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. {Boot crimp}. See under {Boot}. | |
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Crimpage \Crimp"age\ (-?j), n. The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men. | |
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Crimp \Crimp\ (kr[icr]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crimped} (kr[icr]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crimping}.] [Akin to D. krimpen to shrink, shrivel, Sw. krympa, Dan. krympe, and to E. cramp. See {Cramp}.] 1. To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. {Crisp}. The comely hostess in a crimped cap. --W. Irving. 2. To pinch and hold; to seize. 3. Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen. Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. --Carlyle. 4. (Cookery) To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc. {Crimping house}, a low lodging house, into which men are decoyed and plied with drink, to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers. {Crimping iron}. (a) An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair. (b) A crimping machine. {Crimping machine}, a machine with fluted rollers or with dies, for crimping ruffles leather, iron, etc. {Crimping pin}, an instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady's cap. | |
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Crimper \Crimp"er\ (-[atil]r), n. One who, or that which, crimps; as: (a) A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape. (b) A device for giving hair a wavy appearance. (c) A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crimp \Crimp\ (kr[icr]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crimped} (kr[icr]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crimping}.] [Akin to D. krimpen to shrink, shrivel, Sw. krympa, Dan. krympe, and to E. cramp. See {Cramp}.] 1. To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. {Crisp}. The comely hostess in a crimped cap. --W. Irving. 2. To pinch and hold; to seize. 3. Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen. Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. --Carlyle. 4. (Cookery) To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc. {Crimping house}, a low lodging house, into which men are decoyed and plied with drink, to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers. {Crimping iron}. (a) An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair. (b) A crimping machine. {Crimping machine}, a machine with fluted rollers or with dies, for crimping ruffles leather, iron, etc. {Crimping pin}, an instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady's cap. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crimp \Crimp\ (kr[icr]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crimped} (kr[icr]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crimping}.] [Akin to D. krimpen to shrink, shrivel, Sw. krympa, Dan. krympe, and to E. cramp. See {Cramp}.] 1. To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. {Crisp}. The comely hostess in a crimped cap. --W. Irving. 2. To pinch and hold; to seize. 3. Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen. Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. --Carlyle. 4. (Cookery) To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc. {Crimping house}, a low lodging house, into which men are decoyed and plied with drink, to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers. {Crimping iron}. (a) An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair. (b) A crimping machine. {Crimping machine}, a machine with fluted rollers or with dies, for crimping ruffles leather, iron, etc. {Crimping pin}, an instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady's cap. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crimp \Crimp\ (kr[icr]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crimped} (kr[icr]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crimping}.] [Akin to D. krimpen to shrink, shrivel, Sw. krympa, Dan. krympe, and to E. cramp. See {Cramp}.] 1. To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. {Crisp}. The comely hostess in a crimped cap. --W. Irving. 2. To pinch and hold; to seize. 3. Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen. Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. --Carlyle. 4. (Cookery) To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc. {Crimping house}, a low lodging house, into which men are decoyed and plied with drink, to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers. {Crimping iron}. (a) An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair. (b) A crimping machine. {Crimping machine}, a machine with fluted rollers or with dies, for crimping ruffles leather, iron, etc. {Crimping pin}, an instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady's cap. | |
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Crimp \Crimp\ (kr[icr]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crimped} (kr[icr]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crimping}.] [Akin to D. krimpen to shrink, shrivel, Sw. krympa, Dan. krympe, and to E. cramp. See {Cramp}.] 1. To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. {Crisp}. The comely hostess in a crimped cap. --W. Irving. 2. To pinch and hold; to seize. 3. Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen. Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. --Carlyle. 4. (Cookery) To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc. {Crimping house}, a low lodging house, into which men are decoyed and plied with drink, to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers. {Crimping iron}. (a) An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair. (b) A crimping machine. {Crimping machine}, a machine with fluted rollers or with dies, for crimping ruffles leather, iron, etc. {Crimping pin}, an instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady's cap. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crimp \Crimp\ (kr[icr]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crimped} (kr[icr]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crimping}.] [Akin to D. krimpen to shrink, shrivel, Sw. krympa, Dan. krympe, and to E. cramp. See {Cramp}.] 1. To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. {Crisp}. The comely hostess in a crimped cap. --W. Irving. 2. To pinch and hold; to seize. 3. Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen. Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. --Carlyle. 4. (Cookery) To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc. {Crimping house}, a low lodging house, into which men are decoyed and plied with drink, to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers. {Crimping iron}. (a) An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair. (b) A crimping machine. {Crimping machine}, a machine with fluted rollers or with dies, for crimping ruffles leather, iron, etc. {Crimping pin}, an instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady's cap. | |
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Crimple \Crim"ple\ (kr?m"p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crimpled} (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crimpling} (-pl?ng).] [Dim. of crimp, v. t. ] To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl. [R.] --Wiseman. | |
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Crimple \Crim"ple\ (kr?m"p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crimpled} (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crimpling} (-pl?ng).] [Dim. of crimp, v. t. ] To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl. [R.] --Wiseman. | |
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Crimple \Crim"ple\ (kr?m"p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crimpled} (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crimpling} (-pl?ng).] [Dim. of crimp, v. t. ] To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl. [R.] --Wiseman. | |
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Crimpy \Crimp"y\ (kr?mp"?), a. Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep. | |
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6. Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection. Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss. --Milton. 7. The topmost part of anything; the summit. The steepy crown of the bare mountains. --Dryden. 8. The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of {Bird}.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain. From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches. --Shak. Twenty things which I set down: This done, I twenty more-had in my crown. --Bunyan. 9. The part of a hat above the brim. 10. (Anat.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth. 11. (Arch.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only. 12. (Bot.) Same as {Corona}. 13. (Naut.) (a) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank. (b) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line. (c) pl. The bights formed by the several turns of a cable. --Totten. 14. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond. 15. The dome of a furnace. 16. (Geom.) The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters. 17. (Eccl.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure. 18. A size of writing paper. See under {Paper}. 19. A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents. 20. An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown. {Crown of aberration} (Astron.), a spurious circle around the true circle of the sun. {Crown antler} (Zo[94]l.), the topmost branch or tine of an antler; also, an antler having a cuplike top, with tines springing from the rim. {Crown bar}, one of the bars which support the crown sheet of steam-boiler furnace. {Crown glass}. See under {Glass}. {Crown imperial}. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. {Crown jewels}, the jewels appertaining to the sovereign while wearing the crown. [Eng.] [bd]She pawned and set to sale the crown jewels.[b8] --Milton. {Crown land}, land belonging to the crown, that is, to the sovereign. {Crown law}, the law which governs criminal prosecutions. [Eng.] {Crown lawyer}, one employed by the crown, as in criminal cases. [Eng.] {Crown octavo}. See under {Paper}. {Crown office}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown paper}. See under {Paper}. {Crown piece}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown Prince}, the heir apparent to a crown or throne. {Crown saw}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown scab} (Far.), a cancerous sore formed round the corners of a horse's hoof. {Crown sheet}, the flat plate which forms the top of the furnace or fire box of an internally fired steam boiler. {Crown shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Acorn-shell}. {Crown side}. See {Crown office}. {Crown tax} (Eccl. Hist.), a golden crown, or its value, which was required annually from the Jews by the king of Syria, in the time of the Maccabees. --1 Macc. x. 20. {Crown wheel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown work}. See in the Vocabulary. {Pleas of the crown} (Engl. law), criminal actions. | |
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6. Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection. Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss. --Milton. 7. The topmost part of anything; the summit. The steepy crown of the bare mountains. --Dryden. 8. The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of {Bird}.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain. From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches. --Shak. Twenty things which I set down: This done, I twenty more-had in my crown. --Bunyan. 9. The part of a hat above the brim. 10. (Anat.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth. 11. (Arch.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only. 12. (Bot.) Same as {Corona}. 13. (Naut.) (a) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank. (b) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line. (c) pl. The bights formed by the several turns of a cable. --Totten. 14. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond. 15. The dome of a furnace. 16. (Geom.) The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters. 17. (Eccl.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure. 18. A size of writing paper. See under {Paper}. 19. A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents. 20. An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown. {Crown of aberration} (Astron.), a spurious circle around the true circle of the sun. {Crown antler} (Zo[94]l.), the topmost branch or tine of an antler; also, an antler having a cuplike top, with tines springing from the rim. {Crown bar}, one of the bars which support the crown sheet of steam-boiler furnace. {Crown glass}. See under {Glass}. {Crown imperial}. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. {Crown jewels}, the jewels appertaining to the sovereign while wearing the crown. [Eng.] [bd]She pawned and set to sale the crown jewels.[b8] --Milton. {Crown land}, land belonging to the crown, that is, to the sovereign. {Crown law}, the law which governs criminal prosecutions. [Eng.] {Crown lawyer}, one employed by the crown, as in criminal cases. [Eng.] {Crown octavo}. See under {Paper}. {Crown office}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown paper}. See under {Paper}. {Crown piece}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown Prince}, the heir apparent to a crown or throne. {Crown saw}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown scab} (Far.), a cancerous sore formed round the corners of a horse's hoof. {Crown sheet}, the flat plate which forms the top of the furnace or fire box of an internally fired steam boiler. {Crown shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Acorn-shell}. {Crown side}. See {Crown office}. {Crown tax} (Eccl. Hist.), a golden crown, or its value, which was required annually from the Jews by the king of Syria, in the time of the Maccabees. --1 Macc. x. 20. {Crown wheel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown work}. See in the Vocabulary. {Pleas of the crown} (Engl. law), criminal actions. | |
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6. Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection. Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss. --Milton. 7. The topmost part of anything; the summit. The steepy crown of the bare mountains. --Dryden. 8. The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of {Bird}.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain. From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches. --Shak. Twenty things which I set down: This done, I twenty more-had in my crown. --Bunyan. 9. The part of a hat above the brim. 10. (Anat.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth. 11. (Arch.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only. 12. (Bot.) Same as {Corona}. 13. (Naut.) (a) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank. (b) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line. (c) pl. The bights formed by the several turns of a cable. --Totten. 14. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond. 15. The dome of a furnace. 16. (Geom.) The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters. 17. (Eccl.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure. 18. A size of writing paper. See under {Paper}. 19. A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents. 20. An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown. {Crown of aberration} (Astron.), a spurious circle around the true circle of the sun. {Crown antler} (Zo[94]l.), the topmost branch or tine of an antler; also, an antler having a cuplike top, with tines springing from the rim. {Crown bar}, one of the bars which support the crown sheet of steam-boiler furnace. {Crown glass}. See under {Glass}. {Crown imperial}. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. {Crown jewels}, the jewels appertaining to the sovereign while wearing the crown. [Eng.] [bd]She pawned and set to sale the crown jewels.[b8] --Milton. {Crown land}, land belonging to the crown, that is, to the sovereign. {Crown law}, the law which governs criminal prosecutions. [Eng.] {Crown lawyer}, one employed by the crown, as in criminal cases. [Eng.] {Crown octavo}. See under {Paper}. {Crown office}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown paper}. See under {Paper}. {Crown piece}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown Prince}, the heir apparent to a crown or throne. {Crown saw}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown scab} (Far.), a cancerous sore formed round the corners of a horse's hoof. {Crown sheet}, the flat plate which forms the top of the furnace or fire box of an internally fired steam boiler. {Crown shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Acorn-shell}. {Crown side}. See {Crown office}. {Crown tax} (Eccl. Hist.), a golden crown, or its value, which was required annually from the Jews by the king of Syria, in the time of the Maccabees. --1 Macc. x. 20. {Crown wheel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown work}. See in the Vocabulary. {Pleas of the crown} (Engl. law), criminal actions. | |
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Crown office \Crown" of`fice\ (?f`f?s; 115). (Eng. Law) The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. --Burrill. | |
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6. Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection. Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss. --Milton. 7. The topmost part of anything; the summit. The steepy crown of the bare mountains. --Dryden. 8. The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of {Bird}.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain. From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches. --Shak. Twenty things which I set down: This done, I twenty more-had in my crown. --Bunyan. 9. The part of a hat above the brim. 10. (Anat.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth. 11. (Arch.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only. 12. (Bot.) Same as {Corona}. 13. (Naut.) (a) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank. (b) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line. (c) pl. The bights formed by the several turns of a cable. --Totten. 14. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond. 15. The dome of a furnace. 16. (Geom.) The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters. 17. (Eccl.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure. 18. A size of writing paper. See under {Paper}. 19. A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents. 20. An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown. {Crown of aberration} (Astron.), a spurious circle around the true circle of the sun. {Crown antler} (Zo[94]l.), the topmost branch or tine of an antler; also, an antler having a cuplike top, with tines springing from the rim. {Crown bar}, one of the bars which support the crown sheet of steam-boiler furnace. {Crown glass}. See under {Glass}. {Crown imperial}. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. {Crown jewels}, the jewels appertaining to the sovereign while wearing the crown. [Eng.] [bd]She pawned and set to sale the crown jewels.[b8] --Milton. {Crown land}, land belonging to the crown, that is, to the sovereign. {Crown law}, the law which governs criminal prosecutions. [Eng.] {Crown lawyer}, one employed by the crown, as in criminal cases. [Eng.] {Crown octavo}. See under {Paper}. {Crown office}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown paper}. See under {Paper}. {Crown piece}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown Prince}, the heir apparent to a crown or throne. {Crown saw}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown scab} (Far.), a cancerous sore formed round the corners of a horse's hoof. {Crown sheet}, the flat plate which forms the top of the furnace or fire box of an internally fired steam boiler. {Crown shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Acorn-shell}. {Crown side}. See {Crown office}. {Crown tax} (Eccl. Hist.), a golden crown, or its value, which was required annually from the Jews by the king of Syria, in the time of the Maccabees. --1 Macc. x. 20. {Crown wheel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown work}. See in the Vocabulary. {Pleas of the crown} (Engl. law), criminal actions. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
6. Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection. Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss. --Milton. 7. The topmost part of anything; the summit. The steepy crown of the bare mountains. --Dryden. 8. The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of {Bird}.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain. From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches. --Shak. Twenty things which I set down: This done, I twenty more-had in my crown. --Bunyan. 9. The part of a hat above the brim. 10. (Anat.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth. 11. (Arch.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only. 12. (Bot.) Same as {Corona}. 13. (Naut.) (a) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank. (b) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line. (c) pl. The bights formed by the several turns of a cable. --Totten. 14. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond. 15. The dome of a furnace. 16. (Geom.) The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters. 17. (Eccl.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure. 18. A size of writing paper. See under {Paper}. 19. A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents. 20. An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown. {Crown of aberration} (Astron.), a spurious circle around the true circle of the sun. {Crown antler} (Zo[94]l.), the topmost branch or tine of an antler; also, an antler having a cuplike top, with tines springing from the rim. {Crown bar}, one of the bars which support the crown sheet of steam-boiler furnace. {Crown glass}. See under {Glass}. {Crown imperial}. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. {Crown jewels}, the jewels appertaining to the sovereign while wearing the crown. [Eng.] [bd]She pawned and set to sale the crown jewels.[b8] --Milton. {Crown land}, land belonging to the crown, that is, to the sovereign. {Crown law}, the law which governs criminal prosecutions. [Eng.] {Crown lawyer}, one employed by the crown, as in criminal cases. [Eng.] {Crown octavo}. See under {Paper}. {Crown office}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown paper}. See under {Paper}. {Crown piece}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown Prince}, the heir apparent to a crown or throne. {Crown saw}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown scab} (Far.), a cancerous sore formed round the corners of a horse's hoof. {Crown sheet}, the flat plate which forms the top of the furnace or fire box of an internally fired steam boiler. {Crown shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Acorn-shell}. {Crown side}. See {Crown office}. {Crown tax} (Eccl. Hist.), a golden crown, or its value, which was required annually from the Jews by the king of Syria, in the time of the Maccabees. --1 Macc. x. 20. {Crown wheel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown work}. See in the Vocabulary. {Pleas of the crown} (Engl. law), criminal actions. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
6. Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection. Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss. --Milton. 7. The topmost part of anything; the summit. The steepy crown of the bare mountains. --Dryden. 8. The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of {Bird}.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain. From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches. --Shak. Twenty things which I set down: This done, I twenty more-had in my crown. --Bunyan. 9. The part of a hat above the brim. 10. (Anat.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth. 11. (Arch.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only. 12. (Bot.) Same as {Corona}. 13. (Naut.) (a) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank. (b) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line. (c) pl. The bights formed by the several turns of a cable. --Totten. 14. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond. 15. The dome of a furnace. 16. (Geom.) The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters. 17. (Eccl.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure. 18. A size of writing paper. See under {Paper}. 19. A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents. 20. An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown. {Crown of aberration} (Astron.), a spurious circle around the true circle of the sun. {Crown antler} (Zo[94]l.), the topmost branch or tine of an antler; also, an antler having a cuplike top, with tines springing from the rim. {Crown bar}, one of the bars which support the crown sheet of steam-boiler furnace. {Crown glass}. See under {Glass}. {Crown imperial}. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. {Crown jewels}, the jewels appertaining to the sovereign while wearing the crown. [Eng.] [bd]She pawned and set to sale the crown jewels.[b8] --Milton. {Crown land}, land belonging to the crown, that is, to the sovereign. {Crown law}, the law which governs criminal prosecutions. [Eng.] {Crown lawyer}, one employed by the crown, as in criminal cases. [Eng.] {Crown octavo}. See under {Paper}. {Crown office}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown paper}. See under {Paper}. {Crown piece}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown Prince}, the heir apparent to a crown or throne. {Crown saw}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown scab} (Far.), a cancerous sore formed round the corners of a horse's hoof. {Crown sheet}, the flat plate which forms the top of the furnace or fire box of an internally fired steam boiler. {Crown shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Acorn-shell}. {Crown side}. See {Crown office}. {Crown tax} (Eccl. Hist.), a golden crown, or its value, which was required annually from the Jews by the king of Syria, in the time of the Maccabees. --1 Macc. x. 20. {Crown wheel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Crown work}. See in the Vocabulary. {Pleas of the crown} (Engl. law), criminal actions. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crownpiece \Crown"piece`\ (-p?s`), n. (a) A piece or part which passes over the head, as in a bridle. (b) A coin [In sense (b) properly crown piece.] See {Crown}, 19. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
King-post \King"-post`\, n. (Carp.) A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also {crown-post}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crown-post \Crown"-post`\ (kroun"p?st`), n. Same as {King-post}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
King-post \King"-post`\, n. (Carp.) A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also {crown-post}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crown-post \Crown"-post`\ (kroun"p?st`), n. Same as {King-post}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumb \Crumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumbed} (kr?md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumbing} (kr?m"?ng).] To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread. [Written also {crum}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumb \Crumb\ (kr[ucr]m), n. [AS. cruma, akin to D. kruim, G. krume; cf. G. krauen to scratch, claw.] [Written also {crum}.] 1. A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off. Desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. --Luke xvi. 21. 2. Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort. 3. The soft part of bread. Dust unto dust, what must be, must; If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust. --Old Song. {Crumb brush}, a brush for sweeping crumbs from a table. {To a crum}, with great exactness; completely. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumb \Crumb\ (kr[ucr]m), n. [AS. cruma, akin to D. kruim, G. krume; cf. G. krauen to scratch, claw.] [Written also {crum}.] 1. A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off. Desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. --Luke xvi. 21. 2. Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort. 3. The soft part of bread. Dust unto dust, what must be, must; If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust. --Old Song. {Crumb brush}, a brush for sweeping crumbs from a table. {To a crum}, with great exactness; completely. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumbcloth \Crumb"cloth`\ (-kl[?]th`; 115), n. A cloth to be laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments, and keep the carpet or floor clean. [Written also {crumcloth}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumb \Crumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumbed} (kr?md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumbing} (kr?m"?ng).] To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread. [Written also {crum}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumb \Crumb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumbed} (kr?md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumbing} (kr?m"?ng).] To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread. [Written also {crum}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumble \Crum"ble\ (kr?m"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumbled} (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumbling} (-bl?ng).] [Dim. of crumb, v. t., akin to D. krimelen G. kr[?]meln.] To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces. He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints, And crumble all thy sinews. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumble \Crum"ble\, v. i. To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish. If the stone is brittle, it will crumble and pass into the form of gravel. --Arbuthnot. The league deprived of its principal supports must soon crumble to pieces. --Prescott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumble \Crum"ble\ (kr?m"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumbled} (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumbling} (-bl?ng).] [Dim. of crumb, v. t., akin to D. krimelen G. kr[?]meln.] To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces. He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints, And crumble all thy sinews. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumble \Crum"ble\ (kr?m"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumbled} (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumbling} (-bl?ng).] [Dim. of crumb, v. t., akin to D. krimelen G. kr[?]meln.] To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces. He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints, And crumble all thy sinews. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumbly \Crum"bly\ (-bl?), a. EAsily crumbled; friable; brittle. [bd]The crumbly soil.[b8] --Hawthorne. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crummable \Crum"ma*ble\ (kr?m"mA-b'l), a. Capable of being crumbed or broken into small pieces. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crump \Crump\ (kr?mp), a. [AS. crumb stooping, bent down; akin to OHG. chrumb, G. krumm, Dan. krum, D. krom, and E. cramp.] 1. Crooked; bent. [Obs.] Crooked backs and crump shoulders. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Hard or crusty; dry baked; as, a crump loaf. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Hallivell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumpet \Crump"et\ (kr[ucr]mp"[ecr]t), n. [Prob. from W. crempog, crammwgth, a pancake or fritter.] A kind of large, thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumple \Crum"ple\ (kr[ucr]m"p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumpled} (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumpling} (-pl?ng).] [Dim. fr. crump, a.] To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper. They crumpled it into all shapes, and diligently scanned every wrinkle that could be made. --Addison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumple \Crum"ple\, v. i. To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumple \Crum"ple\ (kr[ucr]m"p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumpled} (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumpling} (-pl?ng).] [Dim. fr. crump, a.] To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper. They crumpled it into all shapes, and diligently scanned every wrinkle that could be made. --Addison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumple \Crum"ple\ (kr[ucr]m"p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crumpled} (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crumpling} (-pl?ng).] [Dim. fr. crump, a.] To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper. They crumpled it into all shapes, and diligently scanned every wrinkle that could be made. --Addison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumpy \Crump"y\ (kr[ucr]mp"[ycr]), a. Brittle; crisp. --Wright. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cairnbrook, PA Zip code(s): 15924 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cornville, AZ (CDP, FIPS 15920) Location: 34.72185 N, 111.90783 W Population (1990): 2089 (927 housing units) Area: 20.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 86325 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crainville, IL (village, FIPS 17185) Location: 37.75029 N, 89.06012 W Population (1990): 1019 (442 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cranberry, PA Zip code(s): 16319 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cranbury, NJ Zip code(s): 08512 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cranfills Gap, TX (city, FIPS 17540) Location: 31.77615 N, 97.82985 W Population (1990): 269 (150 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 76637 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cranford, NJ (CDP, FIPS 15670) Location: 40.65620 N, 74.30412 W Population (1990): 22624 (8405 housing units) Area: 12.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07016 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cromberg, CA Zip code(s): 96103 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crown Point, AK (CDP, FIPS 17960) Location: 60.42253 N, 149.33754 W Population (1990): 62 (42 housing units) Area: 16.3 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Crown Point, IN (city, FIPS 16138) Location: 41.42425 N, 87.35771 W Population (1990): 17728 (6568 housing units) Area: 20.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46307 Crown Point, NY Zip code(s): 12928 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crownpoint, NM (CDP, FIPS 18940) Location: 35.68807 N, 108.14606 W Population (1990): 2108 (673 housing units) Area: 17.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 87313 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crump, TN (city, FIPS 18620) Location: 35.23976 N, 88.32183 W Population (1990): 2028 (937 housing units) Area: 100.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38327 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crumpler, NC Zip code(s): 28617 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crumpton, MD Zip code(s): 21628 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Chernobyl chicken n. See {laser chicken}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Chernobyl packet /cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ n. A network packet that induces a {broadcast storm} and/or {network meltdown}, in memory of the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine. The typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagram that passes through a gateway with both source and destination Ether and IP address set as the respective broadcast addresses for the subnetworks being gated between. Compare {Christmas tree packet}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
crumb n. Two binary digits; a {quad}. Larger than a {bit}, smaller than a {nybble}. Considered silly. Syn. {tayste}. General discussion of such terms is under {nybble}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Chernobyl packet /cher-noh'b*l pak'*t/ A network packet that induces a {broadcast storm} and/or {network meltdown}, in memory of the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine. The typical scenario involves an IP Ethernet datagram that passes through a gateway with both source and destination Ether and IP address set as the respective broadcast addresses for the subnetworks being gated between. Compare {Christmas tree packet}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
crumb Two binary digits; a {quad}. Larger than a {bit}, smaller than a {nibble}. Considered silly. Synonym {tayste}. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Crown of thorns our Lord was crowned with a, in mockery by the Romans (Matt. 27:29). The object of Pilate's guard in doing this was probably to insult, and not specially to inflict pain. There is nothing to show that the shrub thus used was, as has been supposed, the spina Christi, which could have been easily woven into a wreath. It was probably the thorny nabk, which grew abundantly round about Jerusalem, and whose flexible, pliant, and round branches could easily be platted into the form of a crown. (See THORN ¯T0003642, 3.) |