English Dictionary: carob | by the DICT Development Group |
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Carboy \Car"boy\, n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael carb basket; or Pers qur[be]bah a sort of bottle.] A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc. | |
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Carf \Carf\, pret. of {Carve}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Carib \Car"ib\, n.; pl. {Caries}. [See {Cannibal}.] (Ethol.) A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India islands. | |
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Caribbean \Car`ib*be"an\, Caribbee \Car`ib*bee\, a. Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the eastern and southern West Indies), or to the sea (called the Caribbean sea) lying between those islands and Central America. | |
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Caribbee \Car"ib*bee\, n. A Carib. | |
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Caribou \Car"i*bou\ (k[acr]r"[icr]*b[oomac]), n. [Canadian French.] (Zo[94]l.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species ({Rangifer Caribou}). {Barren Ground caribou}. See under {Barren}. {Woodland caribou}, the common reindeer ({Rangifer Caribou}) of the northern forests of America. | |
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Carob \Car"ob\, n. [Cf. F. caroube fruit of the carob tree, Sp. garrobo, al-garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharr[d4]b, Per. Kharn[d4]b. Cf. {Clgaroba}.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen leguminous tree ({Ceratania Siliqua}) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also {carob tree}. 2. One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; -- called also {St. John's bread}, {carob bean}, and {algaroba bean}. | |
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Carp \Carp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Carped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Carping}.] [OE. carpen to say, speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel. karpa to boast), but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck, calumniate.] 1. To talk; to speak; to prattle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at. Carping and caviling at faults of manner. --Blackw. Mag. And at my actions carp or catch. --Herbert. | |
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Carp \Carp\, v. t. 1. To say; to tell. [Obs.] 2. To find fault with; to censure. [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
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Carp \Carp\, n.; pl. {Carp}, formerly {Carps}. [Cf. Icel. karfi, Dan. karpe, Sw. karp, OHG. charpho, G. karpfen, F. carpe, LL. carpa.] (Zo[94]l.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish ({Cyprinus carpio}.). Several other species of {Cyprinus}, {Catla}, and {Carassius} are called carp. See {Cruclan carp}. Note: The carp was originally from Asia, whence it was early introduced into Europe, where it is extensively reared in artificial ponds. Within a few years it has been introduced into America, and widely distributed by the government. Domestication has produced several varieties, as the leather carp, which is nearly or quite destitute of scales, and the mirror carp, which has only a few large scales. Intermediate varieties occur. {Carp louse} (Zo[94]l.), a small crustacean, of the genus {Argulus}, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. See {Branchiura}. {Carp mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a fish ({Moxostoma carpio}) of the Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers. {Carp sucker} (Zo[94]l.), a name given to several species of fresh-water fishes of the genus Carpiodes in the United States; -- called also quillback. | |
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d8Carpus \[d8]Car"pus\, n.; pl. {Carpi}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] wrist.] (Anat.) The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows. | |
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Carriboo \Car"ri*boo\, n. See {Caribou}. | |
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Carve \Carve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Carved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Carving}.] [AS. ceorfan to cut, carve; akin to D. kerven, G. kerben, Dan. karve, Sw. karfva, and to Gr. [?] to write, orig. to scatch, and E. -graphy. Cf. {Graphic}.] 1. To cut. [Obs.] Or they will carven the shepherd's throat. --Spenser. 2. To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave. Carved with figures strange and sweet. --Coleridge. 3. To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree. An angel carved in stone. --Tennyson. We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone. --C. Wolfe. 4. To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion. [bd]To carve a capon.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Carve \Carve\, v. i. 1. To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures. 2. To cut up meat; as, to carve for all the guests. | |
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Carve \Carve\, n. A carucate. [Obs.] --Burrill. | |
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Ceriph \Cer"iph\, n. (Type Founding) One of the fine lines of a letter, esp. one of the fine cross strokes at the top and bottom of letters. [Spelt also {seriph}.] --Savage. | |
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Cherif \Cher"if\, n. See {Cherif}. | |
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Cherub \Cher"ub\, n.; pl. {Cherubs}; but the Hebrew plural {Cherubim}is also used. [Heb. ker[d4]b.] 1. A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in --Ezekiel i. and x. I knew that they were the cherubim. --Ezek. x. 20. He rode upon a cherub and did fly. --Ps. xviii. 10. 2. A symbolical winged figure of unknown form used in connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish Ark and Temple. --Ez. xxv. 18. 3. One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to denote knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim (see {Seraph}), and in later art the children's heads with wings are generally called cherubs. 4. A beautiful child; -- so called because artists have represented cherubs as beautiful children. | |
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Cherup \Cher"up\, v. i. [Prob. fr. chirp.] To make a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to chirp. See {Chirrup}. [bd]Cheruping birds.[b8] --Drayton. | |
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Cherup \Cher"up\, v. t. To excite or urge on by making a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to cherup to. See {Chirrup}. He cherups brisk ear-erecting steed. --Cowper. | |
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Cherup \Cher"up\, n. A short, sharp, cheerful noise; a chirp; a chirrup; as, the cherup of a cricket. | |
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Chirp \Chirp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chirped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chirping}.] [Of imitative orgin. Cf. {Chirk}, {Chipper}, {Cheep}, {Chirm}, {Chirrup}.] To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets. | |
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Chirp \Chirp\, n. A short, sharp note, as of a bird or insect. [bd]The chirp of flitting bird.[b8] --Bryant. | |
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Chirrup \Chir"rup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chirruped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chirruping}.] [See {Chirp}.] To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup. | |
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Chirrup \Chir"rup\, v. i. To chirp. --Tennyson. The criket chirrups on the hearth. --Goldsmith. | |
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Chirrup \Chir"rup\, n. The act of chirping; a chirp. The sparrows' chirrup on the roof. --Tennyson. | |
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Chirrupy \Chir"rupy\, a. Cheerful; joyous; chatty. | |
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Corb \Corb\ (k[ocir]rb), n. [L. corbis basket. Cf. {Corbeil}, {Corp}.] 1. A basket used in coal mines, etc. see {Corf}. 2. (Arch.) An ornament in a building; a corbel. | |
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Corbe \Corbe\ (k[ocir]rb), a. [OF. corbe, fr. L. curvus. See {Cuve}.] Crooked. [Obs.] [bd]Corbe shoulder.[b8] --Spenser. | |
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Corbie \Cor"bie\ or Corby \Cor"by\ (k[ocir]r"b[ycr]), n.; pl. {Corbies} (-b[icr]z). [F. corbeau, OF. corbel, dim. fr. L. corvus raven.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The raven. [Scot.] 2. (her.) A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge. {Corbie crow}, the carrion crow. [Scot.] | |
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Corbie \Cor"bie\ or Corby \Cor"by\ (k[ocir]r"b[ycr]), n.; pl. {Corbies} (-b[icr]z). [F. corbeau, OF. corbel, dim. fr. L. corvus raven.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The raven. [Scot.] 2. (her.) A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge. {Corbie crow}, the carrion crow. [Scot.] | |
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Corf \Corf\ (k[ocir]rf), n.; pl. {Corves} (k[ocir]rvz). [Cf. LG. & D. korf basket, G. korb, fr. L. corbis.] 1. A basket. 2. (Mining) (a) A large basket used in carrying or hoisting coal or ore. (b) A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines. | |
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Corve \Corve\ (k?rv), n. See {Corf}. | |
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Corypheus \Cor`y*phe"us\ (k?r`?-f?"?s), n.; pl. E. {Corypheuses} (-[ecr]z), L. {Coryphei} (-f[?]"[?]). [L. coryphaeus, fr. Gr. [?][?][?], fr. koryfh` head.] (Gr. Antiq.) The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest. That noted corypheus [Dr. John Owen] of the Independent faction. --South. | |
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Courap \Cou*rap"\ (k??-r?p), n. (Med.) A skin disease, common in India, in which there is perpetual itching and eruption, esp. of the groin, breast, armpits, and face. | |
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Courb \Courb\ (k??rb), a. [F. courbe, fr. L. curvus. See {Curve}, a.] Curved; rounded. [Obs.] Her neck is short, her shoulders courb. --Gower. | |
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Courb \Courb\ (k??rb), v. i. [F. courber. See {Curs}.] To bend; to stop; to bow. [Obs.] Then I courbed on my knees. --Piers Plowman. | |
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Crab \Crab\ (kr[acr]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body. Note: The name is applied to all the Brachyura, and to certain Anomura, as the hermit crabs. Formerly, it was sometimes applied to Crustacea in general. Many species are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being one of the most esteemed. The large European edible crab is {Cancer padurus}. {Soft-shelled crabs} are blue crabs that have recently cast their shells. See {Cancer}; also, {Box crab}, {Fiddler crab}, {Hermit crab}, {Spider crab}, etc., under {Box}, {Fiddler}. etc. 2. The zodiacal constellation Cancer. 3. [See {Crab}, a.] (Bot.) A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste. When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl. --Shak. 4. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. [Obs.] --Garrick. 5. (Mech.) (a) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. (b) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc. (c) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. (d) A claw for anchoring a portable machine. {Calling crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}., n., 2. {Crab apple}, a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also, the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple ({Pyrus Malus} var. sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple ({Pyrus baccata}); and the American ({Pyrus coronaria}). {Crab grass}. (Bot.) (a) A grass ({Digitaria, [or] Panicum, sanguinalis}); -- called also {finger grass}. (b) A grass of the genus {Eleusine} ({E. Indica}); -- called also {dog's-tail grass}, {wire grass}, etc. {Crab louse} (Zo[94]l.), a species of louse ({Phthirius pubis}), sometimes infesting the human body. {Crab plover} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic plover ({Dromas ardeola}). {Crab's eyes}, [or] {Crab's stones}, masses of calcareous matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths. {Crab spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of a group of spiders ({Laterigrad[91]}); -- called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab. {Crab tree}, the tree that bears crab applies. {Crab wood}, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which takes a high polish. --McElrath. {To catch a crab} (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower: (a) when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water; (b) when he misses the water altogether in making a stroke. | |
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Crab \Crab\, v. i. (Naut.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Crab \Crab\, a. [Prob. from the same root as crab, n.] Sour; rough; austere. The crab vintage of the neighb'ring coast. --Dryden. | |
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Crab \Crab\ (kr[acr]b), v. t. 1. To make sour or morose; to embitter. [Obs.] Sickness sours or crabs our nature. --Glanvill. 2. To beat with a crabstick. [Obs.] --J. Fletcher. | |
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Crabby \Crab"by\ (-b[ycr]), a. Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing. [bd]Persius is crabby, because ancient.[b8] --Marston. | |
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Crap \Crap\ (kr[acr]p), n. In the game of craps, a first throw of the dice in which the total is two, three, or twelve, in which case the caster loses. | |
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Crape \Crape\ (kr[amac]p), n. [F. cr[ecir]pe, fr. L. crispus curled, crisped. See {Crisp}.] A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen. A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. --Pope. {Crape myrtle} (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub ({Lagerstr[94]mia Indica}) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals. {Oriental crape}. See {Canton crape}. | |
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Crape \Crape\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Craped} (kr[amac]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Craping}.] [F. cr[ecir]per, fr. L. crispare to curl, crisp, fr. crispus. See {Crape}, n.] To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk. The hour for curling and craping the hair. --Mad. D'Arblay. | |
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Crappie \Crap"pie\ (kr?p"p?), n. (Zo[94]l.) A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus {Pomoxys}, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species. [Written also {croppie}.] | |
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Crapy \Crap"y\ (kr?p"?), a. Resembling crape. | |
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Crave \Crave\ (kr[amac]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Craved} (kr[amac]vd); p pr. & vb. n. {Craving}.] [AS. crafian; akin to Icel. krefja, Sw. kr[aum]fva, Dan. kr[ae]ve.] 1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore. I crave your honor's pardon. --Shak. Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. --Mark xv. 43. 2. To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food. His path is one that eminently craves weary walking. --Edmund Gurney. Syn: To ask; seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit; request; supplicate; adjure. | |
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Crave \Crave\, v. i. To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite. Once one may crave for love. --Suckling. | |
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Creep \Creep\, n. 1. The act or process of creeping. 2. A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects. A creep of undefinable horror. --Blackwood's Mag. Out of the stillness, with gathering creep, Like rising wind in leaves. --Lowell. 3. (Mining) A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground. | |
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Creep \Creep\ (kr[emac]p), v. t. [imp. {Crept} (kr[ecr]pt) ({Crope} (kr[omac]p), Obs.); p. p. {Crept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Creeping}.] [OE. crepen, creopen, AS. cre[oacute]pan; akin to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. {Cripple}, {Crouch}.] 1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. Ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep. --Milton. 2. To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness. The whining schoolboy . . . creeping, like snail, Unwillingly to school. --Shak. Like a guilty thing, I creep. --Tennyson. 3. To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or one's self; as, age creeps upon us. The sophistry which creeps into most of the books of argument. --Locke. Of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women. --2. Tim. iii. 6. 4. To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep. 5. To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant. To come as humbly as they used to creep. --Shak. 6. To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length. [bd]Creeping vines.[b8] --Dryden. 7. To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep. See {Crawl}, v. i., 4. 8. To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable. | |
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Creepie \Creep"ie\ (-[ycr]), n. A low stool. [Scot.] | |
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Creepy \Creep"y\ (kr[emac]p"[ycr]), a. Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin. [Colloq.] One's whole blood grew curdling and creepy. --R. Browning. | |
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Crib \Crib\, v. i. 1. To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations. [R.] Who sought to make . . . bishops to crib in a Presbyterian trundle bed. --Gauden. 2. To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination. [College Cant] 3. To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse. | |
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Crib \Crib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cribbed} (kr?bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cribbing}.] 1. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp. If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped. --I. Taylor. Now I am cabin'd, cribbed, confined. --Shak. 2. To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton. [Colloq.] Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace. --Dickens. | |
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Crib \Crib\ (kr?b), n. [AS. crybb; akin to OS. kribbja, D. krib, kribbe, Dan. krybbe, G. krippe, and perh. to MHG. krebe basket, G, korb, and E. rip a sort of wicker basket.] 1. A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals. The steer lion at one crib shall meet. --Pope. 2. A stall for oxen or other cattle. Where no oxen are, the crib is clean. --Prov. xiv. 4. 3. A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child. 4. A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats. 5. A hovel; a hut; a cottage. Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, . . . Than in the perfumed chambers of the great? --Shak. 6. (Mining) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft. 7. A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc. 8. A small raft of timber. [Canada] 9. A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris[?]; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons. [Colloq.] The Latin version technically called a crib. --Ld. Lytton. Occasional perusal of the Pagan writers, assisted by a crib. --Wilkie Collins. 10. A miner's luncheon. [Cant] --Raymond. 11. (Card Playing) The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crop \Crop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cropped} (kr?pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cropping}.] 1. To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap. I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one. --Ezek. xvii. 22. 2. Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest. Death . . . .crops the growing boys. --Creech. 3. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crop \Crop\ (kr?p), n. [OE. crop, croppe, craw, top of a plant, harvest, AS. crop, cropp, craw, top, bunch, ear of corn; akin to D. krop craw, G. kropf, Icel. kroppr hump or bunch on the body, body; but cf. also W. cropa, croppa, crop or craw of a bird, Ir. & Gael. sgroban. Cf. {Croup}, {Crupper}, {Croup}.] 1. The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw. 2. The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree. [Obs.] [bd]Crop and root.[b8] --Chaucer. 3. That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially, the product of what is planted in the earth; fruit; harvest. Lab'ring the soil, and reaping plenteous crop, Corn, wine, and oil. --Milton. 4. Grain or other product of the field while standing. 5. Anything cut off or gathered. Guiltless of steel, and from the razor free, It falls a plenteous crop reserved for thee. --Dryden. 6. Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop. 7. (Arch.) A projecting ornament in carved stone. Specifically, a finial. [Obs.] 8. (Mining.) (a) Tin ore prepared for smelting. (b) Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface. --Knight. 9. A riding whip with a loop instead of a lash. {Neck and crop}, altogether; roughly and at once. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crop \Crop\, v. i. To yield harvest. {To crop out}. (a) (Geol.) To appear above the surface, as a seam or vein, or inclined bed, as of coal. (b) To come to light; to be manifest; to appear; as, the peculiarities of an author crop out. {To crop up}, to sprout; to spring up. [bd]Cares crop up in villas.[bd] --Beaconsfield. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Creep \Creep\ (kr[emac]p), v. t. [imp. {Crept} (kr[ecr]pt) ({Crope} (kr[omac]p), Obs.); p. p. {Crept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Creeping}.] [OE. crepen, creopen, AS. cre[oacute]pan; akin to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. {Cripple}, {Crouch}.] 1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. Ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep. --Milton. 2. To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness. The whining schoolboy . . . creeping, like snail, Unwillingly to school. --Shak. Like a guilty thing, I creep. --Tennyson. 3. To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or one's self; as, age creeps upon us. The sophistry which creeps into most of the books of argument. --Locke. Of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women. --2. Tim. iii. 6. 4. To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep. 5. To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant. To come as humbly as they used to creep. --Shak. 6. To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length. [bd]Creeping vines.[b8] --Dryden. 7. To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep. See {Crawl}, v. i., 4. 8. To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crappie \Crap"pie\ (kr?p"p?), n. (Zo[94]l.) A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus {Pomoxys}, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species. [Written also {croppie}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Croup \Croup\ (kr??p), n. [F. croupe hind quarters, croup, rump, of German or Icel. origin; cf. Icel. kryppa hump; akin to Icel. kroppr. Cf. {Crop}.] The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle. So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Croup \Croup\ (kr??p), n. [Scot. croup, cf. croup, crowp, to croak, to cry or speak with a hoarse voice; cf. also LG. kropp, G. kropf, the crop or craw of a bird, and tumor on the anterior part of the neck, a wen, etc. Cf. {Crop}.] (Med.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called {membranous croup}). See {False croup}, under {False}, and {Diphtheria}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Croupy \Croup"y\ (kr??p"?), a. Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as, a croupy cough. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cruive \Cruive\ (kr[usdot]v), n. A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon; also, a hovel. [Scot.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crup \Crup\ (kr?p), a. [Cf. OHG. grop, G. grob, coarse.] Short; brittle; as, crup cake. --Todd. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crup \Crup\ (kr?p), n. See {Croup}, the rump of a horse. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curb \Curb\ (k?rb), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curbed} (k?rbd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curbing}.] [F. courber to bend, curve, L. curvare, fr. curvus bent, curved; cf. Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?] curved. Cf. {Curve}.] 1. To bend or curve [Obs.] Crooked and curbed lines. --Holland. 2. To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check. Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed. --Milton. Where pinching want must curbthy warm desires. --Prior. 3. To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curb \Curb\, v. i. To bend; to crouch; to cringe. [Obs.] Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curb \Curb\, n. 1. That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse. He that before ran in the pastures wild Felt the stiff curb control his angry jaws. --Drayton. By these men, religion,that should be The curb, is made the spur of tyranny. --Denham. 2. (Arch.) An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome. 3. A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in. 4. A curbstone. 5. (Far.) A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness. --James Law. {Curb bit}, a stiff bit having branches by which a leverage is obtained upon the jaws of horse. --Knight. {Curb pins} (Horology), the pins on the regulator which restrain the hairspring. {Curb plate} (Arch.), a plate serving the purpose of a curb. {Deck curb}. See under {Deck}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curfew \Cur"few\ (k?r"f?), n. [OE. courfew, curfu, fr. OF. cuevrefu, covrefeu, F. couvre-feu; covrir to cover + feu fire, fr. L. focus fireplace, hearth. See {Cover}, and {Focus}.] 1. The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- instituted by William the Conqueror; also, the bell itself. He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock. --Shak. The village curfew, as it tolled profound. --Campbell. 2. A utensil for covering the fire. [Obs.] For pans, pots, curfews, counters and the like. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Adiabatic \Ad`i*a*bat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] not passable; 'a priv. + [?] through + [?] to go.] (Physics) Not giving out or receiving heat. -- {Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly}, adv. {Adiabatic line} or {curve}, a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat. --Rankine. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Geodetic \Ge`o*det"ic\, Geodetical \Ge`o*det"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers. {Geodetic line} [or] {curve}, the shortest line that can be drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the earth; a curve drawn on any given surface so that the osculating plane of the curve at every point shall contain the normal to the surface; the minimum line that can be drawn on any surface between any two points. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curve \Curve\, n. [See {Curve}, a., {Cirb}.] 1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal. 2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line. {Axis of a curve}. See under {Axis}. {Curve of quickest descent}. See {Brachystochrone}. {Curve tracing} (Math.), the process of determining the shape, location, singular points, and other peculiarities of a curve from its equation. {Plane curve} (Geom.), a curve such that when a plane passes through three points of the curve, it passes through all the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a {curve of double curvature}, or a {twisted curve}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curve \Curve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curved} (k?rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curving}.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See {Curve}, a., {Curb}.] To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curve \Curve\, v. i. To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curve \Curve\ (k[ucir]rv), a. [L. curvus bent, curved. See {Cirb}.] Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Adiabatic \Ad`i*a*bat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] not passable; 'a priv. + [?] through + [?] to go.] (Physics) Not giving out or receiving heat. -- {Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly}, adv. {Adiabatic line} or {curve}, a curve exhibiting the variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it expands without either receiving or giving out heat. --Rankine. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Geodetic \Ge`o*det"ic\, Geodetical \Ge`o*det"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to geodesy; obtained or determined by the operations of geodesy; engaged in geodesy; geodesic; as, geodetic surveying; geodetic observers. {Geodetic line} [or] {curve}, the shortest line that can be drawn between two points on the elipsoidal surface of the earth; a curve drawn on any given surface so that the osculating plane of the curve at every point shall contain the normal to the surface; the minimum line that can be drawn on any surface between any two points. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curve \Curve\, n. [See {Curve}, a., {Cirb}.] 1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal. 2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line. {Axis of a curve}. See under {Axis}. {Curve of quickest descent}. See {Brachystochrone}. {Curve tracing} (Math.), the process of determining the shape, location, singular points, and other peculiarities of a curve from its equation. {Plane curve} (Geom.), a curve such that when a plane passes through three points of the curve, it passes through all the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a {curve of double curvature}, or a {twisted curve}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curve \Curve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curved} (k?rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curving}.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See {Curve}, a., {Curb}.] To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curve \Curve\, v. i. To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curve \Curve\ (k[ucir]rv), a. [L. curvus bent, curved. See {Cirb}.] Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Caribou, ME (city, FIPS 10565) Location: 46.86679 N, 67.99056 W Population (1990): 9415 (4089 housing units) Area: 205.4 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 04736 | |
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Carpio, ND (city, FIPS 12260) Location: 48.44237 N, 101.71538 W Population (1990): 178 (94 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58725 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Corfu, NY (village, FIPS 18201) Location: 42.96036 N, 78.40033 W Population (1990): 755 (292 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14036 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crapo, MD Zip code(s): 21626 | |
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Cuervo, NM Zip code(s): 88417 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
creep v. To advance, grow, or multiply inexorably. In hackish usage this verb has overtones of menace and silliness, evoking the creeping horrors of low-budget monster movies. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
cryppie /krip'ee/ n. A cryptographer. One who hacks or implements cryptographic software or hardware. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
C sharp {C#} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CHRP {PowerPC Platform} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CORBA {Common Object Request Broker Architecture} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CORBIE [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959]. (1996-05-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cryppie or implements software or hardware for {cryptography}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-08-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cxref {Georgia Institute of Technology}. (2000-02-29) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Carve The arts of engraving and carving were much practised among the Jews. They were practised in connection with the construction of the tabernacle and the temple (Ex. 31:2, 5; 35:33; 1 Kings 6:18, 35; Ps. 74:6), as well as in the ornamentation of the priestly dresses (Ex. 28:9-36; Zech. 3:9; 2 Chr. 2:7, 14). Isaiah (44:13-17) gives a minute description of the process of carving idols of wood. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cherub plural cherubim, the name of certain symbolical figures frequently mentioned in Scripture. They are first mentioned in connection with the expulsion of our first parents from Eden (Gen. 3:24). There is no intimation given of their shape or form. They are next mentioned when Moses was commanded to provide furniture for the tabernacle (Ex. 25:17-20; 26:1, 31). God promised to commune with Moses "from between the cherubim" (25:22). This expression was afterwards used to denote the Divine abode and presence (Num. 7:89; 1 Sam. 4:4; Isa. 37:16; Ps. 80:1; 99:1). In Ezekiel's vision (10:1-20) they appear as living creatures supporting the throne of God. From Ezekiel's description of them (1;10; 41:18, 19), they appear to have been compound figures, unlike any real object in nature; artificial images possessing the features and properties of several animals. Two cherubim were placed on the mercy-seat of the ark; two of colossal size overshadowed it in Solomon's temple. Ezekiel (1:4-14) speaks of four; and this number of "living creatures" is mentioned in Rev. 4:6. Those on the ark are called the "cherubim of glory" (Heb. 9:5), i.e., of the Shechinah, or cloud of glory, for on them the visible glory of God rested. They were placed one at each end of the mercy-seat, with wings stretched upward, and their faces "toward each other and toward the mercy-seat." They were anointed with holy oil, like the ark itself and the other sacred furniture. The cherubim were symbolical. They were intended to represent spiritual existences in immediate contact with Jehovah. Some have regarded them as symbolical of the chief ruling power by which God carries on his operations in providence (Ps. 18:10). Others interpret them as having reference to the redemption of men, and as symbolizing the great rulers or ministers of the church. Many other opinions have been held regarding them which need not be referred to here. On the whole, it seems to be most satisfactory to regard the interpretation of the symbol to be variable, as is the symbol itself. Their office was, (1) on the expulsion of our first parents from Eden, to prevent all access to the tree of life; and (2) to form the throne and chariot of Jehovah in his manifestation of himself on earth. He dwelleth between and sitteth on the cherubim (1 Sam. 4:4; Ps. 80:1; Ezek. 1:26, 28). |