English Dictionary: ceremonial dance | by the DICT Development Group |
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Quail \Quail\, n. [OF. quaille, F. caille, LL. quaquila, qualia, qualea, of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. kwakkel, kwartel, OHG. wahtala, G. wachtel.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to {Coturnix} and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail ({C. communis}), the rain quail ({C. Coromandelica}) of India, the stubble quail ({C. pectoralis}), and the Australian swamp quail ({Synoicus australis}). 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to {Colinus}, {Callipepla}, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called {Virginia quail}, and {Maryland quail}), and the California quail ({Calipepla Californica}). 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail ({Turnix varius}). See {Turnix}. 4. A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.[Obs.] --Shak. {Bustard quail} (Zo[94]l.), a small Asiatic quail-like bird of the genus Turnix, as {T. taigoor}, a black-breasted species, and the hill bustard quail ({T. ocellatus}). See {Turnix}. {Button quail} (Zo[94]l.), one of several small Asiatic species of Turnix, as {T. Sykesii}, which is said to be the smallest game bird of India. {Mountain quail}. See under {Mountain}. {Quail call}, a call or pipe for alluring quails into a net or within range. {Quail dove} {(Zo[94]l.)}, any one of several American ground pigeons belonging to {Geotrygon} and allied genera. {Quail hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the New Zealand sparrow hawk ({Hieracidea Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]}). {Quail pipe}. See {Quail call}, above. {Quail snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also {robin snipe}, and {brown snipe}. {Sea quail} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. [Local, U. S.] | |
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Muscovy duck \Mus"co*vy duck`\ [A corruption of musk duck.] (Zo[94]l.) A duck ({Cairina moschata}), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called also {musk duck}. It is native of tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil. | |
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Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ] 1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[91]}, family {Anatid[91]}. Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the former are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas}); the wood duck ({Aix sponsa}); the beautiful mandarin duck of China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata}); the Muscovy duck, originally of South America ({Cairina moschata}). Among the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc. 2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water. Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be trod. --Milton. {Bombay duck} (Zo[94]l.), a fish. See {Bummalo}. {Buffel duck}, [or] {Spirit duck}. See {Buffel duck}. {Duck ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees. {Duck barnacle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Goose barnacle}. {Duck hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon. (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard. {Duck mole} (Zo[94]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus}). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; -- called also {duckbill}, {platypus}, {mallangong}, {mullingong}, {tambreet}, and {water mole}. {To make ducks and drakes}, to throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water, raising a succession of jets | |
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Careen \Ca*reen"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Careened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Careening}.] [OF. cariner, F. car[82]ner, fr. OF. car[8a]ne, the bottom of a ship, keel, fr. L. carina.] (Naut.) To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel. | |
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Carman \Car"man\, n.; pl. {Carmen} A man whose employment is to drive, or to convey goods in, a car or car. | |
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Carminated \Car"mi*nat`ed\, a. Of, relating to, or mixed with, carmine; as, carminated lake. | |
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Carminated \Car"mi*na`ted\, a. Of, relating to, or mixed with, carmine; as, carminated lake. --Tomlinson. | |
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Carminative \Car*min"ative\, a. [NL. carminativus (1622), fr. carminare to card, hence to cleanse, fr. carmen a card for freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter: cf. F. carminatif.] Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic. [bd]Carminative hot seeds.[b8] --Dunglison. | |
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Carminative \Car*min"a*tive\, n. A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence. | |
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Carmine \Car"mine\, n. [F. carmin (cf. Sp. carmin, It. carminio), contr. from LL. carmesinus purple color. See {Crimson}.] 1. A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple. 2. A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting. 3. (Chem.) The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also {carminic acid}. {Carmine red} (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthale[8b]ns. | |
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Carmine \Car"mine\, n. [F. carmin (cf. Sp. carmin, It. carminio), contr. from LL. carmesinus purple color. See {Crimson}.] 1. A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple. 2. A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting. 3. (Chem.) The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also {carminic acid}. {Carmine red} (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthale[8b]ns. | |
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Carminic \Car*min"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine. {Carminic acid}. Same as {Carmine}, 3. | |
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Carminic \Car*min"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine. {Carminic acid}. Same as {Carmine}, 3. | |
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Carmine \Car"mine\, n. [F. carmin (cf. Sp. carmin, It. carminio), contr. from LL. carmesinus purple color. See {Crimson}.] 1. A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple. 2. A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting. 3. (Chem.) The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also {carminic acid}. {Carmine red} (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthale[8b]ns. | |
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Carminic \Car*min"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine. {Carminic acid}. Same as {Carmine}, 3. | |
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Carmine \Car"mine\, n. [F. carmin (cf. Sp. carmin, It. carminio), contr. from LL. carmesinus purple color. See {Crimson}.] 1. A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple. 2. A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting. 3. (Chem.) The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also {carminic acid}. {Carmine red} (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthale[8b]ns. | |
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Carnin \Car"nin\, n. [L. caro, canis, flesh.] (Chem.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthin. | |
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Sinter \Sin"ter\, n. [G. Cf. {Cinder}.] (Min.) Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals. {Calcareous sinter}, a loose banded variety of calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine. {Ceraunian sinter}, fulgurite. {Siliceous sinter}, a light cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see {Geyserite}). It has often a pearly luster, and is then called pearl sinter. | |
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Cerement \Cere"ment\, n. [L. cera wax: cf. F. cirement.] (a) A cerecloth used for the special purpose of enveloping a dead body when embalmed. (b) Any shroud or wrapping for the dead. | |
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{Law of Charles} (Physics), the law that the volume of a given mass of gas increases or decreases, by a definite fraction of its value for a given rise or fall of temperature; -- sometimes less correctly styled {Gay Lussac's law}, or {Dalton's law}. {Law of nations}. See {International law}, under {International}. {Law of nature}. (a) A broad generalization expressive of the constant action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death is a law of nature; self-defense is a law of nature. See {Law}, 4. (b) A term denoting the standard, or system, of morality deducible from a study of the nature and natural relations of human beings independent of supernatural revelation or of municipal and social usages. {Law of the land}, due process of law; the general law of the land. {Laws of honor}. See under {Honor}. {Laws of motion} (Physics), three laws defined by Sir Isaac Newton: (1) Every body perseveres in its state of rest or of moving uniformly in a straight line, except so far as it is made to change that state by external force. (2) Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force, and takes place in the direction in which the force is impressed. (3) Reaction is always equal and opposite to action, that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal and in opposite directions. {Marine law}, or {Maritime law}, the law of the sea; a branch of the law merchant relating to the affairs of the sea, such as seamen, ships, shipping, navigation, and the like. --Bouvier. {Mariotte's law}. See {Boyle's law} (above). {Martial law}.See under {Martial}. {Military law}, a branch of the general municipal law, consisting of rules ordained for the government of the military force of a state in peace and war, and administered in courts martial. --Kent. Warren's Blackstone. {Moral law},the law of duty as regards what is right and wrong in the sight of God; specifically, the ten commandments given by Moses. See {Law}, 2. {Mosaic}, [or] {Ceremonial}, {law}. (Script.) See {Law}, 3. {Municipal}, [or] {Positive}, {law}, a rule prescribed by the supreme power of a state, declaring some right, enforcing some duty, or prohibiting some act; -- distinguished from international and constitutional law. See {Law}, 1. {Periodic law}. (Chem.) See under {Periodic}. {Roman law}, the system of principles and laws found in the codes and treatises of the lawmakers and jurists of ancient Rome, and incorporated more or less into the laws of the several European countries and colonies founded by them. See {Civil law} (above). {Statute law}, the law as stated in statutes or positive enactments of the legislative body. {Sumptuary law}. See under {Sumptuary}. {To go to law}, to seek a settlement of any matter by bringing it before the courts of law; to sue or prosecute some one. {To} {take, [or] have}, {the law of}, to bring the law to bear upon; as, to take the law of one's neighbor. --Addison. {Wager of law}. See under {Wager}. Syn: Justice; equity. Usage: {Law}, {Statute}, {Common law}, {Regulation}, {Edict}, {Decree}. Law is generic, and, when used with reference to, or in connection with, the other words here considered, denotes whatever is commanded by one who has a right to require obedience. A statute is a particular law drawn out in form, and distinctly enacted and proclaimed. Common law is a rule of action founded on long usage and the decisions of courts of justice. A regulation is a limited and often, temporary law, intended to secure some particular end or object. An edict is a command or law issued by a sovereign, and is peculiar to a despotic government. A decree is a permanent order either of a court or of the executive government. See {Justice}. | |
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Ceremonial \Cer`e*mo"ni*al\, a. [L. caerimonialis: cf. F. c[82]rimonial. See {Ceremony}.] 1. Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites. Ceremonial observances and outward show. --Hallam. 2. Observant of forms; ceremonious. Note: [In this sense ceremonious is now preferred.] --Donne. He moves in the dull ceremonial track. --Druden. | |
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Ceremonial \Cer`e*mo"ni*al\, n. 1. A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts of princes; outward form. The gorgeous ceremonial of the Burgundian court. --Prescott. 2. The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church, or the book containing the rules prescribed to be observed on solemn occasions. | |
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Ceremonialism \Cer`e*mo"ni*al*ism\, n. Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony. | |
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Ceremonially \Cer`e*mo"ni*al*ly\, adv. According to rites and ceremonies; as, a person ceremonially unclean. | |
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Ceremonialness \Cer`e*mo"ni*al*ness\, n. Quality of being ceremonial. | |
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Ceremony \Cer"e*mo*ny\, n.; pl. {Ceremonies}. [F. c[82]r[82]monie, L. caerimonia; perh. akin to E. create and from a root signifying to do or make.] 1. Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies. According to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it [the Passover]. --Numb. ix. 3 Bring her up the high altar, that she may The sacred ceremonies there partake. --Spenser. [The heralds] with awful ceremony And trumpet's sound, throughout the host proclaim A solemn council. --Milton. 2. Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority. Ceremony was but devised at first To set a gloss on . . . hollow welcomes . . . But where there is true friendship there needs none. --Shak. Al ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet a man of the world should know them. --Chesterfield. 3. A ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter, garland, etc. [Obs.] Disrobe the images, If you find them decked with ceremonies. . . . Let no images Be hung with C[91]sar's trophies. --Shak. 4. A sign or prodigy; a portent. [Obs.] C[91]sar, I never stood on ceremonies, Yet, now they fright me. --Shak. {Master of ceremonies}, an officer who determines the forms to be observed, or superintends their observance, on a public occasion. {Not to stand on ceremony}, not to be ceremonious; to be familiar, outspoken, or bold. | |
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Ceremonious \Cer`e*mo"ni*ous\, a. [Cf. F. c[82]r[82]monieux, L. Caerimoniosus.] 1. Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. Note: [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.] The ceremonious part of His worship. --South. 2. According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious. [bd]Ceremonious phrases.[b8] --Addison. Too ceremonious and traditional. --Shak. Syn: Formal; precise; exact. See {Formal}. | |
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Ceremoniously \Cer`e*mo"ni*ous*ly\, adv. In a ceremonious way. | |
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Ceremoniousness \Cer`e*mo"ni*ous*ness\, n. The quality, or practice, of being ceremonious. | |
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Ceremony \Cer"e*mo*ny\, n.; pl. {Ceremonies}. [F. c[82]r[82]monie, L. caerimonia; perh. akin to E. create and from a root signifying to do or make.] 1. Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies. According to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it [the Passover]. --Numb. ix. 3 Bring her up the high altar, that she may The sacred ceremonies there partake. --Spenser. [The heralds] with awful ceremony And trumpet's sound, throughout the host proclaim A solemn council. --Milton. 2. Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority. Ceremony was but devised at first To set a gloss on . . . hollow welcomes . . . But where there is true friendship there needs none. --Shak. Al ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet a man of the world should know them. --Chesterfield. 3. A ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter, garland, etc. [Obs.] Disrobe the images, If you find them decked with ceremonies. . . . Let no images Be hung with C[91]sar's trophies. --Shak. 4. A sign or prodigy; a portent. [Obs.] C[91]sar, I never stood on ceremonies, Yet, now they fright me. --Shak. {Master of ceremonies}, an officer who determines the forms to be observed, or superintends their observance, on a public occasion. {Not to stand on ceremony}, not to be ceremonious; to be familiar, outspoken, or bold. | |
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Ceromancy \Cer"o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. khro`s wax + -mancy.] Divination by dropping melted wax in water. | |
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Ceruminous \Ce*ru"mi*nous\, a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or secreting, cerumen; as, the ceruminous glands. | |
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Chairman \Chair"man\, n.; pl. {Chairmen}. 1. The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body. 2. One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan. Breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses. --Prior. | |
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Chairmanship \Chair"man*ship\, n. The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body. | |
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Chairman \Chair"man\, n.; pl. {Chairmen}. 1. The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body. 2. One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan. Breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses. --Prior. | |
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Charm \Charm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Charmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Charming}.] [Cf. F. charmer. See {Charm}, n.] 1. To make music upon; to tune. [Obs. & R.] Here we our slender pipes may safely charm. --Spenser. 2. To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic. No witchcraft charm thee! --Shak. 3. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe. Music the fiercest grief can charm. --Pope. 4. To attract irresistibly; to delight exceedingly; to enchant; to fascinate. They, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear. --Milton. 5. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences; as, a charmed life. I, in my own woe charmed, Could not find death. --Shak. Syn: Syn. - To fascinate; enchant; enrapture; captivate; bewitch; allure; subdue; delight; entice; transport. | |
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Charming \Charm"ing\, a. Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive. How charming is divine philosophy. --Milton. Syn: Syn. - Enchanting; bewitching; captivating; enrapturing; alluring; fascinating; delightful; pleasurable; graceful; lovely; amiable; pleasing; winning. -- {Charm"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Charm"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Charming \Charm"ing\, a. Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive. How charming is divine philosophy. --Milton. Syn: Syn. - Enchanting; bewitching; captivating; enrapturing; alluring; fascinating; delightful; pleasurable; graceful; lovely; amiable; pleasing; winning. -- {Charm"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Charm"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Charming \Charm"ing\, a. Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive. How charming is divine philosophy. --Milton. Syn: Syn. - Enchanting; bewitching; captivating; enrapturing; alluring; fascinating; delightful; pleasurable; graceful; lovely; amiable; pleasing; winning. -- {Charm"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Charm"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Charwoman \Char"wom`an\, n.; pl. {Charwomen}. [See {Char} a chore.] A woman hired for odd work or for single days. | |
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Charwoman \Char"wom`an\, n.; pl. {Charwomen}. [See {Char} a chore.] A woman hired for odd work or for single days. | |
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Chiromancer \Chi"ro*man`cer\, n. One who practices chiromancy. --Dryden. | |
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Chiromancy \Chi"ro*mancy\, n. [Gr. chei`r hand + -mancy.] The art or practice of foretelling events, or of telling the fortunes or the disposition of persons by inspecting the hand; palmistry. | |
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Chiromanist \Chi"ro*man`ist\, Chiromantist \Chi"ro*man`tist\n. [Gr. [?].] A chiromancer. | |
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Chiromantic \Chi`ro*man"tic\, Chiromantical \Chi`ro*man"tic*al\a. Of or pertaining to chiromancy. | |
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Chiromantic \Chi`ro*man"tic\, Chiromantical \Chi`ro*man"tic*al\a. Of or pertaining to chiromancy. | |
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Chiromanist \Chi"ro*man`ist\, Chiromantist \Chi"ro*man`tist\n. [Gr. [?].] A chiromancer. | |
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Chiromonic \Chi`ro*mon"ic\, a. Relating to chironomy. | |
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Chironomy \Chi*ron"o*my\, n. [Gr. [?]; chei`r hand + [?] to manage.] The art of moving the hands in oratory or in pantomime; gesture [Obs.] | |
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Chrome \Chrome\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chromed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chroming}.] [From {Chrome}, n.] To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing. | |
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Chromium \Chro"mi*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] color.] (Chem.) A comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in the mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it is a hard, brittle, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty. Its chief commercial importance is for its compounds, as potassium chromate, lead chromate, etc., which are brilliantly colored and are used dyeing and calico printing. Called also {chrome}. | |
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Chronometer \Chro*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] time + -meter: cf. F. chronom[8a]tre.] 1. An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper. 2. A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc. 3. (Mus.) A metronome. {Box chronometer}. See under {Box}. {Pocket chronometer}, a chronometer in the form of a large watch. {To rate a chronometer}. See {Rate}, v. t. | |
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Note: Watches are often distinguished by the kind of escapement used, as an {anchor watch}, a {lever watch}, a {chronometer watch}, etc. (see the Note under {Escapement}, n., 3); also, by the kind of case, as a {gold} or {silver watch}, an {open-faced watch}, a {hunting watch}, or {hunter}, etc. 6. (Naut.) (a) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. {Dogwatch}. (b) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the {port watch}, and the {starboard watch}. {Anchor watch} (Naut.), a detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck when a vessel is at anchor. {To be on the watch}, to be looking steadily for some event. {Watch and ward} (Law), the charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace. --Wharton. --Burrill. {Watch and watch} (Naut.), the regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided. {Watch barrel}, the brass box in a watch, containing the mainspring. {Watch bell} (Naut.), a bell struck when the half-hour glass is run out, or at the end of each half hour. --Craig. {Watch bill} (Naut.), a list of the officers and crew of a ship as divided into watches, with their stations. --Totten. {Watch case}, the case, or outside covering, of a watch; also, a case for holding a watch, or in which it is kept. {Watch chain}. Same as {watch guard}, below. {Watch clock}, a watchman's clock; see under {Watchman}. {Watch fire}, a fire lighted at night, as a signal, or for the use of a watch or guard. {Watch glass}. (a) A concavo-convex glass for covering the face, or dial, of a watch; -- also called {watch crystal}. (b) (Naut.) A half-hour glass used to measure the time of a watch on deck. | |
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Chronometric \Chron`o*met"ric\, Chronometrical \Chron`o*met"ric*al\, a. [Cf. F. chronom[82]trique.] Pertaining to a chronometer; measured by a chronometer. | |
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Chronometric \Chron`o*met"ric\, Chronometrical \Chron`o*met"ric*al\, a. [Cf. F. chronom[82]trique.] Pertaining to a chronometer; measured by a chronometer. | |
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Chronometry \Chro*nom"e*try\, n. [Cf. F. chronom[82]trie.] The art of measuring time; the measuring of time by periods or divisions. | |
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Churning \Churn"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who churns. 2. The quantity of butter made at one operation. | |
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Churn \Churn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Churned} (ch[ucir]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Churning}.] [OE. chernen, AS. cernan; akin to LG. karnen, G. kernen, D. karnen, Dan. kierne, Sw. k[84]rna, and also to E. corn, kernel, the meaning coming from the idea of extracting the kernel or marrow. See {Kernel}.] 1. To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter. 2. To shake or agitate with violence. Churned in his teeth, the foamy venom rose. --Addison. | |
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Shaft \Shaft\, n. [OE. shaft, schaft, AS. sceaft; akin to D. schacht, OHG. scaft, G. schaft, Dan. & Sw. skaft handle, haft, Icel. skapt, and probably to L. scapus, Gr. [?][?][?][?], [?][?][?][?], a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod. Cf. {Scape}, {Scepter}, {Shave}.] 1. The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow. His sleep, his meat, his drink, is him bereft, That lean he wax, and dry as is a shaft. --Chaucer. A shaft hath three principal parts, the stele [stale], the feathers, and the head. --Ascham. 2. The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light. And the thunder, Winged with red lightning and impetuous rage, Perhaps hath spent his shafts. --Milton. Some kinds of literary pursuits . . . have been attacked with all the shafts of ridicule. --V. Knox. 3. That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical. Specifically: (a) (Bot.) The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The stem or midrib of a feather. See Illust. of {Feather}. (c) The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill. (d) The part of a candlestick which supports its branches. Thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold . . . his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. --Ex. xxv. 31. (e) The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc. (f) A pole, especially a Maypole. [Obs.] --Stow. (g) (Arch.) The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of {Column}). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple. [Obs. or R.] --Gwilt. (h) A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument. Bid time and nature gently spare The shaft we raise to thee. --Emerson. (i) (Weaving) A rod at the end of a heddle. (j) (Mach.) A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine. See Illust. of {Countershaft}. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A humming bird ({Thaumastura cora}) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; -- called also {cora humming bird}. 5. [Cf. G. schacht.] (Mining) A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc. 6. A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft. 7. The chamber of a blast furnace. {Line shaft} (Mach.), a main shaft of considerable length, in a shop or factory, usually bearing a number of pulleys by which machines are driven, commonly by means of countershafts; -- called also {line}, or {main line}. {Shaft alley} (Naut.), a passage extending from the engine room to the stern, and containing the propeller shaft. {Shaft furnace} (Metal.), a furnace, in the form of a chimney, which is charged at the top and tapped at the bottom. | |
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Note: {Corn mint} is {Mentha arvensis}. {Horsemint} is {M. sylvestris}, and in the United States {Monarda punctata}, which differs from the true mints in several respects. {Mountain mint} is any species of the related genus {Pycnanthemum}, common in North America. {Peppermint} is {M. piperita}. {Spearmint} is {M. viridis}. {Water mint} is {M. aquatica}. {Mint camphor}. (Chem.) See {Menthol}. {Mint julep}. See {Julep}. {Mint sauce}, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats. | |
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Cornamute \Cor"na*mute\ (k?r"n?-m?t), n. A cornemuse. [Obs.] | |
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Cornemuse \Corne"muse\ (k?rn"m?z), n. [F.] A wind instrument nearly identical with the bagpipe. --Drayton. | |
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d8Corno Inglese \[d8]Cor"no In*gle"se\ (?n-gl?"z?); pl. {Corni Inglesi} (-z[?]). [It.] (Mus.) A reed instrument, related to the oboe, but deeper in pitch; the English horn. | |
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Cornin \Cor"nin\ (k?r"n?n), n. (Chem.) (a) A bitter principle obtained from dogwood ({Cornus florida}), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also {cornic acid}. (b) An extract from dogwood used as a febrifuge. | |
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Corn \Corn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corned} (k?rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Corning}.] 1. To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue. 2. To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder. 3. To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses. --Jamieson. 4. To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one. [Colloq.] {Corning house}, a house or place where powder is corned or granulated. | |
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Corn \Corn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corned} (k?rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Corning}.] 1. To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue. 2. To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder. 3. To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses. --Jamieson. 4. To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one. [Colloq.] {Corning house}, a house or place where powder is corned or granulated. | |
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Ammonite \Am"mon*ite\, n. [L. cornu Ammonis born of Ammon; L. Ammon, Gr. [?] an appellation of Jupiter, as represented with the horns of a ram. It was originally the name of an. Egyptian god, Amun.] (Paleon.) A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called {serpent stone}, {snake stone}, and {cornu Ammonis}. | |
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Cornu Ammonis \Cor"nu Am*mo"nis\ ([acr]m*m[omac]"n[icr]s); pl. {[d8]Cornua Ammonis}. [L., horn of Ammon. See {Ammonite}.] (Paleon.) A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name for an ammonite. | |
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Ammonite \Am"mon*ite\, n. [L. cornu Ammonis born of Ammon; L. Ammon, Gr. [?] an appellation of Jupiter, as represented with the horns of a ram. It was originally the name of an. Egyptian god, Amun.] (Paleon.) A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called {serpent stone}, {snake stone}, and {cornu Ammonis}. | |
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Cornu Ammonis \Cor"nu Am*mo"nis\ ([acr]m*m[omac]"n[icr]s); pl. {[d8]Cornua Ammonis}. [L., horn of Ammon. See {Ammonite}.] (Paleon.) A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name for an ammonite. | |
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Coromandel \Cor`o*man"del\ (k?r`?-m?n"del), n. (Geol.) The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal. {Coromandel gooseberry}. See {Carambola}. {Coromandel wood}, Calamander wood. | |
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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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Gooseberry \Goose"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Gooseberries}, [Corrupted for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F. groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere, kr[84]uselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie (as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie, fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusb[84]r (fr. krus, krusing, crisp). The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf. {Grossular}, a.] 1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus {Ribes}; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which {Ribes Grossularia} is the one commonly cultivated. 2. A silly person; a goose cap. --Goldsmith. {Barbadoes gooseberry}, a climbing prickly shrub ({Pereskia aculeata}) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries resembling gooseberries. {Coromandel gooseberry}. See {Carambola}. {Gooseberry fool}. See lst {Fool}. {Gooseberry worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth ({Dakruma convolutella}). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior. | |
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Coromandel \Cor`o*man"del\ (k?r`?-m?n"del), n. (Geol.) The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal. {Coromandel gooseberry}. See {Carambola}. {Coromandel wood}, Calamander wood. | |
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Calamander wood \Cal"a*man`der wood\ (k[acr]l"[adot]*m[acr]n`d[etil]r w[oocr]d`). A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the {Diospyros qu[91]sita}. Called also {Coromandel wood}. | |
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Coromandel \Cor`o*man"del\ (k?r`?-m?n"del), n. (Geol.) The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal. {Coromandel gooseberry}. See {Carambola}. {Coromandel wood}, Calamander wood. | |
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Coronamen \Cor`o*na"men\ (k?r`-n?"m?n), n. [L., a crowning.] (Zo[94]l.) The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet. | |
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Coronium \Co*ro"ni*um\, n. [NL. See {Corona}.] (Chem. & Astron.) The principal gaseous substance forming the solar corona, characterized by a green line in the coronal spectrum. | |
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Cram \Cram\ (kr[acr]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crammed} (kr[acr]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cramming}.] [AS. crammian to cram; akin to Icel. kremja to squeeze, bruise, Sw. krama to press. Cf. {Cramp}.] 1. To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people. Their storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak. He will cram his brass down our throats. --Swift. 2. To fill with food to satiety; to stuff. Children would be freer from disease if they were not crammed so much as they are by fond mothers. --Locke. Cram us with praise, and make us As fat as tame things. --Shak. 3. To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his tutor. | |
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Crane \Crane\ (kr[amac]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Craned} (kr[amac]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Craning}.] 1. To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up. [R.] What engines, what instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the center, to the highest heavens. --Bates. An upstart craned up to the height he has. --Massinger. 2. To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully. --G. Eliot. | |
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Craniometer \Cra`ni*om"e*ter\ (kr?`n?-?m"?-t?r), n. [Cranium + -meter.] An instrument for measuring the size of skulls. | |
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Craniometric \Cra`ni*o*met"ric\ (-?-m?t"r?k), Craniometrical \Cra`ni*o*met"ric*al\ (-r?-kal), a. Pertaining to craniometry. | |
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Craniometric \Cra`ni*o*met"ric\ (-?-m?t"r?k), Craniometrical \Cra`ni*o*met"ric*al\ (-r?-kal), a. Pertaining to craniometry. | |
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Craniometry \Cra`ni*om"e*try\ (kr?`n?-?m"?-tr?), n. The art or act of measuring skulls. | |
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Cranium \Cra"ni*um\ (kr?"n?-?m), n.; pl. E. {Craniums} (-[?]mz), L. {Crania} (-[?]). [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?]; akin to [?][?][?] head.] The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See {Skull}. | |
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Cranium \Cra"ni*um\ (kr?"n?-?m), n.; pl. E. {Craniums} (-[?]mz), L. {Crania} (-[?]). [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?]; akin to [?][?][?] head.] The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See {Skull}. | |
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Cranny \Cran"ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crannied} (-n?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crannying}.] 1. To crack into, or become full of, crannies. [R.] The ground did cranny everywhere. --Golding. 2. To haunt, or enter by, crannies. All tenantless, save to the crannying wind. --Byron. | |
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Crayon \Cray"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crayoned} (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crayoning}.] [Cf. F. crayonner.] To sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan. He soon afterwards composed that discourse, conformably to the plan which he had crayoned out. --Malone. | |
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Creaminess \Cream"i*ness\ (-?-n?s), n. The quality of being creamy. | |
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Cream \Cream\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Creamed} (kr?md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Creaming}.] 1. To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream. 2. To take off the best or choicest part of. 3. To furnish with, or as with, cream. Creaming the fragrant cups. --Mrs. Whitney. {To cream butter} (Cooking), to rub, stir, or beat, butter till it is of a light creamy consistency. | |
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Krummhorn \Krumm"horn`\, Krumhorn \Krum"horn`\ (kr[oomac]m"h[ocir]rn`), n. [G. krummhorn cornet; krumm crooked + horn horn.] (Mus.) (a) A reed instrument of music of the cornet kind, now obsolete (see {Cornet}, 1, a.). (b) A reed stop in the organ; -- sometimes called {cremona}. | |
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Cremona \Cre*mo"na\ (kr[esl]*m[omac]"n[dot]), n. A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona, in Italy. | |
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Krummhorn \Krumm"horn`\, Krumhorn \Krum"horn`\ (kr[oomac]m"h[ocir]rn`), n. [G. krummhorn cornet; krumm crooked + horn horn.] (Mus.) (a) A reed instrument of music of the cornet kind, now obsolete (see {Cornet}, 1, a.). (b) A reed stop in the organ; -- sometimes called {cremona}. | |
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Cremona \Cre*mo"na\ (kr[esl]*m[omac]"n[dot]), n. A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona, in Italy. | |
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Criminal \Crim"i*nal\ (kr?m"?-nal), a. [L. criminalis, fr. crimen: cf. F. criminel. See {Crime}.] 1. Guilty of crime or sin. The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God. --Rogers. 2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness. Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications of vice, not criminal in themselves. --Addison. 3. Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code. The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject . . . were in some cases liable to criminal process. --Hallam. {Criminal action} (Law), an action or suit instituted to secure conviction and punishment for a crime. {Criminal conversation} (Law), unlawful intercourse with a married woman; adultery; -- usually abbreviated, crim. con. {Criminal law}, the law which relates to crimes. | |
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Criminal \Crim"i*nal\, n. One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon. | |
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Criminal \Crim"i*nal\ (kr?m"?-nal), a. [L. criminalis, fr. crimen: cf. F. criminel. See {Crime}.] 1. Guilty of crime or sin. The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God. --Rogers. 2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness. Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications of vice, not criminal in themselves. --Addison. 3. Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code. The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject . . . were in some cases liable to criminal process. --Hallam. {Criminal action} (Law), an action or suit instituted to secure conviction and punishment for a crime. {Criminal conversation} (Law), unlawful intercourse with a married woman; adultery; -- usually abbreviated, crim. con. {Criminal law}, the law which relates to crimes. | |
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Criminal \Crim"i*nal\ (kr?m"?-nal), a. [L. criminalis, fr. crimen: cf. F. criminel. See {Crime}.] 1. Guilty of crime or sin. The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God. --Rogers. 2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness. Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications of vice, not criminal in themselves. --Addison. 3. Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code. The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject . . . were in some cases liable to criminal process. --Hallam. {Criminal action} (Law), an action or suit instituted to secure conviction and punishment for a crime. {Criminal conversation} (Law), unlawful intercourse with a married woman; adultery; -- usually abbreviated, crim. con. {Criminal law}, the law which relates to crimes. | |
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Law \Law\ (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[94]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts. Note: A law may be universal or particular, written or unwritten, published or secret. From the nature of the highest laws a degree of permanency or stability is always implied; but the power which makes a law, or a superior power, may annul or change it. These are the statutes and judgments and law, which the Lord made. --Lev. xxvi. 46. The law of thy God, and the law of the King. --Ezra vii. 26. As if they would confine the Interminable . . . Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. --Milton. His mind his kingdom, and his will his law. --Cowper. 2. In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature. 3. The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament. What things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law . . . But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets. --Rom. iii. 19, 21. 4. In human government: (a) An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community. (b) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority. 5. In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation. 6. In matematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence. 7. In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist. 8. Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law. 9. Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice. Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason. --Coke. Law is beneficence acting by rule. --Burke. And sovereign Law, that state's collected will O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. --Sir W. Jones. 10. Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law. When every case in law is right. --Shak. He found law dear and left it cheap. --Brougham. 11. An oath, as in the presence of a court. [Obs.] See {Wager of law}, under {Wager}. {Avogadro's law} (Chem.), a fundamental conception, according to which, under similar conditions of temperature and pressure, all gases and vapors contain in the same volume the same number of ultimate molecules; -- so named after Avogadro, an Italian scientist. Sometimes called {Amp[8a]re's law}. {Bode's law} (Astron.), an approximative empirical expression of the distances of the planets from the sun, as follows: -- Mer. Ven. Earth. Mars. Aste. Jup. Sat. Uran. Nep. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 3 6 12 24 48 96 192 384 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --- 4 7 10 16 28 52 100 196 388 5.9 7.3 10 15.2 27.4 52 95.4 192 300 where each distance (line third) is the sum of 4 and a multiple of 3 by the series 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, etc., the true distances being given in the lower line. {Boyle's law} (Physics), an expression of the fact, that when an elastic fluid is subjected to compression, and kept at a constant temperature, the product of the pressure and volume is a constant quantity, i. e., the volume is inversely proportioned to the pressure; -- known also as {Mariotte's law}, and the {law of Boyle and Mariotte}. {Brehon laws}. See under {Brehon}. {Canon law}, the body of ecclesiastical law adopted in the Christian Church, certain portions of which (for example, the law of marriage as existing before the Council of Tent) were brought to America by the English colonists as part of the common law of the land. --Wharton. {Civil law}, a term used by writers to designate Roman law, with modifications thereof which have been made in the different countries into which that law has been introduced. The civil law, instead of the common law, prevails in the State of Louisiana. --Wharton. {Commercial law}. See {Law merchant} (below). {Common law}. See under {Common}. {Criminal law}, that branch of jurisprudence which relates to crimes. {Ecclesiastical law}. See under {Ecclesiastical}. {Grimm's law} (Philol.), a statement (propounded by the German philologist Jacob Grimm) of certain regular changes which the primitive Indo-European mute consonants, so-called (most plainly seen in Sanskrit and, with some changes, in Greek and Latin), have undergone in the Teutonic languages. Examples: Skr. bh[be]tr, L. frater, E. brother, G. bruder; L. tres, E. three, G. drei, Skr. go, E. cow, G. kuh; Skr. dh[be] to put, Gr. ti-qe`-nai, E. do, OHG, tuon, G. thun. {Kepler's laws} (Astron.), three important laws or expressions of the order of the planetary motions, discovered by John Kepler. They are these: (1) The orbit of a planet with respect to the sun is an ellipse, the sun being in one of the foci. (2) The areas swept over by a vector drawn from the sun to a planet are proportioned to the times of describing them. (3) The squares of the times of revolution of two planets are in the ratio of the cubes of their mean distances. {Law binding}, a plain style of leather binding, used for law books; -- called also {law calf}. {Law book}, a book containing, or treating of, laws. {Law calf}. See {Law binding} (above). {Law day}. (a) Formerly, a day of holding court, esp. a court-leet. (b) The day named in a mortgage for the payment of the money to secure which it was given. [U. S.] {Law French}, the dialect of Norman, which was used in judicial proceedings and law books in England from the days of William the Conqueror to the thirty-sixth year of Edward III. {Law language}, the language used in legal writings and forms. {Law Latin}. See under {Latin}. {Law lords}, peers in the British Parliament who have held high judicial office, or have been noted in the legal profession. {Law merchant}, or {Commercial law}, a system of rules by which trade and commerce are regulated; -- deduced from the custom of merchants, and regulated by judicial decisions, as also by enactments of legislatures. | |
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Criminal \Crim"i*nal\ (kr?m"?-nal), a. [L. criminalis, fr. crimen: cf. F. criminel. See {Crime}.] 1. Guilty of crime or sin. The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God. --Rogers. 2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness. Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications of vice, not criminal in themselves. --Addison. 3. Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code. The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject . . . were in some cases liable to criminal process. --Hallam. {Criminal action} (Law), an action or suit instituted to secure conviction and punishment for a crime. {Criminal conversation} (Law), unlawful intercourse with a married woman; adultery; -- usually abbreviated, crim. con. {Criminal law}, the law which relates to crimes. | |
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Criminalist \Crim"i*nal*ist\, n. One versed in criminal law. [R.] | |
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Criminality \Crim`i*nal"i*ty\ (kr?m`?-n?l"?-t?), n. [LL. criminalitas, fr. L. criminalis. See {Criminal}.] The quality or state of being criminal; that which constitutes a crime; guiltiness; guilt. This is by no means the only criterion of criminality. --Blackstone. | |
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Criminally \Crim"i*nal*ly\ (kr?m"?-nal-l?), adv. In violation of law; wickedly. | |
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Criminalness \Crim"i*nal*ness\, n. Criminality. [R.] | |
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Criminate \Crim"i*nate\ (kr[?]m"[?]-n[?]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Criminated} (-n[?]`t[?]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Criminating} (-n[?]"t[?]ng).] [L. criminatus, p. p. of criminare, criminari, to criminate, fr. crimen. See {Crime}.] 1. To accuse of, or charge with, a crime. To criminate, with the heavy and ungrounded charge of disloyalty and disaffection, an uncorrupt, independent, and reforming parliament. --Burke. 2. To involve in a crime or in its consequences; to render liable to a criminal charge. Impelled by the strongest pressure of hope and fear to criminate him. --Macaulay. | |
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Criminate \Crim"i*nate\ (kr[?]m"[?]-n[?]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Criminated} (-n[?]`t[?]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Criminating} (-n[?]"t[?]ng).] [L. criminatus, p. p. of criminare, criminari, to criminate, fr. crimen. See {Crime}.] 1. To accuse of, or charge with, a crime. To criminate, with the heavy and ungrounded charge of disloyalty and disaffection, an uncorrupt, independent, and reforming parliament. --Burke. 2. To involve in a crime or in its consequences; to render liable to a criminal charge. Impelled by the strongest pressure of hope and fear to criminate him. --Macaulay. | |
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Criminate \Crim"i*nate\ (kr[?]m"[?]-n[?]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Criminated} (-n[?]`t[?]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Criminating} (-n[?]"t[?]ng).] [L. criminatus, p. p. of criminare, criminari, to criminate, fr. crimen. See {Crime}.] 1. To accuse of, or charge with, a crime. To criminate, with the heavy and ungrounded charge of disloyalty and disaffection, an uncorrupt, independent, and reforming parliament. --Burke. 2. To involve in a crime or in its consequences; to render liable to a criminal charge. Impelled by the strongest pressure of hope and fear to criminate him. --Macaulay. | |
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Crimination \Crim`i*na"tion\ (kr?m`?-n?"sh?n), n. [L. criminatio.] The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint. The criminations and recriminations of the adverse parties. --Macaulay. | |
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Criminative \Crim"i*na*tive\ (kr?m"?-n?-t?v), a. Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory. --R. North. | |
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Criminatory \Crim"i*na*to*ry\ (-t?-r?), a. Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing; as, a criminatory conscience. | |
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Criminology \Crim`i*nol"o*gy\ (-n?l"?-j?), n. [L. crimen, crimenis, crime + -logy.] A treatise on crime or the criminal population. -- {Crim`i*nol"o*gist} (-j[?]st), n. | |
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Criminology \Crim`i*nol"o*gy\ (-n?l"?-j?), n. [L. crimen, crimenis, crime + -logy.] A treatise on crime or the criminal population. -- {Crim`i*nol"o*gist} (-j[?]st), n. | |
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Criminous \Crim"i*nous\ (kr?m"?-n?s), a. [L. criminosus, fr. crimen. See {Crime}.] Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous. [Obs.] --Holland. -- {Crim"i*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Crim"i*nous*ness}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Criminous \Crim"i*nous\ (kr?m"?-n?s), a. [L. criminosus, fr. crimen. See {Crime}.] Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous. [Obs.] --Holland. -- {Crim"i*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Crim"i*nous*ness}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Criminous \Crim"i*nous\ (kr?m"?-n?s), a. [L. criminosus, fr. crimen. See {Crime}.] Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous. [Obs.] --Holland. -- {Crim"i*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Crim"i*nous*ness}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Steel \Steel\, n. [AS. st[c7]l, st[df]l, st[df]le; akin to D. staal, G. stahl, OHG. stahal, Icel. st[be]l, Dan. staal, Sw. st[86]l, Old Prussian stakla.] 1. (Metal) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon. 2. An instrument or implement made of steel; as: (a) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc. [bd]Brave Macbeth . . . with his brandished steel.[b8] --Shak. While doubting thus he stood, Received the steel bathed in his brother's blood. --Dryden. (b) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives. (c) A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint. 3. Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor. [bd]Heads of steel.[b8] --Johnson. [bd]Manhood's heart of steel.[b8] --Byron. 4. (Med.) A chalybeate medicine. --Dunglison. Note: Steel is often used in the formation of compounds, generally of obvious meaning; as, steel-clad, steel-girt, steel-hearted, steel-plated, steel-pointed, etc. {Bessemer steel} (Metal.) See in the Vocabulary. {Blister steel}. (Metal.) See under {Blister}. {Cast steel} (Metal.), a fine variety of steel, originally made by smelting blister or cementation steel; hence, ordinarily, steel of any process of production when remelted and cast. {Cromium steel} (Metal.), a hard, tenacious variety containing a little cromium, and somewhat resembling {tungsten steel}. {Mild steel} (Metal.), a kind of steel having a lower proportion of carbon than ordinary steel, rendering it softer and more malleable. {Puddled steel} (Metal.), a variety of steel produced from cast iron by the puddling process. {Steel duck} (Zo[94]l.), the goosander, or merganser. [Prov. Eng.] {Steel mill}. (a) (Firearms) See {Wheel lock}, under {Wheel}. (b) A mill which has steel grinding surfaces. (c) A mill where steel is manufactured. {Steel trap}, a trap for catching wild animals. It consists of two iron jaws, which close by means of a powerful steel spring when the animal disturbs the catch, or tongue, by which they are kept open. {Steel wine}, wine, usually sherry, in which steel filings have been placed for a considerable time, -- used as a medicine. {Tincture of steel} (Med.), an alcoholic solution of the chloride of iron. {Tungsten steel} (Metal.), a variety of steel containing a small amount of tungsten, and noted for its tenacity and hardness, as well as for its malleability and tempering qualities. It is also noted for its magnetic properties. | |
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Cromorna \Cro*mor"na\ (kr?-m?r"n?), n. [F. cromorne (cf. It. cromorno0, fr. G. krummhorn crooked horn, cornet, an organ pipe turned like a trumpet; krumm crooked + horn horn.] (Mus.) A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe. [Corruptly written {cromona}.] | |
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Cronian \Cro"ni*an\ (kr?"n?-a]/>n), a. [Gr. [?][?][?][?] Saturnian, fr. [?][?][?][?] Saturn.] Saturnian; -- applied to the North Polar Sea. [R.] --Milton. | |
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Croon \Croon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crooned} (kr??nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crooning}.] 1. To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum. Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise. --C. Bront[?]. 2. To soothe by singing softly. The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep. --Dickens. | |
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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-imperial \Crown"-im*pe"ri*al\ (-?m-p?"r?-al), n. (Bot.) A spring-blooming plant ({Fritillaria imperialis}) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves. | |
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Crown \Crown\ (kroun), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crowned} (kround); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crowning}.] [OE. coronen, corunen, crunien, crounien, OF. coroner, F. couronner, fr. L. coronare, fr. corona a crown. See {Crown}, n.] 1. To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power. Her who fairest does appear, Crown her queen of all the year. --Dryden. Crown him, and say, [bd]Long live our emperor.[b8] --Shak. 2. To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify. Thou . . . hast crowned him with glory and honor. --Ps. viii. 5. 3. To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect. Amidst the grove that crowns yon tufted hill. --Byron. One day shall crown the alliance. --Shak. To crown the whole, came a proposition. --Motley. 4. (Mech.) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley. 5. (Mil.) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach. {To crown a knot} (Naut.), to lay the ends of the strands over and under each other. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crumenal \Cru"me*nal\ (kr?"m?-nal), n. [L. crumena purse.] A purse. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cyrenian \Cy*re"ni*an\ (s?-r?"n?-a]/>n), a. Pertaining to Cyrene, in Africa; Cyrenaic. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cyrenian \Cy*re"ni*an\, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Cyrene. 2. One of a school of philosophers, established at Cyrene by Aristippus, a disciple of Socrates. Their doctrines were nearly the same as those of the Epicureans. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Czarinian \Cza*rin"i*an\ (z?-r?n"?-an), a. Of or pertaining to the czar or the czarina; czarish. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Carman, IL Zip code(s): 61425 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Carmen, ID Zip code(s): 83462 Carmen, OK (town, FIPS 12000) Location: 36.57838 N, 98.45773 W Population (1990): 459 (263 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73726 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Carmine, TX (city, FIPS 12916) Location: 30.14960 N, 96.68883 W Population (1990): 192 (120 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78932 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Corning, AR (city, FIPS 15460) Location: 36.41082 N, 90.58585 W Population (1990): 3323 (1504 housing units) Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72422 Corning, CA (city, FIPS 16322) Location: 39.92634 N, 122.18200 W Population (1990): 5870 (2428 housing units) Area: 7.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 96021 Corning, IA (city, FIPS 16500) Location: 40.99390 N, 94.73927 W Population (1990): 1806 (915 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50841 Corning, KS (city, FIPS 15725) Location: 39.65642 N, 96.02867 W Population (1990): 142 (70 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66417 Corning, MO (town, FIPS 16462) Location: 40.24883 N, 95.45474 W Population (1990): 88 (40 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64435 Corning, NY (city, FIPS 18256) Location: 42.14722 N, 77.05671 W Population (1990): 11938 (5585 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14830 Corning, OH (village, FIPS 18770) Location: 39.60232 N, 82.08866 W Population (1990): 703 (298 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crane Naval Depo, IN Zip code(s): 47522 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Ceremonial Chemicals Most hackers don't smoke tobacco, and use alcohol in moderation if at all. However, there has been something of a trend towards exotic beers since about 1995, especially among younger Linux hackers apparently influenced by Linus Torvalds's fondness for Guiness. Limited use of non-addictive psychedelic drugs, such as cannabis, LSD, psilocybin, nitrous oxide, etc., used to be relatively common and is still regarded with more tolerance than in the mainstream culture. Use of `downers' and opiates, on the other hand, appears to be particularly rare; hackers seem in general to dislike drugs that make them stupid. On the third hand, many hackers regularly wire up on caffeine and/or sugar for all-night hacking runs. | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
chromium Symbol: Cr Atomic number: 24 Atomic weight: 51.996 Hard silvery transition element. Used in decorative electroplating. Discovered in 1797 by Vauquelin. |