English Dictionary: chammy leather | by the DICT Development Group |
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Crocodile \Croc"o*dile\ (kr?k"?-d?l; 277), n. [L. crocodilus, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?]: cf. F. crocodile. Cf. {Cookatrice}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A large reptile of the genus {Crocodilus}, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile ({C. vulgaris}, or {C. Niloticus}). The Florida crocodile ({C. Americanus}) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator. 2. (Logic) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile. {Crocodile bird} (Zo[94]l.), an African plover ({Pluvianus [91]gypticus}) which alights upon the crocodile and devours its insect parasites, even entering its open mouth (according to reliable writers) in pursuit of files, etc.; -- called also {Nile bird}. It is the {trochilos} of ancient writers. {Crocodile tears}, false or affected tears; hypocritical sorrow; -- derived from the fiction of old travelers, that crocodiles shed tears over their prey. | |
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Camellia \Ca*mel"li*a\, n. [NL.; -- named after Kamel, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the East.] (Bot.) An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. {Camellia Japonica} is much cultivated for ornament, and {C. Sassanqua} and {C. oleifera} are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of {Camellia Thea}. | |
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Camelot \Came"lot\, n. See {Camelet}. [Obs.] | |
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Camlet \Cam"let\, n. [F. camelot (akin to Sp. camelote, chamelote, It. cambellbito, ciambellotto, LL. camelotum, camelinum, fr. Ar. khamlat camlet, fr. kaml pile, plush. The word was early confused with camel, camel's hair also being used in making it. Cf. {Calamanco}] A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton. [Sometimes written {camelot} and {camblet}.] Note: They have been made plain and twilled, of single warp and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double weft also, with thicker yarn. --Beck (Draper's Dict. ) | |
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Camelot \Came"lot\, n. See {Camelet}. [Obs.] | |
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Camlet \Cam"let\, n. [F. camelot (akin to Sp. camelote, chamelote, It. cambellbito, ciambellotto, LL. camelotum, camelinum, fr. Ar. khamlat camlet, fr. kaml pile, plush. The word was early confused with camel, camel's hair also being used in making it. Cf. {Calamanco}] A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton. [Sometimes written {camelot} and {camblet}.] Note: They have been made plain and twilled, of single warp and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double weft also, with thicker yarn. --Beck (Draper's Dict. ) | |
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Camlet \Cam"let\, n. [F. camelot (akin to Sp. camelote, chamelote, It. cambellbito, ciambellotto, LL. camelotum, camelinum, fr. Ar. khamlat camlet, fr. kaml pile, plush. The word was early confused with camel, camel's hair also being used in making it. Cf. {Calamanco}] A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton. [Sometimes written {camelot} and {camblet}.] Note: They have been made plain and twilled, of single warp and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double weft also, with thicker yarn. --Beck (Draper's Dict. ) | |
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Camleted \Cam"let*ed\, a. Wavy or undulating like camlet; veined. --Sir T. Herbert. | |
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Cannulated \Can"nu*la`ted\, a. Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle. [Written also {canulated}.] | |
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Cannulated \Can"nu*la`ted\, a. Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle. [Written also {canulated}.] | |
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Canula \Can"u*la\, n., Canular \Can"u*lar\, a., Canulated \Can"u*la`ted\, a. See {Cannula}, {Cannular}, and {Cannulated}. | |
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Cannulated \Can"nu*la`ted\, a. Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle. [Written also {canulated}.] | |
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Canula \Can"u*la\, n., Canular \Can"u*lar\, a., Canulated \Can"u*la`ted\, a. See {Cannula}, {Cannular}, and {Cannulated}. | |
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Chain \Chain\, n. [F. cha[8c]ne, fr. L. catena. Cf. {Catenate}.] 1. A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc. [They] put a chain of gold about his neck. --Dan. v. 29. 2. That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit. Driven down To chains of darkness and the undying worm. --Milton. 3. A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas. 4. (Surv.) An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land. Note: One commonly in use is Gunter's chain, which consists of one hundred links, each link being seven inches and ninety-two one hundredths in length; making up the total length of rods, or sixty-six, feet; hence, a measure of that length; hence, also, a unit for land measure equal to four rods square, or one tenth of an acre. 5. pl. (Naut.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels. 6. (Weaving) The warp threads of a web. --Knight. {Chain belt} (Mach.), a belt made of a chain; -- used for transmitting power. {Chain boat}, a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables, anchors, etc. {Chain bolt} (a) (Naut.) The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate, which fastens it to the vessel's side. (b) A bolt with a chain attached for drawing it out of position. {Chain bond}. See {Chain timber}. {Chain bridge}, a bridge supported by chain cables; a suspension bridge. {Chain cable}, a cable made of iron links. {Chain coral} (Zo[94]l.), a fossil coral of the genus {Halysites}, common in the middle and upper Silurian rocks. The tubular corallites are united side by side in groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When perfect, the calicles show twelve septa. {Chain coupling}. (a) A shackle for uniting lengths of chain, or connecting a chain with an object. (b) (Railroad) Supplementary coupling together of cars with a chain. {Chain gang}, a gang of convicts chained together. {Chain hook} (Naut.), a hook, used for dragging cables about the deck. {Chain mail}, flexible, defensive armor of hammered metal links wrought into the form of a garment. {Chain molding} (Arch.), a form of molding in imitation of a chain, used in the Normal style. {Chain pier}, a pier suspended by chain. {Chain pipe} (Naut.), an opening in the deck, lined with iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers or tiers. {Chain plate} (Shipbuilding), one of the iron plates or bands, on a vessel's side, to which the standing rigging is fastened. {Chain pulley}, a pulley with depressions in the periphery of its wheel, or projections from it, made to fit the links of a chain. {Chain pumps}. See in the Vocabulary. {Chain rule} (Arith.), a theorem for solving numerical problems by composition of ratios, or compound proportion, by which, when several ratios of equality are given, the consequent of each being the same as the antecedent of the next, the relation between the first antecedent and the last consequent is discovered. {Chain shot} (Mil.), two cannon balls united by a shot chain, formerly used in naval warfare on account of their destructive effect on a ship's rigging. {Chain stitch}. See in the Vocabulary. {Chain timber}. (Arch.) See {Bond timber}, under {Bond}. {Chain wales}. (Naut.) Same as {Channels}. {Chain wheel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Closed chain}, {Open chain} (Chem.), terms applied to the chemical structure of compounds whose rational formul[91] are written respectively in the form of a closed ring (see {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}), or in an open extended form. {Endless chain}, a chain whose ends have been united by a link. | |
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Chainlet \Chain"let\, n. A small chain. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Chamlet \Cham"let\, n. See {Camlet}. [Obs.] | |
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Channel \Chan"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Channeled}, or {Channelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Channeling}, or {Channelling}.] 1. To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove. No more shall trenching war channel her fields. --Shak. 2. To course through or over, as in a channel. --Cowper. | |
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Channel \Chan"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Channeled}, or {Channelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Channeling}, or {Channelling}.] 1. To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove. No more shall trenching war channel her fields. --Shak. 2. To course through or over, as in a channel. --Cowper. | |
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Quinaldine \Quin*al"dine\, n. [Quinoline + aldehyde + aniline.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor, {C9H6N.CH3}, first obtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and aniline, and regarded as a derivative of quinoline; -- called also {methyl quinoline}. [Written also {chinaldine}.] | |
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Chinaldine \Chin*al"dine\, n. [NL. chinium quinine + aldehyde.] (Chem.) See {Quinaldine}. | |
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Quinaldine \Quin*al"dine\, n. [Quinoline + aldehyde + aniline.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor, {C9H6N.CH3}, first obtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and aniline, and regarded as a derivative of quinoline; -- called also {methyl quinoline}. [Written also {chinaldine}.] | |
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Chinaldine \Chin*al"dine\, n. [NL. chinium quinine + aldehyde.] (Chem.) See {Quinaldine}. | |
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Tobacco \To*bac"co\, n. [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the Spaniards; others from the island of Tobago, one of the Caribbees. But these derivations are very doubtful.] 1. (Bot.) An American plant ({Nicotiana Tabacum}) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste. Note: The name is extended to other species of the genus, and to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco ({Nicotiana rustica}, and also {Lobelia inflata}), mountain tobacco ({Arnica montana}), and Shiraz tobacco ({Nicotiana Persica}). 2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways. {Tobacco box} (Zo[94]l.), the common American skate. {Tobacco camphor}. (Chem.) See {Nicotianine}. {Tobacco man}, a tobacconist. [R.] {Tobacco pipe}. (a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or other material. (b) (Bot.) Same as {Indian pipe}, under {Indian}. {Tobacco-pipe clay} (Min.), a species of clay used in making tobacco pipes; -- called also {cimolite}. {Tobacco-pipe fish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pipemouth}. {Tobacco stopper}, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco in a pipe as it is smoked. {Tobacco worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth ({Sphinx, [or] Phlegethontius, Carolina}). It is dark green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered above with dark brown on each side of the body. It feeds upon the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often very injurious to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}. | |
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Cimolite \Cim"o*lite\, n. [Gr. [?] (sc. [?]) Cimolian earth, fr. [?], L. Cimolus, an island of the Cyclades.] (Min.) A soft, earthy, clayey mineral, of whitish or grayish color. | |
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Tobacco \To*bac"co\, n. [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the Spaniards; others from the island of Tobago, one of the Caribbees. But these derivations are very doubtful.] 1. (Bot.) An American plant ({Nicotiana Tabacum}) of the Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an acrid taste. Note: The name is extended to other species of the genus, and to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco ({Nicotiana rustica}, and also {Lobelia inflata}), mountain tobacco ({Arnica montana}), and Shiraz tobacco ({Nicotiana Persica}). 2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing, etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various ways. {Tobacco box} (Zo[94]l.), the common American skate. {Tobacco camphor}. (Chem.) See {Nicotianine}. {Tobacco man}, a tobacconist. [R.] {Tobacco pipe}. (a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or other material. (b) (Bot.) Same as {Indian pipe}, under {Indian}. {Tobacco-pipe clay} (Min.), a species of clay used in making tobacco pipes; -- called also {cimolite}. {Tobacco-pipe fish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pipemouth}. {Tobacco stopper}, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco in a pipe as it is smoked. {Tobacco worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth ({Sphinx, [or] Phlegethontius, Carolina}). It is dark green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered above with dark brown on each side of the body. It feeds upon the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often very injurious to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}. | |
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Cimolite \Cim"o*lite\, n. [Gr. [?] (sc. [?]) Cimolian earth, fr. [?], L. Cimolus, an island of the Cyclades.] (Min.) A soft, earthy, clayey mineral, of whitish or grayish color. | |
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Cumulate \Cu"mu*late\ (k?"m?-l?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cumulated} (-l?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cumulating} (-l?`t?ng).] [L. cumulatus, p. p. of cumulare to heap up, fr. cumulus a heap. See {Cumber}.] To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate. Shoals of shells, bedded and cumulated heap upon heap. --Woodward. | |
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Cumulate \Cu"mu*late\ (k?"m?-l?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cumulated} (-l?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cumulating} (-l?`t?ng).] [L. cumulatus, p. p. of cumulare to heap up, fr. cumulus a heap. See {Cumber}.] To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate. Shoals of shells, bedded and cumulated heap upon heap. --Woodward. | |
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Cumulate \Cu"mu*late\ (k?"m?-l?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cumulated} (-l?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cumulating} (-l?`t?ng).] [L. cumulatus, p. p. of cumulare to heap up, fr. cumulus a heap. See {Cumber}.] To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate. Shoals of shells, bedded and cumulated heap upon heap. --Woodward. | |
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Cumulation \Cu`mu*la"tion\ (k?`m?-l?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. cumulation.] The act of heaping together; a heap. See {Accumulation}. | |
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Cumulatist \Cu"mu*la*tist\ (k?"m?-l?-t?st), n. One who accumulates; one who collects. [R.] | |
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Cumulative \Cu"mu*la*tive\ (k?"m?-l?-t?v), a. [Cf. F. cumulatif.] 1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated. [bd]As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, not original.[b8] --Bacon 2. Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e., one whose force increases as the statement proceeds. The argument . . . is in very truth not logical and single, but moral and cumulative. --Trench. 3. (Law) (a) Tending to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered; -- said of evidence. (b) Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy. --Bouvier. --Wharton. | |
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{Cumulative action} (Med.), that action of certain drugs, by virtue of which they produce, when administered in small doses repeated at considerable intervals, the same effect as if given in a single large dose. {Cumulative poison}, a poison the action of which is cumulative. {Cumulative vote} [or] {system of voting} (Politics), that system which allows to each voter as many votes as there are persons to be voted for, and permits him to accumulate these votes upon one person, or to distribute them among the candidates as he pleases. | |
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{Cumulative action} (Med.), that action of certain drugs, by virtue of which they produce, when administered in small doses repeated at considerable intervals, the same effect as if given in a single large dose. {Cumulative poison}, a poison the action of which is cumulative. {Cumulative vote} [or] {system of voting} (Politics), that system which allows to each voter as many votes as there are persons to be voted for, and permits him to accumulate these votes upon one person, or to distribute them among the candidates as he pleases. | |
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Vote \Vote\, n. [L. votum a vow, wish, will, fr. vovere, votum, to vow: cf. F. vote. See {Vow}.] 1. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. [Obs.] --Massinger. 2. A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage. 3. That by means of which will or preference is expressed in elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a ticket; as, a written vote. The freeman casting with unpurchased hand The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. --Holmes. 4. Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence. 5. Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote. {Casting vote}, {Cumulative vote}, etc. See under {Casting}, {Cumulative}, etc. | |
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{Cumulative action} (Med.), that action of certain drugs, by virtue of which they produce, when administered in small doses repeated at considerable intervals, the same effect as if given in a single large dose. {Cumulative poison}, a poison the action of which is cumulative. {Cumulative vote} [or] {system of voting} (Politics), that system which allows to each voter as many votes as there are persons to be voted for, and permits him to accumulate these votes upon one person, or to distribute them among the candidates as he pleases. | |
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Cyamelide \Cy*am"e*lide\ (s[isl]*[acr]m"[esl]*l[icr]d or -l[imac]d; 104), n. (Chem.) A white amorphous substance, regarded as a polymeric modification of isocyanic acid. | |
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Cannelton, IN (city, FIPS 10108) Location: 37.91015 N, 86.73677 W Population (1990): 1786 (794 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
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Camelot Library ["The Camelot Library", J. Bloch, in "Guide to the Camelot Distributed Transaction Facility: Release I", A.Z. Spector et al eds, CMU 1988, pp. 29-62]. [What is it?] (1995-04-19) |