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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gnu \Gnu\, n. [Hottentot gnu, or nju: cf. F. gnou.] (Zo[94]l.) One of two species of large South African antelopes of the genus {Catoblephas}, having a mane and bushy tail, and curved horns in both sexes. [Written also {gnoo}.] Note: The common gnu or wildebeest ({Catoblephas gnu}) is plain brown; the brindled gnu or blue wildebeest ({C. gorgon}) is larger, with transverse stripes of black on the neck and shoulders. | |
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Cahincic \Ca*hin"cic\, a. Pertaining to, or derived from, cahinca, the native name of a species of Brazilian {Chiococca}, perhaps {C. racemosa}; as, cahincic acid. | |
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C91sarism \C[91]"sar*ism\, n. [Cf. F. C[82]sarisme.] A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as C[91]sar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government. Note: This word came into prominence in the time of Napoleon III., as an expression of the claims and political views of that emperor, and of the politicians of his court. | |
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Carageen \Car"a*geen`\ [or] Caragheen \Car"a*gheen`\, n. See {Carrageen}. | |
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Carrageen \Car"ra*geen`\, Carrigeen \Car"ri*geen`\, n. A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed ({Chondrus crispus}), which, when bleached, is the {Irish moss} of commerce. [Also written {carragheen}, {carageen}.] | |
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Carageen \Car"a*geen`\ [or] Caragheen \Car"a*gheen`\, n. See {Carrageen}. | |
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Carrageen \Car"ra*geen`\, Carrigeen \Car"ri*geen`\, n. A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed ({Chondrus crispus}), which, when bleached, is the {Irish moss} of commerce. [Also written {carragheen}, {carageen}.] | |
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Carageen \Car"a*geen`\ [or] Caragheen \Car"a*gheen`\, n. See {Carrageen}. | |
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Carcanet \Car"ca*net\ (k[aum]r"k[adot]*n[ecr]t), n. [Dim. fr. F. carcan the iron collar or chain of a criminal, a chain of precious stones, LL. carcannum, fr. Armor. kerchen bosom, neck, kelchen collar, fr. kelch circle; or Icel. kverk troat, OHG. querca throat.] A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar. [Also written {carkanet} and {carcant}.] --Shak. | |
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Carcanet \Car"ca*net\ (k[aum]r"k[adot]*n[ecr]t), n. [Dim. fr. F. carcan the iron collar or chain of a criminal, a chain of precious stones, LL. carcannum, fr. Armor. kerchen bosom, neck, kelchen collar, fr. kelch circle; or Icel. kverk troat, OHG. querca throat.] A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar. [Also written {carkanet} and {carcant}.] --Shak. | |
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Carcinological \Car`ci*no*log"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to carcinology. | |
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Carcinology \Car`ci*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] a crab + -logy.] (Zo[94]l.) The department of zo[94]logy which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also {malacostracology} and {crustaceology}. | |
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Malacostracology \Mal`a*cos`tra*col"o*gy\, n. [Malacostracan + -logy.] That branch of zo[94]logical science which relates to the crustaceans; -- called also {carcinology}. | |
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Carcinology \Car`ci*nol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?] a crab + -logy.] (Zo[94]l.) The department of zo[94]logy which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also {malacostracology} and {crustaceology}. | |
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Malacostracology \Mal`a*cos`tra*col"o*gy\, n. [Malacostracan + -logy.] That branch of zo[94]logical science which relates to the crustaceans; -- called also {carcinology}. | |
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Cancer \Can"cer\, n. [L. cancer, cancri, crab, ulcer, a sign of the zodiac; akin to Gr. karki`nos, Skr. karka[tsdot]a crab, and prob. Skr. karkara hard, the crab being named from its hard shell. Cf. {Canner}, {Chancre}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See {Crab}. 2. (Astron.) (a) The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of the summer solstice. See {Tropic}. (b) A northern constellation between Gemini and Leo. 3. (Med.) Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term is now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework. Note: Four kinds of cancers are recognized: (1) {Epithelial cancer, or Epithelioma}, in which there is no trabecular framework. See {Epithelioma}. (2) {Scirrhous cancer, or Hard cancer}, in which the framework predominates, and the tumor is of hard consistence and slow growth. (3) {Encephaloid, Medullary, [or] Soft cancer}, in which the cellular element predominates, and the tumor is soft, grows rapidy, and often ulcerates. (4) {Colloid cancer}, in which the cancerous structure becomes gelatinous. The last three varieties are also called {carcinoma}. {Cancer cells}, cells once believed to be peculiar to cancers, but now know to be epithelial cells differing in no respect from those found elsewhere in the body, and distinguished only by peculiarity of location and grouping. {Cancer root} (Bot.), the name of several low plants, mostly parasitic on roots, as the beech drops, the squawroot, etc. {Tropic of Cancer}. See {Tropic}. | |
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Carcinomatous \Car`ci*nom"a*tous\, a. Of or pertaining to carcinoma. | |
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Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE. grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See {Grow.}] 1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald. 2. Having a sickly color; wan. To look so green and pale. --Shak. 3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound. As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation. --Burke. 4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc. 5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.] We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L. Watts. 6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment. I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs. --Sir W. Scott. 7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc. --Shak. {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the United States; -- called also {cat brier}. {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock. {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally named {joe-rocker}. {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root crop, etc. {Green diallage}. (Min.) (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene. (b) Smaragdite. {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip; -- called also {dragon root}. {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}. {Green ebony}. (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing. (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}. {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate), to which the color of the flame is due. {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants. {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary. {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91]. {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.] {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in the West Indies and in South America, used for shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is the {Colubrina ferruginosa}. {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite. {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima}); -- called also {green sloke}. {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite. {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch. {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm. {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine. {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment. See {Greengill}. {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West Indies early in the last century, and has become very abundant there. {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides of platinum. {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made. {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a vessel's deck. {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis. {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are bright green in color. {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See {Turtle}. {Green vitriol}. (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc. (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate of iron}. {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not yet baked. {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}. | |
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Caress \Ca*ress"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caressing}.] [F. caresser, fr. It. carezzare, fr. carezza caress. See {Caress}., n.] To treat with tokens of fondness, affection, or kindness; to touch or speak to in a loving or endearing manner; to fondle. The lady caresses the rough bloodhoun. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: To foundle; embrace; pet; coddle; court; flatter. Usage: {Caress}, {Fondle}. [bd]We caress by words or actions; we fondle by actions only.[b8] --Crabb. | |
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Caressingly \Ca*ress"ing*ly\, ad. In caressing manner. | |
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Carcanet \Car"ca*net\ (k[aum]r"k[adot]*n[ecr]t), n. [Dim. fr. F. carcan the iron collar or chain of a criminal, a chain of precious stones, LL. carcannum, fr. Armor. kerchen bosom, neck, kelchen collar, fr. kelch circle; or Icel. kverk troat, OHG. querca throat.] A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar. [Also written {carkanet} and {carcant}.] --Shak. | |
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Carkanet \Car"ka*net\, n. A carcanet. --Southey. | |
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Carcanet \Car"ca*net\ (k[aum]r"k[adot]*n[ecr]t), n. [Dim. fr. F. carcan the iron collar or chain of a criminal, a chain of precious stones, LL. carcannum, fr. Armor. kerchen bosom, neck, kelchen collar, fr. kelch circle; or Icel. kverk troat, OHG. querca throat.] A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar. [Also written {carkanet} and {carcant}.] --Shak. | |
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Carkanet \Car"ka*net\, n. A carcanet. --Southey. | |
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Carking \Cark"ing\, a. Distressing; worrying; perplexing; corroding; as, carking cares. | |
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Caroigne \Car"oigne\, n. [See {Carrion}.] Dead body; carrion. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Carousing \Ca*rous"ing\, a. That carouses; relating to a carouse. | |
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Carouse \Ca*rouse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caroused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Carousing}.] To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels. He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. --Shak. | |
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Carousingly \Ca*rous"ing*ly\, adv. In the manner of a carouser. | |
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Carrageen \Car"ra*geen`\, Carrigeen \Car"ri*geen`\, n. A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed ({Chondrus crispus}), which, when bleached, is the {Irish moss} of commerce. [Also written {carragheen}, {carageen}.] | |
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Carrageen \Car"ra*geen`\, Carrigeen \Car"ri*geen`\, n. A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed ({Chondrus crispus}), which, when bleached, is the {Irish moss} of commerce. [Also written {carragheen}, {carageen}.] | |
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Carrageen \Car"ra*geen`\, Carrigeen \Car"ri*geen`\, n. A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed ({Chondrus crispus}), which, when bleached, is the {Irish moss} of commerce. [Also written {carragheen}, {carageen}.] | |
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Cerasin \Cer"a*sin\, n. (Chem.) A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; -- called also {meta-arabinic acid}. 2. (Chem.) A gummy mucilaginous substance; -- called also {bassorin}, {tragacanthin}, etc. | |
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Cerasinous \Ce*ras"i*nous\, a. 1. Pertaining to, or containing, cerasin. 2. Of a cherry color. | |
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Ceresin \Cer"e*sin\, n. [L. cera wax.] (Chem.) A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax. | |
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Cerosin \Cer"o*sin\, n. [L. cera wax.] (Chem.) A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white lamin[91]. | |
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{Charge and discharge}. (Equity Practice) See under {Charge}, n. {Paralytic discharge} (Physiol.), the increased secretion from a gland resulting from the cutting of all of its nerves. | |
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Charge \Charge\, n. [F. charge, fr. charger to load. See {Charge}, v. t., and cf. {Cargo}, {Caricature}.] 1. A load or burder laid upon a person or thing. 2. A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust. Note: The people of a parish or church are called the charge of the clergyman who is set over them. 3. Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty. 'Tis a great charge to come under one body's hand. --Shak. 4. Heed; care; anxiety; trouble. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 5. Harm. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 6. An order; a mandate or command; an injunction. The king gave cherge concerning Absalom. --2. Sam. xviii. 5. 7. An address (esp. an earnest or impressive address) containing instruction or exhortation; as, the charge of a judge to a jury; the charge of a bishop to his clergy. 8. An accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged. The charge of confounding very different classes of phenomena. --Whewell. 9. Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural. 10. The price demanded for a thing or service. 11. An entry or a account of that which is due from one party to another; that which is debited in a business transaction; as, a charge in an account book. 12. That quantity, as of ammunition, electricity, ore, fuel, etc., which any apparatus, as a gun, battery, furnace, machine, etc., is intended to receive and fitted to hold, or which is actually in it at one time 13. The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge. Never, in any other war afore, gave the Romans a hotter charge upon the enemies. --Holland. The charge of the light brigade. --Tennyson. 14. A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack; as, to bring a weapon to the charge. 15. (Far.) A soft of plaster or ointment. 16. (Her.) A bearing. See {Bearing}, n., 8. 17. [Cf. {Charre}.] Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also {charre}. 18. Weight; import; value. Many suchlike [bd]as's[b8] of great charge. --Shak. {Back charge}. See under {Back}, a. {Bursting charge}. (a (Mil.) The charge which bursts a shell, etc. (b (Mining) A small quantity of fine powder to secure the ignition of a charge of coarse powder in blasting. {Charge and discharge} (Equity Practice), the old mode or form of taking an account before a master in chancery. {Charge sheet}, the paper on which are entered at a police station all arrests and accusations. {To sound the charge}, to give the signal for an attack. Syn: Care; custody; trust; management; office; expense; cost; price; assault; attack; onset; injunction; command; order; mandate; instruction; accusation; indictment. | |
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Chargeant \Char"geant\, a. [F. chargeant, fr. charger to load.] Burdensome; troublesome. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Charge \Charge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Charged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Charging}.] [OF. chargier, F. charger, fr. LL. carricare, fr. L. carrus wagon. Cf. {Cargo}, {Caricature}, {Cark}, and see {Car}.] 1. To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill. A carte that charged was with hay. --Chaucer. The charging of children's memories with rules. --Locke. 2. To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent. Moses . . . charged you to love the Lord your God. --Josh. xxii. 5. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition. --Shak. 3. To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for. When land shall be charged by any lien. --Kent. 4. To fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a barrel for apples. 5. To place something to the account of as a debt; to debit, as, to charge one with goods. Also, to enter upon the debit side of an account; as, to charge a sum to one. 6. To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge. No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime On native sloth and negligence of time. --Dryden. 7. To accuse; to make a charge or assertion against (a person or thing); to lay the responsibility (for something said or done) at the door of. If he did that wrong you charge him with. --Tennyson. 8. To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear; to load; to fill; as, to charge a gun; to charge an electrical machine, etc. Their battering cannon charged to the mouths. --Shak. 9. To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding. 10. (Her.) To assume as a bearing; as, he charges three roses or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield with three roses or. 11. To call to account; to challenge. [Obs.] To charge me to an answer. --Shak. 12. To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack. Charged our main battle's front. --Shak. Syn: To intrust; command; exhort; instruct; accuse; impeach; arraign. See {Accuse}. | |
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Charism \Cha"rism\, n. [Gr. [?] gift.] (Eccl.) A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians. | |
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Charismatic \Char`is*mat"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to a charism. | |
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Cheerisness \Cheer"is*ness\, n. Cheerfulness. [Obs.] There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. --Milton. | |
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Cherishment \Cher"ish*ment\, n. Encouragement; comfort. [Obs.] Rich bounty and dear cherishment. --Spenser. | |
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Cherish \Cher"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cherished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cherising}.] [F. ch[82]rir, fr. cher dear, fr. L. carus. See {Caress}, {Finish}.] 1. To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid. We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children. --1 Thess. ii. 7. 2. To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle. To cherish virtue and humanity. --Burke. Syn: To nourish; foster; nurse; nurture; entertain; encourage; comfort; protect; support; See {Nurture}. | |
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Cherry \Cher"ry\, n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. [?], perh. fr. [?] horn, from the hardness of the wood.] 1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus {Prunus} (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; (a) The common garden cherry ({Prunus Cerasus}), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from M[82]doc in France). (b) The wild cherry; as, {Prunus serotina} (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; {P. Virginiana} (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; {P. avium} and {P. Padus}, European trees (bird cherry). 2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors. 3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc. 4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. {Barbadoes cherry}. See under {Barbadoes}. {Cherry bird} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird; the cedar bird; -- so called from its fondness for cherries. {Cherry bounce}, cherry brandy and sugar. {Cherry brandy}, brandy in which cherries have been steeped. {Cherry laurel} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Prunus Lauro-cerasus}) common in shrubberies, the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds. {Cherry pepper} (Bot.), a species of {Capsicum} ({C. cerasiforme}), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant cherry-shaped fruit. {Cherry pit}. (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a hole. --Shak. (b) A cherry stone. {Cherry rum}, rum in which cherries have been steeped. {Cherry sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the European spotted flycatcher ({Musicapa grisola}); -- called also {cherry chopper} {cherry snipe}. {Cherry tree}, a tree that bears cherries. {Ground cherry}, {Winter cherry}, See {Alkekengi}. | |
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Chersonese \Cher"so*nese\ (k[etil]r"s[osl]*n[emac]s), n. [Gr. cherso`nhsos; che`rsos land + nh`sos island.] A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea. | |
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Chirognomy \Chi*rog"no*my\, n. [Gr. chei`r hand + [?] understanding.] The art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand. | |
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Chirogymnast \Chi`ro*gym"nast\, n. [Gr. chei`r hand + [?] trainer of athletes, gymnast.] A mechanical contrivance for exercising the fingers of a pianist. | |
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Chorus \Cho"rus\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chorused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chorusing}.] To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously. --W. D. Howells. | |
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Chrism \Chrism\, n. [OE. crisme, from AS. crisma; also OE. creme, fr. OF. cresme, like the AS. word fr. LL. chrisma, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to anoint; perh. akin to L. friare, fricare, to rub, Skr. gharsh, E. friable, friction. Cf. {Chrisom}.] (Gr. & R. C. Church[?]s) 1. Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc. 2. The same as {Chrisom}. | |
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Chrismal \Chris"mal\, a. [LL. chrismalis.] Of or pertaining to or used in chrism. | |
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Chrismation \Chris*ma"tion\, n. [LL. chrismatio.] The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil. Chrismation or cross-signing with ointment, was used in baptism. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Chrismatory \Chris"ma*to*ry\, n. [LL. chrismatorium.] A cruet or vessel in which chrism is kept. | |
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Chrisom \Chris"om\, n. [See {Chrism}.] 1. A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened. [Obs.] 2. A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it. [Obs.] --Blount. | |
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Chrysaniline \Chrys*an"i*line\, n. [Gr. chryso`s gold + E. anilene.] (Chem.) A yellow substance obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of rosaniline. It dyes silk a fine golden-yellow color. | |
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Chrysanthemum \Chrys*an"the*mum\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; chryso`s gold + [?] flower.] (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy. | |
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Costmary \Cost"ma*ry\ (k?st"m?-r?), n. [L. costum an Oriental aromatic plant (Gr. [?][?][?], cf. Ar. kost, kust) + Maria Mary. Cf. {Alecost}.] (Bot.) A garden plant ({Chrysanthemum Balsamita}) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also {alecost}. | |
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Whiteweed \White"weed`\, n. (Bot.) A perennial composite herb ({Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum}) with conspicuous white rays and a yellow disk, a common weed in grass lands and pastures; -- called also {oxeye daisy}. | |
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Daisy \Dai"sy\, n.; pl. {Daisies}. [OE. dayesye, AS. d[91]ges[?]eage day's eye, daisy. See {Day}, and {Eye}.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of low herbs ({Bellis}), belonging to the family Composit[91]. The common English and classical daisy is {B. prennis}, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays. (b) The whiteweed ({Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum}), the plant commonly called {daisy} in North America; -- called also {oxeye daisy}. See {Whiteweed}. Note: The word daisy is also used for composite plants of other genera, as {Erigeron}, or fleabane. {Michaelmas daisy} (Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of which there are many species. {Oxeye daisy} (Bot.), the whiteweed. See {Daisy} (b) . | |
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Pellitory \Pel"li*to*ry\, n. [Sp. pelitre, fr. L. pyrethrum. See {Bertram}.] (Bot.) (a) A composite plant ({Anacyclus Pyrethrum}) of the Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also {bertram}, and {pellitory of Spain}. (b) The feverfew ({Chrysanthemum Parthenium}); -- so called because it resembles the above. | |
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Yellow \Yel"low\, a. [Compar. {Yellower}; superl. {Yellowest}.] [OE. yelow, yelwe, [f4]elow, [f4]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. [?] young verdure, [?] greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Chlorine}, {Gall} a bitter liquid, {Gold}, {Yolk}.] Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green. Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress. --Chaucer. A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf. --Milton. The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble. {Yellow atrophy} (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice. {Yellow bark}, calisaya bark. {Yellow bass} (Zo[94]l.), a North American fresh-water bass ({Morone interrupta}) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called also {barfish}. {Yellow berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Persian berry}, under {Persian}. {Yellow boy}, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot. {Yellow brier}. (Bot.) See under {Brier}. {Yellow bugle} (Bot.), a European labiate plant ({Ajuga Cham[91]pitys}). {Yellow bunting} (Zo[94]l.), the European yellow-hammer. {Yellow cat} (Zo[94]l.), a yellow catfish; especially, the bashaw. {Yellow copperas} (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; -- called also {copiapite}. {Yellow copper ore}, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper pyrites. See {Chalcopyrite}. {Yellow cress} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant ({Barbarea pr[91]cox}), sometimes grown as a salad plant. {Yellow dock}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Dock}. {Yellow earth}, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes used as a yellow pigment. {Yellow fever} (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice, producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black vomit. See {Black vomit}, in the Vocabulary. {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}, and 3d {Flag}. {Yellow jack}. (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d {Jack}. (b) The quarantine flag. See under {Quarantine}. {Yellow jacket} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American social wasps of the genus {Vespa}, in which the color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are noted for their irritability, and for their painful stings. {Yellow lead ore} (Min.), wulfenite. {Yellow lemur} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow macauco} (Zo[94]l.), the kinkajou. {Yellow mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), the jurel. {Yellow metal}. Same as {Muntz metal}, under {Metal}. {Yellow ocher} (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown iron ore, which is used as a pigment. {Yellow oxeye} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant ({Chrysanthemum segetum}) closely related to the oxeye daisy. {Yellow perch} (Zo[94]l.), the common American perch. See {Perch}. {Yellow pike} (Zo[94]l.), the wall-eye. {Yellow pine} (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also, their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common are valuable species are {Pinus mitis} and {P. palustris} of the Eastern and Southern States, and {P. ponderosa} and {P. Arizonica} of the Rocky Mountains and Pacific States. {Yellow plover} (Zo[94]l.), the golden plover. {Yellow precipitate} (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow puccoon}. (Bot.) Same as {Orangeroot}. {Yellow rail} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rail ({Porzana Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow, darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also {yellow crake}. {Yellow rattle}, {Yellow rocket}. (Bot.) See under {Rattle}, and {Rocket}. {Yellow Sally} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish or yellowish European stone fly of the genus {Chloroperla}; -- so called by anglers. {Yellow sculpin} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Yellow snake} (Zo[94]l.), a West Indian boa ({Chilobothrus inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed with black, and anteriorly with black lines. {Yellow spot}. (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision is most accurate. See {Eye}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small American butterfly ({Polites Peckius}) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also {Peck's skipper}. See Illust. under {Skipper}, n., 5. {Yellow tit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of crested titmice of the genus {Machlolophus}, native of India. The predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green. {Yellow viper} (Zo[94]l.), the fer-de-lance. {Yellow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus {Dendroica} in which the predominant color is yellow, especially {D. [91]stiva}, which is a very abundant and familiar species; -- called also {garden warbler}, {golden warbler}, {summer yellowbird}, {summer warbler}, and {yellow-poll warbler}. {Yellow wash} (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate to limewater. {Yellow wren} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European willow warbler. (b) The European wood warbler. | |
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Goldin \Gold"in\, Golding \Gold"ing\, n. (Bot.) [From the golden color of the blossoms.] A conspicuous yellow flower, commonly the corn marigold ({Chrysanthemum segetum}). [This word is variously corrupted into {gouland}, {gools}, {gowan}, etc.] | |
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Painted \Paint"ed\, a. 1. Covered or adorned with paint; portrayed in colors. As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. --Coleridge. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; painted bunting. {Painted beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome American butterfly ({Vanessa Huntera}), having a variety of bright colors, {Painted cup} (Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs ({Castilleia}) in which the bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than the flowers. {Castilleia coccinea} has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and is common in meadows. {Painted finch}. See {Nonpareil}. {Painted lady} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored butterfly. See {Thistle butterfly}. {Painted turtle} (Zo[94]l.), a common American freshwater tortoise ({Chrysemys picta}), having bright red and yellow markings beneath. | |
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Chrysene \Chry"sene\, n. [Gr. chryso`s gold.] (Chem.) One of the higher aromatic hydrocarbons of coal tar, allied to naphthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance, {C18H12}, of strong blue fluorescence, but generally colored yellow by impurities. | |
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Ladder \Lad"der\, n. [OE. laddre, AS. hl[?]der, hl[?]dder; akin to OFries. hladder, OHG. leitara, G. leiter, and from the root of E. lean, v. ([?]). See {Lean}, v. i., and cf. {Climax}.] 1. A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps. Some the engines play, And some, more bold, mount ladders to the fire. --Dryden. 2. That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence. Lowliness is young ambition's ladder. --Shak. {Fish ladder}. See under {Fish}. {Ladder beetle} (Zo[94]l.), an American leaf beetle ({Chrysomela scalaris}). The elytra are silvery white, striped and spotted with green; the under wings are rose-colored. It feeds upon the linden tree. {Ladder handle}, an iron rail at the side of a vertical fixed ladder, to grasp with the hand in climbing. {Ladder shell} (Zo[94]l.), a spiral marine shell of the genus Scalaria. See {Scalaria}. | |
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Militant \Mil"i*tant\, a. [L. militans, -antis, p. pr. of militare to be soldier: cf. F. militant. See {Militate}.] Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier. -- {Mil"i*tant*ly}, adv. At which command the powers militant . . . Moved on in silence. --Milton. {Church militant}, the Christian church on earth, which is supposed to be engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies, and is thus distinguished from the church triumphant, in heaven. | |
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Church \Church\, n. [OE. chirche, chireche, cherche, Scot. kirk, from AS. circe, cyrice; akin to D. kerk, Icel. kirkja, Sw. kyrka, Dan. kirke, G. kirche, OHG. chirihha; all fr. Gr. [?] the Lord's house, fr. [?] concerning a master or lord, fr. [?] master, lord, fr. [?] power, might; akin to Skr. [87][d4]ra hero, Zend. [87]ura strong, OIr. caur, cur, hero. Cf. {Kirk}.] 1. A building set apart for Christian worship. 2. A Jewish or heathen temple. [Obs.] --Acts xix. 37. 3. A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together. [bd]When they had ordained them elders in every church.[b8] --Acts xiv. 23. 4. A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church. 5. The collective body of Christians. 6. Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm. 7. The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil. Remember that both church and state are properly the rulers of the people, only because they are their benefactors. --Bulwer. Note: Church is often used in composition to denote something belonging or relating to the church; as, church authority; church history; church member; church music, etc. {Apostolic church}. See under {Apostolic}. {Broad church}. See {Broad Church}. {Catholic [or] Universal} {church}, the whole body of believers in Christ throughout the world. {Church of England}, or {English church}, the Episcopal church established and endowed in England by law. {Church living}, a benefice in an established church. {Church militant}. See under {Militant}. {Church owl} (Zo[94]l.), the white owl. See {Barn owl}. {Church rate}, a tax levied on parishioners for the maintenance of the church and its services. {Church session}. See under {Session}. {Church triumphant}. See under {Triumphant}. {Church work}, work on, or in behalf of, a church; the work of a particular church for the spread of religion. {Established church}, the church maintained by the civil authority; a state church. | |
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Church modes \Church" modes`\ (Mus.) The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See {Gregorian}. | |
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Church \Church\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Churched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Churching}.] To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women. | |
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Churchman \Church"man\, n.; pl. {Churchmen}. 1. An ecclesiastic or clergyman. 2. An Episcopalian, or a member of the Established Church of England. [bd]A zealous churchman.[b8] --Macaulay. 3. One was is attached to, or attends, church. | |
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Churchmanly \Church"man*ly\, a. Pertaining to, or becoming, a churchman. --Milman. | |
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Churchmanship \Church"man*ship\, n. The state or quality of being a churchman; attachment to the church. | |
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Churchman \Church"man\, n.; pl. {Churchmen}. 1. An ecclesiastic or clergyman. 2. An Episcopalian, or a member of the Established Church of England. [bd]A zealous churchman.[b8] --Macaulay. 3. One was is attached to, or attends, church. | |
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Circean \Cir*ce"an\, a. [L. Circaeus.] Having the characteristics of Circe, daughter of Sol and Perseis, a mythological enchantress, who first charmed her victims and then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing, but noxious; as, a Circean draught. | |
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Circensial \Cir*cen"sial\, Circensian \Cir*cen"sian\, a. [L. Circensis, ludi Circenses, the games in the Circus Maximus.] Of or pertaining to, or held in, the Circus, In Rome. The pleasure of the Circensian shows. --Holyday. | |
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Circensial \Cir*cen"sial\, Circensian \Cir*cen"sian\, a. [L. Circensis, ludi Circenses, the games in the Circus Maximus.] Of or pertaining to, or held in, the Circus, In Rome. The pleasure of the Circensian shows. --Holyday. | |
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Circinal \Cir"ci*nal\, a. [Gr. [?] a circle.] (Bot.) Circinate. | |
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Circinate \Cir"ci*nate\, a. [L. circinatus, p. p. of circinare to make round, fr. circinus a pair of compasses, from Gr. [?] a circle.] (Bot.) Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns. --Gray. | |
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Circinate \Cir"ci*nate\, v. t. To make a circle around; to encompass. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Circination \Cir`ci*na"tion\, n. [L. circinatio circle.] 1. An orbicular motion. [Obs.] --bailey. 2. A circle; a concentric layer. [Obs.] [bd]The circinations and spherical rounds of onions.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Circum- \Cir"cum-\ [Akin to circle, circus.] A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words, and signifying around or about. | |
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Circumagitate \Cir`cum*ag"i*tate\, v. t. [Pref. circum + agitate.] To agitate on all sides. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Circumambage \Cir`cum*am"bage\, n. [Pref. circum- + ambage, obs. sing. of ambages.] A roundabout or indirect course; indirectness. [Obs.] --S. Richardson. | |
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Circumambiency \Cir`cum*am"bi*en*cy\, n. The act of surrounding or encompassing. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Circumambient \Cir`cum*am"bi*ent\, a. [Pref. circum- + ambient.] Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. [bd]The circumambient heaven.[b8] --J. Armstrong. | |
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Circumambulate \Cir`cum*am"bu*late\, v. t. [L. circumambulatus, p. p. of circumambulare to walk around; circum + ambulare. See {Ambulate}.] To walk round about. -- {Cir`cum*am`bu*la"tion}, n. | |
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Circumambulate \Cir`cum*am"bu*late\, v. t. [L. circumambulatus, p. p. of circumambulare to walk around; circum + ambulare. See {Ambulate}.] To walk round about. -- {Cir`cum*am`bu*la"tion}, n. | |
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Circumbendibus \Cir`cum*bend"i*bus\, n. A roundabout or indirect way. [Jocular] --Goldsmith. | |
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Circumcenter \Cir`cum*cen"ter\, n. (Geom.) The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle. | |
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Circumcise \Cir"cum*cise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumcised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumcising}.] [L. circumcisus, p. p. of circumcidere to cut around, to circumcise; circum + caedere to cut; akin to E. c[91]sura, homicide, concise, and prob. to shed, v. t.] 1. To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females. 2. (Script.) To purify spiritually. | |
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Circumcise \Cir"cum*cise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumcised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumcising}.] [L. circumcisus, p. p. of circumcidere to cut around, to circumcise; circum + caedere to cut; akin to E. c[91]sura, homicide, concise, and prob. to shed, v. t.] 1. To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females. 2. (Script.) To purify spiritually. | |
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Circumciser \Cir"cum*ci`ser\, n. One who performs circumcision. --Milton. | |
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Circumcise \Cir"cum*cise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumcised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumcising}.] [L. circumcisus, p. p. of circumcidere to cut around, to circumcise; circum + caedere to cut; akin to E. c[91]sura, homicide, concise, and prob. to shed, v. t.] 1. To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females. 2. (Script.) To purify spiritually. | |
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Circumcision \Cir`cum*cision\, n. [L. circumcisio.] 1. The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, or the internal labia of females. Note: The circumcision of males is practiced as a religious rite by the Jews, Mohammedans, etc. 2. (Script.) (a) The Jews, as a circumcised people. (b) Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith. | |
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Circumclusion \Cir`cum*clu"sion\, n. [L. circumcludere, -clusum, to inclose.] Act of inclosing on all sides. [R.] | |
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Circumcursation \Cir`cum*cur*sa"tion\, n. [L. circumcursare, -satum, to run round about.] The act of running about; also, rambling language. [Obs.] --Barrow. | |
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Circumdenudation \Cir`cum*den`u*da"tion\, n. [Pref. circum- + denudation.] (Geol.) Denudation around or in the neighborhood of an object. {Hills of circumdenudation}, hills which have been produced by surface erosion; the elevations which have been left, after denudation of a mass of high ground. --Jukes. | |
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Circumduce \Cir`cum*duce"\, v. t. [See {Circumduct}.] (Scots Law) To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Circumduct \Cir`cum*duct"\, v. t. [L. circumductus, p. p. of circumducere to lead around; circum + ducere to lead.] 1. To lead about; to lead astray. [R.] 2. (Law) To contravene; to nullify; as, to circumduct acts of judicature. [Obs.] --Ayliffe. | |
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Circumduction \Cir`cum*duc"tion\, n. [L. circumductio.] 1. A leading about; circumlocution. [R.] --Hooker. 2. An annulling; cancellation. [R.] --Ayliffe. 3. (Phisiol.) The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a concial surface. | |
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Circumesophagal \Cir`cum*e*soph"a*gal\, a. [Pref. circum + esophagal.] (Anat.) Surrounding the esophagus; -- in Zool. said of the nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks. | |
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Circumesophageal \Cir`cum*e`so*phag"e*al\, a. (Anat.) Circumesophagal. | |
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Circumfer \Cir"cum*fer\, v. t. [L. circumferre; circum + ferre to bear. See lst {Bear}.] To bear or carry round. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Circumference \Cir*cum"fer*ence\, n. [L. circumferentia.] 1. The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery. --Millon. 2. A circle; anything circular. His ponderous shield . . . Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon. --Milton. 3. The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body. | |
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Circumference \Cir*cum"fer*ence\, v. t. To include in a circular space; to bound. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Circumferential \Cir*cum`fer*en"tial\, a. [LL. circumferentialis.] Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous. --Parkhurst. | |
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Circumferentially \Cir*cum`fer*en"tial*ly\, adv. So as to surround or encircle. | |
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Circumferentor \Cir*cum`fer*en"tor\, n. [See {Circumfer}.] 1. A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360[deg], and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint. 2. A graduated wheel for measuring tires; a tire circle. | |
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Circumflant \Cir"cum*flant\, a. [L. circumflans, p. pr. of circumflare.] Blowing around. [Obs.] --Evelyn. | |
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Circumflect \Cir"cum*flect\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumflecting}.] [L. circumflectere. See {Circumflex}.] 1. To bend around. 2. To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel. [R.] | |
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Circumflect \Cir"cum*flect\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumflecting}.] [L. circumflectere. See {Circumflex}.] 1. To bend around. 2. To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel. [R.] | |
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Circumflect \Cir"cum*flect\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumflecting}.] [L. circumflectere. See {Circumflex}.] 1. To bend around. 2. To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel. [R.] | |
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Circumflection \Cir`cum*flec"tion\, n. See {Circumflexion}. | |
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Circumflex \Cir"cum*flex\, n. [L. circumflexus a bending round, fr. circumflectere, circumflexum, to bend or turn about; circum + flectere to bend. See {Flexible}.] 1. A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable. --Walker. 2. A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or [?]]; and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and contracted syllable, marked [[?] or ^]. See {Accent}, n., 2. | |
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Circumflex \Cir"cum*flex\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumflexed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumflexing}.] To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. --Walker. | |
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Circumflex \Cir"cum*flex\, a. [Cf. L. circumflexus, p. p.] 1. Moving or turning round; circuitous. [R.] --Swift. 2. (Anat.) Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts. | |
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Circumflex \Cir"cum*flex\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumflexed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumflexing}.] To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. --Walker. | |
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Circumflex \Cir"cum*flex\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumflexed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumflexing}.] To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. --Walker. | |
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Circumflexion \Cir`cum*flex"ion\, n. 1. The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form. 2. A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold. | |
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Circumfluence \Cir*cum"flu*ence\, n. A flowing round on all sides; an inclosing with a fluid. | |
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Circumfluent \Cir*cum"flu*ent\, Circumfluous \Cir*cum"flu*ous\, a. [L. circumfluere, p. pr. of circumfluere; circum + fluere to flow; also L. circumfluus.] Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid. [bd]The deep, circumfluent waves.[b8] --Pope. | |
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Circumfluent \Cir*cum"flu*ent\, Circumfluous \Cir*cum"flu*ous\, a. [L. circumfluere, p. pr. of circumfluere; circum + fluere to flow; also L. circumfluus.] Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid. [bd]The deep, circumfluent waves.[b8] --Pope. | |
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Circumforanean \Cir`cum*fo*ra"ne*an\, Circumforaneous \Cir`cum*fo*ra"ne*ous\, a. [L. circumforaneus found in markets; circum + forum a market place.] Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to house. --Addison. | |
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Circumforanean \Cir`cum*fo*ra"ne*an\, Circumforaneous \Cir`cum*fo*ra"ne*ous\, a. [L. circumforaneus found in markets; circum + forum a market place.] Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to house. --Addison. | |
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Circumfulgent \Cir`cum*ful"gent\, a. [Pref. circum- + fulgent.] Shining around or about. | |
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Circumfuse \Cir`cum*fuse"\, v. t. [L. circumfusus, p. p. of circumfundere to pour around; circum + fundere to pour.] To pour round; to spread round. His army circumfused on either wing. --Milton. | |
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Circumfusile \Cir`cum*fu"sile\, a. [Pref. circum- + L. fusilis fusil, a.] Capable of being poured or spread round. [bd]Circumfusile gold.[b8] --Pope. | |
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Circumfusion \Cir`cum*fu"sion\, n. [L. circumfusio.] The act of pouring or spreading round; the state of being spread round. --Swift. | |
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Circumgestation \Cir`cum*ges*ta"tion\, n. [L. circumgestare to carry around; circum + gestare to carry.] The act or process of carrying about. [Obs.] Circumgestation of the eucharist to be adored. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Circumgyrate \Cir`cum*gy"rate\, v. t. & i. [Pref. circum- + gyrate.] To roll or turn round; to cause to perform a rotary or circular motion. --Ray. | |
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Circumgyration \Cir`cum*gy*ra"tion\, n. The act of turning, rolling, or whirling round. A certain turbulent and irregular circumgyration. --Holland. | |
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Circumgyratory \Cir`cum*gy"ra*to*ry\, a. Moving in a circle; turning round. --Hawthorne. | |
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Circumgyre \Cir`cum*gyre"\, v. i. To circumgyrate. [Obs.] | |
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Circumincession \Cir`cum*in*ces"sion\, n. [Pref. circum- + L. incedere, incessum, to walk.] (Theol.) The reciprocal existence in each other of the three persons of the Trinity. | |
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Circumjacence \Cir`cum*ja"cence\, n. Condition of being circumjacent, or of bordering on every side. | |
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Circumjacent \Cir`cum*ja"cent\, a. [L. circumjacens, p. pr. of circumjacere; circum + jac[emac]re to lie.] Lying round; bordering on every side. --T. Fuller. | |
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Circumjovial \Cir`cum*jo"vi*al\, n. [Pref. circum- + L. Jupiter, gen. Jovis, Jove.] One of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter. [Obs.] --Derham. | |
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Circumlittoral \Cir`cum*lit"to*ral\, a. [Pref. circum- + L. littus, littoris, shore; preferable form, litus, litoris.] Adjointing the shore. | |
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Circumlocution \Cir`cum*lo*cu"tion\, n. [L. circumlocutio, fr. circumloqui, -locutus, to make use of circumlocution; circum + loqui to speak. See {Loquacious}.] The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase. the plain Billingsgate way of calling names . . . would save abundance of time lost by circumlocution. --Swift. {Circumlocution office}, a term of ridicule for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials. | |
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Circumlocution \Cir`cum*lo*cu"tion\, n. [L. circumlocutio, fr. circumloqui, -locutus, to make use of circumlocution; circum + loqui to speak. See {Loquacious}.] The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase. the plain Billingsgate way of calling names . . . would save abundance of time lost by circumlocution. --Swift. {Circumlocution office}, a term of ridicule for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials. | |
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Circumlocutional \Cir`cum*lo*cu"tion*al\, a. Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous. | |
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Circumlocutory \Cir`cum*loc"u*to*ry\, a. Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic. --Shenstone. The officials set to work in regular circumlocutory order. --Chambers's Journal. | |
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Circummeridian \Cir`cum*me*rid"i*an\, a. [Pref. circum- + meridian.] About, or near, the meridian. | |
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Circummure \Cir`cum*mure"\, v. t. [Pref. circum- + mure, v. t.] To encompass with a wall. --Shak. | |
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Circumnavigable \Cir`cum*nav"i*ga*ble\, a. Capable of being sailed round. --Ray. | |
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Circumnavigate \Cir`cum*nav"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumnavigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumnavigating}.] [L. circumnavigatus, p. p. of circumnavigare to sail round; circum + navigare to navigate.] To sail completely round. Having circumnavigated the whole earth. --T. Fuller. | |
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Circumnavigate \Cir`cum*nav"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumnavigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumnavigating}.] [L. circumnavigatus, p. p. of circumnavigare to sail round; circum + navigare to navigate.] To sail completely round. Having circumnavigated the whole earth. --T. Fuller. | |
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Circumnavigate \Cir`cum*nav"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumnavigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumnavigating}.] [L. circumnavigatus, p. p. of circumnavigare to sail round; circum + navigare to navigate.] To sail completely round. Having circumnavigated the whole earth. --T. Fuller. | |
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Circumnavigation \Cir`cum*nav`i*ga"tion\, n. The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Circumnavigator \Cir`cum*nav"iga`tor\, n. One who sails round. --W. Guthrie. | |
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Circumnutate \Cir`cum*nu"tate\, v. i. [Pref. circum- + nutate.] To pass through the stages of circumnutation. | |
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Circumnutation \Cir`cum*nu*ta"tion\, n. (Bot.) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants. | |
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Circumpolar \Cir`cum*po"lar\, a. [Pref. circum- + polar.] About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars. | |
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Circumposition \Cir`cum*po*si"tion\, n. [L. circumpositio, fr. circumponere, - positium, to place around.] The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state of being so placed. --Evelyn. | |
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Circumrotary \Cir`cum*ro"tary\, Circumrotatory \Cir`cum*ro"ta*to*ry\, a. [Pref. circum- + rotary, rotatory.] turning, rolling, or whirling round. | |
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Circumrotate \Cir`cum*ro"tate\, v. t. & i. [L. circumrotare; circum + rotare to turn round.] To rotate about. [R.] | |
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Circumrotation \Cir`cum*ro*ta"tion\, n. The act of rolling or revolving round, as a wheel; circumvolution; the state of being whirled round. --J. Gregory. | |
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Circumrotary \Cir`cum*ro"tary\, Circumrotatory \Cir`cum*ro"ta*to*ry\, a. [Pref. circum- + rotary, rotatory.] turning, rolling, or whirling round. | |
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Circumscissile \Cir`cum*scis"sile\, a. [Pref. circum- + scissle.] (Bot.) Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of {Pyxidium}. | |
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Circumscribable \Cir`cum*scrib"a*ble\, a. Capable of being circumscribed. | |
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Circumscribe \Cir`cum*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumscribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumscribing}.] [L. circumscribere, -scriptum; circum + scribere to write, draw. See {Soribe}.] 1. to write or engrave around. [R.] Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. --Ashmole. 2. To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain. To circumscribe royal power. --Bancroft. 3. (Geom.) To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See {Inscribe}, 5. Syn: To bound; limit; restrict; confine; abridge; restrain; environ; encircle; inclose; encompass. | |
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Circumscribe \Cir`cum*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumscribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumscribing}.] [L. circumscribere, -scriptum; circum + scribere to write, draw. See {Soribe}.] 1. to write or engrave around. [R.] Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. --Ashmole. 2. To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain. To circumscribe royal power. --Bancroft. 3. (Geom.) To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See {Inscribe}, 5. Syn: To bound; limit; restrict; confine; abridge; restrain; environ; encircle; inclose; encompass. | |
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Circumscriber \Cir`cum*scrib"er\, n. One who, or that which, circumscribes. | |
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Circumscribe \Cir`cum*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumscribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumscribing}.] [L. circumscribere, -scriptum; circum + scribere to write, draw. See {Soribe}.] 1. to write or engrave around. [R.] Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. --Ashmole. 2. To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain. To circumscribe royal power. --Bancroft. 3. (Geom.) To draw a line around so as to touch at certain points without cutting. See {Inscribe}, 5. Syn: To bound; limit; restrict; confine; abridge; restrain; environ; encircle; inclose; encompass. | |
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Circumscriptible \Cir`cum*scrip"ti*ble\, a. Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds. | |
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Circumscription \Cir`cum*scrip"tion\, n. [L. circumscriptio. See {Circumscribe}.] 1. An inscription written around anything. [R.] --Ashmole. 2. The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery. --Ray. 3. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit. The circumscriptions of terrestrial nature. --Johnson. I would not my unhoused, free condition Put into circumscription and confine. --Shak. | |
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Circumscriptive \Cir`cum*scrip"tive\, a. Circumscribing or tending to circumscribe; marcing the limits or form of. | |
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Circumscriptively \Cir`cum*scrip"tive*ly\, adv. In a limited manner. | |
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Circumscriptly \Cir"cum*script`ly\, adv. In a literal, limited, or narrow manner. [R.] --Milton. | |
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Circumspect \Cir"cum*spect\, a. [L. circumspectus, p. p. of circumspicere to look about one's self, to observe; circum + spicere, specere, to look. See {Spy}.] Attentive to all the circumstances of a case or the probable consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary. Syn: See {Cautious}. | |
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Circumspection \Cir`cum*spec"tion\, n. [L. circumspectio.] Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; caution; watchfulness. With silent circumspection, unespied. --Milton. Syn: Caution; prudence; watchfulness; deliberation; thoughtfulness; wariness; forecast. | |
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Circumspective \Cir`cum*spec"tive\ (s[etil]r`k[ucr]m*sp[ecr]k"t[icr]v), a. Looking around every way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger. [bd]Circumspective eyes.[b8] --Pope. | |
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Circumspectively \Cir`cum*spec"tive*ly\, adv. Circumspectly. | |
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Circumspectly \Cir"cum*spect"ly\ (-sp[ecr]kt"l>ycr/), adv. In a circumspect manner; cautiously; warily. | |
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Circumspectness \Cir"cum*spect"ness\, n. Vigilance in guarding against evil from every quarter; caution. [Travel] forces circumspectness on those abroad, who at home are nursed in security. --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Circumstance \Cir"cum*stance\, v. t. To place in a particular situation; to supply relative incidents. The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to him and circumstanced them, after his own manner. --Addison. | |
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Circumstance \Cir"cum*stance\, n. [L. circumstantia, fr. circumstans, -antis, p. pr. of circumstare to stand around; circum + stare to stand. See {Stand}.] 1. That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things. The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened. --W. Irving. 2. An event; a fact; a particular incident. The sculptor had in his thoughts the conqueror weeping for new worlds, or the like circumstances in history. --Addison. 3. Circumlocution; detail. [Obs.] So without more circumstance at all I hold it fit that we shake hands and part. --Shak. 4. pl. Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings. When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations. --Addison. {Not a circumstance}, of no account. [Colloq.] {Under the circumstances}, taking all things into consideration. Syn: Event; occurrence; incident; situation; condition; position; fact; detail; item. See {Event}. | |
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Circumstanced \Cir"cum*stanced\, p. a. 1. Placed in a particular position or condition; situated. The proposition is, that two bodies so circumstanced will balance each other. --Whewell. 2. Governed by events or circumstances. [Poetic & R.] [bd]I must be circumstanced.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Circumstant \Cir"cum*stant\, a. [L. circumstans. See {Circumstance}.] Standing or placed around; surrounding. [R.] [bd]Circumstant bodies.[b8] --Sir K. Digby. | |
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Circumstantiable \Cir`cum*stan"tia*ble\, a. Capable of being circumstantiated. [Obs.] --Jer Taylor. | |
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Circumstantial \Cir`cum*stan"tial\, n. Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion. --Addison. | |
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Circumstantial \Cir`cum*stan"tial\, a. [Cf. F. circonstanciel.] 1. Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents. The usual character of human testimony is substantial truth under circumstantial variety. --Paley. 2. Incidental; relating to, but not essential. We must therefore distinguish between the essentials in religious worship . . . and what is merely circumstantial. --Sharp. 3. Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular. Tedious and circumstantial recitals. --Prior. {Circumstantial evidence} (Law), evidence obtained from circumstances, which necessarily or usually attend facts of a particular nature, from which arises presumption. According to some authorities circumstantial is distinguished from positive evidence in that the latter is the testimony of eyewitnesses to a fact or the admission of a party; but the prevalent opinion now is that all such testimony is dependent on circumstances for its support. All testimony is more or less circumstantial. --Wharton. Syn: See {Minute}. | |
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Evidence \Ev"i*dence\, n. [F. [82]vidence, L. Evidentia. See {Evident}.] 1. That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood of a statement. Faith is . . . the evidence of things not seen. --Heb. xi. 1. O glorious trial of exceeding love Illustrious evidence, example high. --Milton. 2. One who bears witness. [R.] [bd]Infamous and perjured evidences.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 3. (Law) That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; -- the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it. --Greenleaf. {Circumstantial evidence}, {Conclusive evidence}, etc. See under {Circumstantial}, {Conclusive}, etc. {Crown's, King's, [or] Queen's} {evidence}, evidence for the crown. [Eng.] {State's evidence}, evidence for the government or the people. [U. S. ] {To turn} {King's, Queen's [or] State's} {evidence}, to confess a crime and give evidence against one's accomplices. Syn: Testimony; proof. See {Tesimony}. | |
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Circumstantial \Cir`cum*stan"tial\, a. [Cf. F. circonstanciel.] 1. Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents. The usual character of human testimony is substantial truth under circumstantial variety. --Paley. 2. Incidental; relating to, but not essential. We must therefore distinguish between the essentials in religious worship . . . and what is merely circumstantial. --Sharp. 3. Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular. Tedious and circumstantial recitals. --Prior. {Circumstantial evidence} (Law), evidence obtained from circumstances, which necessarily or usually attend facts of a particular nature, from which arises presumption. According to some authorities circumstantial is distinguished from positive evidence in that the latter is the testimony of eyewitnesses to a fact or the admission of a party; but the prevalent opinion now is that all such testimony is dependent on circumstances for its support. All testimony is more or less circumstantial. --Wharton. Syn: See {Minute}. | |
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Circumstantiality \Cir`cum*stan`ti*al"i*ty\, n. The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail. [bd]I will endeavor to describe with sufficient circumstantiality.[b8] --De Quincey. | |
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Circumstantially \Cir`cum*stan"tial*ly\, adv. 1. In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally. Of the fancy and intellect, the powers are only circumstantially different. --Glanvill. 2. In every circumstance or particular; minutely. To set down somewhat circumstantially, not only the events, but the manner of my trials. --Boyle. | |
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Circumstantiate \Cir`cum*stan"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumstantiated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumstantiating}.] [See {Circumstantiating} ([?]).] 1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts. [R.] If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly. --Bramhall. 2. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into details concerning. Neither will time permint to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general. --State Trials (1661). | |
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Circumstantiate \Cir`cum*stan"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumstantiated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumstantiating}.] [See {Circumstantiating} ([?]).] 1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts. [R.] If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly. --Bramhall. 2. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into details concerning. Neither will time permint to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general. --State Trials (1661). | |
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Circumstantiate \Cir`cum*stan"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumstantiated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Circumstantiating}.] [See {Circumstantiating} ([?]).] 1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts. [R.] If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly. --Bramhall. 2. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into details concerning. Neither will time permint to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general. --State Trials (1661). | |
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Circumterraneous \Cir`cum*ter*ra"ne*ous\, a. [Pref. circum- + L. terra earth.] Being or dwelling around the earth. [bd]Circumterraneous demouns.[b8] --H. Hallywell. | |
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Circumundulate \Cir`cum*un"du*late\, v. t. [Pref. circum- + undulate.] To flow round, as waves. [R.] | |
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Circumvallate \Cir`cum*val"late\, v. t. [L. circumvallatus, p. p. of circumvallare to surround with a wall; circum + vallare to wall, fr. vallum rampart.] To surround with a rampart or wall. --Johnson. | |
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Circumvallate \Cir`cum*val"late\, a. 1. Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart. 2. (Anat.) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the circumvallate papill[91], near the base of the tongue. | |
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Circumvallation \Cir`cum*val*la"tion\, n. (Mil.) (a) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart. (b) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without. | |
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Circumvection \Cir`cum*vec"tion\, n. [L. circumvectio; circum + vehere to carry.] The act of carrying anything around, or the state of being so carried. | |
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Circumvent \Cir`cum*vent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumvented}; p. pr. vb. n. {Circumventing}.] [L. circumventis, p. p. of circumvenire, to come around, encompass, deceive; circum + venire to come, akin to E. come.] To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around. I circumvented whom I could not gain. --Dryden. | |
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Circumvent \Cir`cum*vent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumvented}; p. pr. vb. n. {Circumventing}.] [L. circumventis, p. p. of circumvenire, to come around, encompass, deceive; circum + venire to come, akin to E. come.] To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around. I circumvented whom I could not gain. --Dryden. | |
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Circumvent \Cir`cum*vent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumvented}; p. pr. vb. n. {Circumventing}.] [L. circumventis, p. p. of circumvenire, to come around, encompass, deceive; circum + venire to come, akin to E. come.] To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around. I circumvented whom I could not gain. --Dryden. | |
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Circumvention \Cir`cum*ven"tion\, n. [L. circumventio.] The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion. A school in which he learns sly circumvention. --Cowper. | |
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Circumventive \Cir`cum*vent"ive\, a. Tending to circumvent; deceiving by artifices; deluding. | |
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Circumventor \Cir`cum*vent"or\, n. [L.] One who circumvents; one who gains his purpose by cunning. | |
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Circumvest \Cir`cum*vest"\, v. t. [L. circumvestire; circum + vestire to clothe.] To cover round, as with a garment; to invest. [Obs.] Circumvested with much prejudice. --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Circumvolant \Cir*cum"vo*lant\, a. [L. circumvolans, p. pr. See {Circumvolation}.] Flying around. The circumvolant troubles of humanity. --G. Macdonald. | |
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Circumvolation \Cir`cum*vo*la"tion\, n. [L. circumvolate. -volatum, to fly around; circum + volare to fly.] The act of flying round. [R.] | |
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Circumvolution \Cir`cum*vo*lu"tion\, n. [See {Circumvolve}.] 1. The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled. 2. A thing rolled round another. --Arbuthnot. 3. A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution. He had neither time nor temper for sentimental circumvolutions. --Beaconsfield. | |
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Circumvolve \Cir`cum*volve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumvolved}; p. pr. vb. n. {Circumvolving}.] [L. circumvolvere, -volutum; circum + volvere to roll.] To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion. --Herrick. | |
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Circumvolve \Cir`cum*volve"\, v. i. To roll round; to revolve. | |
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Circumvolve \Cir`cum*volve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumvolved}; p. pr. vb. n. {Circumvolving}.] [L. circumvolvere, -volutum; circum + volvere to roll.] To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion. --Herrick. | |
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Circumvolve \Cir`cum*volve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circumvolved}; p. pr. vb. n. {Circumvolving}.] [L. circumvolvere, -volutum; circum + volvere to roll.] To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion. --Herrick. | |
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Cirro-cumulus \Cir`ro-cu"mu*lus\, n. [Cirrus + cumulus.] (Meteor.) See under {Cloud}. | |
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Cloud \Cloud\ (kloud), n. [Prob. fr. AS. cl[umac]d a rock or hillock, the application arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks in the sky or air.] 1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere. I do set my bow in the cloud. --Gen. ix. 13. Note: A classification of clouds according to their chief forms was first proposed by the meteorologist Howard, and this is still substantially employed. The following varieties and subvarieties are recognized: (a) {Cirrus}. This is the most elevated of all the forms of clouds; is thin, long-drawn, sometimes looking like carded wool or hair, sometimes like a brush or room, sometimes in curl-like or fleecelike patches. It is the cat's-tail of the sailor, and the mare's-tail of the landsman. (b) {Cumulus}. This form appears in large masses of a hemispherical form, or nearly so, above, but flat below, one often piled above another, forming great clouds, common in the summer, and presenting the appearance of gigantic mountains crowned with snow. It often affords rain and thunder gusts. (c) {Stratus}. This form appears in layers or bands extending horizontally. (d) {Nimbus}. This form is characterized by its uniform gray tint and ragged edges; it covers the sky in seasons of continued rain, as in easterly storms, and is the proper rain cloud. The name is sometimes used to denote a raining cumulus, or cumulostratus. (e) {Cirro-cumulus}. This form consists, like the cirrus, of thin, broken, fleecelice clouds, but the parts are more or less rounded and regulary grouped. It is popularly called mackerel sky. (f) {Cirro-stratus}. In this form the patches of cirrus coalesce in long strata, between cirrus and stratus. (g) {Cumulo-stratus}. A form between cumulus and stratus, often assuming at the horizon a black or bluish tint. -- {Fog}, cloud, motionless, or nearly so, lying near or in contact with the earth's surface. -- {Storm scud}, cloud lying quite low, without form, and driven rapidly with the wind. 2. A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor. [bd]A thick cloud of incense.[b8] --Ezek. viii. 11. 3. A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title. 4. That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect. 5. A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. [bd]So great a cloud of witnesses.[b8] --Heb. xii. 1. 6. A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head. {Cloud on a} (or the) {title} (Law), a defect of title, usually superficial and capable of removal by release, decision in equity, or legislation. {To be under a cloud}, to be under suspicion or in disgrace; to be in disfavor. {In the clouds}, in the realm of facy and imagination; beyond reason; visionary. | |
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Matte \Matte\, n. [F. matte; cf. F. mat, masc., matte, fem., faint, dull, dim; -- said of metals. See {Mate} checkmate.] 1. (Metallurgy) A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternately roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated iron ores, and called {coarse metal}, {fine metal}, etc., according to the grade of fineness. On the exterior it is dark brown or black, but on a fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color. 2. A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss. | |
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Coarsen \Coars"en\ (k[omac]rs"'n), v. t. To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character. [R.] --Graham. | |
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Coarseness \Coarse"ness\ (k[omac]rs"n[ecr]s), n. The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; inelegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language. [bd]The coarseness of the sackcloth.[b8] --Dr. H. More. Pardon the coarseness of the illustration. --L'Estrange. A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings. --Burke. | |
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Coerce \Co*erce"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coerced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coercing}.] [L. co[89]rcere; co- + arcere to shut up, to press together. See {Ark}.] 1. To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb. --Burke. Punishments are manifold, that they may coerce this profligate sort. --Ayliffe. 2. To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate. 3. To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience. Syn: To {Coerce}, {Compel}. Usage: To compel denotes to urge on by force which cannot be resisted. The term aplies equally to physical and moral force; as, compelled by hunger; compelled adverse circumstances; compelled by parental affection. Coerce had at first only the negative sense of checking or restraining by force; as, to coerce a bad man by punishments or a prisoner with fetters. It has now gained a positive sense., viz., that of driving a person into the performance of some act which is required of him by another; as, to coerce a man to sign a contract; to coerce obedience. In this sense (which is now the prevailing one), coerce differs but little from compel, and yet there is a distinction between them. Coercion is usually acomplished by indirect means, as threats and intimidation, physical force being more rarely employed in coercing. | |
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Coercion \Co*er"cion\, n. [L. coercio, fr. coercere. See {Coerce}.] 1. The act or process of coercing. 2. (Law) The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced. When the force is moral, then the act, though voidable, is imputable to the party doing it, unless he be so paralyzed by terror as to act convulsively. At the same time coercion is not negatived by the fact of submission under force. [bd]Coactus volui[b8] (I consented under compulsion) is the condition of mind which, when there is volition forced by coercion, annuls the result of such coercion. --Wharton. | |
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Co-regent \Co-re"gent\ (k?-r?"jent), n. A joint regent or ruler. | |
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Whitefish \White"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of {Coregonus}, a genus of excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest and most important American species ({C. clupeiformis}) is abundant in the Great Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also {lake whitefish}, and {Oswego bass}. (b) The menhaden. (c) The beluga, or white whale. Note: Various other fishes are locally called whitefish, as the silver salmon, the whiting (a), the yellowtail, and the young of the bluefish ({Pomatomus saltatrix}). | |
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Cisco \Cis"co\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The Lake herring ({Coregonus Artedi}), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to {C. Hoyi}, a related species of Lake Michigan. | |
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Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea, Icel. l[94]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. [?] pond, tank. Cf. {Loch}, {Lough}.] A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area. Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually no outlet to the ocean. {Lake dwellers} (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of Switzerland. {Lake dwellings} (Arch[91]ol.), dwellings built over a lake, sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many savage tribes. Called also {lacustrine dwellings}. See {Crannog}. {Lake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus {Chironomus}. In form they resemble mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larv[91] live in lakes. {Lake herring} (Zo[94]l.), the cisco ({Coregonus Artedii}). {Lake poets}, {Lake school}, a collective name originally applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey, Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed with these by hostile critics. Called also {lakers} and {lakists}. {Lake sturgeon} (Zo[94]l.), a sturgeon ({Acipenser rubicundus}), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. It is used as food. {Lake trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of trout and salmon; in Europe, esp. {Salmo fario}; in the United States, esp. {Salvelinus namaycush} of the Great Lakes, and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({S. fontinalis}), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is also called lake trout. See {Namaycush}. {Lake whitefish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whitefish}. {Lake whiting} (Zo[94]l.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United States and Canada. It is more slender than the common whitefish. | |
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Powan \Pow"an\, Powen \Pow"en\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small British lake whitefish ({Coregonus clupeoides}, or {C. ferus}); -- called also {gwyniad} and {lake herring}. | |
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Gwiniad \Gwin"i*ad\ (gw[icr]n"[icr]*[acr]d), n. [W. gwyniad a whiting, the name of various fishes, fr. gwyn white.] (Zool.) A fish ({Coregonus ferus}) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also {powan}, and {schelly}. [Written also {gwyniad}, {guiniad}, {gurniad}.] | |
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Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea, Icel. l[94]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. [?] pond, tank. Cf. {Loch}, {Lough}.] A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area. Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually no outlet to the ocean. {Lake dwellers} (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of Switzerland. {Lake dwellings} (Arch[91]ol.), dwellings built over a lake, sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many savage tribes. Called also {lacustrine dwellings}. See {Crannog}. {Lake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus {Chironomus}. In form they resemble mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larv[91] live in lakes. {Lake herring} (Zo[94]l.), the cisco ({Coregonus Artedii}). {Lake poets}, {Lake school}, a collective name originally applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey, Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed with these by hostile critics. Called also {lakers} and {lakists}. {Lake sturgeon} (Zo[94]l.), a sturgeon ({Acipenser rubicundus}), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. It is used as food. {Lake trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of trout and salmon; in Europe, esp. {Salmo fario}; in the United States, esp. {Salvelinus namaycush} of the Great Lakes, and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({S. fontinalis}), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is also called lake trout. See {Namaycush}. {Lake whitefish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whitefish}. {Lake whiting} (Zo[94]l.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United States and Canada. It is more slender than the common whitefish. | |
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Lavaret \Lav"a*ret\, n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.) A European whitefish ({Coregonus laveretus}), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland. | |
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Bluefin \Blue"fin`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A species of whitefish ({Coregonus nigripinnis}) found in Lake Michigan. | |
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Pollan \Pol"lan\, n. [Cf. Gael. pollag a kind of fish.] (Zo[94]l.) A lake whitefish ({Coregonus pollan}), native of Ireland. In appearance it resembles a herring. | |
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Roundfish \Round"fish\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. (b) A lake whitefish ({Coregonus quadrilateralis}), less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska. | |
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Tullibee \Tul"li*bee\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A whitefish ({Coregonus tullibee}) found in the Great Lakes of North America; -- called also {mongrel whitefish}. | |
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Vendace \Ven"dace\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A European lake whitefish ({Coregonus Willughbii}, or {C. Vandesius}) native of certain lakes in Scotland and England. It is regarded as a delicate food fish. Called also {vendis}. | |
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Corkiness \Cork"i*ness\ (-[icr]*n[ecr]s), n. The quality of being corky. | |
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Cork \Cork\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corked} (k[ocir]rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Corking}.] 1. To stop with a cork, as a bottle. 2. To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork. Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace. --Bp. Hall. Note: To cork is sometimes used erroneously for to calk, to furnish the shoe of a horse or ox with sharp points, and also in the meaning of cutting with a calk. | |
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Corking pin \Cork"ing pin`\ (k[ocir]rk"[icr]ng p[icr]n`). A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold. [Obs.] --Swift. | |
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Corkwing \Cork"wing`\ (-w[icr]ng`), n. (Zo[94]l.) A fish; the goldsinny. | |
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Corrasion \Cor*ra"sion\ (k?r-r?"zh?n), n. [See {Corrade}.] (Geol.) The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water. | |
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d8Corrigendum \[d8]Cor`ri*gen"dum\ (k?r`r?-j?n"d?m), n.; pl. {Corrigenda} (-d[?]). [L.] A fault or error to be corrected. | |
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Corrigent \Cor"ri*gent\ (k?r"r?--jent), n. [L. corrigens, p. pr. of corrigere to correct.] (Med.) A substance added to a medicine to mollify or modify its action. --Dunglison. | |
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Corrosion \Cor*ro"sion\ (k?r-r?"zh?n), n. [LL. corrosio: cf. F. corrosion. See {Corrode}.] The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion. Corrosion is a particular species of dissolution of bodies, either by an acid or a saline menstruum. --John Quincy. | |
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Corrugant \Cor"ru*gant\ (k?r"r?-gant), a. [L. corrugans, p. pr. See {Corrugate}.] Having the power of contracting into wrinkles. --Johnson. | |
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Corrugent \Cor*ru"gent\ (k?r-r?"jent), a. (Anat.) Drawing together; contracting; -- said of the corrugator. [Obs.] | |
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Corsned \Cors"ned\ (k?rs"n?d), n. [AS. corsn[?]d.] (AS. Laws) The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt. --Burril. | |
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Coruscant \Co*rus"cant\ (k?-r?s"kant), a. [L. coruscans, p. pr. See {Coruscate}.] Glittering in flashes; flashing. --Howell. | |
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Coursing \Cours"ing\ (k?rs"?ng), n. The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent. In coursing of a deer, or hart, with greyhounds. --Bacon | |
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Course \Course\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coursed} (k?rst)); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coursing}.] 1. To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue. We coursed him at the heels. --Shak. 2. To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer. 3. To run through or over. The bounding steed courses the dusty plain. --Pope. | |
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Joint \Joint\ (joint), n. [F. joint, fr. joindre, p. p. joint. See {Join}.] 1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe. 2. A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See {Articulation}. A scaly gauntlet now, with joints of steel, Must glove this hand. --Shak. To tear thee joint by joint. --Milton. 3. The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg. 4. Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting. 5. (Geol.) A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. 6. (Arch.) The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint. 7. The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together. {Coursing joint} (Masonry), the mortar joint between two courses of bricks or stones. {Fish joint}, {Miter joint}, {Universal joint}, etc. See under {Fish}, {Miter}, etc. {Joint bolt}, a bolt for fastening two pieces, as of wood, one endwise to the other, having a nut embedded in one of the pieces. {Joint chair} (Railroad), the chair that supports the ends of abutting rails. {Joint coupling}, a universal joint for coupling shafting. See under {Universal}. {Joint hinge}, a hinge having long leaves; a strap hinge. {Joint splice}, a re[89]nforce at a joint, to sustain the parts in their true relation. {Joint stool}. (a) A stool consisting of jointed parts; a folding stool. --Shak. (b) A block for supporting the end of a piece at a joint; a joint chair. {Out of joint}, out of place; dislocated, as when the head of a bone slips from its socket; hence, not working well together; disordered. [bd]The time is out of joint.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Crack \Crack\ (kr[acr]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cracked} (kr[acr]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cracking}.] [OE. cracken, craken, to crack, break, boast, AS. cracian, cearcian, to crack; akin to D. kraken, G. krachen; cf. Skr. garj to rattle, or perh. of imitative origin. Cf. {Crake}, {Cracknel}, {Creak}.] 1. To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts. 2. To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze. O, madam, my old heart is cracked. --Shak. He thought none poets till their brains were cracked. --Roscommon. 3. To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip. 4. To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke. --B. Jonson. 5. To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up. [Low] {To crack a bottle}, to open the bottle and drink its contents. {To crack a crib}, to commit burglary. [Slang] {To crack on}, to put on; as, to crack on more sail, or more steam. [Colloq.] | |
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Cracknel \Crack"nel\ (kr?k"n?l), n. [F. craquelin, fr. D. krakeling, fr. krakken to crack. See {Crack}, v. t.] A hard brittle cake or biscuit. --Spenser. | |
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Cracksman \Cracks"man\ (kr?ks"man), n., pl. {Cracksmen} (-men). A burglar. [Slang] | |
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Cracksman \Cracks"man\ (kr?ks"man), n., pl. {Cracksmen} (-men). A burglar. [Slang] | |
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Siberian \Si*be"ri*an\, a. [From Siberia, Russ. Sibire.] Of or pertaining to Siberia, a region comprising all northern Asia and belonging to Russia; as, a Siberian winter. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Siberia. {Siberian crab} (Bot.), the Siberian crab apple. See {Crab apple}, under {Crab}. {Siberian dog} (Zo[94]l.), one of a large breed of dogs having erect ears and the hair of the body and tail very long. It is distinguished for endurance of fatigue when used for the purpose of draught. {Siberian pea tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Cragana arborescens}) with yellow flowers. It is a native of Siberia. | |
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Cragginess \Crag"gi*ness\ (-g?-n?s), n. The state of being craggy. | |
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Cragsman \Crags"man\ (kr[acr]gz"m[ait]n), n.; pl. {Cragsmen} (-m[eit]n). One accustomed to climb rocks or crags; esp., one who makes a business of climbing the cliffs overhanging the sea to get the eggs of sea birds or the birds themselves. | |
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Cragsman \Crags"man\ (kr[acr]gz"m[ait]n), n.; pl. {Cragsmen} (-m[eit]n). One accustomed to climb rocks or crags; esp., one who makes a business of climbing the cliffs overhanging the sea to get the eggs of sea birds or the birds themselves. | |
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Crash \Crash\ (kr[?]sh>), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crashed} (kr[?]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crashing}.] [OE. crashen, the same word as crasen to break, E. craze. See {Craze}.] To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence. [R.] He shakt his head, and crasht his teeth for ire. --Fairfax. | |
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Crashing \Crash"ing\, n. The noise of many things falling and breaking at once. There shall be . . . a great crashing from the hills. --Zeph. i. 10. | |
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Crassament \Cras"sa*ment\ (kr?s"s?-ment), d8Crassamentum \[d8]Cras`sa*men"tum\ (-m?n"t?m), n. [L. crassamentum, fr. crassare to make thick. See {Crass}, a.] A semisolid mass or clot, especially that formed in coagulation of the blood. | |
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Crassiment \Cras"si*ment\ (kr?s"s?-ment), n. See {Crassament}. | |
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Crassness \Crass"ness\ (kr?s"n?s), n. Grossness. [Obs.] --Glanvill. | |
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Craze-mill \Craze"-mill`\ (kr[amac]z"m[icr]l`), Crazing-mill \Craz"ing-mill`\ (kr?"z?ng-), n. [See 1st {Craze}.] A mill for grinding tin ore. | |
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Craziness \Cra"zi*ness\, n. 1. The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs. 2. The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement. | |
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Crazing \Craz"ing\, p. pr. & vb. n. of {Craze}, v. Hence: n. Fine cracks resulting from shrinkage on the surface of glazed pottery, concrete, or other material. The admired crackle in some Oriental potteries and porcelains is crazing produced in a foreseen and regulated way. In common pottery it is often the result of exposure to undue heat, and the beginning of disintegration. | |
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Craze \Craze\ (kr[amac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crazed} (kr[amac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crazing}.] [OE. crasen to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle, sl[aring] i kras, to break to pieces, F. [82]craser to crush, fr. the Scand. Cf. {Crash}.] 1. To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See {Crase}. God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And craze their chariot wheels. --Milton. 2. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. [Obs.] Till length of years, And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs. --Milton. 3. To derange the intellect of; to render insane. Any man . . . that is crazed and out of his wits. --Tilloston. Grief hath crazed my wits. --Shak. | |
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Craze-mill \Craze"-mill`\ (kr[amac]z"m[icr]l`), Crazing-mill \Craz"ing-mill`\ (kr?"z?ng-), n. [See 1st {Craze}.] A mill for grinding tin ore. | |
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Creak \Creak\ (kr[emac]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Creaked} (kr[emac]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Creaking}.] [OE. creken, prob. of imitative origin; cf. E. crack, and. D. krieken to crackle, chirp.] To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak. The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. --Dryden. Doors upon their hinges creaked. --Tennyson. | |
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Creaking \Creak"ing\, n. A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound. Start not at the creaking of the door. --Longfellow. | |
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Crease \Crease\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Creased} (kr?st); p. pr. & vb. n. {Creasing}.] To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling. Creased, like dog's ears in a folio. --Gray. | |
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Creasing \Creas"ing\ (kr[emac]s"[icr]ng), n. (Arch.) A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall. --Knight. | |
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Crescence \Cres"cence\ (kr[ecr]s"s[eit]ns), n. [See {Crescent}.] Increase; enlargement. [Obs.] And toward the moon's attractive crescence bend. --H. Brooke. | |
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Crescendo \Cres*cen"do\ (kr?s-s?n"d?; It. kr?-sh?n"d?), a. & adv. [It., from crescere to increase. See {Crescent}.] (Mus.) With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score. | |
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Crescendo \Cres*cen"do\, n. (Mus.) (a) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed. (b) A passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone. | |
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Crescent \Cres"cent\ (kr[ecr]s"s[eit]nt), n. [OE. cressent, cressaunt, crescent (in sense 1), OF. creissant increasing, F. croissant, p. pr. of cro[icir]tre, OF. creistre, fr. L. crescere to increase, v. incho.; akin to creare to create. See {Create}, and cf. {Accrue}, {Increase}, {Crescendo}.] 1. The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state. 2. Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon. 3. A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge; as: (a) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana. (b) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople. Hence: (c) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople. The cross of our faith is replanted, The pale, dying crescent is daunted. --Campbell. 4. Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Ren[82] of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services. --Brande & C. 5. (Her.) The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants. | |
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Crescent \Cres"cent\ (kr[ecr]s"s[eit]nt), a. 1. Shaped like a crescent. Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns. --Milton. 2. Increasing; growing. O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set. --Tennyson. | |
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Crescent \Cres"cent\, v. t. 1. To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent. [R.] --Anna Seward. 2. To adorn with crescents. | |
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Spot \Spot\, n. [Cf. Scot. & D. spat, Dan. spette, Sw. spott spittle, slaver; from the root of E. spit. See {Spit} to eject from the mouth, and cf. {Spatter}.] 1. A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored. Out, damned spot! Out, I say! --Shak. 2. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish. Yet Chloe, sure, was formed without a spot. --Pope. 3. A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card. 4. A small extent of space; a place; any particular place. [bd]Fixed to one spot.[b8] --Otway. That spot to which I point is Paradise. --Milton. [bd]A jolly place,[b8] said he, [bd]in times of old! But something ails it now: the spot is cursed.[b8] --Wordsworth. 5. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak. 6. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A sci[91]noid food fish ({Liostomus xanthurus}) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also {goody}, {Lafayette}, {masooka}, and {old wife}. (b) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See {Redfish}. 7. pl. Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery. [Broker's Cant] {Crescent spot} (Zo[94]l.), any butterfly of the family {Melit[91]id[91]} having crescent-shaped white spots along the margins of the red or brown wings. {Spot lens} (Microscopy), a condensing lens in which the light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a small, round diaphragm (the spot), and used in dark-field ilumination; -- called also {spotted lens}. {Spot rump} (Zo[94]l.), the Hudsonian godwit ({Limosa h[91]mastica}). {Spots on the sun}. (Astron.) See {Sun spot}, ander {Sun}. {On}, [or] {Upon}, {the spot}, immediately; before moving; without changing place. It was determined upon the spot. --Swift. Syn: Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish; place; site; locality. | |
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Calabash \Cal"a*bash\ (k[acr]l"[adot]*b[acr]sh), n. [Sp. calabaza, or Pg. calaba[cced]a, caba[cced]a (cf. F. Calebasse), lit., a dry gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd + aibas dry.] 1. The common gourd (plant or fruit). 2. The fruit of the calabash tree. 3. A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd. {Calabash tree}. (Bot.), a tree of tropical America ({Crescentia cujete}), producing a large gourdlike fruit, containing a purgative pulp. Its hard shell, after the removal of the pulp, is used for cups, bottles, etc. The {African calabash tree} is the baobab. | |
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Gourd tree \Gourd" tree"\ (Bot.) A tree (the {Crescentia Cujete}, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America. | |
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Calabash \Cal"a*bash\ (k[acr]l"[adot]*b[acr]sh), n. [Sp. calabaza, or Pg. calaba[cced]a, caba[cced]a (cf. F. Calebasse), lit., a dry gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd + aibas dry.] 1. The common gourd (plant or fruit). 2. The fruit of the calabash tree. 3. A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd. {Calabash tree}. (Bot.), a tree of tropical America ({Crescentia cujete}), producing a large gourdlike fruit, containing a purgative pulp. Its hard shell, after the removal of the pulp, is used for cups, bottles, etc. The {African calabash tree} is the baobab. | |
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Gourd tree \Gourd" tree"\ (Bot.) A tree (the {Crescentia Cujete}, or calabash tree) of the West Indies and Central America. | |
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Crescentic \Cres*cen"tic\ (kr[ecr]s*s[ecr]n"t[icr]k), a. Crescent-shaped. [bd]Crescentic lobes.[b8] --R. Owen. | |
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Crescentwise \Cres"cent*wise`\ (kr[ecr]s"s[eit]nt*w[imac]z`), adv. In the form of a crescent; like a crescent. --Tennyson. | |
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Croak \Croak\ (kr?k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Croaked}. (kr[?]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Croaking}.] [From the primitive of AS. cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to G. kr[?]chzen to croak, and to E. creak, crake.] 1. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound. Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croaked. --Pope. 2. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually. Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness. --Carlyle. | |
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Crocein \Cro"ce*in\ (kr?"s?-?n), n. [See {Croceous}.] (Chem.) A name given to any one of several yellow or scarlet dyestuffs of artificial production and complex structure. In general they are diazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol. | |
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Polychroite \Pol"y*chro*ite\, n. [Poly- + Gr. [?] color: cf. F. polychro[8b]te.] (Chem.) The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also {crocin}, and {safranin}. | |
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Crocin \Cro"cin\ (kr?"s?n), n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?] saffron.] (Chem.) (a) The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of {Gardenia grandiflora}. --Watts. (b) A red powder (called also {polychroite}), which is made from the saffron ({Crocus sativus}). See {Polychroite}. | |
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Polychroite \Pol"y*chro*ite\, n. [Poly- + Gr. [?] color: cf. F. polychro[8b]te.] (Chem.) The coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; -- called also {crocin}, and {safranin}. | |
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Crocin \Cro"cin\ (kr?"s?n), n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?] saffron.] (Chem.) (a) The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of {Gardenia grandiflora}. --Watts. (b) A red powder (called also {polychroite}), which is made from the saffron ({Crocus sativus}). See {Polychroite}. | |
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Crock \Crock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crocked} (kr[ocr]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crocking}.] To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth. | |
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Croconate \Cro"con*ate\ (kr?"k?n-?t), n. (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of croconic acid with a base. | |
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Croconic \Cro*con"ic\ (kr?-k?n"?k), a. [Gr. [?][?][?][?] saffron.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling saffron; having the color of saffron; as, croconic acid. 2. Pertaining to, or derived from, croconic acid. | |
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{Croconic acid} (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance, {C5O3(OH)2}, obtained from potassium carboxide, rhodizonic acid, and various phenol and quinone derivatives of benzene, and forming yellow or orange colored salts. | |
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Crooken \Crook"en\ (kr??k"'n), v. t. To make crooked. [Obs.] | |
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Crook \Crook\ (kr??k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crooked} (kr??kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crooking}.] [OE. croken; cf. Sw. kr[?]ka, Dan. kr[?]ge. See Crook, n.] 1. To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve. Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee. --Shak. 2. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. [Archaic] There is no one thing that crooks youth more than such unlawfull games. --Ascham. What soever affairs pass such a man's hands, he crooketh them to his own ends. --Bacon. | |
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Crookneck \Crook"neck`\, n. Either of two varieties of squash, distinguished by their tapering, recurved necks. The {summer crookneck} is botanically a variety of the pumpkin ({Cucurbita pepo}) and matures early in the season. It is pale yellow in color, with warty excrescences. The {winter crookneck} belongs to a distinct species ({C. moschata}) and is smooth and often striped. [U. S.] | |
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12. (Surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course. 13. (Mech.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle. {Cross and pile}, a game with money, at which it is put to chance whether a coin shall fall with that side up which bears the cross, or the other, which is called pile, or reverse; the game called heads or tails. {Cross} {bottony [or] botton[82]}. See under {Bottony}. {Cross estoil[82]} (Her.). a cross, each of whose arms is pointed like the ray of a star; that is, a star having four long points only. {Cross of Calvary}. See {Calvary}, 3. {Southern cross}. (Astron.) See under {Southern}. {To do a thing on the cross}, to act dishonestly; -- opposed to acting on the square. [Slang] {To take up the cross}, to bear troubles and afflictions with patience from love to Christ. | |
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Cross \Cross\ (kr[ocr]s), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. The cross refraction of the second prism. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse. [bd]A cross fortune.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. The cross and unlucky issue of my design. --Glanvill. The article of the resurrection seems to lie marvelously cross to the common experience of mankind. --South. We are both love's captives, but with fates so cross, One must be happy by the other's loss. --Dryden. 3. Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman. He had received a cross answer from his mistress. --Jer. Taylor. 4. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other. {Cross action} (Law), an action brought by a party who is sued against the person who has sued him, upon the same subject matter, as upon the same contract. --Burrill. {Cross aisle} (Arch.), a transept; the lateral divisions of a cruciform church. {Cross axle}. (a) (Mach.) A shaft, windlass, or roller, worked by levers at opposite ends, as in the copperplate printing press. (b) A driving axle, with cranks set at an angle of 90[deg] with each other. {Cross bedding} (Geol.), oblique lamination of horizontal beds. {Cross bill}. See in the Vocabulary. {Cross bitt}. Same as {Crosspiece}. {Cross bond}, a form of bricklaying, in which the joints of one stretcher course come midway between those of the stretcher courses above and below, a course of headers and stretchers intervening. See {Bond}, n., 8. {Cross breed}. See in the Vocabulary. {Cross breeding}. See under {Breeding}. {Cross buttock}, a particular throw in wrestling; hence, an unexpected defeat or repulse. --Smollet. {Cross country}, across the country; not by the road. [bd]The cross-country ride.[b8] --Cowper. {Cross fertilization}, the fertilization of the female products of one physiological individual by the male products of another, -- as the fertilization of the ovules of one plant by pollen from another. See {Fertilization}. {Cross file}, a double convex file, used in dressing out the arms or crosses of fine wheels. {Cross fire} (Mil.), lines of fire, from two or more points or places, crossing each other. {Cross forked}. (Her.) See under {Forked}. {Cross frog}. See under {Frog}. {Cross furrow}, a furrow or trench cut across other furrows to receive the water running in them and conduct it to the side of the field. {Cross handle}, a handle attached transversely to the axis of a tool, as in the augur. --Knight. {Cross lode} (Mining), a vein intersecting the true or principal lode. {Cross purpose}. See {Cross-purpose}, in the Vocabulary. {Cross reference}, a reference made from one part of a book or register to another part, where the same or an allied subject is treated of. {Cross sea} (Naut.), a chopping sea, in which the waves run in contrary directions. {Cross stroke}, a line or stroke across something, as across the letter t. {Cross wind}, a side wind; an unfavorable wind. {Cross wires}, fine wires made to traverse the field of view in a telescope, and moved by a screw with a graduated head, used for delicate astronomical observations; spider lines. Fixed cross wires are also used in microscopes, etc. | |
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Cross \Cross\ (kr[ocr]s), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. The cross refraction of the second prism. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse. [bd]A cross fortune.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. The cross and unlucky issue of my design. --Glanvill. The article of the resurrection seems to lie marvelously cross to the common experience of mankind. --South. We are both love's captives, but with fates so cross, One must be happy by the other's loss. --Dryden. 3. Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman. He had received a cross answer from his mistress. --Jer. Taylor. 4. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other. {Cross action} (Law), an action brought by a party who is sued against the person who has sued him, upon the same subject matter, as upon the same contract. --Burrill. {Cross aisle} (Arch.), a transept; the lateral divisions of a cruciform church. {Cross axle}. (a) (Mach.) A shaft, windlass, or roller, worked by levers at opposite ends, as in the copperplate printing press. (b) A driving axle, with cranks set at an angle of 90[deg] with each other. {Cross bedding} (Geol.), oblique lamination of horizontal beds. {Cross bill}. See in the Vocabulary. {Cross bitt}. Same as {Crosspiece}. {Cross bond}, a form of bricklaying, in which the joints of one stretcher course come midway between those of the stretcher courses above and below, a course of headers and stretchers intervening. See {Bond}, n., 8. {Cross breed}. See in the Vocabulary. {Cross breeding}. See under {Breeding}. {Cross buttock}, a particular throw in wrestling; hence, an unexpected defeat or repulse. --Smollet. {Cross country}, across the country; not by the road. [bd]The cross-country ride.[b8] --Cowper. {Cross fertilization}, the fertilization of the female products of one physiological individual by the male products of another, -- as the fertilization of the ovules of one plant by pollen from another. See {Fertilization}. {Cross file}, a double convex file, used in dressing out the arms or crosses of fine wheels. {Cross fire} (Mil.), lines of fire, from two or more points or places, crossing each other. {Cross forked}. (Her.) See under {Forked}. {Cross frog}. See under {Frog}. {Cross furrow}, a furrow or trench cut across other furrows to receive the water running in them and conduct it to the side of the field. {Cross handle}, a handle attached transversely to the axis of a tool, as in the augur. --Knight. {Cross lode} (Mining), a vein intersecting the true or principal lode. {Cross purpose}. See {Cross-purpose}, in the Vocabulary. {Cross reference}, a reference made from one part of a book or register to another part, where the same or an allied subject is treated of. {Cross sea} (Naut.), a chopping sea, in which the waves run in contrary directions. {Cross stroke}, a line or stroke across something, as across the letter t. {Cross wind}, a side wind; an unfavorable wind. {Cross wires}, fine wires made to traverse the field of view in a telescope, and moved by a screw with a graduated head, used for delicate astronomical observations; spider lines. Fixed cross wires are also used in microscopes, etc. | |
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Moline \Mo"line\, n. [L. molina mill, fr. molere to grind. See {Mill}.] The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind. {Cross moline} (Her.), a cross each arm of which is divided at the end into two rounded branches or divisions. | |
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Cross \Cross\ (kr[ocr]s), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. The cross refraction of the second prism. --Sir I. Newton. 2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse. [bd]A cross fortune.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. The cross and unlucky issue of my design. --Glanvill. The article of the resurrection seems to lie marvelously cross to the common experience of mankind. --South. We are both love's captives, but with fates so cross, One must be happy by the other's loss. --Dryden. 3. Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfulness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman. He had received a cross answer from his mistress. --Jer. Taylor. 4. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other. {Cross action} (Law), an action brought by a party who is sued against the person who has sued him, upon the same subject matter, as upon the same contract. --Burrill. {Cross aisle} (Arch.), a transept; the lateral divisions of a cruciform church. {Cross axle}. (a) (Mach.) A shaft, windlass, or roller, worked by levers at opposite ends, as in the copperplate printing press. (b) A driving axle, with cranks set at an angle of 90[deg] with each other. {Cross bedding} (Geol.), oblique lamination of horizontal beds. {Cross bill}. See in the Vocabulary. {Cross bitt}. Same as {Crosspiece}. {Cross bond}, a form of bricklaying, in which the joints of one stretcher course come midway between those of the stretcher courses above and below, a course of headers and stretchers intervening. See {Bond}, n., 8. {Cross breed}. See in the Vocabulary. {Cross breeding}. See under {Breeding}. {Cross buttock}, a particular throw in wrestling; hence, an unexpected defeat or repulse. --Smollet. {Cross country}, across the country; not by the road. [bd]The cross-country ride.[b8] --Cowper. {Cross fertilization}, the fertilization of the female products of one physiological individual by the male products of another, -- as the fertilization of the ovules of one plant by pollen from another. See {Fertilization}. {Cross file}, a double convex file, used in dressing out the arms or crosses of fine wheels. {Cross fire} (Mil.), lines of fire, from two or more points or places, crossing each other. {Cross forked}. (Her.) See under {Forked}. {Cross frog}. See under {Frog}. {Cross furrow}, a furrow or trench cut across other furrows to receive the water running in them and conduct it to the side of the field. {Cross handle}, a handle attached transversely to the axis of a tool, as in the augur. --Knight. {Cross lode} (Mining), a vein intersecting the true or principal lode. {Cross purpose}. See {Cross-purpose}, in the Vocabulary. {Cross reference}, a reference made from one part of a book or register to another part, where the same or an allied subject is treated of. {Cross sea} (Naut.), a chopping sea, in which the waves run in contrary directions. {Cross stroke}, a line or stroke across something, as across the letter t. {Cross wind}, a side wind; an unfavorable wind. {Cross wires}, fine wires made to traverse the field of view in a telescope, and moved by a screw with a graduated head, used for delicate astronomical observations; spider lines. Fixed cross wires are also used in microscopes, etc. | |
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Crossing \Cross"ing\, n. [See {Cross}, v. t. ] 1. The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean. 2. The act of making the sign of the cross. --Bp. Hall. 3. The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds. 4. Intersection, as of two paths or roads. 5. A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street. 6. Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction. I do not bear these crossings. --Shak. | |
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Cross \Cross\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crossed} (kr?st; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crossing}.] 1. To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms. 2. To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the letter t. 3. To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream. A hunted hare . . . crosses and confounds her former track. -- I. Watts. 4. To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time. [bd]Your kind letter crossed mine.[b8] --J. D. Forbes. 5. To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with. In each thing give him way; cross him in nothing. --Shak. An oyster may be crossed in love. -- Sheridan. 6. To interfere and cut off; to debar. [Obs.] To cross me from the golden time I look for. --Shak. 7. To make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself. 8. To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across; to erase; -- usually with out, off, or over; as, to cross out a name. 9. To cause to interbreed; -- said of different stocks or races; to mix the breed of. {To cross one's path}, to oppose one's plans. --Macaulay. | |
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Crossnath \Cross"nath`\ (-h?ch`; 224), v. t. To shade by means of crosshatching. | |
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Crossness \Cross"ness\, n. The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor. | |
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Crouch \Crouch\ (krouch; 129), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crouched} (kroucht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crouching}.] [OE. cruchen, crouchen, crouken; cf. E. creep, G. krauchen, kriechen, or E. crook to bend, also crouch to cross.] 1. To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear. Now crouch like a cur. --Beau. & Fl. 2. To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe. [bd]A crouching purpose.[b8] --Wordsworth. Must I stand and crouch Under your testy humor? --Shak. | |
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Crow's-nest \Crow's-nest`\ (kr?z"n?st`), n. (Naut.) A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout. | |
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Crucian carp \Cru"cian carp`\ (-shan k?rp`). [Cf. Sw. karussa, G. karausche, F. carousse, -assin, corassin, LL. coracinus, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] a sort of fish.] (Zo[94]l.) A kind of European carp ({Carasius vulgaris}), inferior to the common carp; -- called also {German carp}. Note: The gibel or Prussian carp is now generally considered a variety of the crucian carp, or perhaps a hybrid between it and the common carp. | |
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Cruise \Cruise\ (kr[udd]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cruised} (kr[udd]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cruising}.] [D. kruisen to move crosswise or in a zigzag, to cruise, fr. kruis cross, fr. OF. crois, croiz, F. croix, or directly fr. OF. croisier, F. croiser, to cross, cruise, fr. crois a cross. See {Cross}.] 1. To sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the potection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for plunder, or for pleasure. Note: A ship cruises in any particular sea or ocean; as, in the Baltic or in the Atlantic. She cruises off any cape; as, off the Lizard; off Ushant. She cruises on a coast; as, on the coast of Africa. A priate cruises to seize vessels; a yacht cruises for the pleasure of the owner. Ships of war were sent to cruise near the isle of Bute. --Macaulay. 'Mid sands, and rocks, and storms to cruise for pleasure. --Young. 2. To wander hither and thither on land. [Colloq.] | |
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Whooping \Whoop"ing\, a. & n. from {Whoop}, v. t. {Whooping cough} (Med.), a violent, convulsive cough, returning at longer or shorter intervals, and consisting of several expirations, followed by a sonorous inspiration, or whoop; chin cough; hooping cough. --Dunglison. {Whooping crane} (Zo[94]l.), a North American crane ({Crus Americana}) noted for the loud, whooplike note which it utters. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crush \Crush\ (kr?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crushed} (kr?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crushing}.] [OE. cruschen, crousshen, Of. cruisir, croissir, fr. LL. cruscire, prob. of Ger. origin, from a derivative of the word seen in Goth. kruistan to gnash; akin to Sw. krysta to squeeze, Dan. kryste, Icel. kreysta.] 1. To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes. Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut. --Lev. xxii. 24. The ass . . . thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. --Num. xxii. 25. 2. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz. 3. To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight. To crush the pillars which the pile sustain. --Dryden. Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again. --Bryant. 4. To oppress or burden grievously. Thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway. --Deut. xxviii. 33. 5. To overcome completely; to subdue totally. Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. --Sir. W. Scott. {To crush a cup}, to drink. [Obs.] {To crush out}. (a) To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from grapes. (b) To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crushing \Crush"ing\, a. That crushes; overwhelming. [bd]The blow must be quick and crushing.[b8] --Macualay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ankh \Ankh\, n. [Egypt.] (Egypt. Arch[91]ol.) A tau cross with a loop at the top, used as an attribute or sacred emblem, symbolizing generation or enduring life. Called also {crux ansata}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Zedoary \Zed"o*a*ry\, n. [F. z[82]doaire, LL. zedoaria; cf. It. zedoaria, zettovario, Pg. zedoaria, Sp. zedoaria, cedoaria; all fr. Ar. & Per. zedw[?]r.] (Med.) A medicinal substance obtained in the East Indies, having a fragrant smell, and a warm, bitter, aromatic taste. It is used in medicine as a stimulant. Note: It is the rhizome of different species of {Curcuma}, esp. {C. zedoaria}, and comes in short, firm pieces, externally of a wrinkled gray, ash-colored appearance, but within of a brownish red color. There are two kinds, round zedoary, and long zedoary. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tikor \Tik"or\, n. [Hind. tikhur.] A starch or arrow-root made from the tubes of an East Indian zinziberaceous plant ({Curcuma angustifolia}); also, the plant itself. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Turmeric \Tur"mer*ic\, n. [F. terre-m[82]rite, NL. terramerita, turmerica; apparently meaning, excellent earth, but perhaps a corruption of Ar. kurkum. Cf. {Curcuma}.] 1. (Bot.) An East Indian plant of the genus {Curcuma}, of the Ginger family. 2. The root or rootstock of the {Curcuma longa}. It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste. It is used for a dye, a medicine, a condiment, and a chemical test. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Curcuma \[d8]Cur"cu*ma\ (k?r"k?-m?), n. [Cf. F., It., & Sp. curcuma; all fr. Ar. kurkum. Cf. {Turmeric}.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the order {Scitamine[91]}, including the turmeric plant ({Curcuma longa}). {Curcuma paper}. (Chem.) See {Turmeric paper}, under {Turmeric}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Curcuma \[d8]Cur"cu*ma\ (k?r"k?-m?), n. [Cf. F., It., & Sp. curcuma; all fr. Ar. kurkum. Cf. {Turmeric}.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the order {Scitamine[91]}, including the turmeric plant ({Curcuma longa}). {Curcuma paper}. (Chem.) See {Turmeric paper}, under {Turmeric}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curcumin \Cur"cu*min\ (-m?n), n. (Chem.) The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, {C14H14O4}, with a green fluorescence. Note: It possesses acid properties and with alkalies forms brownish salts. This change in color from yellow to brown is the characteristic reaction of tumeric paper. See {Turmeric paper}, under {Turmeric}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curiousness \Cu"ri*ous*ness\, n. 1. Carefulness; painstaking. [Obs.] My father's care With curiousness and cost did train me up. -- Massinger. 2. The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance. 3. Inquisitiveness; curiosity. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Currish \Cur"rish\ (k?r"r?sh), a. [From {Cur}.] Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; brutal. Thy currish spirit Governed a wolf. --Shak. Some currish plot, -- some trick. --Lockhart. -- {Cur"rish*ly}, adv. -- {Cur"rish*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Currycomb \Cur"ry*comb`\ (k?r"r?-k?m`), n. A kind of card or comb having rows of metallic teeth or serrated ridges, used in currying a horse. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Currycomb \Cur"ry*comb`\, v. t. To comb with a currycomb. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curse \Curse\ (k?rs), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cursed} (k?rst) or {Curst}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cursing}.] [AS. cursian, corsian, perh. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. korse to make the sign of the cross, Sw. korsa, fr. Dan. & Sw. kors cross, Icel kross, all these Scand. words coming fr. OF. crois, croiz, fr. L. crux cross. Cf. {Cross}.] 1. To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate. Thou shalt not . . . curse the ruler of thy people. --Ex. xxii. 28. Ere sunset I'll make thee curse the deed. --Shak. 2. To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment. On impious realms and barbarous kings impose Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those. --Pope. {To curse by bell, book, and candle}. See under {Bell}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Carson, CA (city, FIPS 11530) Location: 33.83618 N, 118.25789 W Population (1990): 83995 (24441 housing units) Area: 48.8 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 90745, 90746, 90810 Carson, IA (city, FIPS 11170) Location: 41.23665 N, 95.41630 W Population (1990): 705 (312 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51525 Carson, MS Zip code(s): 39427 Carson, ND (city, FIPS 12460) Location: 46.42190 N, 101.56977 W Population (1990): 383 (224 housing units) Area: 10.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58529 Carson, NV (City, FIPS 510) Location: 39.14833 N, 119.74324 W Population (1990): 40443 (16628 housing units) Area: 371.8 sq km (land), 31.9 sq km (water) Carson, NV (City, FIPS 9700) Location: 39.14833 N, 119.74324 W Population (1990): 40443 (16628 housing units) Area: 371.8 sq km (land), 31.8 sq km (water) Carson, PA Zip code(s): 15203 Carson, VA Zip code(s): 23830 Carson, WA Zip code(s): 98610 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Carson City, MI (city, FIPS 13600) Location: 43.17842 N, 84.84690 W Population (1990): 1158 (501 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48811 Carson City, NV Zip code(s): 89701, 89703, 89704, 89705 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Carson County, TX (county, FIPS 65) Location: 35.40543 N, 101.35486 W Population (1990): 6576 (2856 housing units) Area: 2391.2 sq km (land), 2.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Carson River Valley, WA (CDP, FIPS 10325) Location: 45.73191 N, 121.81681 W Population (1990): 1678 (709 housing units) Area: 12.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Carsonville, MI (village, FIPS 13620) Location: 43.42569 N, 82.67261 W Population (1990): 583 (221 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48419 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cherry County, NE (county, FIPS 31) Location: 42.54292 N, 101.11878 W Population (1990): 6307 (3023 housing units) Area: 15438.3 sq km (land), 127.2 sq km (water) | |
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Chrisman, IL (city, FIPS 14273) Location: 39.80403 N, 87.67424 W Population (1990): 1136 (576 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61924 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chrisney, IN (town, FIPS 12574) Location: 38.01226 N, 87.03406 W Population (1990): 511 (223 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47611 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Corazo]n, PR (comunidad, FIPS 20353) Location: 17.99549 N, 66.08359 W Population (1990): 2747 (846 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Corrigan, TX (town, FIPS 17036) Location: 30.99945 N, 94.82444 W Population (1990): 1764 (798 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Corson, SD Zip code(s): 57005 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Corson County, SD (county, FIPS 31) Location: 45.72063 N, 101.18432 W Population (1990): 4195 (1557 housing units) Area: 6405.2 sq km (land), 146.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Craig County, OK (county, FIPS 35) Location: 36.75983 N, 95.21782 W Population (1990): 14104 (6041 housing units) Area: 1971.2 sq km (land), 4.4 sq km (water) Craig County, VA (county, FIPS 45) Location: 37.48696 N, 80.21580 W Population (1990): 4372 (1993 housing units) Area: 854.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Craigmont, ID (city, FIPS 19270) Location: 46.24284 N, 116.47131 W Population (1990): 542 (235 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83523 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Creek County, OK (county, FIPS 37) Location: 35.90184 N, 96.37229 W Population (1990): 60915 (25143 housing units) Area: 2475.0 sq km (land), 36.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crescent, GA Zip code(s): 31304 Crescent, IA (city, FIPS 17175) Location: 41.36630 N, 95.85880 W Population (1990): 113 (54 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51526 Crescent, MO Zip code(s): 63025 Crescent, OK (city, FIPS 18250) Location: 35.94986 N, 97.58961 W Population (1990): 1236 (663 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73028 Crescent, OR Zip code(s): 97733 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crescent Beach, FL (CDP, FIPS 15325) Location: 29.73106 N, 81.23880 W Population (1990): 1081 (1553 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 34242 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crescent City, CA (city, FIPS 17022) Location: 41.75413 N, 124.19783 W Population (1990): 4380 (1779 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95531 Crescent City, FL (city, FIPS 15375) Location: 29.43826 N, 81.51657 W Population (1990): 1859 (839 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 32112 Crescent City, IL (village, FIPS 17406) Location: 40.77147 N, 87.85644 W Population (1990): 541 (248 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60928 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crescent City North, CA (CDP, FIPS 17030) Location: 41.76367 N, 124.21409 W Population (1990): 3853 (1656 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crescent Mills, CA Zip code(s): 95934 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crescent Park, KY (city, FIPS 18334) Location: 39.04321 N, 84.57626 W Population (1990): 364 (131 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crescent Springs, KY (city, FIPS 18352) Location: 39.05245 N, 84.58025 W Population (1990): 2179 (898 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cresson, PA (borough, FIPS 17136) Location: 40.46256 N, 78.58658 W Population (1990): 1784 (779 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16630 Cresson, TX Zip code(s): 76035 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cressona, PA (borough, FIPS 17152) Location: 40.63047 N, 76.19482 W Population (1990): 1694 (694 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17929 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Croghan, NY (village, FIPS 19070) Location: 43.89528 N, 75.39127 W Population (1990): 664 (303 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13327 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crook County, OR (county, FIPS 13) Location: 44.13169 N, 120.35894 W Population (1990): 14111 (6066 housing units) Area: 7717.0 sq km (land), 20.8 sq km (water) Crook County, WY (county, FIPS 11) Location: 44.59008 N, 104.56408 W Population (1990): 5294 (2605 housing units) Area: 7404.0 sq km (land), 30.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cross County, AR (county, FIPS 37) Location: 35.30001 N, 90.77143 W Population (1990): 19225 (7254 housing units) Area: 1595.2 sq km (land), 16.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cross Mountain, TX (CDP, FIPS 17811) Location: 29.64524 N, 98.65906 W Population (1990): 1112 (404 housing units) Area: 22.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crossnore, NC (town, FIPS 15580) Location: 36.02241 N, 81.93138 W Population (1990): 271 (107 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crow Agency, MT (CDP, FIPS 18250) Location: 45.60028 N, 107.46074 W Population (1990): 1446 (361 housing units) Area: 17.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59022 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Crows Nest, IN (town, FIPS 16156) Location: 39.85217 N, 86.17282 W Population (1990): 114 (43 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Curry County, NM (county, FIPS 9) Location: 34.57214 N, 103.34598 W Population (1990): 42207 (16906 housing units) Area: 3641.7 sq km (land), 4.5 sq km (water) Curry County, OR (county, FIPS 15) Location: 42.47259 N, 124.22990 W Population (1990): 19327 (9885 housing units) Area: 4215.0 sq km (land), 935.5 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
core cancer n. [rare] A process that exhibits a slow but inexorable resource {leak} -- like a cancer, it kills by crowding out productive `tissue'. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
cracking n. [very common] The act of breaking into a computer system; what a {cracker} does. Contrary to widespread myth, this does not usually involve some mysterious leap of hackerly brilliance, but rather persistence and the dogged repetition of a handful of fairly well-known tricks that exploit common weaknesses in the security of target systems. Accordingly, most crackers are only mediocre hackers. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
crash and burn vi.,n. A spectacular crash, in the mode of the conclusion of the car-chase scene in the movie "Bullitt" and many subsequent imitators (compare {die horribly}). Sun-3 monitors losing the flyback transformer and lightning strikes on VAX-11/780 backplanes are notable crash and burn generators. The construction `crash-and-burn machine' is reported for a computer used exclusively for alpha or {beta} testing, or reproducing bugs (i.e., not for development). The implication is that it wouldn't be such a disaster if that machine crashed, since only the testers would be inconvenienced. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Church integer A representation of integers as functions invented by {Alonzo Church}, inventor of {lambda-calculus}. The integer N is represented as a {higher-order function} which applies a given function N times to a given expression. In the {pure lambda-calculus} there are no constants but numbers can be represented by Church integers. A {Haskell} function to return a given Church integer could be written: church n = c where c f x = if n == 0 then x else c' f (f x) where c' = church (n-1) A function to turn a Church integer into an ordinary integer: unchurch c = c (+1) 0 See also {von Neumann integer}. (1994-11-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
coercion {implicit type conversion} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
core cancer {resource leak} - like a cancer, it kills by crowding out productive "tissue". [{Jargon File}] (1997-11-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cracking {cracker} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
crash and burn the car-chase scene in the movie "Bullitt" and many subsequent imitators (compare {die horribly}). A {Sun-3} {display screen} losing the flyback transformer and lightning strikes on {VAX-11/780} backplanes are notable crash and burn generators. The construction "crash-and-burn machine" is reported for a computer used exclusively for alpha or {beta} testing, or reproducing bugs (i.e. not for development). The implication is that it wouldn't be such a disaster if that machine crashed, since only the testers would be inconvenienced. [{Jargon File}] (1996-02-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cross-compiler produces code for another, as opposed to a {native} code compiler which produces code for the platform on which it runs. (1998-02-24) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Carchemish fortress of Chemosh, a city on the west bank of the Euphrates (Jer. 46:2; 2 Chr. 35:20), not, as was once supposed, the Circesium at the confluence of the Chebar and the Euphrates, but a city considerably higher up the river, and commanding the ordinary passage of the Euphrates; probably identical with Hierapolis. It was the capital of the kingdom of the northern Hittites. The Babylonian army, under Nebuchadnezzar, the son of Nabopolassar, here met and conquered the army of Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt (B.C. 607). It is mentioned in monuments in B.C. 1600 and down to B.C. 717. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Charashim craftsmen, a valley named in 1 Chr. 4:14. In Neh. 11:35 the Hebrew word is rendered "valley of craftsmen" (R.V. marg., Geha-rashim). Nothing is known of it. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Chor-ashan smoking furnace, one of the places where "David himself and his men were wont to haunt" (1 Sam. 30:30, 31). It is probably identical with Ashan (Josh. 15:42; 19:7), a Simeonite city in the Negeb, i.e., the south, belonging to Judah. The word ought, according to another reading, to be "Bor-ashan." | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Chorazin named along with Bethsaida and Capernaum as one of the cities in which our Lord's "mighty works" were done, and which was doomed to woe because of signal privileges neglected (Matt. 11:21; Luke 10:13). It has been identified by general consent with the modern Kerazeh, about 2 1/2 miles up the Wady Kerazeh from Capernaum; i.e., Tell Hum. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Circumcision cutting around. This rite, practised before, as some think, by divers races, was appointed by God to be the special badge of his chosen people, an abiding sign of their consecration to him. It was established as a national ordinance (Gen. 17:10, 11). In compliance with the divine command, Abraham, though ninety-nine years of age, was circumcised on the same day with Ishmael, who was thirteen years old (17:24-27). Slaves, whether home-born or purchased, were circumcised (17:12, 13); and all foreigners must have their males circumcised before they could enjoy the privileges of Jewish citizenship (Ex. 12:48). During the journey through the wilderness, the practice of circumcision fell into disuse, but was resumed by the command of Joshua before they entered the Promised Land (Josh. 5:2-9). It was observed always afterwards among the tribes of israel, although it is not expressly mentioned from the time of the settlement in Canaan till the time of Christ, about 1,450 years. The Jews prided themselves in the possession of this covenant distinction (Judg. 14:3; 15:18; 1 Sam. 14:6; 17:26; 2 Sam. 1:20; Ezek. 31:18). As a rite of the church it ceased when the New Testament times began (Gal. 6:15; Col. 3:11). Some Jewish Christians sought to impose it, however, on the Gentile converts; but this the apostles resolutely resisted (Acts 15:1; Gal. 6:12). Our Lord was circumcised, for it "became him to fulfil all righteousness," as of the seed of Abraham, according to the flesh; and Paul "took and circumcised" Timothy (Acts 16:3), to avoid giving offence to the Jews. It would render Timothy's labours more acceptable to the Jews. But Paul would by no means consent to the demand that Titus should be circumcised (Gal. 2:3-5). The great point for which he contended was the free admission of uncircumcised Gentiles into the church. He contended successfully in behalf of Titus, even in Jerusalem. In the Old Testament a spiritual idea is attached to circumcision. It was the symbol of purity (Isa. 52:1). We read of uncircumcised lips (Ex. 6:12, 30), ears (Jer. 6:10), hearts (Lev. 26:41). The fruit of a tree that is unclean is spoken of as uncircumcised (Lev. 19:23). It was a sign and seal of the covenant of grace as well as of the national covenant between God and the Hebrews. (1.) It sealed the promises made to Abraham, which related to the commonwealth of Israel, national promises. (2.) But the promises made to Abraham included the promise of redemption (Gal. 3:14), a promise which has come upon us. The covenant with Abraham was a dispensation or a specific form of the covenant of grace, and circumcision was a sign and seal of that covenant. It had a spiritual meaning. It signified purification of the heart, inward circumcision effected by the Spirit (Deut. 10:16; 30:6; Ezek. 44:7; Acts 7:51; Rom. 2:28; Col. 2:11). Circumcision as a symbol shadowing forth sanctification by the Holy Spirit has now given way to the symbol of baptism (q.v.). But the truth embodied in both ordinances is ever the same, the removal of sin, the sanctifying effects of grace in the heart. Under the Jewish dispensation, church and state were identical. No one could be a member of the one without also being a member of the other. Circumcision was a sign and seal of membership in both. Every circumcised person bore thereby evidence that he was one of the chosen people, a member of the church of God as it then existed, and consequently also a member of the Jewish commonwealth. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Crescens increasing, probably one of the seventy disciples of Christ. He was one of Paul's assistants (2 Tim. 4:10), probably a Christian of Rome. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Carshena, a lamb; sleeping | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Charchemish, a lamb; as taken away; withdrawn | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Chorazin, the secret; here is a mystery | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Crescens, growing; increasing |