English Dictionary: checkered | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Caseharden \Case"hard`en\, v. t. 1. To subject to a process which converts the surface of iron into steel. 2. To render insensible to good influences. | |
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Casehardened \Case"hard`ened\, a. 1. Having the surface hardened, as iron tools. 2. Hardened against, or insusceptible to, good influences; rendered callous by persistence in wrongdoing or resistance of good influences; -- said of persons. | |
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Casehardening \Case"hard`en*ing\, n. The act or process of converting the surface of iron into steel. --Ure. Note: Casehardening is now commonly effected by cementation with charcoal or other carbonizing material, the depth and degree of hardening (carbonization) depending on the time during which the iron is exposed to the heat. See {Cementation}. | |
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Checker \Check"er\ (ch[ecr]k"[etil]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checkered} (-[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Checkering}.] [From OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. [82]chiquier. See {Check}, n., and cf. 3d {Checker}.] 1. To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors. 2. To variegate or diversify with different qualities, colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosperity and adversity. Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood. --Addison. | |
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Checkered \Check"ered\ (-[etil]rd), a. 1. Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material. Dancing in the checkered shade. --Milton. 2. Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc. This checkered narrative. --Macaulay. | |
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Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS. ce[a2]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[be]ha; perh. akin to E. caw. [fb]22. Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the Crow family ({Fregilus graculus}) of Europe. It is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; -- also called {chauk}, {chauk-daw}, {chocard}, {Cornish chough}, {red-legged crow}. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the {Alpine chough}. {Cornish chough} (Her.), a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; -- called also {aylet} and {sea swallow}. | |
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Chocard \Cho"card\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The chough. | |
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Chough \Chough\, n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS. ce[a2]; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch[be]ha; perh. akin to E. caw. [fb]22. Cf. {Caddow}.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the Crow family ({Fregilus graculus}) of Europe. It is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; -- also called {chauk}, {chauk-daw}, {chocard}, {Cornish chough}, {red-legged crow}. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the {Alpine chough}. {Cornish chough} (Her.), a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; -- called also {aylet} and {sea swallow}. | |
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Chocard \Cho"card\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The chough. | |
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Cicurate \Cic"u*rate\, v. t. [L. cicurare to tame, fr. cicur tame.] To tame. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Cicuration \Cic`u*ra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. cicuration.] The act of taming. [Obs.] --Ray. | |
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Cigarette \Cig`a*rette"\, n. [F. cigarette.] A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking. | |
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Cocker \Cock"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cockered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cockering}.] [OE. cokeren; cf. W. cocru to indulge, fondle, E. cock the bird, F. coqueliner to dandle (Cotgrave), to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E. cockle, v.] To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper. Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid. --Ecclesiasticus xxx. 9. Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. --J. Ingelow. | |
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Coguardian \Co*guard"i*an\, n. A joint guardian. | |
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Cosurety \Co*sure"ty\ (k?-sh?r"t?; 136), n.; pl. {Cosureties} (-t[?]z). One who is surety with another. | |
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Cosurety \Co*sure"ty\ (k?-sh?r"t?; 136), n.; pl. {Cosureties} (-t[?]z). One who is surety with another. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
C1 security {Orange Book} | |
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C2 security {Orange Book} |