English Dictionary: chylifactory | by the DICT Development Group |
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Cow parsley \Cow" pars`ley\ (kou` p?rs`l?). (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus {Ch[91]rophyllum} ({C. temulum} and {C. sylvestre}). | |
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Nutmeg \Nut"meg\, n. [OE. notemuge; note nut + OF. muge musk, of the same origin as E. musk; cf. OF. noix muguette nutmeg, F. noix muscade. See {Nut}, and {Musk}.] (Bot.) The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree ({Myristica fragrans}), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics. Note: This fruit is a nearly spherical drupe, of the size of a pear, of a yellowish color without and almost white within. This opens into two nearly equal longitudinal valves, inclosing the nut surrounded by its aril, which is mace The nutmeg is an aromatic, very grateful to the taste and smell, and much used in cookery. Other species of {Myristica} yield nutmegs of inferior quality. {American}, {Calabash}, [or] {Jamaica}, {nutmeg}, the fruit of a tropical shrub ({Monodora Myristica}). It is about the size of an orange, and contains many aromatic seeds imbedded in pulp. {Brazilian nutmeg}, the fruit of a lauraceous tree, {Cryptocarya moschata}. {California nutmeg}, tree of the Yew family ({Torreya Californica}), growing in the Western United States, and having a seed which resembles a nutmeg in appearance, but is strongly impregnated with turpentine. {Clove nutmeg}, the {Ravensara aromatica}, a laura ceous tree of Madagascar. The foliage is used as a spice, but the seed is acrid and caustic. {Jamaica nutmeg}. See American nutmeg (above). {Nutmeg bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Indian finch ({Munia punctularia}). {Nutmeg butter}, a solid oil extracted from the nutmeg by expression. {Nutmeg flower} (Bot.), a ranunculaceous herb ({Nigella sativa}) with small black aromatic seeds, which are used medicinally and for excluding moths from furs and clothing. {Nutmeg liver} (Med.), a name applied to the liver, when, as the result of heart or lung disease, it undergoes congestion and pigmentation about the central veins of its lobules, giving it an appearance resembling that of a nutmeg. {Nutmeg melon} (Bot.), a small variety of muskmelon of a rich flavor. {Nutmeg pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of pigeons of the genus {Myristicivora}, native of the East Indies and Australia. The color is usually white, or cream-white, with black on the wings and tail. {Nutmeg wood} (Bot.), the wood of the Palmyra palm. {Peruvian nutmeg}, the aromatic seed of a South American tree ({Laurelia sempervirens}). {Plume nutmeg} (Bot.), a spicy tree of Australia ({Atherosperma moschata}). | |
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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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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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Calaboose \Cal`a*boose"\, n. [A corruption of Sp. calabozo dungeon.] A prison; a jail. [Local, U. S.] | |
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Calefacient \Cal`e*fa"cient\, a. [L. calefaciens p. pr. of calefacere to make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make.] Making warm; heating. [R.] | |
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Calefacient \Cal`e*fa"cient\, n. A substance that excites warmth in the parts to which it is applied, as mustard. | |
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Calefaction \Cal`e*fac"tion\, n. [L. calefactio: cf. F. cal[82]faction.] 1. The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other bodies. 2. The state of being heated. | |
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Calefactive \Cal`e*fac"tive\, a. See {Calefactory}. [R.] | |
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Calefactor \Cal`e*fac"tor\, n. A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, as a stove, etc. | |
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Calefactory \Cal`e*fac"to*ry\, a. [L. calefactorius.] Making hot; producing or communicating heat. | |
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Calefactory \Cal`e*fac"to*ry\, n. 1. (Eccl.) An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room. 2. A hollow sphere of metal, filled with hot water, or a chafing dish, placed on the altar in cold weather for the priest to warm his hands with. | |
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Lambkill \Lamb"kill`\, n. (Bot.) A small American ericaceous shrub ({Kalmia angustifolia}); -- called also {calfkill}, {sheepkill}, {sheep laurel}, etc. It is supposed to poison sheep and other animals that eat it at times when the snow is deep and they cannot find other food. | |
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Calf \Calf\, n.; pl. {Calves}. [OE. calf, kelf, AS. cealf; akin to D. kalf, G. kalb, Icel. k[be]lfr, Sw. kalf, Dan. kalv, Goth. kalb[d3]; cf. Skr. garbha fetus, young, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?], Skr grabh to seize, conceive, Ir. colpa, colpach, a calf. [fb]222.] 1. The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale. 2. Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf. 3. An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt. [Colloq.] Some silly, doting, brainless calf. --Drayton. 4. A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man. 5. A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface. --Kane. 6. [Cf. Icel. k[be]lfi.] The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee. {Calf's-foot jelly}, jelly made from the feet of calves. The gelatinous matter of the feet is extracted by boiling, and is flavored with sugar, essences, etc. | |
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Calfskin \Calf"skin`\, n. The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin. | |
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Calipash \Cal`i*pash"\, n. [F. carapace, Sp. carapacho. Cf {Calarash}, {Carapace}.] A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle. | |
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Calippic \Ca*lip"pic\, a. Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer. {Calippic period}, a period of seventy-six years, proposed by Calippus, as an improvement on the Metonic cycle, since the 6940 days of the Metonic cycle exceeded 19 years by about a quarter of a day, and exceeded 235 lunations by something more. | |
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Cycle \Cy"cle\ (s?"k'l), n. [F. ycle, LL. cyclus, fr. Gr. ky`klos ring or circle, cycle; akin to Skr. cakra wheel, circle. See {Wheel}.] 1. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres. --Milton. 2. An interval of time in which a certain succession of events or phenomena is completed, and then returns again and again, uniformly and continually in the same order; a periodical space of time marked by the recurrence of something peculiar; as, the cycle of the seasons, or of the year. Wages . . . bear a full proportion . . . to the medium of provision during the last bad cycle of twenty years. --Burke. 3. An age; a long period of time. Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. --Tennyson. 4. An orderly list for a given time; a calendar. [Obs.] We . . . present our gardeners with a complete cycle of what is requisite to be done throughout every month of the year. --Evelyn. 5. The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins. 6. (Bot.) One entire round in a circle or a spire; as, a cycle or set of leaves. --Gray. 7. A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede. {Calippic cycle}, a period of 76 years, or four Metonic cycles; -- so called from Calippus, who proposed it as an improvement on the Metonic cycle. {Cycle of eclipses}, a period of about 6,586 days, the time of revolution of the moon's node; -- called {Saros} by the Chaldeans. | |
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Calippic \Ca*lip"pic\, a. Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer. {Calippic period}, a period of seventy-six years, proposed by Calippus, as an improvement on the Metonic cycle, since the 6940 days of the Metonic cycle exceeded 19 years by about a quarter of a day, and exceeded 235 lunations by something more. | |
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Callipash \Cal`li*pash"\, n. See {Calipash}. | |
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Martineta \Mar`ti*ne"ta\, n. [Cf. Sp. martinete.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of tinamou ({Calopezus elegans}), having a long slender crest. | |
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Cockateel \Cock"a*teel\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An Australian parrot ({Calopsitta Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]}); -- so called from its note. | |
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Calf \Calf\, n.; pl. {Calves}. [OE. calf, kelf, AS. cealf; akin to D. kalf, G. kalb, Icel. k[be]lfr, Sw. kalf, Dan. kalv, Goth. kalb[d3]; cf. Skr. garbha fetus, young, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?], Skr grabh to seize, conceive, Ir. colpa, colpach, a calf. [fb]222.] 1. The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale. 2. Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf. 3. An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt. [Colloq.] Some silly, doting, brainless calf. --Drayton. 4. A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man. 5. A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface. --Kane. 6. [Cf. Icel. k[be]lfi.] The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee. {Calf's-foot jelly}, jelly made from the feet of calves. The gelatinous matter of the feet is extracted by boiling, and is flavored with sugar, essences, etc. | |
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Calvessnout \Calves"*snout\, n. (Bot.) Snapdragon. | |
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Calvish \Calv"ish\, a. Like a calf; stupid. --Sheldon. | |
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Calypso \Ca*lyp"so\ (k[adot]*l[icr]p"s[osl]), n. [The Latinized Greek name of a beautiful nymph.] (Bot.) A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet localities in the northern part of the United States. The {Calypso borealis} is the only orchid which reaches 68[deg] N. | |
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Calypso \Ca*lyp"so\ (k[adot]*l[icr]p"s[osl]), n. [The Latinized Greek name of a beautiful nymph.] (Bot.) A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet localities in the northern part of the United States. The {Calypso borealis} is the only orchid which reaches 68[deg] N. | |
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Celibacy \Ce*lib"a*cy\, n. [See {Celibate}, n.] The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. [bd]The celibacy of the clergy.[b8] --Hallom. | |
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Chalybeous \Cha*lyb"e*ous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Steel blue; of the color of tempered steel. | |
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Note: The yellow-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys acebra}) of the Southern United States, the red-bellied terrapin ({Pseudemys rugosa}), native of the tributaries Chesapeake Bay (called also {potter}, {slider}, and {redfender}), and the diamond-back or salt-marsh terrapin ({Malaclemmys palustris}), are the most important American species. The diamond-back terrapin is native of nearly the whole of the Atlantic coast of the United States. {Alligator terrapin}, the snapping turtle. {Mud terrapin}, any one of numerous species of American tortoises of the genus {Cinosternon}. {Painted terrapin}, the painted turtle. See under {Painted}. {Speckled terrapin}, a small fresh-water American terrapin ({Chelopus guttatus}) having the carapace black with round yellow spots; -- called also {spotted turtle}. | |
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Ellachick \El"la*chick\, n. [Native Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) A fresh-water tortoise ({Chelopus marmoratus}) of California; -- used as food. | |
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Tortoise \Tor"toise\, n. [OE. tortuce, fr. OF. tortis crooked, fr. L. tortus isted, crooked, contorted, p. p. of torquere, tortum, to wind; cf. F. tortue tortoise, LL. tortuca, tartuca, Pr. tortesa crookedness, tortis crooked. so called in allusion to its crooked feet. See {Torture}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata. Note: The term is applied especially to the land and fresh-water species, while the marine species are generally called turtles, but the terms tortoise and turtle are used synonymously by many writers. see {Testudinata}, {Terrapin}, and {Turtle}. 2. (Rom. Antiq.) Same as {Testudo}, 2. {Box tortoise}, {Land tortoise}, etc. See under {Box}, {Land}, etc. {Painted tortoise}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Painted turtle}, under {Painted}. {Soft-shell tortoise}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Trionyx}. {Spotted tortoise}. (Zo[94]l.) A small American fresh-water tortoise ({Chelopus, [or] Nanemys, quttatus}) having a blackish carapace on which are scattered round yellow spots. {Tortoise beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of small tortoise-shaped beetles. Many of them have a brilliant metallic luster. the larv[91] feed upon the leaves of various plants, and protect themselves beneath a mass of dried excrement held over the back by means of the caudal spines. The golden tortoise beetle ({Cassida aurichalcea}) is found on the morning-glory vine and allied plants. {Tortoise plant}. (Bot.) See {Elephant's foot}, under {Elephant}. {Tortoise shell}, the substance of the shell or horny plates of several species of sea turtles, especially of the hawkbill turtle. It is used in inlaying and in the manufacture of various ornamental articles. {Tortoise-shell butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of handsomely colored butterflies of the genus {Aglais}, as {A. Milberti}, and {A. urtic[91]}, both of which, in the larva state, feed upon nettles. {Tortoise-shell turtle} (Zo[94]l.), the hawkbill turtle. See {Hawkbill}. | |
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Sloth \Sloth\, n. [OE. slouthe, sleuthe, AS. sl[?]w[?], fr. sl[be]w slow. See {Slow}.] 1. Slowness; tardiness. These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. --Shak. 2. Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness. [They] change their course to pleasure, ease, and sloth. --Milton. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears. --Franklin. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family {Bradypodid[91]}, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of {Edentata}), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico. Note: The three-toed sloths belong to the genera {Bradypus} and {Arctopithecus}, of which several species have been described. They have three toes on each foot. The best-known species are collared sloth ({Bradypus tridactylus}), and the ai ({Arctopitheus ai}). The two-toed sloths, consisting the genus {Cholopus}, have two toes on each fore foot and three on each hind foot. The best-known is the unau ({Cholopus didactylus}) of South America. See {Unau}. Another species ({C. Hoffmanni}) inhabits Central America. Various large extinct terrestrial edentates, such as Megatherium and Mylodon, are often called sloths. {Australian, [or] Native} {sloth} (Zo[94]l.), the koala. {Sloth animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), a tardigrade. {Sloth bear} (Zo[94]l.), a black or brown long-haired bear ({Melursus ursinus, [or] labiatus}), native of India and Ceylon; -- called also {aswail}, {labiated bear}, and {jungle bear}. It is easily tamed and can be taught many tricks. {Sloth monkey} (Zo[94]l.), a loris. | |
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Unau \U*nau"\, n. [Brazilian.] (Zo[94]l.) The two-toed sloth ({Cholopus didactylus}), native of South America. It is about two feet long. Its color is a uniform grayish brown, sometimes with a reddish tint. | |
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Chylifaction \Chyl`i*fac"tion\, n. [Chyle + L. facere to make.] (Physiol.) The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process. | |
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Chylifactive \Chyl`i*fac"tive\, a. (Physiol.) Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle. | |
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Chylific \Chy*lif"ic\, a. Chylifactive. | |
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Chylification \Chyl`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. (Physiol.) The formation of chyle. See {Chylifaction}. | |
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Chylificatory \Chy*lif"i*ca*to*ry\ (? [or] ?), a. Chylifactive. | |
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Clapbread \Clap"bread`\, Clapcake \Clap"cake`\, n. Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin. [Obs.] --Halliwell. | |
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Claps \Claps\, v. t. Variant of {Clasp} [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Clavecin \Clav"e*cin\, n. [F.] The harpsichord. | |
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d8Clavis \[d8]Cla"vis\, n.; pl. L. {Claves}, E. {Clavises}. [L.] A key; a glossary. | |
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d8Sclerotium \[d8]Scle*ro"ti*um\, n.; pl. {Sclerotia}. [NL., fr. Gr. sklhro`s hard.] 1. (Bot.) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the {Claviceps purpurea}, which produces ergot. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium. | |
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Ergot \Er"got\, n. [F. ergot, argot, lit., a spur.] 1. A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is caused by a parasitic fungus, {Claviceps purpurea}. 2. The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding. 3. (Far.) A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint. 4. (Anat.) See 2d {Calcar}, 3 (b) . | |
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Clarichord \Clar"i*chord\, n. [F. clatocorde, fr.L. clarus clear + chorda string. See {Chord}.] A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; -- called also {manichord} and {clavichord}. | |
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Clavichord \Clav"i*chord\, n. [F. clavicorde, fr. L. clavis key + chorda string.] (Mus.) A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte. See {Clarichord}. | |
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Clarichord \Clar"i*chord\, n. [F. clatocorde, fr.L. clarus clear + chorda string. See {Chord}.] A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; -- called also {manichord} and {clavichord}. | |
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Clavichord \Clav"i*chord\, n. [F. clavicorde, fr. L. clavis key + chorda string.] (Mus.) A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte. See {Clarichord}. | |
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Clavicle \Clav"i*cle\, n. [F. clavicule, fr. L. clavicula a little key, tendril, dim. of clavis key, akin to claudere to shut. See {Close}, and cf. {Clef}.] (Anat.) The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter [?], and is situated just above the first rib on either side of the neck. In birds the two clavicles are united ventrally, forming the merrythought, or wishbone. | |
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Clavicorn \Clav"i*corn\, a. [Cf. F. clavicorne.] (Zo[94]l.) Having club-shaped antenn[91]. See {Antenn[91]} -- n. One of the Clavicornes. | |
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Clavicular \Cla*vic"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. claviculaire. See {Clavicle}.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the clavicle. | |
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Clavy \Cla"vy\, n.; pl. {Clavies}. [Cf. F. claveau centerpiece of an arch.] (Arch.) A mantelpiece. | |
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Clavigerous \Cla*vig"er*ous\, a. Bearing a club or a key. | |
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d8Clavis \[d8]Cla"vis\, n.; pl. L. {Claves}, E. {Clavises}. [L.] A key; a glossary. | |
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Clawback \Claw"back`\, n. A flatterer or sycophant. [Obs.] [bd]Take heed of these clawbacks.[b8] --Latimer. | |
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Clawback \Claw"back`\, a. Flattering; sycophantic. [Obs.] Like a clawback parasite. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Clawback \Claw"back`\, v. t. To flatter. [Obs.] --Warner. | |
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Cleavage \Cleav"age\, n. 1. The act of cleaving or splitting. 2. (Crystallog.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See {Parting}. 3. (Geol.) Division into lamin[91], like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure. {Basal cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the base of a crystal, or to the plane of the lateral axes. {Cell cleavage} (Biol.), multiplication of cells by fission. See {Segmentation}. {Cubic cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the faces of a cube. {Diagonal cleavage}, cleavage parallel to ta diagonal plane. {Egg clavage}. (Biol.) See {Segmentation}. {Lateral cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. {Octahedral, Dodecahedral, [or] Rhombohedral, {cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the faces of an octahedron, dodecahedron, or rhombohedron. {Prismatic cleavage}, cleavage parallel to a vertical prism. | |
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Cleavage \Cleav"age\, n. 1. The act of cleaving or splitting. 2. (Crystallog.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See {Parting}. 3. (Geol.) Division into lamin[91], like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure. {Basal cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the base of a crystal, or to the plane of the lateral axes. {Cell cleavage} (Biol.), multiplication of cells by fission. See {Segmentation}. {Cubic cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the faces of a cube. {Diagonal cleavage}, cleavage parallel to ta diagonal plane. {Egg clavage}. (Biol.) See {Segmentation}. {Lateral cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. {Octahedral, Dodecahedral, [or] Rhombohedral, {cleavage}, cleavage parallel to the faces of an octahedron, dodecahedron, or rhombohedron. {Prismatic cleavage}, cleavage parallel to a vertical prism. | |
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Clepsydra \Clep"sy*dra\ (?; 277), n. [L. from Gr. [?]; [?] to steal, conceal + [?] water.] A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in {Appendix}. | |
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Clevis \Clev"is\, n. [Cf. {Cleave} to adhere, {Clavel}.] A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also {clavel}, {clevy}. | |
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Cliff \Cliff\ (kl[icr]f), n. [AS. clif, cloef; akin to OS. klif, D. klif, klip, Icel. klif, Dan. & G. klippe, Sw. klippa; perh. orig. a climbing place. See {Climb}.] A high, steep rock; a precipice. {Cliff swallow} (Zo[94]l.), a North American swallow ({Petrochelidon lunifrons}), which builds its nest against cliffs; the {eaves swallow}. | |
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Clove \Clove\, imp. of {Cleave}. Cleft. --Spenser. {Clove hitch} (Naut.) See under {Hitch}. {Clove hook} (Naut.), an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; -- called also {clip hook}. --Knight. | |
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Klipfish \Klip"fish`\, n. Dried cod, exported from Norway. [Written also {clipfish}.] | |
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Bank \Bank\ (b[acr][nsm]k), n. [OE. banke; akin to E. bench, and prob. of Scand. origin.; cf. Icel. bakki. See {Bench}.] 1. A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow. They cast up a bank against the city. --2 Sam. xx. 15. 2. A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine. 3. The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow. Tiber trembled underneath her banks. --Shak. 4. An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland. 5. (Mining) (a) The face of the coal at which miners are working. (b) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level. (c) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank. {Bank beaver} (Zo[94]l.), the otter. [Local, U.S.] {Bank swallow}, a small American and European swallow ({Clivicola riparia}) that nests in a hole which it excavates in a bank. | |
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Eugenin \Eu"ge*nin\, n. (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline substance extracted from oil of cloves; -- called also {clove camphor}. | |
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Clove \Clove\, n. [OE. clow, fr. F. clou nail, clou de girofle a clove, lit. nail of clove, fr. L. clavus nail, perh. akin to clavis key, E. clavicle. The clove was so called from its resemblance to a nail. So in D. kruidnagel clove, lit. herb-nail or spice-nail. Cf. {Cloy}.] A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree ({Eugenia, [or] Caryophullus, aromatica}), a native of the Molucca Isles. {Clove camphor}. (Chem.) See {Eugenin}. {Clove gillyflower}, {Clove pink} (Bot.), any fragrant self-colored carnation. | |
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Eugenin \Eu"ge*nin\, n. (Chem.) A colorless, crystalline substance extracted from oil of cloves; -- called also {clove camphor}. | |
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Clove \Clove\, n. [OE. clow, fr. F. clou nail, clou de girofle a clove, lit. nail of clove, fr. L. clavus nail, perh. akin to clavis key, E. clavicle. The clove was so called from its resemblance to a nail. So in D. kruidnagel clove, lit. herb-nail or spice-nail. Cf. {Cloy}.] A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree ({Eugenia, [or] Caryophullus, aromatica}), a native of the Molucca Isles. {Clove camphor}. (Chem.) See {Eugenin}. {Clove gillyflower}, {Clove pink} (Bot.), any fragrant self-colored carnation. | |
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Gillyflower \Gil"ly*flow`er\, n. [OE. gilofre, gilofer, clove, OF. girofre, girofle, F. girofle: cf. F. girofl[82]e gillyflower, fr. girofle, Gr. [?] clove tree; [?] nut + [?] leaf, akin to E. foliage. Cf. {Caryophyllus}, {July-flower}.] (Bot.) 1. A name given by old writers to the clove pink ({Dianthus Caryophyllus}) but now to the common stock ({Matthiola incana}), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white. 2. A kind of apple, of a roundish conical shape, purplish red color, and having a large core. [Written also {gilliflower}.] {Clove gillflower}, the clove pink. {Marsh gillyflower}, the ragged robin ({Lychnis Flos-cuculi}). {Queen's, [or] Winter}, {gillyflower}, damewort. {Sea gillyflower}, the thrift ({Armeria vulgaris}). {Wall gillyflower}, the wallflower ({Cheiranthus Cheiri}). {Water gillyflower}, the water violet. | |
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Clove \Clove\, n. [OE. clow, fr. F. clou nail, clou de girofle a clove, lit. nail of clove, fr. L. clavus nail, perh. akin to clavis key, E. clavicle. The clove was so called from its resemblance to a nail. So in D. kruidnagel clove, lit. herb-nail or spice-nail. Cf. {Cloy}.] A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree ({Eugenia, [or] Caryophullus, aromatica}), a native of the Molucca Isles. {Clove camphor}. (Chem.) See {Eugenin}. {Clove gillyflower}, {Clove pink} (Bot.), any fragrant self-colored carnation. | |
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Clove \Clove\, imp. of {Cleave}. Cleft. --Spenser. {Clove hitch} (Naut.) See under {Hitch}. {Clove hook} (Naut.), an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; -- called also {clip hook}. --Knight. | |
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Clubbish \Club"bish\, a. 1. Rude; clownish. [Obs.] 2. Disposed to club together; as, a clubbish set. | |
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Clubbist \Club"bist\, n. A member of a club; a frequenter of clubs. [R.] --Burke. | |
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Clubfist \Club"fist`\, n. 1. A large, heavy fist. 2. A coarse, brutal fellow. [Obs.] --Mir. for Mag. | |
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Clubfisted \Club"fist`ed\, a. Having a large fist. --Howell. | |
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Clubhouse \Club"house`\, n. A house occupied by a club. | |
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Club-shaped \Club"-shaped\, a. Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antenn[91] of certain insects. | |
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Blueback \Blue"back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A trout ({Salmo oquassa}) inhabiting some of the lakes of Maine. (b) A salmon ({Oncorhynchus nerka}) of the Columbia River and northward. (c) An American river herring ({Clupea [91]stivalis}), closely allied to the alewife. | |
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Sardine \Sar"dine\ (? [or] ?; 277), n. [F. sardine (cf. Sp. sardina, sarda, It. sardina, sardella), L. sardina, sarda; cf. Gr. [?], [?]; so called from the island of Sardinia, Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine ({Clupea pilchardus}). The California sardine ({Clupea sagax}) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden. | |
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Shad \Shad\ (sh[acr]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species ({Clupea sapidissima}), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose ({C. alosa}), and the twaite shad. ({C. finta}), are less important species. [Written also {chad}.] Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under {Gizzard}), called also {mud shad}, {white-eyed shad}, and {winter shad}. {Hardboaded}, [or] {Yellow-tailed}, {shad}, the menhaden. {Hickory}, [or] {Tailor}, {shad}, the mattowacca. {Long-boned shad}, one of several species of important food fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus {Gerres}. {Shad bush} (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs or small trees of the rosaceous genus {Amelanchier} ({A. Canadensis}, and {A. alnifolia}) Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The plant is also called {service tree}, and {Juneberry}. {Shad frog}, an American spotted frog ({Rana halecina}); -- so called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers. {Trout shad}, the squeteague. {White shad}, the common shad. | |
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Alose \A"lose\, n. [F., fr. L. alosa or alausa.] (Zo[94]l.) The European shad ({Clupea alosa}); -- called also {allice shad} or {allis shad}. The name is sometimes applied to the American shad ({Clupea sapidissima}). See {Shad}. | |
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{Oil gas}, inflammable gas procured from oil, and used for lighting streets, houses, etc. {Oil gland}. (a) (Zo[94]l.) A gland which secretes oil; especially in birds, the large gland at the base of the tail. (b) (Bot.) A gland, in some plants, producing oil. {Oil green}, a pale yellowish green, like oil. {Oil of brick}, empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature, -- used by lapidaries as a vehicle for the emery by which stones and gems are sawn or cut. --Brande & C. {Oil of talc}, a nostrum made of calcined talc, and famous in the 17th century as a cosmetic. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. {Oil of vitriol} (Chem.), strong sulphuric acid; -- so called from its oily consistency and from its forming the vitriols or sulphates. {Oil of wine}, [OE]nanthic ether. See under {[OE]nanthic}. {Oil painting}. (a) The art of painting in oil colors. (b) Any kind of painting of which the pigments are originally ground in oil. {Oil palm} (Bot.), a palm tree whose fruit furnishes oil, esp. {El[91]is Guineensis}. See {El[91]is}. {Oil sardine} (Zo[94]l.), an East Indian herring ({Clupea scombrina}), valued for its oil. {Oil shark} (Zo[94]l.) (a) The liver shark. (b) The tope. {Oil still}, a still for hydrocarbons, esp. for petroleum. {Oil test}, a test for determining the temperature at which petroleum oils give off vapor which is liable to explode. {Oil tree}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Ricinus} ({R. communis}), from the seeds of which castor oil is obtained. (b) An Indian tree, the mahwa. See {Mahwa}. (c) The oil palm. {To burn the midnight oil}, to study or work late at night. {Volatle oils}. See {Essential oils}, under {Essential}. | |
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Sprat \Sprat\, n. [OE. sprot, sprotte, D. sprot; akin to G. sprotte.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European herring ({Clupea sprattus}) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; -- called also {garvie}. The name is also applied to small herring of different kinds. (b) A California surf-fish ({Rhacochilus toxotes}); -- called also {alfione}, and {perch}. {Sprat borer} (Zo[94]l.), the red-throated diver; -- so called from its fondness for sprats. See {Diver}. {Sprat loon}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The young of the great northern diver. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The red-throated diver. See {Diver}. {Sprat mew} (Zo[94]l.), the kittiwake gull. | |
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Clypeastroid \Clyp`e*as"troid\, a. [NL. Clypeaster (L. clupeus shield + aster star) + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Like or related to the genus {Clupeaster}; -- applied to a group of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side. | |
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Basin \Ba"sin\, n. [OF. bacin, F. bassin, LL. bacchinus, fr. bacca a water vessel, fr. L. bacca berry, in allusion to the round shape; or perh. fr. Celtic. Cf. {Bac}.] 1. A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses. 2. The quantity contained in a basin. 3. A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc. 4. A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay. 5. (Physical Geog.) (a) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river. (b) The entire tract of country drained by a river, or sloping towards a sea or lake. 6. (Geol.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called {coal basins} or {coal fields}. | |
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Coal \Coal\, n. [AS. col; akin to D. kool, OHG. chol, cholo, G. kohle, Icel. kol, pl., Sw. kol, Dan. kul; cf. Skr. jval to burn. Cf. {Kiln}, {Collier}.] 1. A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal. 2. (Min.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter. Note: This word is often used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, coal-black; coal formation; coal scuttle; coal ship. etc. Note: In England the plural coals is used, for the broken mineral coal burned in grates, etc.; as, to put coals on the fire. In the United States the singular in a collective sense is the customary usage; as, a hod of coal. {Age of coal plants}. See {Age of Acrogens}, under {Acrogen}. {Anthracite} or {Glance coal}. See {Anthracite}. {Bituminous coal}. See under {Bituminous}. {Blind coal}. See under {Blind}. {Brown coal}, [or] {Lignite}. See {Lignite}. {Caking coal}, a bituminous coal, which softens and becomes pasty or semi-viscid when heated. On increasing the heat, the volatile products are driven off, and a coherent, grayish black, cellular mass of coke is left. {Cannel coal}, a very compact bituminous coal, of fine texture and dull luster. See {Cannel coal}. {Coal bed} (Geol.), a layer or stratum of mineral coal. {Coal breaker}, a structure including machines and machinery adapted for crushing, cleansing, and assorting coal. {Coal field} (Geol.), a region in which deposits of coal occur. Such regions have often a basinlike structure, and are hence called {coal basins}. See {Basin}. {Coal gas}, a variety of carbureted hydrogen, procured from bituminous coal, used in lighting streets, houses, etc., and for cooking and heating. {Coal heaver}, a man employed in carrying coal, and esp. in putting it in, and discharging it from, ships. {Coal measures}. (Geol.) (a) Strata of coal with the attendant rocks. (b) A subdivision of the carboniferous formation, between the millstone grit below and the Permian formation above, and including nearly all the workable coal beds of the world. {Coal oil}, a general name for mineral oils; petroleum. {Coal plant} (Geol.), one of the remains or impressions of plants found in the strata of the coal formation. {Coal tar}. See in the Vocabulary. {To haul over the coals}, to call to account; to scold or censure. [Colloq.] {Wood coal}. See {Lignite}. | |
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Pollock \Pol"lock\, n. [See {Pollack}.] (Zo[94]l.) A marine gadoid fish ({Pollachius carbonarius}), native both of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called {coalfish}, {lob}, {podley}, {podling}, {pollack}, etc. | |
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Cobia \Co"bi*a\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An oceanic fish of large size ({Elacate canada}); the crabeater; -- called also {bonito}, {cubbyyew}, {coalfish}, and {sergeant fish}. | |
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Coalfish \Coal"fish`\, n. [Named from the dark color of the back.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pollock; -- called also, {coalsey}, {colemie}, {colmey}, {coal whiting}, etc. See {Pollock}. (b) The beshow or candlefish of Alaska. (c) The cobia. | |
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Pollock \Pol"lock\, n. [See {Pollack}.] (Zo[94]l.) A marine gadoid fish ({Pollachius carbonarius}), native both of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called {coalfish}, {lob}, {podley}, {podling}, {pollack}, etc. | |
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Cobia \Co"bi*a\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An oceanic fish of large size ({Elacate canada}); the crabeater; -- called also {bonito}, {cubbyyew}, {coalfish}, and {sergeant fish}. | |
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Coalfish \Coal"fish`\, n. [Named from the dark color of the back.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The pollock; -- called also, {coalsey}, {colemie}, {colmey}, {coal whiting}, etc. See {Pollock}. (b) The beshow or candlefish of Alaska. (c) The cobia. | |
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Colfox \Col"fox`\, n. A crafty fox. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Collapse \Col*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Collapsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Collapsing}] [L. collapsus, p. p. of collabi to collapse; col- + labi to fall, slide. See {Lapse}.] 1. To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses. A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it. --Maunder. 2. To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Collapse \Col*lapse"\, n. 1. A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel. 2. A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown. [Colloq.] 3. (Med.) Extreme depression or sudden failing of all the vital powers, as the result of disease, injury, or nervous disturbance. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Collapse \Col*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Collapsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Collapsing}] [L. collapsus, p. p. of collabi to collapse; col- + labi to fall, slide. See {Lapse}.] 1. To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses. A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it. --Maunder. 2. To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Collapse \Col*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Collapsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Collapsing}] [L. collapsus, p. p. of collabi to collapse; col- + labi to fall, slide. See {Lapse}.] 1. To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses. A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it. --Maunder. 2. To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Collapsion \Col*lap"sion\, n. [L. collapsio.] Collapse. [R.] --Johnson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Collybist \Col"ly*bist\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] a small coin.] A money changer. [Obs.] In the face of these guilty collybists. --Bp. Hall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Guereza \Gue*re"za\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A beautiful Abyssinian monkey ({Colobus guereza}), having the body black, with a fringe of long, silky, white hair along the sides, and a tuft of the same at the end of the tail. The frontal band, cheeks, and chin are white. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
King \King\, n.[AS. cyng, cyning; akin to OS. kuning, D. koning, OHG. kuning, G. k[94]nig, Icel. konungr, Sw. konung, Dan. konge; formed with a patronymic ending, and fr. the root of E. kin; cf. Icel. konr a man of noble birth. [root]44. See {Kin}.] 1. A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince. [bd]Ay, every inch a king.[b8] --Shak. Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. --Burke. There was a State without king or nobles. --R. Choate. But yonder comes the powerful King of Day, Rejoicing in the east --Thomson. 2. One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts. 3. A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds. 4. The chief piece in the game of chess. 5. A crowned man in the game of draughts. 6. pl. The title of two historical books in the Old Testament. Note: King is often used adjectively, or in combination, to denote pre[89]minence or superiority in some particular; as, kingbird; king crow; king vulture. {Apostolic king}.See {Apostolic}. {King-at-arms}, or {King-of-arms}, the chief heraldic officer of a country. In England the king-at-arms was formerly of great authority. His business is to direct the heralds, preside at their chapters, and have the jurisdiction of armory. There are three principal kings-at-arms, viz., Garter, Clarencieux, and Norroy. The latter (literally north roy or north king) officiates north of the Trent. {King auk} (Zo[94]l.), the little auk or sea dove. {King bird of paradise}. (Zo[94]l.), See {Bird of paradise}. {King card}, in whist, the best unplayed card of each suit; thus, if the ace and king of a suit have been played, the queen is the king card of the suit. {King Cole}, a legendary king of Britain, who is said to have reigned in the third century. {King conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large and handsome univalve shell ({Cassis cameo}), found in the West Indies. It is used for making cameos. See {Helmet shell}, under {Helmet}. {King Cotton}, a popular personification of the great staple production of the southern United States. {King crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The limulus or horseshoe crab. See {Limulus}. (b) The large European spider crab or thornback ({Maia squinado}). {King crow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A black drongo shrike ({Buchanga atra}) of India; -- so called because, while breeding, they attack and drive away hawks, crows, and other large birds. (b) The {Dicrurus macrocercus} of India, a crested bird with a long, forked tail. Its color is black, with green and blue reflections. Called also {devil bird}. {King duck} (Zo[94]l.), a large and handsome eider duck ({Somateria spectabilis}), inhabiting the arctic regions of both continents. {King eagle} (Zo[94]l.), an eagle ({Aquila heliaca}) found in Asia and Southeastern Europe. It is about as large as the golden eagle. Some writers believe it to be the imperial eagle of Rome. {King hake} (Zo[94]l.), an American hake ({Phycis regius}), fond in deep water along the Atlantic coast. {King monkey} (Zo[94]l.), an African monkey ({Colobus polycomus}), inhabiting Sierra Leone. {King mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a West Indian red mullet ({Upeneus maculatus}); -- so called on account of its great beauty. Called also {goldfish}. {King of terrors}, death. {King parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome Australian parrakeet ({Platycercys scapulatus}), often kept in a cage. Its prevailing color is bright red, with the back and wings bright green, the rump blue, and tail black. {King penguin} (Zo[94]l.), any large species of penguin of the genus {Aptenodytes}; esp., {A. longirostris}, of the Falkland Islands and Kerguelen Land, and {A. Patagonica}, of Patagonia. {King rail} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rail ({Rallus elegans}), living in fresh-water marshes. The upper parts are fulvous brown, striped with black; the breast is deep cinnamon color. {King salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the quinnat. See {Quinnat}. {King's, [or] Queen's}, {counsel} (Eng. Law), barristers learned in the law, who have been called within the bar, and selected to be the king's or queen's counsel. They answer in some measure to the advocates of the revenue (advocati fisci) among the Romans. They can not be employed against the crown without special license. --Wharton's Law Dict. {King's cushion}, a temporary seat made by two persons crossing their hands. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {The king's English}, correct or current language of good speakers; pure English. --Shak. {King's [or] Queen's}, {evidence}, testimony in favor of the Crown by a witness who confesses his guilt as an accomplice. See under {Evidence}. [Eng.] {King's evil}, scrofula; -- so called because formerly supposed to be healed by the touch of a king. {King snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large, nearly black, harmless snake ({Ophiobolus getulus}) of the Southern United States; -- so called because it kills and eats other kinds of snakes, including even the rattlesnake. {King's spear} (Bot.), the white asphodel ({Asphodelus albus}). {King's yellow}, a yellow pigment, consisting essentially of sulphide and oxide of arsenic; -- called also {yellow orpiment}. {King tody} (Zo[94]l.), a small fly-catching bird ({Eurylaimus serilophus}) of tropical America. The head is adorned with a large, spreading, fan-shaped crest, which is bright red, edged with black. {King vulture} (Zo[94]l.), a large species of vulture ({Sarcorhamphus papa}), ranging from Mexico to Paraguay, The general color is white. The wings and tail are black, and the naked carunculated head and the neck are briliantly colored with scarlet, yellow, orange, and blue. So called because it drives away other vultures while feeding. {King wood}, a wood from Brazil, called also {violet wood}, beautifully streaked in violet tints, used in turning and small cabinetwork. The tree is probably a species of {Dalbergia}. See {Jacaranda}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Calabasas, CA Zip code(s): 91302 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Calabash, NC (town, FIPS 9540) Location: 33.89854 N, 78.57700 W Population (1990): 1210 (786 housing units) Area: 4.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28467 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Calypso, NC (town, FIPS 9760) Location: 35.15459 N, 78.10501 W Population (1990): 481 (195 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chula Vista, CA (city, FIPS 13392) Location: 32.62845 N, 117.04473 W Population (1990): 135163 (49849 housing units) Area: 75.1 sq km (land), 4.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 91910, 91911, 91913, 91914, 91915 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cleves, OH (village, FIPS 16028) Location: 39.16230 N, 84.74928 W Population (1990): 2208 (835 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45002 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cliff Island, ME Zip code(s): 04019 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cliffside Park, NJ (borough, FIPS 13570) Location: 40.82160 N, 73.98847 W Population (1990): 20393 (9809 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07010 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Clovis, CA (city, FIPS 14218) Location: 36.81963 N, 119.69602 W Population (1990): 50323 (18888 housing units) Area: 37.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 93612 Clovis, NM (city, FIPS 16420) Location: 34.41022 N, 103.20271 W Population (1990): 30954 (12978 housing units) Area: 35.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 88101 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Colfax, CA (city, FIPS 14498) Location: 39.09527 N, 120.95317 W Population (1990): 1306 (621 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Colfax, IA (city, FIPS 15060) Location: 41.67616 N, 93.24019 W Population (1990): 2462 (977 housing units) Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50054 Colfax, IL (village, FIPS 15495) Location: 40.56670 N, 88.61650 W Population (1990): 854 (374 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61728 Colfax, IN (town, FIPS 14284) Location: 40.19431 N, 86.66725 W Population (1990): 727 (274 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46035 Colfax, LA (town, FIPS 16375) Location: 31.51887 N, 92.70569 W Population (1990): 1696 (696 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71417 Colfax, NC Zip code(s): 27235 Colfax, ND (city, FIPS 15180) Location: 46.47016 N, 96.87399 W Population (1990): 80 (39 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58018 Colfax, WA (city, FIPS 13785) Location: 46.88415 N, 117.36265 W Population (1990): 2713 (1241 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99111 Colfax, WI (village, FIPS 16275) Location: 44.99694 N, 91.72591 W Population (1990): 1110 (470 housing units) Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54730 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Colfax County, NE (county, FIPS 37) Location: 41.57617 N, 97.08788 W Population (1990): 9139 (3971 housing units) Area: 1070.1 sq km (land), 14.1 sq km (water) Colfax County, NM (county, FIPS 7) Location: 36.60610 N, 104.63817 W Population (1990): 12925 (8265 housing units) Area: 9730.4 sq km (land), 29.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Culp Creek, OR Zip code(s): 97427 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
callback 1. where the program registers a {subroutine} (a "callback handler") to handle a certain {event}. The program does not call the handler directly but when the event occurs, the {run-time system} calls the handler, usually passing it arguments to describe the event. 2. used by some computers running {dial-up} services. The user dials in to the computer and gives his {user name} and {password}. The computer then hangs up the connection and uses an {auto-dial} {modem} to call back to the user's registered telephone number. Thus, if an unauthorised person discovers a user's password, the callback will go, not to him, but to the owner of that login who will then know that his account is under attack. However, some {PABX}s can be fooled into thinking that the caller has hung up by sending them a dial tone. When the computer tries to call out on the same line it is not actually dialing through to the authorised user but is still connected to the original caller. 3. (2003-07-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CLIPS | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Clive Sinclair pioneered the home {microcomputer} market in the early 1980s, with the introduction of low-cost, easy to use {8-bit} computers produced by his company, {Sinclair Research}. Sir Clive also invented and produced a variety of electronic devices from the 1960s to 1990s, including pocket calculators (he marketed the first pocket calculator in the world), radios, and televisions. Perhaps he is most famous (or some might say notorious) for his range electric vehicles, especially the Sinclair C5, introduced in 1985. He has been a member of MENSA, the high IQ society, since 1962. {Planet Sinclair (http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/)}. ["The Sinclair Story", Rodney Dale, pub. Duckworth 1985] (1998-11-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CLP(sigma*) A {constraint logic programming} language with {regular set}s. ["CLP(sigma*): Constraint Logic Programming with Regular Sets", C. Walinsky, Proc ICLP, 1989, pp.181-190]. (1994-12-16) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cleopas (abbreviation of Cleopatros), one of the two disciples with whom Jesus conversed on the way to Emmaus on the day of the resurrection (Luke 24:18). We know nothing definitely regarding him. It is not certain that he was the Clopas of John 19:25, or the Alphaeus of Matt. 10:3, although he may have been so. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cleophas (in the spelling of this word _h_ is inserted by mistake from Latin MSS.), rather Cleopas, which is the Greek form of the word, while Clopas is the Aramaic form. In John 19:25 the Authorized Version reads, "Mary, the wife of Clopas." The word "wife" is conjecturally inserted here. If "wife" is rightly inserted, then Mary was the mother of James the Less, and Clopas is the same as Alphaeus (Matt. 10:3; 27:56). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Cleophas, the whole glory |