English Dictionary: cider | by the DICT Development Group |
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Tragopan \Trag"o*pan\, n. [NL., fr. L. tragopan a fabulous Ethiopian bird, Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of Asiatic pheasants of the genus {Ceriornis}. They are brilliantly colored with a variety of tints, the back and breast are usually covered with white or buff ocelli, and the head is ornamented with two bright-colored, fleshy wattles. The crimson tragopan, or horned pheasant ({C. satyra}), of India is one of the best-known species. | |
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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. | |
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Cader \Ca"der\, n. See {Cadre}. | |
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d8Cadre \[d8]Ca"dre\, n. [F. cadre, It. quadro square, from L. quadrum, fr. quatuor four.] (Mil.) The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [Written also {cader}.] | |
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Cader \Ca"der\, n. See {Cadre}. | |
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d8Cadre \[d8]Ca"dre\, n. [F. cadre, It. quadro square, from L. quadrum, fr. quatuor four.] (Mil.) The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [Written also {cader}.] | |
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Catarrh \Ca*tarrh"\, n. [L. catarrhus, Gr. [?], [?], a running down, rheum, fr. [?]; kata` down + [?] to flow. See {Stream}.] (Med.) An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as, catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of the bladder. Note: In America, the term catarrh is applied especially to a chronic inflammation of, and hypersecretion fron, the membranes of the nose or air passages; in England, to an acute influenza, resulting a cold, and attended with cough, thirst, lassitude, and watery eyes; also, to the cold itself. | |
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Cater \Ca"ter\, n. [OE. catour purchaser, caterer, OF. acator, fr. acater, F. acheter, to buy, provide, fr. LL. accaptare; L. ad + captare to strive, to seize, intens, of capere to take, seize. Cf. {Acater}, {Capacious}.] A provider; a purveyor; a caterer. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Cater \Ca"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Catered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Catering}.] [From {Cater}, n.] 1. To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions. [He] providently caters for the sparrow. --Shak. 2. By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to. | |
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Cater \Ca"ter\, n. [F. quatre four.] The four of cards or dice. | |
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Cater \Ca"ter\, v. t. To cut diagonally. [Obs.] --Halliwell. | |
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Catery \Ca"ter*y\, n. [See {Cater}, n.] The place where provisions are deposited. [Obs.] | |
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Cauter \Cau"ter\, n. [F. caut[8a]re, L. cauterium, fr. Gr. [?] a branding iron, fr. [?] to burn. Cf. {Caustic}, {Cautery}.] A hot iron for searing or cauterizing. --Minsheu. | |
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Cautery \Cau"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Cauteries}. [L. cauterium, Gr. [?]. See {Cauter}.] 1. (Med.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue. 2. The iron of other agent in cauterizing. {Actual cautery}, a substance or agent (as a hot iron) which cauterizes or sears by actual heat; or the burning so effected. {Potential cautery}, a substance which cauterizes by chemical action; as, lunar caustic; also, the cauterizing produced by such substance. | |
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Cedar \Ce"dar\, n. [AS. ceder, fr. L. cedrus, Gr. [?].] (Bot.) The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor. Note: The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani; the white cedar ({Cupressus thyoides}) is now called {Cham[d2]cyparis sph[91]roidea}; American red cedar is the {Juniperus Virginiana}; Spanish cedar, the West Indian {Cedrela odorata}. Many other trees with odoriferous wood are locally called cedar. {Cedar bird} (Zo[94]l.), a species of chatterer ({Ampelis cedrarum}), so named from its frequenting cedar trees; -- called also {cherry bird}, {Canada robin}, and {American waxwing}. | |
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Cedar \Ce"dar\, a. Of or pertaining to cedar. | |
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Cedry \Ce"dry\, a. Of the nature of cedar. [R.] | |
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Chatter \Chat"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chattering}.] [Of imitative origin. Cf. {Chat}, v. i. {Chitter}.] 1. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct. The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters. --Wordsworth. 2. To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate. To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue. --Shak. 3. To make a noise by rapid collisions. With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright. --Dryden. | |
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Chatter \Chat"ter\, v. t. To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly. Begin his witless note apace to chatter. --Spenser. | |
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Chatter \Chat"ter\, n. 1. Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle. Your words are but idle and empty chatter. --Longfellow. 2. Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering. | |
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Cheater \Cheat"er\, n. 1. One who cheats. 2. An escheator. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Cheddar \Ched"dar\, a. Of or pertaining to, or made at, Cheddar, in England; as, Cheddar cheese. | |
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Chider \Chid"er\, n. One who chides or quarrels. --Shak. | |
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Chitter \Chit"ter\, v. i. [Cf. {Chatter}.] 1. To chirp in a tremulous manner, as a bird. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To shiver or chatter with cold. [Scot.] --Burns. | |
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Chowder \Chow"der\, v. t. To make a chowder of. | |
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Chowder \Chow"der\, n. [F. chaudi[8a]re a kettle, a pot. Cf. {Caldron}.] 1. (Cookery) A dish made of fresh fish or clams, biscuit, onions, etc., stewed together. 2. A seller of fish. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Chowder beer}, a liquor made by boiling black spruce in water and mixing molasses with the decoction. | |
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Chowter \Chow"ter\, v. t. [Cf. OE. chowre, and Prov. E. chow, to grumble.] To grumble or mutter like a froward child. [Obs.] --E. Phillips. | |
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Cider \Ci"der\, n. [F. cidre, OF. sidre, fr. L. sicera a kind of strong drink, Gr. [?]; of Oriental origin; cf. Heb. sh[be]kar to be intoxicated, sh[c7]k[be]r strong drink.] The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for making vinegar, and for other purposes. Note: Cider was formerly used to signify the juice of other fruits, and other kinds of strong liquor, but was not applied to wine. {Cider brandy}, a kind of brandy distilled from cider. {Cider mill}, a mill in which cider is made. {Cider press}, the press of a cider mill. | |
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Citer \Cit"er\, n. One who cites. | |
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Cithara \Cith"a*ra\, n. [L. Cf. {Cittern}, {Guitar}.] (Mus.) An ancient instrument resembling the harp. | |
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Codder \Cod"der\, n. A gatherer of cods or peas. [Obs. or Prov.] --Johnson. | |
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Cooter \Coot"er\ (-[etil]r), n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A fresh-water tortoise ({Pseudemus concinna}) of Florida. (b) The box tortoise. | |
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Cottier \Cot"ti*er\ (-t[icr]*[etil]r), n. [OF. cotier. See {Coterie}, and cf. {Cotter}.] In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in the work of the landlord's farm. [Written also {cottar} and {cotter}.] | |
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Cotter \Cot"ter\, Cottar \Cot"tar\ (k?t"t?r), n. [LL. cotarius, cottarius, coterius. See {Cot}.] A cottager; a cottier. --Burns. Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter. --Whittier. | |
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Cottier \Cot"ti*er\ (-t[icr]*[etil]r), n. [OF. cotier. See {Coterie}, and cf. {Cotter}.] In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in the work of the landlord's farm. [Written also {cottar} and {cotter}.] | |
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Cotter \Cot"ter\, Cottar \Cot"tar\ (k?t"t?r), n. [LL. cotarius, cottarius, coterius. See {Cot}.] A cottager; a cottier. --Burns. Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter. --Whittier. | |
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Cotter \Cot"ter\, v. t. To fasten with a cotter. | |
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Cottier \Cot"ti*er\ (-t[icr]*[etil]r), n. [OF. cotier. See {Coterie}, and cf. {Cotter}.] In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in the work of the landlord's farm. [Written also {cottar} and {cotter}.] | |
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Cotter \Cot"ter\, Cottar \Cot"tar\ (k?t"t?r), n. [LL. cotarius, cottarius, coterius. See {Cot}.] A cottager; a cottier. --Burns. Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter. --Whittier. | |
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Cotter \Cot"ter\ (k[ocr]t"t[etil]r), n. 1. A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. Note: [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a {key}. 2. A toggle. | |
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Cotter \Cot"ter\, v. t. To fasten with a cotter. | |
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Cottier \Cot"ti*er\ (-t[icr]*[etil]r), n. [OF. cotier. See {Coterie}, and cf. {Cotter}.] In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in the work of the landlord's farm. [Written also {cottar} and {cotter}.] | |
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Cotter \Cot"ter\, Cottar \Cot"tar\ (k?t"t?r), n. [LL. cotarius, cottarius, coterius. See {Cot}.] A cottager; a cottier. --Burns. Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter. --Whittier. | |
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Cotter \Cot"ter\ (k[ocr]t"t[etil]r), n. 1. A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. Note: [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a {key}. 2. A toggle. | |
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Cotter \Cot"ter\, v. t. To fasten with a cotter. | |
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Cottier \Cot"ti*er\ (-t[icr]*[etil]r), n. [OF. cotier. See {Coterie}, and cf. {Cotter}.] In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in the work of the landlord's farm. [Written also {cottar} and {cotter}.] | |
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Cotter \Cot"ter\, Cottar \Cot"tar\ (k?t"t?r), n. [LL. cotarius, cottarius, coterius. See {Cot}.] A cottager; a cottier. --Burns. Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter. --Whittier. | |
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Cotter \Cot"ter\ (k[ocr]t"t[etil]r), n. 1. A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. Note: [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a {key}. 2. A toggle. | |
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Cottier \Cot"ti*er\ (-t[icr]*[etil]r), n. [OF. cotier. See {Coterie}, and cf. {Cotter}.] In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in the work of the landlord's farm. [Written also {cottar} and {cotter}.] | |
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Cow tree \Cow" tree`\ (kou" tr?`). [Cf. SP. palo de vaca.] (Bot.) A tree ({Galactodendron utile} or {Brosimum Galactodendron}) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk. | |
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Cutter \Cut"ter\ (k?t"t?r), n. 1. One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments. 2. That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower which severs the stalk, or as a paper cutter. 3. A fore tooth; an incisor. --Ray. 4. (Naut.) (a) A boat used by ships of war. (b) A fast sailing vessel with one mast, rigged in most essentials like a sloop. A cutter is narrower end deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted with lead. (c) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; -- also called {revenue cutter}. 5. A small, light one-horse sleigh. 6. An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid. 7. A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer. [Obs.] 8. A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so called from the facility with which it can be cut. {Cutter bar}. (Mach.) (a) A bar which carries a cutter or cutting tool, as in a boring machine. (b) The bar to which the triangular knives of a harvester are attached. {Cutter head} (Mach.), a rotating head, which itself forms a cutter, or a rotating stock to which cutters may be attached, as in a planing or matching machine. --Knight. | |
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Cyder \Cy"der\ (s?"d?r), n. See {Cider}. [Archaic] | |
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Cedar, IA Zip code(s): 52543 Cedar, KS (city, FIPS 11325) Location: 39.65670 N, 98.94003 W Population (1990): 25 (17 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67628 Cedar, MI Zip code(s): 49621 | |
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Chattaroy, WA Zip code(s): 99003 Chattaroy, WV (CDP, FIPS 14692) Location: 37.70504 N, 82.26842 W Population (1990): 1182 (471 housing units) Area: 12.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Citra, FL Zip code(s): 32113 | |
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Cooter, MO (city, FIPS 16336) Location: 36.04697 N, 89.80971 W Population (1990): 451 (187 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Cotter, AR (city, FIPS 15490) Location: 36.28249 N, 92.52023 W Population (1990): 867 (434 housing units) Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72626 Cotter, IA (city, FIPS 16725) Location: 41.29259 N, 91.47047 W Population (1990): 53 (22 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Couderay, WI (village, FIPS 17225) Location: 45.79617 N, 91.29916 W Population (1990): 92 (51 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
cdr /ku'dr/ or /kuh'dr/ vt. [from LISP] To skip past the first item from a list of things (generalized from the LISP operation on binary tree structures, which returns a list consisting of all but the first element of its argument). In the form `cdr down', to trace down a list of elements: "Shall we cdr down the agenda?" Usage: silly. See also {loop through}. Historical note: The instruction format of the IBM 704 that hosted the original LISP implementation featured two 15-bit fields called the `address' and `decrement' parts. The term `cdr' was originally `Contents of Decrement part of Register'. Similarly, `car' stood for `Contents of Address part of Register'. The cdr and car operations have since become bases for formation of compound metaphors in non-LISP contexts. GLS recalls, for example, a programming project in which strings were represented as linked lists; the get-character and skip-character operations were of course called CHAR and CHDR. | |
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CADRE with {Bachman Information Systems} to form {Cayenne Software} in July 1996. (1998-02-08) | |
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cdr /ku'dr/ or /kuh'dr/ [LISP] To skip past the first item from a list of things (generalised from the LISP operation on binary tree structures, which returns a list consisting of all but the first element of its argument). In the form "cdr down", to trace down a list of elements: "Shall we cdr down the agenda?" Usage: silly. See also {loop through}. Historical note: The instruction format of the IBM 7090 that hosted the original LISP implementation featured two 15 bit fields called the "address" and "decrement" parts. The term "cdr" was originally "Contents of Decrement part of Register". Similarly, "car" stood for "Contents of Address part of Register". The cdr and car operations have since become bases for formation of compound metaphors in non-LISP contexts. {GLS} recalls, for example, a programming project in which strings were represented as linked lists; the get-character and skip-character operations were of course called CHAR and CHDR. [{Jargon File}] (2001-06-22) | |
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CD-R {Compact Disc Recordable} | |
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cdr /ku'dr/ or /kuh'dr/ [LISP] To skip past the first item from a list of things (generalised from the LISP operation on binary tree structures, which returns a list consisting of all but the first element of its argument). In the form "cdr down", to trace down a list of elements: "Shall we cdr down the agenda?" Usage: silly. See also {loop through}. Historical note: The instruction format of the IBM 7090 that hosted the original LISP implementation featured two 15 bit fields called the "address" and "decrement" parts. The term "cdr" was originally "Contents of Decrement part of Register". Similarly, "car" stood for "Contents of Address part of Register". The cdr and car operations have since become bases for formation of compound metaphors in non-LISP contexts. {GLS} recalls, for example, a programming project in which strings were represented as linked lists; the get-character and skip-character operations were of course called CHAR and CHDR. [{Jargon File}] (2001-06-22) | |
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CD-R {Compact Disc Recordable} | |
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CD-RW {Compact Disc Rewritable} | |
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Cedar A superset of {Mesa}, from {Xerox PARC}, adding {garbage collection}, {dynamic type}s and a universal pointer type (REF ANY). Cedar is a large complex language designed for custom Xerox hardware and the Cedar {operating system}/environment. Data types are {atom}s, lists, ropes ("industrial strength" strings), conditions. Multi-processing features include {thread}s, {monitor}s, {signal}s and catch phrases. It was used to develop the Cedar integrated programming environment. ["A Description of the Cedar Language", Butler Lampson, Xerox PARC, CSL-83-15 (Dec 1983)]. ["The Structure of Cedar", D. Swinehart et al, SIGPLAN Notices 20(7):230-244 (July 1985)]. (1995-01-26) | |
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CIDR {Classless Inter-Domain Routing} | |
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CSG-tree tracing} to evaluate {constructive solid geometry} structures. [Better explanation? "Evaluate"?] (1998-06-09) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cedar (Heb. e'rez, Gr. kedros, Lat. cedrus), a tree very frequently mentioned in Scripture. It was stately (Ezek. 31:3-5), long-branched (Ps. 80:10; 92:12; Ezek. 31:6-9), odoriferous (Cant. 4:11; Hos. 14:6), durable, and therefore much used for boards, pillars, and ceilings (1 Kings 6:9, 10; 7:2; Jer. 22:14), for masts (Ezek. 27:5), and for carved images (Isa. 44:14). It grew very abundantly in Palestine, and particularly on Lebanon, of which it was "the glory" (Isa. 35:2; 60:13). Hiram supplied Solomon with cedar trees from Lebanon for various purposes connected with the construction of the temple and the king's palace (2 Sam. 5:11; 7:2, 7; 1 Kings 5:6, 8,10; 6:9, 10, 15, 16, 18, 20; 7:2, 3, 7, 11, 12; 9:11, etc.). Cedars were used also in the building of the second temple under Zerubbabel (Ezra 3:7). Of the ancient cedars of Lebanon there remain now only some seven or eight. They are not standing together. But beside them there are found between three hundred and four hundred of younger growth. They stand in an amphitheatre fronting the west, about 6,400 feet above the level of the sea. The cedar is often figuratively alluded to in the sacred Scriptures. "The mighty conquerors of olden days, the despots of Assyria and the Pharaohs of Egypt, the proud and idolatrous monarchs of Judah, the Hebrew commonwealth itself, the war-like Ammonites of patriarchal times, and the moral majesty of the Messianic age, are all compared to the towering cedar, in its royal loftiness and supremacy (Isa. 2:13; Ezek. 17:3, 22, 23, 31:3-9; Amos 2:9; Zech. 11:1, 2; Job 40:17; Ps. 29:5; 80:10; 92:12, etc).", Groser's Scrip. Nat. Hist. (See BOX-TREE ¯T0000636.) |