English Dictionary: cigar-shaped | by the DICT Development Group |
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Roseworm \Rose"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially {Cac[91]cia rosaceana}, which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds. | |
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Cake \Cake\ (k[amac]k), n. [OE. cake, kaak; akin to Dan. kage, Sw. & Icel. kaka, D. koek, G. kuchen, OHG. chuocho.] 1. A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake. 2. A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape. 3. A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes. 4. A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of soap; an ague cake. Cakes of rusting ice come rolling down the flood. --Dryden. {Cake urchin} (Zo[94]l), any species of flat sea urchins belonging to the {Clypeastroidea}. {Oil cake} the refuse of flax seed, cotton seed, or other vegetable substance from which oil has been expressed, compacted into a solid mass, and used as food for cattle, for manure, or for other purposes. {To have one's cake dough}, to fail or be disappointed in what one has undertaken or expected. --Shak. | |
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Sheldrake \Shel"drake`\, n. [Sheld + drake.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large Old World ducks of the genus {Tadorna} and allied genera, especially the European and Asiatic species. ({T. cornuta, [or] tadorna}), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and habit, but breeds in burrows. Note: It has the head and neck greenish black, the breast, sides, and forward part of the back brown, the shoulders and middle of belly black, the speculum green, and the bill and frontal bright red. Called also {shelduck}, {shellduck}, {sheldfowl}, {skeelduck}, {bergander}, {burrow duck}, and {links goose}. Note: The Australian sheldrake ({Tadorna radja}) has the head, neck, breast, flanks, and wing coverts white, the upper part of the back and a band on the breast deep chestnut, and the back and tail black. The chestnut sheldrake of Australia ({Casarca tadornoides}) is varied with black and chestnut, and has a dark green head and neck. The ruddy sheldrake, or Braminy duck ({C. rutila}), and the white-winged sheldrake ({C. leucoptera}), are related Asiatic species. 2. Any one of the American mergansers. Note: The name is also loosely applied to other ducks, as the canvasback, and the shoveler. | |
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Cash register \Cash register\ A device for recording the amount of cash received, usually having an automatic adding machine and a money drawer and exhibiting the amount of the sale. | |
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Cashier's check \Cash*ier's" check\ (Banking) A check drawn by a bank upon its own funds, signed by the cashier. | |
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Cassowary \Cas"so*wa*ry\, n.; pl. {Cassowaries}. [Malay kasu[be]ri.] (Zo[94]l.) A large bird, of the genus {Casuarius}, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc. | |
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d8Mooruk \[d8]Moo"ruk\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of cassowary ({Casuarius Bennetti}) found in New Britain, and noted for its agility in running and leaping. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. Its crest is biloted; the neck and breast are black; the back, rufous mixed with black; and the naked skin of the neck, blue. | |
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Cesarism \Ce"sar*ism\, n. See {C[91]sarism}. | |
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Chagres fever \Cha"gres fe"ver\ (Med.) A form of malarial fever occurring along the Chagres River, Panama. | |
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Draughts \Draughts\, n. pl. A game, now more commonly called {checkers}. See {Checkers}. Note: {Polish draughts} is sometimes played with 40 pieces on a board divided into 100 squares. --Am. Cyc. | |
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Checkers \Check"ers\ (ch[ecr]k"[etil]rz), n. pl. [See {Checher}, v.] A game, called also {daughts}, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them. | |
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Draughts \Draughts\, n. pl. A game, now more commonly called {checkers}. See {Checkers}. Note: {Polish draughts} is sometimes played with 40 pieces on a board divided into 100 squares. --Am. Cyc. | |
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Checkers \Check"ers\ (ch[ecr]k"[etil]rz), n. pl. [See {Checher}, v.] A game, called also {daughts}, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them. | |
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Checkwork \Check"work\, n. Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard. | |
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Cichoraceous \Cich`o*ra"ceous\, a. [See {Chicory}.] Belonging to, or resembling, a suborder of composite plants of which the chicory ({Cichorium}) is the type. | |
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Scissors \Scis"sors\, n. pl. [OE. sisoures, OF. cisoires (cf. F. ciseaux), probably fr. LL. cisorium a cutting instrument, fr. L. caedere to cut. Cf. {Chisel}, {Concise}. The modern spelling is due to a mistaken derivation from L. scissor one who cleaves or divides, fr. scindere, scissum, to cut, split.] A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a {pair of scissors}. [Formerly written also {cisors}, {cizars}, and {scissars}.] {Scissors grinder} (Zo[94]l.), the European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Scissors \Scis"sors\, n. pl. [OE. sisoures, OF. cisoires (cf. F. ciseaux), probably fr. LL. cisorium a cutting instrument, fr. L. caedere to cut. Cf. {Chisel}, {Concise}. The modern spelling is due to a mistaken derivation from L. scissor one who cleaves or divides, fr. scindere, scissum, to cut, split.] A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a {pair of scissors}. [Formerly written also {cisors}, {cizars}, and {scissars}.] {Scissors grinder} (Zo[94]l.), the European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Cizars \Ciz"ars\, n. pl. Scissors. [Obs.] --Swift. | |
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Scissors \Scis"sors\, n. pl. [OE. sisoures, OF. cisoires (cf. F. ciseaux), probably fr. LL. cisorium a cutting instrument, fr. L. caedere to cut. Cf. {Chisel}, {Concise}. The modern spelling is due to a mistaken derivation from L. scissor one who cleaves or divides, fr. scindere, scissum, to cut, split.] A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a {pair of scissors}. [Formerly written also {cisors}, {cizars}, and {scissars}.] {Scissors grinder} (Zo[94]l.), the European goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Cizars \Ciz"ars\, n. pl. Scissors. [Obs.] --Swift. | |
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Cocker spaniel \Cock"er span"iel\ One of a breed of small or medium-sized spaniels kept for hunting or retrieving game or for household pets. They usually weigh from eighteen to twenty-eight pounds. They have the head of fair length, with square muzzle, the ears long and set low, the legs short or of medium length, and the coat fine and silky, wavy but not curly. Various colors are bred, as black, liver, red, black and white, black and tan, etc. | |
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Cockhorse \Cock"horse`\, a. 1. Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse. 2. Lofty in feeling; exultant; proud; upstart. Our painted fools and cockhorse peasantry. --Marlowe. | |
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Cockhorse \Cock"horse`\, n. 1. A child's rocking-horse. Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross. --Mother Goose. 2. A high or tall horse. [R.] | |
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Cockroach \Cock"roach\, n. [Sp. cucaracha.] (Zo[94]l.) An orthopterous insect of the genus {Blatta}, and allied genera. Note: The species are numerous, especially in hot countries. Those most commonly infesting houses in Europe and North America are {Blatta orientalis}, a large species often called {black beetle}, and the Croton bug ({Ectobia Germanica}). | |
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Peacock \Pea"cock`\, n. [OE. pecok. Pea- in this word is from AS. pe[a0], p[be]wa, peacock, fr. L. pavo, prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Gr. [?], [?], Per. t[be]us, t[be]wus, Ar. t[be]wu[?]s. See {Cock} the bird.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The male of any pheasant of the genus {Pavo}, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Note: The upper tail coverts, which are long and capable of erection, are each marked with a black spot bordered by concentric bands of brilliant blue, green, and golden colors. The common domesticated species is {Pavo cristatus}. The Javan peacock ({P. muticus}) is more brilliantly colored than the common species. 2. In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl. {Peacock butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome European butterfly ({Hamadryas Io}) having ocelli like those of peacock. {Peacock fish} (Zo[94]l.), the European blue-striped wrasse ({Labrus variegatus}); -- so called on account of its brilliant colors. Called also {cook wrasse} and {cook}. {Peacock pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of handsome Asiatic pheasants of the genus {Polyplectron}. They resemble the peacock in color. | |
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Notidanian \No`ti*da"ni*an\, n. [Gr. [?] back + [?] comely.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of sharks of the family {Notidanid[91]}, or {Hexanchid[91]}. Called also {cow sharks}. See {Shark}. | |
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Cashiers, NC Zip code(s): 28717 | |
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Cawker City, KS (city, FIPS 11175) Location: 39.50973 N, 98.43213 W Population (1990): 588 (330 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67430 | |
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Cheshire County, NH (county, FIPS 5) Location: 42.92054 N, 72.25326 W Population (1990): 70121 (30350 housing units) Area: 1832.4 sq km (land), 56.3 sq km (water) |