English Dictionary: ciliated protozoan | by the DICT Development Group |
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Calidity \Ca*lid"i*ty\, n. Heat. [Obs.] | |
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Call \Call\, n. 1. The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call. [bd]Call of the trumpet.[b8] --Shak. I rose as at thy call, but found thee not. --Milton. 2. A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty. 3. (Eccl.) An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor. 4. A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal. Dependence is a perpetual call upon humanity. --Addison. Running into danger without any call of duty. --Macaulay. 5. A divine vocation or summons. St. Paul himself believed he did well, and that he had a call to it, when he persecuted the Christians. --Locke. 6. Vocation; employment. Note: [In this sense, calling is generally used.] 7. A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders. The baker's punctual call. --Cowper. 8. (Hunting) A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds. 9. (Naut.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty. 10. (Fowling) The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry. 11. (Amer. Land Law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land. 12. The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on. [Brokers' Cant] 13. See {Assessment}, 4. {At call}, or {On call}, liable to be demanded at any moment without previous notice; as money on deposit. {Call bird}, a bird taught to allure others into a snare. {Call boy} (a) A boy who calls the actors in a theater; a boy who transmits the orders of the captain of a vessel to the engineer, helmsman, etc. (b) A waiting boy who answers a cal, or cames at the ringing of a bell; a bell boy. {Call note}, the note naturally used by the male bird to call the female. It is artificially applied by birdcatchers as a decoy. --Latham. {Call of the house} (Legislative Bodies), a calling over the names of members, to discover who is absent, or for other purposes; a calling of names with a view to obtaining the ayes and noes from the persons named. {Call to the bar}, admission to practice in the courts. | |
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Callidity \Cal*lid"i*ty\, n. [L. calliditas.] Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness. [R.] Her eagly-eyed callidity. --C. Smart. | |
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Child \Child\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Childed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Childing}.] To give birth; to produce young. This queen Genissa childing died. --Warner. It chanced within two days they childed both. --Latimer. | |
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Childed \Child"ed\, a. Furnished with a child. [Obs.] | |
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Childhood \Child"hood\ (ch[imac]ld"h[oocr]d), n. [AS. cildh[be]d; cild child + -h[be]d. See {Child}, and {-hood}.] 1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty. I have walked before you from my childhood. --1. Sam. xii. 2. 2. Children, taken collectively. [R.] The well-governed childhood of this realm. --Sir. W. Scott. 3. The commencement; the first period. The childhood of our joy. --Shak. {Second childhood}, the state of being feeble and incapable from old age. | |
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Ciliate \Cil"i*ate\, Ciliated \Cil"i*a`ted\, a. Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe. | |
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Clothe \Clothe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clothed}[or] {Clad}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clothing}.] [OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS. cl[be][eb]ian, cl[91][eb]an. See {Cloth}.] 1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress. Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --Shak. 2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly. Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov. xxiii. 21. The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. --Goldsmith. 3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power. Language in which they can clothe their thoughts. --Watts. His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer. Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb. --Milton. | |
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Clot \Clot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clotting}.] To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter by evaporation; to become a cot or clod. | |
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Clotted \Clot"ted\, a. Composed of clots or clods; having the quality or form of a clot; sticky; slimy; foul. [bd]The clotted glebe.[b8] --J. Philips. When lust . . . Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion. --Milton. | |
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Clotweed \Clot"weed`\, n. [See {Clote}.] Cocklebur. | |
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Cloud \Cloud\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clouded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clouding}.] 1. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded. 2. To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen. One day too late, I fear me, noble lord, Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth. --Shak. Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks. --Milton. Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty like prejudice. --M. Arnold. 3. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character. I would not be a stander-by to hear My sovereign mistress clouded so, without My present vengeance taken. --Shak. 4. To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn. And the nice conduct of a clouded cane. --Pope. | |
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Tiger \Ti"ger\, n. [OE. tigre, F. tigre, L. tigris, Gr. ti`gris; probably of Persian origin; cf. Zend tighra pointed, tighri an arrow, Per. t[c6]r; perhaps akin to E. stick, v.t.; -- probably so named from its quickness.] 1. A very large and powerful carnivore ({Felis tigris}) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also {royal tiger}, and {Bengal tiger}. 2. Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person. As for heinous tiger, Tamora. --Shak. 3. A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress. --Dickens. 4. A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger. [Colloq. U. S.] 5. A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar. {American tiger}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The puma. (b) The jaguar. {Clouded tiger} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome striped and spotted carnivore ({Felis macrocelis} or {F. marmorata}) native of the East Indies and Southern Asia. Its body is about three and a half feet long, and its tail about three feet long. Its ground color is brownish gray, and the dark markings are irregular stripes, spots, and rings, but there are always two dark bands on the face, one extending back from the eye, and one from the angle of the mouth. Called also {tortoise-shell tiger}. {Mexican tiger} (Zo[94]l.), the jaguar. {Tiger beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of active carnivorous beetles of the family {Cicindelid[91]}. They usually inhabit dry or sandy places, and fly rapidly. {Tiger bittern}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sun bittern}, under {Sun}. {Tiger cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wild cats of moderate size with dark transverse bars or stripes somewhat resembling those of the tiger. {Tiger flower} (Bot.), an iridaceous plant of the genus {Tigridia} (as {T. conchiflora}, {T. grandiflora}, etc.) having showy flowers, spotted or streaked somewhat like the skin of a tiger. {Tiger grass} (Bot.), a low East Indian fan palm ({Cham[91]rops Ritchieana}). It is used in many ways by the natives. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). {Tiger lily}. (Bot.) See under {Lily}. {Tiger moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of moths of the family {Arctiad[91]} which are striped or barred with black and white or with other conspicuous colors. The larv[91] are called {woolly bears}. {Tiger shark} (Zo[94]l.), a voracious shark ({Galeocerdo maculatus [or] tigrinus}) more or less barred or spotted with yellow. It is found in both the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. Called also {zebra shark}. {Tiger shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large and conspicuously spotted cowrie ({Cypr[91]a tigris}); -- so called from its fancied resemblance to a tiger in color and markings. Called also {tiger cowrie}. {Tiger wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted hyena ({Hy[91]na crocuta}). {Tiger wood}, the variegated heartwood of a tree ({Mach[91]rium Schomburgkii}) found in Guiana. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Clout \Clout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clouted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clouting}.] [OE. clutien. clouten, to patch. See {Clout}, n.] 1. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout. And old shoes and clouted upon their feet. --Josh. ix. 5. Paul, yea, and Peter, too, had more skill in . . . clouting an old tent than to teach lawyers. --Latimer. 2. To join or patch clumsily. If fond Bavius vent his clouted song. --P. Fletcher 3. To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree. 4. To give a blow to; to strike. [Low] The . . . queen of Spain took off one of her chopines and clouted Olivarez about the noddle with it. --Howell. 5. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole. {Clouted cream}, clotted cream, i. e., cream obtained by warming new milk. --A. Philips. Note: [bd]Clouted brogues[b8] in Shakespeare and [bd]clouted shoon[b8] in Milton have been understood by some to mean shoes armed with nails; by others, patched shoes. | |
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Brogue \Brogue\, n. [Ir. & Gael. brog shoe, hoof.] 1. A stout, coarse shoe; a brogan. Note: In the Highlands of Scotland, the ancient brogue was made of horsehide or deerskin, untanned or tenned with the hair on, gathered round the ankle with a thong. The name was afterward given to any shoe worn as a part of the Highland costume. {Clouted brogues}, patched brogues; also, brogues studded with nails. See under {Clout}, v. t. 2. A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English. Or take, Hibernis, thy still ranker brogue. --Lloyd. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Clout \Clout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clouted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clouting}.] [OE. clutien. clouten, to patch. See {Clout}, n.] 1. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout. And old shoes and clouted upon their feet. --Josh. ix. 5. Paul, yea, and Peter, too, had more skill in . . . clouting an old tent than to teach lawyers. --Latimer. 2. To join or patch clumsily. If fond Bavius vent his clouted song. --P. Fletcher 3. To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree. 4. To give a blow to; to strike. [Low] The . . . queen of Spain took off one of her chopines and clouted Olivarez about the noddle with it. --Howell. 5. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole. {Clouted cream}, clotted cream, i. e., cream obtained by warming new milk. --A. Philips. Note: [bd]Clouted brogues[b8] in Shakespeare and [bd]clouted shoon[b8] in Milton have been understood by some to mean shoes armed with nails; by others, patched shoes. | |
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Coletit \Cole"tit`\ or Coaltit \Coal"tit\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small European titmouse ({Parus ater}), so named from its black color; -- called also {coalmouse} and {colemouse}. | |
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Colatitude \Co*lat"i*tude\ (?; 134), n. [Formed like cosine. See {Cosine}.] The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees. | |
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Coletit \Cole"tit`\ or Coaltit \Coal"tit\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small European titmouse ({Parus ater}), so named from its black color; -- called also {coalmouse} and {colemouse}. | |
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Collate \Col*late"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Collated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Collating}.] [From {Collation}.] 1. To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement. I must collage it, word, with the original Hebrew. --Coleridge. 2. To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding. 3. (Eccl.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to. 4. To bestow or confer. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Collatitious \Col`la*ti"tious\, a. [L. collatitius. See {Collation}.] Brought together; contributed; done by contributions. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Collodiotype \Col*lo"di*o*type\, n. A picture obtained by the collodion process; a melanotype or ambrotype. | |
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Collude \Col*lude"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Colluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Colluding}.] [L. colludere, -lusum; col- + ludere to play. See {Ludicrous}.] To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert. If they let things take their course, they will be represented as colluding with sedition. --Burke. | |
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Cool-headed \Cool"-head`ed\, a. Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion. -- {Cool"-head`ed*ness}, n. | |
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Cool-headed \Cool"-head`ed\, a. Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion. -- {Cool"-head`ed*ness}, n. | |
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