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Hazel \Ha"zel\, n. [OE. hasel, AS. h[91]sel; akin to D. hazelaar, G. hazel, OHG. hasal, hasala, Icel. hasl, Dan & Sw. hassel, L. corylus, for cosylus.] 1. (Bot.) A shrub or small tree of the genus {Corylus}, as the {C. avellana}, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the filbert. The American species are {C. Americana}, which produces the common hazelnut, and {C. rostrata}. See {Filbert}. --Gray. 2. A miner's name for freestone. --Raymond. {Hazel earth}, soil suitable for the hazel; a fertile loam. {Hazel grouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European grouse ({Bonasa betulina}), allied to the American ruffed grouse. {Hazel hoe}, a kind of grub hoe. {Witch hazel}. See {Witch-hazel}, and {Hamamelis}. | |
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Dove \Dove\, n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d[?]fe; akin to OS. d[?]ba, D. duif, OHG. t[?]ba, G. taube, Icel. d[?]fa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d[?]b[?]; perh. from the root of E. dive.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A pigeon of the genus {Columba} and various related genera. The species are numerous. Note: The domestic dove, including the varieties called {fantails}, {tumblers}, {carrier pigeons}, etc., was derived from the {rock pigeon} ({Columba livia}) of Europe and Asia; the {turtledove} of Europe, celebrated for its sweet, plaintive note, is {C. turtur} or {Turtur vulgaris}; the {ringdove}, the largest of European species, is {C. palumbus}; the {Carolina dove}, or {Mourning dove}, is {Zenaidura macroura}; the {sea dove} is the little auk ({Mergulus alle} or {Alle alle}). See {Turtledove}, {Ground dove}, and {Rock pigeon}. The dove is a symbol of innocence, gentleness, and affection; also, in art and in the Scriptures, the typical symbol of the Holy Ghost. | |
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Caballine \Cab"al*line\ (k[acr]b"[ait]l*l[imac]n), a. [L. caballinus, fr. caballus a nag. Cf. {Cavalier}.] Of or pertaining to a horse. -- n. Caballine aloes. {Caballine aloes}, an inferior and impure kind of aloes formerly used in veterinary practice; -- called also {horse aloes}. {Caballine spring}, the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon; -- fabled to have been formed by a stroke from the foot of the winged horse Pegasus. | |
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Caballine \Cab"al*line\ (k[acr]b"[ait]l*l[imac]n), a. [L. caballinus, fr. caballus a nag. Cf. {Cavalier}.] Of or pertaining to a horse. -- n. Caballine aloes. {Caballine aloes}, an inferior and impure kind of aloes formerly used in veterinary practice; -- called also {horse aloes}. {Caballine spring}, the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon; -- fabled to have been formed by a stroke from the foot of the winged horse Pegasus. | |
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Caballine \Cab"al*line\ (k[acr]b"[ait]l*l[imac]n), a. [L. caballinus, fr. caballus a nag. Cf. {Cavalier}.] Of or pertaining to a horse. -- n. Caballine aloes. {Caballine aloes}, an inferior and impure kind of aloes formerly used in veterinary practice; -- called also {horse aloes}. {Caballine spring}, the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon; -- fabled to have been formed by a stroke from the foot of the winged horse Pegasus. | |
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Cabal \Ca*bal"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caballed} (-b[acr]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Caballing}]. [Cf. F. cabaler.] To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot. Caballing still against it with the great. --Dryden. | |
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Cabbling \Cab"bling\ (-bl[icr]ng), n. (Metal.) The process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be reheated and wrought into bar iron. | |
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Cable \Ca"ble\ (k[amac]"b'l), n. [F. c[83]ble, LL. capulum, caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G. kabel, from the French. See {Capable}.] 1. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links. 2. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable. 3. (Arch) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also {cable molding}. {Bower cable}, the cable belonging to the bower anchor. {Cable road}, a railway on which the cars are moved by a continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor. {Cable's length}, the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile). {Cable tier}. (a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed. (b) A coil of a cable. {Sheet cable}, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor. {Stream cable}, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas. {Submarine cable}. See {Telegraph}. {To pay out the cable}, {To veer out the cable}, to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole. {To serve the cable}, to bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et. {To slip the cable}, to let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die. | |
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Cable \Ca"ble\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Cabled} (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cabling} (-bl[ce]ng).] To telegraph by a submarine cable [Recent] | |
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Cabling \Ca"bling\, n. (Arch.) The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of the height of the shaft. | |
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Capelan \Cap"e*lan\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Capelin}. | |
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Capelin \Cape"lin\, n. [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zo[94]l.) A small marine fish ({Mallotus villosus}) of the family {Salmonid[91]}, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod. [Written also {capelan} and {caplin}.] Note: This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina. --Fisheries of U. S. (1884). | |
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Capelan \Cap"e*lan\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Capelin}. | |
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Capelin \Cape"lin\, n. [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zo[94]l.) A small marine fish ({Mallotus villosus}) of the family {Salmonid[91]}, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod. [Written also {capelan} and {caplin}.] Note: This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina. --Fisheries of U. S. (1884). | |
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Capelin \Cape"lin\, n. [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zo[94]l.) A small marine fish ({Mallotus villosus}) of the family {Salmonid[91]}, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod. [Written also {capelan} and {caplin}.] Note: This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina. --Fisheries of U. S. (1884). | |
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Capellane \Cap"el*lane\, n. [See {Chaplain}.] The curate of a chapel; a chaplain. [Obs.] --Fuller. | |
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Capillament \Ca*pil"la*ment\, n. [L. capillamentum, fr. capillus hair: cf. F. capillament.] 1. (Bot.) A filament. [R.] 2. (Anat.) Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves. | |
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Caplin \Cap"lin\, n. See {Capelin}. | |
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Caplin \Cap"lin\, Capling \Cap"ling\, n. The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel. --Wright. | |
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Capelin \Cape"lin\, n. [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zo[94]l.) A small marine fish ({Mallotus villosus}) of the family {Salmonid[91]}, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod. [Written also {capelan} and {caplin}.] Note: This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina. --Fisheries of U. S. (1884). | |
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Caplin \Cap"lin\, n. See {Capelin}. | |
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Caplin \Cap"lin\, Capling \Cap"ling\, n. The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel. --Wright. | |
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Capelin \Cape"lin\, n. [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zo[94]l.) A small marine fish ({Mallotus villosus}) of the family {Salmonid[91]}, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod. [Written also {capelan} and {caplin}.] Note: This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina. --Fisheries of U. S. (1884). | |
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Caplin \Cap"lin\, Capling \Cap"ling\, n. The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel. --Wright. | |
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Capulin \Cap"u*lin\ (-l[icr]n), n. [Sp. capuli.] The Mexican cherry ({Prunus Capollin}). | |
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Cave \Cave\ (k[amac]v), n. [F. cave, L. cavus hollow, whence cavea cavity. Cf. {Cage}.] 1. A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den. 2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] [bd]The cave of the ear.[b8] --Bacon. {Cave bear} (Zo[94]l.), a very large fossil bear ({Ursus spel[91]us}) similar to the grizzly bear, but large; common in European caves. {Cave dweller}, a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling place was a cave. --Tylor. {Cave hyena} (Zo[94]l.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena. {Cave lion} (Zo[94]l.), a fossil lion found in the caves of Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African lion. {Bone cave}. See under {Bone}. | |
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Caviling \Cav"il*ing\, a. Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See {Captious}. His depreciatory and caviling criticism. --Lewis. | |
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Cavil \Cav"il\ (k[acr]v"[icr]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caviled} [or] {Cavilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caviling} [or] {Cavilling}.] [L. cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller.] To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason. You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. --Shak. | |
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Cavilingly \Cav"il*ing*ly\, adv. In a caviling manner. | |
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Cavil \Cav"il\ (k[acr]v"[icr]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caviled} [or] {Cavilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caviling} [or] {Cavilling}.] [L. cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller.] To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason. You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. --Shak. | |
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Buttonbush \But"ton*bush`\, n. (Bot.) A shrub ({Cephalanthus occidentalis}) growing by the waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers. See {Capitulum}. | |
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Cephalomere \Ceph"a*lo*mere\, n. [Cephalo- + -mere.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods. --Packard. | |
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Cephalometer \Ceph`a*lom"e*ter\, n. [Cephalo- + -meter.] (Med.) An instrument measuring the dimensions of the head of a fetus during delivery. | |
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Cephalometry \Ceph`a*lom"e*try\, n. (Anthropometry) The measurement of the heads of living persons. -- {Ceph`a*lo*met"ric},a. | |
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Cephalometry \Ceph`a*lom"e*try\, n. (Anthropometry) The measurement of the heads of living persons. -- {Ceph`a*lo*met"ric},a. | |
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Stagworm \Stag"worm\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The larve of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, as {[OE]strus, or Hypoderma, act[91]on}, which burrows beneath the skin, and {Cephalomyia auribarbis}, which lives in the nostrils. | |
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Chapel \Chap"el\, n. [OF. chapele, F. chapelle, fr. LL. capella, orig., a short cloak, hood, or cowl; later, a reliquary, sacred vessel, chapel; dim. of cappa, capa, cloak, cape, cope; also, a covering for the head. The chapel where St. Martin's cloak was preserved as a precious relic, itself came to be called capella, whence the name was applied to similar paces of worship, and the guardian of this cloak was called capellanus, or chaplain. See {Cap}, and cf. {Chaplain}., {Chaplet}.] 1. A subordinate place of worship; as, (a) a small church, often a private foundation, as for a memorial; (b) a small building attached to a church; (c) a room or recess in a church, containing an altar. Note: In Catholic churches, and also in cathedrals and abbey churches, chapels are usually annexed in the recesses on the sides of the aisles. --Gwilt. 2. A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison. 3. In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse. 4. A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman. 5. (Print.) (a) A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey. (b) An association of workmen in a printing office. {Chapel of ease}. (a) A chapel or dependent church built for the ease or a accommodation of an increasing parish, or for parishioners who live at a distance from the principal church. (b) A privy. (Law) {Chapel master}, a director of music in a chapel; the director of a court or orchestra. {To build a chapel} (Naut.), to chapel a ship. See {Chapel}, v. t., 2. {To hold a chapel}, to have a meeting of the men employed in a printing office, for the purpose of considering questions affecting their interests. | |
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Chapellany \Chap"el*la*ny\, n.; pl. {Chapellanies}. [Cf. E. chapellenie, LL. capellania. See Chaplain.] A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation. | |
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Chapellany \Chap"el*la*ny\, n.; pl. {Chapellanies}. [Cf. E. chapellenie, LL. capellania. See Chaplain.] A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation. | |
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Chapfallen \Chap"fall`en\, a. Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, -- an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See {Chopfallen}. | |
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Chaplain \Chap"lain\, n. [F. chapelain, fr. LL. capellanus, fr. capella. See {Chapel}.] 1. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel. 2. A clergyman who is officially attached to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of performing divine service. 3. Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge. | |
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Chaplaincy \Chap"lain*cy\, n.; pl. {Chaplaincies}. The office, position, or station of a chaplain. --Swift. | |
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Chaplainship \Chap"lain*ship\, n. 1. The office or business of a chaplain. The Bethesda of some knight's chaplainship. --Milton. 2. The possession or revenue of a chapel. --Johnson. | |
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Chopfallen \Chop`fall`en\, a. Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence, crestfallen; dejected; dispirited; downcast. See {Chapfallen}. | |
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Cipolin \Cip"o*lin\, n. [It. cippollino, prop., a little onion, fr. cipolla onion (cf. E. cibol). So called because its veins consist, like onions, of different strata, one lying upon another.] (Min.) A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc. | |
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Engineer \En`gi*neer"\, n. [OE. enginer: cf. OF. engignier, F. ing[82]nieur. See {Engine}, n.] 1. A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under {Engineering}, n. 2. One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver. 3. One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager. [Colloq.] {Civil engineer}, a person skilled in the science of civil engineering. {Military engineer}, one who executes engineering works of a military nature. See under {Engineering}. | |
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Engineering \En`gi*neer"ing\, n. Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the mechanical properties of matter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer. Note: In a comprehensive sense, engineering includes architecture as a mechanical art, in distinction from architecture as a fine art. It was formerly divided into military engineering, which is the art of designing and constructing offensive and defensive works, and civil engineering, in a broad sense, as relating to other kinds of public works, machinery, etc. {Civil engineering}, in modern usage, is strictly the art of planning, laying out, and constructing fixed public works, such as railroads, highways, canals, aqueducts, water works, bridges, lighthouses, docks, embankments, breakwaters, dams, tunnels, etc. {Mechanical engineering} relates to machinery, such as steam engines, machine tools, mill work, etc. {Mining engineering} deals with the excavation and working of mines, and the extraction of metals from their ores, etc. Engineering is further divided into steam engineering, gas engineering, agricultural engineering, topographical engineering, electrical engineering, etc. | |
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Civil \Civ"il\, a. [L. civilis, fr. civis citizen: cf. F. civil. See {City}.] 1. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state. 2. Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community. England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil. --Spenser. 3. Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual. Civil men come nearer the saints of God than others; they come within a step or two of heaven. --Preston 4. Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable. Note: [bd]A civil man now is one observant of slight external courtesies in the mutual intercourse between man and man; a civil man once was one who fulfilled all the duties and obligations flowing from his position as a 'civis' and his relations to the other members of that 'civitas.'[b8] --Trench 5. Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state. 6. Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings. {Civil action}, an action to enforce the rights or redress the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal proceeding. {Civil architecture}, the architecture which is employed in constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in distinction from military and naval architecture, as private houses, palaces, churches, etc. {Civil death}. (Law.) See under {Death}. {Civil engineering}. See under {Engineering}. {Civil law}. See under {Law}. {Civil list}. See under {List}. {Civil remedy} (Law), that given to a person injured, by action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution. {Civil service}, all service rendered to and paid for by the state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or military affairs. {Civil service reform}, the substitution of business principles and methods for the spoils system in the conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of appointments to office. {Civil state}, the whole body of the laity or citizens not included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical states. {Civil suit}. Same as {Civil action}. {Civil war}. See under {War}. {Civil year}. See under {Year}. | |
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Civilian \Ci*vil"ian\, n. [From {Civil}] 1. One skilled in the civil law. Ancient civilians and writers upon government. --Swift. 2. A student of the civil law at a university or college. --R. Graves. 3. One whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military or clerical. | |
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Cobble \Cob"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cobbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cobbling}.] [OF. cobler, copler, to join or knit together, couple, F. coupler, L. copulare to couple, join. Cf. {Couple}, n. & v. t.] 1. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to cobble shoes. --Shak. [bd]A cobbled saddle.[b8] --Thackeray. 2. To make clumsily. [bd]Cobbled rhymes.[b8] --Dryden. 3. To pave with cobblestones. | |
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Copalm \Co"palm`\, n. The yellowish, fragrant balsam yielded by the sweet gum; also, the tree itself. | |
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Copland \Cop"land`\, n. [Cop + land.] A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle. [Obs.] | |
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Coplaner \Co*plan"er\, a. [Pref. co- + plane.] (Math.) Situated in one plane. | |
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Couplement \Cou"ple*ment\ (k?p"'l-ment), n. [Cf. OF. couplement.] Union; combination; a coupling; a pair. [Obs.] --Shak. And forth together rode, a goodly couplement. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Couple \Cou"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coupled} (k?p"'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coupling} (-l?ng).] [F. coupler, fr. L. copulare. See {Couple}, n., and cf. {Copulate}, {Cobble}, v.] 1. To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join. Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds, . . . And couple Clowder with the deep-mouthed brach. --Shak. 2. To join in wedlock; to marry. [Colloq.] A parson who couples all our beggars. --Swift. | |
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Coupling \Coup"ling\ (-l?ng), n. 1. The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union. 2. (Mach.) A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts. {Box coupling}, {Chain coupling}. See under {Box}, Chain. {Coupling box}, a coupling shaped like a journal box, for clamping together the ends of two shafts, so that they may revolve together. {Coupling pin}, a pin or bolt used in coupling or joining together railroad cars, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Coupling \Coup"ling\ (-l?ng), n. 1. The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union. 2. (Mach.) A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts. {Box coupling}, {Chain coupling}. See under {Box}, Chain. {Coupling box}, a coupling shaped like a journal box, for clamping together the ends of two shafts, so that they may revolve together. {Coupling pin}, a pin or bolt used in coupling or joining together railroad cars, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Coupling \Coup"ling\ (-l?ng), n. 1. The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union. 2. (Mach.) A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts. {Box coupling}, {Chain coupling}. See under {Box}, Chain. {Coupling box}, a coupling shaped like a journal box, for clamping together the ends of two shafts, so that they may revolve together. {Coupling pin}, a pin or bolt used in coupling or joining together railroad cars, etc. | |
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Covelline \Co*vel"line\ (k?-v?l"l?n), Covellite \Co*vel"lite\ (-l?t), n. [After Covelli, the discoverer.] (Min.) A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called {indigo copper}. | |
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Creosote bush \Cre"o*sote bush\ A shrub ({Covillea mexicana}) found in desert regions from Colorado to California and southward through Mexico. It has yellow flowers and very resinous foliage with a strong odor of creosote. | |
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Cupel \Cu*pel"\ (k[usl]*p[ecr]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cupelled} (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cupelling}.] To refine by means of a cupel. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Capulin, NM Zip code(s): 88414 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chaplin, CT Zip code(s): 06235 Chaplin, KY Zip code(s): 40012 | |
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Chiefland, FL (city, FIPS 11925) Location: 29.47893 N, 82.86138 W Population (1990): 1917 (856 housing units) Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 32626 | |
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Copeland, KS (city, FIPS 15475) Location: 37.54017 N, 100.62847 W Population (1990): 290 (124 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67837 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Coupland, TX Zip code(s): 78615 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cable modem people to access the {Internet} via their cable television service. A cable modem can transfer data at 500 {kbps} or higher, compared with 28.8 kbps for common telephone line modems, but the actual transfer rates may be lower depending on the number of other simultaneous users on the same cable. Industry pundits often point out that the cable system still does not have the {bandwidth} or service level in many areas to make this feasible. For example, it has to be capable of two-way communication. See also: {DOCSIS}. (2000-12-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
coupling on one another. There are two types of coupling, "tight" and "loose". Loose coupling is desirable for good {software engineering} but tight coupling may be necessary for maximum performance. Coupling is increased when the data exchanged between components becomes larger or more complex. (1996-08-01) |