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Calcar \Cal"car\, n. [L. calcaria lime kiln, fr. calx, calcis, lime. See {Calx}.] (Glass manuf.) A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit. --Ure. | |
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2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also {sea horse}. Note: They swim slowly, in an erect position, and often cling to seaweeds by means of the incurved prehensile tail. The male has a ventral pouch, in which it carries the eggs till hatched. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also {ergot} and {calcar}. | |
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Calcar \Cal"car\, n. [L. calcaria lime kiln, fr. calx, calcis, lime. See {Calx}.] (Glass manuf.) A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit. --Ure. | |
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2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also {sea horse}. Note: They swim slowly, in an erect position, and often cling to seaweeds by means of the incurved prehensile tail. The male has a ventral pouch, in which it carries the eggs till hatched. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also {ergot} and {calcar}. | |
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Calcarate \Cal"ca*rate\, Calcarated \Cal"ca*ra`ted\, a. [LL. calcaratus, fr. L. calcar. See 2d Calcar.] 1. (Bot.) Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred. --Gray. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Armed with a spur. | |
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Calcarate \Cal"ca*rate\, Calcarated \Cal"ca*ra`ted\, a. [LL. calcaratus, fr. L. calcar. See 2d Calcar.] 1. (Bot.) Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred. --Gray. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Armed with a spur. | |
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Calcareo-argillaceous \Cal*ca"re*o-ar`gil*la"ceous\, a. consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths. | |
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Calcareo-bituminous \Cal*ca"re*o-bi*tu"mi*nous\, a. Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen. --Lyell. | |
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Calcareo-siliceous \Cal*ca"re*o-si*li"ceous\, a. Consisting of, or containing calcareous and siliceous earths. | |
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Calcareous \Cal*ca"re*ous\, a. [L. calcarius pertaining to lime. See {Calx}.] Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. {Calcareous spar}. See as {Calcite}. | |
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Sinter \Sin"ter\, n. [G. Cf. {Cinder}.] (Min.) Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals. {Calcareous sinter}, a loose banded variety of calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine. {Ceraunian sinter}, fulgurite. {Siliceous sinter}, a light cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see {Geyserite}). It has often a pearly luster, and is then called pearl sinter. | |
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Calcareous \Cal*ca"re*ous\, a. [L. calcarius pertaining to lime. See {Calx}.] Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. {Calcareous spar}. See as {Calcite}. | |
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Calcite \Cal"cite\ (k[acr]l"s[imac]t), n. [L. calx, calcis, lime.] (Min.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also {calc-spar} and {calcareous spar}. Note: Argentine is a pearly lamellar variety; aphrite is foliated or chalklike; dogtooth spar, a form in acute rhombohedral or scalenohedral crystals; calc-sinter and calc-tufa are lose or porous varieties formed in caverns or wet grounds from calcareous deposits; agaric mineral is a soft, white friable variety of similar origin; stalaclite and stalagmite are varieties formed from the drillings in caverns. Iceland spar is a transparent variety, exhibiting the strong double refraction of the species, and hence is called doubly refracting spar. | |
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Calcareous \Cal*ca"re*ous\, a. [L. calcarius pertaining to lime. See {Calx}.] Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. {Calcareous spar}. See as {Calcite}. | |
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Calcite \Cal"cite\ (k[acr]l"s[imac]t), n. [L. calx, calcis, lime.] (Min.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also {calc-spar} and {calcareous spar}. Note: Argentine is a pearly lamellar variety; aphrite is foliated or chalklike; dogtooth spar, a form in acute rhombohedral or scalenohedral crystals; calc-sinter and calc-tufa are lose or porous varieties formed in caverns or wet grounds from calcareous deposits; agaric mineral is a soft, white friable variety of similar origin; stalaclite and stalagmite are varieties formed from the drillings in caverns. Iceland spar is a transparent variety, exhibiting the strong double refraction of the species, and hence is called doubly refracting spar. | |
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Tufa \Tu"fa\, [It. fufo soft, sandy stone, L. tofus, tophus. Cf. {Tofus}, {Toph}, and {Tophin}.] (Min.) (a) A soft or porous stone formed by depositions from water, usually calcareous; -- called also {calcareous tufa}. (b) A friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of consolidated cinders, or scoria. | |
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Calcareousness \Cal*ca"re*ous*ness\, n. Quality of being calcareous. | |
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d8Calcar \[d8]Cal"car\, n.; L. pl. {Calcaria}. [L., a spur, as worn on the heel, also the spur of a cock, fr. calx, calcis, the heel.] 1. (Bot.) A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight. 3. (Anat.) (a) A spur, or spurlike prominence. (b) A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot. | |
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Calcariferous \Cal`ca*rif"er*ous\, a. [L. calcarius of lime + ferous.] Lime-yielding; calciferous | |
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Calcarine \Cal"ca*rine\, a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain. | |
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Caligraphic \Cal`i*graph"ic\, a. See {Calligraphic}. | |
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Caligraphy \Ca*lig"ra*phy\, n. See {Caligraphy}. | |
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Calk \Calk\ (k[add]k), n. [Cf. AS. calc shoe, hoof, L. calx, calcis, heel, calcar, spur.] 1. A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also {calker}, {calkin}. 2. An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping. | |
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Calker \Calk"er\, n. 1. One who calks. 2. A calk on a shoe. See {Calk}, n., 1. | |
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Calk \Calk\ (k[add]k), n. [Cf. AS. calc shoe, hoof, L. calx, calcis, heel, calcar, spur.] 1. A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also {calker}, {calkin}. 2. An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping. | |
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Calker \Calk"er\, n. 1. One who calks. 2. A calk on a shoe. See {Calk}, n., 1. | |
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Calligrapher \Cal*lig"ra*pher\, n. One skilled in calligraphy; a good penman. | |
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Calligraphic \Cal`li*graph"ic\, Calligraphical \Cal`li*graph"ic*al\, a., [Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?]; pref. [?][?][?][?][?]- (fr. [?][?][?][?] beautiful) + [?][?][?][?][?][?][?] to write; cf. F. calligraphique.] Of or pertaining to calligraphy. Excellence in the calligraphic act. --T. Warton. | |
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Calligraphic \Cal`li*graph"ic\, Calligraphical \Cal`li*graph"ic*al\, a., [Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?]; pref. [?][?][?][?][?]- (fr. [?][?][?][?] beautiful) + [?][?][?][?][?][?][?] to write; cf. F. calligraphique.] Of or pertaining to calligraphy. Excellence in the calligraphic act. --T. Warton. | |
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Calligraphist \Cal*lig"ra*phist\, n. A calligrapher | |
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Calligraphy \Cal*lig"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?]: cf. F. calligraphie.] Fair or elegant penmanship. | |
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Mariposa lily \Ma`ri*po"sa lil`y\ [Sp. mariposa a butterfly + E. lily. So called from the gay apperance of the blossoms.] (Bot.) One of a genus ({Calochortus}) of tuliplike bulbous herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also {butterfly lily}. Most of them are natives of California. | |
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Sego \Se"go\, n. (Bot.) A liliaceous plant ({Calochortus Nuttallii}) of Western North America, and its edible bulb; -- so called by the Ute Indians and the Mormons. | |
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Caulocarpous \Cau`lo*car"pous\, a. [Gr. [?] stem + karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) Having stems which bear flowers and fruit year after year, as most trees and shrubs. | |
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d8Chelicera \[d8]Che*lic"e*ra\ (k[esl]*l[icr]s"[esl]*r[adot]), n.; pl. {Chelicer[91]} (-r[emac]). [NL., fr. Gr. chhlh` claw + ke`ras horn.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects. | |
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Cholochrome \Chol"o*chrome\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], bile + [?] color.] (Physiol.) See {Bilirubin}. | |
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Ciliograde \Cil"i*o*grade\, a. [Cilium + L. gradi to step: cf. F. ciliograde.] (Zo[94]l.) Moving by means of cilia, or cilialike organs; as, the ciliograde Medus[91]. | |
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Clacker \Clack"er\, n. 1. One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill. 2. A claqueur. See {Claqueur}. | |
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Clausure \Clau"sure\ (?; 135), n. [L. clausura. See {Closure}.] The act of shutting up or confining; confinement. [R.] --Geddes. | |
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Garnet \Gar"net\, n. [Etymol. unknown.] (Naut.) A tackle for hoisting cargo in our out. {Clew garnet}. See under {Clew}. | |
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Clew \Clew\, Clue \Clue\, n. [OE. clewe, clowe, clue, AS. cleowen, cliwen, clywe ball of thread; akin to D. kluwen, OHG. chliwa, chliuwa, G. dim. kleuel, kn[84]uel, and perch. to L. gluma hull, husk, Skr. glaus sort of ball or tumor. Perch. akin to E. claw. [fb]26. Cf. {Knawel}.] 1. A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself. Untwisting his deceitful clew. --Spenser. 2. That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery. The clew, without which it was perilous to enter the vast and intricate maze of countinental politics, was in his hands. --Macaulay. 3. (Naut.) (a.) A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail. (b.) A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail. (c.) A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended. {Clew garnet} (Naut.), one of the ropes by which the clews of the courses of square-rigged vessels are drawn up to the lower yards. {Clew line} (Naut.), a rope by which a clew of one of the smaller square sails, as topsail, topgallant sail, or royal, is run up to its yard. {Clew-line block} (Naut.), The block through which a clew line reeves. See Illust. of {Block}. | |
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Clicker \Click"er\, n. 1. One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy. [Low, Eng.] 2. (Print.) One who as has charge of the work of a companionship. | |
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Cloakroom \Cloak"room`\, n. A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time. | |
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Equation \E*qua"tion\, n. [L. aequatio an equalizing: cf. F. [82]quation equation. See {Equate}.] 1. A making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium. Again the golden day resumed its right, And ruled in just equation with the night. --Rowe. 2. (Math.) An expression of the condition of equality between two algebraic quantities or sets of quantities, the sign = being placed between them; as, a binomial equation; a quadratic equation; an algebraic equation; a transcendental equation; an exponential equation; a logarithmic equation; a differential equation, etc. 3. (Astron.) A quantity to be applied in computing the mean place or other element of a celestial body; that is, any one of the several quantities to be added to, or taken from, its position as calculated on the hypothesis of a mean uniform motion, in order to find its true position as resulting from its actual and unequal motion. {Absolute equation}. See under {Absolute}. {Equation box}, [or] {Equational box}, a system of differential gearing used in spinning machines for regulating the twist of the yarn. It resembles gearing used in equation clocks for showing apparent time. {Equation of the center} (Astron.), the difference between the place of a planet as supposed to move uniformly in a circle, and its place as moving in an ellipse. {Equations of condition} (Math.), equations formed for deducing the true values of certain quantities from others on which they depend, when different sets of the latter, as given by observation, would yield different values of the quantities sought, and the number of equations that may be found is greater than the number of unknown quantities. {Equation of a curve} (Math.), an equation which expresses the relation between the co[94]rdinates of every point in the curve. {Equation of equinoxes} (Astron.), the difference between the mean and apparent places of the equinox. {Equation of payments} (Arith.), the process of finding the mean time of payment of several sums due at different times. {Equation of time} (Astron.), the difference between mean and apparent time, or between the time of day indicated by the sun, and that by a perfect clock going uniformly all the year round. {Equation} {clock [or] watch}, a timepiece made to exhibit the differences between mean solar and apparent solar time. --Knight. {Normal equation}. See under {Normal}. {Personal equation} (Astron.), the difference between an observed result and the true qualities or peculiarities in the observer; particularly the difference, in an average of a large number of observation, between the instant when an observer notes a phenomenon, as the transit of a star, and the assumed instant of its actual occurrence; or, relatively, the difference between these instants as noted by two observers. It is usually only a fraction of a second; -- sometimes applied loosely to differences of judgment or method occasioned by temperamental qualities of individuals. {Theory of equations} (Math.), the branch of algebra that treats of the properties of a single algebraic equation of any degree containing one unknown quantity. | |
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Clockwork \Clock"work`\ (-w[ucir]rk`), n. The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement. | |
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Close \Close\, a. [Compar. {Closer}; superl. {Closest}.] [Of. & F. clos, p. p. of clore. See {Close}, v. t.] 1. Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box. From a close bower this dainty music flowed. --Dryden. 2. Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. [bd]A close prison.[b8] --Dickens. 3. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc. If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and doors, the one maketh the air close, . . . and the other maketh it exceeding unequal. --Bacon. 4. Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner. 5. Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden. [bd]He yet kept himself close because of Saul.[b8] --1 Chron. xii. 1 [bd]Her close intent.[b8] --Spenser. 6. Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. [bd]For servecy, no lady closer.[b8] --Shak. 7. Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids. The golden globe being put into a press, . . . the water made itself way through the pores of that very close metal. --Locke. 8. Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. [bd]Where the original is close no version can reach it in the same compass.[b8] --Dryden. 9. Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; -- often followed by to. Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall. --Mortimer. The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very close thing -- not a faint hearsay. --G. Eliot. 10. Short; as, to cut grass or hair close. 11. Intimate; familiar; confidential. League with you I seek And mutual amity, so strait, so close, That I with you must dwell, or you with me. --Milton. 12. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote. [bd]A close contest.[b8] --Prescott. 13. Difficult to obtain; as, money is close. --Bartlett. 14. Parsimonious; stingy. [bd]A crusty old fellow, as close as a vise.[b8] --Hawthorne. 15. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact; strict; as, a close translation. --Locke. 16. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer. 17. (Phon.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open. {Close borough}. See under {Borough}. {Close breeding}. See under {Breeding}. {Close communion}, communion in the Lord's supper, restricted to those who have received baptism by immersion. {Close corporation}, a body or corporation which fills its own vacancies. {Close fertilization}. (Bot.) See {Fertilization}. {Close harmony} (Mus.), compact harmony, in which the tones composing each chord are not widely distributed over several octaves. {Close time}, a fixed period during which killing game or catching certain fish is prohibited by law. {Close vowel} (Pron.), a vowel which is pronounced with a diminished aperture of the lips, or with contraction of the cavity of the mouth. {Close to the wind} (Naut.), directed as nearly to the point from which the wind blows as it is possible to sail; closehauled; -- said of a vessel. | |
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Harmony \Har"mo*ny\, n.; pl. {Harmonies}. [ F. harmonic, L. harmonia, Gr. [?] joint, proportion, concord, fr. [?] a fitting or joining. See {Article}. ] 1. The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe. 2. Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony. 3. A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels. 4. (Mus.) (a) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation. (b) The science which treats of their construction and progression. Ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic harmonies. --Milton. 5. (Anat.) See {Harmonic suture}, under {Harmonic}. {Close harmony}, {Dispersed harmony}, etc. See under {Close}, {Dispersed}, etc. {Harmony of the spheres}. See {Music of the spheres}, under {Music}. Syn: {Harmony}, {Melody}. Usage: Harmony results from the concord of two or more strains or sounds which differ in pitch and quality. Melody denotes the pleasing alternation and variety of musical and measured sounds, as they succeed each other in a single verse or strain. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
9. A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order. Find a barefoot brother out, One of our order, to associate me. --Shak. The venerable order of the Knights Templars. --Sir W. Scott. 10. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry. 11. (Arch.) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing. Note: The Greeks used three different orders, easy to distinguish, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Romans added the Tuscan, and changed the Doric so that it is hardly recognizable, and also used a modified Corinthian called Composite. The Renaissance writers on architecture recognized five orders as orthodox or classical, -- Doric (the Roman sort), Ionic, Tuscan, Corinthian, and Composite. See Illust. of {Capital}. 12. (Nat. Hist.) An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia. Note: The Linn[91]an artificial orders of plants rested mainly on identity in the numer of pistils, or agreement in some one character. Natural orders are groups of genera agreeing in the fundamental plan of their flowers and fruit. A natural order is usually (in botany) equivalent to a family, and may include several tribes. 13. (Rhet.) The placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or clearness of expression. 14. (Math.) Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or surface is the same as the degree of its equation. {Artificial order} [or] {system}. See {Artificial classification}, under {Artificial}, and Note to def. 12 above. {Close order} (Mil.), the arrangement of the ranks with a distance of about half a pace between them; with a distance of about three yards the ranks are in {open order}. {The four Orders}, {The Orders four}, the four orders of mendicant friars. See {Friar}. --Chaucer. {General orders} (Mil.), orders issued which concern the whole command, or the troops generally, in distinction from special orders. {Holy orders}. (a) (Eccl.) The different grades of the Christian ministry; ordination to the ministry. See def. 10 above. (b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring a special grace on those ordained. {In order to}, for the purpose of; to the end; as means to. The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use in order to our eternal happiness. --Tillotson. {Minor orders} (R. C. Ch.), orders beneath the diaconate in sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader, doorkeeper. {Money order}. See under {Money}. {Natural order}. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note. {Order book}. (a) A merchant's book in which orders are entered. (b) (Mil.) A book kept at headquarters, in which all orders are recorded for the information of officers and men. (c) A book in the House of Commons in which proposed orders must be entered. [Eng.] {Order in Council}, a royal order issued with and by the advice of the Privy Council. [Great Britain] {Order of battle} (Mil.), the particular disposition given to the troops of an army on the field of battle. {Order of the day}, in legislative bodies, the special business appointed for a specified day. {Order of a differential equation} (Math.), the greatest index of differentiation in the equation. {Sailing orders} (Naut.), the final instructions given to the commander of a ship of war before a cruise. {Sealed orders}, orders sealed, and not to be opened until a certain time, or arrival at a certain place, as after a ship is at sea. {Standing order}. (a) A continuing regulation for the conduct of parliamentary business. (b) (Mil.) An order not subject to change by an officer temporarily in command. {To give order}, to give command or directions. --Shak. {To take order for}, to take charge of; to make arrangements concerning. Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. --Shak. Syn: Arrangement; management. See {Direction}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Reef \Reef\, n. [Akin to D. reef, G. reff, Sw. ref; cf. Icel. rif reef, rifa to basten together. Cf. {Reeve}, v. t., {River}.] (Naut.) That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind. Note: From the head to the first reef-band, in square sails, is termed the first reef; from this to the next is the second reef; and so on. In fore-and-aft sails, which reef on the foot, the first reef is the lowest part. --Totten. {Close reef}, the last reef that can be put in. {Reef band}. See {Reef-band} in the Vocabulary. {Reef knot}, the knot which is used in tying reef pointss. See Illust. under {Knot}. {Reef line}, a small rope formerly used to reef the courses by being passed spirally round the yard and through the holes of the reef. --Totten. {Reef points}, pieces of small rope passing through the eyelet holes of a reef-band, and used reefing the sail. {Reef tackle}, a tackle by which the reef cringles, or rings, of a sail are hauled up to the yard for reefing. --Totten. {To take a reef in}, to reduce the size of (a sail) by folding or rolling up a reef, and lashing it to the spar. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Close \Close\, a. [Compar. {Closer}; superl. {Closest}.] [Of. & F. clos, p. p. of clore. See {Close}, v. t.] 1. Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box. From a close bower this dainty music flowed. --Dryden. 2. Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. [bd]A close prison.[b8] --Dickens. 3. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc. If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and doors, the one maketh the air close, . . . and the other maketh it exceeding unequal. --Bacon. 4. Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner. 5. Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden. [bd]He yet kept himself close because of Saul.[b8] --1 Chron. xii. 1 [bd]Her close intent.[b8] --Spenser. 6. Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. [bd]For servecy, no lady closer.[b8] --Shak. 7. Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids. The golden globe being put into a press, . . . the water made itself way through the pores of that very close metal. --Locke. 8. Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. [bd]Where the original is close no version can reach it in the same compass.[b8] --Dryden. 9. Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; -- often followed by to. Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall. --Mortimer. The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very close thing -- not a faint hearsay. --G. Eliot. 10. Short; as, to cut grass or hair close. 11. Intimate; familiar; confidential. League with you I seek And mutual amity, so strait, so close, That I with you must dwell, or you with me. --Milton. 12. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote. [bd]A close contest.[b8] --Prescott. 13. Difficult to obtain; as, money is close. --Bartlett. 14. Parsimonious; stingy. [bd]A crusty old fellow, as close as a vise.[b8] --Hawthorne. 15. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact; strict; as, a close translation. --Locke. 16. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer. 17. (Phon.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open. {Close borough}. See under {Borough}. {Close breeding}. See under {Breeding}. {Close communion}, communion in the Lord's supper, restricted to those who have received baptism by immersion. {Close corporation}, a body or corporation which fills its own vacancies. {Close fertilization}. (Bot.) See {Fertilization}. {Close harmony} (Mus.), compact harmony, in which the tones composing each chord are not widely distributed over several octaves. {Close time}, a fixed period during which killing game or catching certain fish is prohibited by law. {Close vowel} (Pron.), a vowel which is pronounced with a diminished aperture of the lips, or with contraction of the cavity of the mouth. {Close to the wind} (Naut.), directed as nearly to the point from which the wind blows as it is possible to sail; closehauled; -- said of a vessel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Closer \Clos"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under {Boot}. 2. A finisher; that which finishes or terminates. 3. (Masonry) The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. --Gwilt. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Closereefed \Close"reefed`\, a. (Naut.) Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Closure \Clo"sure\ (?, 135), n. [Of. closure, L. clausura, fr. clauedere to shut. See {Close}, v. t.] 1. The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink. 2. That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed. Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever. --Pope. 3. That which incloses or confines; an inclosure. O thou bloody prison . . . Within the guilty closure of thy walls Richard the Second here was hacked to death. --Shak. 4. A conclusion; an end. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. (Parliamentary Practice) A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word {cl[93]ture} was originally applied to this proceeding. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Clycerole \Clyc"er*ole\, n. [F. glyc[82]rol[82].] (Med.) Same as {Glycerite}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Co-lessor \Co`-les*sor"\, n. A partner in giving a lease. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a. Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches. --Sir W. Scott. {Blazing star}. (a) A comet. [Obs.] (b) A brilliant center of attraction. (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to {Cham[91]lirium luteum} of the Lily family; {Liatris squarrosa}; and {Aletris farinosa}, called also {colicroot} and {star grass}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Colicroot \Col"ic*root`\, n. A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike ({Aletris farinosa} and {A. aurea}). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Blazing \Blaz"ing\, a. Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing torches. --Sir W. Scott. {Blazing star}. (a) A comet. [Obs.] (b) A brilliant center of attraction. (c) (Bot.) A name given to several plants; as, to {Cham[91]lirium luteum} of the Lily family; {Liatris squarrosa}; and {Aletris farinosa}, called also {colicroot} and {star grass}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Colicroot \Col"ic*root`\, n. A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike ({Aletris farinosa} and {A. aurea}). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Collusory \Col*lu"so*ry\, a. [L. collusorius.] Collusive. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cowalker \Co`walk"er\, n. A phantasmic or [bd]astral[b8] body deemed to be separable from the physical body and capable of acting independently; a doppelg[84]nger. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Calico Rock, AR (city, FIPS 10570) Location: 36.12830 N, 92.13115 W Population (1990): 938 (421 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cleghorn, IA (city, FIPS 14115) Location: 42.81159 N, 95.71348 W Population (1990): 275 (116 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51014 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Coal Creek, CO (town, FIPS 15330) Location: 38.35951 N, 105.14513 W Population (1990): 157 (84 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Coal Grove, OH (village, FIPS 16378) Location: 38.49799 N, 82.64267 W Population (1990): 2251 (882 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Colcord, OK (town, FIPS 16100) Location: 36.26510 N, 94.69201 W Population (1990): 628 (253 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74338 Colcord, WV Zip code(s): 25048 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
class hierarchy One class may be a specialisation (a "{subclass}" or "{derived class}") of another which is one of its "{superclasses}" or "{base classes}". When a {method} is invoked on an {object} it is first looked for in the object's class, then the superclass of that class, and so on up the hierarchy until it is found. Thus a class need only define those methods which are specific to it, and inherits methods from all its superclasses. See also: {multiple inheritance}. (1997-08-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Class Oriented Ring Associated Language (CORAL) A language developed by L.G. Roberts at {MIT} in 1964 for graphical display and systems programming on the {TX-2}. It used "rings" (circular lists) from {Sketchpad}. ["Graphical Communication and Control Languages", L.B. Roberts, Information System Sciences: Proc Second Congress, 1965]. [Sammet 1969, p.462]. (1994-11-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Class-Relation Method A design technique based on the concepts of {object-oriented programming} and the {Entity-Relationship model} from the French company {Softeam}. (1994-12-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
clock rate second at which a computer performs its most basic operations such as adding two numbers or transfering a value from one register to another. The clock rate of a computer is normally determined by the frequency of a crystal. The original {IBM PC}, circa 1981, had a clock rate of 4.77 MHz (almost five million cycles/second). As of 1995, {Intel}'s Pentium chip runs at 100 MHz (100 million cycles/second). The clock rate of a computer is only useful for providing comparisons between computer chips in the same processor family. An {IBM PC} with an {Intel 486} {CPU} running at 50 MHz will be about twice as fast as one with the same CPU, memory and display running at 25 MHz. However, there are many other factors to consider when comparing different computers. Clock rate should not be used when comparing different computers or different processor families. Rather, some {benchmark} should be used. Clock rate can be very misleading, since the amount of work different computer chips can do in one cycle varies. For example, {RISC} CPUs tend to have simpler instructions than {CISC} CPUs (but higher clock rates) and {pipelined} processors execute more than one instruction per cycle. (1995-01-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
closure 1. structure that holds an expression and an environment of variable bindings in which that expression is to be evaluated. The variables may be local or global. Closures are used to represent unevaluated expressions when implementing {functional programming languages} with {lazy evaluation}. In a real implementation, both expression and environment are represented by pointers. A {suspension} is a closure which includes a flag to say whether or not it has been evaluated. The term "{thunk}" has come to be synonymous with "closure" but originated outside {functional programming}. 2. set}, D and a subset, X of D, the upward closure of X in D is the union over all x in X of the sets of all d in D such that x <= d. Thus the upward closure of X in D contains the elements of X and any greater element of D. A set is "upward closed" if it is the same as its upward closure, i.e. any d greater than an element is also an element. The downward closure (or "left closure") is similar but with d <= x. A downward closed set is one for which any d less than an element is also an element. ("<=" is written in {LaTeX} as {\subseteq} and the upward closure of X in D is written \uparrow_\{D} X). (1994-12-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
closure conversion The transformation of {continuation passing style} code so that the only {free variables} of functions are names of other functions. See also Lambda lifting. (1994-12-16) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Calkers workmen skilled in stopping the seams of the deck or sides of vessels. The inhabitants of Gebel were employed in such work on Tyrian vessels (Ezek. 27:9, 27; marg., "strengtheners" or "stoppers of chinks"). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Coele-Syria hollow Syria, the name (not found in Scripture) given by the Greeks to the extensive valley, about 100 miles long, between the Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon range of mountains. |