English Dictionary: climbing maidenhair | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deer \Deer\ (d[emac]r), n. sing. & pl. [OE. der, deor, animal, wild animal, AS. de[a2]r; akin to D. dier, OFries. diar, G. thier, tier, Icel. d[df]r, Dan. dyr, Sw. djur, Goth. dius; of unknown origin. [fb]71.] 1. Any animal; especially, a wild animal. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Mice and rats, and such small deer. --Shak. The camel, that great deer. --Lindisfarne MS. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A ruminant of the genus {Cervus}, of many species, and of related genera of the family {Cervid[91]}. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison. Note: The deer hunted in England is {Cervus elaphus}, called also stag or red deer; the fallow deer is {C. dama}; the common American deer is {C. Virginianus}; the blacktailed deer of Western North America is {C. Columbianus}; and the mule deer of the same region is {C. macrotis}. See {Axis}, {Fallow deer}, {Mule deer}, {Reindeer}. Note: Deer is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, deerkiller, deerslayer, deerslaying, deer hunting, deer stealing, deerlike, etc. {Deer mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white-footed mouse ({Hesperomys leucopus}) of America. {Small deer}, petty game, not worth pursuing; -- used metaphorically. (See citation from Shakespeare under the first definition, above.) [bd]Minor critics . . . can find leisure for the chase of such small deer.[b8] --G. P. Marsh. | |
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Calambac \Cal"am*bac\ (k[acr]l"[acr]m*b[acr]k), n. [F. calambac, calambour, from Malay Kalambaq a king of fragrant wood.] (Bot.) A fragrant wood; agalloch. | |
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Calambour \Cal"am*bour\ (k[acr]l"[acr]m*b[oomac]r), n. [See {Calambac}.] A species of agalloch, or aloes wood, of a dusky or mottled color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac; -- used by cabinetmakers. | |
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Calamiferous \Cal`a*mif"er*ous\, a. [L. calamus reed + ferous.] Producing reeds; reedy. | |
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Ling \Ling\, n. [Icel. lyng; akin to Dan. lyng, Sw. ljung.] (Bot.) Heather ({Calluna vulgaris}). {Ling honey}, a sort of wild honey, made from the flowers of the heather. --Holland. | |
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Calumba \Ca*lum"ba\, n. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.) The root of a plant ({Jateorrhiza Calumba}, and probably {Cocculus palmatus}), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also {colombo}, {columbo}, and {calombo}.] {American calumba}, the {Frasera Carolinensis}, also called {American gentian}. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba. | |
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Calumba \Ca*lum"ba\, n. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.) The root of a plant ({Jateorrhiza Calumba}, and probably {Cocculus palmatus}), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also {colombo}, {columbo}, and {calombo}.] {American calumba}, the {Frasera Carolinensis}, also called {American gentian}. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba. | |
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Calumbin \Ca*lum"bin\, n. (Chem.) A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root. [Written also {colombin}, and {columbin}] | |
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Chilean pine \Chilean pine\ (Bot.) Same as {Monkey-puzzle}. | |
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Chlamyphore \Chlam"y*phore\, n. [Gr. [?] cloak + [?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) A small South American edentate ({Chlamyphorus truncatus}, and {C. retusus}) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine. | |
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d8Pichiciago \[d8]Pi`chi*ci*a"go\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A small, burrowing, South American edentate ({Chlamyphorus truncatus}), allied to the armadillos. The shell is attached only along the back. [Written also {pichyciego}.] | |
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Chlamyphore \Chlam"y*phore\, n. [Gr. [?] cloak + [?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) A small South American edentate ({Chlamyphorus truncatus}, and {C. retusus}) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine. | |
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Choliamb \Cho"li*amb\, Choliambic \Cho`li*am"bic\, n. [L. choliambus, Gr. [?]; [?] lame + [?] an iambus.] (Pros.) A verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last. | |
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Choliamb \Cho"li*amb\, Choliambic \Cho`li*am"bic\, n. [L. choliambus, Gr. [?]; [?] lame + [?] an iambus.] (Pros.) A verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last. | |
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Claimable \Claim"a*ble\, a. Capable of being claimed. | |
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Clambake \Clam"bake\, n. The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion. | |
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Clamber \Clam"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clambered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clambering}.] [OE clambren, clameren, to heap together, climb; akin to Icel. klambra to clamp, G. klammern. Cf. {Clamp}, {Climb}.] To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively. The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. --Tennyson. | |
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Clamber \Clam"ber\, n. The act of clambering. --T. Moore. | |
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Clamber \Clam"ber\, v. t. To ascend by climbing with difficulty. Clambering the walls to eye him. --Shak. | |
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Clamber \Clam"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clambered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clambering}.] [OE clambren, clameren, to heap together, climb; akin to Icel. klambra to clamp, G. klammern. Cf. {Clamp}, {Climb}.] To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively. The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. --Tennyson. | |
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Clamber \Clam"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clambered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clambering}.] [OE clambren, clameren, to heap together, climb; akin to Icel. klambra to clamp, G. klammern. Cf. {Clamp}, {Climb}.] To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively. The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. --Tennyson. | |
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Clamp \Clamp\, n. [Prob. an imitative word. Cf. {Clank}.] A heavy footstep; a tramp. | |
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Clamp \Clamp\, v. i. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump. The policeman with clamping feet. --Thackeray. | |
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Clamp \Clamp\ (kl[acr]mp), n. [Cf. LG. & D. klamp, Dan. klampe, also D. klampen to fasten, clasp. Cf. {Clamber}, {Cramp}.] 1. Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together. 2. (a) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together. (b) (Joinery) A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen. 3. One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising. 4. (Shipbuilding) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams. 5. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking. 6. A mollusk. See {Clam}. [Obs.] {Clamp nails}, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships. | |
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Clamp \Clamp\ (kl[acr]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clamped} (kl[acr]mt; 215) p. pr. & vb. n. {Clamping}.] 1. To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp. 2. To cover, as vegetables, with earth. [Eng.] | |
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Clamp \Clamp\ (kl[acr]mp), n. [Cf. LG. & D. klamp, Dan. klampe, also D. klampen to fasten, clasp. Cf. {Clamber}, {Cramp}.] 1. Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together. 2. (a) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together. (b) (Joinery) A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen. 3. One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising. 4. (Shipbuilding) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams. 5. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking. 6. A mollusk. See {Clam}. [Obs.] {Clamp nails}, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships. | |
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Clamp \Clamp\ (kl[acr]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clamped} (kl[acr]mt; 215) p. pr. & vb. n. {Clamping}.] 1. To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp. 2. To cover, as vegetables, with earth. [Eng.] | |
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Clamper \Clamp"er\, n. An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper. --Kane. | |
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Clamp \Clamp\ (kl[acr]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clamped} (kl[acr]mt; 215) p. pr. & vb. n. {Clamping}.] 1. To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp. 2. To cover, as vegetables, with earth. [Eng.] | |
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Clean \Clean\, a. [Compar. {Cleaner}; superl. {Cleanest}.] [OE. clene, AS. cl[?]ne; akin to OHG. chleini pure, neat, graceful, small, G. klein small, and perh. to W. glan clean, pure, bright; all perh. from a primitive, meaning bright, shining. Cf. {Glair}.] 1. Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes. 2. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber. 3. Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence. 4. Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style. 5. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire. When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of corners of thy field. --Lev. xxiii. 22. 6. Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure. Create in me a clean heart, O God. --Ps. li. 10 That I am whole, and clean, and meet for Heaven --Tennyson. 7. (Script.) Free from ceremonial defilement. 8. Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy. [bd]Lothair is clean.[b8] --F. Harrison. 9. Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs. {A clean bill of health}, a certificate from the proper authority that a ship is free from infection. {Clean breach}. See under {Breach}, n., 4. {To make a clean breast}. See under {Breast}. | |
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Climb \Climb\ (kl[imac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Climbed} (kl[imac]md), Obs. or Vulgar {Clomb} (kl[ocr]m); p. pr. & vb. n. {Climbing}.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. kl[c6]fa, and E. cleave to adhere.] 1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet. 2. To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point. Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. --Dryden. 3. (Bot.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface. | |
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Climb \Climb\, v. t. To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount. | |
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Climb \Climb\, n. The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. --Warburton. | |
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Climbable \Climb"a*ble\, a. Capable of being climbed. | |
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Climb \Climb\ (kl[imac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Climbed} (kl[imac]md), Obs. or Vulgar {Clomb} (kl[ocr]m); p. pr. & vb. n. {Climbing}.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. kl[c6]fa, and E. cleave to adhere.] 1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet. 2. To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point. Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. --Dryden. 3. (Bot.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface. | |
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Climber \Climb"er\, n. One who, or that which, climbs: (a) (Bot.) A plant that climbs. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A bird that climbs, as a woodpecker or a parrot. | |
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Climber \Climb"er\, v. i. [From {Climb}; cf. {Clamber}.] To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber. [Obs.] --Tusser. | |
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Climbing \Climb"ing\, p. pr. & vb. n. of {Climb}. {Climbing fern}. See under {Fern}. {Climbing perch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Anabas}, and {Labyrinthici}. | |
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Climb \Climb\ (kl[imac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Climbed} (kl[imac]md), Obs. or Vulgar {Clomb} (kl[ocr]m); p. pr. & vb. n. {Climbing}.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. kl[c6]fa, and E. cleave to adhere.] 1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet. 2. To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point. Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. --Dryden. 3. (Bot.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface. | |
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Fern \Fern\, n. [AS. fearn; akin to D. varen, G. farn, farnkraut; cf. Skr. par[c9]a wing, feather, leaf, sort of plant, or Lith. papartis fern.] (Bot.) An order of cryptogamous plants, the {Filices}, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow epiphytically on trees, and in tropical climates often attain a gigantic size. Note: The plants are asexual, and bear clustered sporangia, containing minute spores, which germinate and form prothalli, on which are borne the true organs of reproduction. The brake or bracken, the maidenhair, and the polypody are all well known ferns. {Christmas fern}. See under {Christmas}. {Climbing fern} (Bot.), a delicate North American fern ({Lygodium palmatum}), which climbs several feet high over bushes, etc., and is much sought for purposes of decoration. {Fern owl}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European goatsucker. (b) The short-eared owl. [Prov. Eng.] -- {Fern shaw}, a fern thicket. [Eng.] --R. Browning. | |
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Climbing \Climb"ing\, p. pr. & vb. n. of {Climb}. {Climbing fern}. See under {Fern}. {Climbing perch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Anabas}, and {Labyrinthici}. | |
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Fumitory \Fu"mi*to*ry\, n. [OE. fumetere, F. fumeterre, prop., smoke of the ground, fr. L. fumus smoke + terra earth. See {Fume}, and {Terrace}.] (Bot.) The common uame of several species of the genus Fumaria, annual herbs of the Old World, with finely dissected leaves and small flowers in dense racemes or spikes. {F. officinalis} is a common species, and was formerly used as an antiscorbutic. {Climbing fumitory} (Bot.), the Alleghany vine ({Adlumia cirrhosa}); a biennial climbing plant with elegant feathery leaves and large clusters of pretty white or pinkish flowers looking like grains of rice. | |
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Climbing \Climb"ing\, p. pr. & vb. n. of {Climb}. {Climbing fern}. See under {Fern}. {Climbing perch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Anabas}, and {Labyrinthici}. | |
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Clinopinacoid \Cli`no*pin"a*coid\, n. [Gr. kli`nein to incline + E. pinacoid.] (Crystallog.) The plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal) axes. | |
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Clione \Cli*o"ne\, n. A genus of naked pteropods. One species ({Clione papilonacea}), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes incorrectly called {Clio}. | |
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Climb \Climb\ (kl[imac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Climbed} (kl[imac]md), Obs. or Vulgar {Clomb} (kl[ocr]m); p. pr. & vb. n. {Climbing}.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. kl[c6]fa, and E. cleave to adhere.] 1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet. 2. To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point. Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. --Dryden. 3. (Bot.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface. | |
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Clomb \Clomb\, Clomben \Clomb"en\, imp. & p. p. of {Climb} (for climbed). [Obs.] The sonne, he sayde, is clomben up on hevene. --Chaucer. | |
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Clomb \Clomb\, Clomben \Clomb"en\, imp. & p. p. of {Climb} (for climbed). [Obs.] The sonne, he sayde, is clomben up on hevene. --Chaucer. | |
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Clomp \Clomp\, n. See {Clamp}. | |
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Clumber \Clum"ber\ (kl[ucr]m"b[etil]r), n. [Named from the estate of the Duke of Newcastle.] (Zo[94]l.) A kind of field spaniel, with short legs and stout body, which, unlike other spaniels, hunts silently. | |
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Clump \Clump\, v. i. To tread clumsily; to clamp. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Clump \Clump\ (kl[ucr]mp), n. [Cf. D. klomp lump, G. klump, klumpen, Dan. klump, Sw. klump; perh. akin to L. globus, E. globe. Cf. {Club}.] 1. An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance. 2. A cluster; a group; a thicket. A clump of shrubby trees. --Hawthorne. 3. The compressed clay of coal strata. --Brande & C. | |
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Clump \Clump\, v. t. To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group. --Blackmore. | |
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Clumper \Clump"er\, v. t. [Cf. G. kl[81]mpern to clod. See {Clump}, n.] To form into clumps or masses. [Obs.] Vapors . . . clumpered in balls of clouds. --Dr. H. More. | |
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Clumps \Clumps\, n. A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; -- so called because the players take sides in two [bd]clumps[b8] or groups, the [bd]clump[b8] which guesses the word winning the game. | |
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Clumpy \Clump"y\, a. [From {Clump}, n.] Composed of clumps; massive; shapeless. --Leigh Hunt. | |
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Colombier \Col"om*bier\, n. [F.] A large size of paper for drawings. See under {Paper}. | |
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Calumbin \Ca*lum"bin\, n. (Chem.) A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root. [Written also {colombin}, and {columbin}] | |
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Colombin \Co*lom"bin\, n. (Chem.) See {Calumbin}. | |
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Calumbin \Ca*lum"bin\, n. (Chem.) A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root. [Written also {colombin}, and {columbin}] | |
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Colombin \Co*lom"bin\, n. (Chem.) See {Calumbin}. | |
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Calumba \Ca*lum"ba\, n. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.) The root of a plant ({Jateorrhiza Calumba}, and probably {Cocculus palmatus}), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also {colombo}, {columbo}, and {calombo}.] {American calumba}, the {Frasera Carolinensis}, also called {American gentian}. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba. | |
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Colombo \Co*lom"bo\, n. (Med.) See {Calumba}. | |
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Calumba \Ca*lum"ba\, n. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.) The root of a plant ({Jateorrhiza Calumba}, and probably {Cocculus palmatus}), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also {colombo}, {columbo}, and {calombo}.] {American calumba}, the {Frasera Carolinensis}, also called {American gentian}. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba. | |
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Colombo \Co*lom"bo\, n. (Med.) See {Calumba}. | |
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Columba \Co*lum"ba\, n. (Med.) See {Calumba}. | |
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Stockdove \Stock"dove`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A common European wild pigeon ({Columba [91]nas}), so called because at one time believed to be the stock of the domestic pigeon, or, according to some, from its breeding in the stocks, or trunks, of trees. Note: The name is applied, also, to other related species, as the Indian stockdove ({Palumb[91]na Eversmanni}). | |
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Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw, OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r, snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith. sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix, nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G. schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows, Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or sticky. [root]172.] 1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms. Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad, snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed, snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding, snow-wrought, and the like. 2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes. The field of snow with eagle of black therein. --Chaucer. {Red snow}. See under {Red}. {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1. {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant. {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow in vast numbers. {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow. {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree. {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow in great numbers. {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter. {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C. c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper part of the neck white. Called also {white head}, {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}. {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce. {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the equator, 16,000 feet. {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis}) which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains. {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow chukor}. {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}. {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota}) native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black. {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots up. | |
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Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth, clay, etc., when in natural beds. 3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a support; a refuge. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii. 2. 4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling the wreck of a vessel upon a rock. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}. Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built, rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like. {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a rock.] Same as {Roche alum}. {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides}) very abundant on rocks washed by tides. {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass. {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera. {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous slate. {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure sugar which are very hard, whence the name. {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}. {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod found about rocks andledges. (b) A California rockfish. {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}). (b) A rockling. {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See Illust. under {Cancer}. {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata}, etc. {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under {Crystal}. {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock doo}. {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp., a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for drilling holes for blasting, etc. {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck. {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}. {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex. {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}. {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}. {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny lobster}, and {sea crayfish}. {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite occuring as an efflorescence. {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}. {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}. {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish green. {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia}) Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}. {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}. {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover. (b) The rock snipe. {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black patches on the back. {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}. {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet. {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation from sea water in large basins or cavities. {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}. {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and allied genera. {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons; as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}. {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover}, {winter snipe}. {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy feel, and adhering to the tongue. {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe. (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}). {Rock tar}, petroleum. {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout. {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases of extremity. {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and {starling}. {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}. {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of Lower California and Mexico. | |
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Pigeon \Pi"geon\, n. [F., fr. L. pipio a young pipping or chirping bird, fr. pipire to peep, chirp. Cf. {Peep} to chirp.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any bird of the order Columb[91], of which numerous species occur in nearly all parts of the world. Note: The common domestic pigeon, or dove, was derived from the Old World rock pigeon ({Columba livia}). It has given rise to numerous very remarkable varieties, such as the carrier, fantail, nun, pouter, tumbler, etc. The common wild pigeons of the Eastern United States are the passenger pigeon, and the Carolina dove. See under {Passenger}, and {Dove}. See, also, {Fruit pigeon}, {Ground pigeon}, {Queen pigeon}, {Stock pigeon}, under {Fruit}, {Ground}, etc. 2. An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. [Slang] {Blue pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian passerine bird ({Graucalus melanops}); -- called also {black-faced crow}. {Green pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons belonging to the family {Treronid[91]}. {Imperial pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of the large Asiatic fruit pigeons of the genus {Carpophada}. {Pigeon berry} (Bot.), the purplish black fruit of the pokeweed; also, the plant itself. See {Pokeweed}. {Pigeon English} [perhaps a corruption of business English], an extraordinary and grotesque dialect, employed in the commercial cities of China, as the medium of communication between foreign merchants and the Chinese. Its base is English, with a mixture of Portuguese and Hindoostanee. --Johnson's Cyc. | |
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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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Ringdove \Ring"dove`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A European wild pigeon ({Columba palumbus}) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also {wood pigeon}, and {cushat}. | |
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Queest \Queest\, n. [Cf. Icel. kvisa a kind of bird, kvistr a branch of a tree, and E. cushat.] (Zo[94]l.) The European ringdove ({Columba palumbus}); the cushat. [Written also {quist}, {queeze}, {quice}, {queece}.] See {Ringdove}. | |
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d8Columbarium \[d8]Col`um*ba"ri*um\, n.; pl. L. {Columbaria} [L. See {Columbary}.] (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A dovecote or pigeon house. (b) A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns. | |
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Columbary \Col"um*ba*ry\, n.; pl. {Columbaries}. [L. columbarium, fr. columba a dove.] A dovecote; a pigeon house. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Columbary \Col"um*ba*ry\, n.; pl. {Columbaries}. [L. columbarium, fr. columba a dove.] A dovecote; a pigeon house. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Columbate \Co*lum"bate\, n. [Cf. F. colombate. See {Columbium}.] (Chem.) A salt of columbic acid; a niobate. See {Columbium}. | |
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Columbatz fly \Co*lum"batz fly`\ [From Kolumbatz, a mountain in Germany.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Buffalo fly}, under {Buffalo}. | |
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d8Columbella \[d8]Col`um*bel"la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. columba a dove. So called from a fancied resemblance in color and form, of some species.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of univalve shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as {Columbella mercatoria}, were formerly used as shell money. | |
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Columbia \Co*lum"bi*a\, n. America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer. --Dr. T. Dwight. | |
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Columbiad \Co*lum"bi*ad\, n. [From Columbia the United States.] (Mil.) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation. Note: Since the War of 1812 the Columbiad has been much modified, especially by General Rodman, and the improved form now used in seacoast defense is often called the {Rodman gun}. | |
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Columbian \Co*lum"bi*an\, a. [From {Columbia}.] Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America. | |
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Columbic \Co*lum"bic\, a. [From {Columbium}.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic. {Columbic acid} (Chem.), a weak acid derived from columbic or niobic oxide, {Nb2O5}; -- called also {niobic acid}. | |
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Columbic \Co*lum"bic\, a. [From {Columbo}.] Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root. {Columbic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid extracted from the columbo root as a bitter, yellow, amorphous substance. | |
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Columbic \Co*lum"bic\, a. [From {Columbium}.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic. {Columbic acid} (Chem.), a weak acid derived from columbic or niobic oxide, {Nb2O5}; -- called also {niobic acid}. | |
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Columbic \Co*lum"bic\, a. [From {Columbo}.] Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root. {Columbic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid extracted from the columbo root as a bitter, yellow, amorphous substance. | |
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Columbier \Co*lum"bi*er\, n. See {Colombier}. | |
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Columbiferous \Col"um*bif"er*ous\, a. [Columbium + -ferous.] Producing or containing columbium. | |
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Calumbin \Ca*lum"bin\, n. (Chem.) A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root. [Written also {colombin}, and {columbin}] | |
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Columbin \Co*lum"bin\, n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline, bitter substance. See {Calumbin}. | |
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Calumbin \Ca*lum"bin\, n. (Chem.) A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root. [Written also {colombin}, and {columbin}] | |
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Columbin \Co*lum"bin\, n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline, bitter substance. See {Calumbin}. | |
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Columbine \Col"um*bine\, a. [L. columbinus, fr. columba dove.] Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored. [bd]Columbine innocency.[b8] --Bacon. | |
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Columbine \Col"um*bine\, n. [LL. columbina, L. columbinus dovelike, fr. columba dove: cf. F. colombine. Perh. so called from the beaklike spurs of its flowers.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Aquilegia}; as, {A. vulgaris}, or the common garden columbine; {A. Canadensis}, the wild red columbine of North America. 2. The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes. --Brewer. | |
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Columbite \Co*lum"bite\, n. [Cf. F. colombite. See {Columbium}.] (Min.) A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and manganese, containing tantalate of iron; -- first found in New England. | |
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Columbium \Co*lum"bi*um\, n. [NL., fr. Columbia America.] (Chem.) A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably at Haddam. Atomic weight 94.2. Symbol Cb or Nb. Now more commonly called {niobium}. | |
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Calumba \Ca*lum"ba\, n. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.) The root of a plant ({Jateorrhiza Calumba}, and probably {Cocculus palmatus}), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also {colombo}, {columbo}, and {calombo}.] {American calumba}, the {Frasera Carolinensis}, also called {American gentian}. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba. | |
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Columbo \Co*lum"bo\, n. (Med.) See {Calumba}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Calumba \Ca*lum"ba\, n. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.) The root of a plant ({Jateorrhiza Calumba}, and probably {Cocculus palmatus}), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also {colombo}, {columbo}, and {calombo}.] {American calumba}, the {Frasera Carolinensis}, also called {American gentian}. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Columbo \Co*lum"bo\, n. (Med.) See {Calumba}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Columbus Day \Co*lum"bus Day\ The 12th day of October, on which day in 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America, landing on one of the Bahama Islands (probably the one now commonly called Watling Island), and naming it [bd]San Salvador[b8]; -- called also {Discovery Day}. This day is made a legal holiday in many States of The United States. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Horned \Horned\, a. Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part shaped like a horn. The horned moon with one bright star Within the nether tip. --Coleridge. {Horned bee} (Zo[94]l.), a British wild bee ({Osmia bicornis}), having two little horns on the head. {Horned dace} (Zo[94]l.), an American cyprinoid fish ({Semotilus corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust. of {Chub}. {Horned frog} (Zo[94]l.), a very large Brazilian frog ({Ceratophrys cornuta}), having a pair of triangular horns arising from the eyelids. {Horned grebe} (Zo[94]l.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense tufts of feathers on the head. {Horned horse} (Zo[94]l.), the gnu. {Horned lark} (Zo[94]l.), the shore lark. {Horned lizard} (Zo[94]l.), the horned toad. {Horned owl} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American owl ({Bubo Virginianus}), having a pair of elongated tufts of feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different regions; -- called also {great horned owl}, {horn owl}, {eagle owl}, and {cat owl}. Sometimes also applied to the {long-eared owl}. See {Eared owl}, under {Eared}. {Horned poppy}. (Bot.) See {Horn poppy}, under {Horn}. {Horned pout} (Zo[94]l.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout. {Horned rattler} (Zo[94]l.), a species of rattlesnake ({Crotalus cerastes}), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns between the eyes; -- called also {sidewinder}. {Horned ray} (Zo[94]l.), the sea devil. {Horned screamer} (Zo[94]l.), the kamichi. {Horned snake} (Zo[94]l.), the cerastes. {Horned toad} (Zo[94]l.), any lizard of the genus {Phrynosoma}, of which nine or ten species are known. These lizards have several hornlike spines on the head, and a broad, flat body, covered with spiny scales. They inhabit the dry, sandy plains from California to Mexico and Texas. Called also {horned lizard}. {Horned viper}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cerastes}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Loon \Loon\, n. [For older loom, Icel. l[?]mr; akin to Dan. & Sw. lom.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several aquatic, wed-footed, northern birds of the genus {Urinator} (formerly {Colymbus}), noted for their expertness in diving and swimming under water. The common loon, or great northern diver ({Urinator imber}, or {Colymbus torquatus}), and the red-throated loon or diver ({U. septentrionalis}), are the best known species. See {Diver}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Coulomb meter \Cou`lomb" me"ter\ (Elec.) Any instrument by which electricity can be measured in coulombs. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Coulomb's law \Cou`lomb's" law\ (Physics) The law that the force exerted between two electric or magnetic charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely to the square of the distance between them. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Culmiferous \Cul*mif"er*ous\ (k?l-m?f"?r-?s), a. [L. culmus stalk or stem + -ferous: cf. F. culmif[8a]re.] Having jointed stems or culms. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Culmiferous \Cul*mif"er*ous\ (k[ucr]l*m[icr]f"[etil]r*[ucr]s), a.[2d culm + -ferous.] (Min.) Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Calhoun Falls, SC (town, FIPS 10720) Location: 34.09172 N, 82.59654 W Population (1990): 2328 (972 housing units) Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29628 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chalan Pago, GU (CDP, FIPS 25450) Location: 13.43630 N, 144.77040 E Population (1990): 2736 (683 housing units) Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Clam Falls, WI Zip code(s): 54837 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbia, AL (town, FIPS 16744) Location: 31.29723 N, 85.10907 W Population (1990): 922 (444 housing units) Area: 10.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36319 Columbia, CA (CDP, FIPS 14904) Location: 38.02674 N, 120.40180 W Population (1990): 1799 (886 housing units) Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 95310 Columbia, CT Zip code(s): 06237 Columbia, IA Zip code(s): 50057 Columbia, IL (city, FIPS 15833) Location: 38.45524 N, 90.22625 W Population (1990): 5524 (2306 housing units) Area: 18.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62236 Columbia, KY (city, FIPS 16750) Location: 37.09801 N, 85.30812 W Population (1990): 3845 (1648 housing units) Area: 8.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Columbia, LA (town, FIPS 16830) Location: 32.10145 N, 92.07722 W Population (1990): 386 (205 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Columbia, MD (CDP, FIPS 19125) Location: 39.20300 N, 76.85798 W Population (1990): 75883 (30651 housing units) Area: 60.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21044, 21045, 21046 Columbia, MO (city, FIPS 15670) Location: 38.95410 N, 92.32670 W Population (1990): 69101 (27551 housing units) Area: 114.8 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65201, 65202, 65203 Columbia, MS (city, FIPS 15340) Location: 31.25660 N, 89.82870 W Population (1990): 6815 (2971 housing units) Area: 15.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39429 Columbia, NC (town, FIPS 13940) Location: 35.91971 N, 76.25121 W Population (1990): 836 (392 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 27925 Columbia, NJ Zip code(s): 07832 Columbia, PA (borough, FIPS 15384) Location: 40.03338 N, 76.49505 W Population (1990): 10701 (4452 housing units) Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17512 Columbia, SC (city, FIPS 16000) Location: 34.03924 N, 80.88634 W Population (1990): 98052 (36928 housing units) Area: 303.4 sq km (land), 4.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29201, 29203, 29204, 29205, 29206, 29209, 29210, 29212, 29223 Columbia, SD (city, FIPS 13420) Location: 45.61491 N, 98.31158 W Population (1990): 133 (72 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57433 Columbia, TN (city, FIPS 16540) Location: 35.62245 N, 87.04895 W Population (1990): 28583 (12142 housing units) Area: 76.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38401 Columbia, VA (town, FIPS 18624) Location: 37.75299 N, 78.16509 W Population (1990): 58 (29 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 23038 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbia City, IN (city, FIPS 14716) Location: 41.15856 N, 85.48482 W Population (1990): 5706 (2450 housing units) Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 46725 Columbia City, OR (city, FIPS 14750) Location: 45.89735 N, 122.81082 W Population (1990): 1003 (361 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97018 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbia County, AR (county, FIPS 27) Location: 33.21509 N, 93.22653 W Population (1990): 25691 (10690 housing units) Area: 1984.4 sq km (land), 1.9 sq km (water) Columbia County, FL (county, FIPS 23) Location: 30.22518 N, 82.62503 W Population (1990): 42613 (17818 housing units) Area: 2064.6 sq km (land), 10.2 sq km (water) Columbia County, GA (county, FIPS 73) Location: 33.54858 N, 82.26123 W Population (1990): 66031 (23745 housing units) Area: 751.2 sq km (land), 46.0 sq km (water) Columbia County, NY (county, FIPS 21) Location: 42.25143 N, 73.63036 W Population (1990): 62982 (29139 housing units) Area: 1646.7 sq km (land), 32.5 sq km (water) Columbia County, OR (county, FIPS 9) Location: 45.94587 N, 123.08353 W Population (1990): 37557 (14576 housing units) Area: 1701.0 sq km (land), 81.9 sq km (water) Columbia County, PA (county, FIPS 37) Location: 41.05114 N, 76.40290 W Population (1990): 63202 (25598 housing units) Area: 1257.6 sq km (land), 11.0 sq km (water) Columbia County, WA (county, FIPS 13) Location: 46.30158 N, 117.91537 W Population (1990): 4024 (2046 housing units) Area: 2250.2 sq km (land), 12.2 sq km (water) Columbia County, WI (county, FIPS 21) Location: 43.47119 N, 89.32992 W Population (1990): 45088 (19258 housing units) Area: 2004.3 sq km (land), 56.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbia Cross R, PA Zip code(s): 16914 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbia Falls, ME Zip code(s): 04623 Columbia Falls, MT (city, FIPS 16600) Location: 48.37125 N, 114.18729 W Population (1990): 2942 (1227 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59912 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbia Heights, MN (city, FIPS 12700) Location: 45.04910 N, 93.24665 W Population (1990): 18910 (7975 housing units) Area: 8.9 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55421 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbia Station, OH Zip code(s): 44028 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbiana, AL (city, FIPS 16768) Location: 33.17701 N, 86.60082 W Population (1990): 2968 (1132 housing units) Area: 24.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35051 Columbiana, OH (village, FIPS 17036) Location: 40.88589 N, 80.68840 W Population (1990): 4961 (2274 housing units) Area: 9.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44408 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbiana County, OH (county, FIPS 29) Location: 40.76911 N, 80.77673 W Population (1990): 108276 (44035 housing units) Area: 1379.3 sq km (land), 7.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbiaville, MI (village, FIPS 17460) Location: 43.15798 N, 83.40780 W Population (1990): 934 (338 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48421 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbine, CO (CDP, FIPS 16110) Location: 39.58790 N, 105.06879 W Population (1990): 23969 (8112 housing units) Area: 16.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbine Valley, CO (town, FIPS 16385) Location: 39.59815 N, 105.03364 W Population (1990): 1071 (400 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbus, AR Zip code(s): 71831 Columbus, GA Zip code(s): 31901, 31903, 31904, 31906, 31907, 31909 Columbus, IL (village, FIPS 15846) Location: 39.98809 N, 91.14645 W Population (1990): 88 (39 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Columbus, IN (city, FIPS 14734) Location: 39.21065 N, 85.91338 W Population (1990): 31802 (13458 housing units) Area: 52.4 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47201, 47203 Columbus, KS (city, FIPS 15075) Location: 37.17039 N, 94.84424 W Population (1990): 3268 (1537 housing units) Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Columbus, KY (city, FIPS 16768) Location: 36.75952 N, 89.10181 W Population (1990): 252 (114 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42032 Columbus, MS (city, FIPS 15380) Location: 33.50498 N, 88.40417 W Population (1990): 23799 (9901 housing units) Area: 29.7 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39701, 39702 Columbus, MT (town, FIPS 16825) Location: 45.63718 N, 109.25061 W Population (1990): 1573 (681 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59019 Columbus, NC (town, FIPS 13980) Location: 35.24677 N, 82.20489 W Population (1990): 812 (397 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28722 Columbus, ND (city, FIPS 15460) Location: 48.90448 N, 102.78105 W Population (1990): 223 (160 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Columbus, NE (city, FIPS 10110) Location: 41.43471 N, 97.35562 W Population (1990): 19480 (7812 housing units) Area: 22.5 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Columbus, NJ Zip code(s): 08022 Columbus, NM (village, FIPS 17050) Location: 31.82887 N, 107.64076 W Population (1990): 641 (315 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Columbus, OH (city, FIPS 18000) Location: 39.98893 N, 82.98738 W Population (1990): 632910 (278084 housing units) Area: 494.5 sq km (land), 5.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43201, 43202, 43203, 43204, 43205, 43206, 43207, 43210, 43211, 43212, 43214, 43215, 43217, 43220, 43222, 43223, 43224, 43227, 43229, 43231, 43232 Columbus, PA Zip code(s): 16405 Columbus, TX (city, FIPS 16168) Location: 29.70444 N, 96.55153 W Population (1990): 3367 (1627 housing units) Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78934 Columbus, WI (city, FIPS 16450) Location: 43.33570 N, 89.02839 W Population (1990): 4093 (1734 housing units) Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53925 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbus AFB, MS (CDP, FIPS 15420) Location: 33.63449 N, 88.44985 W Population (1990): 2890 (837 housing units) Area: 18.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbus City, IA (city, FIPS 15375) Location: 41.25931 N, 91.37503 W Population (1990): 328 (132 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbus city, GA ((remainder), FIPS 19030) Location: 32.51071 N, 84.87497 W Population (1990): 178681 (70657 housing units) Area: 559.8 sq km (land), 12.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbus City, IA (city, FIPS 15375) Location: 41.25931 N, 91.37503 W Population (1990): 328 (132 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbus city, GA ((remainder), FIPS 19030) Location: 32.51071 N, 84.87497 W Population (1990): 178681 (70657 housing units) Area: 559.8 sq km (land), 12.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbus County, NC (county, FIPS 47) Location: 34.26027 N, 78.66519 W Population (1990): 49587 (20513 housing units) Area: 2426.4 sq km (land), 43.5 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbus Grove, OH (village, FIPS 18014) Location: 40.91938 N, 84.05823 W Population (1990): 2231 (857 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45830 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbus Junctio, IA Zip code(s): 52738 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Columbus Junction, IA (city, FIPS 15420) Location: 41.27940 N, 91.36465 W Population (1990): 1616 (638 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CLNP {ConnectionLess Network Protocol} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
clonebot on a {talk} network (generally {IRC}). A bot appears on the network as several {agents}, and then carries out some task, typically that of {flood}ing another user. Compare {ghost}. (1997-04-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Columbia AppleTalk Package (CAP) An implementation of {Apple Computer}'s {AppleTalk} {protocol}s for {Unix} {4.2BSD} and its derivatives, from {Columbia University}. There are two different {LAP} delivery mechanisms for: {IPTalk} and {Ethertalk} (possibly using {UAB}). CAP supports the following {AppleTalk} {protocol}s: {AppleTalk Transaction Protocol} (ATP), {Name Binding Protocol} (NBP), {Printer Access Protocol} (PAP), {AppleTalk Session Protocol} (ASP), {AppleTalk Filing Protocol} (AFP) client side. In addition, the {Datagram Delivery Protocol} (DDP) and {Zone Information Protocol} (ZIP) are partially available. The structure of the {Internet Appletalk Bridge} software makes it impossible to provide full DDP service. Only the Get Zone List ATP ZIP command is implemented for ZIP. (1995-01-10) | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
columbium The original name for {niobium}. | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Colombia Colombia:Geography Location: Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama Map references: South America Area: total area: 1,138,910 sq km land area: 1,038,700 sq km comparative area: slightly less than three times the size of Montana note: includes Isla de Malpelo, Roncador Cay, Serrana Bank, and Serranilla Bank Land boundaries: total 7,408 km, Brazil 1,643 km, Ecuador 590 km, Panama 225 km, Peru 2,900 km, Venezuela 2,050 km Coastline: 3,208 km (Caribbean Sea 1,760 km, North Pacific Ocean 1,448 km) Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: maritime boundary dispute with Venezuela in the Gulf of Venezuela; territorial dispute with Nicaragua over Archipelago de San Andres y Providencia and Quita Sueno Bank Climate: tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands Terrain: flat coastal lowlands, central highlands, high Andes Mountains, eastern lowland plains Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, nickel, gold, copper, emeralds Land use: arable land: 4% permanent crops: 2% meadows and pastures: 29% forest and woodland: 49% other: 16% Irrigated land: 5,150 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: deforestation; soil damage from overuse of pesticides; air pollution, especially in Bogota, from vehicle emissions natural hazards: highlands subject to volcanic eruptions; occasional earthquakes; periodic droughts international agreements: party to - Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83; signed, but not ratified - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Climate Change, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping Note: only South American country with coastlines on both North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea Colombia:People Population: 36,200,251 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 32% (female 5,784,010; male 5,925,600) 15-64 years: 63% (female 11,642,870; male 11,245,235) 65 years and over: 5% (female 888,358; male 714,178) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 1.7% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 21.89 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 4.69 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: -0.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 26.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.48 years male: 69.68 years female: 75.38 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.4 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Colombian(s) adjective: Colombian Ethnic divisions: mestizo 58%, white 20%, mulatto 14%, black 4%, mixed black-Indian 3%, Indian 1% Religions: Roman Catholic 95% Languages: Spanish Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1985) total population: 88% male: 88% female: 88% Labor force: 12 million (1990) by occupation: services 46%, agriculture 30%, industry 24% (1990) Colombia:Government Names: conventional long form: Republic of Colombia conventional short form: Colombia local long form: Republica de Colombia local short form: Colombia Digraph: CO Type: republic; executive branch dominates government structure Capital: Bogota Administrative divisions: 32 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 1 capital district* (distrito capital); Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Atlantico, Bogota*, Bolivar, Boyaca, Caldas, Caqueta, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Choco, Cordoba, Cundinamarca, Guainia, Guaviare, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Narino, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindio, Risaralda, San Andres y Providencia, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupes, Vichada Independence: 20 July 1810 (from Spain) National holiday: Independence Day, 20 July (1810) Constitution: 5 July 1991 Legal system: based on Spanish law; a new criminal code modeled after US procedures was enacted in 1992-93; judicial review of executive and legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory Executive branch: chief of state and head of government: President Ernesto SAMPER Pizano (since 7 August 1994); election last held 29 May 1994 (next to be held May 1998) and resulted in no candidate receiving more than 50% of the total vote; a run-off election to select a president from the two leading candidates was held on 19 June 1994; results - Ernesto SAMPER Pizano (Liberal Party) 50.4%, Andres PASTRANA Arango (Conservative Party) 48.6%, blank votes 1%; Humberto de la CALLE was elected vice president in a new proceedure that replaces the traditional designation of vice presidents by newly elected presidents. cabinet: Cabinet Legislative branch: bicameral Congress (Congreso) Senate (Senado): elections last held 13 March 1994 (next to be held NA March 1998); preliminary results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (102 total) Liberal Party 59, conservatives (includes PC, MSN, and NDF) 31, other 12 House of Representatives (Camara de Representantes): elections last held 13 March 1994 (next to be held NA March 1998); preliminary results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (161 total) Liberal Party 89, conservatives (includes PC, MSN, and NDF) 53, AD/M-19 2, other 17 Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Justice (Corte Suprema de Justical), Constitutional Court, Council of State Political parties and leaders: Liberal Party (PL), Juan Guillermo ANGEL; Conservative Party (PC), Fabio VALENCIA Cossio; National Salvation Movement (MSN), Alvaro GOMEZ Hurtado; New Democratic Force (NDF), Andres PASTRANA Arango; Democratic Alliance M-19 (AD/M-19) is a coalition of small leftist parties and dissident liberals and conservatives; Patriotic Union (UP) is a legal political party formed by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and Colombian Communist Party (PCC), Carlos ROMERO Other political or pressure groups: three insurgent groups are active in Colombia - Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), Manuel MARULANDA and Alfonso CANO; National Liberation Army (ELN), Manuel PEREZ; and dissidents of the recently demobilized People's Liberation Army (EPL), Francisco CARABALLO; Francisco CARABALLO was captured by the government in June 1994 Member of: AG, CCC, CDB, CG, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-24, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS, ONUSAL, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNPROFOR, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Carlos LLERAS de la Fuente chancery: 2118 Leroy Place NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 387-8338 FAX: [1] (202) 232-8643 consulate(s) general: Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, San Juan (Puerto Rico), and Washington, DC consulate(s): Atlanta and Tampa US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Myles R. R. FRECHETTE embassy: Calle 38, No. 8-61, Bogota mailing address: Apartado Aereo 3831, Bogota; APO AA 34038 telephone: [57] (1) 320-1300 FAX: [57] (1) 288-5687 consulate(s): Barranquilla Flag: three horizontal bands of yellow (top, double-width), blue, and red; similar to the flag of Ecuador, which is longer and bears the Ecuadorian coat of arms superimposed in the center Economy Overview: Colombia's economy has grown steadily since 1991, when the government implemented sweeping economic reform measures. President SAMPER, who took office in August 1994, has pledged to maintain those reforms while expanding government assistance for poor Colombians, who continue to make up about 40% of the population. In an effort to bring down inflation, SAMPER has arranged a "social pact" with business and labor to curtail price hikes and trim inflation to 18%. The rapid development of oil, coal, and other nontraditional industries, along with copious inflows of capital and strengthening of prices for coffee, have helped keep growth at 5%-6%. Development of the massive Cusiana oilfield provides the means to sustain this level over the next several years. Exporters say, however, that their sales have been hampered by the appreciation of the Colombian peso, and farmers have sought government help in adjusting to greater foreign competition. Moreover, increased foreign investment and even greater domestic growth have been hindered by an inadequate energy and transportation infrastructure and by violence stemming from drug trafficking and persistent rural insurgency. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $172.4 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 5.7% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $4,850 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 22.6% (1994 est.) Unemployment rate: 7.9% (1994 est.) Budget: revenues: $16 billion (1995 est.) expenditures: $21 billion (1995 est.) Exports: $8.3 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.) commodities: petroleum, coffee, coal, bananas, fresh cut flowers partners: US 39%, EC 25.7%, Japan 2.9%, Venezuela 8.5% (1992) Imports: $10.6 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.) commodities: industrial equipment, transportation equipment, consumer goods, chemicals, paper products partners: US 36%, EC 18%, Brazil 4%, Venezuela 6.5%, Japan 8.7% (1992) External debt: $12.6 billion (1994 est.) Industrial production: growth rate 5% (1994 est.); accounts for about 20% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 10,220,000 kW production: 33 billion kWh consumption per capita: 890 kWh (1993) Industries: textiles, food processing, oil, clothing and footwear, beverages, chemicals, metal products, cement; mining - gold, coal, emeralds, iron, nickel, silver, salt Agriculture: growth rate 3.8% (1994 est.); accounts for about 15% of GDP; crops make up two-thirds and livestock one-third of agricultural output; climate and soils permit a wide variety of crops, such as coffee, rice, tobacco, corn, sugarcane, cocoa beans, oilseeds, vegetables; forest products and shrimp farming are becoming more important Illicit drugs: illicit producer of coca, opium poppies, and cannabis; about 45,000 hectares of coca under cultivation; the world's largest processor of coca derivatives into cocaine; supplier of cocaine to the US and other international drug markets; active eradication program against narcotics crop Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $1.6 billion; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $3.3 billion; Communist countries (1970-89), $399 million Currency: 1 Colombian peso (Col$) = 100 centavos Exchange rates: Colombian pesos (Col$) per US$1 - 846.67 (January 1995), 844.84 (1994), 863.06 (1993), 759.28 (1992), 633.05 (1991), 502.26 (1990) Fiscal year: calendar year Colombia:Transportation Railroads: total: 3,386 km standard gauge: 150 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 3,236 km 0.914-m gauge (2,611 km in use) Highways: total: 107,377 km (1991) paved: 12,778 km unpaved: gravel/earth 94,599 km Inland waterways: 14,300 km, navigable by river boats Pipelines: crude oil 3,585 km; petroleum products 1,350 km; natural gas 830 km; natural gas liquids 125 km Ports: Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Leticia, Puerto Bolivar, San Andres, Santa Marta, Tumaco, Turbo Merchant marine: total: 22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 104,577 GRT/142,617 DWT ships by type: bulk 6, cargo 9, container 4, oil tanker 3 Airports: total: 1,307 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 2 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 34 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 31 with paved runways under 914 m: 734 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 80 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 419 Colombia:Communications Telephone system: 1,890,000 telephones; modern system in many respects local: NA intercity: nationwide microwave radio relay system; 11 domestic earth stations international: 2 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth stations Radio: broadcast stations: AM 413, FM 0, shortwave 28 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 33 televisions: NA Colombia:Defense Forces Branches: Army (Ejercito Nacional), Navy (Armada Nacional, includes Marines and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Colombiana), National Police (Policia Nacional) Manpower availability: males age 15-49 9,851,980; males fit for military service 6,640,348; males reach military age (18) annually 349,599 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $1.2 billion (1992 est.) |