English Dictionary: clownlike | by the DICT Development Group |
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Calmly \Calm"ly\, adv. In a calm manner. The gentle stream which calmly flows. --Denham. | |
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d8Aquila \[d8]Aq"ui*la\, n.; pl. {Aquil[91]}. [L., an eagle.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of eagles. 2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle. {Aquila alba} [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of {calomel}. --Brande & C. | |
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Calomel \Cal"o*mel\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] beautiful + [?][?][?][?][?] black. So called from its being white, though made from a black mixture of mercury and corrosive sublimate. Cf. F. calom[82]las.] (Chem.) Mild chloride of mercury, {Hg2Cl2}, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver. | |
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d8Aquila \[d8]Aq"ui*la\, n.; pl. {Aquil[91]}. [L., an eagle.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of eagles. 2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle. {Aquila alba} [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of {calomel}. --Brande & C. | |
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Calomel \Cal"o*mel\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] beautiful + [?][?][?][?][?] black. So called from its being white, though made from a black mixture of mercury and corrosive sublimate. Cf. F. calom[82]las.] (Chem.) Mild chloride of mercury, {Hg2Cl2}, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver. | |
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, a scale-shaped insect, the female of which fixes herself on the bark, and exudes from the margin of her body this resinous substance. Note: Stick-lac is the substance in its natural state, incrusting small twigs. When broken off, and the coloring matter partly removed, the granular residuum is called seed-lac. When melted, and reduced to a thin crust, it is called shell-lac or shellac. Lac is an important ingredient in sealing wax, dyes, varnishes, and lacquers. {Ceylon lac}, a resinous exudation of the tree {Croton lacciferum}, resembling lac. {Lac dye}, a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac. {Lac lake}, the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated from its solutions by alum. {Mexican lac}, an exudation of the tree {Croton Draco}. | |
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Edge \Edge\, n. [OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG. ekka, G. ecke, Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr. [?] point, Skr. a[?]ri edge. [?][?]. Cf. {Egg}, v. t., {Eager}, {Ear} spike of corn, {Acute}.] 1. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc. He which hath the sharp sword with two edges. --Rev. ii. 12. Slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword. --Shak. 2. Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice. Upon the edge of yonder coppice. --Shak. In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of battle. --Milton. Pursue even to the very edge of destruction. --Sir W. Scott. 3. Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire. The full edge of our indignation. --Sir W. Scott. Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices. --Jer. Taylor. 4. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening. [bd]On the edge of winter.[b8] --Milton. {Edge joint} (Carp.), a joint formed by two edges making a corner. {Edge mill}, a crushing or grinding mill in which stones roll around on their edges, on a level circular bed; -- used for ore, and as an oil mill. Called also {Chilian mill}. {Edge molding} (Arch.), a molding whose section is made up of two curves meeting in an angle. {Edge plane}. (a) (Carp.) A plane for edging boards. (b) (Shoemaking) A plane for edging soles. {Edge play}, a kind of swordplay in which backswords or cutlasses are used, and the edge, rather than the point, is employed. {Edge rail}. (Railroad) (a) A rail set on edge; -- applied to a rail of more depth than width. (b) A guard rail by the side of the main rail at a switch. --Knight. {Edge railway}, a railway having the rails set on edge. {Edge stone}, a curbstone. {Edge tool}. (a) Any tool instrument having a sharp edge intended for cutting. (b) A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging tool. {To be on edge}, to be eager, impatient, or anxious. {To set the teeth on edge}, to cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in the teeth, as by bringing acids into contact with them. --Bacon. | |
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Claimless \Claim"less\, a. Having no claim. | |
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Clammily \Clam"mi*ly\, adv. In a clammy manner. [bd]Oozing so clammily.[b8] --Hood. | |
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Clay \Clay\ (kl[amac]), n. [AS. cl[d6]g; akin to LG. klei, D. klei, and perh. to AS. cl[be]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue, Gr. gloio`s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. {Clog}.] 1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities. 2. (Poetry & Script.) Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles. I also am formed out of the clay. --Job xxxiii. 6. The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover. --Byron. {Bowlder clay}. See under {Bowlder}. {Brick clay}, the common clay, containing some iron, and therefore turning red when burned. {Clay cold}, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate. {Clay ironstone}, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand. {Clay marl}, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay. {Clay mill}, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug mill. {Clay pit}, a pit where clay is dug. {Clay slate} (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite. {Fatty clays}, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as {halloysite}, {bole}, etc. {Fire clay}, a variety of clay, entirely free from lime, iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for fire brick. {Porcelain clay}, a very pure variety, formed directly from the decomposition of feldspar, and often called {kaolin}. {Potter's clay}, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron. | |
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Cleanly \Clean"ly\, a. [Compar. {Cleanlier}; superl. {Cleanliest}.] [From {Clean}.] 1. Habitually clean; pure; innocent. [bd]Cleanly joys.[b8] --Glanvill. Some plain but cleanly country maid. --Dryden. Displays her cleanly platter on the board. --Goldsmith. 2. Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. [Obs.] [bd]With cleanly powder dry their hair.[b8] --Prior. 3. Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful. [Obs.] Through his fine handling and his cleanly play. --Spenser. | |
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Cleanly \Clean"ly\, a. [Compar. {Cleanlier}; superl. {Cleanliest}.] [From {Clean}.] 1. Habitually clean; pure; innocent. [bd]Cleanly joys.[b8] --Glanvill. Some plain but cleanly country maid. --Dryden. Displays her cleanly platter on the board. --Goldsmith. 2. Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. [Obs.] [bd]With cleanly powder dry their hair.[b8] --Prior. 3. Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful. [Obs.] Through his fine handling and his cleanly play. --Spenser. | |
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Cleanlily \Clean"li*ly\, adv. In a cleanly manner. | |
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Clean-limbed \Clean"-limbed`\, a. With well-proportioned, unblemished limbs; as, a clean-limbed young fellow. --Dickens. | |
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Cleanliness \Clean"li*ness\, n. [From {Cleanly}.] State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress. Cleanliness from head to heel. --Swift. | |
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Cleanly \Clean"ly\, adv. 1. In a clean manner; neatly. He was very cleanly dressed. --Dickens. 2. Innocently; without stain. --Shak. 3. Adroitly; dexterously. --Middleton. | |
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Cleanly \Clean"ly\, a. [Compar. {Cleanlier}; superl. {Cleanliest}.] [From {Clean}.] 1. Habitually clean; pure; innocent. [bd]Cleanly joys.[b8] --Glanvill. Some plain but cleanly country maid. --Dryden. Displays her cleanly platter on the board. --Goldsmith. 2. Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. [Obs.] [bd]With cleanly powder dry their hair.[b8] --Prior. 3. Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful. [Obs.] Through his fine handling and his cleanly play. --Spenser. | |
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Colonel \Colo"nel\, n. [F. colonel, It. colonello, prop., the chief or commander of a column, fr. colonna column, L. columna. See {Column}.] (Mil.) The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general. | |
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Colonelcy \Colo"nel*cy\, n. (Mil.) The office, rank, or commission of a colonel. | |
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Colonelship \Colo"nel*ship\, n. Colonelcy. --Swift. | |
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Colonial \Co*lo"ni*al\, a. [Cf. F. colonial.] Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars. | |
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Colonialism \Co*lo"ni*al*ism\, n. 1. The state or quality of, or the relationship involved in, being colonial. The last tie of colonialism which bound us to the mother country is broken. --Brander Matthews. 2. A custom, idea, feature of government, or the like, characteristic of a colony. 3. The colonial system or policy in political government or extension of territory. | |
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Columella \Col`u*mel"la\, n. [L., dim. of columen column. See {Column}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) An axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be attached, as in the case of the geranium; or which is left when a pod opens. (b) A columnlike axis in the capsules of mosses. 2. (Anat.) A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve shells. (b) The central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain corals. | |
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Columelliform \Col`u*mel"li*form\, a. [Columella + -form.] Shaped like a little column, or columella. | |
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Cullionly \Cul"lion*ly\, a. Mean; base. --Shak. | |
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Clam Lake, WI Zip code(s): 54517 | |
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Colonial Beach, VA (town, FIPS 18400) Location: 38.25480 N, 76.97069 W Population (1990): 3132 (1924 housing units) Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) | |
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Colonial Heights, TN (CDP, FIPS 16500) Location: 36.47957 N, 82.51183 W Population (1990): 6716 (2613 housing units) Area: 17.2 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37663 Colonial Heights, VA (city, FIPS 570) Location: 37.26400 N, 77.39879 W Population (1990): 16064 (6592 housing units) Area: 19.3 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Colonial Heights, VA (city, FIPS 18448) Location: 37.26400 N, 77.39879 W Population (1990): 16064 (6592 housing units) Area: 19.3 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 23834 | |
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Colonial Park, PA (CDP, FIPS 15328) Location: 40.29988 N, 76.80640 W Population (1990): 13777 (6546 housing units) Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17109 | |
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Colonial Pine Hills, SD (CDP, FIPS 13355) Location: 44.00775 N, 103.31497 W Population (1990): 1553 (540 housing units) Area: 45.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) |