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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Calamint \Cal"a*mint\ (-m[icr]nt), n. [OE. calamint, calemente (cf. F. calament) fr. L. calamintha, Gr. kalami`nqh, kala`minqos. See 1st {Mint}.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial plants ({Calamintha}) of the Mint family, esp. the {C. Nepeta} and {C. Acinos}, which are called also {basil thyme}. | |
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Camellia \Ca*mel"li*a\, n. [NL.; -- named after Kamel, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the East.] (Bot.) An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. {Camellia Japonica} is much cultivated for ornament, and {C. Sassanqua} and {C. oleifera} are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of {Camellia Thea}. | |
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Half-moon \Half"-moon`\, n. 1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated. 2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent. See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. --Milton. 3. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a {ravelin}. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California ({C[91]siosoma Californiense}). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also {medialuna}. | |
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d8Cach91mia \[d8]Ca*ch[91]"mi*a\, d8Cachemia \[d8]Ca*che"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] bad + [?] blood.] (Med.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. -- {Ca*ch[91]"mic}, {Ca*che"mic}, a. | |
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d8Cach91mia \[d8]Ca*ch[91]"mi*a\, d8Cachemia \[d8]Ca*che"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] bad + [?] blood.] (Med.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. -- {Ca*ch[91]"mic}, {Ca*che"mic}, a. | |
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d8Cacomixle \[d8]Ca`co*mix"le\, Cacomixtle \Ca`co*mix"tle\, Cacomixl \Ca"co*mix`l\, n. [Mexican name.] A North American carnivore ({Bassaris astuta}), about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and California. | |
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d8Cacomixle \[d8]Ca`co*mix"le\, Cacomixtle \Ca`co*mix"tle\, Cacomixl \Ca"co*mix`l\, n. [Mexican name.] A North American carnivore ({Bassaris astuta}), about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and California. | |
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Cage \Cage\ (k[amac]j), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caged} (k[amac]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Caging}.] To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. [bd]Caged and starved to death.[b8] --Cowper. | |
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Cagmag \Cag"mag\ (k[acr]g"m[acr]g), n. A tough old goose; hence, coarse, bad food of any kind. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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{Pigeon grass} (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass ({Setaria glauca}), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly eaten by pigeons and other birds. {Pigeon hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small American falcon ({Falco columbarius}). The adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked with brown. The tail is banded. (b) The American sharp-shinned hawk ({Accipiter velox, [or] fuscus}). {Pigeon hole}. (a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house. (b) See {Pigeonhole}. (c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled through little arches. --Halliwell. {Pigeon house}, a dovecote. {Pigeon pea} (Bot.), the seed of {Cajanus Indicus}; a kind of pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the plant itself. {Pigeon plum} (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African species of {Chrysobalanus} ({C. ellipticus} and {C. luteus}). {Pigeon tremex}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Tremex}. {Pigeon wood} (Bot.), a name in the West Indies for the wood of several very different kinds of trees, species of {Dipholis}, {Diospyros}, and {Coccoloba}. {Pigeon woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), the flicker. {Prairie pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The upland plover. (b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Angola pea \An*go"la pea`\ (Bot.) A tropical plant ({Cajanus indicus}) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also {pigeon pea} and {Congo pea}. | |
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d8Dal \[d8]Dal\, n. [Hind.] Split pulse, esp. of {Cajanus Indicus}. [East Indies] | |
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{Pigeon grass} (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass ({Setaria glauca}), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly eaten by pigeons and other birds. {Pigeon hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small American falcon ({Falco columbarius}). The adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked with brown. The tail is banded. (b) The American sharp-shinned hawk ({Accipiter velox, [or] fuscus}). {Pigeon hole}. (a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house. (b) See {Pigeonhole}. (c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled through little arches. --Halliwell. {Pigeon house}, a dovecote. {Pigeon pea} (Bot.), the seed of {Cajanus Indicus}; a kind of pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the plant itself. {Pigeon plum} (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African species of {Chrysobalanus} ({C. ellipticus} and {C. luteus}). {Pigeon tremex}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Tremex}. {Pigeon wood} (Bot.), a name in the West Indies for the wood of several very different kinds of trees, species of {Dipholis}, {Diospyros}, and {Coccoloba}. {Pigeon woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), the flicker. {Prairie pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The upland plover. (b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Angola pea \An*go"la pea`\ (Bot.) A tropical plant ({Cajanus indicus}) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also {pigeon pea} and {Congo pea}. | |
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d8Dal \[d8]Dal\, n. [Hind.] Split pulse, esp. of {Cajanus Indicus}. [East Indies] | |
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{Pigeon grass} (Bot.), a kind of foxtail grass ({Setaria glauca}), of some value as fodder. The seeds are eagerly eaten by pigeons and other birds. {Pigeon hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small American falcon ({Falco columbarius}). The adult male is dark slate-blue above, streaked with black on the back; beneath, whitish or buff, streaked with brown. The tail is banded. (b) The American sharp-shinned hawk ({Accipiter velox, [or] fuscus}). {Pigeon hole}. (a) A hole for pigeons to enter a pigeon house. (b) See {Pigeonhole}. (c) pl. An old English game, in which balls were rolled through little arches. --Halliwell. {Pigeon house}, a dovecote. {Pigeon pea} (Bot.), the seed of {Cajanus Indicus}; a kind of pulse used for food in the East and West Indies; also, the plant itself. {Pigeon plum} (Bot.), the edible drupes of two West African species of {Chrysobalanus} ({C. ellipticus} and {C. luteus}). {Pigeon tremex}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Tremex}. {Pigeon wood} (Bot.), a name in the West Indies for the wood of several very different kinds of trees, species of {Dipholis}, {Diospyros}, and {Coccoloba}. {Pigeon woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), the flicker. {Prairie pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The upland plover. (b) The golden plover. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Angola pea \An*go"la pea`\ (Bot.) A tropical plant ({Cajanus indicus}) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also {pigeon pea} and {Congo pea}. | |
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d8Dal \[d8]Dal\, n. [Hind.] Split pulse, esp. of {Cajanus Indicus}. [East Indies] | |
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Cake \Cake\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caking}.] To concrete or consolidate into a hard mass, as dough in an oven; to coagulate. Clotted blood that caked within. --Addison. | |
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Caking coal \Cak"ing coal`\ See {Coal}. | |
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Coal \Coal\, n. [AS. col; akin to D. kool, OHG. chol, cholo, G. kohle, Icel. kol, pl., Sw. kol, Dan. kul; cf. Skr. jval to burn. Cf. {Kiln}, {Collier}.] 1. A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal. 2. (Min.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter. Note: This word is often used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, coal-black; coal formation; coal scuttle; coal ship. etc. Note: In England the plural coals is used, for the broken mineral coal burned in grates, etc.; as, to put coals on the fire. In the United States the singular in a collective sense is the customary usage; as, a hod of coal. {Age of coal plants}. See {Age of Acrogens}, under {Acrogen}. {Anthracite} or {Glance coal}. See {Anthracite}. {Bituminous coal}. See under {Bituminous}. {Blind coal}. See under {Blind}. {Brown coal}, [or] {Lignite}. See {Lignite}. {Caking coal}, a bituminous coal, which softens and becomes pasty or semi-viscid when heated. On increasing the heat, the volatile products are driven off, and a coherent, grayish black, cellular mass of coke is left. {Cannel coal}, a very compact bituminous coal, of fine texture and dull luster. See {Cannel coal}. {Coal bed} (Geol.), a layer or stratum of mineral coal. {Coal breaker}, a structure including machines and machinery adapted for crushing, cleansing, and assorting coal. {Coal field} (Geol.), a region in which deposits of coal occur. Such regions have often a basinlike structure, and are hence called {coal basins}. See {Basin}. {Coal gas}, a variety of carbureted hydrogen, procured from bituminous coal, used in lighting streets, houses, etc., and for cooking and heating. {Coal heaver}, a man employed in carrying coal, and esp. in putting it in, and discharging it from, ships. {Coal measures}. (Geol.) (a) Strata of coal with the attendant rocks. (b) A subdivision of the carboniferous formation, between the millstone grit below and the Permian formation above, and including nearly all the workable coal beds of the world. {Coal oil}, a general name for mineral oils; petroleum. {Coal plant} (Geol.), one of the remains or impressions of plants found in the strata of the coal formation. {Coal tar}. See in the Vocabulary. {To haul over the coals}, to call to account; to scold or censure. [Colloq.] {Wood coal}. See {Lignite}. | |
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Case \Case\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Casing}.] 1. To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose. The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. --Prescott. 2. To strip the skin from; as, to case a box. [Obs.] | |
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Cash \Cash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Casing}.] To pay, or to receive, cash for; to exchange for money; as, cash a note or an order. | |
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Casing \Cas"ing\, n. 1. The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc. 2. An outside covering, for protection or ornament, or to precent the radiation of heat. 3. An inclosing frame; esp. the framework around a door or a window. See {Case}, n., 4. | |
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Casings \Ca"sings\, n. pl. Dried dung of cattle used as fuel. [Prov. Eng.] --Waterland. | |
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d8Casino \[d8]Ca*si"no\, n.; pl. E. {Casinos}, It. {Casini}. [It. casino, dim. of casa house, fr. L. casa cottage. Cf. {Cassing}.] 1. A small country house. 2. A building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, for dancing, gaming, etc. 3. A game at cards. See {Cassino}. | |
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Ladle \La"dle\, n. [AS. hl[91]del, fr. hladan to load, drain. See {Lade}, v. t.] 1. A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping. When the materials of glass have been kept long in fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt, which the workmen take off with ladles. --Boyle. 2. (Founding) A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold. 3. The float of a mill wheel; -- called also {ladle board}. 4. (Gun.) (a) An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon. (b) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot. {Ladle wood} (Bot.), the wood of a South African tree ({Cassine Colpoon}), used for carving. | |
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Cause \Cause\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caused}; p. pr. & v. n. {Causing}.] [F. causer, fr. cause, fr. L. causa. See {Cause}, n., and cf. {Acouse}.] To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb. I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days. --Gen. vii. 4. Cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans. --Col. iv. 16. Syn: To create; produce; beget; effect; occasion; originate; induce; bring about. | |
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Cease \Cease\ (s[emac]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ceased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ceasing}.] [OE. cessen, cesen, F. cesser, fr. L. cessare, v. intemsive fr. cedere to withdraw. See {Cede}, and cf. {Cessation}.] 1. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased. [bd]To cease from strife.[b8] --Prov. xx. 3. 2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away. The poor shall never cease out of the land. --Deut. xv. 11. Syn: To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue; refrain; leave off; pause; end. | |
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Cess \Cess\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cessing}.] To rate; to tax; to assess. --Spenser. | |
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Barbituric acid \Bar`bi*tu"ric ac"id\ (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, {CH2(CO.NH)2.CO}, derived from alloxantin, also from malonic acid and urea, and regarded as a substituted urea. | |
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Chase \Chase\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chasing}.] [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See {Catch}.] 1. To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt. We are those which chased you from the field. --Shak. Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and place. --Cowper. 2. To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away. Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place. --Knolles. 3. To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game. Chasing each other merrily. --Tennyson. | |
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Chasing \Chas"ing\, n. The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way. | |
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Check \Check\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Checked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {checking}.] 1. (Chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check. 2. To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb. So many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression. --Burke. 3. To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage. 4. To chide, rebuke, or reprove. The good king, his master, will check him for it. --Shak. 5. (Naut.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended. 6. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber. Syn: To restrain; curb; bridle; repress; control; hinder; impede; obstruct; interrupt; tally; rebuke; reprove; rebuff. | |
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Cheesiness \Chees"i*ness\, n. The quality of being cheesy. | |
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Chequing \Che*quing"\, n. A coin. See {Sequin}. --Shak. | |
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Cholera \Chol"er*a\, n. [L., a bilious disease. See {Choler}.] (Med.) One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera. {Asiatic cholera}, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease, originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps, pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of reaction of fever. {Cholera bacillus}. See {Comma bacillus}. {Cholera infantum}, a dangerous summer disease, of infants, caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and especially fatal in large cities. {Cholera morbus}, a disease characterized by vomiting and purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance. {Chicken cholera}. See under {Chicken}. {Hog cholera}. See under {Hog}. {Sporadic cholera}, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely becoming epidemic. | |
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Chicken \Chick"en\, n. [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock; akin to LG. kiken, k[81]ken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G. k[81]chkein. See {Cock} the animal.] 1. A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl. 2. A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden. [bd]Stella is no chicken.[b8] --Swift. {Chicken cholera}, a contagious disease of fowls; -- so called because first studied during the prevalence of a cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true cholera. | |
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Milk \Milk\, n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[?]ok, Sw. mj[94]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. [?]. [?][?][?][?]. Cf. {Milch}, {Emulsion}, {Milt} soft roe of fishes.] 1. (Physiol.) A white fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the nourishment of their young, consisting of minute globules of fat suspended in a solution of casein, albumin, milk sugar, and inorganic salts. [bd]White as morne milk.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. (Bot.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants; latex. See {Latex}. 3. An emulsion made by bruising seeds; as, the milk of almonds, produced by pounding almonds with sugar and water. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The ripe, undischarged spat of an oyster. {Condensed milk}. See under {Condense}, v. t. {Milk crust} (Med.), vesicular eczema occurring on the face and scalp of nursing infants. See {Eczema}. {Milk fever}. (a) (Med.) A fever which accompanies or precedes the first lactation. It is usually transitory. (b) (Vet. Surg.) A form puerperal peritonitis in cattle; also, a variety of meningitis occurring in cows after calving. {Milk glass}, glass having a milky appearance. {Milk knot} (Med.), a hard lump forming in the breast of a nursing woman, due to obstruction to the flow of milk and congestion of the mammary glands. {Milk leg} (Med.), a swollen condition of the leg, usually in puerperal women, caused by an inflammation of veins, and characterized by a white appearance occasioned by an accumulation of serum and sometimes of pus in the cellular tissue. {Milk meats}, food made from milk, as butter and cheese. [Obs.] --Bailey. {Milk mirror}. Same as {Escutcheon}, 2. {Milk molar} (Anat.), one of the deciduous molar teeth which are shed and replaced by the premolars. {Milk of lime} (Chem.), a watery emulsion of calcium hydrate, produced by macerating quicklime in water. {Milk parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Peucedanum palustre}) of Europe and Asia, having a milky juice. {Milk pea} (Bot.), a genus ({Galactia}) of leguminous and, usually, twining plants. {Milk sickness} (Med.), a peculiar malignant disease, occurring in some parts of the Western United States, and affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and persons who make use of the meat or dairy products of infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and muscular tremors. Its origin in cattle has been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted drinking water. {Milk snake} (Zo[94]l.), a harmless American snake ({Ophibolus triangulus}, or {O. eximius}). It is variously marked with white, gray, and red. Called also {milk adder}, {chicken snake}, {house snake}, etc. {Milk sugar}. (Physiol. Chem.) See {Lactose}, and {Sugar of milk} (below). {Milk thistle} (Bot.), an esculent European thistle ({Silybum marianum}), having the veins of its leaves of a milky whiteness. {Milk thrush}. (Med.) See {Thrush}. {Milk tooth} (Anat.), one of the temporary first set of teeth in young mammals; in man there are twenty. {Milk tree} (Bot.), a tree yielding a milky juice, as the cow tree of South America ({Brosimum Galactodendron}), and the {Euphorbia balsamifera} of the Canaries, the milk of both of which is wholesome food. {Milk vessel} (Bot.), a special cell in the inner bark of a plant, or a series of cells, in which the milky juice is contained. See {Latex}. {Rock milk}. See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}. {Sugar of milk}. The sugar characteristic of milk; a hard white crystalline slightly sweet substance obtained by evaporation of the whey of milk. It is used in pellets and powder as a vehicle for homeopathic medicines, and as an article of diet. See {Lactose}. | |
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Creeping \Creep"ing\, a. 1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. [bd]Every creeping thing.[b8] --Gen. vi. 20. 2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils. Casements lined with creeping herbs. --Cowper. {Ceeping crowfoot} (Bot.), a plant, the {Ranunculus repens}. {Creeping snowberry}, an American plant ({Chiogenes hispidula}) with white berries and very small round leaves having the flavor of wintergreen. | |
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Chock \Chock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chocked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chocking}.] To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask. | |
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Choiceness \Choice"ness\, n. The quality of being of particular value or worth; nicely; excellence. | |
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Choke \Choke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Choked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Choking}.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [be]ceocian to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.] 1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. --Shak. 2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up. --Addison. 3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle. Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden. 4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. [bd]I was choked at this word.[b8] --Swift. 5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun. {To choke off}, to stop a person in the execution of a purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar. | |
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Choking \Chok"ing\, a. 1. That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation. 2. Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion. | |
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Choking coil \Choking coil\ (Elec.) A coil of small resistance and large inductance, used in an alternating-current circuit to impede or throttle the current, or to change its phase; -- called also {reactance coil} or {reactor}, these terms being now preferred in engineering usage. | |
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Choose \Choose\, v. t. [imp. {Chose}; p. p. {Chosen}, {Chose} (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Choosing}.] [OE. chesen, cheosen, AS. ce[a2]san; akin to OS. kiosan, D. kiezen, G. kiesen, Icel. kj[d3]sa, Goth. kiusan, L. gustare to taste, Gr. [?], Skr. jush to enjoy. [fb]46. Cf. {Choice}, 2d {Gust}.] 1. To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils. Choose me for a humble friend. --Pope. 2. To wish; to desire; to prefer. [Colloq.] The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment. --Goldsmith. {To choose sides}. See under {Side}. Syn: Syn. - To select; prefer; elect; adopt; follow. Usage: To {Choose}, {Prefer}, {Elect}. To choose is the generic term, and denotes to take or fix upon by an act of the will, especially in accordance with a decision of the judgment. To prefer is to choose or favor one thing as compared with, and more desirable than, another, or more in accordance with one's tastes and feelings. To elect is to choose or select for some office, employment, use, privilege, etc., especially by the concurrent vote or voice of a sufficient number of electors. To choose a profession; to prefer private life to a public one; to elect members of Congress. | |
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Action \Ac"tion\, n. [OF. action, L. actio, fr. agere to do. See {Act}.] 1. A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; as, the action of heat; a man of action. One wise in council, one in action brave. --Pope. 2. An act; a thing done; a deed; an enterprise. (pl.): Habitual deeds; hence, conduct; behavior; demeanor. The Lord is a Good of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. --1 Sam. ii. 3. 3. The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events. 4. Movement; as, the horse has a spirited action. 5. (Mech.) Effective motion; also, mechanism; as, the breech action of a gun. 6. (Physiol.) Any one of the active processes going on in an organism; the performance of a function; as, the action of the heart, the muscles, or the gastric juice. 7. (Orat.) Gesticulation; the external deportment of the speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures, and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings. 8. (Paint. & Sculp.) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted. 9. (Law) (a) A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense. (b) A right of action; as, the law gives an action for every claim. 10. (Com.) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks. [A Gallicism] [Obs.] The Euripus of funds and actions. --Burke. 11. An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action. 12. (Music) The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe. --Grove. {Chose in action}. (Law) See {Chose}. {Quantity of action} (Physics), the product of the mass of a body by the space it runs through, and its velocity. Syn: {Action}, {Act}. Usage: In many cases action and act are synonymous; but some distinction is observable. Action involves the mode or process of acting, and is usually viewed as occupying some time in doing. Act has more reference to the effect, or the operation as complete. To poke the fire is an act, to reconcile friends who have quarreled is a praiseworthy action. --C. J. Smith. | |
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d8Chose \[d8]Chose\, n.; pl. {Choses}. [F., fr. L. causa cause, reason. See {Cause}.] (Law) A thing; personal property. {Chose in action}, a thing of which one has not possession or actual enjoyment, but only a right to it, or a right to demand it by action at law, and which does not exist at the time in specie; a personal right to a thing not reduced to possession, but recoverable by suit at law; as a right to recover money due on a contract, or damages for a tort, which can not be enforced against a reluctant party without suit. {Chose in possession}, a thing in possession, as distinguished from a thing in action. {Chose local}, a thing annexed to a place, as a mill. {Chose transitory}, a thing which is movable. --Cowell. Blount. | |
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Chouse \Chouse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Choused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chousing}.] [From Turk. ch[be][d4]sh a messenger or interpreter, one of whom, attached to the Turkish embassy, in 1609 cheated the Turkish merchants resident in England out of [9c]4,000.] To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money. [Colloq.] The undertaker of the afore-cited poesy hath choused your highness. --Landor. | |
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Chuck \Chuck\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chucking}.] [Imitative of the sound.] 1. To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck. 2. To chuckle; to laugh. [R.] --Marston. | |
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Chuck \Chuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chucking}.] [F. choquer to strike. Cf. {Shock}, v. t.] 1. To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to. Chucked the barmaid under the chin. --W. Irving. 2. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch. [Colloq.] [bd]Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the Nile.[b8] --Lord Palmerson. 3. (Mech.) To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck. | |
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Cincinnus \Cin*cin"nus\, n.; pl. {-ni}. [Also {cicinus}, {cicinnus}.] [L., a curl of hair.] (Bot.) A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called also {scorpioid cyme}. -- {Cin*cin"nal}, a. | |
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Cincinnus \Cin*cin"nus\, n.; pl. {-ni}. [Also {cicinus}, {cicinnus}.] [L., a curl of hair.] (Bot.) A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called also {scorpioid cyme}. -- {Cin*cin"nal}, a. | |
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Muskmelon \Musk"mel`on\, n. [Musk + melon.] (Bot.) The fruit of a cucubritaceous plant ({Cicumis Melo}), having a peculiar aromatic flavor, and cultivated in many varieties, the principal sorts being the cantaloupe, of oval form and yellowish flesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish flesh. See Illust. of {Melon}. | |
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Coach \Coach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coached}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coaching}.] 1. To convey in a coach. --Pope. 2. To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction. [Colloq.] I coached him before he got his scholarship. --G. Eliot. | |
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Coagency \Co*a"gen*cy\, n. Agency in common; joint agency or agent. --Coleridge. | |
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Coax \Coax\ (?; 110), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coaxed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coaxing}.] [Cf. OE. cokes fool, a person easily imposed upon, W. coeg empty, foolish; F. coquin knave, rogue.] To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe. Syn: To wheedle; cajole; flatter; persuade; entice. | |
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Coaxingly \Coax"ing*ly\, adv. In a coaxing manner; by coaxing. | |
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Cocainism \Co*ca"in*ism\, n. (Med.) A morbid condition produced by the habitual and excessive use of cocaine. -- {Co*ca"in*ist}, n. | |
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Cocainism \Co*ca"in*ism\, n. (Med.) A morbid condition produced by the habitual and excessive use of cocaine. -- {Co*ca"in*ist}, n. | |
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Cocainize \Co*ca"in*ize\, v. t. To treat or an[91]sthetize with cocaine. -- {Co*ca`in*i*za"tion}, n. | |
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Cocainize \Co*ca"in*ize\, v. t. To treat or an[91]sthetize with cocaine. -- {Co*ca`in*i*za"tion}, n. | |
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Aden ulcer \A"den ul"cer\ [So named after Aden, a seaport in Southern Arabia, where it occurs.] (Med.) A disease endemic in various parts of tropical Asia, due to a specific micro[94]rganism which produces chronic ulcers on the limbs. It is often fatal. Called also {Cochin China ulcer}, {Persian ulcer}, {tropical ulcer}, etc. | |
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Cock \Cock\ (k[ocr]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cocked} (k[ocr]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cocking}.] [Cf. Gael. coc to cock.] 1. To set erect; to turn up. Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. --Gay. Dick would cock his nose in scorn. --Swift. 2. To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim. 3. To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner. They cocked their hats in each other's faces. --Macaulay. 4. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation. {Cocked hat}. (a) A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also {three-cornered hat} | |
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Cocking \Cock"ing\, n. Cockfighting. --Ben Jonson. | |
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Cockmaster \Cock"mas`ter\, n. One who breeds gamecocks. --L'Estrange. | |
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Cockneyish \Cock"ney*ish\, a. Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys. | |
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Cockneyism \Cock"ney*ism\ (k[ocr]k"n[icr]*[icr]z'm), n. The characteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney. | |
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Cockney \Cock"ney\ (k[ocr]k"n[ycr]), n.; pl. {Cockneys} (-n[icr]z). [OE. cocknay, cokenay, a spoiled child, effeminate person, an egg; prob. orig. a cock's egg, a small imperfect egg; OE. cok cock + nay, neye, for ey egg (cf. {Newt}), AS. [91]g. See 1st {Cock}, {Egg}, n.] 1. An effeminate person; a spoilt child. [bd]A young heir or cockney, that is his mother's darling.[b8] --Nash (1592). This great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney. --Shak. 2. A native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuously. A cockney in a rural village was stared at as much as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots. --Macaulay. | |
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Cogency \Co"gen*cy\, n. [See {Cogent}.] The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force. An antecedent argument of extreme cogency. --J. H. Newman. | |
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Cog \Cog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cogged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cogging}.] [Cf. W. coegio to make void, to beceive, from coeg empty, vain, foolish. Cf. {Coax}, v. t.] 1. To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat. [R.] I'll . . . cog their hearts from them. --Shak. 2. To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off. [R.] Fustian tragedies . . . have, by concerted applauses, been cogged upon the town for masterpieces. --J. Dennis To cog a die, to load so as to direct its fall; to cheat in playing dice. --Swift. | |
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Cognac \Co"gnac`\, n. [F.] A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac. | |
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Cognisor \Cog`ni*sor"\ (? [or] ?), Cognisee \Cog`ni*see\, n. See {Cognizor}, {Cognizee}. | |
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Cognisor \Cog`ni*sor"\ (? [or] ?), Cognisee \Cog`ni*see\, n. See {Cognizor}, {Cognizee}. | |
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Cognizable \Cog"ni*za*ble\ (? [or] [?]), a. [F. connaissable, fr. conna[8c]tre to know, L. cognoscere. See Cognition.] 1. Capable of being known or apprehended; as, cognizable causes. 2. Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation; capable of being judicially heard and determined. Cognizable both in the ecclesiastical and secular courts. --Ayliffe. | |
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Cognizably \Cog"ni*za*bly\, adv. In a cognizable manner. | |
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Cognizance \Cog"ni*zance\ (? [or] ?; 277), n. [OF. conissance, conoissance, F. connaissance, LL. cognoscentia, fr. L. cognoscere to know. See {Cognition}, and cf. {Cognoscence}, {Connoisseur}.] 1. Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation. Within the cognizance and lying under the control of their divine Governor. --Bp. Hurd 2. Recollection; recognition. Who, soon as on that knight his eye did glance, Eftsoones of him had perfect cognizance. --Spenser. 3. (Law) (a) Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies. (b) The hearing a matter judicially. (c) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done. [Eng.] (d) A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another. [Eng.] --Cowell. Mozley & W. 4. The distinguishing mark worn by an armed knight, usually upon the helmet, and by his retainers and followers: Hence, in general, a badge worn by a retainer or dependent, to indicate the person or party to which he belonged; a token by which a thing may be known. Wearing the liveries and cognizance of their master. --Prescott. This pale and angry rose, As cognizance of my blood-drinking hate. --Shak. | |
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Cognizant \Cog"ni*zant\ (? [or] ?), a. [See {Cognizance}, and cf. {Connusant}.] Having cognizance or knowledge. (of). | |
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Cognize \Cog"nize\, v. t. [Cf. {Cognizant}, {Recognize}.] To know or perceive; to recognize. The reasoning faculty can deal with no facts until they are cognized by it. --H. Spencer. | |
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Cognizee \Cog`ni*zee"\ (? [or] ?), n. (Law) One to whom a fine of land was acknowledged. --Blackstone. | |
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Cognizor \Cog`ni*zor\, n. [See {Cognizance}.] (Law) One who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant. --Blackstone. | |
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Cognoscence \Cog*nos"cence\, n. [LL. cognoscentia. See {Cognizance}.] Cognizance. [R.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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d8Cognoscente \[d8]Cog`nos*cen"te\, n.; pl. {Cognoscenti}. [OIt. cognoscente, p. pr. of cognoscere, It. conoscere to know.] A connoisseur. --Mason. | |
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Cognoscibility \Cog*nos`ci*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality of being cognoscible. --Cudworth. | |
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Cognoscible \Cog*nos"ci*ble\, a. 1. Capable of being known. [bd]Matters intelligible and cognoscible.[b8] --Sir M. Hale. 2. Liable to judicial investigation. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Cognoscitive \Cog*nos"ci*tive\, a. Having the power of knowing. [Obs.] [bd]An innate cognoscitive power.[b8] --Cudworth. | |
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Cook \Cook\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cooked}; p. pr & vb. n. {Cooking}.] 1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat. 2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. [Colloq.] They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different. --Addison. | |
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Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having probably been a name of glasswort. See {Solid}.] (Chem.) (a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide. (b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. {Caustic soda}, sodium hydroxide. {Cooking soda}, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.] {Sal soda}. See {Sodium carbonate}, under {Sodium}. {Soda alum} (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of alumina and soda. {Soda ash}, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, as saltwort ({Salsola}). See under {Sodium}. {Soda fountain}, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted with delivery tube, faucets, etc. {Soda lye}, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of sodium hydroxide, used in soap making. {Soda niter}. See {Nitratine}. {Soda salts}, salts having sodium for the base; specifically, sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts. {Soda waste}, the waste material, consisting chiefly of calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali waste}. {Soda water}, originally, a beverage consisting of a weak solution of sodium bicarbonate, with some acid to cause effervescence; now, in common usage, a beverage consisting of water highly charged with carbon dioxide (carbonic acid). Fruit sirups, cream, etc., are usually added to give flavor. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}. {Washing soda}, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.] | |
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Sodium \So"di*um\, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.) A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so readily oxidized that it combines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 23. Specific gravity 0.97. {Sodium amalgam}, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise. {Sodium bicarbonate}, a white crystalline substance, {HNaCO3}, with a slight alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. It is found in many mineral springs and also produced artificially,. It is used in cookery, in baking powders, and as a source of carbonic acid gas (carbon dioxide) for soda water. Called also {cooking soda}, {saleratus}, and technically, {acid sodium carbonate}, {primary sodium carbonate}, {sodium dicarbonate}, etc. {Sodium carbonate}, a white crystalline substance, {Na2CO3.10H2O}, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in large quantities from common salt. It is used in making soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many chemical industries. Called also {sal soda}, {washing soda}, or {soda}. Cf. {Sodium bicarbonate}, above and {Trona}. {Sodium chloride}, common, or table, salt, {NaCl}. {Sodium hydroxide}, a white opaque brittle solid, {NaOH}, having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc. Called also {sodium hydrate}, and {caustic soda}. By extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide. | |
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Soda \So"da\, n. [It., soda, in OIt., ashes used in making glass, fr. L. solida, fem. of solidus solid; solida having probably been a name of glasswort. See {Solid}.] (Chem.) (a) Sodium oxide or hydroxide. (b) Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. {Caustic soda}, sodium hydroxide. {Cooking soda}, sodium bicarbonate. [Colloq.] {Sal soda}. See {Sodium carbonate}, under {Sodium}. {Soda alum} (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of alumina and soda. {Soda ash}, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, as saltwort ({Salsola}). See under {Sodium}. {Soda fountain}, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted with delivery tube, faucets, etc. {Soda lye}, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of sodium hydroxide, used in soap making. {Soda niter}. See {Nitratine}. {Soda salts}, salts having sodium for the base; specifically, sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts. {Soda waste}, the waste material, consisting chiefly of calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc process of soda manufacture; -- called also {alkali waste}. {Soda water}, originally, a beverage consisting of a weak solution of sodium bicarbonate, with some acid to cause effervescence; now, in common usage, a beverage consisting of water highly charged with carbon dioxide (carbonic acid). Fruit sirups, cream, etc., are usually added to give flavor. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}. {Washing soda}, sodium carbonate. [Colloq.] | |
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Sodium \So"di*um\, n. [NL., fr.E. soda.] (Chem.) A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so readily oxidized that it combines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial product. Symbol Na (Natrium). Atomic weight 23. Specific gravity 0.97. {Sodium amalgam}, an alloy of sodium and mercury, usually produced as a gray metallic crystalline substance, which is used as a reducing agent, and otherwise. {Sodium bicarbonate}, a white crystalline substance, {HNaCO3}, with a slight alkaline taste resembling that of sodium carbonate. It is found in many mineral springs and also produced artificially,. It is used in cookery, in baking powders, and as a source of carbonic acid gas (carbon dioxide) for soda water. Called also {cooking soda}, {saleratus}, and technically, {acid sodium carbonate}, {primary sodium carbonate}, {sodium dicarbonate}, etc. {Sodium carbonate}, a white crystalline substance, {Na2CO3.10H2O}, having a cooling alkaline taste, found in the ashes of many plants, and produced artifically in large quantities from common salt. It is used in making soap, glass, paper, etc., and as alkaline agent in many chemical industries. Called also {sal soda}, {washing soda}, or {soda}. Cf. {Sodium bicarbonate}, above and {Trona}. {Sodium chloride}, common, or table, salt, {NaCl}. {Sodium hydroxide}, a white opaque brittle solid, {NaOH}, having a fibrous structure, produced by the action of quicklime, or of calcium hydrate (milk of lime), on sodium carbonate. It is a strong alkali, and is used in the manufacture of soap, in making wood pulp for paper, etc. Called also {sodium hydrate}, and {caustic soda}. By extension, a solution of sodium hydroxide. | |
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Stove \Stove\, n. [D. stoof a foot stove, originally, a heated room, a room for a bath; akin to G. stube room, OHG. stuba a heated room, AS. stofe, Icel. stofa a room, bathing room, Sw. stufva, stuga, a room, Dan. stue; of unknown origin. Cf. {Estufa}, {Stew}, {Stufa}.] 1. A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly, designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense, to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes or in the processes of the arts. When most of the waiters were commanded away to their supper, the parlor or stove being nearly emptied, in came a company of musketeers. --Earl of Strafford. How tedious is it to them that live in stoves and caves half a year together, as in Iceland, Muscovy, or under the pole! --Burton. 2. An apparatus, consisting essentially of a receptacle for fuel, made of iron, brick, stone, or tiles, and variously constructed, in which fire is made or kept for warming a room or a house, or for culinary or other purposes. {Cooking stove}, a stove with an oven, opening for pots, kettles, and the like, -- used for cooking. {Dry stove}. See under {Dry}. {Foot stove}. See under {Foot}. {Franklin stove}. See in the Vocabulary. {Stove plant} (Bot.), a plant which requires artificial heat to make it grow in cold or cold temperate climates. {Stove plate}, thin iron castings for the parts of stoves. | |
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Cosenage \Cos"en*age\ (k?z"'n-?j), n. See {Cozenage}. | |
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Cosinage \Cos"in*age\ (k?s"'n-?j), n. [See {Cousinage}.] (Law) (a) Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity. --Burrill. (b) A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation. --Blackstone. | |
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Galvanometer \Gal`va*nom"e*ter\, n. [Galvanic + -meter: cf. F. galvanom[8a]tre.] (Elec.) An instrument or apparatus for measuring the intensity of an electric current, usually by the deflection of a magnetic needle. {Differential galvanometer}. See under {Differental}, a. {Sine galvanometer}, {Cosine galvanometer}, {Tangent galvanometer} (Elec.), a galvanometer in which the sine, cosine, or tangent respectively, of the angle through which the needle is deflected, is proportional to the strength of the current passed through the instrument. | |
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Cosmic \Cos"mic\ (k?z"m?k), Cosmical \Cos"mic*al\ (-m?-kal), a. [Gr. kosmiko`s of the world, fr. ko`smos: cf. F. cosmique. See {Cosmos}.] 1. Pertaining to the universe, and having special reference to universal law or order, or to the one grand harmonious system of things; hence; harmonious; orderly. 2. Pertaining to the solar system as a whole, and not to the earth alone. 3. Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; as, cosmic speed. [bd]Cosmic ranges of time.[b8] --Tyndall. 4. (Astron.) Rising or setting with the sun; -- the opposite of acronycal. | |
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Cosmic \Cos"mic\ (k?z"m?k), Cosmical \Cos"mic*al\ (-m?-kal), a. [Gr. kosmiko`s of the world, fr. ko`smos: cf. F. cosmique. See {Cosmos}.] 1. Pertaining to the universe, and having special reference to universal law or order, or to the one grand harmonious system of things; hence; harmonious; orderly. 2. Pertaining to the solar system as a whole, and not to the earth alone. 3. Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; as, cosmic speed. [bd]Cosmic ranges of time.[b8] --Tyndall. 4. (Astron.) Rising or setting with the sun; -- the opposite of acronycal. | |
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Cosmically \Cos"mic*al*ly\, adv. 1. With the sun at rising or setting; as, a star is said to rise or set cosmically when it rises or sets with the sun. 2. Universally. [R.] --Emerson. | |
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Cosmogonal \Cos*mog"o*nal\ (k?z-m?g"?-nal), Cosmogonic \Cos`mo*gon"ic\ (k?z`m?-g?n"?k), Cosmogonical \Cos`mo*gon"ic*al\ (-g?n"?-kal), a. Belonging to cosmogony. --B. Powell. Gladstone. | |
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Cosmogonal \Cos*mog"o*nal\ (k?z-m?g"?-nal), Cosmogonic \Cos`mo*gon"ic\ (k?z`m?-g?n"?k), Cosmogonical \Cos`mo*gon"ic*al\ (-g?n"?-kal), a. Belonging to cosmogony. --B. Powell. Gladstone. | |
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Cosmogonal \Cos*mog"o*nal\ (k?z-m?g"?-nal), Cosmogonic \Cos`mo*gon"ic\ (k?z`m?-g?n"?k), Cosmogonical \Cos`mo*gon"ic*al\ (-g?n"?-kal), a. Belonging to cosmogony. --B. Powell. Gladstone. | |
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Cosmogony \Cos*mog"o*ny\ (-n?), n.; pl. {Cosmogonies} (-n[?]z). [Gr. kosmogoni`a; ko`smos the world + root of gi`gnesthai to be born: cf. F. cosmogonie.] The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato. | |
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Cosmogonist \Cos*mog"o*nist\ (k?z-m?g"?-n?st), n. One who treats of the origin of the universe; one versed in cosmogony. | |
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Cosmogony \Cos*mog"o*ny\ (-n?), n.; pl. {Cosmogonies} (-n[?]z). [Gr. kosmogoni`a; ko`smos the world + root of gi`gnesthai to be born: cf. F. cosmogonie.] The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato. | |
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Cosmographer \Cos*mog"ra*pher\ (-r?-f?r), n. One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth. | |
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Cosmographic \Cos`mo*graph"ic\ (k?z`m?-gr?f"?k), Cosmographical \Cos`mo*graph"ic*al\ (-?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cosmographique.] Of or pertaining to cosmography. | |
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Cosmographic \Cos`mo*graph"ic\ (k?z`m?-gr?f"?k), Cosmographical \Cos`mo*graph"ic*al\ (-?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cosmographique.] Of or pertaining to cosmography. | |
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Cosmographically \Cos`mo*graph"ic*al*ly\, adv. In a cosmographic manner; in accordance with cosmography. | |
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Cosmography \Cos*mog"ra*phy\ (k?z-m?g"r?-f?), n.; pl. {Cosmographies} (-f[?]z). [Gr. [?][?][?]; [?][?][?] the world + [?][?][?] to write: cf. F. cosmographie.] A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts. | |
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Cosmography \Cos*mog"ra*phy\ (k?z-m?g"r?-f?), n.; pl. {Cosmographies} (-f[?]z). [Gr. [?][?][?]; [?][?][?] the world + [?][?][?] to write: cf. F. cosmographie.] A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts. | |
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d8Cosmos \[d8]Cos"mos\, n. (Bot.) A genus of composite plants closely related to {Bidens}, usually with very showy flowers, some with yellow, others with red, scarlet, purple, white, or lilac rays. They are natives of the warmer parts of America, and many species are cultivated. {Cosmos bipinnatus} and {C. diversifolius} are among the best-known species; {C. caudatus}, of the West Indies, is widely naturalized. | |
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Cosmosphere \Cos"mo*sphere\ (k[ocr]z"m?-sf?r), n. [Gr. ko`smos the world + E. sphere.] An apparatus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe. | |
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Couchancy \Couch"an*cy\ (kouch"an-s?), n. State of lying down for repose. [R.] | |
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Couch \Couch\ (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Couched} (koucht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Couching}.] [F. coucher to lay down, lie down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See {Locus}.] 1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place. Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain, Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. --Shak. 2. To arrange or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun. The waters couch themselves as may be to the center of this globe, in a spherical convexity. --T. Burnet. 3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed. It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls. --Bacon. 4. (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire cloth mold to a felt blanket, for further drying. 5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly. There is all this, and more, that lies naturally couched under this allegory. --L'Estrange. 6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under. A well-couched invective. --Milton. I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather cool terms. --Blackw. Mag. 8. (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract. {To couch a} {spear [or] lance}, to lower to the position of attack; to place in rest. He stooped his head, and couched his spear, And spurred his steed to full career. --Sir W. Scott. {To couch malt}, to spread malt on a floor. --Mortimer. | |
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Couching \Couch"ing\, n. 1. (Med.) The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract. 2. Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through. | |
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Cough \Cough\ (k?f), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Coughed} (k?ft); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coughing}.] [Cf. D. kuchen, MHG. k[?]chen to breathe, G. keuchen to pant, and E. chincough, the first part of which is prob. akin to cough; cf. also E. choke.] To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner. | |
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Cousinage \Cous"in*age\ (-?j), n. [F. cousinage, OF., also, cosinage. Cf. {Cosinage}, {Cozenage}.] Relationship; kinship. [Obs.] --Wyclif. | |
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Cousin-german \Cous"in-ger"man\ (-j?r"man), n. [Cousin + german closely akin.] A first cousin. See Note under {Cousin}, 1. | |
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German \Ger"man\, a. [OE. german, germain, F. germain, fr. L. germanus full, own (said of brothers and sisters who have the same parents); akin to germen germ. Cf. {Germ}, {Germane}.] Nearly related; closely akin. Wert thou a leopard, thou wert german to the lion. --Shak. {Brother german}. See {Brother german}. {Cousins german}. See the Note under {Cousin}. | |
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Cousinship \Cous"in*ship\, n. The relationship of cousins; state of being cousins; cousinhood. --G. Eliot. | |
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Coxcomical \Cox*com"ic*al\ (k?ks-k?m"?-kal), a. Coxcombical. [R.] | |
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Coxcomically \Cox*com"ic*al*ly\, adv. Conceitedly. [R.] | |
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Cozenage \Coz"en*age\ (-[asl]j), n. [See {Cozen}, and cf. {Cousinage}.] The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud. --Shak. | |
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Coziness \Co"zi*ness\, n. The state or quality of being cozy. | |
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Cucking stool \Cuck"ing stool`\ (k[?]k"[?]ng st[?][?]l`). [Cf. AS. scealfingst[d3]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf. Icel. k[?]ka to dung, k[?]kr dung, the name being given as to a disgracing or infamous punishment.] A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a {castigatory}, a {tumbrel}, and a {trebuchet}; and often, but not so correctly, a {ducking stool}. --Sir. W. Scott. | |
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Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus {Cucumis}, esp. {Cucumis sativus}, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below. {Bitter cucumber} (Bot.), the {Citrullus [or] Cucumis Colocynthis}. See {Colocynth}. {Cucumber beetle.} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, black flea-beetle ({Crepidodera cucumeris}), which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon vines. (b) The squash beetle. {Cucumber tree}. (a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus {Magnolia} {(M. acuminata)}, so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant ({Averrhoa Bilimbi}) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. {Jamaica cucumber}, {Jerusalem cucumber}, the prickly-fruited gherkin ({Cucumis Anguria}). {Snake cucumber}, a species ({Cucumis flexuosus}) remarkable for its long, curiously-shaped fruit. {Squirting cucumber}, a plant ({Ecbalium Elaterium}) whose small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force through the opening thus made. See {Elaterium}. {Star cucumber}, a climbing weed ({Sicyos angulatus}) with prickly fruit. | |
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Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus {Cucumis}, esp. {Cucumis sativus}, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below. {Bitter cucumber} (Bot.), the {Citrullus [or] Cucumis Colocynthis}. See {Colocynth}. {Cucumber beetle.} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, black flea-beetle ({Crepidodera cucumeris}), which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon vines. (b) The squash beetle. {Cucumber tree}. (a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus {Magnolia} {(M. acuminata)}, so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant ({Averrhoa Bilimbi}) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. {Jamaica cucumber}, {Jerusalem cucumber}, the prickly-fruited gherkin ({Cucumis Anguria}). {Snake cucumber}, a species ({Cucumis flexuosus}) remarkable for its long, curiously-shaped fruit. {Squirting cucumber}, a plant ({Ecbalium Elaterium}) whose small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force through the opening thus made. See {Elaterium}. {Star cucumber}, a climbing weed ({Sicyos angulatus}) with prickly fruit. | |
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Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus {Cucumis}, esp. {Cucumis sativus}, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below. {Bitter cucumber} (Bot.), the {Citrullus [or] Cucumis Colocynthis}. See {Colocynth}. {Cucumber beetle.} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, black flea-beetle ({Crepidodera cucumeris}), which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon vines. (b) The squash beetle. {Cucumber tree}. (a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus {Magnolia} {(M. acuminata)}, so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant ({Averrhoa Bilimbi}) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. {Jamaica cucumber}, {Jerusalem cucumber}, the prickly-fruited gherkin ({Cucumis Anguria}). {Snake cucumber}, a species ({Cucumis flexuosus}) remarkable for its long, curiously-shaped fruit. {Squirting cucumber}, a plant ({Ecbalium Elaterium}) whose small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force through the opening thus made. See {Elaterium}. {Star cucumber}, a climbing weed ({Sicyos angulatus}) with prickly fruit. | |
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Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), n. [OE. cuischun, quisshen, OF. coissin, cuissin, F. coussin, fr. (assumed) LL. culcitinum, dim. of L. culcita cushion, mattress, pillow. See {Quilt}, and cf. {Counterpoint} a {coverlet}.] 1. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad. Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise. --Dryden. 2. Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as: (a) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf; (b) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston; (c) the elastic edge of a billiard table. 3. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also {cushion dance}. --Halliwell. {Cushion capital}.(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature. (b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical faces. {Cushion star} (Zo[94]l.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to {Goniaster}, {Astrogonium}, and other allied genera; -- so called from its form. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), n. [OE. cuischun, quisshen, OF. coissin, cuissin, F. coussin, fr. (assumed) LL. culcitinum, dim. of L. culcita cushion, mattress, pillow. See {Quilt}, and cf. {Counterpoint} a {coverlet}.] 1. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad. Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise. --Dryden. 2. Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as: (a) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf; (b) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston; (c) the elastic edge of a billiard table. 3. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also {cushion dance}. --Halliwell. {Cushion capital}.(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature. (b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical faces. {Cushion star} (Zo[94]l.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to {Goniaster}, {Astrogonium}, and other allied genera; -- so called from its form. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cygnus \Cyg"nus\ (s?g"n?s), n. [L., a swan.] (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, or following, Lyra; the Swan. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Elk \Elk\, Elke \Elke\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European wild or whistling swan ({Cygnus ferus}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mute \Mute\, a. [L. mutus; cf. Gr. [?] to shut, Skr. m[?]ta bound, m[?]ka dumb: cf. OE. muet, fr. F. muet, a dim. of OF. mu, L. mutus.] 1. Not speaking; uttering no sound; silent. All the heavenly choir stood mute, And silence was in heaven. --Milton. Note: In law a prisoner is said to stand mute, when, upon being arranged, he makes no answer, or does not plead directly, or will not put himself on trial. 2. Incapable of speaking; dumb. --Dryden. 3. Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; -- said of certain letters. See 5th {Mute}, 2. 4. Not giving a ringing sound when struck; -- said of a metal. {Mute swan} (Zo[94]l.), a European wild white swan ({Cygnus gibbus}), which produces no loud notes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Swan \Swan\, n. [AS. swan; akin to D. zwaan, OHG. swan, G. schwan, Icel. svanr, Sw. svan, Dan. svane; and perhaps to E. sound something audible.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to {Cygnus}, {Olor}, and allied genera of the subfamily {Cygnin[91]}. They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death. Note: The European white, or mute, swan ({Cygnus gibbus}), which is most commonly domesticated, bends its neck in an S-shaped curve. The whistling, or trumpeting, swans of the genus {Olor} do not bend the neck in an S-shaped curve, and are noted for their loud and sonorous cry, due to complex convolutions of the windpipe. To this genus belong the European whooper, or whistling swan ({Olor cygnus}), the American whistling swan ({O. Columbianus}), and the trumpeter swan ({O. buccinator}). The Australian black swan ({Chenopis atrata}) is dull black with white on the wings, and has the bill carmine, crossed with a white band. It is a very graceful species and is often domesticated. The South American black-necked swan ({Sthenelides melancorypha}) is a very beautiful and graceful species, entirely white, except the head and neck, which are dark velvety seal-brown. Its bill has a double bright rose-colored knob. 2. Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon. 3. (Astron.) The constellation Cygnus. {Swan goose} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of India ({Cygnopsis cygnoides}) resembling both the swan and the goose. {Swan shot}, a large size of shot used in fowling. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chickamauga, GA (city, FIPS 15984) Location: 34.87239 N, 85.29149 W Population (1990): 2149 (889 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30707 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chignik, AK (city, FIPS 13550) Location: 56.30164 N, 158.41570 W Population (1990): 188 (104 housing units) Area: 30.3 sq km (land), 10.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99564 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chignik Lagoon, AK (CDP, FIPS 13670) Location: 56.28413 N, 158.51113 W Population (1990): 53 (83 housing units) Area: 31.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99565 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chignik Lake, AK (CDP, FIPS 13780) Location: 56.25613 N, 158.77222 W Population (1990): 133 (57 housing units) Area: 47.6 sq km (land), 9.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cogan Station, PA Zip code(s): 17728 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cosmos, MN (city, FIPS 13420) Location: 44.93587 N, 94.69737 W Population (1990): 610 (255 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56228 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cushing, IA (city, FIPS 17940) Location: 42.46510 N, 95.67605 W Population (1990): 220 (107 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51018 Cushing, ME Zip code(s): 04563 Cushing, MN Zip code(s): 56443 Cushing, NE (village, FIPS 11860) Location: 41.29459 N, 98.36900 W Population (1990): 25 (16 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Cushing, OK (city, FIPS 18850) Location: 35.97945 N, 96.76148 W Population (1990): 7218 (3754 housing units) Area: 17.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74023 Cushing, TX (city, FIPS 18224) Location: 31.81332 N, 94.84007 W Population (1990): 587 (240 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75760 Cushing, WI Zip code(s): 54006 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cushing Island, ME Zip code(s): 04109 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
cosmic rays n. Notionally, the cause of {bit rot}. However, this is a semi-independent usage that may be invoked as a humorous way to {handwave} away any minor {randomness} that doesn't seem worth the bother of investigating. "Hey, Eric -- I just got a burst of garbage on my {tube}, where did that come from?" "Cosmic rays, I guess." Compare {sunspots}, {phase of the moon}. The British seem to prefer the usage `cosmic showers'; `alpha particles' is also heard, because stray alpha particles passing through a memory chip can cause single-bit errors (this becomes increasingly more likely as memory sizes and densities increase). Factual note: Alpha particles cause bit rot, cosmic rays do not (except occasionally in spaceborne computers). Intel could not explain random bit drops in their early chips, and one hypothesis was cosmic rays. So they created the World's Largest Lead Safe, using 25 tons of the stuff, and used two identical boards for testing. One was placed in the safe, one outside. The hypothesis was that if cosmic rays were causing the bit drops, they should see a statistically significant difference between the error rates on the two boards. They did not observe such a difference. Further investigation demonstrated conclusively that the bit drops were due to alpha particle emissions from thorium (and to a much lesser degree uranium) in the encapsulation material. Since it is impossible to eliminate these radioactives (they are uniformly distributed through the earth's crust, with the statistically insignificant exception of uranium lodes) it became obvious that one has to design memories to withstand these hits. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cache miss satisfied from the {cache}, for which the {main memory} has to be consulted. Opposite: {cache hit}. (1997-01-21) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Cache On A STick standardise the modular {L2 cache} subsystem in {Pentium}-based computers. A COAST module should be about 4.35" wide by 1.14" high. According to earlier specifications from {Motorola}, a module between 4.33" and 4.36" wide, and between 1.12" and 1.16" high is within the COAST standard. Some module vendors, including some major motherboard suppliers, greatly violate the height specification. Another COAST specification violated by many suppliers concerns clock distribution in synchronous modules. The specification requires that the clock tree to each synchronous chip be balanced, i.e. equal length from edge of the connector to individual chips. An unbalanced clock tree increases reflections and noise. For a 256 {kilobyte} cache module the standard requires the same clock be used for both chips but some vendors use separate clocks to reduce loading on the clock driver and hence increase the clock speed. However, this creates unbalanced loading in other motherboard configurations, such as motherboards with soldered caches in the system. (1996-06-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
caching {cache} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
case insensitive {case sensitivity} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cosmic rays Notionally, the cause of {bit rot}. However, this is a semi-independent usage that may be invoked as a humorous way to {handwave} away any minor {randomness} that doesn't seem worth the bother of investigating. "Hey, Eric - I just got a burst of garbage on my {tube}, where did that come from?" "Cosmic rays, I guess." Compare {sunspots}, {phase of the moon}. The British seem to prefer the usage "cosmic showers"; "alpha particles" is also heard, because stray alpha particles passing through a memory chip can cause single bit errors (this becomes increasingly more likely as memory sizes and densities increase). Factual note: Alpha particles cause bit rot, cosmic rays do not (except occasionally in spaceborne computers). Intel could not explain random bit drops in their early chips, and one hypothesis was cosmic rays. So they created the World's Largest Lead Safe, using 25 tons of the stuff, and used two identical boards for testing. One was placed in the safe, one outside. The hypothesis was that if cosmic rays were causing the bit drops, they should see a statistically significant difference between the error rates on the two boards. They did not observe such a difference. Further investigation demonstrated conclusively that the bit drops were due to alpha particle emissions from thorium (and to a much lesser degree uranium) in the encapsulation material. Since it is impossible to eliminate these radioactives (they are uniformly distributed through the earth's crust, with the statistically insignificant exception of uranium lodes) it became obvious that one has to design memories to withstand these hits. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Cygnus Tcl Tools the {Cygnus} {GNU} build framework with "{configure}" by david d 'zoo' zuhn Latest version: Release-930124, as of 1993-01-24. {(ftp://cygnus.com/pub/)}. (2000-09-25) |