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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wrymouth \Wry"mouth`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large, elongated, marine fishes of the genus {Cryptacanthodes}, especially {C. maculatus} of the American coast. A whitish variety is called {ghostfish}. | |
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Storm \Storm\, n. {Anticyclonic storm} (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often by clear sky. Called also {high-area storm}, {anticyclone}. When attended by high winds, snow, and freezing temperatures such storms have various local names, as {blizzard}, {wet norther}, {purga}, {buran}, etc. {Cyclonic storm}. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See {Cyclone}, above. Stovain \Sto"va*in\, n. Also -ine \-ine\ . [Stove (a translation of the name of the discoverer, Fourneau + -in, -ine.] (Pharm.) A substance, {C14H22O2NCl}, the hydrochloride of an amino compound containing benzol, used, in solution with strychnine, as a local an[91]sthetic, esp. by injection into the sheath of the spinal cord, producing an[91]sthesia below the point of introduction. | |
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Cahenslyism \Ca*hens"ly*ism\, n. (R. C. Ch.) A plan proposed to the Pope in 1891 by P. P. Cahensly, a member of the German parliament, to divide the foreign-born population of the United States, for ecclesiastical purposes, according to European nationalities, and to appoint bishops and priests of like race and speaking the same language as the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation. This plan was successfully opposed by the American party in the Church. | |
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Helmet \Hel"met\, n. [OF. helmet, a dim of helme, F. heaume; of Teutonic origin; cf. G. helm, akin to AS. & OS. helm, D. helm, helmet, Icel. hj[be]lmr, Sw. hjelm, Dan. hielm, Goth. hilms; and prob. from the root of AS. helan to hide, to hele; cf. also Lith. szalmas, Russ. shleme, Skr. [87]arman protection. [root]17. Cf. {Hele}, {Hell}, {Helm} a helmet.] 1. (Armor) A defensive covering for the head. See {Casque}, {Headpiece}, {Morion}, {Sallet}, and Illust. of {Beaver}. 2. (Her.) The representation of a helmet over shields or coats of arms, denoting gradations of rank by modifications of form. 3. A helmet-shaped hat, made of cork, felt, metal, or other suitable material, worn as part of the uniform of soldiers, firemen, etc., also worn in hot countries as a protection from the heat of the sun. 4. That which resembles a helmet in form, position, etc.; as: (a) (Chem.) The upper part of a retort. --Boyle. (b) (Bot.) The hood-formed upper sepal or petal of some flowers, as of the monkshood or the snapdragon. (c) (Zo[94]l.) A naked shield or protuberance on the top or fore part of the head of a bird. {Helmet beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a leaf-eating beetle of the family {Chrysomelid[91]}, having a short, broad, and flattened body. Many species are known. {Helmet shell} (Zo[94]l.), one of many species of tropical marine univalve shells belonging to {Cassis} and allied genera. Many of them are large and handsome; several are used for cutting as cameos, and hence are called {cameo shells}. See {King conch}. {Helmet shrike} (Zo[94]l.), an African wood shrike of the genus {Prionodon}, having a large crest. | |
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Camously \Ca"mous*ly\, adv. Awry. [Obs.] --Skelton. | |
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Cancel \Can"cel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Canceled} [or] {Cancelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Canceling} [or] {Cancelling}.] [L. cancellare to make like a lattice, to strike or cross out (cf. Fr. canceller, OF. canceler) fr. cancelli lattice, crossbars, dim. of cancer lattice; cf. Gr. [?] latticed gate. Cf. {Chancel}.] 1. To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework. [Obs.] A little obscure place canceled in with iron work is the pillar or stump at which . . . our Savior was scourged. --Evelyn. 2. To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude. [Obs.] [bd]Canceled from heaven.[b8] --Milton. 3. To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate. A deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be cancelled; that is, to have lines drawn over it in the form of latticework or cancelli; though the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it. --Blackstone. 4. To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall. The indentures were canceled. --Thackeray. He was unwilling to cancel the interest created through former secret services, by being refractory on this occasion. --Sir W. Scott. 5. (Print.) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type. {Canceled figures} (Print), figures cast with a line across the face., as for use in arithmetics. Syn: To blot out; obliterate; deface; erase; efface; expunge; annul; abolish; revoke; abrogate; repeal; destroy; do away; set aside. See {Abolish}. | |
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Cancel \Can"cel\, n. [See {Cancel}, v. i., and cf. {Chancel}.] 1. An inclosure; a boundary; a limit. [Obs.] A prison is but a retirement, and opportunity of serious thoughts, to a person whose spirit . . . desires no enlargement beyond the cancels of the body. --Jer. Taylor. 2. (Print) (a) The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages. (b) The part thus suppressed. | |
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Cancel \Can"cel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Canceled} [or] {Cancelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Canceling} [or] {Cancelling}.] [L. cancellare to make like a lattice, to strike or cross out (cf. Fr. canceller, OF. canceler) fr. cancelli lattice, crossbars, dim. of cancer lattice; cf. Gr. [?] latticed gate. Cf. {Chancel}.] 1. To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework. [Obs.] A little obscure place canceled in with iron work is the pillar or stump at which . . . our Savior was scourged. --Evelyn. 2. To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude. [Obs.] [bd]Canceled from heaven.[b8] --Milton. 3. To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate. A deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be cancelled; that is, to have lines drawn over it in the form of latticework or cancelli; though the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it. --Blackstone. 4. To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall. The indentures were canceled. --Thackeray. He was unwilling to cancel the interest created through former secret services, by being refractory on this occasion. --Sir W. Scott. 5. (Print.) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type. {Canceled figures} (Print), figures cast with a line across the face., as for use in arithmetics. Syn: To blot out; obliterate; deface; erase; efface; expunge; annul; abolish; revoke; abrogate; repeal; destroy; do away; set aside. See {Abolish}. | |
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2/22/42/8 4/22/44/8 3/23/43/8 6/46/46/8 {Academy figure}, {Canceled figures}, {Lay figure}, etc. See under {Academy}, {Cancel}, {Lay}, etc. {Figure caster}, [or] {Figure flinger}, an astrologer. [bd]This figure caster.[b8] --Milton. {Figure flinging}, the practice of astrology. {Figure-of-eight knot}, a knot shaped like the figure 8. See Illust. under {Knot}. {Figure painting}, a picture of the human figure, or the act or art of depicting the human figure. {Figure stone} (Min.), agalmatolite. {Figure weaving}, the art or process of weaving figured fabrics. {To cut a figure}, to make a display. [Colloq.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Cancel \Can"cel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Canceled} [or] {Cancelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Canceling} [or] {Cancelling}.] [L. cancellare to make like a lattice, to strike or cross out (cf. Fr. canceller, OF. canceler) fr. cancelli lattice, crossbars, dim. of cancer lattice; cf. Gr. [?] latticed gate. Cf. {Chancel}.] 1. To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework. [Obs.] A little obscure place canceled in with iron work is the pillar or stump at which . . . our Savior was scourged. --Evelyn. 2. To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude. [Obs.] [bd]Canceled from heaven.[b8] --Milton. 3. To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate. A deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be cancelled; that is, to have lines drawn over it in the form of latticework or cancelli; though the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it. --Blackstone. 4. To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall. The indentures were canceled. --Thackeray. He was unwilling to cancel the interest created through former secret services, by being refractory on this occasion. --Sir W. Scott. 5. (Print.) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type. {Canceled figures} (Print), figures cast with a line across the face., as for use in arithmetics. Syn: To blot out; obliterate; deface; erase; efface; expunge; annul; abolish; revoke; abrogate; repeal; destroy; do away; set aside. See {Abolish}. | |
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Cancelier \Can`cel*ier"\, Canceleer \Can"cel*eer\, n. (Falconry) The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop. [Obs.] The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the skies, Make sundry canceliers ere they the fowl can reach. --Drayton. | |
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Cancelier \Can`cel*ier"\, v. i. [F. chanceler, OF. canseler, to waver, orig. to cross the legs so as not to fall; from the same word as E. cancel.] (Falconry) To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk. [Obs.] --Nares. He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced To cancelier. --Massinger. | |
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Cancelier \Can`cel*ier"\, Canceleer \Can"cel*eer\, n. (Falconry) The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop. [Obs.] The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the skies, Make sundry canceliers ere they the fowl can reach. --Drayton. | |
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Cancel \Can"cel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Canceled} [or] {Cancelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Canceling} [or] {Cancelling}.] [L. cancellare to make like a lattice, to strike or cross out (cf. Fr. canceller, OF. canceler) fr. cancelli lattice, crossbars, dim. of cancer lattice; cf. Gr. [?] latticed gate. Cf. {Chancel}.] 1. To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework. [Obs.] A little obscure place canceled in with iron work is the pillar or stump at which . . . our Savior was scourged. --Evelyn. 2. To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude. [Obs.] [bd]Canceled from heaven.[b8] --Milton. 3. To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate. A deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be cancelled; that is, to have lines drawn over it in the form of latticework or cancelli; though the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it. --Blackstone. 4. To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall. The indentures were canceled. --Thackeray. He was unwilling to cancel the interest created through former secret services, by being refractory on this occasion. --Sir W. Scott. 5. (Print.) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type. {Canceled figures} (Print), figures cast with a line across the face., as for use in arithmetics. Syn: To blot out; obliterate; deface; erase; efface; expunge; annul; abolish; revoke; abrogate; repeal; destroy; do away; set aside. See {Abolish}. | |
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Cancellarean \Can`cel*la"re*an\, a. Cancellarean. [R.] | |
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Cancellate \Can"cel*late\, a. [L. cancellatus, p. p. of cancellare, See {Cancel}, v. t.] 1. (Bot.) Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plants; latticelike. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles. | |
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Cancellated \Can"cel*la`ted\, a. 1. Crossbarred; marked with cross lines. --Grew. 2. (Anat.) Open or spongy, as some porous bones. | |
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Cancellation \Can`cel*la"tion\, n. [L. cancellatio: cf. F. cancellation.] 1. The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself. 2. (Math.) The operation of striking out common factors, in both the dividend and divisor. | |
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Cancel \Can"cel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Canceled} [or] {Cancelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Canceling} [or] {Cancelling}.] [L. cancellare to make like a lattice, to strike or cross out (cf. Fr. canceller, OF. canceler) fr. cancelli lattice, crossbars, dim. of cancer lattice; cf. Gr. [?] latticed gate. Cf. {Chancel}.] 1. To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework. [Obs.] A little obscure place canceled in with iron work is the pillar or stump at which . . . our Savior was scourged. --Evelyn. 2. To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude. [Obs.] [bd]Canceled from heaven.[b8] --Milton. 3. To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate. A deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be cancelled; that is, to have lines drawn over it in the form of latticework or cancelli; though the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it. --Blackstone. 4. To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall. The indentures were canceled. --Thackeray. He was unwilling to cancel the interest created through former secret services, by being refractory on this occasion. --Sir W. Scott. 5. (Print.) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type. {Canceled figures} (Print), figures cast with a line across the face., as for use in arithmetics. Syn: To blot out; obliterate; deface; erase; efface; expunge; annul; abolish; revoke; abrogate; repeal; destroy; do away; set aside. See {Abolish}. | |
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Cancel \Can"cel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Canceled} [or] {Cancelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Canceling} [or] {Cancelling}.] [L. cancellare to make like a lattice, to strike or cross out (cf. Fr. canceller, OF. canceler) fr. cancelli lattice, crossbars, dim. of cancer lattice; cf. Gr. [?] latticed gate. Cf. {Chancel}.] 1. To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework. [Obs.] A little obscure place canceled in with iron work is the pillar or stump at which . . . our Savior was scourged. --Evelyn. 2. To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude. [Obs.] [bd]Canceled from heaven.[b8] --Milton. 3. To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate. A deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be cancelled; that is, to have lines drawn over it in the form of latticework or cancelli; though the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it. --Blackstone. 4. To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall. The indentures were canceled. --Thackeray. He was unwilling to cancel the interest created through former secret services, by being refractory on this occasion. --Sir W. Scott. 5. (Print.) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type. {Canceled figures} (Print), figures cast with a line across the face., as for use in arithmetics. Syn: To blot out; obliterate; deface; erase; efface; expunge; annul; abolish; revoke; abrogate; repeal; destroy; do away; set aside. See {Abolish}. | |
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Cancellous \Can"cel*lous\, a. [Cf. L. cancellosus covered with bars.] (Anat.) Having a spongy or porous structure; made up of cancelli; cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many bones. | |
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Dog Star \Dog" Star`\ Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; -- called also {Canicula}, and, in astronomical charts, {[alpha] Canis Majoris}. See {Dog days}. | |
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Canicular \Ca*nic"u*lar\, a. [L. canicularis; cf. F. caniculaire.] Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star. {Canicular days}, the dog days, See {Dog days}. {Canicular year}, the Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another. | |
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Canicular \Ca*nic"u*lar\, a. [L. canicularis; cf. F. caniculaire.] Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star. {Canicular days}, the dog days, See {Dog days}. {Canicular year}, the Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another. | |
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{Anniversary day}. See {Anniversary}, n. {Astronomical day}, a period equal to the mean solar day, but beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day, as that most used by astronomers. {Born days}. See under {Born}. {Canicular days}. See {Dog day}. {Civil day}, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight. {Day blindness}. (Med.) See {Nyctalopia}. {Day by day}, or {Day after day}, daily; every day; continually; without intermission of a day. See under {By}. [bd]Day by day we magnify thee.[b8] --Book of Common Prayer. {Days in bank} (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench, or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. --Burrill. {Day in court}, a day for the appearance of parties in a suit. {Days of devotion} (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. --Shipley. {Days of grace}. See {Grace}. {Days of obligation} (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. --Shipley. {Day owl}, (Zo[94]l.), an owl that flies by day. See {Hawk owl}. {Day rule} (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished) allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go beyond the prison limits for a single day. {Day school}, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in distinction from a boarding school. {Day sight}. (Med.) See {Hemeralopia}. {Day's work} (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. {From day to day}, as time passes; in the course of time; as, he improves from day to day. {Jewish day}, the time between sunset and sunset. {Mean solar day} (Astron.), the mean or average of all the apparent solar days of the year. {One day}, {One of these days}, at an uncertain time, usually of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. [bd]Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.[b8] --Shak. {Only from day to day}, without certainty of continuance; temporarily. --Bacon. {Sidereal day}, the interval between two successive transits of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time. {To win the day}, to gain the victory, to be successful. --S. Butler. {Week day}, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day. {Working day}. (a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction from Sundays and legal holidays. (b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom, during which a workman, hired at a stated price per day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay. | |
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Year \Year\, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [f4]er, AS. ge[a0]r; akin to OFries. i[?]r, g[?]r, D. jaar, OHG. j[be]r, G. jahr, Icel. [be]r, Dan. aar, Sw. [86]r, Goth. j[?]r, Gr. [?] a season of the year, springtime, a part of the day, an hour, [?] a year, Zend y[be]re year. [root]4, 279. Cf. {Hour}, {Yore}.] 1. The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year; also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this, adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354 days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360 days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days, and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of 366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on account of the excess above 365 days (see {Bissextile}). Of twenty year of age he was, I guess. --Chaucer. Note: The civil, or legal, year, in England, formerly commenced on the 25th of March. This practice continued throughout the British dominions till the year 1752. 2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution about the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn. 3. pl. Age, or old age; as, a man in years. --Shak. {Anomalistic year}, the time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again, which is 365 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds. {A year's mind} (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased person, as by a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. {A month's mind}, under {Month}. {Bissextile year}. See {Bissextile}. {Canicular year}. See under {Canicular}. {Civil year}, the year adopted by any nation for the computation of time. {Common lunar year}, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354 days. {Common year}, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from leap year. {Embolismic year}, [or] {Intercalary lunar year}, the period of 13 lunar months, or 384 days. {Fiscal year} (Com.), the year by which accounts are reckoned, or the year between one annual time of settlement, or balancing of accounts, and another. {Great year}. See {Platonic year}, under {Platonic}. {Gregorian year}, {Julian year}. See under {Gregorian}, and {Julian}. {Leap year}. See {Leap year}, in the Vocabulary. {Lunar astronomical year}, the period of 12 lunar synodical months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds. {Lunisolar year}. See under {Lunisolar}. {Periodical year}. See {Anomalistic year}, above. {Platonic year}, {Sabbatical year}. See under {Platonic}, and {Sabbatical}. {Sidereal year}, the time in which the sun, departing from any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, and 9.3 seconds. {Tropical year}. See under {Tropical}. {Year and a day} (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an act or an event, in order that an entire year might be secured beyond all question. --Abbott. {Year of grace}, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini; A. D. or a. d. | |
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Canicular \Ca*nic"u*lar\, a. [L. canicularis; cf. F. caniculaire.] Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star. {Canicular days}, the dog days, See {Dog days}. {Canicular year}, the Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another. | |
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Canicule \Can"i*cule\, n. Canicula. --Addison. | |
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{White elm} (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of wheels, and for other purposes. {White ensign}. See {Saint George's ensign}, under {Saint}. {White feather}, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show the white feather}, under {Feather}, n. {White fir} (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees of the Pacific States, as {Abies grandis}, and {A. concolor}. {White flesher} (Zo[94]l.), the ruffed grouse. See under {Ruffed}. [Canada] {White frost}. See {Hoarfrost}. {White game} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. {White garnet} (Min.), leucite. {White grass} (Bot.), an American grass ({Leersia Virginica}) with greenish-white pale[91]. {White grouse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The white ptarmigan. (b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.] {White grub} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the June bug and other allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and other plants, and often do much damage. {White hake} (Zo[94]l.), the squirrel hake. See under {Squirrel}. {White hawk}, [or] {kite} (Zo[94]l.), the hen harrier. {White heat}, the temperature at which bodies become incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which they emit. {White hellebore} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Veratrum} ({V. album}) See {Hellebore}, 2. {White herring}, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak. {White hoolet} (Zo[94]l.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.] {White horses} (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps. {The White House}. See under {House}. {White ibis} (Zo[94]l.), an American ibis ({Guara alba}) having the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings, which are black. It inhabits tropical America and the Southern United States. Called also {Spanish curlew}. {White iron}. (a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron. (b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large proportion of combined carbon. {White iron pyrites} (Min.), marcasite. {White land}, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry, but blackish after rain. [Eng.] {White lark} (Zo[94]l.), the snow bunting. {White lead}. (a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for other purposes; ceruse. (b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite. {White leather}, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and salt. {White leg} (Med.), milk leg. See under {Milk}. {White lettuce} (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under {Rattlesnake}. {White lie}. See under {Lie}. {White light}. (a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the same proportion as in the light coming directly from the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing through a prism. See the Note under {Color}, n., 1. (b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white illumination for signals, etc. {White lime}, a solution or preparation of lime for whitewashing; whitewash. {White line} (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line, on a printed page; a blank line. {White meat}. (a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry. (b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc. Driving their cattle continually with them, and feeding only upon their milk and white meats. --Spenser. {White merganser} (Zo[94]l.), the smew. {White metal}. (a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia, etc. (b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a certain stage in copper smelting. {White miller}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common clothes moth. (b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black spots; -- called also {ermine moth}, and {virgin moth}. See {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}. {White money}, silver money. {White mouse} (Zo[94]l.), the albino variety of the common mouse. {White mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a silvery mullet ({Mugil curema}) ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; -- called also {blue-back mullet}, and {liza}. {White nun} (Zo[94]l.), the smew; -- so called from the white crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its head, which give the appearance of a hood. {White oak}. (Bot.) See under {Oak}. {White owl}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The snowy owl. (b) The barn owl. {White partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. {White perch}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A North American fresh-water bass ({Morone Americana}) valued as a food fish. (b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum. (c) Any California surf fish. {White pine}. (Bot.) See the Note under {Pine}. {White poplar} (Bot.), a European tree ({Populus alba}) often cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele. {White poppy} (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See {Poppy}. {White powder}, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise. [Obs.] A pistol charged with white powder. --Beau. & Fl. {White precipitate}. (Old Chem.) See under {Precipitate}. {White rabbit}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage. (b) An albino rabbit. {White rent}, (a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; -- opposed to black rent. See {Blackmail}, n., 3. (b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.] {White rhinoceros}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros Indicus}). See {Rhinoceros}. (b) The umhofo. {White ribbon}, the distinctive badge of certain organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral purity; as, the White-ribbon Army. {White rope} (Naut.), untarred hemp rope. {White rot}. (Bot.) (a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease called rot in sheep. (b) A disease of grapes. See {White rot}, under {Rot}. {White sage} (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter fat}. {White salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the silver salmon. {White salt}, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt. {White scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus Nerii}) injurious to the orange tree. See {Orange scale}, under {Orange}. {White shark} (Zo[94]l.), a species of man-eating shark. See under {Shark}. {White softening}. (Med.) See {Softening of the brain}, under {Softening}. {White spruce}. (Bot.) See {Spruce}, n., 1. {White squall} (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on the surface of the sea. {White staff}, the badge of the lord high treasurer of England. --Macaulay. {White stork} (Zo[94]l.), the common European stork. {White sturgeon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Shovelnose} (d) . {White sucker}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common sucker. (b) The common red horse ({Moxostoma macrolepidotum}). {White swelling} (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee, produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind. {White tombac}. See {Tombac}. {White trout} (Zo[94]l.), the white weakfish, or silver squeteague ({Cynoscion nothus}), of the Southern United States. {White vitriol} (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White vitriol}, under {Vitriol}. {White wagtail} (Zo[94]l.), the common, or pied, wagtail. {White wax}, beeswax rendered white by bleaching. {White whale} (Zo[94]l.), the beluga. {White widgeon} (Zo[94]l.), the smew. {White wine}. any wine of a clear, transparent color, bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; -- distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and Burgundy. [bd]White wine of Lepe.[b8] --Chaucer. {White witch}, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather. {White wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A light-colored wolf ({Canis laniger}) native of Thibet; -- called also {chanco}, {golden wolf}, and {Thibetan wolf}. (b) The albino variety of the gray wolf. {White wren} (Zo[94]l.), the willow warbler; -- so called from the color of the under parts. | |
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Wolf \Wolf\, n.; pl. {Wolves}. [OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. [umac]lfr, Sw. ulf, Dan. ulv, Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos, Skr. v[rsdot]ka; also to Gr. "e`lkein to draw, drag, tear in pieces. [root]286. Cf. {Lupine}, a., {Lyceum}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus {Canis} and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf ({Canis lupus}), the American gray, or timber, wolf ({C. occidentalis}), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larv[91] of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf. 3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door. 4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries. 5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. {Lupus}. [Obs.] If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf into thy side. --Jer. Taylor. 6. (Mus.) (a) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament. (b) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale. 7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. --Knight. {Black wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A black variety of the European wolf which is common in the Pyrenees. (b) A black variety of the American gray wolf. {Golden wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the Thibetan wolf ({Canis laniger}); -- called also {chanco}. {Indian wolf} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic wolf ({Canis pallipes}) which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also {landgak}. {Prairie wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the coyote. {Sea wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary. {Strand wolf} (Zo[94]l.) the striped hyena. {Tasmanian wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the zebra wolf. {Tiger wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted hyena. {To keep the wolf from the door}, to keep away poverty; to prevent starvation. See {Wolf}, 3, above. --Tennyson. {Wolf dog}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees, supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of the St. Bernard dog. (b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves. (c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo dog. {Wolf eel} (Zo[94]l.), a wolf fish. {Wolf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, voracious marine fishes of the genus {Anarrhichas}, especially the common species ({A. lupus}) of Europe and North America. These fishes have large teeth and powerful jaws. Called also {catfish}, {sea cat}, {sea wolf}, {stone biter}, and {swinefish}. {Wolf net}, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great numbers of fish. {Wolf's peach} (Bot.), the tomato, or love apple ({Lycopersicum esculentum}). {Wolf spider} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of running ground spiders belonging to the genus {Lycosa}, or family {Lycosid[91]}. These spiders run about rapidly in search of their prey. Most of them are plain brown or blackish in color. See Illust. in App. {Zebra wolf} (Zo[94]l.), a savage carnivorous marsupial ({Thylacinus cynocephalus}) native of Tasmania; -- called also {Tasmanian wolf}. | |
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Coyote \Coy"o*te\ (k?"?-t? [or] k?"?t), n. [Spanish Amer., fr. Mexican coyotl.] (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal ({Canis latrans}), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America; -- called also {prairie wolf}. Its voice is a snapping bark, followed by a prolonged, shrill howl. | |
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Wolf \Wolf\, n.; pl. {Wolves}. [OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. [umac]lfr, Sw. ulf, Dan. ulv, Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos, Skr. v[rsdot]ka; also to Gr. "e`lkein to draw, drag, tear in pieces. [root]286. Cf. {Lupine}, a., {Lyceum}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus {Canis} and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf ({Canis lupus}), the American gray, or timber, wolf ({C. occidentalis}), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man. 2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larv[91] of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf. 3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door. 4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries. 5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. {Lupus}. [Obs.] If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf into thy side. --Jer. Taylor. 6. (Mus.) (a) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament. (b) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale. 7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. --Knight. {Black wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A black variety of the European wolf which is common in the Pyrenees. (b) A black variety of the American gray wolf. {Golden wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the Thibetan wolf ({Canis laniger}); -- called also {chanco}. {Indian wolf} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic wolf ({Canis pallipes}) which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also {landgak}. {Prairie wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the coyote. {Sea wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary. {Strand wolf} (Zo[94]l.) the striped hyena. {Tasmanian wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the zebra wolf. {Tiger wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted hyena. {To keep the wolf from the door}, to keep away poverty; to prevent starvation. See {Wolf}, 3, above. --Tennyson. {Wolf dog}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees, supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of the St. Bernard dog. (b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves. (c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo dog. {Wolf eel} (Zo[94]l.), a wolf fish. {Wolf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large, voracious marine fishes of the genus {Anarrhichas}, especially the common species ({A. lupus}) of Europe and North America. These fishes have large teeth and powerful jaws. Called also {catfish}, {sea cat}, {sea wolf}, {stone biter}, and {swinefish}. {Wolf net}, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great numbers of fish. {Wolf's peach} (Bot.), the tomato, or love apple ({Lycopersicum esculentum}). {Wolf spider} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of running ground spiders belonging to the genus {Lycosa}, or family {Lycosid[91]}. These spiders run about rapidly in search of their prey. Most of them are plain brown or blackish in color. See Illust. in App. {Zebra wolf} (Zo[94]l.), a savage carnivorous marsupial ({Thylacinus cynocephalus}) native of Tasmania; -- called also {Tasmanian wolf}. | |
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Censual \Cen"su*al\, a. [L. censualis, fr. census.] Relating to, or containing, a census. He caused the whole realm to be described in a censual roll. --Sir R. Baker. | |
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Chamois \Cham"ois\, n. [F. chamois, prob. fr. OG. gamz, G. gemse.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A small species of antelope ({Rupicapra tragus}), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase. 2. A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; -- called also {chamois leather}, and {chammy} or {shammy leather}. See {Shammy}. | |
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Chancel \Chan"cel\, n. [OF. chancel, F. chanceau, cancel, fr. L. cancelli lattices, crossbars. (The chancel was formerly inclosed with lattices or crossbars) See {Cancel}, v. t.] (Arch.) (a) That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed. Hence, in modern use; (b) All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front. {Chancel aisle} (Arch.), the aisle which passes on either side of or around the chancel. {Chancel arch} (Arch.), the arch which spans the main opening, leading to the chancel. {Chancel casement}, the principal window in a chancel. --Tennyson. {Chancel table}, the communion table. | |
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Chancel \Chan"cel\, n. [OF. chancel, F. chanceau, cancel, fr. L. cancelli lattices, crossbars. (The chancel was formerly inclosed with lattices or crossbars) See {Cancel}, v. t.] (Arch.) (a) That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed. Hence, in modern use; (b) All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front. {Chancel aisle} (Arch.), the aisle which passes on either side of or around the chancel. {Chancel arch} (Arch.), the arch which spans the main opening, leading to the chancel. {Chancel casement}, the principal window in a chancel. --Tennyson. {Chancel table}, the communion table. | |
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Chancel \Chan"cel\, n. [OF. chancel, F. chanceau, cancel, fr. L. cancelli lattices, crossbars. (The chancel was formerly inclosed with lattices or crossbars) See {Cancel}, v. t.] (Arch.) (a) That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed. Hence, in modern use; (b) All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front. {Chancel aisle} (Arch.), the aisle which passes on either side of or around the chancel. {Chancel arch} (Arch.), the arch which spans the main opening, leading to the chancel. {Chancel casement}, the principal window in a chancel. --Tennyson. {Chancel table}, the communion table. | |
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Chancel \Chan"cel\, n. [OF. chancel, F. chanceau, cancel, fr. L. cancelli lattices, crossbars. (The chancel was formerly inclosed with lattices or crossbars) See {Cancel}, v. t.] (Arch.) (a) That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed. Hence, in modern use; (b) All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front. {Chancel aisle} (Arch.), the aisle which passes on either side of or around the chancel. {Chancel arch} (Arch.), the arch which spans the main opening, leading to the chancel. {Chancel casement}, the principal window in a chancel. --Tennyson. {Chancel table}, the communion table. | |
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Chancel \Chan"cel\, n. [OF. chancel, F. chanceau, cancel, fr. L. cancelli lattices, crossbars. (The chancel was formerly inclosed with lattices or crossbars) See {Cancel}, v. t.] (Arch.) (a) That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed. Hence, in modern use; (b) All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front. {Chancel aisle} (Arch.), the aisle which passes on either side of or around the chancel. {Chancel arch} (Arch.), the arch which spans the main opening, leading to the chancel. {Chancel casement}, the principal window in a chancel. --Tennyson. {Chancel table}, the communion table. | |
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Chancellery \Chan"cel*ler*y\, n. [Cf. {Chancery}.] Chancellorship. [Obs.] --Gower. | |
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Chancellor \Chan"cel*lor\, n. [OE. canceler, chaunceler, F. chancelier, LL. cancellarius chancellor, a director of chancery, fr. L. cancelli lattices, crossbars, which surrounded the seat of judgment. See {Chancel}.] A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction. Note: The chancellor was originally a chief scribe or secretary under the Roman emperors, but afterward was invested with judicial powers, and had superintendence over the other officers of the empire. From the Roman empire this office passed to the church, and every bishop has his chancellor, the principal judge of his consistory. In later times, in most countries of Europe, the chancellor was a high officer of state, keeper of the great seal of the kingdom, and having the supervision of all charters, and like public instruments of the crown, which were authenticated in the most solemn manner. In France a secretary is in some cases called a chancellor. In Scotland, the appellation is given to the foreman of a jury, or assize. In the present German empire, the chancellor is the president of the federal council and the head of the imperial administration. In the United States, the title is given to certain judges of courts of chancery or equity, established by the statutes of separate States. --Blackstone. Wharton. {Chancellor} {of a bishop, [or] of a diocese} (R. C. Ch. & ch. of Eng.), a law officer appointed to hold the bishop's court in his diocese, and to assist him in matter of ecclesiastical law. {Chancellor of a cathedral}, one of the four chief dignitaries of the cathedrals of the old foundation, and an officer whose duties are chiefly educational, with special reference to the cultivation of theology. {Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster}, an officer before whom, or his deputy, the court of the duchy chamber of Lancaster is held. This is a special jurisdiction. {Chancellor of a university}, the chief officer of a collegiate body. In Oxford, he is elected for life; in Cambridge, for a term of years; and his office is honorary, the chief duties of it devolving on the vice chancellor. {Chancellor of the exchequer}, a member of the British cabinet upon whom devolves the charge of the public income and expenditure as the highest finance minister of the government. {Chancellor of the order of the Garter} (or other military orders), an officer who seals the commissions and mandates of the chapter and assembly of the knights, keeps the register of their proceedings, and delivers their acts under the seal of their order. {Lord high chancellor of England}, the presiding judge in the court of chancery, the highest judicial officer of the crown, and the first lay person of the state after the blood royal. He is created chancellor by the delivery into his custody of the great seal, of which he becomes keeper. He is privy counselor by his office, and prolocutor of the House of Lords by prescription. | |
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Chancellor \Chan"cel*lor\, n. [OE. canceler, chaunceler, F. chancelier, LL. cancellarius chancellor, a director of chancery, fr. L. cancelli lattices, crossbars, which surrounded the seat of judgment. See {Chancel}.] A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction. Note: The chancellor was originally a chief scribe or secretary under the Roman emperors, but afterward was invested with judicial powers, and had superintendence over the other officers of the empire. From the Roman empire this office passed to the church, and every bishop has his chancellor, the principal judge of his consistory. In later times, in most countries of Europe, the chancellor was a high officer of state, keeper of the great seal of the kingdom, and having the supervision of all charters, and like public instruments of the crown, which were authenticated in the most solemn manner. In France a secretary is in some cases called a chancellor. In Scotland, the appellation is given to the foreman of a jury, or assize. In the present German empire, the chancellor is the president of the federal council and the head of the imperial administration. In the United States, the title is given to certain judges of courts of chancery or equity, established by the statutes of separate States. --Blackstone. Wharton. {Chancellor} {of a bishop, [or] of a diocese} (R. C. Ch. & ch. of Eng.), a law officer appointed to hold the bishop's court in his diocese, and to assist him in matter of ecclesiastical law. {Chancellor of a cathedral}, one of the four chief dignitaries of the cathedrals of the old foundation, and an officer whose duties are chiefly educational, with special reference to the cultivation of theology. {Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster}, an officer before whom, or his deputy, the court of the duchy chamber of Lancaster is held. This is a special jurisdiction. {Chancellor of a university}, the chief officer of a collegiate body. In Oxford, he is elected for life; in Cambridge, for a term of years; and his office is honorary, the chief duties of it devolving on the vice chancellor. {Chancellor of the exchequer}, a member of the British cabinet upon whom devolves the charge of the public income and expenditure as the highest finance minister of the government. {Chancellor of the order of the Garter} (or other military orders), an officer who seals the commissions and mandates of the chapter and assembly of the knights, keeps the register of their proceedings, and delivers their acts under the seal of their order. {Lord high chancellor of England}, the presiding judge in the court of chancery, the highest judicial officer of the crown, and the first lay person of the state after the blood royal. He is created chancellor by the delivery into his custody of the great seal, of which he becomes keeper. He is privy counselor by his office, and prolocutor of the House of Lords by prescription. | |
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Chancellor \Chan"cel*lor\, n. [OE. canceler, chaunceler, F. chancelier, LL. cancellarius chancellor, a director of chancery, fr. L. cancelli lattices, crossbars, which surrounded the seat of judgment. See {Chancel}.] A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction. Note: The chancellor was originally a chief scribe or secretary under the Roman emperors, but afterward was invested with judicial powers, and had superintendence over the other officers of the empire. From the Roman empire this office passed to the church, and every bishop has his chancellor, the principal judge of his consistory. In later times, in most countries of Europe, the chancellor was a high officer of state, keeper of the great seal of the kingdom, and having the supervision of all charters, and like public instruments of the crown, which were authenticated in the most solemn manner. In France a secretary is in some cases called a chancellor. In Scotland, the appellation is given to the foreman of a jury, or assize. In the present German empire, the chancellor is the president of the federal council and the head of the imperial administration. In the United States, the title is given to certain judges of courts of chancery or equity, established by the statutes of separate States. --Blackstone. Wharton. {Chancellor} {of a bishop, [or] of a diocese} (R. C. Ch. & ch. of Eng.), a law officer appointed to hold the bishop's court in his diocese, and to assist him in matter of ecclesiastical law. {Chancellor of a cathedral}, one of the four chief dignitaries of the cathedrals of the old foundation, and an officer whose duties are chiefly educational, with special reference to the cultivation of theology. {Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster}, an officer before whom, or his deputy, the court of the duchy chamber of Lancaster is held. This is a special jurisdiction. {Chancellor of a university}, the chief officer of a collegiate body. In Oxford, he is elected for life; in Cambridge, for a term of years; and his office is honorary, the chief duties of it devolving on the vice chancellor. {Chancellor of the exchequer}, a member of the British cabinet upon whom devolves the charge of the public income and expenditure as the highest finance minister of the government. {Chancellor of the order of the Garter} (or other military orders), an officer who seals the commissions and mandates of the chapter and assembly of the knights, keeps the register of their proceedings, and delivers their acts under the seal of their order. {Lord high chancellor of England}, the presiding judge in the court of chancery, the highest judicial officer of the crown, and the first lay person of the state after the blood royal. He is created chancellor by the delivery into his custody of the great seal, of which he becomes keeper. He is privy counselor by his office, and prolocutor of the House of Lords by prescription. | |
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Chancellor \Chan"cel*lor\, n. [OE. canceler, chaunceler, F. chancelier, LL. cancellarius chancellor, a director of chancery, fr. L. cancelli lattices, crossbars, which surrounded the seat of judgment. See {Chancel}.] A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction. Note: The chancellor was originally a chief scribe or secretary under the Roman emperors, but afterward was invested with judicial powers, and had superintendence over the other officers of the empire. From the Roman empire this office passed to the church, and every bishop has his chancellor, the principal judge of his consistory. In later times, in most countries of Europe, the chancellor was a high officer of state, keeper of the great seal of the kingdom, and having the supervision of all charters, and like public instruments of the crown, which were authenticated in the most solemn manner. In France a secretary is in some cases called a chancellor. In Scotland, the appellation is given to the foreman of a jury, or assize. In the present German empire, the chancellor is the president of the federal council and the head of the imperial administration. In the United States, the title is given to certain judges of courts of chancery or equity, established by the statutes of separate States. --Blackstone. Wharton. {Chancellor} {of a bishop, [or] of a diocese} (R. C. Ch. & ch. of Eng.), a law officer appointed to hold the bishop's court in his diocese, and to assist him in matter of ecclesiastical law. {Chancellor of a cathedral}, one of the four chief dignitaries of the cathedrals of the old foundation, and an officer whose duties are chiefly educational, with special reference to the cultivation of theology. {Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster}, an officer before whom, or his deputy, the court of the duchy chamber of Lancaster is held. This is a special jurisdiction. {Chancellor of a university}, the chief officer of a collegiate body. In Oxford, he is elected for life; in Cambridge, for a term of years; and his office is honorary, the chief duties of it devolving on the vice chancellor. {Chancellor of the exchequer}, a member of the British cabinet upon whom devolves the charge of the public income and expenditure as the highest finance minister of the government. {Chancellor of the order of the Garter} (or other military orders), an officer who seals the commissions and mandates of the chapter and assembly of the knights, keeps the register of their proceedings, and delivers their acts under the seal of their order. {Lord high chancellor of England}, the presiding judge in the court of chancery, the highest judicial officer of the crown, and the first lay person of the state after the blood royal. He is created chancellor by the delivery into his custody of the great seal, of which he becomes keeper. He is privy counselor by his office, and prolocutor of the House of Lords by prescription. | |
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Exchequer \Ex*cheq"uer\, n. [OE. escheker, OF. eichekier, fr. LL. scaccarium. See {Checker}, {Chess}, {Check}.] 1. One of the superior courts of law; -- so called from a checkered cloth, which covers, or formerly covered, the table. [Eng.] Note: The exchequer was a court of law and equity. In the revenue department, it had jurisdiction over the proprietary rights of the crown against subjects; in the common law department, it administered justice in personal actions between subject and subject. A person proceeding against another in the revenue department was said to exchequer him. The judges of this court were one chief and four puisne barons, so styled. The Court of Exchequer Chamber sat as court of error in which the judgments of each of the superior courts of common law, in England, were subject to revision by the judges of the other two sitting collectively. Causes involving difficult questions of law were sometimes after argument, adjourned into this court from the other courts, for debate before judgment in the court below. Recent legislation in England (1880) has abolished the Court of Exchequer and the Court of Exchequer Chamber, as distinct tribunals, a single board of judiciary, the High Court of Justice, being established for the trial of all classes of civil cases. --Wharton. 2. The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low. {Barons of the exchequer}. See under {Baron}. {Chancellor of the exchequer}. See under {Chancellor}. {Exchequer} {bills [or] bonds} (Eng.), bills of money, or promissory bills, issued from the exchequer by authority of Parliament; a species of paper currency emitted under the authority of the government, and bearing interest. | |
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Chancellor \Chan"cel*lor\, n. [OE. canceler, chaunceler, F. chancelier, LL. cancellarius chancellor, a director of chancery, fr. L. cancelli lattices, crossbars, which surrounded the seat of judgment. See {Chancel}.] A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction. Note: The chancellor was originally a chief scribe or secretary under the Roman emperors, but afterward was invested with judicial powers, and had superintendence over the other officers of the empire. From the Roman empire this office passed to the church, and every bishop has his chancellor, the principal judge of his consistory. In later times, in most countries of Europe, the chancellor was a high officer of state, keeper of the great seal of the kingdom, and having the supervision of all charters, and like public instruments of the crown, which were authenticated in the most solemn manner. In France a secretary is in some cases called a chancellor. In Scotland, the appellation is given to the foreman of a jury, or assize. In the present German empire, the chancellor is the president of the federal council and the head of the imperial administration. In the United States, the title is given to certain judges of courts of chancery or equity, established by the statutes of separate States. --Blackstone. Wharton. {Chancellor} {of a bishop, [or] of a diocese} (R. C. Ch. & ch. of Eng.), a law officer appointed to hold the bishop's court in his diocese, and to assist him in matter of ecclesiastical law. {Chancellor of a cathedral}, one of the four chief dignitaries of the cathedrals of the old foundation, and an officer whose duties are chiefly educational, with special reference to the cultivation of theology. {Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster}, an officer before whom, or his deputy, the court of the duchy chamber of Lancaster is held. This is a special jurisdiction. {Chancellor of a university}, the chief officer of a collegiate body. In Oxford, he is elected for life; in Cambridge, for a term of years; and his office is honorary, the chief duties of it devolving on the vice chancellor. {Chancellor of the exchequer}, a member of the British cabinet upon whom devolves the charge of the public income and expenditure as the highest finance minister of the government. {Chancellor of the order of the Garter} (or other military orders), an officer who seals the commissions and mandates of the chapter and assembly of the knights, keeps the register of their proceedings, and delivers their acts under the seal of their order. {Lord high chancellor of England}, the presiding judge in the court of chancery, the highest judicial officer of the crown, and the first lay person of the state after the blood royal. He is created chancellor by the delivery into his custody of the great seal, of which he becomes keeper. He is privy counselor by his office, and prolocutor of the House of Lords by prescription. | |
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Chancellor \Chan"cel*lor\, n. [OE. canceler, chaunceler, F. chancelier, LL. cancellarius chancellor, a director of chancery, fr. L. cancelli lattices, crossbars, which surrounded the seat of judgment. See {Chancel}.] A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction. Note: The chancellor was originally a chief scribe or secretary under the Roman emperors, but afterward was invested with judicial powers, and had superintendence over the other officers of the empire. From the Roman empire this office passed to the church, and every bishop has his chancellor, the principal judge of his consistory. In later times, in most countries of Europe, the chancellor was a high officer of state, keeper of the great seal of the kingdom, and having the supervision of all charters, and like public instruments of the crown, which were authenticated in the most solemn manner. In France a secretary is in some cases called a chancellor. In Scotland, the appellation is given to the foreman of a jury, or assize. In the present German empire, the chancellor is the president of the federal council and the head of the imperial administration. In the United States, the title is given to certain judges of courts of chancery or equity, established by the statutes of separate States. --Blackstone. Wharton. {Chancellor} {of a bishop, [or] of a diocese} (R. C. Ch. & ch. of Eng.), a law officer appointed to hold the bishop's court in his diocese, and to assist him in matter of ecclesiastical law. {Chancellor of a cathedral}, one of the four chief dignitaries of the cathedrals of the old foundation, and an officer whose duties are chiefly educational, with special reference to the cultivation of theology. {Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster}, an officer before whom, or his deputy, the court of the duchy chamber of Lancaster is held. This is a special jurisdiction. {Chancellor of a university}, the chief officer of a collegiate body. In Oxford, he is elected for life; in Cambridge, for a term of years; and his office is honorary, the chief duties of it devolving on the vice chancellor. {Chancellor of the exchequer}, a member of the British cabinet upon whom devolves the charge of the public income and expenditure as the highest finance minister of the government. {Chancellor of the order of the Garter} (or other military orders), an officer who seals the commissions and mandates of the chapter and assembly of the knights, keeps the register of their proceedings, and delivers their acts under the seal of their order. {Lord high chancellor of England}, the presiding judge in the court of chancery, the highest judicial officer of the crown, and the first lay person of the state after the blood royal. He is created chancellor by the delivery into his custody of the great seal, of which he becomes keeper. He is privy counselor by his office, and prolocutor of the House of Lords by prescription. | |
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Chancellorship \Chan"cel*lor*ship\ (ch[adot]n"s[ecr]l*l[etil]r*sh[icr]p), n. The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor. | |
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Change \Change\, n. [F. change, fr. changer. See {Change}. v. t.] 1. Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles. Apprehensions of a change of dynasty. --Hallam. All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. --Job xiv. 14. 2. A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons. Our fathers did for change to France repair. --Dryden. The ringing grooves of change. --Tennyson. 3. A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon. 4. Alteration in the order of a series; permutation. 5. That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another. Thirty change (R.V. changes) of garments. --Judg. xiv. 12. 6. Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due. 7. [See {Exchange}.] A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions. [Colloq. for Exchange.] 8. A public house; an alehouse. [Scot.] They call an alehouse a change. --Burt. 9. (Mus.) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing. --Holder. {Change of life}, the period in the life of a woman when menstruation and the capacity for conception cease, usually occurring between forty-five and fifty years of age. {Change ringing}, the continual production, without repetition, of changes on bells, See def. 9. above. {Change wheel} (Mech.), one of a set of wheels of different sizes and number of teeth, that may be changed or substituted one for another in machinery, to produce a different but definite rate of angular velocity in an axis, as in cutting screws, gear, etc. {To ring the changes on}, to present the same facts or arguments in variety of ways. Syn: Variety; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; vicissitude; innovation; novelty; transmutation; revolution; reverse. | |
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Changeless \Change"less\, a. That can not be changed; constant; as, a changeless purpose. -- {Change"less*ness}, n. | |
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Changeless \Change"less\, a. That can not be changed; constant; as, a changeless purpose. -- {Change"less*ness}, n. | |
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Changeling \Change"ling\, n. [Change + -ling.] 1. One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies. Such, men do changelings call, so changed by fairies' theft. --Spenser. The changeling [a substituted writing] never known. --Shak. 2. A simpleton; an idiot. --Macaulay. Changelings and fools of heaven, and thence shut out. Wildly we roam in discontent about. --Dryden. 3. One apt to change; a waverer. [bd]Fickle changelings.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Changeling \Change"ling\, a. 1. Taken or left in place of another; changed. [bd]A little changeling boy.[b8] --Shak. 2. Given to change; inconstant. [Obs.] Some are so studiously changeling. --Boyle. | |
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d8Chank \[d8]Chank"\, n. [Skr. [87]a[ef]kha. See {Conch}.] (Zo[94]l.) The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. {Turbinella pyrum}. Called also {chank chell}. | |
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Chemical \Chem"ic*al\, a. Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry; as, chemical changes; chemical combinations. {Chemical} {attraction [or] affinity}. See under {Attraction}. | |
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Chemical \Chem"ic*al\, n. A substance used for producing a chemical effect; a reagent. | |
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Attraction \At*trac"tion\, n. [L. attractio: cf. F. attraction.] 1. (Physics) An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation. Note: Attraction is exerted at both sensible and insensible distances, and is variously denominated according to its qualities or phenomena. Under attraction at sensible distances, there are, -- (1.) {Attraction of gravitation}, which acts at all distances throughout the universe, with a force proportional directly to the product of the masses of the bodies and inversely to the square of their distances apart. (2.) {Magnetic}, {diamagnetic}, and {electrical attraction}, each of which is limited in its sensible range and is polar in its action, a property dependent on the quality or condition of matter, and not on its quantity. Under attraction at insensible distances, there are, -- (1.) {Adhesive attraction}, attraction between surfaces of sensible extent, or by the medium of an intervening substance. (2.) {Cohesive attraction}, attraction between ultimate particles, whether like or unlike, and causing simply an aggregation or a union of those particles, as in the absorption of gases by charcoal, or of oxygen by spongy platinum, or the process of solidification or crystallization. The power in adhesive attraction is strictly the same as that of cohesion. (3.) {Capillary attraction}, attraction causing a liquid to rise, in capillary tubes or interstices, above its level outside, as in very small glass tubes, or a sponge, or any porous substance, when one end is inserted in the liquid. It is a special case of cohesive attraction. (4.) {Chemical attraction}, or {affinity}, that peculiar force which causes elementary atoms, or groups of atoms, to unite to form molecules. 2. The act or property of attracting; the effect of the power or operation of attraction. --Newton. 3. The power or act of alluring, drawing to, inviting, or engaging; an attractive quality; as, the attraction of beauty or eloquence. 4. That which attracts; an attractive object or feature. Syn: Allurement; enticement; charm. | |
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Fuze \Fuze\, n. A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell, etc. See {Fuse}, n. {Chemical fuze}, a fuze in which substances separated until required for action are then brought into contact, and uniting chemically, produce explosion. {Concussion fuze}, a fuze ignited by the striking of the projectile. {Electric fuze}, a fuze which is ignited by heat or a spark produced by an electric current. {Friction fuze}, a fuze which is ignited by the heat evolved by friction. {Percussion fuze}, a fuze in which the ignition is produced by a blow on some fulminating compound. {Time fuze}, a fuze adapted, either by its length or by the character of its composition, to burn a certain time before producing an explosion. | |
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Singing \Sing"ing\, a. & n. from {Sing}, v. {Singing bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Popularly, any bird that sings; a song bird. (b) Specifically, any one of the Oscines. {Singing book}, a book containing music for singing; a book of tunes. {Singing falcon} [or] {hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chanting falcon}, under {Chanting}. {Singing fish} (Zo[94]l.), a California toadfish ({Porichthys porosissimus}). {Singing flame} (Acoustics), a flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound. The apparatus is called also {chemical harmonicon}. {Singing master}, a man who teaches vocal music. {Singing school}, a school in which persons are instructed in singing. | |
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Solution \So*lu"tion\ (s[osl]*l[umac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [OE. solucion, OF. solucion, F. solution, fr. L. solutio, fr. solvere, solutum, to loosen, dissolve. See {Solve}.] 1. The act of separating the parts of any body, or the condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach. In all bodies there is an appetite of union and evitation of solution of continuity. --Bacon. 2. The act of solving, or the state of being solved; the disentanglement of any intricate problem or difficult question; explanation; clearing up; -- used especially in mathematics, either of the process of solving an equation or problem, or the result of the process. 3. The state of being dissolved or disintegrated; resolution; disintegration. It is unquestionably an enterprise of more promise to assail the nations in their hour of faintness and solution, than at a time when magnificent and seductive systems of worship were at their height of energy and splendor. --I. Taylor. 4. (Chem.Phys.) The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product reulting from such absorption. Note: When a solvent will not take in any more of a substance the solution is said to be saturated. Solution is two kinds; viz.: (a) {Mechanical solution}, in which no marked chemical change takes place, and in which, in the case of solids, the dissolved body can be regained by evaporation, as in the solution of salt or sugar in water. (b) {Chemical solution}, in which there is involved a decided chemical change, as when limestone or zinc undergoes solution in hydrochloric acid. {Mechanical solution} is regarded as a form of molecular or atomic attraction, and is probably occasioned by the formation of certain very weak and unstable compounds which are easily dissociated and pass into new and similar compounds. Note: This word is not used in chemistry or mineralogy for fusion, or the melting of bodies by the heat of fire. 5. release; deliverance; discharge. [Obs.] --Barrow. 6. (Med.) (a) The termination of a disease; resolution. (b) A crisis. (c) A liquid medicine or preparation (usually aqueous) in which the solid ingredients are wholly soluble. --U. S. Disp. {Fehling's solution} (Chem.), a standardized solution of cupric hydrate in sodium potassium tartrate, used as a means of determining the reducing power of certain sugars and sirups by the amount of red cuprous oxide thrown down. {Heavy solution} (Min.), a liquid of high density, as a solution of mercuric iodide in potassium iodide (called the Sonstadt or Thoulet solution) having a maximum specific gravity of 3.2, or of borotungstate of cadium (Klein solution, specific gravity 3.6), and the like. Such solutions are much used in determining the specific gravities of minerals, and in separating them when mechanically mixed as in a pulverized rock. {Nessler's solution}. See {Nesslerize}. {Solution of continuity}, the separation of connection, or of connected substances or parts; -- applied, in surgery, to a fracture, laceration, or the like. [bd]As in the natural body a wound, or solution of continuity, is worse than a corrupt humor, so in the spiritual.[b8] --Bacon. {Standardized solution} (Chem.), a solution which is used as a reagent, and is of a known and standard strength; specifically, a normal solution, containing in each cubic centimeter as many milligrams of the element in question as the number representing its atomic weight; thus, a normal solution of silver nitrate would contain 107.7 mgr. of silver nitrate in each cubic centimeter. | |
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Spectrum \Spec"trum\, n.; pl. {Spectra}. [L. See {Specter}.] 1. An apparition; a specter. [Obs.] 2. (Opt.) (a) The several colored and other rays of which light is composed, separated by the refraction of a prism or other means, and observed or studied either as spread out on a screen, by direct vision, by photography, or otherwise. See Illust. of {Light}, and {Spectroscope}. (b) A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also {ocular spectrum}. {Absorption spectrum}, the spectrum of light which has passed through a medium capable of absorbing a portion of the rays. It is characterized by dark spaces, bands, or lines. {Chemical spectrum}, a spectrum of rays considered solely with reference to their chemical effects, as in photography. These, in the usual photogrophic methods, have their maximum influence at and beyond the violet rays, but are not limited to this region. {Chromatic spectrum}, the visible colored rays of the solar spectrum, exhibiting the seven principal colors in their order, and covering the central and larger portion of the space of the whole spectrum. {Continous spectrum}, a spectrum not broken by bands or lines, but having the colors shaded into each other continously, as that from an incandescent solid or liquid, or a gas under high pressure. {Diffraction spectrum}, a spectrum produced by diffraction, as by a grating. {Gaseous spectrum}, the spectrum of an incandesoent gas or vapor, under moderate, or especially under very low, pressure. It is characterized by bright bands or lines. {Normal spectrum}, a representation of a spectrum arranged upon conventional plan adopted as standard, especially a spectrum in which the colors are spaced proportionally to their wave lengths, as when formed by a diffraction grating. {Ocular spectrum}. See {Spectrum}, 2 (b), above. {Prismatic spectrum}, a spectrum produced by means of a prism. {Solar spectrum}, the spectrum of solar light, especially as thrown upon a screen in a darkened room. It is characterized by numerous dark lines called Fraunhofer lines. {Spectrum analysis}, chemical analysis effected by comparison of the different relative positions and qualities of the fixed lines of spectra produced by flames in which different substances are burned or evaporated, each substance having its own characteristic system of lines. {Thermal spectrum}, a spectrum of rays considered solely with reference to their heating effect, especially of those rays which produce no luminous phenomena. | |
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Chemically \Chem"ic*al*ly\, adv. According to chemical principles; by chemical process or operation. | |
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Chemiglyphic \Chem`i*glyph"ic\, a. [Chemical + [?] to engrave.] Engraved by a voltaic battery. | |
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Swift \Swift\, n. 1. The current of a stream. [R.] --Walton. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family {Micropodid[91]}. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds. Note: The common European swift ({Cypselus, [or] Micropus, apus}) nests in church steeples and under the tiles of roofs, and is noted for its rapid flight and shrill screams. It is called also {black martin}, {black swift}, {hawk swallow}, {devil bird}, {swingdevil}, {screech martin}, and {shreik owl}. The common American, or chimney, swift ({Ch[91]tura pelagica}) has sharp rigid tips to the tail feathers. It attaches its nest to the inner walls of chimneys, and is called also {chimney swallow}. The Australian swift ({Ch[91]tura caudacuta}) also has sharp naked tips to the tail quills. The European Alpine swift ({Cypselus melba}) is whitish beneath, with a white band across the breast. The common Indian swift is {Cypselus affinis}. See also {Palm swift}, under {Palm}, and {Tree swift}, under {Tree}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The ghost moth. See under {Ghost}. 5. [Cf. {Swivel}.] A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural. 6. The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine. | |
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Chimney \Chim"ney\, n.; pl. {Chimneys}. [F. chemin[82]e, LL. caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr. [?] furnace, oven.] 1. A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft. Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. --Milton. 3. A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion. 4. (Min.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein. --Raymond. {Chimney board}, a board or screen used to close a fireplace; a fireboard. {Chimney cap}, a device to improve the draught of a chimney, by presenting an exit aperture always to leeward. {Chimney corner}, the space between the sides of the fireplace and the fire; hence, the fireside. {Chimney hook}, a hook for holding pats and kettles over a fire, {Chimney money}, hearth money, a duty formerly paid in England for each chimney. {Chimney pot} (Arch.), a cylinder of earthenware or sheet metal placed at the top of a chimney which rises above the roof. {Chimney swallow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American swift ({Ch[91]ture pelasgica}) which lives in chimneys. (b) In England, the common swallow ({Hirundo rustica}). {Chimney sweep}, {Chimney sweeper}, one who cleans chimneys of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off the soot. | |
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Swift \Swift\, n. 1. The current of a stream. [R.] --Walton. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family {Micropodid[91]}. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds. Note: The common European swift ({Cypselus, [or] Micropus, apus}) nests in church steeples and under the tiles of roofs, and is noted for its rapid flight and shrill screams. It is called also {black martin}, {black swift}, {hawk swallow}, {devil bird}, {swingdevil}, {screech martin}, and {shreik owl}. The common American, or chimney, swift ({Ch[91]tura pelagica}) has sharp rigid tips to the tail feathers. It attaches its nest to the inner walls of chimneys, and is called also {chimney swallow}. The Australian swift ({Ch[91]tura caudacuta}) also has sharp naked tips to the tail quills. The European Alpine swift ({Cypselus melba}) is whitish beneath, with a white band across the breast. The common Indian swift is {Cypselus affinis}. See also {Palm swift}, under {Palm}, and {Tree swift}, under {Tree}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The ghost moth. See under {Ghost}. 5. [Cf. {Swivel}.] A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural. 6. The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine. | |
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Chimney \Chim"ney\, n.; pl. {Chimneys}. [F. chemin[82]e, LL. caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr. [?] furnace, oven.] 1. A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft. Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. --Milton. 3. A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion. 4. (Min.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein. --Raymond. {Chimney board}, a board or screen used to close a fireplace; a fireboard. {Chimney cap}, a device to improve the draught of a chimney, by presenting an exit aperture always to leeward. {Chimney corner}, the space between the sides of the fireplace and the fire; hence, the fireside. {Chimney hook}, a hook for holding pats and kettles over a fire, {Chimney money}, hearth money, a duty formerly paid in England for each chimney. {Chimney pot} (Arch.), a cylinder of earthenware or sheet metal placed at the top of a chimney which rises above the roof. {Chimney swallow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American swift ({Ch[91]ture pelasgica}) which lives in chimneys. (b) In England, the common swallow ({Hirundo rustica}). {Chimney sweep}, {Chimney sweeper}, one who cleans chimneys of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off the soot. | |
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China \Chi"na\, n. 1. A country in Eastern Asia. 2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See {Porcelain}. {China aster} (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant. See {Aster}. {China bean}. See under {Bean}, 1. {China clay} See {Kaolin}. {China grass}, Same as {Ramie}. {China ink}. See {India ink}. {China pink} (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of {Dianthus} ({D. Chiensis}) having variously colored single or double flowers; Indian pink. {China root} (Med.), the rootstock of a species of {Smilax} ({S. China}, from the East Indies; -- formerly much esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used for. Also the galanga root (from {Alpinia Gallanga} and {Alpinia officinarum}). {China rose}. (Bot.) (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the {Rosa Indica}, and perhaps other species. (b) A flowering hothouse plant ({Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis}) of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China and the east Indies. {China shop}, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or of crockery. {China ware}, porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century because brought from the far East, and differing from the pottery made in Europe at that time; also, loosely, crockery in general. {Pride of China}, {China tree}. (Bot.) See {Azedarach}. | |
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Quinazol \Quin"a*zol\, n. [Quinoline + azote.] (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous base related to cinnoline. [Written also {chinazol}.] | |
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Chinchilla \Chin*chil"la\, n. [Sp.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A small rodent ({Chinchilla lanigera}), of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili. 2. The fur of the chinchilla. 3. A heavy, long-napped, tufted woolen cloth. | |
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Chinchilla \Chin*chil"la\, n. [Sp.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A small rodent ({Chinchilla lanigera}), of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili. 2. The fur of the chinchilla. 3. A heavy, long-napped, tufted woolen cloth. | |
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Quinnat \Quin"nat\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The California salmon ({Oncorhynchus choicha}); -- called also {chouicha}, {king salmon}, {chinnook salmon}, and {Sacramento salmon}. It is of great commercial importance. [Written also {quinnet}.] | |
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Quinoxaline \Quin*ox"a*line\, n. [Quinoline + glyoxal.] (Chem.) Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous bases obtained by the union of certain aniline derivatives with glyoxal or with certain ketones. [Written also {chinoxaline}.] | |
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Bedbug \Bed"bug`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect ({Cimex Lectularius}), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Chinch \Chinch\, n. [Cf. Sp. chinche, fr. L. {cimex}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The bedbug ({Cimex lectularius}). 2. (Zo[94]l.) A bug ({Blissus leucopterus}), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also called {chiniz}, {chinch bug}, {chink bug}. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor. | |
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Bedbug \Bed"bug`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect ({Cimex Lectularius}), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Chinch \Chinch\, n. [Cf. Sp. chinche, fr. L. {cimex}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The bedbug ({Cimex lectularius}). 2. (Zo[94]l.) A bug ({Blissus leucopterus}), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also called {chiniz}, {chinch bug}, {chink bug}. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor. | |
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Skylark \Sky"lark`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the common species ({Alauda arvensis}) found in Europe and in some parts of Asia, and celebrated for its melodious song; -- called also {sky laverock}. See under {Lark}. Note: The Australian skylark ({Cincloramphus cantillans}) is a pipit which has the habit of ascending perpendicularly like a skylark, but it lacks the song of a true lark. The Missouri skylark is a pipit ({Anthus Spraguei}) of the Western United States, resembling the skylark in habit and song. | |
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Ousel \Ou"sel\, n. [OE. osel, AS. [?]sle; akin to G. amsel, OHG. amsala, and perh. to L. merula blackbird. Cf. {Merle}, {Amsel}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several species of European thrushes, especially the blackbird ({Merula merula}, or {Turdus merula}), and the mountain or ring ousel ({Turdus torquatus}). [Written also {ouzel}.] {Rock ousel} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel. {Water ousel} (Zo[94]l.), the European dipper ({Cinclus aquaticus}), and the American dipper ({C. Mexicanus}). | |
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Dipper \Dip"per\, n. 1. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small grebe; the dabchick. (b) The buffel duck. (c) The water ouzel ({Cinolus aquaticus}) of Europe. (d) The American dipper or ouzel ({Cinclus Mexicanus}). {The Dipper} (Astron.), the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also {Charles's Wain}. See {Ursa Major}, under {Ursa}. | |
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Cingalese \Cin`ga*lese"\, n. sing. & pl. [Cf. F. Cingalais.] A native or natives of Ceylon descended from its primitive inhabitants; also (sing.), the language of the Cingalese. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Cingalese. [Written also {Singhalese}.] Note: Ceylonese is applied to the inhabitants of the island in general. | |
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Cingle \Cin"gle\, n. [L. cingula, cingulum, fr. cingere to gird.] A girth. [R.] See {Surcingle}. | |
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Comical \Com"ic*al\, a. 1. Relating to comedy. They deny it to be tragical because its catastrophe is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted comical. --Gay. 2. Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story. [bd]Comical adventures.[b8] --Dryden. Syn: Humorous; laughable; funny. See {Droll}. -- {Com"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Com"ic*al"ness}, n. | |
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Comicality \Com`i*cal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Comicalities}. The quality of being comical; something comical. | |
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Comicality \Com`i*cal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Comicalities}. The quality of being comical; something comical. | |
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Comical \Com"ic*al\, a. 1. Relating to comedy. They deny it to be tragical because its catastrophe is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted comical. --Gay. 2. Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story. [bd]Comical adventures.[b8] --Dryden. Syn: Humorous; laughable; funny. See {Droll}. -- {Com"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Com"ic*al"ness}, n. | |
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Comical \Com"ic*al\, a. 1. Relating to comedy. They deny it to be tragical because its catastrophe is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted comical. --Gay. 2. Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story. [bd]Comical adventures.[b8] --Dryden. Syn: Humorous; laughable; funny. See {Droll}. -- {Com"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Com"ic*al"ness}, n. | |
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Maiden \Maid"en\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a maiden, or to maidens; suitable to, or characteristic of, a virgin; as, maiden innocence. [bd]Amid the maiden throng.[b8] --Addison. Have you no modesty, no maiden shame ? --Shak. 2. Never having been married; not having had sexual intercourse; virgin; -- said usually of the woman, but sometimes of the man; as, a maiden aunt. [bd]A surprising old maiden lady.[b8] --Thackeray. 3. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused. [bd]Maiden flowers.[b8] --Shak. Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword. --Shak. 4. Used of a fortress, signifying that it has never been captured, or violated. -- T. Warton. Macaulay. {Maiden assize} (Eng. Law), an assize which there is no criminal prosecution; an assize which is unpolluted with blood. It was usual, at such an assize, for the sheriff to present the judge with a pair of white gloves. --Smart. {Maiden name}, the surname of a woman before her marriage. {Maiden pink}. (Bot.) See under {Pink}. {Maiden plum} (Bot.), a West Indian tree ({Comocladia integrifolia}) with purplish drupes. The sap of the tree is glutinous, and gives a persistent black stain. {Maiden speech}, the first speech made by a person, esp. by a new member in a public body. {Maiden tower}, the tower most capable of resisting an enemy. | |
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Conceal \Con*ceal"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Concealing}.] [OF. conceler, L. concelare; con- + celareto hide; akin to AS. helan, G. hehlen, E. hele (to cover), helmet. See {Hell}, {Helmet}.] To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of. It is the glory of God to conceal a thing. --Prov. xxv. 2. Declare ye among the nations, . . . publish and conceal not. --Jer. l. 2. He which finds him shall deserve our thanks, . . . He that conceals him, death. --Shak. Syn: To hide; secrete; screen; cover; disguise; dissemble; mask; veil; cloak; screen. Usage: {To Conceal}, {Hide}, {Disguise}, {Dissemble}, {Secrete}. To hide is the generic term, which embraces all the rest. To conceal is simply not make known what we wish to keep secret. In the Bible hide often has the specific meaning of conceal. See --1 Sam. iii. 17, 18. To disguise or dissemble is to conceal by assuming some false appearance. To secrete is to hide in some place of secrecy. A man may conceal facts, disguise his sentiments, dissemble his feelings, secrete stolen goods. Bur double griefs afflict concealing hearts. --Spenser. Both dissemble deeply their affections. --Shak. We have in these words a primary sense, which reveals a future state, and a secondary sense, which hides and secretes it. --Warburton. | |
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Concealable \Con*ceal"a*ble\, a. Capable of being concealed. | |
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Concealed \Con*cealed"\, a. Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. -- {Con*ceal"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Con*ceal"ed*ness}, n. {Concealed weapons} (Law), dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute. | |
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Conceal \Con*ceal"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Concealing}.] [OF. conceler, L. concelare; con- + celareto hide; akin to AS. helan, G. hehlen, E. hele (to cover), helmet. See {Hell}, {Helmet}.] To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of. It is the glory of God to conceal a thing. --Prov. xxv. 2. Declare ye among the nations, . . . publish and conceal not. --Jer. l. 2. He which finds him shall deserve our thanks, . . . He that conceals him, death. --Shak. Syn: To hide; secrete; screen; cover; disguise; dissemble; mask; veil; cloak; screen. Usage: {To Conceal}, {Hide}, {Disguise}, {Dissemble}, {Secrete}. To hide is the generic term, which embraces all the rest. To conceal is simply not make known what we wish to keep secret. In the Bible hide often has the specific meaning of conceal. See --1 Sam. iii. 17, 18. To disguise or dissemble is to conceal by assuming some false appearance. To secrete is to hide in some place of secrecy. A man may conceal facts, disguise his sentiments, dissemble his feelings, secrete stolen goods. Bur double griefs afflict concealing hearts. --Spenser. Both dissemble deeply their affections. --Shak. We have in these words a primary sense, which reveals a future state, and a secondary sense, which hides and secretes it. --Warburton. | |
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Weapon \Weap"on\ (?; 277), n. [OE. wepen, AS. w[?]pen; akin to OS. w[?]pan, OFries. w[?]pin, w[?]pen, D. wapen, G. waffe, OHG. waffan, w[be]fan, Icel. v[be]pn, Dan. vaaben, Sw. vapen, Goth. w[?]pna, pl.; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Wapentake}.] 1. An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc. The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. --2 Cor. x. 4. They, astonished, all resistance lost, All courage; down their idle weapons dropped. --Milton. 2. Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon. [bd]Woman's weapons, water drops.[b8] --Shak. 3. (Bot.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished. {Concealed weapons}. See under {Concealed}. {Weapon salve}, a salve which was supposed to cure a wound by being applied to the weapon that made it. [Obs.] --Boyle. | |
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Concealed \Con*cealed"\, a. Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. -- {Con*ceal"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Con*ceal"ed*ness}, n. {Concealed weapons} (Law), dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute. | |
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Concealed \Con*cealed"\, a. Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. -- {Con*ceal"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Con*ceal"ed*ness}, n. {Concealed weapons} (Law), dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute. | |
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Concealed \Con*cealed"\, a. Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. -- {Con*ceal"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Con*ceal"ed*ness}, n. {Concealed weapons} (Law), dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute. | |
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Concealer \Con*ceal"er\, n. One who conceals. | |
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Conceal \Con*ceal"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Concealing}.] [OF. conceler, L. concelare; con- + celareto hide; akin to AS. helan, G. hehlen, E. hele (to cover), helmet. See {Hell}, {Helmet}.] To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of. It is the glory of God to conceal a thing. --Prov. xxv. 2. Declare ye among the nations, . . . publish and conceal not. --Jer. l. 2. He which finds him shall deserve our thanks, . . . He that conceals him, death. --Shak. Syn: To hide; secrete; screen; cover; disguise; dissemble; mask; veil; cloak; screen. Usage: {To Conceal}, {Hide}, {Disguise}, {Dissemble}, {Secrete}. To hide is the generic term, which embraces all the rest. To conceal is simply not make known what we wish to keep secret. In the Bible hide often has the specific meaning of conceal. See --1 Sam. iii. 17, 18. To disguise or dissemble is to conceal by assuming some false appearance. To secrete is to hide in some place of secrecy. A man may conceal facts, disguise his sentiments, dissemble his feelings, secrete stolen goods. Bur double griefs afflict concealing hearts. --Spenser. Both dissemble deeply their affections. --Shak. We have in these words a primary sense, which reveals a future state, and a secondary sense, which hides and secretes it. --Warburton. | |
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Concealment \Con*ceal"ment\, n. [OF. concelement.] 1. The act of concealing; the state of being concealed. But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. --Shak. Some dear cause Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. --Shak. 2. A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation. The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few. --Thomson. 3. A secret; out of the way knowledge. [Obs.] Well read in strange concealments. --Shak. 4. (Law) Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known. --Wharton. | |
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Concelebrate \Con*cel"e*brate\, v. t. [L. concelebratus, p. p. of concelebrare to concelebrate.] To celebrate together. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Conchal \Con"chal\, a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the concha, or external ear; as, the conchal cartilage. | |
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Conchological \Con`cho*log"ic*al\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology. | |
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Conchologist \Con*chol"o*gist\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One who studies, or is versed in, conchology. | |
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Conchology \Con*chol"o*gy\, n. [Conch + -logy.] (Zo[94]l.) The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology. | |
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Conchylaceous \Con`chy*la"ceous\, Conchyliaceous \Con*chyl`i*a"ceous\, a. [L. conchylium shell, Gr. [?], dim. of [?], equiv. to [?]. See {Conch}.] Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as, conchyliaceous impressions. --Kirwan. | |
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Conchylaceous \Con`chy*la"ceous\, Conchyliaceous \Con*chyl`i*a"ceous\, a. [L. conchylium shell, Gr. [?], dim. of [?], equiv. to [?]. See {Conch}.] Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as, conchyliaceous impressions. --Kirwan. | |
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Conchyliologist \Con*chyl`i*ol"o*gist\, n., Conchyliology \Con*chyl`i*ol"o*gy\, n. See {Conchologist}, and {Conchology}. | |
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Conchyliologist \Con*chyl`i*ol"o*gist\, n., Conchyliology \Con*chyl`i*ol"o*gy\, n. See {Conchologist}, and {Conchology}. | |
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Conchyliometry \Con*chyl`i*om"e*try\, n. [Gr. [?] + -metry.] Same as {Conchometry}. | |
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Conchylious \Con*chyl"i*ous\, a. Conchylaceous. | |
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Conciliable \Con*cil"i*a*ble\, n. [L. conciliabulum, fr. concitium assembly: cf. F. conciliabule. See {Council}.] A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Conciliable \Con*cil"i*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. conciliable.] Capable of being conciliated or reconciled. --Milton. | |
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Conciliabule \Con*cil"i*a*bule\, n. [See {Conciliable}, n.] An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable. --Milman. | |
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Conciliar \Con*cil"i*ar\, Conciliary \Con*cil"i*a*ry\a. [Cf. F. conciliare.] Of or pertaining to, or issued by, a council. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Conciliar \Con*cil"i*ar\, Conciliary \Con*cil"i*a*ry\a. [Cf. F. conciliare.] Of or pertaining to, or issued by, a council. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Conciliate \Con*cil"i*ate\ (?; 106), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conciliated}; p. pr & vb. n. {Conciliating}.] [L. conciliatus, p. p. of conciliare to draw or bring together, unite, from concilium council. See {Council}.] To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease. The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation. --Hallam. Syn: To reconcile; propitiate; appease; pacify. | |
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Conciliate \Con*cil"i*ate\ (?; 106), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conciliated}; p. pr & vb. n. {Conciliating}.] [L. conciliatus, p. p. of conciliare to draw or bring together, unite, from concilium council. See {Council}.] To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease. The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation. --Hallam. Syn: To reconcile; propitiate; appease; pacify. | |
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Conciliate \Con*cil"i*ate\ (?; 106), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conciliated}; p. pr & vb. n. {Conciliating}.] [L. conciliatus, p. p. of conciliare to draw or bring together, unite, from concilium council. See {Council}.] To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease. The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation. --Hallam. Syn: To reconcile; propitiate; appease; pacify. | |
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Conciliation \Con*cil`i*a"tion\, n. [L. conciliatio.] The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated. The house has gone further; it has declared conciliation admissible previous to any submission on the part of America. --Burke. | |
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Conciliative \Con*cil"i*a*tive\, a. Conciliatory. --Coleridge. | |
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Conciliator \Con*cil"i*a`tor\, n. [L.] One who conciliates. | |
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Conciliatory \Con*cil"i*a*to*ry\ (?; 106), a. Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating. The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse to the conciliatory policy. --Prescott. | |
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Conclamation \Con`cla*ma"tion\, n. [L. conclamatio.] An outcry or shout of many together. [R.] Before his funeral conclamation. --May (Lucan). | |
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Conclave \Con"clave\ (? [or] ?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. conclave a room that may locked up; con- + clavis key. See {Clavicle}.] 1. The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope. 2. The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals. It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal. --South. 3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly. The verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's Club) on new books, were speedily known over all London. --Macaulay. {To be in conclave}, to be engaged in a secret meeting; -- said of several, or a considerable number of, persons. | |
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Conclavist \Con"cla`vist\, n. [Cf. F. conclaviste, It. conclavista.] One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave. | |
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Conclude \Con*clude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Concluding}.] [L. concludere, conclusum; con- + claudere to shut. See {Close}, v. t.] 1. To shut up; to inclose. [Obs.] The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the grave. --Hooker. 2. To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace. [Obs.] For God hath concluded all in unbelief. --Rom. xi. 32. The Scripture hath concluded all under sin. --Gal. iii. 22. 3. To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed by a dependent clause. No man can conclude God's love or hatred to any person by anything that befalls him. --Tillotson. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith. --Rom. iii. 28. 4. To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide. But no frail man, however great or high, Can be concluded blest before he die. --Addison. Is it concluded he shall be protector? --Shak. 5. To bring to an end; to close; to finish. I will conclude this part with the speech of a counselor of state. --Bacon. 6. To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain. [bd]If we conclude a peace.[b8] --Shak. 7. To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument. If therefore they will appeal to revelation for their creation they must be concluded by it. --Sir M. Hale. Syn: To infer; decide; determine; settle; close; finish; terminate; end. | |
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Conclude \Con*clude"\, v. i. 1. To come to a termination; to make an end; to close; to end; to terminate. A train of lies, That, made in lust, conclude in perjuries. --Dryden. And, to conclude, The victory fell on us. --Shak. 2. To form a final judgment; to reach a decision. Can we conclude upon Luther's instability? --Bp. Atterbury. Conclude and be agreed. --Shak. | |
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Conclude \Con*clude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Concluding}.] [L. concludere, conclusum; con- + claudere to shut. See {Close}, v. t.] 1. To shut up; to inclose. [Obs.] The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the grave. --Hooker. 2. To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace. [Obs.] For God hath concluded all in unbelief. --Rom. xi. 32. The Scripture hath concluded all under sin. --Gal. iii. 22. 3. To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed by a dependent clause. No man can conclude God's love or hatred to any person by anything that befalls him. --Tillotson. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith. --Rom. iii. 28. 4. To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide. But no frail man, however great or high, Can be concluded blest before he die. --Addison. Is it concluded he shall be protector? --Shak. 5. To bring to an end; to close; to finish. I will conclude this part with the speech of a counselor of state. --Bacon. 6. To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain. [bd]If we conclude a peace.[b8] --Shak. 7. To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument. If therefore they will appeal to revelation for their creation they must be concluded by it. --Sir M. Hale. Syn: To infer; decide; determine; settle; close; finish; terminate; end. | |
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Concludency \Con*clud"en*cy\, n. Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Concludent \Con*clud"ent\, a. [L. concludens, p. pr.] Bringing to a close; decisive; conclusive. [Obs.] Arguments highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Concluder \Con*clud"er\, n. One who concludes. | |
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Conclude \Con*clude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Concluding}.] [L. concludere, conclusum; con- + claudere to shut. See {Close}, v. t.] 1. To shut up; to inclose. [Obs.] The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the grave. --Hooker. 2. To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace. [Obs.] For God hath concluded all in unbelief. --Rom. xi. 32. The Scripture hath concluded all under sin. --Gal. iii. 22. 3. To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed by a dependent clause. No man can conclude God's love or hatred to any person by anything that befalls him. --Tillotson. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith. --Rom. iii. 28. 4. To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide. But no frail man, however great or high, Can be concluded blest before he die. --Addison. Is it concluded he shall be protector? --Shak. 5. To bring to an end; to close; to finish. I will conclude this part with the speech of a counselor of state. --Bacon. 6. To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain. [bd]If we conclude a peace.[b8] --Shak. 7. To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument. If therefore they will appeal to revelation for their creation they must be concluded by it. --Sir M. Hale. Syn: To infer; decide; determine; settle; close; finish; terminate; end. | |
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Concludingly \Con*clud"ing*ly\, adv. Conclusively. [R.] --Digby. | |
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Conclusible \Con*clu"si*ble\, a. Demonstrable; determinable. [Obs.] --Hammond. | |
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Conclusion \Con*clu"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See {Conclude}.] 1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end. A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. --Prescott. 2. Final decision; determination; result. And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. --Shak. 3. Any inference or result of reasoning. 4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See {Syllogism}. He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion. --Addison. 5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic] Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still conclusion. --Shak. 6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [Obs.] We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. --Bacon. 7. (Law) (a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, [bd]against the peace,[b8] etc. (b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position. --Wharton. {Conclusion to the country} (Law), the conclusion of a pleading by which a party [bd]puts himself upon the country,[b8] i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. --Mozley & W. {In conclusion}. (a) Finally. (b) In short. {To try conclusions}, to make a trial or an experiment. Like the famous ape, To try conclusions, in the basket creep. --Shak. Syn: Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. See {Inference}. | |
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Conclusion \Con*clu"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See {Conclude}.] 1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end. A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. --Prescott. 2. Final decision; determination; result. And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. --Shak. 3. Any inference or result of reasoning. 4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See {Syllogism}. He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion. --Addison. 5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic] Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still conclusion. --Shak. 6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [Obs.] We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. --Bacon. 7. (Law) (a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, [bd]against the peace,[b8] etc. (b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position. --Wharton. {Conclusion to the country} (Law), the conclusion of a pleading by which a party [bd]puts himself upon the country,[b8] i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. --Mozley & W. {In conclusion}. (a) Finally. (b) In short. {To try conclusions}, to make a trial or an experiment. Like the famous ape, To try conclusions, in the basket creep. --Shak. Syn: Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. See {Inference}. | |
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Country \Coun"try\ (k?n"tr?), n.; pl. {Countries} (-tr[?]z). [F. contr[82]e, LL. contrata, fr. L. contra over against, on the opposite side. Cf. {Counter}, adv., {Contra}.] 1. A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship. Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred. --Gen. xxxxii. 9. I might have learned this by my last exile, that change of countries cannot change my state. --Stirling. Many a famous realm And country, whereof here needs no account --Milton. 2. Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town. As they walked, on their way into the country. --Mark xvi. 12 (Rev. Ver. ). God made the covatry, and man made the town. --Cowper. Only very great men were in the habit of dividing the year between town and country. --Macaulay. 3. The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country. All the country in a general voice Cried hate upon him. --Shak. 4. (Law) (a) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country. (b) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn. 5. (Mining.) The rock through which a vein runs. {Conclusion to the country}. See under {Conclusion}. {To put, [or] throw, one's self upon the country}, to appeal to one's constituents; to stand trial before a jury. | |
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Conclusive \Con*clu"sive\, a. [Cf. F. conclusif.] Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision. Secret reasons . . . equally conclusive for us as they were for them. --Rogers. {Conclusive evidence} (Law), that of which, from its nature, the law allows no contradiction or explanation. {Conclusive presumption} (Law), an inference which the law makes so peremptorily that it will not allow it to be overthrown by any contrary proof, however strong. Syn: Final; ultimate; unanswerable. See {Final}. | |
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Evidence \Ev"i*dence\, n. [F. [82]vidence, L. Evidentia. See {Evident}.] 1. That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood of a statement. Faith is . . . the evidence of things not seen. --Heb. xi. 1. O glorious trial of exceeding love Illustrious evidence, example high. --Milton. 2. One who bears witness. [R.] [bd]Infamous and perjured evidences.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 3. (Law) That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; -- the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it. --Greenleaf. {Circumstantial evidence}, {Conclusive evidence}, etc. See under {Circumstantial}, {Conclusive}, etc. {Crown's, King's, [or] Queen's} {evidence}, evidence for the crown. [Eng.] {State's evidence}, evidence for the government or the people. [U. S. ] {To turn} {King's, Queen's [or] State's} {evidence}, to confess a crime and give evidence against one's accomplices. Syn: Testimony; proof. See {Tesimony}. | |
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Conclusive \Con*clu"sive\, a. [Cf. F. conclusif.] Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision. Secret reasons . . . equally conclusive for us as they were for them. --Rogers. {Conclusive evidence} (Law), that of which, from its nature, the law allows no contradiction or explanation. {Conclusive presumption} (Law), an inference which the law makes so peremptorily that it will not allow it to be overthrown by any contrary proof, however strong. Syn: Final; ultimate; unanswerable. See {Final}. | |
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Presumption \Pre*sump"tion\ (?; 215), n. [L. praesumptio: cf. F. pr[82]somption, OF. also presumpcion. See {Presume}.] 1. The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof. 2. Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place. 3. That which is presumed or assumed; that which is supposed or believed to be real or true, on evidence that is probable but not conclusive. [bd]In contradiction to these very plausible presumptions.[b8] --De Quincey. 4. The act of venturing beyond due beyond due bounds; an overstepping of the bounds of reverence, respect, or courtesy; forward, overconfident, or arrogant opinion or conduct; presumptuousness; arrogance; effrontery. Thy son I killed for his presumption. --Shak. I had the presumption to dedicate to you a very unfinished piece. --Dryden. {Conclusive presumption}. See under {Conclusive}. {Presumption of fact} (Law), an argument of a fact from a fact; an inference as to the existence of one fact not certainly known, from the existence of some other fact known or proved, founded on a previous experience of their connection; supposition of the truth or real existence of something, without direct or positive proof of the fact, but grounded on circumstantial or probable evidence which entitles it to belief. --Burrill. --Best. --Wharton. {Presumption of law} (Law), a postulate applied in advance to all cases of a particular class; e. g., the presumption of innocence and of regularity of records. Such a presumption is rebuttable or irrebuttable. | |
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Conclusive \Con*clu"sive\, a. [Cf. F. conclusif.] Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision. Secret reasons . . . equally conclusive for us as they were for them. --Rogers. {Conclusive evidence} (Law), that of which, from its nature, the law allows no contradiction or explanation. {Conclusive presumption} (Law), an inference which the law makes so peremptorily that it will not allow it to be overthrown by any contrary proof, however strong. Syn: Final; ultimate; unanswerable. See {Final}. | |
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Conclusively \Con*clu"sive*ly\, adv. In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively. --Burke. | |
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Conclusiveness \Con*clu"sive*ness\, n. The quality of being conclusive; decisiveness. | |
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Conclusory \Con*clu"so*ry\, a. Conclusive. [R.] | |
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Concolor \Con"col`or\, a. [L. concolor; con- + color color.] Of the same color; of uniform color. [R.] [bd]Concolor animals.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Concolorous \Con"col`or*ous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of the same color throughout. | |
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Conculcate \Con*cul"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concultated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conculcating}.] [L. conculcatus, p. p. of conculcare to conculcate fr. calx heel.] To tread or trample under foot. [Obs.] --Bp. Montagu -- {Con`cul*ca"tion}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Conculcate \Con*cul"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concultated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conculcating}.] [L. conculcatus, p. p. of conculcare to conculcate fr. calx heel.] To tread or trample under foot. [Obs.] --Bp. Montagu -- {Con`cul*ca"tion}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Conculcate \Con*cul"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concultated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conculcating}.] [L. conculcatus, p. p. of conculcare to conculcate fr. calx heel.] To tread or trample under foot. [Obs.] --Bp. Montagu -- {Con`cul*ca"tion}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Conculcate \Con*cul"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Concultated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conculcating}.] [L. conculcatus, p. p. of conculcare to conculcate fr. calx heel.] To tread or trample under foot. [Obs.] --Bp. Montagu -- {Con`cul*ca"tion}, n. [Obs.] | |
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Cone clutch \Cone clutch\ (Mach.) A friction clutch with conical bearing surfaces. | |
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Congeal \Con*geal"\, v. i. To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled. Lest zeal, now melted . . . Cool and congeal again to what it was. --Shak. | |
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Congeal \Con*geal"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Congealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Congealing}.] [F. congeler, L. congelare, -gelatumn; con- + gelare to freeze, gelu frost. See {Gelid}.] 1. To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze. A vapory deluge lies to snow congealed. --Thomson. 2. To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill. As if with horror to congeal his blood. --Stirling. | |
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Congealable \Con*geal"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. congelable.] Capable of being congealed. -- {Con*geal"a*ble*ness}, n. | |
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Congealable \Con*geal"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. congelable.] Capable of being congealed. -- {Con*geal"a*ble*ness}, n. | |
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Congeal \Con*geal"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Congealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Congealing}.] [F. congeler, L. congelare, -gelatumn; con- + gelare to freeze, gelu frost. See {Gelid}.] 1. To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze. A vapory deluge lies to snow congealed. --Thomson. 2. To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill. As if with horror to congeal his blood. --Stirling. | |
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Congealedness \Con*geal"ed*ness\, n. The state of being congealed. --Dr. H.More. | |
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Congeal \Con*geal"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Congealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Congealing}.] [F. congeler, L. congelare, -gelatumn; con- + gelare to freeze, gelu frost. See {Gelid}.] 1. To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze. A vapory deluge lies to snow congealed. --Thomson. 2. To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill. As if with horror to congeal his blood. --Stirling. | |
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Congealment \Con*geal"ment\, n. 1. The act or the process of congealing; congeliation. 2. That which is formed by congelation; a clot. [Obs.] Wash the congealment from your wounds. --Shak. | |
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Congelation \Con`ge*la"tion\, n. [F. cong[82]lation, L. congelatio.] 1. The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing. The capillary tubes are obstructed either by outward compression or congelation of the fluid. --Arbuthnot. 2. The state of being congealed. 3. That which is congealed. Sugar plums . . . with a multitude of congelations in jellies of various colors. --Taller. | |
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Conglaciate \Con*gla"ci*ate\ (?; 221), v. t. & i. [L. conglaciatus, p. p. of conglaciare. See {Glaciate}.] To turn to ice; to freeze. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Conglaciation \Con*gla`ci*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. conglaciation.] The act or process of changing into ice, or the state of being converted to ice; a freezing; congelation; also, a frost. --Bacon. | |
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Conglobate \Con*glo"bate\ (?; 277), a. [L. conglobatus, p. p. of conglobare to conglobate. See {Globate}.] Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, the conglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers. | |
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Conglobate \Con*glo"bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conglobated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conglobating}.] [Cf. {Conglore}.] To collect or form into a ball or rounded mass; to gather or mass together. Conglobated bubbles undissolved. --Wordsworth. | |
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Lymphatic \Lym*phat"ic\, a. [L. lymphaticus distracted, frantic: cf. F. lymphatique] pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph. 2. Madly enthusiastic; frantic. [Obs.] [bd] Lymphatic rapture. [b8] --Sir T. Herbert. [See {Lymphate}.] {Lymphatic gland} (Anat.), one of the solid glandlike bodies connected with the lymphatics or the lacteals; -- called also {lymphatic ganglion}, and {conglobate gland}. {Lymphatic temperament} (Old Physiol.), a temperament in which the lymphatic system seems to predominate, that is, a system in which the complexion lacks color and the tissues seem to be of loose texture; hence, a temperament lacking energy, inactive, indisposed to exertion or excitement. See {Temperament}. | |
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Conglobate \Con*glo"bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conglobated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conglobating}.] [Cf. {Conglore}.] To collect or form into a ball or rounded mass; to gather or mass together. Conglobated bubbles undissolved. --Wordsworth. | |
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Conglobate \Con*glo"bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conglobated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conglobating}.] [Cf. {Conglore}.] To collect or form into a ball or rounded mass; to gather or mass together. Conglobated bubbles undissolved. --Wordsworth. | |
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Conglobation \Con`glo*ba"tion\, n. [L. conglobatio: cf. F. conglobation.] 1. The act or process of forming into a ball. --Sir T. Browne. 2. A round body. | |
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Conglobe \Con*globe"\, v. i. To collect, unite, or coalesce in a round mass. --Milton. | |
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Conglobe \Con*globe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conglobed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conglobing}.] [L. conglobare: cf. F. conglober. Cf. {Conglobate}.] To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass. Then founded, then conglobed Like things to like. --Milton. | |
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Conglobe \Con*globe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conglobed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conglobing}.] [L. conglobare: cf. F. conglober. Cf. {Conglobate}.] To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass. Then founded, then conglobed Like things to like. --Milton. | |
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Conglobe \Con*globe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conglobed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conglobing}.] [L. conglobare: cf. F. conglober. Cf. {Conglobate}.] To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass. Then founded, then conglobed Like things to like. --Milton. | |
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Conglobulate \Con*glob"u*late\, v. i. [Pref. con- + globule.] To gather into a small round mass. | |
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Conglomerate \Con*glom"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conglomerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conglomerating}.] To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass. | |
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Conglomerate \Con*glom"er*ate\, a. [L. conglomeratus, p. p. of conglomerare to roll together; con- + glomerare to wind into a ball. See {Glomerate}.] 1. Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light. Beams of light when they are multiplied and conglomerate. --Bacon. Fluids are separated in the liver and the other conglobate and conglomerate glands. --Cheyne. 2. (Bot.) Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerate flowers. --Gray. 3. (Geol.) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together. | |
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Conglomerate \Con*glom"er*ate\, n. 1. That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation. A conglomerate of marvelous anecdotes, marvelously heaped together. --Trench. 2. (Geol.) A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; -- opposed to agglomerate. See {Breccia}. A conglomerate, therefore, is simply gravel bound together by a cement. --Lyell. | |
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Conglomerate \Con*glom"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conglomerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conglomerating}.] To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass. | |
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Conglomerate \Con*glom"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conglomerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conglomerating}.] To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass. | |
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Conglomeration \Con*glom`er*a"tion\, n. [L. conglomeratio: cf. F. conglomeration.] The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation; that which is conglomerated; a mixed mass. --Bacon. | |
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Conglutin \Con*glu"tin\, n. [From {Conglutinate}.] (Chem.) A variety of vegetable casein, resembling legumin, and found in almonds, rye, wheat, etc. | |
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Conglutinant \Con*glu"ti*nant\, a. [L., conglutinans, p. pr.] Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts. | |
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Conglutinate \Con*glu"ti*nate\, a. [L. conglutinatus, p. p. of conglutinare to glue; con- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue.] Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance. | |
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Conglutinate \Con*glu"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conglutinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. Conglutinating.] To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together. Bones . . . have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days. --Boyle. | |
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Conglutinate \Con*glu"ti*nate\, v. i. To unite by the intervention of some glutinous substance; to coalesce. | |
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Conglutinate \Con*glu"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Conglutinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. Conglutinating.] To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together. Bones . . . have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days. --Boyle. | |
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Conglutination \Con*glu`ti*na"tion\, n. [L. conglutinatio: cf. F. conglutination.] A gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance; junction; union. Conglutination of parts separated by a wound. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Conglutinative \Con*glu"ti*na"tive\, a. [Cf. F. conglutinatif.] Conglutinant. | |
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Eelpout \Eel"pout`\, n. [AS. [?]lepute.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European fish ({Zoarces viviparus}), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also {greenbone}, {guffer}, {bard}, and {Maroona eel}. Also, an American species ({Z. anguillaris}), -- called also {mutton fish}, and, erroneously, {congo eel}, {ling}, and {lamper eel}. Both are edible, but of little value. (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot. | |
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Pendulum \Pen"du*lum\, n.; pl. {Pendulums}. [NL., fr. L. pendulus hanging, swinging. See {Pendulous}.] A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery. Note: The time of oscillation of a pendulum is independent of the arc of vibration, provided this arc be small. {Ballistic pendulum}. See under {Ballistic}. {Compensation pendulum}, a clock pendulum in which the effect of changes of temperature of the length of the rod is so counteracted, usually by the opposite expansion of differene metals, that the distance of the center of oscillation from the center of suspension remains invariable; as, the mercurial compensation pendulum, in which the expansion of the rod is compensated by the opposite expansion of mercury in a jar constituting the bob; the gridiron pendulum, in which compensation is effected by the opposite expansion of sets of rodsof different metals. {Compound pendulum}, an ordinary pendulum; -- so called, as being made up of different parts, and contrasted with simple pendulum. {Conical} [or] {Revolving}, {pendulum}, a weight connected by a rod with a fixed point; and revolving in a horizontal cyrcle about the vertical from that point. {Pendulum bob}, the weight at the lower end of a pendulum. {Pendulum level}, a plumb level. See under {Level}. {Pendulum wheel}, the balance of a watch. {Simple} [or] {Theoretical}, {pendulum}, an imaginary pendulum having no dimensions except length, and no weight except at the center of oscillation; in other words, a material point suspended by an ideal line. | |
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Conic \Con"ic\, Conical \Con"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. conique. See {Cone}.] 1. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel. 2. Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections. {Conic section} (Geom.), a curved line formed by the intersection of the surface of a right cone and a plane. The conic sections are the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. The right lines and the circle which result from certain positions of the plane are sometimes, though not generally included. {Conic sections}, that branch of geometry which treats of the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. {Conical pendulum}. See {Pendulum}. {Conical projection}, a method of delineating the surface of a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the surface of a cone; -- much used by makers of maps in Europe. {Conical surface} (Geom.), a surface described by a right line moving along any curve and always passing through a fixed point that is not in the plane of that curve. | |
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Conic \Con"ic\, Conical \Con"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. conique. See {Cone}.] 1. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel. 2. Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections. {Conic section} (Geom.), a curved line formed by the intersection of the surface of a right cone and a plane. The conic sections are the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. The right lines and the circle which result from certain positions of the plane are sometimes, though not generally included. {Conic sections}, that branch of geometry which treats of the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. {Conical pendulum}. See {Pendulum}. {Conical projection}, a method of delineating the surface of a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the surface of a cone; -- much used by makers of maps in Europe. {Conical surface} (Geom.), a surface described by a right line moving along any curve and always passing through a fixed point that is not in the plane of that curve. | |
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Projection \Pro*jec"tion\, n. [L. projectio: cf. F. projection.] 1. The act of throwing or shooting forward. 2. A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else. 3. The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan. --Davenant. 4. (Persp.) The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection in each. 5. (Geog.) Any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane. {Conical projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cone tangent to the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. {Cylindric projection}, a mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cylinder touching the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere. {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, {Orthographic}, {projection},etc. See under {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, etc. {Mercator's projection}, a mode of representing the sphere in which the meridians are drawn parallel to each other, and the parallels of latitude are straight lines whose distance from each other increases with their distance from the equator, so that at all places the degrees of latitude and longitude have to each other the same ratio as on the sphere itself. {Oblique projection}, a projection made by parallel lines drawn from every point of a figure and meeting the plane of projection obliquely. {Polar projection}, a projection of the sphere in which the point of sight is at the center, and the plane of projection passes through one of the polar circles. {Powder of projection} (Alchemy.), a certain powder cast into a crucible or other vessel containing prepared metal or other matter which is to be thereby transmuted into gold. {Projection of a point on a plane} (Descriptive Geom.), the foot of a perpendicular to the plane drawn through the point. {Projection of a straight line of a plane}, the straight line of the plane connecting the feet of the perpendiculars let fall from the extremities of the given line. Syn: See {Protuberance}. | |
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Conic \Con"ic\, Conical \Con"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. conique. See {Cone}.] 1. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel. 2. Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections. {Conic section} (Geom.), a curved line formed by the intersection of the surface of a right cone and a plane. The conic sections are the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. The right lines and the circle which result from certain positions of the plane are sometimes, though not generally included. {Conic sections}, that branch of geometry which treats of the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. {Conical pendulum}. See {Pendulum}. {Conical projection}, a method of delineating the surface of a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the surface of a cone; -- much used by makers of maps in Europe. {Conical surface} (Geom.), a surface described by a right line moving along any curve and always passing through a fixed point that is not in the plane of that curve. | |
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Pulley \Pul"ley\, n.; pl. {Pulleys}. [F. poulie, perhaps of Teutonic origin (cf. {Poll}, v. t.); but cf. OE. poleine, polive, pulley, LL. polanus, and F. poulain, properly, a colt, fr. L. pullus young animal, foal (cf. {Pullet}, {Foal}). For the change of sense, cf. F. poutre beam, originally, a filly, and E. easel.] (Mach.) A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain. Note: The pulley, as one of the mechanical powers, consists, in its simplest form, of a grooved wheel, called a sheave, turning within a movable frame or block, by means of a cord or rope attached at one end to a fixed point. The force, acting on the free end of the rope, is thus doubled, but can move the load through only half the space traversed by itself. The rope may also pass over a sheave in another block that is fixed. The end of the rope may be fastened to the movable block, instead of a fixed point, with an additional gain of power, and using either one or two sheaves in the fixed block. Other sheaves may be added, and the power multiplied accordingly. Such an apparatus is called by workmen a block and tackle, or a fall and tackle. See {Block}. A single fixed pulley gives no increase of power, but serves simply for changing the direction of motion. {Band pulley}, [or] {Belt pulley}, a pulley with a broad face for transmitting power between revolving shafts by means of a belt, or for guiding a belt. {Cone pulley}. See {Cone pulley}. {Conical pulley}, one of a pair of belt pulleys, each in the shape of a truncated cone, for varying velocities. {Fast pulley}, a pulley firmly attached upon a shaft. {Loose pulley}, a pulley loose on a shaft, to interrupt the transmission of motion in machinery. See {Fast and loose pulleys}, under {Fast}. {Parting pulley}, a belt pulley made in semicircular halves, which can be bolted together, to facilitate application to, or removal from, a shaft. {Pulley block}. Same as {Block}, n. 6. {Pulley stile} (Arch.), the upright of the window frame into which a pulley is fixed and along which the sash slides. {Split pulley}, a parting pulley. | |
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Refraction \Re*frac"tion\ (r?*fr?k"sh?n), n. [F. r[82]fraction.] 1. The act of refracting, or the state of being refracted. 2. The change in the direction of ray of light, heat, or the like, when it enters obliquely a medium of a different density from that through which it has previously moved. Refraction out of the rarer medium into the denser, is made towards the perpendicular. --Sir I. Newton. 3. (Astron.) (a) The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction. (b) The correction which is to be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true altitude. {Angle of refraction} (Opt.), the angle which a refracted ray makes with the perpendicular to the surface separating the two media traversed by the ray. {Conical refraction} (Opt.), the refraction of a ray of light into an infinite number of rays, forming a hollow cone. This occurs when a ray of light is passed through crystals of some substances, under certain circumstances. Conical refraction is of two kinds; external conical refraction, in which the ray issues from the crystal in the form of a cone, the vertex of which is at the point of emergence; and internal conical refraction, in which the ray is changed into the form of a cone on entering the crystal, from which it issues in the form of a hollow cylinder. This singular phenomenon was first discovered by Sir W. R. Hamilton by mathematical reasoning alone, unaided by experiment. {Differential refraction} (Astron.), the change of the apparent place of one object relative to a second object near it, due to refraction; also, the correction required to be made to the observed relative places of the two bodies. {Double refraction} (Opt.), the refraction of light in two directions, which produces two distinct images. The power of double refraction is possessed by all crystals except those of the isometric system. A uniaxial crystal is said to be optically positive (like quartz), or optically negative (like calcite), or to have positive, or negative, double refraction, according as the optic axis is the axis of least or greatest elasticity for light; a biaxial crystal is similarly designated when the same relation holds for the acute bisectrix. {Index of refraction}. See under {Index}. {Refraction circle} (Opt.), an instrument provided with a graduated circle for the measurement of refraction. {Refraction of latitude}, {longitude}, {declination}, {right ascension}, etc., the change in the apparent latitude, longitude, etc., of a heavenly body, due to the effect of atmospheric refraction. {Terrestrial refraction}, the change in the apparent altitude of a distant point on or near the earth's surface, as the top of a mountain, arising from the passage of light from it to the eye through atmospheric strata of varying density. | |
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Conic \Con"ic\, Conical \Con"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. conique. See {Cone}.] 1. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel. 2. Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections. {Conic section} (Geom.), a curved line formed by the intersection of the surface of a right cone and a plane. The conic sections are the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. The right lines and the circle which result from certain positions of the plane are sometimes, though not generally included. {Conic sections}, that branch of geometry which treats of the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. {Conical pendulum}. See {Pendulum}. {Conical projection}, a method of delineating the surface of a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the surface of a cone; -- much used by makers of maps in Europe. {Conical surface} (Geom.), a surface described by a right line moving along any curve and always passing through a fixed point that is not in the plane of that curve. | |
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Conicality \Con`i*cal"i*ty\, n. Conicalness. | |
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Conically \Con"ic*al*ly\, adv. In the form of a cone. | |
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Conicalness \Con"ic*al*ness\, n. State or quality of being conical. | |
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Consilience \Con*sil"i*ence\, n. [con- + salire to leap.] Act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence. The consilience of inductions takes place when one class of facts coincides with an induction obtained from another different class. --Whewell. | |
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Consol \Con*sol"\, n. A consolidated annuity (see {Consols}); -- chiefly in combination or attributively. | |
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Consolable \Con*sol"a*ble\, a. [L. consolabilis: cf. F. consolable.] Capable of receiving consolation. | |
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Consolate \Con"so*late\, v. t. [L. consolatus, p. p. See {Console}, v. t.] To console; to comfort. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Consolation \Con`so*la"tion\, n. [L. consolatio: cf. F. consolation.] The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit. Against such cruelties With inward consolations recompensed. --Milton. Are the consolations of God small with thee? --Job xv. 11. Syn: Comfort; solace; allevation. See {Comfort}. | |
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Consolation game \Con`so*la"tion game\, match \match\, pot \pot\, race \race\, etc. A game, match, etc., open only to losers in early stages of contests. | |
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Consolator \Con"so*la`tor\, n. [L.] One who consoles or comforts. --Johnson. | |
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Consolatory \Con*sol"a*to*ry\, n. That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation. [R.] --Milton. | |
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Consolatory \Con*sol"a*to*ry\, a. [L. consolatorius.] Of a consoling or comforting nature. The punishment of tyrants is a noble and awful act of justice; and it has with truth been said to be consolatory to the human mind. --Burke. | |
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Console \Con*sole"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consoled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consoling}.] [L. consolari,. p. p. consolatus; con- + solari to console, comfort: cf. F. consoler. See {Solace}.] To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe. And empty heads console with empty sound. --Pope. I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been complete. --P. Henry. Syn: To comfort; solace; soothe; cheer; sustain; encourage; support. See {Comfort}. | |
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Console \Con"sole\, n. [F.] (Arch.) (a) A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height. (b) Any small bracket; also, a console table. {Console table}, a table whose top is supported by two or more consoles instead of legs. | |
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Console \Con"sole\, n. [F.] (Arch.) (a) A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height. (b) Any small bracket; also, a console table. {Console table}, a table whose top is supported by two or more consoles instead of legs. | |
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Console \Con*sole"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consoled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consoling}.] [L. consolari,. p. p. consolatus; con- + solari to console, comfort: cf. F. consoler. See {Solace}.] To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe. And empty heads console with empty sound. --Pope. I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been complete. --P. Henry. Syn: To comfort; solace; soothe; cheer; sustain; encourage; support. See {Comfort}. | |
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Consoler \Con*sol"er\, n. One who gives consolation. | |
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Consolidant \Con*sol"i*dant\, a. [L. consolidans, p. pr. of consolidare: cf. F. consolidant.] Serving to unite or consolidate; having the quality of consolidating or making firm. | |
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Consolidate \Con*sol"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consolidated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consolidating}.] 1. To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm. He fixed and consolidated the earth. --T. Burnet. 2. To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic. Consolidating numbers into unity. --Wordsworth. 3. (Surg.) To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound. [R.] Syn: To unite; combine; harden; compact; condense; compress. | |
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Consolidate \Con*sol"i*date\, a. [L. consolidatus, p. pr. of consolidare to make firm; con- + solidare to make firm; solidus solid. See {Solid}, and cf. {Consound}.] Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated. [R.] A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate. --Elyot. | |
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Consolidate \Con*sol"i*date\, v. i. To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying. In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryness maketh them more apt to consolidate. --Bacon. | |
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Consolidate \Con*sol"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consolidated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consolidating}.] 1. To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm. He fixed and consolidated the earth. --T. Burnet. 2. To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic. Consolidating numbers into unity. --Wordsworth. 3. (Surg.) To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound. [R.] Syn: To unite; combine; harden; compact; condense; compress. | |
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Consolidated \Con*sol"i*da`ted\, p. p. & a. 1. Made solid, hard, or compact; united; joined; solidified. The Aggregate Fund . . . consisted of a great variety of taxes and surpluses of taxes and duties which were [in 1715] consolidated. --Rees. A mass of partially consolidated mud. --Tyndall. 2. (Bot.) Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus. Consolidated plants are evidently adapted and designed for very dry regions; in such only they are found. --Gray. {The Consolidated Fund}, a British fund formed by consolidating (in 1787) three public funds (the Aggregate Fund, the General Fund, and the South Sea Fund). In 1816, the larger part of the revenues of Great Britian and Ireland was assigned to what has been known as the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, out of which are paid the interest of the national debt, the salaries of the civil list, etc. | |
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Consolidate \Con*sol"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consolidated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consolidating}.] 1. To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm. He fixed and consolidated the earth. --T. Burnet. 2. To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic. Consolidating numbers into unity. --Wordsworth. 3. (Surg.) To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound. [R.] Syn: To unite; combine; harden; compact; condense; compress. | |
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Consolidation \Con*sol`i*da"tion\, n. [L. consolidatio a confirming: cf. F. consolidation.] 1. The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination. The consolidation of the marble and of the stone did not fall out at random. --Woodward. The consolidation of the great European monarchies. --Hallam. 2. (Bot.) To organic cohesion of different circled in a flower; adnation. 3. (Law) The combination of several actions into one. | |
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Locomotive \Lo"co*mo`tive\, n. A locomotive engine; a self-propelling wheel carriage, especially one which bears a steam boiler and one or more steam engines which communicate motion to the wheels and thus propel the carriage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix. {Consolidation locomotive}, a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers. {Locomotive car}, a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.] {Locomotive engine}. Same as {Locomotive}, above. {Mogul locomotive}. See {Mogul}. | |
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Consolidative \Con*sol"i*da*tive\, a. [Cf. F. consolidatif.] Tending or having power to consolidate; healing. | |
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Console \Con*sole"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consoled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consoling}.] [L. consolari,. p. p. consolatus; con- + solari to console, comfort: cf. F. consoler. See {Solace}.] To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe. And empty heads console with empty sound. --Pope. I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been complete. --P. Henry. Syn: To comfort; solace; soothe; cheer; sustain; encourage; support. See {Comfort}. | |
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Consoling \Con*sol"ing\, a. Adapted to console or comfort; cheering; as, this is consoling news. | |
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Consols \Con"sols\ (? [or] [?]; 277), n. pl. [A contraction of consolidated (annuities).] The leading British funded government security. Note: A considerable part of the public debt of Great Britian, which had been contracted in the form of annuities yielding various rates of interest, was, in 1757, consolidated into one fund at 3 per cent interest, the account of which is kept at the Bank of England. This debt has been diminished and increased at different times, and now constitutes somewhat more than half of the entire national debt. The stocks are transferable, and Their value in the market constantly fluctuates; the price at any time being regarded as a gauge of the national prosperity and public confidence. | |
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Consul \Con"sul\, n. [L., prob. fr. consulere to deliberate. See {Consult}.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) One of the two chief magistrates of the republic. Note: They were chosen annually, originally from the patricians only, but later from the plebeians also. 2. A senator; a counselor. [Obs.] Many of the consuls, raised and met, Are at the duke's already. --Shak. With kings and consuls of the earth. --Job. iii. 14 (Douay Ver. ) 3. (Fr. Hist.) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul. 4. An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen. {Consul general}, a consul of the first rank, stationed in an important place, or having jurisdiction in several places or over several consuls. {Vice consul}, a consular officer holding the place of a consul during the consul's absence or after he has been relieved. | |
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Consul \Con"sul\, n. [L., prob. fr. consulere to deliberate. See {Consult}.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) One of the two chief magistrates of the republic. Note: They were chosen annually, originally from the patricians only, but later from the plebeians also. 2. A senator; a counselor. [Obs.] Many of the consuls, raised and met, Are at the duke's already. --Shak. With kings and consuls of the earth. --Job. iii. 14 (Douay Ver. ) 3. (Fr. Hist.) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul. 4. An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen. {Consul general}, a consul of the first rank, stationed in an important place, or having jurisdiction in several places or over several consuls. {Vice consul}, a consular officer holding the place of a consul during the consul's absence or after he has been relieved. | |
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Consulage \Con"sul*age\, n. (Com.) A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of their commerce by means of a consul in a foreign place. | |
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Consular \Con"su*lar\, a. [L. consularis; cf. F. consulaire.] Of or pertaining to a consul; performing the duties of a consul; as, consular power; consular dignity; consular officers. | |
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Consulary \Con"su*la"ry\, a. Consular. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Consulate \Con"su*late\, n. [L. consulatus: cf. F. consulat.] 1. The office of a consul. --Addison. 2. The jurisdiction or residence of a consul. --Kent. 3. Consular government; term of office of a consul. | |
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Consulship \Con"sul*ship\, n. 1. The office of a consul; consulate. 2. The term of office of a consul. | |
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Consult \Con*sult"\ (k[ocr]n*s[ucr]lt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Consulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consulting}.] [L. consultare, fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf. {Counsel}.] To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer. Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. --Shak. All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons. --Hobbes. | |
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Consult \Con*sult"\, v. t. 1. To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary. Men fergot, or feared, to consult . . .; they were content to consult liberaries. --Whewell. 2. To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes. We are . . . to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight. --L'Estrange. 3. To deliberate upon; to take for. [Obs.] Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. --Clarendon. 4. To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive. [Obs.] Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people. --Hab. ii. 10. | |
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Consult \Con*sult"\ (? [or] ?), n. 1. The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision. [Obs.] The council broke; And all grave consults dissolved in smoke. --Dryden. 2. A council; a meeting for consultation. [Obs.] [bd]A consult of coquettes.[b8] --Swift. 3. Agreement; concert [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
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Consultary \Con*sult"a*ry\, a. Formed by consultation; resulting from conference. {Consultary response} (Law), the opinion of a court on a special case. --Wharton. | |
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Consultary \Con*sult"a*ry\, a. Formed by consultation; resulting from conference. {Consultary response} (Law), the opinion of a court on a special case. --Wharton. | |
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Consultation \Con`sul*ta"tion\, n. [L. consultatio: cf. F. consultation.] 1. The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision. Thus they doubtful consultations dark Ended. --Milton. 2. A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause. {Writ of consultation} (Law), a writ by which a cause, improperly removed by prohibition from one court to another, is returned to the court from which it came; -- so called because the judges, on consultation, find the prohibition ill-founded. | |
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Consultative \Con*sult"a*tive\, a. Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference. [bd]A consultative . . . power.[b8] --Abp. Bramhall. | |
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Consultatory \Con*sult"a*to*ry\, a. Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory. --Bancroft. | |
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Consult \Con*sult"\ (k[ocr]n*s[ucr]lt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Consulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consulting}.] [L. consultare, fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf. {Counsel}.] To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer. Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. --Shak. All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons. --Hobbes. | |
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Consulter \Con*sult"er\, n. One who consults, or asks counsel or information. | |
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Consult \Con*sult"\ (k[ocr]n*s[ucr]lt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Consulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consulting}.] [L. consultare, fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf. {Counsel}.] To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer. Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. --Shak. All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons. --Hobbes. | |
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Consulting \Con*sult"ing\, a. That consults. {Consulting physician} (Med.), a physician who consults with the attending practitioner regarding any case of disease. | |
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Consulting \Con*sult"ing\, a. That consults. {Consulting physician} (Med.), a physician who consults with the attending practitioner regarding any case of disease. | |
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Consultive \Con*sult"ive\, a. Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate; consultative. He that remains in the grace of God sins not by any deliberative, consultive, knowing act. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[icr]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L. concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. [?][?][?] to call, and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. {Conciliate}. This word is often confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.] 1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case. 2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council. An old lord of the council rated me the other day. --Shak. 3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation. Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council called by night. --Milton. O great in action and in council wise. --Pope. {Aulic council}. See under {Aulic}. {Cabinet council}. See under {Cabinet}. {City council}, the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted. {Common council}. See under {Common}. {Council board}, {Council table}, the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation. {Council chamber}, the room or apartment in which a council meets. {Council fire}, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Council of war}, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity. {Ecumenical council} (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline. {Executive council}, a body of men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.] {Legislative council}, the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate. {Privy council}. See under {Privy}. [Eng.] Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament; convention; convocation; synod. | |
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Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[icr]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L. concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. [?][?][?] to call, and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. {Conciliate}. This word is often confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.] 1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case. 2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council. An old lord of the council rated me the other day. --Shak. 3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation. Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council called by night. --Milton. O great in action and in council wise. --Pope. {Aulic council}. See under {Aulic}. {Cabinet council}. See under {Cabinet}. {City council}, the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted. {Common council}. See under {Common}. {Council board}, {Council table}, the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation. {Council chamber}, the room or apartment in which a council meets. {Council fire}, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Council of war}, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity. {Ecumenical council} (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline. {Executive council}, a body of men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.] {Legislative council}, the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate. {Privy council}. See under {Privy}. [Eng.] Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament; convention; convocation; synod. | |
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Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[icr]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L. concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. [?][?][?] to call, and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. {Conciliate}. This word is often confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.] 1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case. 2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council. An old lord of the council rated me the other day. --Shak. 3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation. Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council called by night. --Milton. O great in action and in council wise. --Pope. {Aulic council}. See under {Aulic}. {Cabinet council}. See under {Cabinet}. {City council}, the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted. {Common council}. See under {Common}. {Council board}, {Council table}, the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation. {Council chamber}, the room or apartment in which a council meets. {Council fire}, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Council of war}, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity. {Ecumenical council} (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline. {Executive council}, a body of men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.] {Legislative council}, the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate. {Privy council}. See under {Privy}. [Eng.] Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament; convention; convocation; synod. | |
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Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[icr]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L. concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. [?][?][?] to call, and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. {Conciliate}. This word is often confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.] 1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case. 2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council. An old lord of the council rated me the other day. --Shak. 3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation. Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council called by night. --Milton. O great in action and in council wise. --Pope. {Aulic council}. See under {Aulic}. {Cabinet council}. See under {Cabinet}. {City council}, the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted. {Common council}. See under {Common}. {Council board}, {Council table}, the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation. {Council chamber}, the room or apartment in which a council meets. {Council fire}, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Council of war}, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity. {Ecumenical council} (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline. {Executive council}, a body of men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.] {Legislative council}, the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate. {Privy council}. See under {Privy}. [Eng.] Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament; convention; convocation; synod. | |
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Ancient \An"cient\, n. 1. pl. Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the {moderns}. 2. An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence. The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof. --Isa. iii. 14. 3. A senior; an elder; a predecessor. [Obs.] Junius and Andronicus . . . in Christianity . . . were his ancients. --Hooker. 4. pl. (Eng. Law) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery. {Council of Ancients} (French Hist.), one of the two assemblies composing the legislative bodies in 1795. --Brande. | |
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Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[icr]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L. concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. [?][?][?] to call, and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. {Conciliate}. This word is often confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.] 1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case. 2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council. An old lord of the council rated me the other day. --Shak. 3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation. Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council called by night. --Milton. O great in action and in council wise. --Pope. {Aulic council}. See under {Aulic}. {Cabinet council}. See under {Cabinet}. {City council}, the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted. {Common council}. See under {Common}. {Council board}, {Council table}, the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation. {Council chamber}, the room or apartment in which a council meets. {Council fire}, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Council of war}, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity. {Ecumenical council} (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline. {Executive council}, a body of men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.] {Legislative council}, the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate. {Privy council}. See under {Privy}. [Eng.] Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament; convention; convocation; synod. | |
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Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[icr]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L. concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. [?][?][?] to call, and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. {Conciliate}. This word is often confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.] 1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case. 2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council. An old lord of the council rated me the other day. --Shak. 3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation. Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council called by night. --Milton. O great in action and in council wise. --Pope. {Aulic council}. See under {Aulic}. {Cabinet council}. See under {Cabinet}. {City council}, the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted. {Common council}. See under {Common}. {Council board}, {Council table}, the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation. {Council chamber}, the room or apartment in which a council meets. {Council fire}, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Council of war}, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity. {Ecumenical council} (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline. {Executive council}, a body of men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.] {Legislative council}, the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate. {Privy council}. See under {Privy}. [Eng.] Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament; convention; convocation; synod. | |
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Councilist \Coun"cil*ist\ (koun"s?l-?st), n. One who belong to a council; one who gives an opinion. [Obs.] I will in three months be an expert counsilist. --Milton. | |
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Councilor \Coun"cil*or\ (koun"s?l-?r), n. A member of a council. [Written also {councillor}.] Note: The distinction between councilor, a member of a council, and counselor, one who gives councel, was not formerly made, but is now very generally recognized and observed. | |
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Councilman \Coun"cil*man\ (koun`s?l-man), n.; pl. {Councilmen} (-men). A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city; a councilor. | |
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Councilman \Coun"cil*man\ (koun`s?l-man), n.; pl. {Councilmen} (-men). A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city; a councilor. | |
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Councilor \Coun"cil*or\ (koun"s?l-?r), n. A member of a council. [Written also {councillor}.] Note: The distinction between councilor, a member of a council, and counselor, one who gives councel, was not formerly made, but is now very generally recognized and observed. | |
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King \King\, n.[AS. cyng, cyning; akin to OS. kuning, D. koning, OHG. kuning, G. k[94]nig, Icel. konungr, Sw. konung, Dan. konge; formed with a patronymic ending, and fr. the root of E. kin; cf. Icel. konr a man of noble birth. [root]44. See {Kin}.] 1. A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince. [bd]Ay, every inch a king.[b8] --Shak. Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. --Burke. There was a State without king or nobles. --R. Choate. But yonder comes the powerful King of Day, Rejoicing in the east --Thomson. 2. One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts. 3. A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds. 4. The chief piece in the game of chess. 5. A crowned man in the game of draughts. 6. pl. The title of two historical books in the Old Testament. Note: King is often used adjectively, or in combination, to denote pre[89]minence or superiority in some particular; as, kingbird; king crow; king vulture. {Apostolic king}.See {Apostolic}. {King-at-arms}, or {King-of-arms}, the chief heraldic officer of a country. In England the king-at-arms was formerly of great authority. His business is to direct the heralds, preside at their chapters, and have the jurisdiction of armory. There are three principal kings-at-arms, viz., Garter, Clarencieux, and Norroy. The latter (literally north roy or north king) officiates north of the Trent. {King auk} (Zo[94]l.), the little auk or sea dove. {King bird of paradise}. (Zo[94]l.), See {Bird of paradise}. {King card}, in whist, the best unplayed card of each suit; thus, if the ace and king of a suit have been played, the queen is the king card of the suit. {King Cole}, a legendary king of Britain, who is said to have reigned in the third century. {King conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large and handsome univalve shell ({Cassis cameo}), found in the West Indies. It is used for making cameos. See {Helmet shell}, under {Helmet}. {King Cotton}, a popular personification of the great staple production of the southern United States. {King crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The limulus or horseshoe crab. See {Limulus}. (b) The large European spider crab or thornback ({Maia squinado}). {King crow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A black drongo shrike ({Buchanga atra}) of India; -- so called because, while breeding, they attack and drive away hawks, crows, and other large birds. (b) The {Dicrurus macrocercus} of India, a crested bird with a long, forked tail. Its color is black, with green and blue reflections. Called also {devil bird}. {King duck} (Zo[94]l.), a large and handsome eider duck ({Somateria spectabilis}), inhabiting the arctic regions of both continents. {King eagle} (Zo[94]l.), an eagle ({Aquila heliaca}) found in Asia and Southeastern Europe. It is about as large as the golden eagle. Some writers believe it to be the imperial eagle of Rome. {King hake} (Zo[94]l.), an American hake ({Phycis regius}), fond in deep water along the Atlantic coast. {King monkey} (Zo[94]l.), an African monkey ({Colobus polycomus}), inhabiting Sierra Leone. {King mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a West Indian red mullet ({Upeneus maculatus}); -- so called on account of its great beauty. Called also {goldfish}. {King of terrors}, death. {King parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome Australian parrakeet ({Platycercys scapulatus}), often kept in a cage. Its prevailing color is bright red, with the back and wings bright green, the rump blue, and tail black. {King penguin} (Zo[94]l.), any large species of penguin of the genus {Aptenodytes}; esp., {A. longirostris}, of the Falkland Islands and Kerguelen Land, and {A. Patagonica}, of Patagonia. {King rail} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rail ({Rallus elegans}), living in fresh-water marshes. The upper parts are fulvous brown, striped with black; the breast is deep cinnamon color. {King salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the quinnat. See {Quinnat}. {King's, [or] Queen's}, {counsel} (Eng. Law), barristers learned in the law, who have been called within the bar, and selected to be the king's or queen's counsel. They answer in some measure to the advocates of the revenue (advocati fisci) among the Romans. They can not be employed against the crown without special license. --Wharton's Law Dict. {King's cushion}, a temporary seat made by two persons crossing their hands. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {The king's English}, correct or current language of good speakers; pure English. --Shak. {King's [or] Queen's}, {evidence}, testimony in favor of the Crown by a witness who confesses his guilt as an accomplice. See under {Evidence}. [Eng.] {King's evil}, scrofula; -- so called because formerly supposed to be healed by the touch of a king. {King snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large, nearly black, harmless snake ({Ophiobolus getulus}) of the Southern United States; -- so called because it kills and eats other kinds of snakes, including even the rattlesnake. {King's spear} (Bot.), the white asphodel ({Asphodelus albus}). {King's yellow}, a yellow pigment, consisting essentially of sulphide and oxide of arsenic; -- called also {yellow orpiment}. {King tody} (Zo[94]l.), a small fly-catching bird ({Eurylaimus serilophus}) of tropical America. The head is adorned with a large, spreading, fan-shaped crest, which is bright red, edged with black. {King vulture} (Zo[94]l.), a large species of vulture ({Sarcorhamphus papa}), ranging from Mexico to Paraguay, The general color is white. The wings and tail are black, and the naked carunculated head and the neck are briliantly colored with scarlet, yellow, orange, and blue. So called because it drives away other vultures while feeding. {King wood}, a wood from Brazil, called also {violet wood}, beautifully streaked in violet tints, used in turning and small cabinetwork. The tree is probably a species of {Dalbergia}. See {Jacaranda}. | |
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Counsel \Coun"sel\ (koun"s?l), n. [OE. conc[?]l, F. conseil, fr. L. consilium, fr. the root of consulere to consult, of uncertain origin. Cf. {Consult}, {Consul}.] 1. Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation. All the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death. --Matt. xxvii. 1. 2. Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence. They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used. --Hooker. 3. Result of consultation; advice; instruction. I like thy counsel; well hast thou advised. --Shak. It was ill counsel had misled the girl. --Tennyson. 4. Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan. The counsel of the Lord standeth forever. --Ps. xxxiii. 11. The counsels of the wicked are deceit. --Prov. xii. 5. 5. A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter. Thilke lord . . . to whom no counsel may be hid. --Gower. 6. One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel. The King found his counsel as refractory as his judges. --Macaulay. Note: The some courts a distinction is observed between the attorney and the counsel in a cause, the former being employed in the management iof the more mechanical parts of the suit, the latter in attending to the pleadings, managing the cause at the trial, and in applying the law to the exigencies of the case during the whole progress of the suit. In other courts the same person can exercise the powers of each. See {Attorney}. --Kent. {In counsel}, in secret. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To keep counsel}, [or] {To keep one's own counsel}, to keep one's thoughts, purposes, etc., undisclosed. The players can not keep counsel: they 'll tell all. --Shak. Syn: Advice; consideration; consultation; purpose; scheme; opinion. | |
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Counsel \Coun"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counseled} (-s?ld) [or] {Counselled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Counseling} [or] {Counselling}.] [OE. conseilen, counseilen, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliari, fr. consilium counsel.] 1. To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person. Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. --Shak. 2. To advise or recommend, as an act or course. They who counsel war. --Milton. Thus Belial, with words clothed in reson's garb, Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. --Milton. | |
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King \King\, n.[AS. cyng, cyning; akin to OS. kuning, D. koning, OHG. kuning, G. k[94]nig, Icel. konungr, Sw. konung, Dan. konge; formed with a patronymic ending, and fr. the root of E. kin; cf. Icel. konr a man of noble birth. [root]44. See {Kin}.] 1. A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince. [bd]Ay, every inch a king.[b8] --Shak. Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. --Burke. There was a State without king or nobles. --R. Choate. But yonder comes the powerful King of Day, Rejoicing in the east --Thomson. 2. One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts. 3. A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds. 4. The chief piece in the game of chess. 5. A crowned man in the game of draughts. 6. pl. The title of two historical books in the Old Testament. Note: King is often used adjectively, or in combination, to denote pre[89]minence or superiority in some particular; as, kingbird; king crow; king vulture. {Apostolic king}.See {Apostolic}. {King-at-arms}, or {King-of-arms}, the chief heraldic officer of a country. In England the king-at-arms was formerly of great authority. His business is to direct the heralds, preside at their chapters, and have the jurisdiction of armory. There are three principal kings-at-arms, viz., Garter, Clarencieux, and Norroy. The latter (literally north roy or north king) officiates north of the Trent. {King auk} (Zo[94]l.), the little auk or sea dove. {King bird of paradise}. (Zo[94]l.), See {Bird of paradise}. {King card}, in whist, the best unplayed card of each suit; thus, if the ace and king of a suit have been played, the queen is the king card of the suit. {King Cole}, a legendary king of Britain, who is said to have reigned in the third century. {King conch} (Zo[94]l.), a large and handsome univalve shell ({Cassis cameo}), found in the West Indies. It is used for making cameos. See {Helmet shell}, under {Helmet}. {King Cotton}, a popular personification of the great staple production of the southern United States. {King crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The limulus or horseshoe crab. See {Limulus}. (b) The large European spider crab or thornback ({Maia squinado}). {King crow}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A black drongo shrike ({Buchanga atra}) of India; -- so called because, while breeding, they attack and drive away hawks, crows, and other large birds. (b) The {Dicrurus macrocercus} of India, a crested bird with a long, forked tail. Its color is black, with green and blue reflections. Called also {devil bird}. {King duck} (Zo[94]l.), a large and handsome eider duck ({Somateria spectabilis}), inhabiting the arctic regions of both continents. {King eagle} (Zo[94]l.), an eagle ({Aquila heliaca}) found in Asia and Southeastern Europe. It is about as large as the golden eagle. Some writers believe it to be the imperial eagle of Rome. {King hake} (Zo[94]l.), an American hake ({Phycis regius}), fond in deep water along the Atlantic coast. {King monkey} (Zo[94]l.), an African monkey ({Colobus polycomus}), inhabiting Sierra Leone. {King mullet} (Zo[94]l.), a West Indian red mullet ({Upeneus maculatus}); -- so called on account of its great beauty. Called also {goldfish}. {King of terrors}, death. {King parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome Australian parrakeet ({Platycercys scapulatus}), often kept in a cage. Its prevailing color is bright red, with the back and wings bright green, the rump blue, and tail black. {King penguin} (Zo[94]l.), any large species of penguin of the genus {Aptenodytes}; esp., {A. longirostris}, of the Falkland Islands and Kerguelen Land, and {A. Patagonica}, of Patagonia. {King rail} (Zo[94]l.), a small American rail ({Rallus elegans}), living in fresh-water marshes. The upper parts are fulvous brown, striped with black; the breast is deep cinnamon color. {King salmon} (Zo[94]l.), the quinnat. See {Quinnat}. {King's, [or] Queen's}, {counsel} (Eng. Law), barristers learned in the law, who have been called within the bar, and selected to be the king's or queen's counsel. They answer in some measure to the advocates of the revenue (advocati fisci) among the Romans. They can not be employed against the crown without special license. --Wharton's Law Dict. {King's cushion}, a temporary seat made by two persons crossing their hands. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {The king's English}, correct or current language of good speakers; pure English. --Shak. {King's [or] Queen's}, {evidence}, testimony in favor of the Crown by a witness who confesses his guilt as an accomplice. See under {Evidence}. [Eng.] {King's evil}, scrofula; -- so called because formerly supposed to be healed by the touch of a king. {King snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large, nearly black, harmless snake ({Ophiobolus getulus}) of the Southern United States; -- so called because it kills and eats other kinds of snakes, including even the rattlesnake. {King's spear} (Bot.), the white asphodel ({Asphodelus albus}). {King's yellow}, a yellow pigment, consisting essentially of sulphide and oxide of arsenic; -- called also {yellow orpiment}. {King tody} (Zo[94]l.), a small fly-catching bird ({Eurylaimus serilophus}) of tropical America. The head is adorned with a large, spreading, fan-shaped crest, which is bright red, edged with black. {King vulture} (Zo[94]l.), a large species of vulture ({Sarcorhamphus papa}), ranging from Mexico to Paraguay, The general color is white. The wings and tail are black, and the naked carunculated head and the neck are briliantly colored with scarlet, yellow, orange, and blue. So called because it drives away other vultures while feeding. {King wood}, a wood from Brazil, called also {violet wood}, beautifully streaked in violet tints, used in turning and small cabinetwork. The tree is probably a species of {Dalbergia}. See {Jacaranda}. | |
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Counsel \Coun"sel\ (koun"s?l), n. [OE. conc[?]l, F. conseil, fr. L. consilium, fr. the root of consulere to consult, of uncertain origin. Cf. {Consult}, {Consul}.] 1. Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation. All the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death. --Matt. xxvii. 1. 2. Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence. They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used. --Hooker. 3. Result of consultation; advice; instruction. I like thy counsel; well hast thou advised. --Shak. It was ill counsel had misled the girl. --Tennyson. 4. Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan. The counsel of the Lord standeth forever. --Ps. xxxiii. 11. The counsels of the wicked are deceit. --Prov. xii. 5. 5. A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter. Thilke lord . . . to whom no counsel may be hid. --Gower. 6. One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel. The King found his counsel as refractory as his judges. --Macaulay. Note: The some courts a distinction is observed between the attorney and the counsel in a cause, the former being employed in the management iof the more mechanical parts of the suit, the latter in attending to the pleadings, managing the cause at the trial, and in applying the law to the exigencies of the case during the whole progress of the suit. In other courts the same person can exercise the powers of each. See {Attorney}. --Kent. {In counsel}, in secret. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {To keep counsel}, [or] {To keep one's own counsel}, to keep one's thoughts, purposes, etc., undisclosed. The players can not keep counsel: they 'll tell all. --Shak. Syn: Advice; consideration; consultation; purpose; scheme; opinion. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Counsel \Coun"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counseled} (-s?ld) [or] {Counselled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Counseling} [or] {Counselling}.] [OE. conseilen, counseilen, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliari, fr. consilium counsel.] 1. To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person. Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. --Shak. 2. To advise or recommend, as an act or course. They who counsel war. --Milton. Thus Belial, with words clothed in reson's garb, Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. [bd]A bachelor's life in chambers.[b8] --Thackeray. 3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber. 4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce. 5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye. 6. pl. (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court. 7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.] 8. (Mil.) (a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. (c) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. {Air chamber}. See {Air chamber}, in the Vocabulary. {Chamber of commerce}, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city. {Chamber council}, a secret council. --Shak. {Chamber} {counsel [or] counselor}, a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court. {Chamber fellow}, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum. {Chamber hangings}, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. {Chamber lye}, urine. --Shak. {Chamber music}, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church. {Chamber practice} (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court. {To sit at chambers}, to do business in chambers, as a judge. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Counselable \Coun"sel*a*ble\ (-?-b'l), a. [Written also counsellable.] 1. Willing to receive counsel or follow advice. [R.] Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counselable than he. --Clarendon. 2. Suitable to be advised; advisable, wise. [Obs.] He did not believe it counselable. --Clarendon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Counsel \Coun"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counseled} (-s?ld) [or] {Counselled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Counseling} [or] {Counselling}.] [OE. conseilen, counseilen, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliari, fr. consilium counsel.] 1. To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person. Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. --Shak. 2. To advise or recommend, as an act or course. They who counsel war. --Milton. Thus Belial, with words clothed in reson's garb, Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Counsel \Coun"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counseled} (-s?ld) [or] {Counselled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Counseling} [or] {Counselling}.] [OE. conseilen, counseilen, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliari, fr. consilium counsel.] 1. To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person. Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. --Shak. 2. To advise or recommend, as an act or course. They who counsel war. --Milton. Thus Belial, with words clothed in reson's garb, Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Counsel \Coun"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counseled} (-s?ld) [or] {Counselled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Counseling} [or] {Counselling}.] [OE. conseilen, counseilen, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliari, fr. consilium counsel.] 1. To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person. Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. --Shak. 2. To advise or recommend, as an act or course. They who counsel war. --Milton. Thus Belial, with words clothed in reson's garb, Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Counsel \Coun"sel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Counseled} (-s?ld) [or] {Counselled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Counseling} [or] {Counselling}.] [OE. conseilen, counseilen, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliari, fr. consilium counsel.] 1. To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person. Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. --Shak. 2. To advise or recommend, as an act or course. They who counsel war. --Milton. Thus Belial, with words clothed in reson's garb, Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Counselor \Coun"sel*or\ (koun"s?l-?r), n. [Written also {counsellor}.] [OE. conseiler, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliarius, fr. consilium counsel.] 1. One who counsels; an adviser. Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or no? --Shak. 2. A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate. Note: [See under {Consilor}.] 3. One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister. Good counselors lack no clients. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Counselor \Coun"sel*or\ (koun"s?l-?r), n. [Written also {counsellor}.] [OE. conseiler, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliarius, fr. consilium counsel.] 1. One who counsels; an adviser. Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or no? --Shak. 2. A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate. Note: [See under {Consilor}.] 3. One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister. Good counselors lack no clients. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Counselorship \Coun"sel*or*ship\ (koun"s?l-?r-sh?p), n. The function and rank or office of a counselor. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Snowy \Snow"y\, a. 1. White like snow. [bd]So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows.[b8] --Shak. 2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. [bd]The snowy top of cold Olympus.[b8] --Milton. 3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless. There did he lose his snowy innocence. --J. Hall (1646). {Snowy heron} (Zo[94]l.), a white heron, or egret ({Ardea candidissima}), found in the Southern United States, and southward to Chili; -- called also {plume bird}. {Snowy lemming} (Zo[94]l.), the collared lemming ({Cuniculus torquatus}), which turns white in winter. {Snowy owl} (Zo[94]l.), a large arctic owl ({Nyctea Scandiaca}, or {N. nivea}) common all over the northern parts of the United States and Europe in winter time. Its plumage is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually more or less marked with blackish spots. Called also {white owl}. {Snowy plover} (Zo[94]l.), a small plover ({[92]gialitis nivosa}) of the western parts of the United States and Mexico. It is light gray above, with the under parts and portions of the head white. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bluethroat \Blue"throat`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia ({Cyanecula Suecica}), related to the nightingales; -- called also {blue-throated robin} and {blue-throated warbler}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cyanic \Cy*an"ic\ (s?-?n"?k), a. [Gr. ky`anos a dark blue substance: cf. F. cyanique. Cf. {Kyanite}.] 1. Pertaining to, or containing, cyanogen. 2. Of or pertaining to a blue color. {Cyanic acid} (Chem.), an acid, {HOCN}, derived from cyanogen, well known in its salts, but never isolated in the free state. {Cyanic colors} (Bot.), those colors (of flowers) having some tinge of blue; -- opposed to {xanthic colors}. A color of either series may pass into red or white, but not into the opposing color. Red and pure white are more common among flowers of cyanic tendency than in those of the other class. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cynic \Cyn"ic\ (s[icr]n"[icr]k), Cynical \Cyn"ic*al\ (-[icr]*k[ait]l), a. [L. cynicus of the sect of Cynics, fr. Gr. kyniko`s, prop., dog-like, fr. ky`wn, kyno`s, dog. See {Hound}.] 1. Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; currish. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. --Johnson. 2. Pertaining to the Dog Star; as, the cynic, or Sothic, year; cynic cycle. 3. Belonging to the sect of philosophers called cynics; having the qualities of a cynic; pertaining to, or resembling, the doctrines of the cynics. 4. Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by moral principles; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes which are not suggested or directed by self-interest or self-indulgence; as, a cynical man who scoffs at pretensions of integrity; characterized by such opinions; as, cynical views of human nature. Note: In prose, cynical is used rather than cynic, in the senses 1 and 4. {Cynic spasm} (Med.), a convulsive contraction of the muscles of one side of the face, producing a sort of grin, suggesting certain movements in the upper lip of a dog. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cynically \Cyn"ic*al*ly\ (s[icr]n"[icr]*k[ait]l*l[ycr]), adv. In a cynical manner. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cynicalness \Cyn"ic*al*ness\, n. The quality of being cynical. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hound's-tongue \Hound's"-tongue`\, n. [AS. hundes tunge.] (Bot.) A biennial weed ({Cynoglossum officinale}), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also {dog's-tongue}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{To run wild}, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or untamed; to live or grow without culture or training. {To sow one's wild oats}. See under {Oat}. {Wild allspice}. (Bot.), spicewood. {Wild balsam apple} (Bot.), an American climbing cucurbitaceous plant ({Echinocystis lobata}). {Wild basil} (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America. {Wild bean} (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants, mostly species of {Phaseolus} and {Apios}. {Wild bee} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest in a hollow tree or among rocks. {Wild bergamot}. (Bot.) See under {Bergamot}. {Wild boar} (Zo[94]l.), the European wild hog ({Sus scrofa}), from which the common domesticated swine is descended. {Wild brier} (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See {Brier}. {Wild bugloss} (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant ({Lycopsis arvensis}) with small blue flowers. {Wild camomile} (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite genus {Matricaria}, much resembling camomile. {Wild cat}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European carnivore ({Felis catus}) somewhat resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and the like. (b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx. (c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce. {Wild celery}. (Bot.) See {Tape grass}, under {Tape}. {Wild cherry}. (Bot.) (a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild red cherry is {Prunus Pennsylvanica}. The wild black cherry is {P. serotina}, the wood of which is much used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a compact texture. (b) The fruit of various species of {Prunus}. {Wild cinnamon}. See the Note under {Canella}. {Wild comfrey} (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly leaves and small blue flowers. {Wild cumin} (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant ({Lag[oe]cia cuminoides}) native in the countries about the Mediterranean. {Wild drake} (Zo[94]l.) the mallard. {Wild elder} (Bot.), an American plant ({Aralia hispida}) of the Ginseng family. {Wild fowl} (Zo[94]l.) any wild bird, especially any of those considered as game birds. {Wild goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag. See {Graylag}, and {Bean goose}, under {Bean}. {Wild goose chase}, the pursuit of something unattainable, or of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose. --Shak. {Wild honey}, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in trees, rocks, the like. {Wild hyacinth}. (Bot.) See {Hyacinth}, 1 (b) . {Wild Irishman} (Bot.), a thorny bush ({Discaria Toumatou}) of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the natives use the spines in tattooing. {Wild land}. (a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it unfit for cultivation. (b) Land which is not settled and cultivated. {Wild licorice}. (Bot.) See under {Licorice}. {Wild mammee} (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a tropical American tree ({Rheedia lateriflora}); -- so called in the West Indies. {Wild marjoram} (Bot.), a labiate plant ({Origanum vulgare}) much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic. {Wild oat}. (Bot.) (a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum avenaceum}). (b) See {Wild oats}, under {Oat}. {Wild pieplant} (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid, juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden rhubarb. {Wild pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The rock dove. (b) The passenger pigeon. {Wild pink} (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of catchfly. {Wild plantain} (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb ({Heliconia Bihai}), much resembling the banana. Its leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies as coverings for packages of merchandise. {Wild plum}. (Bot.) (a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation. (b) The South African prune. See under {Prune}. {Wild rice}. (Bot.) See {Indian rice}, under {Rice}. {Wild rosemary} (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda polifolia}. See {Marsh rosemary}, under {Rosemary}. {Wild sage}. (Bot.) See {Sagebrush}. {Wild sarsaparilla} (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf. {Wild sensitive plant} (Bot.), either one of two annual leguminous herbs ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}, and {C. nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly when the plant is disturbed. {Wild service}.(Bot.) See {Sorb}. {Wild Spaniard} (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous plants of the genus {Aciphylla}, natives of New Zealand. The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the plants form an impenetrable thicket. {Wild turkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See 2d {Turkey}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chamisal, NM (CDP, FIPS 14110) Location: 36.17667 N, 105.74904 W Population (1990): 272 (143 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 87521 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chancellor, AL Zip code(s): 36316 Chancellor, SD (town, FIPS 11380) Location: 43.37240 N, 96.98743 W Population (1990): 276 (132 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 57015 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chunchula, AL Zip code(s): 36521 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Conklin, MI Zip code(s): 49403 Conklin, NY Zip code(s): 13748 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Council, ID (city, FIPS 18820) Location: 44.72892 N, 116.43524 W Population (1990): 831 (392 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83612 Council, NC Zip code(s): 28434 Council, VA Zip code(s): 24260 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Council Bluffs, IA (city, FIPS 16860) Location: 41.23995 N, 95.85950 W Population (1990): 54315 (22244 housing units) Area: 95.3 sq km (land), 5.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51503 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Council Grove, KS (city, FIPS 15925) Location: 38.66067 N, 96.48939 W Population (1990): 2228 (1085 housing units) Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Council Hill, OK (town, FIPS 17550) Location: 35.55604 N, 95.65237 W Population (1990): 139 (53 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74428 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Counselor, NM Zip code(s): 87018 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
cancelbot /kan'sel-bot/ [Usenet: compound, cancel + robot] 1. Mythically, a {robocanceller} 2. In reality, most cancelbots are manually operated by being fed lists of spam message IDs. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Cancelmoose[tm] /kan'sel-moos/ [Usenet] The archetype and model of all good {spam}-fighters. Once upon a time, the 'Moose would send out spam-cancels and then post notice anonymously to news.admin.policy, news.admin.misc, and alt.current-events.net-abuse. The 'Moose stepped to the fore on its own initiative, at a time (mid-1994) when spam-cancels were irregular and disorganized, and behaved altogether admirably - fair, even-handed, and quick to respond to comments and criticism, all without self-aggrandizement or martyrdom. Cancelmoose[tm] quickly gained near-unanimous support from the readership of all three above-mentioned groups. Nobody knows who Cancelmoose[tm] really is, and there aren't even any good rumors. However, the 'Moose now has an e-mail address ( By early 1995, others had stepped into the spam-cancel business, and appeared to be comporting themselves well, after the 'Moose's manner. The 'Moose has now gotten out of the business, and is more interested in ending spam (and cancels) entirely. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
console n. 1. The operator's station of a {mainframe}. In times past, this was a privileged location that conveyed godlike powers to anyone with fingers on its keys. Under Unix and other modern timesharing OSes, such privileges are guarded by passwords instead, and the console is just the {tty} the system was booted from. Some of the mystique remains, however, and it is traditional for sysadmins to post urgent messages to all users from the console (on Unix, /dev/console). 2. On microcomputer Unix boxes, the main screen and keyboard (as opposed to character-only terminals talking to a serial port). Typically only the console can do real graphics or run {X}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
console jockey n. See {terminal junkie}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Conway's Law prov. The rule that the organization of the software and the organization of the software team will be congruent; commonly stated as "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler". The original statement was more general, "Organizations which design systems are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations." This first appeared in the April 1968 issue of {Datamation}. Compare {SNAFU principle}. The law was named after Melvin Conway, an early proto-hacker who wrote an assembler for the Burroughs 220 called SAVE. (The name `SAVE' didn't stand for anything; it was just that you lost fewer card decks and listings because they all had SAVE written on them.) There is also Tom Cheatham's amendment of Conway's Law: "If a group of N persons implements a COBOL compiler, there will be N-1 passes. Someone in the group has to be the manager." | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Cancel (1996-06-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Cancelbunny {Cancelpoodle} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Cancelm00se {Cancelmoose} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Cancelmoose {articles} posted by others. (In general, an article can only be cancelled by its original author.) The Cancelmoose's usual target is {spam} or extremely excessive {cross-post}ing. Some believe that the Cancelmoose exists only in the same mythic sense that {B1FF}, the {NSA line eater} and {Shub Internet} exist; others consider Cancelmoose's historicity to be closer to that of {Kibo}. The latter group assume that the real Cancelmoose is not one person (or moose), but instead is a cabal of {NNTP} wonks. However, the Cancelmoose is probably real, seeing as how it has its own {web site}. {Home (http://www.nocem.org/)}. (1999-01-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Cancelpoodle {Cancelmoose} in the form of a more selective (and probably not automated) way to cancel {Usenet} articles. The term became common during the alt.religion.scientology wars of the mid-90s, during which Cancelpoodles were used. The "poodle" part is an allusion to one of the parties obliquely involved in the fray, who an earlier well-known witticism had compared to "a psychotic poodle". (1999-01-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CMU CL {CMU Common Lisp} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
COMSL ["COMSL - A Communication System Simulation Language", R.L. Granger, Proc FJCC 37 (1970)]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
console 1. The operator's station of a {mainframe}. In times past, this was a privileged location that conveyed godlike powers to anyone with fingers on its keys. Under {Unix} and other modern {time-sharing} {operating system}s, such privileges are guarded by passwords instead, and the console is just the {tty} the system was booted from. Some of the mystique remains, however, and it is traditional for {sysadmin}s to post urgent messages to all users from the console (on Unix, /dev/console). 2. On {microcomputer} {Unix} boxes, the main screen and keyboard (as opposed to character-only terminals talking to a {serial port}). Typically only the console can do real graphics or run {X}. See also {CTY}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
console jockey {terminal junkie} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Consul with {Lisp}-like {syntax}. ["Consul: A Parallel Constraint Language", D. Baldwin, IEEE Software 6(4):62-71]. (1994-11-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Conway's Law software and the organisation of the software team will be congruent; originally stated as "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler". Melvin Conway, an early proto-hacker, wrote an {assembler} for the {Burroughs 220} called SAVE. The name "SAVE" didn't stand for anything; it was just that you lost fewer card decks and listings because they all had SAVE written on them. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Conway's Life {Life} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Chancellor one who has judicial authority, literally, a "lord of judgement;" a title given to the Persian governor of Samaria (Ezra 4:8, 9, 17). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Consolation of Israel a name for the Messiah in common use among the Jews, probably suggested by Isa. 12:1; 49:13. The Greek word thus rendered (Luke 2:25, paraklesis) is kindred to that translated "Comforter" in John 14:16, etc., parakletos. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Council spoken of counsellors who sat in public trials with the governor of a province (Acts 25:12). The Jewish councils were the Sanhedrim, or supreme council of the nation, which had subordinate to it smaller tribunals (the "judgment," perhaps, in Matt. 5:21, 22) in the cities of Palestine (Matt. 10:17; Mark 13:9). In the time of Christ the functions of the Sanhedrim were limited (John 16:2; 2 Cor. 11:24). In Ps. 68:27 the word "council" means simply a company of persons. (R.V. marg., "company.") In ecclesiastical history the word is used to denote an assembly of pastors or bishops for the discussion and regulation of church affairs. The first of these councils was that of the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, of which we have a detailed account in Acts 15. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Counsellor an adviser (Prov. 11:14; 15:22), a king's state counsellor (2 Sam. 15:12). Used once of the Messiah (Isa. 9:6). In Mark 15:43, Luke 23:50, the word probably means a member of the Jewish Sanhedrim. |