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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sicklewort \Sic"kle*wort`\, n. [AS. sicolwyrt.] (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Coronilla} ({C. scorpioides}); -- so named from its curved pods. (b) The healall ({Brunella vulgaris}). | |
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Carabid \Car"a*bid\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus {Carbus} or family {Carabid[91]}. -- n. One of the {Carabid[91]}, a family of active insectivorous beetles. | |
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Caraboid \Car"a*boid\, a. [Carabus + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Like, or pertaining to the genus {Carabus}. | |
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Carbide \Car"bide\, n. [Carbon + -ide.] (Chem.) A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed {carburet}. | |
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Carbohydrate \Car`bo*hy"drate\, n. [Carbon + hydrate.] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose, {C6H12O6}. | |
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Carbohydride \Car`bo*hy"dride\, n. [Carbon + hydrogen.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon. | |
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Carob \Car"ob\, n. [Cf. F. caroube fruit of the carob tree, Sp. garrobo, al-garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharr[d4]b, Per. Kharn[d4]b. Cf. {Clgaroba}.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen leguminous tree ({Ceratania Siliqua}) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also {carob tree}. 2. One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; -- called also {St. John's bread}, {carob bean}, and {algaroba bean}. | |
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Carpathian \Car*pa"thi*an\, a. Of or pertaining to a range of mountains in Austro-Hungary, called the Carpathians, which partially inclose Hungary on the north, east, and south. | |
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Carp \Carp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Carped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Carping}.] [OE. carpen to say, speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel. karpa to boast), but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck, calumniate.] 1. To talk; to speak; to prattle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at. Carping and caviling at faults of manner. --Blackw. Mag. And at my actions carp or catch. --Herbert. | |
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Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[ecr]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E. {Harvest}.] 1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables. Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller. 2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. [bd]The grassy carpet of this plain.[b8] --Shak. {Carpet beetle} or {Carpet bug} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Anthrenus scrophulari[91]}), which, in the larval state, does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; -- also called {buffalo bug}. {Carpet knight}. (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service. {Carpet moth} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds. Some are the larv[91] of species of {Tinea} (as {T. tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. {Anthrenus}. {Carpet snake} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond snake}, under {Diamond}. {Carpet sweeper}, an apparatus or device for sweeping carpets. {To be on the carpet}, to be under consideration; to be the subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression derived from the use of carpets as table cover. {Brussels carpet}. See under {Brussels}. | |
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Carpet \Car"pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Carpeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Carpeting}.] To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets. Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. --E. Everett. | |
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Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[ecr]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E. {Harvest}.] 1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables. Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller. 2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. [bd]The grassy carpet of this plain.[b8] --Shak. {Carpet beetle} or {Carpet bug} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Anthrenus scrophulari[91]}), which, in the larval state, does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; -- also called {buffalo bug}. {Carpet knight}. (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service. {Carpet moth} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds. Some are the larv[91] of species of {Tinea} (as {T. tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. {Anthrenus}. {Carpet snake} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond snake}, under {Diamond}. {Carpet sweeper}, an apparatus or device for sweeping carpets. {To be on the carpet}, to be under consideration; to be the subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression derived from the use of carpets as table cover. {Brussels carpet}. See under {Brussels}. | |
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Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[ecr]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E. {Harvest}.] 1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables. Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller. 2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. [bd]The grassy carpet of this plain.[b8] --Shak. {Carpet beetle} or {Carpet bug} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Anthrenus scrophulari[91]}), which, in the larval state, does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; -- also called {buffalo bug}. {Carpet knight}. (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service. {Carpet moth} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds. Some are the larv[91] of species of {Tinea} (as {T. tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. {Anthrenus}. {Carpet snake} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond snake}, under {Diamond}. {Carpet sweeper}, an apparatus or device for sweeping carpets. {To be on the carpet}, to be under consideration; to be the subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression derived from the use of carpets as table cover. {Brussels carpet}. See under {Brussels}. | |
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Knight \Knight\, n. [OE. knight, cniht, knight, soldier, As. cniht, cneoht, a boy, youth, attendant, military follower; akin to D. & G. knecht servant; perh. akin to E. kin.] 1. A young servant or follower; a military attendant. [Obs.] 2. (a) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life. (b) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John. [Eng.] Hence: (c) A champion; a partisan; a lover. [bd]Give this ring to my true knight.[b8] Shak [bd]In all your quarrels will I be your knight.[b8] --Tennyson. Knights, by their oaths, should right poor ladies' harms. --Shak. Note: Formerly, when a knight's name was not known, it was customary to address him as Sir Knight. The rank of a knight is not hereditary. 3. A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head. 4. A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack. [Obs.] {Carpet knight}. See under {Carpet}. {Knight of industry}. See {Chevalier d'industrie}, under {Chevalier}. {Knight of Malta}, {Knight of Rhodes}, {Knight of St. John of Jerusalem}. See {Hospitaler}. {Knight of the post}, one who gained his living by giving false evidence on trials, or false bail; hence, a sharper in general. --Nares. [bd]A knight of the post, . . . quoth he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear you anything for twelve pence.[b8] --Nash. {Knight of the shire}, in England, one of the representatives of a county in Parliament, in distinction from the representatives of cities and boroughs. {Knights commanders}, {Knights grand cross}, different classes of the Order of the Bath. See under {Bath}, and {Companion}. {Knights of labor}, a secret organization whose professed purpose is to secure and maintain the rights of workingmen as respects their relations to their employers. [U. S.] {Knights of Pythias}, a secret order, founded in Washington, d.C., in 1864, for social and charitable purposes. {Knights of the Round Table}, knights belonging to an order which, according to the legendary accounts, was instituted by the mythical King Arthur. They derived their common title from the table around which they sat on certain solemn days. --Brande & C. | |
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Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[ecr]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E. {Harvest}.] 1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables. Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller. 2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. [bd]The grassy carpet of this plain.[b8] --Shak. {Carpet beetle} or {Carpet bug} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Anthrenus scrophulari[91]}), which, in the larval state, does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; -- also called {buffalo bug}. {Carpet knight}. (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service. {Carpet moth} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds. Some are the larv[91] of species of {Tinea} (as {T. tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. {Anthrenus}. {Carpet snake} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond snake}, under {Diamond}. {Carpet sweeper}, an apparatus or device for sweeping carpets. {To be on the carpet}, to be under consideration; to be the subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression derived from the use of carpets as table cover. {Brussels carpet}. See under {Brussels}. | |
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Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[ecr]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E. {Harvest}.] 1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables. Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller. 2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. [bd]The grassy carpet of this plain.[b8] --Shak. {Carpet beetle} or {Carpet bug} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Anthrenus scrophulari[91]}), which, in the larval state, does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; -- also called {buffalo bug}. {Carpet knight}. (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service. {Carpet moth} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds. Some are the larv[91] of species of {Tinea} (as {T. tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. {Anthrenus}. {Carpet snake} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond snake}, under {Diamond}. {Carpet sweeper}, an apparatus or device for sweeping carpets. {To be on the carpet}, to be under consideration; to be the subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression derived from the use of carpets as table cover. {Brussels carpet}. See under {Brussels}. | |
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Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[ecr]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E. {Harvest}.] 1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables. Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller. 2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. [bd]The grassy carpet of this plain.[b8] --Shak. {Carpet beetle} or {Carpet bug} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Anthrenus scrophulari[91]}), which, in the larval state, does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; -- also called {buffalo bug}. {Carpet knight}. (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service. {Carpet moth} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds. Some are the larv[91] of species of {Tinea} (as {T. tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. {Anthrenus}. {Carpet snake} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond snake}, under {Diamond}. {Carpet sweeper}, an apparatus or device for sweeping carpets. {To be on the carpet}, to be under consideration; to be the subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression derived from the use of carpets as table cover. {Brussels carpet}. See under {Brussels}. | |
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Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[ecr]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E. {Harvest}.] 1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables. Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller. 2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. [bd]The grassy carpet of this plain.[b8] --Shak. {Carpet beetle} or {Carpet bug} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Anthrenus scrophulari[91]}), which, in the larval state, does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; -- also called {buffalo bug}. {Carpet knight}. (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service. {Carpet moth} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds. Some are the larv[91] of species of {Tinea} (as {T. tapetzella}); others of beetles, esp. {Anthrenus}. {Carpet snake} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian snake. See {Diamond snake}, under {Diamond}. {Carpet sweeper}, an apparatus or device for sweeping carpets. {To be on the carpet}, to be under consideration; to be the subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression derived from the use of carpets as table cover. {Brussels carpet}. See under {Brussels}. | |
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Carpetbag \Car"pet*bag`\, n. A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet. | |
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Carpetbagger \Car"pet*bag`ger\, n. An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865) | |
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Carpet \Car"pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Carpeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Carpeting}.] To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets. Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. --E. Everett. | |
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Carpet \Car"pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Carpeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Carpeting}.] To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets. Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. --E. Everett. | |
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Carpeting \Car"pet*ing\, n. 1. The act of covering with carpets. 2. Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general. The floor was covered with rich carpeting. --Prescott. | |
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Carpetless \Car"pet*less\, a. Without a carpet. | |
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Carpetmonger \Car"pet*mon`ger\, n. 1. One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets. 2. One fond of pleasure; a gallant. --Shak. | |
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Carpetway \Car"pet*way`\, n. (Agric.) A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field. --Ray. | |
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Burion \Bu"ri*on\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The red-breasted house sparrow of California ({Carpodacus frontalis}); -- called also {crimson-fronted bullfinch}. [Written also {burrion}.] | |
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Carve \Carve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Carved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Carving}.] [AS. ceorfan to cut, carve; akin to D. kerven, G. kerben, Dan. karve, Sw. karfva, and to Gr. [?] to write, orig. to scatch, and E. -graphy. Cf. {Graphic}.] 1. To cut. [Obs.] Or they will carven the shepherd's throat. --Spenser. 2. To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave. Carved with figures strange and sweet. --Coleridge. 3. To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree. An angel carved in stone. --Tennyson. We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone. --C. Wolfe. 4. To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion. [bd]To carve a capon.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Antler \Ant"ler\, n. [OE. auntelere, OF. antoillier, andoiller, endouiller, fr. F. andouiller, fr. an assumed LL. antocularis, fr. L. ante before + oculus eye. See {Ocular}.] (Zo[94]l.) The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag. Huge stags with sixteen antlers. --Macaulay. Note: The branch next to the head is called the brow antler, and the branch next above, the bez antler, or bay antler. The main stem is the beam, and the branches are often called tynes. Antlers are deciduous bony (not horny) growths, and are covered with a periosteum while growing. See {Velvet}. {Antler moth} (Zo[94]l.), a destructive European moth ({Cerapteryx graminis}), which devastates grass lands. | |
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Charybdis \Cha*ryb"dis\, n. [L., Gr. [?].] A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See {Scylla}. | |
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Cheirepter \Chei*rep"ter\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Cheiroptera. | |
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Cheiropterous \Chei*rop"ter*ous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Belonging to the Cheiroptera, or Bat family. | |
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d8Cheiropterygium \[d8]Chei*rop`te*ryg"i*um\, n.; pl. {Cheiropterygia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] hand + [?]; [?] wing, fin.] (Anat.) The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates. | |
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Cherry \Cher"ry\, n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. [?], perh. fr. [?] horn, from the hardness of the wood.] 1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus {Prunus} (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; (a) The common garden cherry ({Prunus Cerasus}), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from M[82]doc in France). (b) The wild cherry; as, {Prunus serotina} (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; {P. Virginiana} (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; {P. avium} and {P. Padus}, European trees (bird cherry). 2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors. 3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc. 4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. {Barbadoes cherry}. See under {Barbadoes}. {Cherry bird} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird; the cedar bird; -- so called from its fondness for cherries. {Cherry bounce}, cherry brandy and sugar. {Cherry brandy}, brandy in which cherries have been steeped. {Cherry laurel} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Prunus Lauro-cerasus}) common in shrubberies, the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds. {Cherry pepper} (Bot.), a species of {Capsicum} ({C. cerasiforme}), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant cherry-shaped fruit. {Cherry pit}. (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a hole. --Shak. (b) A cherry stone. {Cherry rum}, rum in which cherries have been steeped. {Cherry sucker} (Zo[94]l.), the European spotted flycatcher ({Musicapa grisola}); -- called also {cherry chopper} {cherry snipe}. {Cherry tree}, a tree that bears cherries. {Ground cherry}, {Winter cherry}, See {Alkekengi}. | |
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Chiropodist \Chi*rop"o*dist\, n. [Gr. chei`r hand + [?]; [?], foot.] One who treats diseases of the hands and feet; especially, one who removes corns and bunions. | |
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Chiropody \Chirop"ody\, n. The art of treating diseases of the hands and feet. | |
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Chirp \Chirp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chirped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chirping}.] [Of imitative orgin. Cf. {Chirk}, {Chipper}, {Cheep}, {Chirm}, {Chirrup}.] To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets. | |
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Chirrup \Chir"rup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chirruped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chirruping}.] [See {Chirp}.] To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup. | |
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Cirriped \Cir"ri*ped\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Cirripedia. | |
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Corfiote \Cor"fi*ote\ (k[ocir]r"f?-?t), Corfute \Cor"fute\ (k?r"f?t), n. A native or inhabitant of Corfu, an island in the Mediterranean Sea. | |
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Corfiote \Cor"fi*ote\ (k[ocir]r"f?-?t), Corfute \Cor"fute\ (k?r"f?t), n. A native or inhabitant of Corfu, an island in the Mediterranean Sea. | |
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Correption \Cor*rep"tion\ (k?r-r?p"sh?n), n. [L. correptio, fr. corripere to seize.] Chiding; reproof; reproach. [Obs.] Angry, passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend. --Hammond. | |
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Corrivate \Cor"ri*vate\ (k?r"r?-v?t), v. t. [L. corrivatus, p. p. of corrivare to corrivate.] To cause to flow together, as water drawn from several streams. [Obs.] --Burton. | |
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Corrivation \Cor`ri*va"tion\ (-v?"sh?n), n. [L. corrivatio.] The flowing of different streams into one. [Obs.] --Burton. | |
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Corrupt \Cor*rupt"\ (k?r-r?pt"), v. i. 1. To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot. --Bacon. 2. To become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness. | |
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Corrupt \Cor*rupt`\ (k?r-r?pt"), a. [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See {Rupture}.] 1. Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound. Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them. --Knolles. 2. Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges. At what ease Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt To swear against you. --Shak. 3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt. | |
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Corrupt \Cor*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrupted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Corrupting}.] 1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy. 2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile. Evil communications corrupt good manners. --1. Cor. xv. 33. 3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe. Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge That no king can corrupt. --Shak. 4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text. He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . . yet he stops the pines. --Locke. 5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt. --Matt. vi. 19. | |
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Corrupt \Cor*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrupted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Corrupting}.] 1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy. 2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile. Evil communications corrupt good manners. --1. Cor. xv. 33. 3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe. Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge That no king can corrupt. --Shak. 4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text. He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . . yet he stops the pines. --Locke. 5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt. --Matt. vi. 19. | |
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Corrupter \Cor*rupt"er\ (k?r-r?p"t?r), n. One who corrupts; one who vitiates or taints; as, a corrupter of morals. | |
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Corruptful \Cor*rupt"ful\ (-f?l), a. Tending to corrupt; full of corruption. [Obs.] [bd]Corruptful bribes.[b8] --Spenser. | |
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Corruptibility \Cor*rupt`i*bil"i*ty\ (k?r-r?p`t?-b?l"?-t?), n. [L. corruptibilitas: cf. F. corruptibilit[82].] The quality of being corruptible; the possibility or liability of being corrupted; corruptibleness. --Burke. | |
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Corruptible \Cor*rupt"i*ble\ (k?r-r?p"t?-b'l), a. [L. corruptibilis: cf. F. corruptible.] 1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. [bd]Our corruptible bodies.[b8] --Hooker. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. --1 Pet. i. 18. 2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation. They systematically corrupt very corruptible race. --Burke. -- {Cor*rupt"i*ble*ness}, n. -- {Cor*rupt"i*bly}, adv. | |
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Corruptible \Cor*rupt"i*ble\, n. That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic] --1 Cor. xv. 53. | |
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Corruptible \Cor*rupt"i*ble\ (k?r-r?p"t?-b'l), a. [L. corruptibilis: cf. F. corruptible.] 1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. [bd]Our corruptible bodies.[b8] --Hooker. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. --1 Pet. i. 18. 2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation. They systematically corrupt very corruptible race. --Burke. -- {Cor*rupt"i*ble*ness}, n. -- {Cor*rupt"i*bly}, adv. | |
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Corruptible \Cor*rupt"i*ble\ (k?r-r?p"t?-b'l), a. [L. corruptibilis: cf. F. corruptible.] 1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. [bd]Our corruptible bodies.[b8] --Hooker. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. --1 Pet. i. 18. 2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation. They systematically corrupt very corruptible race. --Burke. -- {Cor*rupt"i*ble*ness}, n. -- {Cor*rupt"i*bly}, adv. | |
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Corrupt \Cor*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corrupted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Corrupting}.] 1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy. 2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile. Evil communications corrupt good manners. --1. Cor. xv. 33. 3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe. Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge That no king can corrupt. --Shak. 4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text. He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . . yet he stops the pines. --Locke. 5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt. --Matt. vi. 19. | |
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Corruptingly \Cor*rupt"ing*ly\, adv. In a manner that corrupts. | |
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Corruption \Cor*rup"tion\ (k?r-r?p"sh?n), n. [F. corruption, L. corruptio.] 1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration. The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption is a reciprocal to [bd]generation[b8]. --Bacon. 2. The product of corruption; putrid matter. 3. The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery. It was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions of monasteries, . . . to exite popular indignation against them. --Hallam. They abstained from some of the worst methods of corruption usual to their party in its earlier days. --Bancroft. Note: Corruption, when applied to officers, trustees, etc., signifies the inducing a violation of duty by means of pecuniary considerations. --Abbott. 4. The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language. {Corruption of blood} (Law), taint or impurity of blood, in consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony, by which a person is disabled from inheriting any estate or from transmitting it to others. Corruption of blood can be removed only by act of Parliament. --Blackstone. Syn: Putrescence; putrefaction; defilement; contamination; deprivation; debasement; adulteration; depravity; taint. See {Depravity}. | |
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Corruption \Cor*rup"tion\ (k?r-r?p"sh?n), n. [F. corruption, L. corruptio.] 1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration. The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption is a reciprocal to [bd]generation[b8]. --Bacon. 2. The product of corruption; putrid matter. 3. The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery. It was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions of monasteries, . . . to exite popular indignation against them. --Hallam. They abstained from some of the worst methods of corruption usual to their party in its earlier days. --Bancroft. Note: Corruption, when applied to officers, trustees, etc., signifies the inducing a violation of duty by means of pecuniary considerations. --Abbott. 4. The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language. {Corruption of blood} (Law), taint or impurity of blood, in consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony, by which a person is disabled from inheriting any estate or from transmitting it to others. Corruption of blood can be removed only by act of Parliament. --Blackstone. Syn: Putrescence; putrefaction; defilement; contamination; deprivation; debasement; adulteration; depravity; taint. See {Depravity}. | |
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Corruptionist \Cor*rup"tion*ist\, n. One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. --Sydney Smith. | |
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Corruptive \Cor*rupt"ive\ (k?r-r?p"t?v), a. [L. corruptivus: cf. F. corruptif.] Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption. It should be endued with some corruptive quality for so speedy a dissolution of the meat. --Ray. | |
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Corruptless \Cor*rupt"less\ (k?r-r?pt"l?s), a. Not susceptible of corruption or decay; incorruptible. --Dryden. | |
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Corruptly \Cor*rupt"ly\, adv. In a corrupt manner; by means of corruption or corrupting influences; wrongfully. | |
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Corruptness \Cor*rupt"ness\, n. The quality of being corrupt. | |
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Corruptress \Cor*rupt"ress\ (-r?s), n. A woman who corrupts. Thou studied old corruptress. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Corvet \Cor"vet\ (k?r"v?t), Corvette \Cor*vette"\ (k?r-v?r"), n. [F. corvette, fr. Pg. corveta or Sp. corbeta, fr. L. corbita a slow-sailing ship of burden, fr, corbis basket. Cf. {Corbeil}.] (Naut.) A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war. | |
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Corvet \Cor"vet\ (k?r"v?t), Corvette \Cor*vette"\ (k?r-v?r"), n. [F. corvette, fr. Pg. corveta or Sp. corbeta, fr. L. corbita a slow-sailing ship of burden, fr, corbis basket. Cf. {Corbeil}.] (Naut.) A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war. | |
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Coryphodont \Co*ryph"o*dont\ (-d?nt), a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the genus {Coryphodon}. | |
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d8Cr88pe \[d8]Cr[88]pe\ (kr[acir]p; Eng. kr[amac]p), n. [F.] Any of various crapelike fabrics, whether crinkled or not. {Cr[88]pe de Chine} ([?]) [F. de Chine of China], Canton crape or an inferior gauzy fabric resembling it. {C. lisse} (l[emac]s) [F. lisse smooth], smooth, or unwrinkled, crape. | |
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Crab \Crab\ (kr[acr]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body. Note: The name is applied to all the Brachyura, and to certain Anomura, as the hermit crabs. Formerly, it was sometimes applied to Crustacea in general. Many species are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being one of the most esteemed. The large European edible crab is {Cancer padurus}. {Soft-shelled crabs} are blue crabs that have recently cast their shells. See {Cancer}; also, {Box crab}, {Fiddler crab}, {Hermit crab}, {Spider crab}, etc., under {Box}, {Fiddler}. etc. 2. The zodiacal constellation Cancer. 3. [See {Crab}, a.] (Bot.) A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste. When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl. --Shak. 4. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. [Obs.] --Garrick. 5. (Mech.) (a) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. (b) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc. (c) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. (d) A claw for anchoring a portable machine. {Calling crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}., n., 2. {Crab apple}, a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also, the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple ({Pyrus Malus} var. sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple ({Pyrus baccata}); and the American ({Pyrus coronaria}). {Crab grass}. (Bot.) (a) A grass ({Digitaria, [or] Panicum, sanguinalis}); -- called also {finger grass}. (b) A grass of the genus {Eleusine} ({E. Indica}); -- called also {dog's-tail grass}, {wire grass}, etc. {Crab louse} (Zo[94]l.), a species of louse ({Phthirius pubis}), sometimes infesting the human body. {Crab plover} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic plover ({Dromas ardeola}). {Crab's eyes}, [or] {Crab's stones}, masses of calcareous matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths. {Crab spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of a group of spiders ({Laterigrad[91]}); -- called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab. {Crab tree}, the tree that bears crab applies. {Crab wood}, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which takes a high polish. --McElrath. {To catch a crab} (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower: (a) when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water; (b) when he misses the water altogether in making a stroke. | |
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Crab tree \Crab" tree\ (tr[emac]`). See under {Crab}. | |
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Crab \Crab\ (kr[acr]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body. Note: The name is applied to all the Brachyura, and to certain Anomura, as the hermit crabs. Formerly, it was sometimes applied to Crustacea in general. Many species are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being one of the most esteemed. The large European edible crab is {Cancer padurus}. {Soft-shelled crabs} are blue crabs that have recently cast their shells. See {Cancer}; also, {Box crab}, {Fiddler crab}, {Hermit crab}, {Spider crab}, etc., under {Box}, {Fiddler}. etc. 2. The zodiacal constellation Cancer. 3. [See {Crab}, a.] (Bot.) A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste. When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl. --Shak. 4. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. [Obs.] --Garrick. 5. (Mech.) (a) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. (b) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc. (c) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. (d) A claw for anchoring a portable machine. {Calling crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}., n., 2. {Crab apple}, a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also, the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple ({Pyrus Malus} var. sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple ({Pyrus baccata}); and the American ({Pyrus coronaria}). {Crab grass}. (Bot.) (a) A grass ({Digitaria, [or] Panicum, sanguinalis}); -- called also {finger grass}. (b) A grass of the genus {Eleusine} ({E. Indica}); -- called also {dog's-tail grass}, {wire grass}, etc. {Crab louse} (Zo[94]l.), a species of louse ({Phthirius pubis}), sometimes infesting the human body. {Crab plover} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic plover ({Dromas ardeola}). {Crab's eyes}, [or] {Crab's stones}, masses of calcareous matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths. {Crab spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of a group of spiders ({Laterigrad[91]}); -- called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab. {Crab tree}, the tree that bears crab applies. {Crab wood}, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which takes a high polish. --McElrath. {To catch a crab} (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower: (a) when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water; (b) when he misses the water altogether in making a stroke. | |
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Crabbed \Crab"bed\ (kr?b"b?d), a. [See {Crab},n.] 1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners. Crabbed age and youth can not live together. --Shak. 2. Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste. 3. Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author. [bd]Crabbed eloquence.[b8] --Chaucer. How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose. --Milton. 4. Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. -- {Crab"bed*ly}, adv. -- {Crab"bed*ness}, n. | |
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Crabbed \Crab"bed\ (kr?b"b?d), a. [See {Crab},n.] 1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners. Crabbed age and youth can not live together. --Shak. 2. Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste. 3. Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author. [bd]Crabbed eloquence.[b8] --Chaucer. How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose. --Milton. 4. Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. -- {Crab"bed*ly}, adv. -- {Crab"bed*ness}, n. | |
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Crabbed \Crab"bed\ (kr?b"b?d), a. [See {Crab},n.] 1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners. Crabbed age and youth can not live together. --Shak. 2. Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste. 3. Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author. [bd]Crabbed eloquence.[b8] --Chaucer. How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose. --Milton. 4. Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. -- {Crab"bed*ly}, adv. -- {Crab"bed*ness}, n. | |
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Crabeater \Crab"eat`er\ (kr[acr]b"[emac]t`[etil]r), n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The cobia. (b) An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States ({Hadropterus nigrofasciatus}). (c) A small European heron ({Ardea minuta}, and other allied species). | |
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Sawtooth \Saw"tooth`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An arctic seal ({Lobodon carcinophaga}), having the molars serrated; -- called also {crab-eating seal}. | |
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Craft \Craft\ (kr[adot]ft), n. [AS. cr[ae]ft strength, skill, art, cunning; akin to OS., G., Sw., & Dan. kraft strength, D. kracht, Icel. kraptr; perh. originally, a drawing together, stretching, from the root of E. cramp.] 1. Strength; might; secret power. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade. Ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. --Acts xix. 25. A poem is the work of the poet; poesy is his skill or craft of making. --B. Jonson. Since the birth of time, throughout all ages and nations, Has the craft of the smith been held in repute. --Longfellow. 3. Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; as, the craft of ironmongers. The control of trade passed from the merchant guilds to the new craft guilds. --J. R. Green. 4. Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices. You have that crooked wisdom which is called craft. --Hobbes. The chief priets and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. --Mark xiv. 1. 5. (Naut.) A vessel; vessels of any kind; -- generally used in a collective sense. The evolutions of the numerous tiny craft moving over the lake. --Prof. Wilson. {Small crafts}, small vessels, as sloops, schooners, ets. | |
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Craft \Craft\, v. t. To play tricks; to practice artifice. [Obs.] You have crafted fair. --Shak. | |
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Craftily \Craft"i*ly\ (-?-l?), adv. [See {Crafty}.] With craft; artfully; cunningly. | |
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Craftiness \Craft"i*ness\ (kr?ft"?-n?s), n. Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem. He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. --Job. v. 13. | |
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Craftless \Craft"less\ (-l?s), a. Without craft or cunning. Helpless, craftless, and innocent people. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Craftsman \Crafts"man\ (kr?fts"man), n.; pl. {Craftsmen} (-men). One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic. | |
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Craftsmanship \Crafts"man*ship\, n. The work of a craftsman. | |
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Craftsmaster \Crafts"mas`ter\ (-m?s`t?r), n. One skilled in his craft or trade; one of superior cunning. In cunning persuasion his craftsmaster. --Holland. | |
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Craftsman \Crafts"man\ (kr?fts"man), n.; pl. {Craftsmen} (-men). One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic. | |
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Crafty \Craft"y\ (kr?ft"?), a. [AS. cr[?]ftig.] 1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. [Obs.] [bd]Crafty work.[b8] --Piers Plowman. 2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. A noble crafty man of trees. --Wyclif. 3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily. [bd]A pair of crafty knaves.[b8] --Shak. With anxious care and crafty wiles. --J. Baillie. Syn: Skillful; dexterous; cunning; artful; wily; sly; fraudulent; deceitful; subtle; shrewd. See {Cunning}. | |
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Crapaud \Cra*paud"\, n. [Written also {crapawd}, {crapald}, {crepaud}, etc.] [F. crapaud.] 1. A toad. [Obs.] 2. (Pronounced kr[adot]`p[omac]") As a proper name, {Johnny Crapaud}, or Crapaud, a nickname for a Frenchman. | |
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Crapaudine \Crap"au*dine\ (kr?p"?-d?n), a. [F., n.] (Arch.) Turning on pivots at the top and bottom; -- said of a door. | |
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Crapaudine \Crap"au*dine\, n. [F.] (Far.) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse. --Bailey. | |
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Crapaud \Cra*paud"\, n. [Written also {crapawd}, {crapald}, {crepaud}, etc.] [F. crapaud.] 1. A toad. [Obs.] 2. (Pronounced kr[adot]`p[omac]") As a proper name, {Johnny Crapaud}, or Crapaud, a nickname for a Frenchman. | |
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Crape \Crape\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Craped} (kr[amac]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Craping}.] [F. cr[ecir]per, fr. L. crispare to curl, crisp, fr. crispus. See {Crape}, n.] To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk. The hour for curling and craping the hair. --Mad. D'Arblay. | |
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Cravat \Cra*vat"\ (kr?-v?t"), n. [F. cravate, fr. Cravate a Croat, an inhabitant of Croatia, one of a body of Austrian troops, from whom, in 1636, this article of dress was adopted in France.] A neckcloth; a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck. While his wig was combed and his cravat tied. --Macaulay. | |
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Cravatted \Cra*vat`ted\ (kr?-v?t"t?d), a. Wearing a cravat. The young men faultlessly appointed, handsomely cravatted. --Thackeray. | |
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Crave \Crave\ (kr[amac]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Craved} (kr[amac]vd); p pr. & vb. n. {Craving}.] [AS. crafian; akin to Icel. krefja, Sw. kr[aum]fva, Dan. kr[ae]ve.] 1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore. I crave your honor's pardon. --Shak. Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. --Mark xv. 43. 2. To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food. His path is one that eminently craves weary walking. --Edmund Gurney. Syn: To ask; seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit; request; supplicate; adjure. | |
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Creeper \Creep"er\ (kr[emac]p"[etil]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing. Standing waters are most unwholesome, . . . full of mites, creepers; slimy, muddy, unclean. --Burton. 2. (Bot.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia). 3. (Zo[94]l.) A small bird of the genus {Certhia}, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is {C. familiaris}, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; -- called also {tree creeper} and {creeptree}. The American black and white creeper is {Mniotilta varia}. 4. A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping. 5. pl. A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often {telegraph creepers}. 6. A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons. 7. pl. An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there. 8. Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen. 9. pl. (Arch.) Crockets. See {Crocket}. | |
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Crefting \Creft"ing\, n. 1. Croftland. [Scot.] --Jamieson. 2. (Textile Manuf.) Exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching. | |
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Crapaud \Cra*paud"\, n. [Written also {crapawd}, {crapald}, {crepaud}, etc.] [F. crapaud.] 1. A toad. [Obs.] 2. (Pronounced kr[adot]`p[omac]") As a proper name, {Johnny Crapaud}, or Crapaud, a nickname for a Frenchman. | |
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Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus {Cucumis}, esp. {Cucumis sativus}, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below. {Bitter cucumber} (Bot.), the {Citrullus [or] Cucumis Colocynthis}. See {Colocynth}. {Cucumber beetle.} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, black flea-beetle ({Crepidodera cucumeris}), which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon vines. (b) The squash beetle. {Cucumber tree}. (a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus {Magnolia} {(M. acuminata)}, so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant ({Averrhoa Bilimbi}) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. {Jamaica cucumber}, {Jerusalem cucumber}, the prickly-fruited gherkin ({Cucumis Anguria}). {Snake cucumber}, a species ({Cucumis flexuosus}) remarkable for its long, curiously-shaped fruit. {Squirting cucumber}, a plant ({Ecbalium Elaterium}) whose small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force through the opening thus made. See {Elaterium}. {Star cucumber}, a climbing weed ({Sicyos angulatus}) with prickly fruit. | |
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Sweetmeat \Sweet"meat`\, n. 1. Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a confect; a confection. 2. The paint used in making patent leather. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A boat shell ({Crepidula fornicata}) of the American coast. [Local, U.S.] | |
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Rail \Rail\, n. [F. r[83]le, fr. r[83]ler to have a rattling in the throat; of German origin, and akin to E. rattle. See {Rattle}, v.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family {Rallid[91]}, especially those of the genus {Rallus}, and of closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds. Note: The common European water rail ({Rallus aquaticus}) is called also {bilcock}, {skitty coot}, and {brook runner}. The best known American species are the clapper rail, or salt-marsh hen ({Rallus lonqirostris}, var. {crepitans}); the king, or red-breasted, rail ({R. elegans}) (called also {fresh-water marshhen}); the lesser clapper, or Virginia, rail ({R. Virginianus}); and the Carolina, or sora, rail ({Porzana Carolina}). See {Sora}. {Land rail} (Zo[94]l.), the corncrake. | |
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Crepitant \Crep"i*tant\ (kr?p"?-tant), a. [See {Crepitate}.] Having a crackling sound; crackling; rattling. {Crepitant rale} (Med.), a peculiar crackling sound audible with inspiration in pneumonia and other lung disease. | |
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Crepitant \Crep"i*tant\ (kr?p"?-tant), a. [See {Crepitate}.] Having a crackling sound; crackling; rattling. {Crepitant rale} (Med.), a peculiar crackling sound audible with inspiration in pneumonia and other lung disease. | |
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Crepitate \Crep"i*tate\ (kr[?]p"[?]-t[?]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crepitated} (-t[?]`t[?]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crepitating} (-t[?]`t[?]ng).] [L. crepitatus, p. p. of crepitare to crackle, v. intensive of crepare to crack. Cf. {Crevice}.] To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap. | |
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Crepitate \Crep"i*tate\ (kr[?]p"[?]-t[?]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crepitated} (-t[?]`t[?]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crepitating} (-t[?]`t[?]ng).] [L. crepitatus, p. p. of crepitare to crackle, v. intensive of crepare to crack. Cf. {Crevice}.] To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap. | |
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Crepitate \Crep"i*tate\ (kr[?]p"[?]-t[?]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crepitated} (-t[?]`t[?]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crepitating} (-t[?]`t[?]ng).] [L. crepitatus, p. p. of crepitare to crackle, v. intensive of crepare to crack. Cf. {Crevice}.] To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap. | |
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Crepitation \Crep`i*ta"tion\ (kr?p`?-t?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. cr[82]pitation.] 1. The act of crepitating or crackling. 2. (Med.) (a) A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air. (b) A crepitant r[83]le. | |
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Creep \Creep\ (kr[emac]p), v. t. [imp. {Crept} (kr[ecr]pt) ({Crope} (kr[omac]p), Obs.); p. p. {Crept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Creeping}.] [OE. crepen, creopen, AS. cre[oacute]pan; akin to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. {Cripple}, {Crouch}.] 1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. Ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep. --Milton. 2. To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness. The whining schoolboy . . . creeping, like snail, Unwillingly to school. --Shak. Like a guilty thing, I creep. --Tennyson. 3. To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or one's self; as, age creeps upon us. The sophistry which creeps into most of the books of argument. --Locke. Of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women. --2. Tim. iii. 6. 4. To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep. 5. To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant. To come as humbly as they used to creep. --Shak. 6. To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length. [bd]Creeping vines.[b8] --Dryden. 7. To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep. See {Crawl}, v. i., 4. 8. To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable. | |
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Crept \Crept\ (kr[ecr]pt), imp. & p. p. of {Creep}. | |
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Crevet \Crev"et\ (kr?v"?t), n. [Cf. {Creut}.] A crucible or melting pot; a cruset. --Crabb. | |
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Crib \Crib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cribbed} (kr?bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cribbing}.] 1. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp. If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped. --I. Taylor. Now I am cabin'd, cribbed, confined. --Shak. 2. To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton. [Colloq.] Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace. --Dickens. | |
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Criber \Crib"er\ (kr?b"?r), Crib-biter \Crib"-bit`er\ (-b?t"?r), n. A horse that has the habit of cribbing. | |
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Crib-biting \Crib"-bit`ing\ (kr?b"b?t`?ng), n. Same as {Cribbing}, 4. | |
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d8Carafe \[d8]Ca*rafe"\, n. [F.] A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; -- called also {croft}. | |
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Croft \Croft\ (kr[ocr]ft; 115), n. [AS. croft; akin to D. kroft hillock; cf. Gael. croit hump, croft.] A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house; a small farm. A few small crofts of stone-encumbered ground. --Wordsworth. | |
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d8Carafe \[d8]Ca*rafe"\, n. [F.] A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; -- called also {croft}. | |
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Croft \Croft\ (kr[ocr]ft; 115), n. [AS. croft; akin to D. kroft hillock; cf. Gael. croit hump, croft.] A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house; a small farm. A few small crofts of stone-encumbered ground. --Wordsworth. | |
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Crofter \Croft"er\ (-?r), n. One who rents and tills a small farm or helding; as, the crofters of Scotland. | |
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Croftland \Croft"land\ (-l?nd), n. Land of superior quality, on which successive crops are raised. [Scot.] --Jamieson. | |
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Crofton system \Crof"ton sys"tem\ [After Sir Walter Crofton, Irish penologist.] (Penology) A system of prison discipline employing for consecutive periods cellular confinement, associated imprisonment under the mark system, restraint intermediate between imprisonment and freedom, and liberation on ticket of leave. | |
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Intercrop \In"ter*crop`\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {-cropped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {-cropping}.] (Agric.) To cultivate by planting simultaneous crops in alternate rows; as, to intercrop an orchard. Also, to use for catch crops at seasons when the ground is not covered by crops of the regular rotation. | |
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Crop \Crop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cropped} (kr?pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cropping}.] 1. To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap. I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one. --Ezek. xvii. 22. 2. Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest. Death . . . .crops the growing boys. --Creech. 3. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field. | |
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Intercrop \In"ter*crop`\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {-cropped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {-cropping}.] (Agric.) To cultivate by planting simultaneous crops in alternate rows; as, to intercrop an orchard. Also, to use for catch crops at seasons when the ground is not covered by crops of the regular rotation. | |
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Crop \Crop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cropped} (kr?pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cropping}.] 1. To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap. I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one. --Ezek. xvii. 22. 2. Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest. Death . . . .crops the growing boys. --Creech. 3. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field. | |
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Crop-tailed \Crop"-tailed`\ (-t?ld`), a. Having the tail cropped. | |
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Croupade \Crou*pade"\ (kr??-p?d"), n. [F., fr. croupe hind quarters.] (Man.) A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward his belly. | |
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Crowfoot \Crow"foot`\ (kr?"f??t`), n. 1. (Bot.) The genus {Ranunculus}, of many species; some are common weeds, others are flowering plants of considerable beauty. 2. (Naut.) A number of small cords rove through a long block, or euphroe, to suspend an awning by. 3. (Mil.) A caltrop. [Written also {crow's-foot}.] 4. (Well Boring) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc. --Raymond. | |
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Crow's-foot \Crow's"-foot`\ (kr?z"f??t`), n.; pl. {Crow's-feet} (-f[emac]t`). 1. pl. The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes. --Tennyson. 2. (Mil.) A caltrop. [Written also {crowfoot}.] 3. (Arch.) Same as {Bird's-mouth}. [U.S.] | |
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Crowfoot \Crow"foot`\ (kr?"f??t`), n. 1. (Bot.) The genus {Ranunculus}, of many species; some are common weeds, others are flowering plants of considerable beauty. 2. (Naut.) A number of small cords rove through a long block, or euphroe, to suspend an awning by. 3. (Mil.) A caltrop. [Written also {crow's-foot}.] 4. (Well Boring) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc. --Raymond. | |
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Crow's-foot \Crow's"-foot`\ (kr?z"f??t`), n.; pl. {Crow's-feet} (-f[emac]t`). 1. pl. The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes. --Tennyson. 2. (Mil.) A caltrop. [Written also {crowfoot}.] 3. (Arch.) Same as {Bird's-mouth}. [U.S.] | |
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Crypt \Crypt\ (kr[icr]pt), n. [L. crypta vault, crypt, Gr. kry`pth, fr. kry`ptein to hide. See {Grot}, {Grotto}.] 1. A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory. Priesthood works out its task age after age, . . . treasuring in convents and crypts the few fossils of antique learning. --Motley. My knees are bowed in crypt and shrine. --Tennyson. 2. (Anat.) A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as, the crypts of Lieberk[uum]hn, the simple tubular glands of the small intestines. | |
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Cryptal \Crypt"al\ (-al), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to crypts. | |
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Cryptic \Cryp"tic\ (kr[icr]p"t[icr]k), Cryptical \Cryp"tic*al\ (-t?-kal), a. [L. crypticus, Gr. kryptiko`s, fr. kry`ptein to hide.] Hidden; secret; occult. [bd]Her [nature's] more cryptic ways of working.[b8] --Glanvill. | |
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Cryptic \Cryp"tic\ (kr[icr]p"t[icr]k), Cryptical \Cryp"tic*al\ (-t?-kal), a. [L. crypticus, Gr. kryptiko`s, fr. kry`ptein to hide.] Hidden; secret; occult. [bd]Her [nature's] more cryptic ways of working.[b8] --Glanvill. | |
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Cryptically \Cryp"tic*al*ly\, adv. Secretly; occultly. | |
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Cryptidine \Cryp"ti*dine\ (kr?p"t?-d?n; 104), n. [Gr. krypto`s hidden.] (Chem.) One of the quinoline bases, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, {C11H11N}; also, any one of several substances metameric with, and resembling, cryptidine proper. | |
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Cryptobranchiate \Cryp`to*bran"chi*ate\ (-br??"k?-?t), a. (Zo[94]l.) Having concealed or rudimentary gills. | |
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Nutmeg \Nut"meg\, n. [OE. notemuge; note nut + OF. muge musk, of the same origin as E. musk; cf. OF. noix muguette nutmeg, F. noix muscade. See {Nut}, and {Musk}.] (Bot.) The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree ({Myristica fragrans}), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics. Note: This fruit is a nearly spherical drupe, of the size of a pear, of a yellowish color without and almost white within. This opens into two nearly equal longitudinal valves, inclosing the nut surrounded by its aril, which is mace The nutmeg is an aromatic, very grateful to the taste and smell, and much used in cookery. Other species of {Myristica} yield nutmegs of inferior quality. {American}, {Calabash}, [or] {Jamaica}, {nutmeg}, the fruit of a tropical shrub ({Monodora Myristica}). It is about the size of an orange, and contains many aromatic seeds imbedded in pulp. {Brazilian nutmeg}, the fruit of a lauraceous tree, {Cryptocarya moschata}. {California nutmeg}, tree of the Yew family ({Torreya Californica}), growing in the Western United States, and having a seed which resembles a nutmeg in appearance, but is strongly impregnated with turpentine. {Clove nutmeg}, the {Ravensara aromatica}, a laura ceous tree of Madagascar. The foliage is used as a spice, but the seed is acrid and caustic. {Jamaica nutmeg}. See American nutmeg (above). {Nutmeg bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Indian finch ({Munia punctularia}). {Nutmeg butter}, a solid oil extracted from the nutmeg by expression. {Nutmeg flower} (Bot.), a ranunculaceous herb ({Nigella sativa}) with small black aromatic seeds, which are used medicinally and for excluding moths from furs and clothing. {Nutmeg liver} (Med.), a name applied to the liver, when, as the result of heart or lung disease, it undergoes congestion and pigmentation about the central veins of its lobules, giving it an appearance resembling that of a nutmeg. {Nutmeg melon} (Bot.), a small variety of muskmelon of a rich flavor. {Nutmeg pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of pigeons of the genus {Myristicivora}, native of the East Indies and Australia. The color is usually white, or cream-white, with black on the wings and tail. {Nutmeg wood} (Bot.), the wood of the Palmyra palm. {Peruvian nutmeg}, the aromatic seed of a South American tree ({Laurelia sempervirens}). {Plume nutmeg} (Bot.), a spicy tree of Australia ({Atherosperma moschata}). | |
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Cryptocrystalline \Cryp`to*crys"tal*line\ (-kr?s"tal-l?n), a. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + E. crystalline.] (Geol.) Indistinctly crystalline; -- applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible, even under the microscope. | |
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Cryptogam \Cryp"to*gam\ (kr?p"t?-g?m), n. [Cf. F. cryptogame. See {Cryptogamia}.] (Bot.) A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia. --Henslow. | |
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d8Cryptogamia \[d8]Cryp`to*ga"mi*a\ (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-?), n.; pl. {Cryptogami[91]} (-[?]). [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden, secret + ga`mos marriage.] (Bot.) The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds. Note: The subdivisions have been variously arranged. The following arrangement recognizes four classes: -- I. {{Pteridophyta}, or {Vascular Acrogens}.} These include Ferns, {Equiseta} or Scouring rushes, {Lycopodiace[91]} or Club mosses, {Selaginelle[91]}, and several other smaller orders. Here belonged also the extinct coal plants called {Lepidodendron}, {Sigillaria}, and {Calamites}. II. {{Bryophita}, or {Cellular Acrogens}}. These include {Musci}, or Mosses, {Hepatic[91]}, or Scale mosses and Liverworts, and possibly {Charace[91]}, the Stoneworts. III. {{Alg[91]}}, which are divided into {Floride[91]}, the Red Seaweeds, and the orders {Dictyote[91]}, {O[94]spore[91]}, {Zo[94]spore[91]}, {Conjugat[91]}, {Diatomace[91]}, and {Cryptophyce[91]}. IV. {{Fungi}}. The molds, mildews, mushrooms, puffballs, etc., which are variously grouped into several subclasses and many orders. The {Lichenes} or Lichens are now considered to be of a mixed nature, each plant partly a Fungus and partly an Alga. | |
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Cryptogamian \Cryp`to*ga"mi*an\ (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-a]/>n), Cryptogamic \Cryp`to*gam"ic\ (kr?p`t?-g?m"?k), Cryptogamous \Cryp*to"gam*ous\a. Of or pertaining to the series Cryptogamia, or to plants of that series. | |
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Cryptogamian \Cryp`to*ga"mi*an\ (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-a]/>n), Cryptogamic \Cryp`to*gam"ic\ (kr?p`t?-g?m"?k), Cryptogamous \Cryp*to"gam*ous\a. Of or pertaining to the series Cryptogamia, or to plants of that series. | |
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Cryptogamist \Cryp*tog"a*mist\ (-m?st), n. One skilled in cryptogamic botany. | |
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Cryptogamian \Cryp`to*ga"mi*an\ (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-a]/>n), Cryptogamic \Cryp`to*gam"ic\ (kr?p`t?-g?m"?k), Cryptogamous \Cryp*to"gam*ous\a. Of or pertaining to the series Cryptogamia, or to plants of that series. | |
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Cryptogram \Cryp"to*gram\ (kr?p"t?-gr?m), n. A cipher writing. Same as {Cryptograph}. | |
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Parsley \Pars"ley\, n. [OE. persely, persil, F. persil, L. petroselinum rock parsley, Gr. [?]; [?] stone + [?] parsley. Cf. {Celery}.] (Bot.) An aromatic umbelliferous herb ({Carum Petroselinum}), having finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a garnish. As she went to the garden for parsley, to stuff a rabbit. --Shak. {Fool's parsley}. See under {Fool}. {Hedge parsley}, {Milk parsley}, {Stone parsley}, names given to various weeds of similar appearance to the parsley. {Parsley fern} (Bot.), a small fern with leaves resembling parsley ({Cryptogramme crispa}). {Parsley piert} (Bot.), a small herb ({Alchemilla arvensis}) formerly used as a remedy for calculus. | |
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Cryptograph \Cryp"to*graph\ (-gr?f), n. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + -graph: cf. F. cryptographe.] Cipher; something written in cipher. [bd]Decipherers of cryptograph.[b8] --J. Earle. | |
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Cryptographal \Cryp*tog"ra*phal\ (kr?p-t?g"r?-fal), a. Pertaining to cryptography; cryptographical. --Boyle. | |
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Cryptographer \Cryp*tog"ra*pher\ (kr?p-t?g"r?-f?r), n. One who writes in cipher, or secret characters. | |
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Cryptographic \Cryp`to*graph"ic\ (kr?p`t?-gr?f"?k), Cryptographical \Cryp`to*graph"ic*al\ (kr?p`t?-gr?f"?-kal), a. Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink. | |
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Cryptographic \Cryp`to*graph"ic\ (kr?p`t?-gr?f"?k), Cryptographical \Cryp`to*graph"ic*al\ (kr?p`t?-gr?f"?-kal), a. Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink. | |
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Cryptographist \Cryp*tog"ra*phist\ (kr?p-t?g"r?-f?st), n. Same as {Cryptographer}. | |
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Cryptography \Cryp*tog"ra*phy\ (-f?), n. [Cf. F. cryptographie.] The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters, or cipher. | |
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Cryptology \Cryp*tol"o*gy\ (kr?p-t?l"?-j?), n. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + -logy.] Secret or enigmatical language. --Johnson. | |
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Cryptonym \Cryp"to*nym\ (kr?p"t?-n?m), n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?] secret + [?][?][?][?] name.] A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated. | |
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Cryptopine \Cryp"to*pine\ (kr?p"t?-p?n; 104), n. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + E. opium.] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium. | |
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d8Foussa \[d8]Fous"sa\, n. [Natibe name.] (Zo[94]l.) A viverrine animal of Madagascar ({Cryptoprocta ferox}). It resembles a cat in size and form, and has retractile claws. | |
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Lieberk81hn's glands \Lie"ber*k[81]hn's glands`\ (l[emac]"b[etil]r*k[usd]nz gl[acr]ndz`). [See {Lieberk[81]hn}.] (Anat.) The simple tubular glands of the small intestines; -- called also {crypts of Lieberk[81]hn}. | |
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Tataupa \Ta*tau"pa\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A South American tinamou ({Crypturus tataupa}). | |
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Curb \Curb\, n. 1. That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse. He that before ran in the pastures wild Felt the stiff curb control his angry jaws. --Drayton. By these men, religion,that should be The curb, is made the spur of tyranny. --Denham. 2. (Arch.) An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome. 3. A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in. 4. A curbstone. 5. (Far.) A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness. --James Law. {Curb bit}, a stiff bit having branches by which a leverage is obtained upon the jaws of horse. --Knight. {Curb pins} (Horology), the pins on the regulator which restrain the hairspring. {Curb plate} (Arch.), a plate serving the purpose of a curb. {Deck curb}. See under {Deck}. | |
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Curb \Curb\ (k?rb), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curbed} (k?rbd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curbing}.] [F. courber to bend, curve, L. curvare, fr. curvus bent, curved; cf. Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?] curved. Cf. {Curve}.] 1. To bend or curve [Obs.] Crooked and curbed lines. --Holland. 2. To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check. Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed. --Milton. Where pinching want must curbthy warm desires. --Prior. 3. To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth. | |
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Curry \Cur"ry\, n. [Tamil kari.] [Written also {currie}.] 1. (Cookery) A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices. 2. A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry. {Curry powder} (Cookery), a condiment used for making curry, formed of various materials, including strong spices, as pepper, ginger, garlic, coriander seed, etc. | |
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Curvate \Cur"vate\ (k?r"v?t), Curvated \Cur"va*ted\ (-v?-t?d), a. [L. curvatus p. p. of curvare to curve, fr. curvus. See {Curve}.] Bent in a regular form; curved. | |
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Curvate \Cur"vate\ (k?r"v?t), Curvated \Cur"va*ted\ (-v?-t?d), a. [L. curvatus p. p. of curvare to curve, fr. curvus. See {Curve}.] Bent in a regular form; curved. | |
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Curvation \Cur*va"tion\ (k?r-v?"sh?n), n. [L. curvatio.] The act of bending or crooking. | |
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Curvative \Cur"va*tive\ (k?r"v?-t?v), a. (Bot.) Having the margins only a little curved; -- said of leaves. --Henslow. | |
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Curvature \Cur"va*ture\ (k?r"v?-t?r; 135), n. [L. curvatura. See {Curvate}.] 1. The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direction; a bend; a curve. --Cowper. The elegant curvature of their fronds. --Darwin. 2. (Math.) The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a tangent drawn to the curve at that point. {Aberrancy of curvature} (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a circular form. {Absolute curvature}. See under {Absolute}. {Angle of curvature} (Geom.), one that expresses the amount of curvature of a curve. {Chord of curvature}. See under {Chord}. {Circle of curvature}. See {Osculating circle of a curve}, under {Circle}. {Curvature of the spine} (Med.), an abnormal curving of the spine, especially in a lateral direction. {Radius of curvature}, the radius of the circle of curvature, or osculatory circle, at any point of a curve. | |
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Curvature \Cur"va*ture\ (k?r"v?-t?r; 135), n. [L. curvatura. See {Curvate}.] 1. The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direction; a bend; a curve. --Cowper. The elegant curvature of their fronds. --Darwin. 2. (Math.) The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a tangent drawn to the curve at that point. {Aberrancy of curvature} (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a circular form. {Absolute curvature}. See under {Absolute}. {Angle of curvature} (Geom.), one that expresses the amount of curvature of a curve. {Chord of curvature}. See under {Chord}. {Circle of curvature}. See {Osculating circle of a curve}, under {Circle}. {Curvature of the spine} (Med.), an abnormal curving of the spine, especially in a lateral direction. {Radius of curvature}, the radius of the circle of curvature, or osculatory circle, at any point of a curve. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curve \Curve\, n. [See {Curve}, a., {Cirb}.] 1. A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal. 2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line. {Axis of a curve}. See under {Axis}. {Curve of quickest descent}. See {Brachystochrone}. {Curve tracing} (Math.), the process of determining the shape, location, singular points, and other peculiarities of a curve from its equation. {Plane curve} (Geom.), a curve such that when a plane passes through three points of the curve, it passes through all the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a {curve of double curvature}, or a {twisted curve}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curve \Curve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curved} (k?rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curving}.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See {Curve}, a., {Curb}.] To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curvedness \Curv"ed*ness\ (-?d-n?s), n. The state of being curved. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curvet \Cur"vet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Curveted} or {-vetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Curveting} or {-vetting}.] [Cf. It. corvettare. See {Curvet}, n.] 1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. [bd]Oft and high he did curvet.[b8] --Drayton. 2. To leap and frisk; to frolic. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curvet \Cur"vet\, v. t. To cause to curvet. --Landor. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curvet \Cur"vet\ (k[ucir]r"v?t [or] k[ucir]r-v?t"; 277), n. [OE. corvet, It. corvetta: cf. F. courbette. See {Curve}, and cf. {Corvetto}.] 1. (Man.) A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises his hind legs, so that all his legs are in the air at once. 2. A prank; a frolic. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curvet \Cur"vet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Curveted} or {-vetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Curveting} or {-vetting}.] [Cf. It. corvettare. See {Curvet}, n.] 1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. [bd]Oft and high he did curvet.[b8] --Drayton. 2. To leap and frisk; to frolic. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curvet \Cur"vet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Curveted} or {-vetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Curveting} or {-vetting}.] [Cf. It. corvettare. See {Curvet}, n.] 1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. [bd]Oft and high he did curvet.[b8] --Drayton. 2. To leap and frisk; to frolic. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curvidentate \Cur`vi*den"tate\ (k?r`v?-d?n"t?t), a. [L. curvus + E. dentate.] Having curved teeth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Curvity \Cur"vi*ty\ (k?r"v?-y?), n. [L. curvitas, from curvus bent: cf. F. curvit[82].] The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness. --Holder. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Corbett, OR Zip code(s): 97019 | |
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Crafton, PA (borough, FIPS 16848) Location: 40.43325 N, 80.07093 W Population (1990): 7188 (3384 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 15205 | |
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Craftsbury, VT Zip code(s): 05826 | |
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Craftsbury Commo, VT Zip code(s): 05827 | |
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Crivitz, WI (village, FIPS 17725) Location: 45.23488 N, 88.00682 W Population (1990): 996 (449 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Crofton, KY (city, FIPS 18658) Location: 37.04814 N, 87.48342 W Population (1990): 699 (314 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42217 Crofton, MD (CDP, FIPS 20875) Location: 39.01100 N, 76.68726 W Population (1990): 12781 (4718 housing units) Area: 13.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21114 Crofton, NE (city, FIPS 11440) Location: 42.73179 N, 97.49766 W Population (1990): 820 (377 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68730 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
CrApTeX /krap'tekh/ n. [University of York, England] Term of abuse used to describe TeX and LaTeX when they don't work (when used by TeXhackers), or all the time (by everyone else). The non-TeX-enthusiasts generally dislike it because it is more verbose than other formatters (e.g. {{troff}}) and because (particularly if the standard Computer Modern fonts are used) it generates vast output files. See {religious issues}, {{TeX}}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
cruft /kruhft/ [very common; back-formation from {crufty}] 1. n. An unpleasant substance. The dust that gathers under your bed is cruft; the TMRC Dictionary correctly noted that attacking it with a broom only produces more. 2. n. The results of shoddy construction. 3. vt. [from `hand cruft', pun on `hand craft'] To write assembler code for something normally (and better) done by a compiler (see {hand-hacking}). 4. n. Excess; superfluous junk; used esp. of redundant or superseded code. 5. [University of Wisconsin] n. Cruft is to hackers as gaggle is to geese; that is, at UW one properly says "a cruft of hackers". | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
cruft together vt. (also `cruft up') To throw together something ugly but temporarily workable. Like vt. {kluge up}, but more pejorative. "There isn't any program now to reverse all the lines of a file, but I can probably cruft one together in about 10 minutes." See {hack together}, {hack up}, {kluge up}, {crufty}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
cruftsmanship /kruhfts'm*n-ship / n. [from {cruft}] The antithesis of craftsmanship. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
crufty /kruhf'tee/ adj. [very common; origin unknown; poss. from `crusty' or `cruddy'] 1. Poorly built, possibly over-complex. The {canonical} example is "This is standard old crufty {DEC} software". In fact, one fanciful theory of the origin of `crufty' holds that was originally a mutation of `crusty' applied to DEC software so old that the `s' characters were tall and skinny, looking more like `f' characters. 2. Unpleasant, especially to the touch, often with encrusted junk. Like spilled coffee smeared with peanut butter and catsup. 3. Generally unpleasant. 4. (sometimes spelled `cruftie') n. A small crufty object (see {frob}); often one that doesn't fit well into the scheme of things. "A LISP property list is a good place to store crufties (or, collectively, {random} cruft)." This term is one of the oldest in the jargon and no one is sure of its etymology, but it is suggestive that there is a Cruft Hall at Harvard University which is part of the old physics building; it's said to have been the physics department's radar lab during WWII. To this day (early 1993) the windows appear to be full of random techno-junk. MIT or Lincoln Labs people may well have coined the term as a knock on the competition. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CHARYBDIS A {Lisp} program to display mathematical expressions. It is related to {MATHLAB}. [Sammet 1969, p. 522]. (1994-11-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CrApTeX /krap'tekh/ (University of York, England) Term of abuse used to describe {TeX} and {LaTeX} when they don't work (when used by TeXhackers), or all the time (by everyone else). The non-TeX enthusiasts generally dislike it because it is more verbose than other formatters (e.g. {troff}) and because (particularly if the standard Computer Modern fonts are used) it generates vast output files. See {religious issues}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
criptography (1996-12-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
crypt {Unix} command to perform {encryption} and {decryption}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Crypt Breakers Workbench (cbw) A freely distributable multi-window integrated workbench of tools for {cryptanalysis} of files encrypted with the {4.2BSD} {Unix} {crypt} command. It was originally written by Robert W. Baldwin at {MIT}. {(ftp://black.ox.ac.uk/src/security)}, {(ftp://scitsc.wlv.ac.uk/pub/infomagic/usenet.cdrom/sources/unix/volume10)}, {(ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/usenet/comp.sources.unix/volume10)}. (1994-12-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cryptanalysis The branch of {cryptography} concerned with decoding encrypted messages when you're not supposed to be able to. (1994-12-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cryptography {decryption} - encoding data so that it can only be decoded by specific individuals. A system for encrypting and decrypting data is a cryptosystem. These usually involve an {algorithm} for combining the original data ("{plaintext}") with one or more "keys" - numbers or strings of characters known only to the sender and/or recipient. The resulting output is known as "{ciphertext}". The security of a cryptosystem usually depends on the secrecy of (some of) the keys rather than with the supposed secrecy of the {algorithm}. A strong cryptosystem has a large range of possible keys so that it is not possible to just try all possible keys (a "{brute force}" approach). A strong cryptosystem will produce ciphertext which appears random to all standard statistical tests. A strong cryptosystem will resist all known previous methods for breaking codes ("{cryptanalysis}"). See also {cryptology}, {public-key encryption}, {RSA}. {Usenet} newsgroups: {news:sci.crypt}, {news:sci.crypt.research}. {FAQ} {MIT (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/cryptography-faq/)}. {Cryptography glossary (http://www.io.com/~ritter/GLOSSARY.HTM#BruteForceAttack)}. {RSA cryptography glossary (http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/faq/glossary.html)}. {Cryptography, PGP, and Your Privacy (http://draco.centerline.com:8080/~franl/crypto.html)}. (2000-01-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cryptology The study of {cryptography} and {cryptanalysis}. (1994-12-06) |