English Dictionary: cuckoo flower | by the DICT Development Group |
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Cascabel \Cas"ca*bel\, n. [Sp. cascabel a little bell, also (fr. the shape), a knob at the breech end of a cannon.] The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. Note: [See Illust. of {Cannon}.] | |
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Causable \Caus"a*ble\, a. Capable of being caused. | |
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Causeful \Cause"ful\, n. Having a cause. [Obs.] | |
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Cessible \Ces"si*ble\, a. [Cf. F. cessible. See {Cession}.] Giving way; yielding. [Obs.] -- {Ces`si*bil"i*ty}, n. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby. | |
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Cessible \Ces"si*ble\, a. [Cf. F. cessible. See {Cession}.] Giving way; yielding. [Obs.] -- {Ces`si*bil"i*ty}, n. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby. | |
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Cesspool \Cess"pool`\ (-p[oomac]l`), n. [See {Sesspol}.] A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth. [Written also {sesspool}.] | |
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Chasable \Chas"a*ble\, a. Capable of being chased; fit for hunting. --Gower. | |
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Chasible \Chas"i*ble\, n. See {Chasuble}. | |
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Chasuble \Chas"u*ble\, n. [F. chasuble, LL. casubula, cassibula, casula, a hooded garment, covering the person like a little house; cf. It. casupola, casipola, cottage, dim of L. casa cottage.] (Eccl.) The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle. [Written also {chasible}, and {chesible}.] | |
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Chasible \Chas"i*ble\, n. See {Chasuble}. | |
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Chasuble \Chas"u*ble\, n. [F. chasuble, LL. casubula, cassibula, casula, a hooded garment, covering the person like a little house; cf. It. casupola, casipola, cottage, dim of L. casa cottage.] (Eccl.) The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle. [Written also {chasible}, and {chesible}.] | |
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Chasuble \Chas"u*ble\, n. [F. chasuble, LL. casubula, cassibula, casula, a hooded garment, covering the person like a little house; cf. It. casupola, casipola, cottage, dim of L. casa cottage.] (Eccl.) The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle. [Written also {chasible}, and {chesible}.] | |
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Valve \Valve\, n. [L. valva the leaf, fold, or valve of a door: cf. F. valve.] 1. A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door. Swift through the valves the visionary fair Repassed. --Pope. Heavily closed, . . . the valves of the barn doors. --Longfellow. 2. A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid. Note: A valve may act automatically so as to be opened by the effort of a fluid to pass in one direction, and closed by the effort to pass in the other direction, as a clack valve; or it may be opened or closed by hand or by mechanism, as a screw valve, or a slide valve. 3. (Anat.) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves. 4. (Bot.) (a) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts. (b) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom. (c) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry. 5. (Zo[94]l.) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells. {Air valve}, {Ball valve}, {Check valve}, etc. See under {Air}. {Ball}, {Check}, etc. {Double-beat valve}, a kind of balance valve usually consisting of a movable, open-ended, turban-shaped shell provided with two faces of nearly equal diameters, one above another, which rest upon two corresponding seats when the valve is closed. {Equilibrium valve}. (a) A balance valve. See under {Balance}. (b) A valve for permitting air, steam, water, etc., to pass into or out of a chamber so as to establish or maintain equal pressure within and without. {Valve chest} (Mach.), a chamber in which a valve works; especially (Steam Engine), the steam chest; -- called in England {valve box}, and {valve casing}. See {Steam chest}, under {Steam}. {Valve face} (Mach.), that part of the surface of a valve which comes in contact with the {valve seat}. {Valve gear}, [or] {Valve motion} (Steam Engine), the system of parts by which motion is given to the valve or valves for the distribution of steam in the cylinder. For an illustration of one form of valve gear, see {Link motion}. {Valve seat}. (Mach.) (a) The fixed surface on which a valve rests or against which it presses. (b) A part or piece on which such a surface is formed. {Valve stem} (Mach.), a rod attached to a valve, for moving it. {Valve yoke} (Mach.), a strap embracing a slide valve and connecting it to the valve stem. | |
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Check \Check\, n. [OE. chek, OF. eschec, F. [82]chec, a stop, hindrance, orig. check in the game of chess, pl. [82]checs chess, through AR., fr. Pers. sh[be]h king. See {Shah}, and cf. {Checkmate}, {Chess}, {Checker}.] 1. (Chess) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move. 2. A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check. Which gave a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity. --Addison. No check, no stay, this streamlet fears. --Wordsworth. 3. Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff. Useful check upon the administration of government. --Washington. A man whom no check could abash. --Macaulay. 4. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad. 5. A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See {Bank check}, below. 6. A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure. 7. (Falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. 8. Small chick or crack. {Bank check}, a written order on a banker or broker to pay money in his keeping belonging to the signer. {Check book}, a book containing blank forms for checks upon a bank. {Check hook}, a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped. {Check list}, a list or catalogue by which things may be verified, or on which they may be checked. {Check nut} (Mech.), a secondary nut, screwing down upon the primary nut to secure it. --Knight. {Check valve} (Mech.), a valve in the feed pipe of a boiler to prevent the return of the feed water. {To take check}, to take offense. [Obs.] --Dryden. Syn: Hindrance; setback; interruption; obstruction; reprimand; censure; rebuke; reproof; repulse; rebuff; tally; counterfoil; counterbalance; ticket; draft. | |
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3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.] A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B. Jonson. 4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger. 5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.] 6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the [bd]union[b8] to the extreme end. 7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows. 8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card. --Totten. 9. (Mech.) (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock. (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See {Fly wheel} (below). 10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight. 11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn. 12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk. --Knight. 13. (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press. (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work. 14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place. 15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater. 16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons. 17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly. {Black fly}, {Cheese fly}, {Dragon fly, etc.} See under {Black}, {Cheese}, etc. -- {Fly agaric} (Bot.), a mushroom ({Agaricus muscarius}), having a narcotic juice which, in sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- {Fly block} (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- {Fly board} (Printing Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by the fly. -- {Fly book}, a case in the form of a book for anglers' flies. --Kingsley.{Fly cap}, a cap with wings, formerly worn by women. -- {Fly drill}, a drill having a reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the driving power being applied by the hand through a cord winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it rotates backward and forward. --Knight.{Fly fishing}, the act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial flies. --Walton.{Fly flap}, an implement for killing flies. -- {Fly governor}, a governor for regulating the speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes revolving in the air. -- {Fly honeysuckle} (Bot.), a plant of the honeysuckle genus ({Lonicera}), having a bushy stem and the flowers in pairs, as {L. ciliata} and {L. Xylosteum}. -- {Fly hook}, a fishhook supplied with an artificial fly. -- {Fly leaf}, an unprinted leaf at the beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. -- {Fly maggot}, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray. {Fly net}, a screen to exclude insects. {Fly nut} (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger nut. {Fly orchis} (Bot.), a plant ({Ophrys muscifera}), whose flowers resemble flies. {Fly paper}, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that feed upon or are entangled by it. {Fly powder}, an arsenical powder used to poison flies. {Fly press}, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc., operated by hand and having a heavy fly. {Fly rail}, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged leaf of a table. {Fly rod}, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly. {Fly sheet}, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill. {Fly snapper} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Phainopepla nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray. {Fly wheel} (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to accumulate or give out energy for a variable or intermitting resistance. See {Fly}, n., 9. {On the fly} (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a batted ball caught before touching the ground. | |
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Cheese \Cheese\, n. [OE. chese, AS. c[c7]se, fr. L. caseus, LL. casius. Cf. {Casein}.] 1. The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold. 2. A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed together in the form of a cheese. 3. The flat, circular, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow ({Malva rotundifolia}). [Colloq.] 4. A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration. --De Quincey. --Thackeray. {Cheese cake}, a cake made of or filled with, a composition of soft curds, sugar, and butter. --Prior. {Cheese fly} (Zo[94]l.), a black dipterous insect ({Piophila casei}) of which the larv[91] or maggots, called skippers or hoppers, live in cheese. {Cheese mite} (Zo[94]l.), a minute mite ({Tryoglyhus siro}) in cheese and other articles of food. {Cheese press}, a press used in making cheese, to separate the whey from the curd, and to press the curd into a mold. {Cheese rennet} (Bot.), a plant of the Madder family ({Golium verum}, or {yellow bedstraw}), sometimes used to coagulate milk. The roots are used as a substitute for madder. {Cheese vat}, a vat or tub in which the curd is formed and cut or broken, in cheese making. | |
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Chasuble \Chas"u*ble\, n. [F. chasuble, LL. casubula, cassibula, casula, a hooded garment, covering the person like a little house; cf. It. casupola, casipola, cottage, dim of L. casa cottage.] (Eccl.) The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle. [Written also {chasible}, and {chesible}.] | |
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Chesible \Ches"i*ble\, n. See {Chasuble}. | |
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Chasuble \Chas"u*ble\, n. [F. chasuble, LL. casubula, cassibula, casula, a hooded garment, covering the person like a little house; cf. It. casupola, casipola, cottage, dim of L. casa cottage.] (Eccl.) The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle. [Written also {chasible}, and {chesible}.] | |
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Chesible \Ches"i*ble\, n. See {Chasuble}. | |
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Chess-apple \Chess"-ap`ple\, n. The wild service of Europe ({Purus torminalis}). | |
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Chockablock \Chock"a*block\, a. (Naut.) Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting. | |
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Chock-full \Chock"-full`\, a. Quite full; choke-full. | |
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Choiceful \Choice"ful\, a. Making choices; fickle. [Obs.] His choiceful sense with every change doth fit. --Spenser. | |
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Choke-full \Choke"-full`\, a. Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full. | |
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Coachfellow \Coach"fel`low\, n. One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach; hence (Fig.), a comrade. --Shak. | |
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Cockbill \Cock"bill\ (k[ocr]k"b[icr]l`), v. t. [See {Cock} to set erect.] (Naut.) To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning. {To cockbill the anchor}, to suspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. See {Acockbill}. | |
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Coco \Co"co\, n. [or] Coco palm \Co"co palm\ See {Cocoa}. | |
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Cocoa \Co"coa\ (k[omac]"k[osl]), n., Cocoa palm \Co"coa palm`\ (p[aum]m`)[Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a bugbear, an ugly mask to frighten children. Cf., however, Gr. koy^ki the cocoa palm and its fruit, ko`i:x, ko`i:kos, a kind of Egyptian palm.] (Bot.) A palm tree producing the cocoanut ({Cocos nucifera}). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree. | |
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Nectarine \Nec"tar*ine\, n. [Cf. F. nectarine. See {Nectar}.] (Bot.) A smooth-skinned variety of peach. {Spanish nectarine}, the plumlike fruit of the West Indian tree {Chrysobalanus Icaco}; -- also called {cocoa plum}. it is made into a sweet conserve which a largely exported from Cuba. | |
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from the {Prunus domestica} are described; among them the {greengage}, the {Orleans}, the {purple gage}, or {Reine Claude Violette}, and the {German prune}, are some of the best known. Note: Among the true plums are; {Beach plum}, the {Prunus maritima}, and its crimson or purple globular drupes, {Bullace plum}. See {Bullace}. {Chickasaw plum}, the American {Prunus Chicasa}, and its round red drupes. {Orleans plum}, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size, much grown in England for sale in the markets. {Wild plum of America}, {Prunus Americana}, with red or yellow fruit, the original of the {Iowa plum} and several other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other genera than {Prunus}, are; {Australian plum}, {Cargillia arborea} and {C. australis}, of the same family with the persimmon. {Blood plum}, the West African {H[91]matostaphes Barteri}. {Cocoa plum}, the Spanish nectarine. See under {Nectarine}. {Date plum}. See under {Date}. {Gingerbread plum}, the West African {Parinarium macrophyllum}. {Gopher plum}, the Ogeechee lime. {Gray plum}, {Guinea plum}. See under {Guinea}. {Indian plum}, several species of {Flacourtia}. 2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin. 3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of [9c]100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it. {Plum bird}, {Plum budder} (Zo[94]l.), the European bullfinch. {Plum gouger} (Zo[94]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel. {Plum weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil which is very destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the pulp around the stone. Called also {turk}, and {plum curculio}. See Illust. under {Curculio}. | |
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Nectarine \Nec"tar*ine\, n. [Cf. F. nectarine. See {Nectar}.] (Bot.) A smooth-skinned variety of peach. {Spanish nectarine}, the plumlike fruit of the West Indian tree {Chrysobalanus Icaco}; -- also called {cocoa plum}. it is made into a sweet conserve which a largely exported from Cuba. | |
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from the {Prunus domestica} are described; among them the {greengage}, the {Orleans}, the {purple gage}, or {Reine Claude Violette}, and the {German prune}, are some of the best known. Note: Among the true plums are; {Beach plum}, the {Prunus maritima}, and its crimson or purple globular drupes, {Bullace plum}. See {Bullace}. {Chickasaw plum}, the American {Prunus Chicasa}, and its round red drupes. {Orleans plum}, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size, much grown in England for sale in the markets. {Wild plum of America}, {Prunus Americana}, with red or yellow fruit, the original of the {Iowa plum} and several other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other genera than {Prunus}, are; {Australian plum}, {Cargillia arborea} and {C. australis}, of the same family with the persimmon. {Blood plum}, the West African {H[91]matostaphes Barteri}. {Cocoa plum}, the Spanish nectarine. See under {Nectarine}. {Date plum}. See under {Date}. {Gingerbread plum}, the West African {Parinarium macrophyllum}. {Gopher plum}, the Ogeechee lime. {Gray plum}, {Guinea plum}. See under {Guinea}. {Indian plum}, several species of {Flacourtia}. 2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin. 3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of [9c]100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it. {Plum bird}, {Plum budder} (Zo[94]l.), the European bullfinch. {Plum gouger} (Zo[94]l.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel. {Plum weevil} (Zo[94]l.), an American weevil which is very destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the pulp around the stone. Called also {turk}, and {plum curculio}. See Illust. under {Curculio}. | |
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d8Cocobolo \[d8]Co`co*bo"lo\, Cocobolas \Co`co*bo"las\, n. [Sp. cocobolo.] (Bot.) A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools, and for various fancy articles. | |
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Cohesibility \Co*he`si*bil"i*ty\ (? [or] ?), n. The state of being cohesible. --Good. | |
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Cohesible \Co*he"si*ble\, a. Capable of cohesion. | |
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Cohesive \Co*he"sive\, a. 1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force. 2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay. {Cohesive attraction}. See under {Attraction}. -- {Co*he"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Co*he"sive*ness}, n. | |
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Cuckoo \Cuck"oo\ (k??k"??), n. [OE. coccou, cukkow, F. coucou, prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. [?][?][?][?], Skr. k[?]ki[?]a, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zo[94]l.) A bird belonging to {Cuculus}, {Coccyzus}, and several allied genera, of many species. Note: The European cuckoo ({Cuculus canorus}) builds no nest of its own, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them. The American yellow-billed cuckoo ({Coccyzus Americanus}) and the black-billed cuckoo ({C. erythrophthalmus}) build their own nests. {Cuckoo bee} (Zool.), a bee, parasitic in the larval stage in the nests of other bees, feeding either upon their food or larvae. They belong to the genera {Nomada}, {Melecta}, {Epeolus}, and others. {Cuckoo clock}, a clock so constructed that at the time for striking it gives forth sounds resembling the cry of the cuckoo. {Cuckoo dove} (Zo[94]l.), a long-tailed pigeon of the genus {Macropygia}. Many species inhabit the East Indies. {Cuckoo fish} (Zo[94]l.), the European red gurnard ({Trigla cuculus}). The name probably alludes to the sound that it utters. {Cuckoo falcon} (Zo[94]l.), any falcon of the genus {Baza}. The genus inhabits Africa and the East Indies. {Cuckoo maid} (Zo[94]l.), the wryneck; -- called also {cuckoo mate}. {Cuckoo ray} (Zo[94]l.), a British ray ({Raia miraletus}). {Cuckoo spit}, [or] {Cuckoo spittle}. (a) A frothy secretion found upon plants, exuded by the larvae of certain insects, for concealment; -- called also {toad spittle} and {frog spit}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A small hemipterous insect, the larva of which, living on grass and the leaves of plants, exudes this secretion. The insects belong to {Aphrophora}, {Helochara}, and allied genera. {Ground cuckoo}, the chaparral cock. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cuckooflower \Cuck"oo*flow`er\ (-flou`?r), n. (Bot.) A species of {Cardamine} ({C. pratensis}), or lady's smock. Its leaves are used in salads. Also, the ragged robin ({Lychnis Flos-cuculi}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Campion \Cam"pi*on\, n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.) A plant of the Pink family ({Cucubalus bacciferus}), bearing berries regarded as poisonous. {Bladder campion}, a plant of the Pink family ({Cucubalus Behen} or {Silene inflata}), having a much inflated calyx. See {Behen}. {Rose campion}, a garden plant ({Lychnis coronaria}) with handsome crimson flowers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Behen \Be"hen\, Behn \Behn\, n. [Per. & Ar. bahman, behmen, an herb, whose leaves resemble ears of corn, saffron.] (Bot.) (a) The {Centaurea behen}, or saw-leaved centaury. (b) The {Cucubalus behen}, or bladder campion, now called {Silene inflata}. (c) The {Statice limonium}, or sea lavender. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Campion \Cam"pi*on\, n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.) A plant of the Pink family ({Cucubalus bacciferus}), bearing berries regarded as poisonous. {Bladder campion}, a plant of the Pink family ({Cucubalus Behen} or {Silene inflata}), having a much inflated calyx. See {Behen}. {Rose campion}, a garden plant ({Lychnis coronaria}) with handsome crimson flowers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Behen \Be"hen\, Behn \Behn\, n. [Per. & Ar. bahman, behmen, an herb, whose leaves resemble ears of corn, saffron.] (Bot.) (a) The {Centaurea behen}, or saw-leaved centaury. (b) The {Cucubalus behen}, or bladder campion, now called {Silene inflata}. (c) The {Statice limonium}, or sea lavender. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Campion \Cam"pi*on\, n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.) A plant of the Pink family ({Cucubalus bacciferus}), bearing berries regarded as poisonous. {Bladder campion}, a plant of the Pink family ({Cucubalus Behen} or {Silene inflata}), having a much inflated calyx. See {Behen}. {Rose campion}, a garden plant ({Lychnis coronaria}) with handsome crimson flowers. | |
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Casa Blanca, NM Zip code(s): 87007 | |
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Caseville, MI (village, FIPS 13760) Location: 43.94219 N, 83.27457 W Population (1990): 857 (781 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48725 | |
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Caseyville, IL (village, FIPS 11644) Location: 38.63302 N, 90.03272 W Population (1990): 4419 (1779 housing units) Area: 11.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 62232 | |
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Cassopolis, MI (village, FIPS 13900) Location: 41.91246 N, 86.00788 W Population (1990): 1822 (797 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49031 | |
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Cassville, MO (city, FIPS 11890) Location: 36.67880 N, 93.86764 W Population (1990): 2371 (1080 housing units) Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65625 Cassville, NY Zip code(s): 13318 Cassville, PA (borough, FIPS 11632) Location: 40.29367 N, 78.02776 W Population (1990): 183 (83 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16623 Cassville, WI (village, FIPS 13050) Location: 42.71558 N, 90.99039 W Population (1990): 1144 (565 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53806 Cassville, WV (CDP, FIPS 13756) Location: 39.66389 N, 80.05893 W Population (1990): 1458 (598 housing units) Area: 33.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Cokeville, WY (town, FIPS 15905) Location: 42.08321 N, 110.95502 W Population (1990): 493 (186 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83114 | |
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Cook Falls, NY Zip code(s): 12776 | |
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Cookeville, TN (city, FIPS 16920) Location: 36.15686 N, 85.50541 W Population (1990): 21744 (9284 housing units) Area: 53.1 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
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Cooksville, IL (village, FIPS 16210) Location: 40.54257 N, 88.71514 W Population (1990): 211 (89 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61730 Cooksville, MD Zip code(s): 21723 | |
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Cookville, TX Zip code(s): 75558 | |
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Cuyahoga Falls, OH (city, FIPS 19778) Location: 41.16898 N, 81.52257 W Population (1990): 48950 (21269 housing units) Area: 66.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44221, 44223 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
cookie file n. A collection of {fortune cookie}s in a format that facilitates retrieval by a fortune program. There are several different cookie files in public distribution, and site admins often assemble their own from various sources including this lexicon. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cache block {cache line} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cookie file format that facilitates retrieval by a {fortune} program. There are many cookie files in public distribution, and site admins often assemble their own from various sources. [{Jargon File}] (1997-01-07) |