English Dictionary: cut-up | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Gold of pleasure}. [Name perhaps translated from Sp. oro-de-alegria.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Camelina}, bearing yellow flowers. {C. sativa} is sometimes cultivated for the oil of its seeds. {Gold shell}. (a) A composition of powdered gold or gold leaf, ground up with gum water and spread on shells, for artists' use; -- called also {gold paint}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A bivalve shell ({Anomia glabra}) of the Atlantic coast; -- called also {jingle shell} and {silver shell}. See {Anomia}. {Gold size}, a composition used in applying gold leaf. {Gold solder}, a kind of solder, often containing twelve parts of gold, two of silver, and four of copper. {Gold stick}, the colonel of a regiment of English lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions; -- so called from the gilt rod presented to him by the sovereign when he receives his commission as colonel of the regiment. [Eng.] {Gold thread}. (a) A thread formed by twisting flatted gold over a thread of silk, with a wheel and iron bobbins; spun gold. --Ure. (b) (Bot.) A small evergreen plant ({Coptis trifolia}), so called from its fibrous yellow roots. It is common in marshy places in the United States. {Gold tissue}, a tissue fabric interwoven with gold thread. {Gold tooling}, the fixing of gold leaf by a hot tool upon book covers, or the ornamental impression so made. {Gold washings}, places where gold found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing. {Gold worm}, a glowworm. [Obs.] {Jeweler's gold}, an alloy containing three parts of gold to one of copper. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hemp \Hemp\ (h[ecr]mp), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, h[91]nep; akin to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp, Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. ka`nnabis, ka`nnabos; cf. Russ. konoplia, Skr. [cced]a[nsdot]a; all prob. borrowed from some other language at an early time. Cf. {Cannabine}, {Canvas}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Cannabis} ({C. sativa}), the fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants yielding fiber. 2. The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for spinning. The name has also been extended to various fibers resembling the true hemp. {African hemp}, {Bowstring hemp}. See under {African}, and {Bowstring}. {Bastard hemp}, the Asiatic herb {Datisca cannabina}. {Canada hemp}, a species of dogbane ({Apocynum cannabinum}), the fiber of which was used by the Indians. {Hemp agrimony}, a coarse, composite herb of Europe ({Eupatorium cannabinum}), much like the American boneset. {Hemp nettle}, a plant of the genus {Galeopsis} ({G. Tetrahit}), belonging to the Mint family. {Indian hemp}. See under {Indian}, a. {Manila hemp}, the fiber of {Musa textilis}. {Sisal hemp}, the fiber of {Agave sisalana}, of Mexico and Yucatan. {Sunn hemp}, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant ({Crotalaria juncea}). {Water hemp}, an annual American weed ({Acnida cannabina}), related to the amaranth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Caitiff \Cai"tiff\, a. [OE. caitif, cheitif, captive, miserable, OF. caitif, chaitif, captive, mean, wretched, F. ch[82]tif, fr. L. captivus captive, fr. capere to take, akin to E. heave. See {Heave}, and cf. {Captive}.] 1. Captive; wretched; unfortunate. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable. Arnold had sped his caitiff flight. --W. Irving. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Caitiff \Cai"tiff\, n. A captive; a prisoner. [Obs.] Avarice doth tyrannize over her caitiff and slave. --Holland. 2. A wretched or unfortunate man. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. A mean, despicable person; one whose character meanness and wickedness meet. Note: The deep-felt conviction of men that slavery breaks down the moral character . . . speaks out with . . . distinctness in the change of meaning which caitiff has undergone signifying as it now does, one of a base, abject disposition, while there was a time when it had nothing of this in it. --Trench. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Catawba \Ca*taw"ba\, n. 1. A well known light red variety of American grape. 2. A light-colored, sprightly American wine from the Catawba grape. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Catawbas \Ca*taw"bas\, n. pl.; sing. {Catawba}. (Ethnol.) An Appalachian tribe of Indians which originally inhabited the regions near the Catawba river and the head waters of the Santee. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fox \Fox\, n.; pl. {Foxes}. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs, OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. fa[a3]h[?], Icel. f[?]a fox, fox fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. {Vixen}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal of the genus {Vulpes}, family {Canid[91]}, of many species. The European fox ({V. vulgaris} or {V. vulpes}), the American red fox ({V. fulvus}), the American gray fox ({V. Virginianus}), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox ({V. lagopus}) are well-known species. Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of the same species, of less value. The common foxes of Europe and America are very similar; both are celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild birds, poultry, and various small animals. Subtle as the fox for prey. --Shak. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The European dragonet. 3. (Zo[94]l.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also {sea fox}. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Shark}. 4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.] We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. --Beattie. 5. (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats. 6. A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.] Thou diest on point of fox. --Shak. 7. pl. (Enthnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also {Outagamies}. {Fox and geese}. (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others as they run one goal to another. (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle of the board, endeavors to break through the line of the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox. {Fox bat} (Zo[94]l.), a large fruit bat of the genus {Pteropus}, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, esp. {P. medius} of India. Some of the species are more than four feet across the outspread wings. See {Fruit bat}. {Fox bolt}, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge. {Fox brush} (Zo[94]l.), the tail of a fox. {Fox evil}, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy. {Fox grape} (Bot.), the name of two species of American grapes. The northern fox grape ({Vitis Labrusca}) is the origin of the varieties called {Isabella}, {Concord}, {Hartford}, etc., and the southern fox grape ({Vitis vulpina}) has produced the {Scuppernong}, and probably the {Catawba}. {Fox hunter}. (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds. (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase. {Fox shark} (Zo[94]l.), the thrasher shark. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Thrasher}. {Fox sleep}, pretended sleep. {Fox sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a large American sparrow ({Passerella iliaca}); -- so called on account of its reddish color. {Fox squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American squirrel ({Sciurus niger}, or {S. cinereus}). In the Southern States the black variety prevails; farther north the fulvous and gray variety, called the {cat squirrel}, is more common. {Fox terrier} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar breed of terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes, and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired varieties. {Fox trot}, a pace like that which is adopted for a few steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot, or a trot into a walk. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Codify \Co"di*fy\ (? [or] ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Codified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Codifying}.] [Code + -fy: cf. F. codifier.] To reduce to a code, as laws. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Expansion \Ex*pan"sion\, n. [L. expansio: cf. F. expansion.] 1. The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement. 2. That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal. The starred expansion of the skies. --Beattie. 3. Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space. Lost in expansion, void and infinite. --Blackmore. 4. (Com.) Enlargement or extension of business transactions; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes. 5. (Math.) The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)^{2} is a^{2} + 2ab + b^{2}. 6. (Steam Engine) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston. 7. (Nav. Arch.) The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Note: Expansion is also used adjectively, as in expansion joint, expansion gear, etc. {Expansion curve}, a curve the co[94]rdinates of which show the relation between the pressure and volume of expanding gas or vapor; esp. (Steam engine), that part of an indicator diagram which shows the declining pressure of the steam as it expands in the cylinder. {Expansion gear} (Steam Engine). a cut-off gear. See Illust. of {Link motion}. {Automatic expansion gear} [or] {cut-off}, one that is regulated by the governor, and varies the supply of steam to the engine with the demand for power. {Fixed expansion gear}, [or] {Fixed cut-off}, one that always operates at the same fixed point of the stroke. {Expansion joint}, [or] {Expansion coupling} (Mech. & Engin.), a yielding joint or coupling for so uniting parts of a machine or structure that expansion, as by heat, is prevented from causing injurious strains; as by heat, is prevented from causing injurious strains; as: (a) A side or set of rollers, at the end of bridge truss, to support it but allow end play. (b) A telescopic joint in a steam pipe, to permit one part of the pipe to slide within the other. (c) A clamp for holding a locomotive frame to the boiler while allowing lengthwise motion. {Expansion valve} (Steam Engine), a cut-off valve, to shut off steam from the cylinder before the end of each stroke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cut-off \Cut"-off`\ (k[ucr]t"[ocr]f`; 115), n. 1. That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road. 2. (Mach.) (a) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See {Expansion gear}, under {Expansion}. (b) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Expansion \Ex*pan"sion\, n. [L. expansio: cf. F. expansion.] 1. The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement. 2. That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal. The starred expansion of the skies. --Beattie. 3. Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space. Lost in expansion, void and infinite. --Blackmore. 4. (Com.) Enlargement or extension of business transactions; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes. 5. (Math.) The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)^{2} is a^{2} + 2ab + b^{2}. 6. (Steam Engine) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston. 7. (Nav. Arch.) The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. Note: Expansion is also used adjectively, as in expansion joint, expansion gear, etc. {Expansion curve}, a curve the co[94]rdinates of which show the relation between the pressure and volume of expanding gas or vapor; esp. (Steam engine), that part of an indicator diagram which shows the declining pressure of the steam as it expands in the cylinder. {Expansion gear} (Steam Engine). a cut-off gear. See Illust. of {Link motion}. {Automatic expansion gear} [or] {cut-off}, one that is regulated by the governor, and varies the supply of steam to the engine with the demand for power. {Fixed expansion gear}, [or] {Fixed cut-off}, one that always operates at the same fixed point of the stroke. {Expansion joint}, [or] {Expansion coupling} (Mech. & Engin.), a yielding joint or coupling for so uniting parts of a machine or structure that expansion, as by heat, is prevented from causing injurious strains; as by heat, is prevented from causing injurious strains; as: (a) A side or set of rollers, at the end of bridge truss, to support it but allow end play. (b) A telescopic joint in a steam pipe, to permit one part of the pipe to slide within the other. (c) A clamp for holding a locomotive frame to the boiler while allowing lengthwise motion. {Expansion valve} (Steam Engine), a cut-off valve, to shut off steam from the cylinder before the end of each stroke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cut-off \Cut"-off`\ (k[ucr]t"[ocr]f`; 115), n. 1. That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road. 2. (Mach.) (a) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See {Expansion gear}, under {Expansion}. (b) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Catawba, NC (town, FIPS 10980) Location: 35.70619 N, 81.07577 W Population (1990): 467 (194 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 28609 Catawba, OH (village, FIPS 12560) Location: 39.99984 N, 83.62226 W Population (1990): 268 (101 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Catawba, SC Zip code(s): 29704 Catawba, VA Zip code(s): 24070 Catawba, WI (village, FIPS 13175) Location: 45.53585 N, 90.53291 W Population (1990): 178 (83 housing units) Area: 11.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54515 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chetopa, KS (city, FIPS 12950) Location: 37.03631 N, 95.09327 W Population (1990): 1357 (698 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 67336 | |
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City View, SC (town, FIPS 14455) Location: 34.86198 N, 82.42684 W Population (1990): 1490 (640 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Coatopa, AL Zip code(s): 35470 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cut Off, LA (CDP, FIPS 18930) Location: 29.52941 N, 90.33464 W Population (1990): 5325 (1857 housing units) Area: 33.2 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70345 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CDF Common Data Format. A library and toolkit for multi-dimensional data sets. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CDIF {CASE Data Interchange Format} | |
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CDP1802 {RCA 1802} |