English Dictionary: decrepitude | by the DICT Development Group |
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Carnation \Car*na"tion\, n. [F. carnation the flesh tints in a painting, It carnagione, fr. L. carnatio fleshiness, fr. caro, carnis, flesh. See {Carnal}.] 1. The natural color of flesh; rosy pink. Her complexion of the delicate carnation. --Ld. Lytton. 2. pl. (Paint.) Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints. The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations. --Fairholt. 3. (Bot.) A species of {Dianthus} ({D. Caryophyllus}) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent. | |
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d8Acropodium \[d8]Ac`ro*po"di*um\, n. [Gr. 'a`kros topmost + poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zo[94]l.) The entire upper surface of the foot. | |
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d8Agraphia \[d8]A*graph"i*a\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] to write.] The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia. | |
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d8Asarabacca \[d8]As`a*ra*bac"ca\, n. [L. asarum + bacca a berry. See {Asarone}.] (Bot.) An acrid herbaceous plant ({Asarum Europ[91]um}), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs. | |
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d8Carabao \[d8]Ca`ra*ba"o\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The water buffalo. [Phil. Islands] | |
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d8Carabus \[d8]Car"a*bus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a horned beetle.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects. | |
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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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d8Carapato \[d8]Ca`ra*pa"to\ (k[aum]`r[adot]*p[aum]"t[osl]), n. [Pg. carrapato.] (Zo[94]l.) A south American tick of the genus {Amblyomma}. There are several species, very troublesome to man and beast. | |
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d8Carbonaro \[d8]Car`bo*na"ro\, n.; pl. {Carbonari}. [It., a coal man.] A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic. Note: The origin of the Carbonari is uncertain, but the society is said to have first met, in 1808, among the charcoal burners of the mountains, whose phraseology they adopted. | |
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d8Caribe \[d8]Ca*ri"be\, n. [Sp. a cannibal.] (Zo[94]l). A south American fresh water fish of the genus {Serrasalmo} of many species, remarkable for its voracity. When numerous they attack man or beast, often with fatal results. | |
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d8Carpale \[d8]Car*pa"le\, n.; pl. {Carpalia}. [NL., fr. E. carpus.] (Anat.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals. | |
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Carpel \Car"pel\ (k[aum]r"p[ecr]l), d8Carpellum \[d8]Car*pel"lum\ (-p[ecr]l"l[ucr]m), n. [NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of {Carpaphore}. | |
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d8Carpintero \[d8]Car`pin*te"ro\ (k[add]r`p[esl]n*t[asl]"r[osl]), n. [Sp., a carpenter, a woodpecker.] A california woodpecker ({Melanerpes formicivorus)}, noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larv[91], which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird. | |
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d8Carpus \[d8]Car"pus\, n.; pl. {Carpi}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] wrist.] (Anat.) The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows. | |
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d8Cerebritis \[d8]Cer`e*bri"tis\, n. [NL., fr. E. cerebrum + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the cerebrum. | |
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d8Cervix \[d8]Cer"vix\, n.; pl. E. {Cervixes}, L. {Cervices}. [L.] (Anat.) The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of {Bird}. | |
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d8Cervus \[d8]Cer"vus\, n. [L., a deer.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of ruminants, including the red deer and other allied species. Note: Formerly all species of deer were included in the genus {Cervus}. | |
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d8Char-a-bancs \[d8]Char`-a-bancs"\, n.; pl. {Chars-a-banc}. [F.] A long, light, open vehicle, with benches or seats running lengthwise. | |
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d8Charivari \[d8]Cha*ri`va*ri"\, n. [F.] A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult. Note: It was at first performed before the house of any person of advanced age who married a second time. | |
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d8Charpie \[d8]Char"pie\, n. [F., properly fem. p. p. of OF. charpir, carpir, to pluck, fr. L. carpere. Cf. {Carpet}.] (Med.) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings. | |
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d8Cheiroptera \[d8]Chei*rop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] hand + [?] wing.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See {Bat}. | |
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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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d8Chorepiscopus \[d8]Cho`re*pis"co*pus\, n.; pl. {Chorepiscopi}. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?], [?], place, country + [?] bishop. Cf. {Bishop}.] (Eccl.) A [bd]country[b8] or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district. | |
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d8Cirripedia \[d8]Cir`ri*pe"di*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. cirrus curl + pes, pedis, foot.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See {Anatifa}. | |
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d8Cirrobranchiata \[d8]Cir`ro*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. E. cirrus + L. branchiae gills.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Mollusca having slender, cirriform appendages near the mouth; the Scaphopoda. | |
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d8Coreopsis \[d8]Co`re*op"sis\ (k?`r?-?p"s?s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?] bug + [?][?][?] appearance.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. {C. tinctoria}, of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing. | |
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Corporal \Cor"po*ral\ (k[ocir]r"p[osl]*r[ait]l), d8Corporale \[d8]Cor`po*ra"le\ (-r?"l?), n. [LL. corporale: cf. F. corporal. See {Corporal},a.] A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth. {Corporal oath}, a solemn oath; -- so called from the fact that it was the ancient usage for the party taking it to touch the corporal, or cloth that covered the consecrated elements. | |
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Corps \Corps\ (k[omac]r, pl. k[omac]rz), n. sing. & pl. [F., fr. L. corpus body. See {Corpse}.] 1. The human body, whether living or dead. [Obs.] See {Corpse}, 1. By what craft in my corps, it cometh [commences] and where. --Piers Plowman. 2. A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps. A corps operating with an army should consist of three divisions of the line, a brigade of artillery, and a regiment of cavalry. --Gen. Upton (U. S. Tactics. ) 3. A body or code of laws. [Obs.] The whole corps of the law. --Bacon. 4. (Eccl.) The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed. [Obs.] The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a corps. --Bacon. {Army corps}, [or] (French) {Corps d'arm[82]e} (k[osl]r` d[aum]r`m[asl]"), a body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself. {[d8]Corps de logis} (k[osl]r` d[eit] l[osl]`zh[esl]") [F., body of the house], the principal mass of a building, considered apart from its wings. {Corps diplomatique} (k[?]r d[?]`pl[?]`m[?]-t[?]k") [F., diplomatic body], the body of ministers or envoys accredited to a government. | |
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d8Corpus \[d8]Cor"pus\ (-p[ucr]s), n.; pl. {Corpora} (-p[osl]*r[adot]). [L.] A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. {Corpus callosum} (k[acr]l*l[omac]"s[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora callosa} (-s[?]) [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheres. See {Brain}. {Corpus Christi} (kr[icr]s"t[imac]) [L., body of Christ] (R. C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. {Corpus Christi cloth}. Same as {Pyx cloth}, under {Pyx}. {Corpus delicti} (d[esl]*l[icr]k"t[imac]) [L., the body of the crime] (Law), the substantial and fundamental fact of the comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a crime. {Corpus luteum} (l[umac]"t[esl]*[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora lutea} (-[adot]). [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Graafian follicle in the mammalian ovary. {Corpus striatum} (str[isl]*[amac]"t[ucr]m); pl. {Corpora striata} (-t[adot]). [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain. | |
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d8Corvee \[d8]Cor`vee"\ (k?r`v" [or] -v?"), n. [F. corv[82]e, fr. LL. corvada, corrogata, fr. L. corrogare to entreat together; cor- + rogare to ask.] (Feudal Law) An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign. | |
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d8Corvetto \[d8]Cor*vet"to\ (-v?t"t?), n. (Min.) A curvet. --Peacham. | |
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d8Coryph82e \[d8]Co`ry`ph[82]e"\ (k[osl]`r[esl]`f[asl]"), n. [F.] (Drama) A ballet dancer. | |
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d8Coryphodon \[d8]Co*ryph"o*don\ (k?-r?f"?-d?n), n. [Gr. koryfh` head, peak + [?][?][?][?], [?][?][?], tooth.] (Palen.) A genus of extinct mammals from the eocene tertiary of Europe and America. Its species varied in size between the tapir and rhinoceros, and were allied to those animals, but had short, plantigrade, five-toed feet, like the elephant. | |
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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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d8Cr88pe \[d8]Cr[88]pe\ (kr?p), n. Same as {Crape}. | |
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d8Crapula \[d8]Crap"u*la\ (kr?p"?-l?), Crapule \Crap"ule\ (kr?p"?l), n. [L. crapula intoxication.] Same as {Crapulence}. | |
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d8Crepitus \[d8]Crep"i*tus\ (kr?p"?-t?s), n. [L., fr. crepare to crack.] (Med.) (a) The noise produced by a sudden discharge of wind from the bowels. (b) Same as {Crepitation}, 2. | |
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d8Crepon \[d8]Cre"pon\ (kr?"p?n; F. kr?`{p?n}"), n. [F.] A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool and silk. | |
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d8Crevalle \[d8]Cre`val*le"\ (kr?`v?l-l?"), n. [Prob. of same origin as cavally. See {Cavally}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The cavally or jurel. See {Cavally}, and {Jurel}. (b) The pompano ({Trachynotus Carolinus}). | |
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d8Crevasse \[d8]Cre`vasse"\ (kr?`v?s"), n. [F. See {Crevice}.] 1. A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided. 2. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi. [U.S.] | |
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d8Cribellum \[d8]Cri*bel"lum\ (kr?b?l"l?m), n. [L., a small sieve, dim. of cribrum sieve.] (Zo[94]l.) A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders ({Ciniflonid[91]}), used for spinning a special kind of silk. | |
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d8Cryptobranchiata \[d8]Cryp`to*bran`chi*a"ta\ (kr?p`t?-bra?`k?-?"t?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden + L. branchia a gill.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A division of the Amphibia; the Derotremata. (b) A group of nudibranch mollusks. | |
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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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d8Crypturi \[d8]Cryp*tu"ri\ (kr?p-t?"r?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?] hidden + [?][?][?] tail.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of flying, drom[?]ognathous birds, including the tinamous of South America. See {Tinamou}. | |
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d8Cuerpo \[d8]Cuer"po\ (kw[etil]r"p[osl]), n. [Sp. cuerpo, fr. L. corpus body. See {Corpse}.] The body. | |
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d8Cuir bouilli \[d8]Cuir" bou`illi"\ [F.] In decorative art, boiled leather, fitted by the process to receive impressed patterns, like those produced by chasing metal, and to retain the impression permanently. | |
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d8Curvirostres \[d8]Cur"vi*ros"tres\ (-r?s"tr?z), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. curvus curved + rostrum beak, rostrum.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of passerine birds, including the creepers and nuthatches. | |
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d8Duykerbok \[d8]Duy"ker*bok\, n. [D. duiker diver + bok a buck, lit., diver buck. So named from its habit of diving suddenly into the bush.] (Zo[94]l.) A small South African antelope ({Cephalous mergens}); -- called also {impoon}, and {deloo}. | |
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d8Excerption \[d8]Ex*cerp"tion\, n. [L. excerptio.] 1. The act of excerpting or selecting. [R.] 2. That which is selected or gleaned; an extract. [R.] His excerptions out of the Fathers. --Fuller. | |
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Gerbil \Ger"bil\, d8Gerbille \[d8]Ger`bille"\, n. [F. gerbille. Cf. {Jerboa}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus {Gerbillus}. In their leaping powers they resemble the jerboa. They inhabit Africa, India, and Southern Europe. | |
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d8Geropigia \[d8]Ger`o*pig"i*a\, n. [Pg. geropiga.] A mixture composed of unfermented grape juice, brandy, sugar, etc., for adulteration of wines. [Written also {jerupigia}.] | |
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d8Graf \[d8]Graf\, n. [G. Cf. {-grave}.] A German title of nobility, equivalent to earl in English, or count in French. See {Earl}. | |
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d8Graffiti \[d8]Graf*fi"ti\, n. pl. [It., pl. of graffito scratched] Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii. | |
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d8Gravamen \[d8]Gra*va"men\, n.; pl. L. {Gravamina , E. {Gravamens}. [L., fr. gravare to load, burden, fr. gravis heavy, weighty. See {Grave}, a.] (Law) The grievance complained of; the substantial cause of the action; also, in general, the ground or essence of a complaint. Bouvier. | |
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d8Gryph91a \[d8]Gry*ph[91]"a\, n. [NL., fr. I gryphus, or qryps, gen. gryphis, a griffin.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the oyster. | |
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d8Karyoplasma \[d8]Kar`y*o*plas"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a num + [?] a thing molded.] (Biol.) The protoplasmic substance of the nucleus of a cell: nucleoplasm; -- in opposition to kytoplasma, the protoplasm of the cell. | |
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d8Saurobatrachia \[d8]Sau"ro*ba*tra"chi*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Sauria}, and {Batrachia}.] (Zo[94]l.) The Urodela. | |
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d8Sauropoda \[d8]Sau*rop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a lizard + -poda.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs having the feet of a saurian type, instead of birdlike, as they are in many dinosaurs. It includes the largest known land animals, belonging to Brontosaurus, Camarasaurus, and allied genera. See Illustration in Appendix. | |
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d8Sauropsida \[d8]Sau*rop"si*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a lizard + [?] appearance.] (Zo[94]l.) A comprehensive group of vertebrates, comprising the reptiles and birds. | |
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d8Sauropterygia \[d8]Sau*rop`te*ryg"i*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a lizard + [?], [?], a wing.] (Paleon.) Same as {Plesiosauria}. | |
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d8Scarab91us \[d8]Scar`a*b[91]"us\, n. [L.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Scarab}. | |
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d8Scarab91us \[d8]Scar*a*b[91]"us\, n. (Egypt. Arch[91]ol.) A conventionalized representation of a beetle, with its legs held closely at its sides, carved in natural or made in baked clay, and commonly having an inscription on the flat underside. | |
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d8Scherif \[d8]Scher"if\ (? [or] ?), n. See {Sherif}. | |
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d8Scire facias \[d8]Sci`re fa"ci*as\ (s[imac]`r[esl] f[amac]"sh[icr]*[acr]s). [L., do you cause to know.] (Law) A judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring the party proceeded against to show cause why the party bringing it should not have advantage of such record, or (as in the case of scire facias to repeal letters patent) why the record should not be annulled or vacated. --Wharton. Bouvier. | |
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d8Scorbutus \[d8]Scor*bu"tus\, n. [LL. See {Scorbute}.] (Med.) Scurvy. | |
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d8Scorpio \[d8]Scor"pi*o\, n.; pl. {Scorpiones}. [L.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A scorpion. 2. (Astron.) (a) The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [[scorpio]] in almanacs. (b) A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion. | |
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d8Scorpiodea \[d8]Scor`pi*o"de*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Scorpiones}. | |
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d8Scorpiones \[d8]Scor`pi*o"nes\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of arachnids comprising the scorpions. | |
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d8Scorpionidea \[d8]Scor`pi*o*nid"e*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Scorpiones}. | |
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d8Scrobicula \[d8]Scro*bic"u*la\, n.; pl. {Scrobicul[91]}. [NL. See {Scrobiculate}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the smooth areas surrounding the tubercles of a sea urchin. | |
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d8Scrophularia \[d8]Scroph`u*la"ri*a\, n. [NL. So called because it was reputed to be remedy for scrofula.] (Bot.) A genus of coarse herbs having small flowers in panicled cymes; figwort. | |
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d8Serape \[d8]Se*ra"pe\, n. [Sp. Amer. sarape.] A blanket or shawl worn as an outer garment by the Spanish Americans, as in Mexico. | |
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d8Serapis \[d8]Se*ra"pis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?][?][?], [?][?][?].] (Myth.) An Egyptian deity, at first a symbol of the Nile, and so of fertility; later, one of the divinities of the lower world. His worship was introduced into Greece and Rome. | |
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d8Serpens \[d8]Ser"pens\, n. [L. See {Serpent}.] (Astron.) A constellation represented as a serpent held by Serpentarius. | |
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d8Serpentaria \[d8]Ser`pen*ta"ri*a\, a.[L. (sc. herba), fr. serpens serpent.] (Med.) The fibrous aromatic root of the Virginia snakeroot ({Aristolochia Serpentaria}). | |
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d8Serpentarius \[d8]Ser`pen*ta"ri*us\, n.[NL., fr. L. serpens serpent.] (Astron.) A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also {Ophiuchus}. | |
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d8Serpette \[d8]Ser*pette"\, n. [F.] A pruning knife with a curved blade. --Knight. | |
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d8Serpigo \[d8]Ser*pi"go\, n. [LL., fr. L. serpere to creep.] (Med.) A dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm. | |
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d8Serpula \[d8]Ser"pu*la\, n.; pl. {Serpul[91]}, E. {Serpulas}. [L., a little snake. See {Serpent}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus {Serpula} and allied genera of the family {Serpulid[91]}. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts. | |
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d8Serrifera \[d8]Ser*rif"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. serra saw + ferre to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Hymenoptera comprising the sawflies. | |
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d8Serviette \[d8]Ser`viette"\, n. [F.] A table napkin. | |
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d8Sgraffito \[d8]Sgraf*fi"to\, a. [It.] (Paint.) Scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath. | |
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d8Shereef \[d8]Sher"eef\, d8Sherif \[d8]Sher"if\, n. [Ar. sher[c6]f noble, holy, n., a prince.] A member of an Arab princely family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima. The Grand Shereef is the governor of Mecca. | |
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d8Shereef \[d8]Sher"eef\, d8Sherif \[d8]Sher"if\, n. [Ar. sher[c6]f noble, holy, n., a prince.] A member of an Arab princely family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima. The Grand Shereef is the governor of Mecca. | |
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d8Sirvente \[d8]Sir`vente"\, n. [F. sirvente, fr. Pr. sirventes, sirventesc, originally, the poem of, or concerning, a sirvent, fr. sirvent, properly, serving, n., one who serves (e. g., as a soldier), fr. servir to serve, L. servire.] A peculiar species of poetry, for the most part devoted to moral and religious topics, and commonly satirical, -- often used by the troubadours of the Middle Ages. | |
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d8Xerophthalmia \[d8]Xe`roph*thal"mi*a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] dry + [?] the eye. See {Ophthalmia}.] (Med.) An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva. | |
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d8Yajur-Veda \[d8]Yaj"ur-Ve"da\ (y[adot]j"[ucir]r-v[amac]`d[adot] or -v[emac]`d[adot]), n. [Skr. yajur-v[emac]da.] See {Veda}. | |
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d8Zareba \[d8]Za*re"ba\, n. (Mil.) An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc. [Written also {zareeba}, and {zeriba}.] [Egypt] [bd]Ah,[b8] he moralizes, [bd]what wonderful instinct on the part of this little creature to surround itself with a zareba like the troops after Osman Digma.[b8] --R. Jefferies. | |
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d8Zeriba \[d8]Ze*ri"ba\, n. (Mil.) Same as {Zareba}. | |
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Dagger \Dag"ger\ (-g[etil]r), n. [Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F. daguer. See {Dag} a dagger.] 1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. {Poniard}, {Stiletto}, {Bowie knife}, {Dirk}, {Misericorde}, {Anlace}. 2. (Print.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [[dagger]]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also {obelisk}. {Dagger moth} (Zo[94]l.), any moth of the genus {Apatalea}. The larv[91] are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc. {Dagger of lath}, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities. --Shak. {Double dagger}, a mark of reference [[Dagger]] which comes next in order after the dagger. {To look, [or] speak}, {daggers}, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully. | |
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Decarbonate \De*car"bon*ate\, v. t. To deprive of carbonic acid. | |
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Decarbonization \De*car`bon*i*za"tion\, n. The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon. | |
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Decarbonize \De*car"bon*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decarbonized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decarbonizing}.] To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood. {Decarbonized iron}. See {Malleable iron}. {Decarbonized steel}, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron. | |
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Decarbonize \De*car"bon*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decarbonized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decarbonizing}.] To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood. {Decarbonized iron}. See {Malleable iron}. {Decarbonized steel}, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron. | |
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Decarbonize \De*car"bon*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decarbonized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decarbonizing}.] To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood. {Decarbonized iron}. See {Malleable iron}. {Decarbonized steel}, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron. | |
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Decarbonize \De*car"bon*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decarbonized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decarbonizing}.] To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood. {Decarbonized iron}. See {Malleable iron}. {Decarbonized steel}, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron. | |
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Decarbonizer \De*car"bon*i`zer\, n. He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance. | |
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Decarbonize \De*car"bon*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decarbonized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decarbonizing}.] To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood. {Decarbonized iron}. See {Malleable iron}. {Decarbonized steel}, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron. | |
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Decarburization \De*car`bu*ri*za"tion\, n. The act, process, or result of decarburizing. | |
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Decarburize \De*car"bu*rize\, v. t. To deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from. | |
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Decerp \De*cerp"\, v. t. [L. decerpere; de- + carpere to pluck.] To pluck off; to crop; to gather. [Obs.] | |
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Decerpt \De*cerpt"\, a. [L. decerptus, p. p. of decerpere.] Plucked off or away. [Obs.] | |
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Decerptible \De*cerp"ti*ble\, a. That may be plucked off, cropped, or torn away. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Decerption \De*cerp"tion\, n. 1. The act of plucking off; a cropping. 2. That which is plucked off or rent away; a fragment; a piece. --Glanvill. | |
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Deck \Deck\, n. [D. dek. See {Deck}, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. Note: The following are the more common names of the decks of vessels having more than one. {Berth deck} (Navy), a deck next below the gun deck, where the hammocks of the crew are swung. {Boiler deck} (River Steamers), the deck on which the boilers are placed. {Flush deck}, any continuous, unbroken deck from stem to stern. {Gun deck} (Navy), a deck below the spar deck, on which the ship's guns are carried. If there are two gun decks, the upper one is called the main deck, the lower, the lower gun deck; if there are three, one is called the middle gun deck. {Half-deck}, that portion of the deck next below the spar deck which is between the mainmast and the cabin. {Hurricane deck} (River Steamers, etc.), the upper deck, usually a light deck, erected above the frame of the hull. {Orlop deck}, the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. {Poop deck}, the deck forming the roof of a poop or poop cabin, built on the upper deck and extending from the mizzenmast aft. {Quarter-deck}, the part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. {Spar deck}. (a) Same as the upper deck. (b) Sometimes a light deck fitted over the upper deck. {Upper deck}, the highest deck of the hull, extending from stem to stern. 2. (arch.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat. 3. (Railroad) The roof of a passenger car. 4. A pack or set of playing cards. The king was slyly fingered from the deck. --Shak. 5. A heap or store. [Obs.] Who . . . hath such trinkets Ready in the deck. --Massinger. {Between decks}. See under {Between}. {Deck bridge} (Railroad Engineering), a bridge which carries the track upon the upper chords; -- distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders. {Deck curb} (Arch.), a curb supporting a deck in roof construction. {Deck floor} (Arch.), a floor which serves also as a roof, as of a belfry or balcony. {Deck hand}, a sailor hired to help on the vessel's deck, but not expected to go aloft. {Deck molding} (Arch.), the molded finish of the edge of a deck, making the junction with the lower slope of the roof. {Deck roof} (Arch.), a nearly flat roof which is not surmounted by parapet walls. {Deck transom} (Shipbuilding), the transom into which the deck is framed. {To clear the decks} (Naut.), to remove every unnecessary incumbrance in preparation for battle; to prepare for action. {To sweep the deck} (Card Playing), to clear off all the stakes on the table by winning them. | |
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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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Deck \Deck\, n. [D. dek. See {Deck}, v.] 1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. Note: The following are the more common names of the decks of vessels having more than one. {Berth deck} (Navy), a deck next below the gun deck, where the hammocks of the crew are swung. {Boiler deck} (River Steamers), the deck on which the boilers are placed. {Flush deck}, any continuous, unbroken deck from stem to stern. {Gun deck} (Navy), a deck below the spar deck, on which the ship's guns are carried. If there are two gun decks, the upper one is called the main deck, the lower, the lower gun deck; if there are three, one is called the middle gun deck. {Half-deck}, that portion of the deck next below the spar deck which is between the mainmast and the cabin. {Hurricane deck} (River Steamers, etc.), the upper deck, usually a light deck, erected above the frame of the hull. {Orlop deck}, the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. {Poop deck}, the deck forming the roof of a poop or poop cabin, built on the upper deck and extending from the mizzenmast aft. {Quarter-deck}, the part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. {Spar deck}. (a) Same as the upper deck. (b) Sometimes a light deck fitted over the upper deck. {Upper deck}, the highest deck of the hull, extending from stem to stern. 2. (arch.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat. 3. (Railroad) The roof of a passenger car. 4. A pack or set of playing cards. The king was slyly fingered from the deck. --Shak. 5. A heap or store. [Obs.] Who . . . hath such trinkets Ready in the deck. --Massinger. {Between decks}. See under {Between}. {Deck bridge} (Railroad Engineering), a bridge which carries the track upon the upper chords; -- distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders. {Deck curb} (Arch.), a curb supporting a deck in roof construction. {Deck floor} (Arch.), a floor which serves also as a roof, as of a belfry or balcony. {Deck hand}, a sailor hired to help on the vessel's deck, but not expected to go aloft. {Deck molding} (Arch.), the molded finish of the edge of a deck, making the junction with the lower slope of the roof. {Deck roof} (Arch.), a nearly flat roof which is not surmounted by parapet walls. {Deck transom} (Shipbuilding), the transom into which the deck is framed. {To clear the decks} (Naut.), to remove every unnecessary incumbrance in preparation for battle; to prepare for action. {To sweep the deck} (Card Playing), to clear off all the stakes on the table by winning them. | |
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Decreeable \De*cree"a*ble\, a. Capable of being decreed. | |
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Decrepit \De*crep"it\, a. [L. decrepitus, perhaps orig., noised out, noiseless, applied to old people, who creep about quietly; de- + crepare to make a noise, rattle: cf. F. d[82]cr[82]pit. See {Crepitate}.] Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out. [bd]Beggary or decrepit age.[b8] --Milton. Already decrepit with premature old age. --Motley. Note: Sometimes incorrectly written decrepid. | |
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Decrepitate \De*crep"i*tate\, v. i. To crackle, as salt in roasting. | |
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Decrepitate \De*crep"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decrepitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decrepitating}.] [Cf. F. d[82]cr[82]piter.] To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt. | |
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Decrepitate \De*crep"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decrepitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decrepitating}.] [Cf. F. d[82]cr[82]piter.] To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt. | |
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Decrepitate \De*crep"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decrepitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decrepitating}.] [Cf. F. d[82]cr[82]piter.] To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt. | |
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Decrepitation \De*crep`i*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]cr[82]pitation.] The act of decrepitating; a crackling noise, such as salt makes when roasting. | |
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Decrepitness \De*crep"it*ness\, n. Decrepitude. [R.] --Barrow. | |
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Decrepitude \De*crep"i*tude\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]cr[82]pitude.] The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of age; infirm old age. | |
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Degravation \Deg`ra*va"tion\, n. [L. degravare, degravatum, to make heavy. See {Grave}, a.] The act of making heavy. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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7. (Arith.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees. 8. (Algebra) State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a^{2}b^{3}c is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term; thus, ax^{4} + bx^{2} = c, and mx^{2}y^{2} + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth degree. 9. (Trig.) A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds. 10. A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer. 11. (Mus.) A line or space of the staff. Note: The short lines and their spaces are added degrees. {Accumulation of degrees}. (Eng. Univ.) See under {Accumulation}. {By degrees}, step by step; by little and little; by moderate advances. [bd]I'll leave it by degrees.[b8] --Shak. {Degree of a} {curve [or] surface} (Geom.), the number which expresses the degree of the equation of the curve or surface in rectilinear co[94]rdinates. A straight line will, in general, meet the curve or surface in a number of points equal to the degree of the curve or surface and no more. {Degree of latitude} (Geog.), on the earth, the distance on a meridian between two parallels of latitude whose latitudes differ from each other by one degree. This distance is not the same on different parts of a meridian, on account of the flattened figure of the earth, being 68.702 statute miles at the equator, and 69.396 at the poles. {Degree of longitude}, the distance on a parallel of latitude between two meridians that make an angle of one degree with each other at the poles -- a distance which varies as the cosine of the latitude, being at the equator 69.16 statute miles. {To a degree}, to an extreme; exceedingly; as, mendacious to a degree. It has been said that Scotsmen . . . are . . . grave to a degree on occasions when races more favored by nature are gladsome to excess. --Prof. Wilson. | |
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7. (Arith.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees. 8. (Algebra) State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a^{2}b^{3}c is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term; thus, ax^{4} + bx^{2} = c, and mx^{2}y^{2} + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth degree. 9. (Trig.) A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds. 10. A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer. 11. (Mus.) A line or space of the staff. Note: The short lines and their spaces are added degrees. {Accumulation of degrees}. (Eng. Univ.) See under {Accumulation}. {By degrees}, step by step; by little and little; by moderate advances. [bd]I'll leave it by degrees.[b8] --Shak. {Degree of a} {curve [or] surface} (Geom.), the number which expresses the degree of the equation of the curve or surface in rectilinear co[94]rdinates. A straight line will, in general, meet the curve or surface in a number of points equal to the degree of the curve or surface and no more. {Degree of latitude} (Geog.), on the earth, the distance on a meridian between two parallels of latitude whose latitudes differ from each other by one degree. This distance is not the same on different parts of a meridian, on account of the flattened figure of the earth, being 68.702 statute miles at the equator, and 69.396 at the poles. {Degree of longitude}, the distance on a parallel of latitude between two meridians that make an angle of one degree with each other at the poles -- a distance which varies as the cosine of the latitude, being at the equator 69.16 statute miles. {To a degree}, to an extreme; exceedingly; as, mendacious to a degree. It has been said that Scotsmen . . . are . . . grave to a degree on occasions when races more favored by nature are gladsome to excess. --Prof. Wilson. | |
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7. (Arith.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees. 8. (Algebra) State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a^{2}b^{3}c is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term; thus, ax^{4} + bx^{2} = c, and mx^{2}y^{2} + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth degree. 9. (Trig.) A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds. 10. A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer. 11. (Mus.) A line or space of the staff. Note: The short lines and their spaces are added degrees. {Accumulation of degrees}. (Eng. Univ.) See under {Accumulation}. {By degrees}, step by step; by little and little; by moderate advances. [bd]I'll leave it by degrees.[b8] --Shak. {Degree of a} {curve [or] surface} (Geom.), the number which expresses the degree of the equation of the curve or surface in rectilinear co[94]rdinates. A straight line will, in general, meet the curve or surface in a number of points equal to the degree of the curve or surface and no more. {Degree of latitude} (Geog.), on the earth, the distance on a meridian between two parallels of latitude whose latitudes differ from each other by one degree. This distance is not the same on different parts of a meridian, on account of the flattened figure of the earth, being 68.702 statute miles at the equator, and 69.396 at the poles. {Degree of longitude}, the distance on a parallel of latitude between two meridians that make an angle of one degree with each other at the poles -- a distance which varies as the cosine of the latitude, being at the equator 69.16 statute miles. {To a degree}, to an extreme; exceedingly; as, mendacious to a degree. It has been said that Scotsmen . . . are . . . grave to a degree on occasions when races more favored by nature are gladsome to excess. --Prof. Wilson. | |
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Describable \De*scrib"a*ble\, a. That can be described; capable of description. | |
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Describe \De*scribe"\, v. i. To use the faculty of describing; to give a description; as, Milton describes with uncommon force and beauty. | |
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Describe \De*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Described}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Describing}.] [L. describere, descriptum; de- + scribere to write: cf. OE. descriven, OF. descrivre, F. d[82]crire. See {Scribe}, and cf. {Descry}.] 1. To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle. 2. To represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the geographer describes countries and cities. 3. To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class. [Obs.] Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book. --Josh. xviii. 9. Syn: To set forth; represent; delineate; relate; recount; narrate; express; explain; depict; portray; chracterize. | |
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Describe \De*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Described}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Describing}.] [L. describere, descriptum; de- + scribere to write: cf. OE. descriven, OF. descrivre, F. d[82]crire. See {Scribe}, and cf. {Descry}.] 1. To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle. 2. To represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the geographer describes countries and cities. 3. To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class. [Obs.] Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book. --Josh. xviii. 9. Syn: To set forth; represent; delineate; relate; recount; narrate; express; explain; depict; portray; chracterize. | |
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Describent \De*scrib"ent\, n. [L. describens, p. pr. of describere.] (Geom.) Same as {Generatrix}. | |
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Generatrix \Gen`er*a"trix\, n.; pl. L. {Generatrices}, E. {Generatrixes}. [L.] (Geom.) That which generates; the point, or the mathematical magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude, as a line, surface, or solid; -- called also {describent}. | |
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Describent \De*scrib"ent\, n. [L. describens, p. pr. of describere.] (Geom.) Same as {Generatrix}. | |
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Generatrix \Gen`er*a"trix\, n.; pl. L. {Generatrices}, E. {Generatrixes}. [L.] (Geom.) That which generates; the point, or the mathematical magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude, as a line, surface, or solid; -- called also {describent}. | |
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Describer \De*scrib"er\, n. One who describes. | |
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Describe \De*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Described}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Describing}.] [L. describere, descriptum; de- + scribere to write: cf. OE. descriven, OF. descrivre, F. d[82]crire. See {Scribe}, and cf. {Descry}.] 1. To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle. 2. To represent by words written or spoken; to give an account of; to make known to others by words or signs; as, the geographer describes countries and cities. 3. To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class. [Obs.] Passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book. --Josh. xviii. 9. Syn: To set forth; represent; delineate; relate; recount; narrate; express; explain; depict; portray; chracterize. | |
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Description \De*scrip"tion\, n. [F. description, L. descriptio. See {Describe}.] 1. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs. 2. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species. Milton has descriptions of morning. --D. Webster. 3. A class to which a certain representation is applicable; kind; sort. A difference . . . between them and another description of public creditors. --A. Hamilton. The plates were all of the meanest description. --Macaulay. Syn: Account; definition; recital; relation; detail; narrative; narration; explanation; delineation; representation; kind; sort. See {Definition}. | |
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Descriptive \De*scrip"tive\, a. [L. descriptivus: cf. F. descriptif.] Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age. {Descriptive anatomy}, that part of anatomy which treats of the forms and relations of parts, but not of their textures. {Descriptive geometry}, that branch of geometry. which treats of the graphic solution of problems involving three dimensions, by means of projections upon auxiliary planes. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) -- {De*scrip"tive*ly}, adv. -- {De*scrip"tive*ness}, n. | |
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Descriptive \De*scrip"tive\, a. [L. descriptivus: cf. F. descriptif.] Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age. {Descriptive anatomy}, that part of anatomy which treats of the forms and relations of parts, but not of their textures. {Descriptive geometry}, that branch of geometry. which treats of the graphic solution of problems involving three dimensions, by means of projections upon auxiliary planes. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) -- {De*scrip"tive*ly}, adv. -- {De*scrip"tive*ness}, n. | |
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Descriptive \De*scrip"tive\, a. [L. descriptivus: cf. F. descriptif.] Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age. {Descriptive anatomy}, that part of anatomy which treats of the forms and relations of parts, but not of their textures. {Descriptive geometry}, that branch of geometry. which treats of the graphic solution of problems involving three dimensions, by means of projections upon auxiliary planes. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) -- {De*scrip"tive*ly}, adv. -- {De*scrip"tive*ness}, n. | |
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Geometry \Ge*om"e*try\, n.; pl. {Geometries}[F. g[82]om[82]trie, L. geometria, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to measure land; ge`a, gh^, the earth + [?] to measure. So called because one of its earliest and most important applications was to the measurement of the earth's surface. See {Geometer}.] 1. That branch of mathematics which investigates the relations, properties, and measurement of solids, surfaces, lines, and angles; the science which treats of the properties and relations of magnitudes; the science of the relations of space. 2. A treatise on this science. {Analytical, [or] Co[94]rdinate}, {geometry}, that branch of mathematical analysis which has for its object the analytical investigation of the relations and properties of geometrical magnitudes. {Descriptive geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the graphic solution of all problems involving three dimensions. {Elementary geometry}, that part of geometry which treats of the simple properties of straight lines, circles, plane surface, solids bounded by plane surfaces, the sphere, the cylinder, and the right cone. {Higher geometry}, that pert of geometry which treats of those properties of straight lines, circles, etc., which are less simple in their relations, and of curves and surfaces of the second and higher degrees. | |
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Descriptive \De*scrip"tive\, a. [L. descriptivus: cf. F. descriptif.] Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age. {Descriptive anatomy}, that part of anatomy which treats of the forms and relations of parts, but not of their textures. {Descriptive geometry}, that branch of geometry. which treats of the graphic solution of problems involving three dimensions, by means of projections upon auxiliary planes. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) -- {De*scrip"tive*ly}, adv. -- {De*scrip"tive*ness}, n. | |
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Descriptive \De*scrip"tive\, a. [L. descriptivus: cf. F. descriptif.] Tending to describe; having the quality of representing; containing description; as, a descriptive figure; a descriptive phrase; a descriptive narration; a story descriptive of the age. {Descriptive anatomy}, that part of anatomy which treats of the forms and relations of parts, but not of their textures. {Descriptive geometry}, that branch of geometry. which treats of the graphic solution of problems involving three dimensions, by means of projections upon auxiliary planes. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) -- {De*scrip"tive*ly}, adv. -- {De*scrip"tive*ness}, n. | |
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Descrive \De*scrive"\, v. t. [OF. descrivre. See {Describe}.] To describe. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Deserve \De*serve"\ (d[esl]*z[etil]rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deserved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deserving}.] [OF. deservir, desservir, to merit, L. deservire to serve zealously, be devoted to; de- + servire to serve. See {Serve}.] 1. To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise. God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. --Job xi. 6. John Gay deserved to be a favorite. --Thackeray. Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension. --Burke. 2. To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.] A man that hath So well deserved me. --Massinger. | |
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Deserve \De*serve"\ (d[esl]*z[etil]rv"), v. i. To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well. One man may merit or deserve of another. --South. | |
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Deserve \De*serve"\ (d[esl]*z[etil]rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deserved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deserving}.] [OF. deservir, desservir, to merit, L. deservire to serve zealously, be devoted to; de- + servire to serve. See {Serve}.] 1. To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise. God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. --Job xi. 6. John Gay deserved to be a favorite. --Thackeray. Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension. --Burke. 2. To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.] A man that hath So well deserved me. --Massinger. | |
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Deservedly \De*serv"ed*ly\ (-z[etil]rv"[ecr]d*l>ycr/), adv. According to desert (whether good or evil); justly. | |
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Deservedness \De*serv"ed*ness\, n. Meritoriousness. | |
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Deserver \De*serv"er\, n. One who deserves. | |
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Deserve \De*serve"\ (d[esl]*z[etil]rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deserved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deserving}.] [OF. deservir, desservir, to merit, L. deservire to serve zealously, be devoted to; de- + servire to serve. See {Serve}.] 1. To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise. God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. --Job xi. 6. John Gay deserved to be a favorite. --Thackeray. Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension. --Burke. 2. To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.] A man that hath So well deserved me. --Massinger. | |
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Deserving \De*serv"ing\, n. Desert; merit. A person of great deservings from the republic. --Swift. | |
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Deserving \De*serv"ing\, a. Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act. -- {De*serv"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Deserving \De*serv"ing\, a. Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act. -- {De*serv"ing*ly}, adv. | |
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Desirability \De*sir`a*bil"i*ty\, n. The state or quality of being desirable; desirableness. | |
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Desirable \De*sir"a*ble\, a. [F. d[82]sirable, fr. L. desiderabilis. See {Desire}, v. t.] Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable. All of them desirable young men. --Ezek. xxiii. 12. As things desirable excite Desire, and objects move the appetite. --Blackmore. | |
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Desirableness \De*sir"a*ble*ness\, n. The quality of being desirable. The desirableness of the Austrian alliance. --Froude. | |
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Desirably \De*sir"a*bly\, adv. In a desirable manner. | |
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Desireful \De*sire"ful\, a. Filled with desire; eager. [R.] The desireful troops. --Godfrey (1594). | |
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Desirefulness \De*sire"ful*ness\, n. The state of being desireful; eagerness to obtain and possess. [R.] The desirefulness of our minds much augmenteth and increaseth our pleasure. --Udall. | |
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Diagraph \Di"a*graph\, n. [Gr. [?] to draw: cf. F. diagraphe. See {Diagram}.] A drawing instrument, combining a protractor and scale. | |
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Diagraphic \Di`a*graph"ic\, Diagraphical \Di`a*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. diagraphique.] Descriptive. | |
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Diagraphic \Di`a*graph"ic\, Diagraphical \Di`a*graph"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. diagraphique.] Descriptive. | |
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Diagraphics \Di`a*graph"ics\, n. The art or science of descriptive drawing; especially, the art or science of drawing by mechanical appliances and mathematical rule. | |
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Dicarbonic \Di`car*bon"ic\, a. [Pref. di- + carbonic.] (Chem.) Containing two carbon residues, or two carboxyl or radicals; as, oxalic acid is a dicarbonic acid. | |
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Ox \Ox\ ([ocr]ks), n.; pl. {Oxen}. [AS. oxa; akin to D. os. G. ochs, ochse, OHG. ohso, Icel. oxi, Sw. & Dan. oxe, Goth. a[a3]hsa, Skr. ukshan ox, bull; cf. Skr. uksh to sprinkle. [root]214. Cf. {Humid}, {Aurochs}.] (Zo[94]l.) The male of bovine quadrupeds, especially the domestic animal when castrated and grown to its full size, or nearly so. The word is also applied, as a general name, to any species of bovine animals, male and female. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field. --Ps. viii. 7. Note: The castrated male is called a steer until it attains its full growth, and then, an ox; but if castrated somewhat late in life, it is called a stag. The male, not castrated, is called a bull. These distinctions are well established in regard to domestic animals of this genus. When wild animals of this kind are spoken of, ox is often applied both to the male and the female. The name ox is never applied to the individual cow, or female, of the domestic kind. Oxen may comprehend both the male and the female. {Grunting ox} (Zo[94]l.), the yak. {Indian ox} (Zo[94]l.), the zebu. {Javan ox} (Zo[94]l.), the banteng. {Musk ox}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Musk}. {Ox bile}. See {Ox gall}, below. {Ox gall}, the fresh gall of the domestic ox; -- used in the arts and in medicine. {Ox pith}, ox marrow. [Obs.] --Marston. {Ox ray} (Zo[94]l.), a very large ray ({Dicerobatis Giorn[91]}) of Southern Europe. It has a hornlike organ projecting forward from each pectoral fin. It sometimes becomes twenty feet long and twenty-eight feet broad, and weighs over a ton. Called also {sea devil}. {To have the black ox tread on one's foot}, to be unfortunate; to know what sorrow is (because black oxen were sacrificed to Pluto). --Leigh Hunt. | |
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Digraph \Di"graph\, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?] a writing, [?] to write.] Two signs or characters combined to express a single articulated sound; as ea in head, or th in bath. | |
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Digraphic \Di*graph"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to a digraph. --H. Sweet. | |
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Yam \Yam\ (y[acr]m), n. [Pg. inhame, probably from some native name.] (Bot.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus {Dioscorea}; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is {D. sativa}, but several others are cultivated. {Chinese yam}, a plant ({Dioscorea Batatas}) with a long and slender tuber, hardier than most of the other species. {Wild yam}. (a) A common plant ({Dioscorea villosa}) of the Eastern United States, having a hard and knotty rootstock. (b) An orchidaceous plant ({Gastrodia sesamoides}) of Australia and Tasmania. | |
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Yam \Yam\ (y[acr]m), n. [Pg. inhame, probably from some native name.] (Bot.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus {Dioscorea}; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is {D. sativa}, but several others are cultivated. {Chinese yam}, a plant ({Dioscorea Batatas}) with a long and slender tuber, hardier than most of the other species. {Wild yam}. (a) A common plant ({Dioscorea villosa}) of the Eastern United States, having a hard and knotty rootstock. (b) An orchidaceous plant ({Gastrodia sesamoides}) of Australia and Tasmania. | |
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Discerp \Dis*cerp"\, v. t. [L. discerpere, discerptum; dis- + carpere to pluck.] 1. To tear in pieces; to rend. [R.] --Stukeley. 2. To separate; to disunite. [R.] --Bp. Hurd. | |
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Discerpibility \Dis*cerp`i*bil"i*ty\, Discerptibility \Dis*cerp`ti*bil"i*ty\, n. Capability or liableness to be discerped. [R.] --Wollaston. | |
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Discerpible \Dis*cerp"i*ble\, Discerptible \Dis*cerp"ti*ble\, a. [See {Discerp}.] Capable of being discerped. [R.] | |
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Discerpibility \Dis*cerp`i*bil"i*ty\, Discerptibility \Dis*cerp`ti*bil"i*ty\, n. Capability or liableness to be discerped. [R.] --Wollaston. | |
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Discerpible \Dis*cerp"i*ble\, Discerptible \Dis*cerp"ti*ble\, a. [See {Discerp}.] Capable of being discerped. [R.] | |
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Discerption \Dis*cerp"tion\, n. [L. discerptio.] The act of pulling to pieces, or of separating the parts. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Discerptive \Dis*cerp"tive\, a. Tending to separate or disunite parts. --Encys. Dict. | |
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Discorporate \Dis*cor"po*rate\, a. Deprived of the privileges or form of a body corporate. [Obs.] --Jas. II. | |
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Discrepance \Dis*crep"ance\ (?; 277), Discrepancy \Dis*crep"an*cy\, n.; pl. {-ances}, {-ancies}. [L. disrepantia: cf. OF. discrepance. See {Discrepant}.] The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety. There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, men and women. --Sir T. Elyot. There is no real discrepancy between these two genealogies. --G. S. Faber. | |
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Discrepance \Dis*crep"ance\ (?; 277), Discrepancy \Dis*crep"an*cy\, n.; pl. {-ances}, {-ancies}. [L. disrepantia: cf. OF. discrepance. See {Discrepant}.] The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety. There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, men and women. --Sir T. Elyot. There is no real discrepancy between these two genealogies. --G. S. Faber. | |
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Discrepant \Dis*crep"ant\, n. A dissident. --J. Taylor. | |
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Discrepant \Dis*crep"ant\, a. [L. discrepans, -antis, p. pr. of discrepare to sound differently or discordantly; dis- + crepare to rattle, creak: cf. OF. discrepant. See {Crepitate}.] Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different. The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship. --Cudworth. | |
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Discrive \Dis*crive"\, v. t. [OF. descrivre. See {Describe}.] To describe. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Disorb \Dis*orb"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + orb.] To throw out of the proper orbit; to unsphere. --Shak. | |
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Disrepair \Dis`re*pair"\, n. A state of being in bad condition, and wanting repair. The fortifications were ancient and in disrepair. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Disreputability \Dis*rep`u*ta*bil"i*ty\, n. The state of being disreputable. [R.] | |
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Disreputable \Dis*rep"u*ta*ble\, a. Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to associate familiarly with the mean, the lewd, and the profane. Why should you think that conduct disreputable in priests which you probably consider as laudable in yourself? --Bp. Watson. Syn: Dishonorable; discreditable; low; mean; disgraceful; shameful. | |
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Disreputably \Dis*rep"u*ta*bly\, adv. In a disreputable manner. | |
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Disreputation \Dis*rep`u*ta"tion\, n. Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem. [bd]A disreputation of piety.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Disrepute \Dis`re*pute"\, n. Loss or want of reputation; ill character; disesteem; discredit. At the beginning of the eighteenth century astrology fell into general disrepute. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: Disesteem; discredit; dishonor; disgrace. | |
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Disrepute \Dis`re*pute"\, v. t. To bring into disreputation; to hold in dishonor. [R.] More inclined to love them tan to disrepute them. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Disreverence \Dis*rev"er*ence\, v. t. To treat irreverently or with disrespect. [Obs.] --Sir T. More. | |
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Disrobe \Dis*robe"\ (?; see {Dis-}), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Disrobed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disrobing}.] To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure. Two great peers were disrobed of their glory. --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Disrobe \Dis*robe"\ (?; see {Dis-}), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Disrobed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disrobing}.] To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure. Two great peers were disrobed of their glory. --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Disrober \Dis*rob"er\, n. One who, or that which, disrobes. | |
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Disrobe \Dis*robe"\ (?; see {Dis-}), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Disrobed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disrobing}.] To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates; as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure. Two great peers were disrobed of their glory. --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Disroof \Dis*roof"\, v. t. To unroof. [R.] --Carlyle. | |
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Disrupt \Dis*rupt"\, a. [L. disruptus, diruptus, p. p. of disrumpere, to break or burst asunder; dis- + rumpere to break, burst. See {Rupture}.] Rent off; torn asunder; severed; disrupted. | |
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Disrupt \Dis*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disrupted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disrupting}.] To break asunder; to rend. --Thomson. | |
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Disrupt \Dis*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disrupted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disrupting}.] To break asunder; to rend. --Thomson. | |
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Disrupt \Dis*rupt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disrupted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disrupting}.] To break asunder; to rend. --Thomson. | |
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Disruption \Dis*rup"tion\, n. [L. disruptio, diruptio.] The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state. | |
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Disruptive \Dis*rupt"ive\, a. Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery. --Nichol. | |
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Disrupture \Dis*rup"ture\, n. Disruption. [R.] --Jefferson. | |
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Disserve \Dis*serve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Di[?][?][?][?][?]}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disserving}.] [Pref. dis- + serve: cf. F. desservir.] To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm. Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Disservice \Dis*serv"ice\, n. [Pref. dis- + service: cf. F. desservice.] Injury; mischief. We shall rather perform good offices unto truth than any disservice unto their relators. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Disserviceable \Dis*serv"ice*a*ble\, a. Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious; harmful; unserviceable. --Shaftesbury. -- {Dis*serv"ice*a*ble*ness}, n. --Norris. -- {Dis*serv"ice*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Disserviceable \Dis*serv"ice*a*ble\, a. Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious; harmful; unserviceable. --Shaftesbury. -- {Dis*serv"ice*a*ble*ness}, n. --Norris. -- {Dis*serv"ice*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Disserviceable \Dis*serv"ice*a*ble\, a. Calculated to do disservice or harm; not serviceable; injurious; harmful; unserviceable. --Shaftesbury. -- {Dis*serv"ice*a*ble*ness}, n. --Norris. -- {Dis*serv"ice*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Disserve \Dis*serve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Di[?][?][?][?][?]}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disserving}.] [Pref. dis- + serve: cf. F. desservir.] To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm. Have neither served nor disserved the interests of any party. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Duograph \Du"o*graph\, n. [L. duo two + -graph.] (Photo-engraving) A picture printed from two half-tone plates made with the screen set at different angles, and usually printed in two shades of the same color or in black and one tint. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
De Graff, MN (city, FIPS 15418) Location: 45.25924 N, 95.46890 W Population (1990): 149 (67 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56233 De Graff, OH (village, FIPS 21378) Location: 40.31026 N, 83.91471 W Population (1990): 1331 (490 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43318 | |
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Deckerville, MI (village, FIPS 21100) Location: 43.52563 N, 82.74212 W Population (1990): 1015 (410 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48427 | |
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Duck River, TN Zip code(s): 38454 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
deserves to lose adj. [common] Said of someone who willfully does the {Wrong Thing}; humorously, if one uses a feature known to be {marginal}. What is meant is that one deserves the consequences of one's {losing} actions. "Boy, anyone who tries to use {mess-dos} deserves to {lose}!" ({{ITS}} fans used to say the same thing of {{Unix}}; many still do.) See also {screw}, {chomp}, {bagbiter}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
decryption {ciphertext} (encrypted data) into {plaintext}. (1995-05-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Descriptive Intermediate Attributed Notation for Ada {intermediate language} for {Ada} programs, developed by Goos and Wulf at {CMU} in January 1981. DIANA is an {attributed tree} representation, with an abstract interface defined in {Interface Description Language} (Nestor, Lamb and Wulf, CMU, 1981; Snodgrass(?), 1989(?)). DIANA resulted from a merger of {AIDA} and {TCOL.Ada}. At the present (2001) it is no longer used by the major ADA compilers ["DIANA - An Intermediate Language for Ada", G.T. Goos et al, LNCS 161, Springer 1983]. (2001-09-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Descriptive Top-Level Specification (DTLS) A language used in {POSIX} and {TRUSIX}. (1994-11-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
descriptor value which refers to one of several objects allocated to a program by the {operating system}, usually the {kernel}. A common example is a {Unix} {file descriptor} which is a small integer that identifies an I/O channel. Another example is a reference to an area of memory (e.g. {shared memory}). Compare {capability}. (1998-02-06) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Desire of all nations (Hag. 2:7), usually interpreted as a title of the Messiah. The Revised Version, however, more correctly renders "the desirable things of all nations;" i.e., the choicest treasures of the Gentiles shall be consecrated to the Lord. |