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Warbler \War"bler\, n. 1. One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; -- applied chiefly to birds. In lulling strains the feathered warblers woo. --Tickell. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small Old World singing birds belonging to the family {Sylviid[91]}, many of which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap, reed warbler (see under {Reed}), and sedge warbler (see under {Sedge}) are well-known species. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small, often bright colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily {Mniotiltid[91]}, or {Sylvicolin[91]}. They are allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical. Note: The American warblers are often divided, according to their habits, into bush warblers, creeping warblers, fly-catching warblers, ground warblers, wood warblers, wormeating warblers, etc. {Bush warbler} (Zo[94]l.) any American warbler of the genus {Opornis}, as the Connecticut warbler ({O. agilis}). {Creeping warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of very small American warblers belonging to {Parula}, {Mniotilta}, and allied genera, as the blue yellow-backed warbler ({Parula Americana}), and the black-and-white creeper ({Mniotilta varia}). {Fly-catching warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of warblers belonging to {Setophaga}, {Sylvania}, and allied genera having the bill hooked and notched at the tip, with strong rictal bristles at the base, as the hooded warbler ({Sylvania mitrata}), the black-capped warbler ({S. pusilla}), the Canadian warbler ({S. Canadensis}), and the American redstart (see {Redstart}). {Ground warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any American warbler of the genus {Geothlypis}, as the mourning ground warbler ({G. Philadelphia}), and the Maryland yellowthroat (see {Yellowthroat}). {Wood warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous American warblers of the genus {Dendroica}. Among the most common wood warblers in the Eastern States are the yellowbird, or yellow warbler (see under {Yellow}), the black-throated green warbler ({Dendroica virens}), the yellow-rumped warbler ({D. coronata}), the blackpoll ({D. striata}), the bay-breasted warbler ({D. castanea}), the chestnut-sided warbler ({D. Pennsylvanica}), the Cape May warbler ({D. tigrina}), the prairie warbler (see under {Prairie}), and the pine warbler ({D. pinus}). See also {Magnolia warbler}, under {Magnolia}, and {Blackburnian warbler}. | |
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Warbler \War"bler\, n. 1. One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; -- applied chiefly to birds. In lulling strains the feathered warblers woo. --Tickell. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small Old World singing birds belonging to the family {Sylviid[91]}, many of which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap, reed warbler (see under {Reed}), and sedge warbler (see under {Sedge}) are well-known species. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small, often bright colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily {Mniotiltid[91]}, or {Sylvicolin[91]}. They are allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical. Note: The American warblers are often divided, according to their habits, into bush warblers, creeping warblers, fly-catching warblers, ground warblers, wood warblers, wormeating warblers, etc. {Bush warbler} (Zo[94]l.) any American warbler of the genus {Opornis}, as the Connecticut warbler ({O. agilis}). {Creeping warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of very small American warblers belonging to {Parula}, {Mniotilta}, and allied genera, as the blue yellow-backed warbler ({Parula Americana}), and the black-and-white creeper ({Mniotilta varia}). {Fly-catching warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of warblers belonging to {Setophaga}, {Sylvania}, and allied genera having the bill hooked and notched at the tip, with strong rictal bristles at the base, as the hooded warbler ({Sylvania mitrata}), the black-capped warbler ({S. pusilla}), the Canadian warbler ({S. Canadensis}), and the American redstart (see {Redstart}). {Ground warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any American warbler of the genus {Geothlypis}, as the mourning ground warbler ({G. Philadelphia}), and the Maryland yellowthroat (see {Yellowthroat}). {Wood warbler} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous American warblers of the genus {Dendroica}. Among the most common wood warblers in the Eastern States are the yellowbird, or yellow warbler (see under {Yellow}), the black-throated green warbler ({Dendroica virens}), the yellow-rumped warbler ({D. coronata}), the blackpoll ({D. striata}), the bay-breasted warbler ({D. castanea}), the chestnut-sided warbler ({D. Pennsylvanica}), the Cape May warbler ({D. tigrina}), the prairie warbler (see under {Prairie}), and the pine warbler ({D. pinus}). See also {Magnolia warbler}, under {Magnolia}, and {Blackburnian warbler}. | |
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d8Abanga \[d8]A*ban"ga\ ([adot]*b[acr][nsm]"g[adot]), n. [Name given by the negroes in the island of St. Thomas.] A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest. | |
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d8Abomasum \[d8]Ab`o*ma"sum\, d8Abomasus \[d8]Ab`o*ma"sus\, n. [NL., fr. L. ab + omasum (a Celtic word).] (Anat.) The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See {Ruminantia}. | |
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d8Abomasum \[d8]Ab`o*ma"sum\, d8Abomasus \[d8]Ab`o*ma"sus\, n. [NL., fr. L. ab + omasum (a Celtic word).] (Anat.) The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See {Ruminantia}. | |
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d8B91nosome \[d8]B[91]"no*some\, n. [Gr. [?] to walk + -some body.] (Zo[94]l.) The thorax of Arthropods. --Packard. | |
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d8Bancal \[d8]Ban*cal"\, n.; pl. {-cales}. [Sp., fr. banca, banco, bench. Cf. {Bench}.] An ornamental covering, as of carpet or leather, for a bench or form. | |
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d8Banco \[d8]Ban"co\, n. [It. See {Bank}.] A bank, especially that of Venice. Note: This term is used in some parts of Europe to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money, when this last has become depreciated. | |
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Banc \Banc\, d8Bancus \[d8]Ban"cus\, Bank \Bank\, n. [OF. banc, LL. bancus. See {Bank}, n.] A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court. {In banc}, {In banco} (the ablative of bancus), {In bank}, in full court, or with full judicial authority; as, sittings in banc (distinguished from sittings at {nisi prius}). | |
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d8Banzai \[d8]Ban"zai"\, interj. [Jap. banzai, banzei, ten thousand years, forever.] Lit., May you live ten thousand years; -- used in salutation of the emperor and as a battle cry. [Japan] | |
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d8Bon Sil8ane \[d8]Bon" Si`l[8a]ne"\ [F.] (Bot.) A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink. | |
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d8Bonaci \[d8]Bo`na*ci"\, n. [Amer. Sp. bonas[a1], prob. from native name.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large grouper ({Mycteroperca bonaci}) of Florida and the West Indies, valuable as a food fish; -- called also {aguaji} and, in Florida, {black grouper}. (b) Also, any one of several other similar fishes. | |
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d8Bonchr82tien \[d8]Bon`chr[82]`tien"\, n. [F., good Christian.] A name given to several kinds of pears. See {Bartlett}. | |
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d8Boomslange \[d8]Boom"slang*e\, n. [D. boom tree + slang snake.] (Zo[94]l.) A large South African tree snake ({Bucephalus Capensis}). Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs. | |
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d8Buansuah \[d8]Bu`an*su"ah\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The wild dog of northern India ({Cuon prim[91]vus}), supposed by some to be an ancestral species of the domestic dog. | |
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d8Bungarum \[d8]Bun"ga*rum\, n. [Bungar, the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A venomous snake of India, of the genus {Bungarus}, allied to the cobras, but without a hood. | |
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d8De bene esse \[d8]De be"ne es"se\ [L.] (Law) Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally. --Abbott. | |
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d8Devanagari \[d8]De`va*na"ga*ri\, n. [Skr. d[?]van[be]gar[c6]; d[?]va god + nagara city, i. e., divine city.] The character in which Sanskrit is written. | |
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d8Epanastrophe \[d8]Ep`a*nas"tro*phe\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] a return, epanastrophe; 'epi` + [?] to return.] (Rhet.) Same as {Anadiplosis}. --Gibbs. | |
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d8Epencephalon \[d8]Ep`en*ceph"a*lon\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon, near + [?] brain.] (Anat.) The segment of the brain next behind the midbrain, including the cerebellum and pons; the hindbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to epen. | |
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d8Epimachus \[d8]E*pim"a*chus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] equipped for battle; [?] for + [?] battle.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise. | |
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d8Epinglette \[d8]Ep`in*glette"\, n. [F.] (Mil.) An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming. | |
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d8Fanega \[d8]Fa*ne"ga\, n. [Sp.] A dry measure in Spain and Spanish America, varying from 1[?] to 2[?] bushels; also, a measure of land. --De Colange. | |
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d8Faunus \[d8]Fau"nus\, n.;pl. {Fauni}. [L.] (Myth.) See {Faun}. | |
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d8Fayence \[d8]Fa`y*ence"\, n. See {Fa[?]ence}. | |
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d8Fehm \[d8]Fehm\, n., d8Fehmgericht \[d8]Fehm"ge*richt`\, n. Same as {Vehm}, {Vehmgericht}. | |
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d8Fenes-tella \[d8]Fen`es-tel"la\, n. [L., dim. of fenestra [?] window.] (Arch.) Any small windowlike opening or recess, esp. one to show the relics within an altar, or the like. | |
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d8Fenestra \[d8]Fe*nes"tra\, n.; pl. {Fenestr[91]}. [L., a window.] (Anat.) A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear. | |
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d8Fianc82 \[d8]Fi`an`c[82]"\, n. [F.] A betrothed man. | |
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d8Fianc82e \[d8]Fi`an`c[82]e"\, n. [F.] A betrothed woman. | |
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d8Fingrigo \[d8]Fin"gri*go\, n.; pl. {Fingrigos}. [So called in Jamaica.] (Bot.) A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus {Pisonia}. The fruit is a kind of berry. | |
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d8Finis \[d8]Fi"nis\, n. [L.] An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book. | |
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d8Finochio \[d8]Fi*no"chi*o\ (?; 277), n. [It. finocchio fennel, LL. fenuclum. See {Fennel}.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant ({F[d2]niculum dulce}) having a somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable. | |
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d8Finos \[d8]Fi"nos\, n. pl. [Sp., pl., fr. fino fine.] Second best wool from Merino sheep. --Gardner. | |
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d8Fomes \[d8]Fo"mes\, n.; pl. {Fomites}. [L. fomes, -itis, touch-wood, tinder.] (Med.) Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen clothes are said to be active fomites. | |
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d8Fungi Imperfecti \[d8]Fun"gi Im`per*fec"ti\, pl. [L. imperfecti imperfect.] (Bot.) A heterogenous group of fungi of which the complete life history is not known. Some undoubtedly represent the conidium stages of various Ascomycetes. The group is divided into the orders Sph[91]ropsidales, Melanconiales, and Moniliales. | |
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d8Fungia \[d8]Fun"gi*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. fungus mushroom: cf. F. fongie.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diameter. | |
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d8Funiculus \[d8]Fu*nic"u*lus\, n.; pl. {Funiculi}. [L., a little cord. See {Funicle}.] 1. (Anat.) A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of white matter in the brain and spinal cord. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A short cord which connects the embryo of some myriapods with the amnion. (b) In Bryozoa, an organ extending back from the stomach. See {Bryozoa}, and {Phylactolema}. | |
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d8Funis \[d8]Fu"nis\, n. [L., a rope. ] A cord; specifically, the umbilical cord or navel string. | |
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d8Hyphomycetes \[d8]Hy`pho*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a web + [?], [?], a mushroom.] (Bot.) One of the great division of fungi, containing those species which have naked spores borne on free or only fasciculate threads. --M. J. Berkley. | |
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d8Hypinosis \[d8]Hyp`i*no"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] under + [?], [?] strength, fiber.] (Med.) A diminution in the normal amount of fibrin present in the blood. | |
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d8Hypnosis \[d8]Hyp*no"sis\, n. The condition of being hypnotized. | |
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d8Hypnosis \[d8]Hyp*no"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] sleep.] (Med.) Supervention of sleep. | |
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d8Pancratium \[d8]Pan*cra"ti*um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] a complete contest, fr. [?] all-powerful; [?], [?], all + [?] strength.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling. 2. (Bot.) A genus of Old World amaryllideous bulbous plants, having a funnel-shaped perianth with six narrow spreading lobes. The American species are now placed in the related genus {Hymenocallis}. | |
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d8Panicum \[d8]Pan"i*cum\, n. [L., panic grass.] (Bot.) A genus of grasses, including several hundred species, some of which are valuable; panic grass. | |
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d8Pannus \[d8]Pan"nus\, n. [L., cloth. See 2d {Pane}.] (Med.) A very vascular superficial opacity of the cornea, usually caused by granulation of the eyelids. --Foster. | |
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d8Penchant \[d8]Pen`chant"\, n. (Card Playing) A game like b[82]zique, or, in the game, any queen and jack of different suits held together. | |
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d8Penchant \[d8]Pen`chant"\, n. [F., fr. pencher to bend, fr. (assumed) LL. pendicare, L. pendere. See {Pendant}.] Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art. | |
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d8Pfennig \[d8]Pfen"nig\, n.; pl. {Pfennigs}, G. {Pfennige}. [G. See {Penny}.] A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of a mark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency. | |
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d8Ph91nogamia \[d8]Ph[91]`no*ga"mi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. [?] to show + [?] marriage.] (Bot.) The class of flowering plants including all which have true flowers with distinct floral organs; phanerogamia. | |
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d8Phenogamia \[d8]Phen`o*ga"mi*a\, n. pl. (Bot.) Same as {Ph[91]nogamia}. | |
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d8Phimosis \[d8]Phi*mo"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a muzzling, fr. [?] muzzle.] (Med.) A condition of the penis in which the prepuce can not be drawn back so as to uncover the glans penis. | |
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d8Pianissimo \[d8]Pi`a*nis"si*mo\, a.[It., superl. of piano.] (Mus.) Very soft; -- a direction to execute a passage as softly as possible. (Abbrev. pp.) | |
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d8Pinacotheca \[d8]Pin`a*co*the"ca\, n. [L. pinacotheca, fr. Gr. [?]; [?], [?], a picture + [?] repisitory.] A picture gallery. | |
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d8Pinakothek \[d8]Pin"a*ko*thek`\, n. [G.] Pinacotheca. | |
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d8Pinax \[d8]Pi"nax\, n.; pl. {Pinaces}. [L., fr. Gr. [?] tablet.] A tablet; a register; hence, a list or scheme inscribed on a tablet. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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d8Pince-nez \[d8]Pince`-nez"\, n. [F. pincer to pinch + nez nose.] Eyeglasses kept on the nose by a spring. | |
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d8Pinnigrada \[d8]Pin`ni*gra"da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. pinna a feather + gradi to walk, move.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Pinnipedia}. | |
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d8Pinus \[d8]Pi"nus\, n. [L., a pine tree.] (Bot.) A large genus of evergreen coniferous trees, mostly found in the northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those trees which have the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See {Pine}. | |
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d8Pinxit \[d8]Pinx"it\ [L., perfect indicative 3d sing. of pingere to paint.] A word appended to the artist's name or initials on a painting, or engraved copy of a painting; as, Rubens pinxit, Rubens painted (this). | |
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d8Pnigalion \[d8]Pni*ga"li*on\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] nightmare, fr. [?] to throttle.] (Med.) Nightmare. | |
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d8Poinciana \[d8]Poin`ci*a"na\, n. [NL. Named after M. de Poinci, a governor of the French West Indies.] (Bot.) A prickly tropical shrub ({C[91]salpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima}), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments. Note: The genus {Poinciana} is kept up for three trees of Eastern Africa, the Mascarene Islands, and India. | |
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d8Poinsettia \[d8]Poin*set"ti*a\ (poin*s[ecr]t"t[icr]*[adot]), n. [NL. Named after Joel R. Poinsett of South Carolina.] (Bot.) A Mexican shrub ({Euphorbia pulcherrima}) with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers. | |
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d8Pons \[d8]Pons\, n.; pl. {Pontes}. [L., a bridge.] (Anat.) A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See {Brain}. {[d8]Pons asinorum}. [L., literally, bridge of asses.] See {Asses' bridge}, under {Ass}. | |
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d8Pons \[d8]Pons\, n.; pl. {Pontes}. [L., a bridge.] (Anat.) A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See {Brain}. {[d8]Pons asinorum}. [L., literally, bridge of asses.] See {Asses' bridge}, under {Ass}. | |
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d8Punctum \[d8]Punc"tum\, n. [L., a point.] A point. {[d8]Punctum c[91]cum}. [L., blind point.] (Anat.) Same as {Blind spot}, under {Blind}. {[d8]Punctum proximum}, near point. See under {Point}. {[d8]Punctum remotum}, far point. See under {Point}. {[d8]Punctum vegetationis} [L., point of vegetation] (Bot.), the terminal cell of a stem, or of a leaf bud, from which new growth originates. | |
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d8Punctum \[d8]Punc"tum\, n. [L., a point.] A point. {[d8]Punctum c[91]cum}. [L., blind point.] (Anat.) Same as {Blind spot}, under {Blind}. {[d8]Punctum proximum}, near point. See under {Point}. {[d8]Punctum remotum}, far point. See under {Point}. {[d8]Punctum vegetationis} [L., point of vegetation] (Bot.), the terminal cell of a stem, or of a leaf bud, from which new growth originates. | |
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d8Punctum \[d8]Punc"tum\, n. [L., a point.] A point. {[d8]Punctum c[91]cum}. [L., blind point.] (Anat.) Same as {Blind spot}, under {Blind}. {[d8]Punctum proximum}, near point. See under {Point}. {[d8]Punctum remotum}, far point. See under {Point}. {[d8]Punctum vegetationis} [L., point of vegetation] (Bot.), the terminal cell of a stem, or of a leaf bud, from which new growth originates. | |
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d8Punctum \[d8]Punc"tum\, n. [L., a point.] A point. {[d8]Punctum c[91]cum}. [L., blind point.] (Anat.) Same as {Blind spot}, under {Blind}. {[d8]Punctum proximum}, near point. See under {Point}. {[d8]Punctum remotum}, far point. See under {Point}. {[d8]Punctum vegetationis} [L., point of vegetation] (Bot.), the terminal cell of a stem, or of a leaf bud, from which new growth originates. | |
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d8Punctum \[d8]Punc"tum\, n. [L., a point.] A point. {[d8]Punctum c[91]cum}. [L., blind point.] (Anat.) Same as {Blind spot}, under {Blind}. {[d8]Punctum proximum}, near point. See under {Point}. {[d8]Punctum remotum}, far point. See under {Point}. {[d8]Punctum vegetationis} [L., point of vegetation] (Bot.), the terminal cell of a stem, or of a leaf bud, from which new growth originates. | |
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d8Punka \[d8]Pun"ka\, n. [Hind. pankh[be] fan.] A machine for fanning a room, usually a movable fanlike frame covered with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord. [Hindostan] [Written also {punkah}.] --Malcom. | |
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d8Tabanus \[d8]Ta*ba"nus\, n. [L., horsefly.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies. | |
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d8Vanessa \[d8]Van*es"sa\, n. [Probably from Swift's poem of Cadenus and Vanessa. See {Vanessa}, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies belonging to {Vanessa} and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped. | |
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d8Vehmgericht \[d8]Vehm"ge*richt\, n.; pl. {Vehmgerichte}. [G. vefm, fehm criminal tribunal + gerichte court, judgment. Cf. {Vehmic}.] A vehmic court. | |
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d8Vinculum \[d8]Vin"cu*lum\, n.; pl. L. {Vincula}, E. {Vinculums}. [L., from vincire, vinctum, to bind.] 1. A bond of union; a tie. 2. (Math.) A straight, horizontal mark placed over two or more members of a compound quantity, which are to be subjected to the same operation, as in the expression x^{2} + y^{2} - vinc{x + y}. | |
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d8Vingt et un \[d8]Vingt` et` un"\ [F., twenty and one.] A game at cards, played by two or more persons. The fortune of each player depends upon obtaining from the dealer such cards that the sum of their pips, or spots, is twenty-one, or a number near to it. | |
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d8Vomica \[d8]Vom"i*ca\, n. [L., fr. vomere to throw up, vomit.] (Med.) (a) An abscess cavity in the lungs. (b) An abscess in any other parenchymatous organ. | |
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Dab \Dab\ (d[acr]b), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dabbed} (d[acr]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dabbing}.] [OE. dabben to strice; akin to OD. dabben to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble, and perh. to G. tappen to grope.] 1. To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber. A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing it over with fine lint. --S. Sharp. 2. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust. [bd]To dab him in the neck.[b8] --Sir T. More. | |
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Spurge \Spurge\, n. [OF. espurge, F. [82]purge, from OF. espurgier to purge, L. expurgare. See {Expurgate}, {Purge}.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Euphorbia. See {Euphorbia}. {Spurge flax}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne Gnidium}) with crowded narrow leaves. It is native of Southern Europe. {Spurge laurel}, a European shrub ({Daphne Laureola}) with oblong evergreen leaves. {Spurge nettle}. See under {Nettle}. {Spurge olive}, an evergreen shrub ({Daphne oleoides}) found in the Mediterranean region. | |
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Daub \Daub\ (d[add]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Daubed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Daubing}.] [OE. dauben to smear, OF. dauber to plaster, fr. L. dealbare to whitewash, plaster; de- + albare to whiten, fr. albus white, perh. also confused with W. dwb plaster, dwbio to plaster, Ir. & OGael. dob plaster. See {Alb}, and cf. {Dealbate}.] 1. To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear. She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. --Ex. ii. 3. 2. To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner. If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colors, the vulgar admire it is an excellent piece. --I. Watts. A lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over. --Dryden. 3. To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal. So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue. --Shak. 4. To flatter excessively or glossy. [R.] I can safely say, however, that, without any daubing at all, I am very sincerely your very affectionate, humble servant. --Smollett. 5. To put on without taste; to deck gaudily. [R.] Let him be daubed with lace. --Dryden. | |
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Daubing \Daub"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed. 2. A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast. 3. In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also {dubbing}. --Knight. | |
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Dauphiness \Dau"phin*ess\, [or] Dauphine \Dau"phine\, n. The title of the wife of the dauphin. | |
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Deafness \Deaf"ness\, n. 1. Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing. 2. Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding. {Nervous deafness}, a variety of deafness dependent upon morbid change in some portion of the nervous system, especially the auditory nerve. | |
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Deepness \Deep"ness\, n. 1. The state or quality of being deep, profound, mysterious, secretive, etc.; depth; profundity; -- opposed to shallowness. Because they had no deepness of earth. --Matt. xiii. 5. 2. Craft; insidiousness. [R.] --J. Gregory. | |
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Defamous \Def"a*mous\, a. Defamatory. [Obs.] | |
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Defence \De*fence"\, n. & v. t. See {Defense}. | |
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Defense \De*fense"\, Defence \De*fence"\, n. [F. d[82]fense, OF. defense, fem., defens, masc., fr. L. defensa (cf. LL. defensum), from defendere. See {Defend}, and cf. {Fence}.] 1. The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger. In cases of defense 't is best to weigh The enemy more mighty than he seems. --Shak. 2. That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection. War would arise in defense of the right. --Tennyson. God, the widow's champion and defense. --Shak. 3. Protecting plea; vindication; justification. Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense. --Acts xxii. 1. 4. (Law) The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action. 5. Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc. A man of great defense. --Spenser. By how much defense is better than no skill. --Shak. 6. Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance. [Obs.] Severe defenses . . . against wearing any linen under a certain breadth. --Sir W. Temple. | |
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Defense \De*fense"\, v. t. To furnish with defenses; to fortify. [Obs.] [Written also {defence}.] Better manned and more strongly defensed. --Hales. | |
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Defence \De*fence"\, n. & v. t. See {Defense}. | |
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Defense \De*fense"\, Defence \De*fence"\, n. [F. d[82]fense, OF. defense, fem., defens, masc., fr. L. defensa (cf. LL. defensum), from defendere. See {Defend}, and cf. {Fence}.] 1. The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger. In cases of defense 't is best to weigh The enemy more mighty than he seems. --Shak. 2. That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection. War would arise in defense of the right. --Tennyson. God, the widow's champion and defense. --Shak. 3. Protecting plea; vindication; justification. Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense. --Acts xxii. 1. 4. (Law) The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action. 5. Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc. A man of great defense. --Spenser. By how much defense is better than no skill. --Shak. 6. Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance. [Obs.] Severe defenses . . . against wearing any linen under a certain breadth. --Sir W. Temple. | |
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Defense \De*fense"\, v. t. To furnish with defenses; to fortify. [Obs.] [Written also {defence}.] Better manned and more strongly defensed. --Hales. | |
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4. A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation. 5. Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons. 6. (Law) (a) The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court. (b) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence. (c) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession. (d) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action. 7. Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God. 8. A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept. 9. (Her.) An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field. 10. A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color. 11. (Mus.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures. Note: A double bar marks the end of a strain or main division of a movement, or of a whole piece of music; in psalmody, it marks the end of a line of poetry. The term bar is very often loosely used for measure, i.e., for such length of music, or of silence, as is included between one bar and the next; as, a passage of eight bars; two bars' rest. 12. (Far.) pl. (a) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed. (b) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole. 13. (Mining) (a) A drilling or tamping rod. (b) A vein or dike crossing a lode. 14. (Arch.) (a) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town. (b) A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar. {Bar shoe} (Far.), a kind of horseshoe having a bar across the usual opening at the heel, to protect a tender frog from injury. {Bar shot}, a double headed shot, consisting of a bar, with a ball or half ball at each end; -- formerly used for destroying the masts or rigging in naval combat. {Bar sinister} (Her.), a term popularly but erroneously used for baton, a mark of illegitimacy. See {Baton}. {Bar tracery} (Arch.), ornamental stonework resembling bars of iron twisted into the forms required. {Blank bar} (Law). See {Blank}. {Case at bar} (Law), a case presently before the court; a case under argument. {In bar of}, as a sufficient reason against; to prevent. {Matter in bar}, or {Defence in bar}, a plea which is a final defense in an action. {Plea in bar}, a plea which goes to bar or defeat the plaintiff's action absolutely and entirely. {Trial at bar} (Eng. Law), a trial before all the judges of one the superior courts of Westminster, or before a quorum representing the full court. | |
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Defensative \De*fen"sa*tive\, n. [L. defensare, defensatum, to defend diligently, intens. of defendere. See {Defend}.] That which serves to protect or defend. | |
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Defense \De*fense"\, Defence \De*fence"\, n. [F. d[82]fense, OF. defense, fem., defens, masc., fr. L. defensa (cf. LL. defensum), from defendere. See {Defend}, and cf. {Fence}.] 1. The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger. In cases of defense 't is best to weigh The enemy more mighty than he seems. --Shak. 2. That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection. War would arise in defense of the right. --Tennyson. God, the widow's champion and defense. --Shak. 3. Protecting plea; vindication; justification. Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense. --Acts xxii. 1. 4. (Law) The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action. 5. Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc. A man of great defense. --Spenser. By how much defense is better than no skill. --Shak. 6. Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance. [Obs.] Severe defenses . . . against wearing any linen under a certain breadth. --Sir W. Temple. | |
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Defense \De*fense"\, v. t. To furnish with defenses; to fortify. [Obs.] [Written also {defence}.] Better manned and more strongly defensed. --Hales. | |
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Abatement \A*bate"ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. [OF. abatement, F. abattement.] 1. The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof. 2. The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed. 3. (Her.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon. 4. (Law) The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. --Blackstone. {Defense in abatement}, {Plea in abatement}, (Law), plea to the effect that from some formal defect (e.g. misnomer, want of jurisdiction) the proceedings should be abated. | |
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Defenseless \De*fense"less\, a. Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected. -- {De*fense"less*ly}, adv. -- {De*fense"less*ness}, n. | |
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Defenseless \De*fense"less\, a. Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected. -- {De*fense"less*ly}, adv. -- {De*fense"less*ness}, n. | |
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Defenseless \De*fense"less\, a. Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected. -- {De*fense"less*ly}, adv. -- {De*fense"less*ness}, n. | |
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Defenser \De*fens"er\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]fenseur, L. defensor. Cf. {Defensor}.] Defender. [Obs.] --Foxe. | |
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Defensibility \De*fen`si*bil"i*ty\, n. Capability of being defended. | |
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Defensible \De*fen"si*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]fensable, LL. defensabilis, defensibilis. See {Defense}, and cf. {Defendable}.] 1. Capable of being defended; as, a defensible city, or a defensible cause. 2. Capable of offering defense. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Defensibleness \De*fen"si*ble*ness\, n. Capability of being defended; defensibility. --Priestley. | |
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Defensive \De*fen"sive\, n. That which defends; a safeguard. Wars preventive, upon just fears, are true defensives. --Bacon. {To be on the defensive}, {To stand on the defensive}, to be or stand in a state or posture of defense or resistance, in opposition to aggression or attack. | |
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Defensive \De*fen"sive\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]fensif.] 1. Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor. A moat defensive to a house. --Shak. 2. Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed to offensive; as, defensive war. 3. In a state or posture of defense. --Milton. | |
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Proteid \Pro"te*id\, n. {Defensive proteid} (Physiol. Chem.), one of a class of proteid substances, present in some animal tissues and fluids, that make the body immune to certain infectious diseases by destroying or rendering inactive the toxic products of bacterial growth. | |
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Defensively \De*fen"sive*ly\, adv. On the defensive. | |
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Defensor \De*fen"sor\, n. [L. See {Defenser}.] 1. A defender. --Fabyan. 2. (Law) A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector. 3. (Eccl.) The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church. | |
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Defensory \De*fen"so*ry\, a. [L. defensorius.] Tending to defend; defensive; as, defensory preparations. | |
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Defiance \De*fi"ance\, n. [OF. defiance, desfiance, challenge, fr. desfier to challenge, F. d[82]fier. See {Defy}.] 1. The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat. A war without a just defiance made. --Dryden. Stood for her cause, and flung defiance down. --Tennyson. 2. A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition. He breathed defiance to my ears. --Shak. 3. A casting aside; renunciation; rejection. [Obs.] [bd]Defiance to thy kindness.[b8] --Ford. {To bid defiance}, {To set at defiance}, to defy; to disregard recklessly or contemptuously. --Locke. | |
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Defunct \De*funct"\ a. [L. defunctus, p. p. of defungi to acquit one's self of, to perform, finish, depart, die; de + fungi to perform, discharge: cf. F. d[82]funt. See {Function}.] Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased. [bd]Defunct organs.[b8] --Shak. The boar, defunct, lay tripped up, near. --Byron. | |
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Defunct \De*funct"\, n. A dead person; one deceased. | |
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Defunction \De*func"tion\, n. [L. defunctio performance, death.] Death. [Obs.] After defunction of King Pharamond. --Shak. | |
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Defunctive \De*func"tive\, a. Funereal. [Obs.] [bd]Defunctive music.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Defy \De*fy"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defying}.] [F. d[82]fier, OF. deffier, desfier, LL. disfidare to disown faith or fidelity, to dissolve the bond of allegiance, as between the vassal and his lord; hence, to challenge, defy; fr. L. dis- + fides faith. See {Faith}, and cf. {Diffident}, {Affiance}.] 1. To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce. [Obs.] I defy the surety and the bond. --Chaucer. For thee I have defied my constant mistress. --Beau. & Fl. 2. To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion. I once again Defy thee to the trial of mortal fight. --Milton. I defy the enemies of our constitution to show the contrary. --Burke. | |
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Deify \De"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deifying}.] [F. d[82]ifier, LL. deificare, fr. L. deificus. See {Deific}, {Deity}, {-fy}.] 1. To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius C[91]sar was deified. 2. To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, to deify money. He did again so extol and deify the pope. --Bacon. 3. To render godlike. By our own spirits are we deified. --Wordsworth. | |
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Deipnosophist \Deip*nos"o*phist\, n. [Gr. deipnosofisth`s; dei^pnon a meal + sofisth`s a wise man, sophist.] One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals. | |
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Depeinct \De*peinct"\, v. t. [See {Depaint}.] To paint. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Devenustate \Dev`e*nus"tate\, v. t. [L. devenustatus, p. p. of devenustare to disfigure; de + venustus lovely, graceful.] To deprive of beauty or grace. [Obs.] | |
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Diaphanic \Di`a*phan"ic\, a. [See {Diaphanous}.] Having power to transmit light; transparent; diaphanous. | |
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Diaphanoscope \Di`a*phan"o*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] transparent + -scope.] (Photog.) A dark box constructed for viewing transparent pictures, with or without a lens. | |
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Diaphanous \Di*aph"a*nous\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to show or shine through; dia` through + [?] to show, and in the passive, to shine: cf. F. diaphane. See {Phantom}, and cf. {Diaphane}, {Diaphanic}.] Allowing light to pass through, as porcelain; translucent or transparent; pellucid; clear. Another cloud in the region of them, light enough to be fantastic and diaphanous. --Landor. | |
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Diaphanously \Di*aph"a*nous*ly\, adv. Translucently. | |
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Diaphonic \Di`a*phon"ic\, Diaphonical \Di`a*phon"ic*al\, a. [Gr. dia` through + [?] sound, tone.] Diacoustic. | |
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Diaphonic \Di`a*phon"ic\, Diaphonical \Di`a*phon"ic*al\, a. [Gr. dia` through + [?] sound, tone.] Diacoustic. | |
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Diacoustics \Di`a*cous"tics\, n. [Cf. F. diacoustique.] That branch of natural philosophy which treats of the properties of sound as affected by passing through different mediums; -- called also {diaphonics}. See the Note under {Acoustics}. | |
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Diaphonics \Di`a*phon"ics\, n. The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics. | |
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Diacoustics \Di`a*cous"tics\, n. [Cf. F. diacoustique.] That branch of natural philosophy which treats of the properties of sound as affected by passing through different mediums; -- called also {diaphonics}. See the Note under {Acoustics}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diaphonics \Di`a*phon"ics\, n. The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics. | |
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Diapnoic \Di`ap*no"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] outlet for the wind, exhalation, fr. [?] to blow through; dia` through + [?] to blow, breathe: cf. F. diapno[8b]que.] (Med.) Slightly increasing an insensible perspiration; mildly diaphoretic. -- n. A gentle diaphoretic. | |
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Dip \Dip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dipped}or {Dipt} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dipping}.] [OE. dippen, duppen, AS. dyppan; akin to Dan. dyppe, Sw. doppa, and to AS. d[?]pan to baptize, OS. d[?]pian, D. doopen, G. taufen, Sw. d[94]pa, Goth. daupjan, Lith. dubus deep, hollow, OSlav. dupl[?] hollow, and to E. dive. Cf. {Deep}, {Dive}.] 1. To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again. The priest shall dip his finger in the blood. --Lev. iv. 6. [Wat'ry fowl] now dip their pinions in the briny deep. --Pope. While the prime swallow dips his wing. --Tennyson. 2. To immerse for baptism; to baptize by immersion. --Book of Common Prayer. Fuller. 3. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten. [Poetic] A cold shuddering dew Dips me all o'er. --Milton. 4. To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair. He was . . . dipt in the rebellion of the Commons. --Dryden. 5. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; -- often with out; as, to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water. 6. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage. [Obs.] Live on the use and never dip thy lands. --Dryden. {Dipped candle}, a candle made by repeatedly dipping a wick in melted tallow. {To dip snuff}, to take snuff by rubbing it on the gums and teeth. [Southern U. S.] {To dip the colors} (Naut.), to lower the colors and return them to place; -- a form of naval salute. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dipping \Dip"ping\, n. 1. The act or process of immersing. 2. The act of inclining downward. 3. The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like. 4. The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc. 5. The practice of taking snuff by rubbing the teeth or gums with a stick or brush dipped in snuff. [U.S.] {Dipping needle}, a magnetic needle suspended at its center of gravity, and moving freely in a vertical plane, so as to indicate on a graduated circle the magnetic dip or inclination. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Needle \Nee"dle\, n. [OE. nedle, AS. n[?]dl; akin to D. neald, OS. n[be]dla, G. nadel, OHG. n[be]dal, n[be]dala, Icel. n[be]l, Sw. n[86]l, Dan. naal, and also to G. n[84]hen to sew, OHG. n[be]jan, L. nere to spin, Gr. [?], and perh. to E. snare: cf. Gael. & Ir. snathad needle, Gael. snath thread, G. schnur string, cord.] 1. A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing. --Chaucer. Note: In some needles(as for sewing machines) the eye is at the pointed end, but in ordinary needles it is at the blunt end. 2. See {Magnetic needle}, under {Magnetic}. 3. A slender rod or wire used in knitting; a knitting needle; also, a hooked instrument which carries the thread or twine, and by means of which knots or loops are formed in the process of netting, knitting, or crocheting. 4. (Bot.) One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See {Pinus}. 5. Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. {Dipping needle}. See under {Dipping}. {Needle bar}, the reciprocating bar to which the needle of a sewing machine is attached. {Needle beam} (Arch.), to shoring, the horizontal cross timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon which the weight of the wall rests, when a building is shored up to allow of alterations in the lower part. {Needle furze} (Bot.), a prickly leguminous plant of Western Europe; the petty whin ({Genista Anglica}). {Needle gun}, a firearm loaded at the breech with a cartridge carrying its own fulminate, which is exploded by driving a slender needle, or pin, into it. {Needle loom} (Weaving), a loom in which the weft thread is carried through the shed by a long eye-pointed needle instead of by a shuttle. {Needle ore} (Min.), acicular bismuth; a sulphide of bismuth, lead, and copper occuring in acicular crystals; -- called also {aikinite}. {Needle shell} (Zo[94]l.), a sea urchin. {Needle spar} (Min.), aragonite. {Needle telegraph}, a telegraph in which the signals are given by the deflections of a magnetic needle to the right or to the left of a certain position. {Sea needle} (Zo[94]l.), the garfish. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dipping \Dip"ping\, n. 1. The act or process of immersing. 2. The act of inclining downward. 3. The act of lifting or moving a liquid with a dipper, ladle, or the like. 4. The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc. 5. The practice of taking snuff by rubbing the teeth or gums with a stick or brush dipped in snuff. [U.S.] {Dipping needle}, a magnetic needle suspended at its center of gravity, and moving freely in a vertical plane, so as to indicate on a graduated circle the magnetic dip or inclination. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diving \Div"ing\, a. That dives or is used or diving. {Diving beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle of the family {Dytiscid[91]}, which habitually lives under water; -- called also {water tiger}. {Diving bell}, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above. {Diving dress}. See {Submarine armor}, under {Submarine}. {Diving stone}, a kind of jasper. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dive \Dive\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dived}, colloq. {Dove}, a relic of the AS. strong forms de[a0]f, dofen; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diving}.] [OE. diven, duven, AS. d[?]fan to sink, v. t., fr. d[?]fan, v. i.; akin to Icel. d[?]fa, G. taufen, E. dip, deep, and perh. to dove, n. Cf. {Dip}.] 1. To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid. It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them. --Whately. Note: The colloquial form dove is common in the United States as an imperfect tense form. All [the walruses] dove down with a tremendous splash. --Dr. Hayes. When closely pressed it [the loon] dove . . . and left the young bird sitting in the water. --J. Burroughs. 2. Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. --South. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diving \Div"ing\, a. That dives or is used or diving. {Diving beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle of the family {Dytiscid[91]}, which habitually lives under water; -- called also {water tiger}. {Diving bell}, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above. {Diving dress}. See {Submarine armor}, under {Submarine}. {Diving stone}, a kind of jasper. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diving \Div"ing\, a. That dives or is used or diving. {Diving beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle of the family {Dytiscid[91]}, which habitually lives under water; -- called also {water tiger}. {Diving bell}, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above. {Diving dress}. See {Submarine armor}, under {Submarine}. {Diving stone}, a kind of jasper. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diving \Div"ing\, a. That dives or is used or diving. {Diving beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle of the family {Dytiscid[91]}, which habitually lives under water; -- called also {water tiger}. {Diving bell}, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above. {Diving dress}. See {Submarine armor}, under {Submarine}. {Diving stone}, a kind of jasper. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Petrel \Pe"trel\, n. [F. p[82]trel; a dim. of the name Peter, L. Petrus, Gr. [?] a stone (--John i. 42); -- probably so called in allusion to St. Peter's walking on the sea. See {Petrify}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family {Procellarid[91]}. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to {{Oceanites}}, {{Oceanodroma}}, {{Procellaria}}, and several allied genera. {Diving petrel}, any bird of the genus {Pelecanoides}. They chiefly inhabit the southern hemisphere. {Fulmar petrel}, {Giant petrel}. See {Fulmar}. {Pintado petrel}, the Cape pigeon. See under {Cape}. {Pintado petrel}, any one of several small petrels, especially {Procellaria pelagica}, or Mother Carey's chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Water spider \Wa"ter spi"der\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) An aquatic European spider ({Argyoneta aquatica}) which constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on water plants. It lives in a bell-shaped structure of silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with air which the spider carries down in the form of small bubbles attached one at a time to the spinnerets and hind feet. Called also {diving spider}. (b) A water mite. (c) Any spider that habitually lives on or about the water, especially the large American species ({Dolomedes lanceolatus}) which runs rapidly on the surface of water; -- called also {raft spider}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diving \Div"ing\, a. That dives or is used or diving. {Diving beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle of the family {Dytiscid[91]}, which habitually lives under water; -- called also {water tiger}. {Diving bell}, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above. {Diving dress}. See {Submarine armor}, under {Submarine}. {Diving stone}, a kind of jasper. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Divinistre \Div`i*nis"tre\, n. A diviner. [Obs.] [bd] I am no divinistre.[b8] --Chaucer. | |
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Divinization \Div`i*ni*za"tion\, n. A making divine. --M. Arnold. | |
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Divinize \Div"i*nize\, v. t. To invest with a divine character; to deify. [R.] --M. Arnold. Man had divinized all those objects of awe. --Milman. | |
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Doff \Doff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doffing}.] [Do + off. See {Do}, v. t., 7.] 1. To put off, as dress; to divest one's self of; hence, figuratively, to put or thrust away; to rid one's self of. And made us doff our easy robes of peace. -- Shak. At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn. -- Emerson. 2. To strip; to divest; to undress. Heaven's King, who doffs himself our flesh to wear. -- Crashaw. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dub \Dub\ (d[ucr]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dubbed} (d[ucr]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dubbing}.] [AS. dubban to strike, beat ([bd]dubbade his sunu . . . to r[c6]dere.[b8] --AS. Chron. an. 1086); akin to Icel. dubba; cf. OF. adouber (prob. fr. Icel.) a chevalier, Icel. dubba til riddara.] 1. To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight. Note: The conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with the sword. 2. To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call. A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth. --Pope. 3. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. [Obs.] His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones. --Morte d'Arthure. 4. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab; as: (a) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dubbing \Dub"bing\, n. 1. The act of dubbing, as a knight, etc. 2. The act of rubbing, smoothing, or dressing; a dressing off smooth with an adz. 3. A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing. 4. The body substance of an angler's fly. --Davy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Daubing \Daub"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed. 2. A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast. 3. In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also {dubbing}. --Knight. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dub \Dub\ (d[ucr]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dubbed} (d[ucr]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dubbing}.] [AS. dubban to strike, beat ([bd]dubbade his sunu . . . to r[c6]dere.[b8] --AS. Chron. an. 1086); akin to Icel. dubba; cf. OF. adouber (prob. fr. Icel.) a chevalier, Icel. dubba til riddara.] 1. To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight. Note: The conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with the sword. 2. To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call. A man of wealth is dubbed a man of worth. --Pope. 3. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn. [Obs.] His diadem was dropped down Dubbed with stones. --Morte d'Arthure. 4. To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab; as: (a) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dubbing \Dub"bing\, n. 1. The act of dubbing, as a knight, etc. 2. The act of rubbing, smoothing, or dressing; a dressing off smooth with an adz. 3. A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing. 4. The body substance of an angler's fly. --Davy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Daubing \Daub"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed. 2. A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast. 3. In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also {dubbing}. --Knight. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Duff \Duff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Duffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Duffing}.] [Etym. uncertain.] [Colloq. or Slang] 1. To treat or manipulate so as to give a specious appearance to; to fake; hence, to cheat. 2. In Australia, to alter the brands on (cattle, horses, etc.); to steal (cattle, etc.), and alter their brands. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dupe \Dupe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Duped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Duping}.] [Cf. F. duper, fr. dupe. See {Dupe}, n.] To deceive; to trick; to mislead by imposing on one's credulity; to gull; as, dupe one by flattery. Ne'er have I duped him with base counterfeits. -- Coleridge. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dabneys, VA Zip code(s): 23102 | |
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Dauphin County, PA (county, FIPS 43) Location: 40.41317 N, 76.78681 W Population (1990): 237813 (102684 housing units) Area: 1360.6 sq km (land), 83.5 sq km (water) | |
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Dauphin Island, AL (town, FIPS 19744) Location: 30.24924 N, 88.17300 W Population (1990): 824 (1211 housing units) Area: 15.7 sq km (land), 15.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36528 | |
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De Funiak Spring, FL Zip code(s): 32433 | |
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De Funiak Springs, FL (city, FIPS 16800) Location: 30.71958 N, 86.12309 W Population (1990): 5120 (2465 housing units) Area: 27.3 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) | |
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Defiance, IA (city, FIPS 19585) Location: 41.82545 N, 95.33926 W Population (1990): 312 (129 housing units) Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Defiance, MO Zip code(s): 63341 Defiance, OH (city, FIPS 21308) Location: 41.28117 N, 84.36190 W Population (1990): 16768 (6475 housing units) Area: 22.5 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43512 | |
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Defiance County, OH (county, FIPS 39) Location: 41.32086 N, 84.48751 W Population (1990): 39350 (14737 housing units) Area: 1065.0 sq km (land), 7.7 sq km (water) | |
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Dobbins, CA Zip code(s): 95935 | |
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Dobbins Heights, NC (town, FIPS 17325) Location: 34.90655 N, 79.69347 W Population (1990): 1144 (592 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
deep magic n. [poss. from C. S. Lewis's "Narnia" books] An awesomely arcane technique central to a program or system, esp. one neither generally published nor available to hackers at large (compare {black art}); one that could only have been composed by a true {wizard}. Compiler optimization techniques and many aspects of {OS} design used to be {deep magic}; many techniques in cryptography, signal processing, graphics, and AI still are. Compare {heavy wizardry}. Esp. found in comments of the form "Deep magic begins here...". Compare {voodoo programming}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
defenestration n. [mythically from a traditional Czech assasination method, via SF fandom] 1. Proper karmic retribution for an incorrigible punster. "Oh, ghod, that was _awful_!" "Quick! Defenestrate him!" 2. The act of exiting a window system in order to get better response time from a full-screen program. This comes from the dictionary meaning of `defenestrate', which is to throw something out a window. 3. The act of discarding something under the assumption that it will improve matters. "I don't have any disk space left." "Well, why don't you defenestrate that 100 megs worth of old core dumps?" 4. Under a GUI, the act of dragging something out of a window (onto the screen). "Next, defenestrate the MugWump icon." 5. The act of completely removing Micro$oft Windows from a PC in favor of a better OS (typically Linux). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DBMS {database management system} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Debian GNU/Hurd {kernel} instead of the more well known {Linux} kernel. [Reference?] (2001-12-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Debian GNU/Linux {Debian} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
debianize modifications to allow it to be built as a policy compliant {Debian} package. (2000-05-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
deep magic [possibly from C. S. Lewis's "Narnia" books] An awesomely arcane technique central to a program or system, especially one neither generally published nor available to hackers at large (compare {black art}); one that could only have been composed by a true {wizard}. Compiler optimisation techniques and many aspects of {OS} design used to be {deep magic}; many techniques in cryptography, signal processing, graphics, and AI still are. Compare {heavy wizardry}. Especially found in comments of the form "Deep magic begins here.". Compare {voodoo programming}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Defense Advanced Research Project Agency {Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA, ARPA) An agency of the US Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military. DARPA was established in 1958 in response to the Soviet launching of Sputnik, with the mission of keeping the US's military technology ahead of its enemies. DARPA is independent from other more conventional military R&D and reports directly to senior DoD management. DARPA has around 240 personnel (about 140 technical) directly managing a $2 billion budget. These figures are "on average" since DARPA focusses on short (two to four-year) projects run by small, purpose-built teams. ARPA was its original name, then it was renamed DARPA (for Defense) in 1972, then back to ARPA [When?], and then, incredibly, back to DARPA again on 1996-03-11! ARPA was responsible for funding development of {ARPANET} (which grew into the {Internet}), as well as the {Berkeley} version of {Unix} and {TCP/IP}. {Home (http://www.darpa.mil/)}. {History (http://www.foldoc.org/pub/darpa)}. (1999-07-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Defense Communications Agency (DCA) Now called Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Defense Data Network (DDN) A global communications network serving the US Department of Defense. Composed of {MILNET}, other portions of the {Internet}, and classified networks which are not part of the {Internet}. The DDN is used to connect military installations and is managed by the {Defense Information Systems Agency}. (1994-12-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Defense Data Network Network Information Center (DDN NIC or just "The NIC") The {DDN} {NIC}'s primary responsibility is the assignment of {Internet address}es and {Autonomous System number}s, the administration of the root domain, and providing information and support services to the {DDN}. It is also a primary repository for {RFC}s. See also {Internet Registry}. (1994-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Formerly called the Defense Communications Agency (DCA), this is the government agency responsible for managing the {Defense Data Network} (DDN) portion of the {Internet}, including the {MILNET}. Currently, DISA administers the {DDN}, and supports the user assistance services of the DDN {NIC}. {Home (http://www.disa.mil/)}. (1994-12-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Defense Trade Regulations technology (F-16s, TOW missiles and {cryptology}). According to the U.S. (and Canada) cryptography is a munition and people who export it can be charged as though they were exporting bombs or state secrets. People have been. See also {EFF}. (1995-06-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
defunct process {zombie process} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DPMS (1995-12-11) | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Dibon-gad, great understanding; abundance of sons |