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d8Aqua fortis \[d8]A`qua for"tis\ [L., strong water.] (Chem.) Nitric acid. [Archaic] | |
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d8Asper \[d8]As"per\ ([acr]s"p[etil]r), n. [L. spiritus asper rough breathing.] (Greek Gram.) The rough breathing; a mark ([asper]) placed over an initial vowel sound or over [rho] to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced h[omac]s, "rh`twr, pronounced hr[be]"t[omac]r. | |
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d8Asper \[d8]As"per\, n. [F. aspre or It. aspro, fr. MGr. 'a`spron, 'a`spros, white (prob. from the whiteness of new silver coins).] A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster. | |
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d8Asperges \[d8]As*per"ges\, n. [L., Thou shalt sprinkle.] (R. C. Ch.) (a) The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water. (b) The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill. | |
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Aspergill \As"per*gill\, d8Aspergillum \[d8]As`per*gil"lum\, n. [LL. aspergillum, fr. L. aspergere. See {Asperse}, v. t.] 1. The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people. [Also written aspergillus.] 2. (Zo[94]l.) See {Wateringpot shell}. | |
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d8Aspersoir \[d8]As`per`soir"\, n. [F.] An aspergill. | |
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d8Aspersorium \[d8]As`per*so"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Aspersoria}. [LL. See {Asperse}.] 1. The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches. 2. A brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill. | |
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d8Cabbiri \[d8]Cab*bi"ri\ (k[adot]*b[imac]"r[imac]), n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. Ka`beiroi.] (Myth.) Certain deities originally worshiped with mystical rites by the Pelasgians in Lemnos and Samothrace and afterwards throughout Greece; -- also called sons of Heph[91]stus (or Vulcan), as being masters of the art of working metals. [Written also {Cabeiri}.] --Liddell & Scott. | |
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d8Caber \[d8]Ca"ber\ (k[amac]"b[etil]r), n. [Gael] A pole or beam used in Scottish games for tossing as a trial of strength. | |
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d8Cabr82e \[d8]Ca*br[82]e"\, n. [French Canadian.] (Zo[94]l.) The pronghorn antelope. [Also written {cabrit}, {cabret}.] | |
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d8Cabrilla \[d8]Ca*bril"la\, n. [Sp., prawn.] (Zo[94]l) A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus {Serranus}, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called {rock bass} and {kelp salmon}. | |
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d8Caparro \[d8]Ca*par"ro\, n. [Native Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.) A large South American monkey ({Lagothrix Humboldtii}), with prehensile tail. | |
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d8Caporal \[d8]Ca`po*ral"\ (k[aum]`p[osl]*r[aum]l"), n. [Sp. See {Corporal}, n.] One who directs work; an overseer. [Sp. Amer.] | |
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d8Capra \[d8]Ca"pra\, n. [L., a she goat.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of ruminants, including the common goat. | |
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d8Capricioso \[d8]Ca*pri*cio"so\, a. [It.] (Mus) In a free, fantastic style. | |
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d8Cavo-rilievo \[d8]Ca"vo-ri*lie"vo\, n. [It.] (Sculp.) Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around. | |
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d8Chaparajos \[d8]Cha`pa*ra"jos\, n. pl. [Mex. Sp.] Overalls of sheepskin or leather, usually open at the back, worn, esp. by cowboys, to protect the legs from thorny bushes, as in the chaparral; -- called also {chapareras} or colloq. {chaps}. [Sp. Amer.] | |
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d8Chapareras \[d8]Cha`pa*re"ras\, n. pl. [Mex. Sp.] Same as {Chaparajos}. [Sp. Amer.] | |
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d8Chaparral \[d8]Cha`par*ral"\, n. [Sp., fr. chaparro an evergeen oak.] 1. A thicket of low evergreen oaks. 2. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles. {Chaparral cock}; fem. {Chaparral hen} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of the cuckoo family ({Geococcyx Californianus}), noted for running with great speed. It ranges from California to Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also {road runner}, {ground cuckoo}, {churea}, and {snake killer} | |
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d8Chauffeur \[d8]Chauf`feur"\, n. [F., lit., stoker.] 1. [pl.] (F. Hist.) Brigands in bands, who, about 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France; -- so called because they used to burn the feet of their victims to extort money. 2. One who manages the running of an automobile; esp., the paid operator of a motor vehicle. | |
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d8Chivarras \[d8]Chi*var"ras\, d8Chivarros \[d8]Chi*var"ros\, n. pl. [Mex. Sp.] Leggings. [Mex. & Southwestern U. S.] | |
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d8Chivarras \[d8]Chi*var"ras\, d8Chivarros \[d8]Chi*var"ros\, n. pl. [Mex. Sp.] Leggings. [Mex. & Southwestern U. S.] | |
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d8Ciborium \[d8]Ci*bo"ri*um\, n.: pl. {Ciboria}. [LL., fr. L. ciborium a cup, fr. Gr. [?] a seed vessel of the Egyptian bean; also, a cup made from its largeleaves, or resembling its seed vessel in shape.] 1. (Arch.) A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar. 2. (R. C. Ch.) The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx. | |
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d8Cobra de capello \[d8]Co"bra de ca*pel"lo\ [Pg., serpent of the hood.] (Zo[94]l.) The hooded snake ({Naia tripudians}), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting India. | |
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d8Coiffeur \[d8]Coif`feur"\, n. [F.] A hairdresser. | |
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d8Coupure \[d8]Cou*pure"\ (k??-p?r"), n. [F., fr. couper to cut.] (Fort.) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged. --Wilhelm. | |
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d8Cuprum \[d8]Cu"prum\ (k?"pr?m), n. [L.] (Chem.) Copper. | |
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d8Cypr91a \[d8]Cy*pr[91]"a\ (s?-pr?"?), n. [NL.; cf. Gr. [?][?][?][?] a name of Venus.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See {Cowrie}. | |
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d8Cypripedium \[d8]Cyp`ri*pe"di*um\ (s?p`r?-p?"d?-?m), n. [NL., fr. Cypris Venus + pes, pedis, foot.] (Bot.) A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper. | |
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d8Cypris \[d8]Cy"pris\ (s?"pr?s), n.; pl. {Cyprides} (s[?]p"r[?]-d[?]z). [L. Cypris, the Cyprian goddess Venus, Gr. Ky`pris. See {Cyprian}.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of small, bivalve, fresh-water Crustacea, belonging to the Ostracoda; also, a member of this genus. | |
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d8Diaspora \[d8]Di*as"po*ra\, n. [Gr. [?]. See {Diaspore}.] Lit., [bd]Dispersion.[b8] -- applied collectively: (a) To those Jews who, after the Exile, were scattered through the Old World, and afterwards to Jewish Christians living among heathen. Cf. --James i. 1. (b) By extension, to Christians isolated from their own communion, as among the Moravians to those living, usually as missionaries, outside of the parent congregation. | |
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d8Discophora \[d8]Dis*coph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] disk + [?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species. -- {Dis*coph"o*rous}, a. | |
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d8Dysphoria \[d8]Dys*pho"ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] hard to bear; [?] ill, hard + [?] to bear: cf. F. dysphorie.] (Med.) Impatience under affliction; morbid restlessness; dissatisfaction; the fidgets. | |
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d8Esparto \[d8]Es*par"to\, n. [Sp.; cf. L. spartum Spanish broom, Gr. [?].] (Bot.) A species of Spanish grass ({Macrochloa tenacissima}), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making paper. | |
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d8Espressivo \[d8]Es`pres*si"vo\, a. [It.] (Mus.) With expression. | |
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d8Esprit \[d8]Es`prit"\, n. [F. See {Spirit}.] Spirit. {Esprit de corps}, a French phrase much used by English writers to denote the common spirit pervading the members of a body or association of persons. It implies sympathy, enthusiasm, devotion, and jealous regard for the honor of the body as a whole. | |
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d8Ex parte \[d8]Ex` par"te\ [L. See {Ex-}, and {Part}.] Upon or from one side only; one-sided; partial; as, an ex parte statement. {Ex parte application}, one made without notice or opportunity to oppose. {Ex parte council}, one that assembles at the request of only one of the parties in dispute. {Ex parte} {hearing [or] evidence} (Law), that which is had or taken by one side or party in the absence of the other. Hearings before grand juries, and affidavits, are ex parte. --Wharton's Law Dict. --Burrill. | |
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d8Gauffre \[d8]Gauf"fre\, n. [See {Gopher}.] (Zo[94]l.) A gopher, esp. the pocket gopher. | |
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d8Gephyrea \[d8]Ge*phyr"e*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a dam, a bridge.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of marine Annelida, in which the body is imperfectly, or not at all, annulated externally, and is mostly without set[91]. | |
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d8Gueparde \[d8]Gue`parde"\, n. [Cf. F. gu[82]pard.] (Zo[94]l.) The cheetah. | |
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d8Hesperides \[d8]Hes*per"i*des\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] 1. (Class. Myth.) The daughters of Hesperus, or Night (brother of Atlas), and fabled possessors of a garden producing golden apples, in Africa, at the western extremity of the known world. To slay the guarding dragon and get some of these apples was one of the labors of Hercules. Called also {Atlantides}. 2. The garden producing the golden apples. It not love a Hercules, Still climbing trees in the Hesperides? --Shak. | |
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d8Hesperidium \[d8]Hes`pe*rid"i*um\, n. [NL. So called in allusion to the golden apples of the Hesperides. See {Hesperides}.] (Bot.) A large berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange. | |
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d8Hesperornis \[d8]Hes`pe*ror"nis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] western + [?], [?], a bird.] (Paleon.) A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several species are known. See Illust. in Append. | |
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d8Hesperus \[d8]Hes"pe*rus\, n. [L. See {Hesper}.] 1. Venus when she is the evening star; Hesper. 2. Evening. [Poetic] The Sun was sunk, and after him the Star Of Hesperus. --Milton. | |
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d8Jeffersonia \[d8]Jef`fer*so"ni*a\, n. [NL. Named after Thomas Jefferson.] (Bot.) An American herb with a pretty, white, solitary blossom, and deeply two-cleft leaves ({Jeffersonia diphylla}); twinleaf. | |
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d8Keuper \[d8]Keu"per\ (koi"p[etil]r), n. [G.] (Geol.) The upper division of the European Triassic. See Chart of {Geology}. | |
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d8Kupfernickel \[d8]Kup"fer*nick"el\, n. [G. See {Copper}, and {Nickel}.] (Min.) Copper-nickel; niccolite. See {Niccolite}. | |
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d8O94sporangium \[d8]O`[94]*spo*ran"gi*um\, n.; pl. L. {O[94]sporangia}, E. {O[94]sporangiums}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] an egg + [?] vessel.] (Bot.) An o[94]gonium; also, a case containing oval or rounded spores of some other kind than o[94]spores. | |
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d8Osphradium \[d8]Os*phra"di*um\, n.; pl. {Osphradia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] strong scent, fr. [?] to smell.] (Zo[94]l.) The olfactory organ of some Mollusca. It is connected with the organ of respiration. | |
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d8Quebracho \[d8]Que*bra"cho\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) A Chilian apocynaceous tree ({Aspidosperma Quebracho}); also, its bark, which is used as a febrifuge, and for dyspn[oe]a of the lung, or bronchial diseases; -- called also {white quebracho}, to distinguish it from the red quebracho, a Mexican anacardiaceous tree ({Loxopterygium Lorentzii}) whose bark is said to have similar properties. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). | |
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d8Sabretasche \[d8]Sa"bre*tasche`\, n. [F. sabretache, G. s[84]beltasche; s[84]bel saber + tasche a pocket.] (Mil.) A leather case or pocket worn by cavalry at the left side, suspended from the sword belt. --Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.). | |
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d8Sapor \[d8]Sa"por\, n. [L. See {Savor}.] Power of affecting the organs of taste; savor; flavor; taste. There is some sapor in all aliments. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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d8Seborrhea \[d8]Seb"or*rhe*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. sebum tallow + Gr. [?] to flow.] (Med.) A morbidly increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon the skin; stearrhea. | |
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d8Sforzando \[d8]Sfor*zan"do\, d8Sforzato \[d8]Sfor*za"to\, a. [It. sforzando, p. pr., and sforzato, p. p. of sforzare to force.] (Mus.) Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or [?]. | |
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d8Sforzando \[d8]Sfor*zan"do\, d8Sforzato \[d8]Sfor*za"to\, a. [It. sforzando, p. pr., and sforzato, p. p. of sforzare to force.] (Mus.) Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or [?]. | |
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d8Shabrack \[d8]Shab"rack\, n. [Turk. tsh[be]pr[be]k, whence F. chabraque, G. shabracke.] (Mil.) The saddlecloth or housing of a cavalry horse. | |
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d8Sobranje \[d8]So*bran"je\, n. [Bulgarian, lit., assembly.] The unicameral national assembly of Bulgaria, elected for a term of five years by universal suffrage of adult males. | |
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d8Sobriquet \[d8]So`bri`quet"\ (s[osl]`br[esl]`k[asl]"), n.[F. sobriquet, OF. soubzbriquet, soubriquet, a chuck under the chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf. It. sottobecco a chuck under the chin.] An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname. [Sometimes less correctly written {soubriquet}.] | |
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d8Sopor \[d8]So"por\, n. [L.] (Med.) Profound sleep from which a person can be roused only with difficulty. | |
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d8Sopra \[d8]So"pra\, adv. [It., from L. supra above.] (Mus.) Above; before; over; upon. | |
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d8Sparsim \[d8]Spar"sim\, adv. [L., fr. spargere to scatter.] Sparsely; scatteredly; here and there. | |
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d8Spermatheca \[d8]Sper`ma*the"ca\, n.; pl. {Spermathec[91]}. [NL., from Gr. [?][?][?][?] seed + [?][?][?][?] case, or receptacle.] (Zo[94]l.) A small sac connected with the female reproductive organs of insects and many other invertebrates, serving to receive and retain the spermatozoa. | |
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d8Spermatium \[d8]Sper*ma"ti*um\, n.; pl. {Spermatia}. [NL.] (Bot.) One of the motionless spermatozoids in the conceptacles of certain fungi. --J. H. Balfour. | |
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d8Spermato94n \[d8]Sper`ma*to"[94]n\, n.; pl. {Spermatoa}. [NL., fr. Gr. spe`rma, -atos, seed + [?][?][?] an egg.] (Anat.) A spermoblast. -- {Sper`ma*to"al}, a. --Owen. | |
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d8Spermatogonium \[d8]Sper`ma*to*go"ni*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?], [?][?][?], sperm + [?][?][?] offspring.] (Physiol.) A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminal tubules. It divides into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells (spermoblast), which in turn give rise to spermatozoids. | |
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d8Spermatophyta \[d8]Sper`ma*toph"y*ta\, n. pl. [NL.; spermato- + Gr. [?] plant.] (Bot.) A phylum embracing the highest plants, or those that produce seeds; the seed plants, or flowering plants. They form the most numerous group, including over 120,000 species. In general, the group is characterized by the marked development of the sporophyte, with great differentiation of its parts (root, stem, leaves, flowers, etc.); by the extreme reduction of the gametophyte; and by the development of seeds. All the Spermatophyta are heterosporous; fertilization of the egg cell is either through a {pollen tube} emitted by the microspore or (in a few gymnosperms) by spermatozoids. Note: The phrase [bd]flowering plants[b8] is less distinctive than [bd]seed plants,[b8] since the conifers, grasses, sedges, oaks, etc., do not produce flowers in the popular sense. For this reason the terms {Anthrophyta}, {Ph[91]nogamia}, and {Panerogamia} have been superseded as names of the phylum by Spermatophyta. | |
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d8Spermatozo94n \[d8]Sper`ma*to*zo"[94]n\, n.; pl. {Spermatozoa}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?], sperm + [?][?][?] an animal.] (Biol.) Same as {Spermatozoid}. | |
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d8Spermidium \[d8]Sper*mid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Spermidia}. [Nl., fr. Gr. spe`rma seed.] (Bot.) An achenium. | |
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d8Spermococcus \[d8]Sper`mo*coc"cus\, n. [NL. See {Spermo-}, and {Coccus}.] (Physiol.) The nucleus of the sperm cell. | |
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d8Spermogonium \[d8]Sper`mo*go"ni*um\, n. [NL.; spermo- + Gr. [?][?][?] offspring.] (Bot.) A conceptacle of certain lichens, which contains spermatia. | |
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d8Spermophyta \[d8]Sper*moph"y*ta\, n. pl. [Nl., from Gr. spe`rma a seed + fyto`n a plant.] Plants which produce seed; ph[91]nogamia. These plants constitute the highest grand division of the vegetable kingdom. | |
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d8Spermoplasma \[d8]Sper`mo*plas"ma\, n. [NL. See {Spermo-}, and {Plasma}.] (Physiol.) The protoplasm of the sperm cell. --Haeckel. | |
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d8Sph91renchyma \[d8]Sph[91]*ren"chy*ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] sphere + -enchyma as in parenchima.] (Bot.) Vegetable tissue composed of thin-walled rounded cells, -- a modification of parenchyma. | |
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d8Sph91ridium \[d8]Sph[91]*rid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Sph[91]ridia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] a sphere.] (Zo[94]l.) A peculiar sense organ found upon the exterior of most kinds of sea urchins, and consisting of an oval or sherical head surmounting a short pedicel. It is generally supposed to be an olfactory organ. | |
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d8Spherobacteria \[d8]Sphe`ro*bac*te"ri*a\, n. pl.; sing. {Spherobacterium}. [NL. See {Sphere}, {and Bacterium}.] (Biol.) See the Note under {Microbacteria}. | |
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d8Sphrigosis \[d8]Sphri*go"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?] to be full of strength.] (Bot.) A condition of vegetation in which there is too abundant growth of the stem and leaves, accompanied by deficiency of flowers and fruit. | |
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d8Spirillum \[d8]Spi*ril"lum\, n. [NL., dim. of L. spira a coil.] (Biol.) A genus of common motile micro[94]rganisms ({Spirobacteria}) having the form of spiral-shaped filaments. One species is said to be the cause of relapsing fever. | |
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d8Spiritielle \[d8]Spi`ri`ti`elle"\, a. [F.] Of the nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit; pure; refined; ethereal. | |
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d8Spiritoso \[d8]Spi`ri*to"so\, a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Spirited; spiritedly; -- a direction to perform a passage in an animated, lively manner. | |
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d8Spirobacteria \[d8]Spi`ro*bac*te"ri*a\, n. pl.; sing. {Spirobacterium}. [NL. See 4th {Spire}, and {Bacterium}.] (Biol.) See the Note under {Microbacteria}. | |
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d8Spiroch91ta \[d8]Spi`ro*ch[91]"ta\, d8Spiroch91te \[d8]Spi`ro*ch[91]"te\, n. [L. spira a coil + Gr. [?][?][?] hair.] (Biol.) A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but distinguished by its motility. One species, the {Spiroch[91]te Obermeyeri}, is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever. | |
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d8Spiroch91ta \[d8]Spi`ro*ch[91]"ta\, d8Spiroch91te \[d8]Spi`ro*ch[91]"te\, n. [L. spira a coil + Gr. [?][?][?] hair.] (Biol.) A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but distinguished by its motility. One species, the {Spiroch[91]te Obermeyeri}, is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever. | |
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d8Spirula \[d8]Spir"u*la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. spira a coil.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of cephalopods having a multilocular, internal, siphunculated shell in the form of a flat spiral, the coils of which are not in contact. | |
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d8Sporades \[d8]Spor"a*des\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. spora`des. Cf. {Sporadic}.] (Astron.) Stars not included in any constellation; -- called also informed, or unformed, stars. | |
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d8Sporangium \[d8]Spo*ran"gi*um\, n.; pl. {Sporangia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a sowing, seed + [?] a receptacle.] (Bot.) A spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc. | |
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d8Sporidium \[d8]Spo*rid"i*um\, n.; pl. {Sporidia}. [NL. See {Spore}.] (Bot.) (a) A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi. (b) A spore. | |
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d8Sporozoa \[d8]Spo`ro*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. spo`ros a spore + zo^,on an animal.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive division of parasitic Protozoa, which increase by sporulation. It includes the Gregarinida. | |
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d8Sportula \[d8]Spor"tu*la\, n.; pl. {Sportul[91]}. [L.] A gift; a present; a prize; hence, an alms; a largess. To feed luxuriously, to frequent sports and theaters, to run for the sportula. --South. | |
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d8Springbok \[d8]Spring"bok`\, Springbuck \Spring"buck`\, n. [D. springbok; springen to spring, leap + bok a he-goat, buck.] (Zo[94]l.) A South African gazelle ({Gazella euchore}) noted for its graceful form and swiftness, and for its peculiar habit of springing lighty and suddenly into the air. It has a white dorsal stripe, expanding into a broad patch of white on the rump and tail. Called also {springer}. [Written also {springboc}, and {springbock}.] | |
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d8Subbrachiales \[d8]Sub*brach`i*a"les\, n. pl. [NL. See {Sub-}, and {Brachial}.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of soft-finned fishes in which the ventral fins are situated beneath the pectorial fins, or nearly so. | |
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d8Suffrago \[d8]Suf*fra"go\, n. [L., the hock, from sub under + frangere to break.] (Zo[94]l.) The heel joint. | |
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d8Supercilium \[d8]Su`per*cil"i*um\, n. [L.] (Zo[94]l.) The eyebrow, or the region of the eyebrows. | |
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d8Supermaxilla \[d8]Su`per*max*il"la\, n. [NL. See {Super-}, and {Maxilla}.] (Anat.) The supermaxilla. | |
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d8Supersedeas \[d8]Su`per*se"de*as\, n. [L., suspend, set aside, stay, 2d pers. sing. present subjunctive of supersedere. See {Supersede}.] (Law) A writ of command to suspend the powers of an officer in certain cases, or to stay proceedings under another writ. --Blackstone. | |
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d8Thecophora \[d8]The*coph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] a case + [?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of hydroids comprising those which have the hydranths in thec[91] and the gonophores in capsules. The campanularians and sertularians are examples. Called also {Thecata}. See Illust. under {Hydroidea}. | |
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d8Toga \[d8]To"ga\, n.; pl. E. {Togas}, L. {Tog[91]}. [L., akin to tegere to cover. See {Thatch}.] (Rom. Antiq.) The loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga pr[91]texta. {[d8]Toga pr[91]texta}. [L.], a toga with a broad purple border, worn by children of both sexes, by magistrates, and by persons engaged in sacred rites. {[d8]Toga virilis} [L.], the manly gown; the common toga. This was assumed by Roman boys about the time of completing their fourteenth year. | |
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d8Toga \[d8]To"ga\, n.; pl. E. {Togas}, L. {Tog[91]}. [L., akin to tegere to cover. See {Thatch}.] (Rom. Antiq.) The loose outer garment worn by the ancient Romans, consisting of a single broad piece of woolen cloth of a shape approaching a semicircle. It was of undyed wool, except the border of the toga pr[91]texta. {[d8]Toga pr[91]texta}. [L.], a toga with a broad purple border, worn by children of both sexes, by magistrates, and by persons engaged in sacred rites. {[d8]Toga virilis} [L.], the manly gown; the common toga. This was assumed by Roman boys about the time of completing their fourteenth year. | |
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d8Toxifera \[d8]Tox*if"e*ra\, n.pl. [NL., fr. Gr. to`xon a bow + L. ferre to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Toxoglossa}. | |
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d8Xiphura \[d8]Xi*phu"ra\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. xi`fos sword + [?] tail.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Limuloidea}. Called also {Xiphosura}. {X ray}. See under {Ray}. | |
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d8Zaphrentis \[d8]Za*phren"tis\, n. [NL.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of cyathophylloid corals common in the Paleozoic formations. It is cup-shaped with numerous septa, and with a deep pit in one side of the cup. | |
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d8Zephyrus \[d8]Zeph"y*rus\, n. [L. See {Zephyr}.] The west wind, or zephyr; -- usually personified, and made the most mild and gentle of all the sylvan deities. Mild as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes. --Milton. | |
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d8Zo94phorous \[d8]Zo*[94]ph"o*rous\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]. See {Zo[94]phoric}.] (Anc. Arch.) The part between the architrave and cornice; the frieze; -- so called from the figures of animals carved upon it. | |
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Dashboard \Dash"board`\ (d[acr]sh"b[omac]rd`), n. 1. A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called {splashboard}. 2. (Naut.) (a) The float of a paddle wheel. (b) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also {sprayboard}. | |
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Acouchy \A*cou"chy\, n. [F. acouchi, from the native name Guiana.] (Zo[94]l.) A small species of agouti ({Dasyprocta acouchy}). | |
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Agouti \A*gou"ti\, Agouty \A*gou"ty\ ([adot]*g[oomac]"t[icr]), n. [F. agouti, acouti, Sp. aguti, fr. native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A rodent of the genus {Dasyprocta}, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the {Dasyprocta agouti}. | |
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Dayspring \Day"spring`\ (d[amac]"spr[icr]ng`), n. The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning. --Milton. The tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us. --Luke i. 78. | |
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Deceiver \De*ceiv"er\, n. One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor. The deceived and the deceiver are his. --Job xii. 16. Syn: {Deceiver}, {Impostor}. Usage: A deceiver operates by stealth and in private upon individuals; an impostor practices his arts on the community at large. The one succeeds by artful falsehoods, the other by bold assumption. The faithless friend and the fickle lover are deceivers; the false prophet and the pretended prince are impostors. | |
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Decipher \De*ci"pher\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deciphered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deciphering}.] [Pref. de- + cipher. Formed in imitation of F. d[82]chiffrer. See {Cipher}.] 1. To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters. 2. To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold. 3. To stamp; to detect; to discover. [R.] You are both deciphered, . . . For villains. --Shak. | |
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Decipherable \De*ci"pher*a*ble\, a. Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable. | |
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Decipher \De*ci"pher\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deciphered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deciphering}.] [Pref. de- + cipher. Formed in imitation of F. d[82]chiffrer. See {Cipher}.] 1. To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters. 2. To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold. 3. To stamp; to detect; to discover. [R.] You are both deciphered, . . . For villains. --Shak. | |
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Decipherer \De*ci"pher*er\, n. One who deciphers. | |
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Decipheress \De*ci"pher*ess\, n. A woman who deciphers. | |
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Decipher \De*ci"pher\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deciphered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deciphering}.] [Pref. de- + cipher. Formed in imitation of F. d[82]chiffrer. See {Cipher}.] 1. To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters. 2. To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold. 3. To stamp; to detect; to discover. [R.] You are both deciphered, . . . For villains. --Shak. | |
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Decipherment \De*ci"pher*ment\, n. The act of deciphering. | |
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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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Decembrist \De*cem"brist\, n. (Russian Hist.) One of those who conspired for constitutional government against the Emperor Nicholas on his accession to the throne at the death of Alexander I., in December, 1825; -- called also {Dekabrist}. He recalls the history of the decembrists . . . that gallant band of revolutionists. --G. Kennan. | |
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Dekabrist \Dek"a*brist\, n. A Decembrist. | |
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Despair \De*spair"\, v. t. 1. To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of. [Obs.] I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted. --Milton. 2. To cause to despair. [Obs.] --Sir W. Williams. | |
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Despair \De*spair"\, n. [Cf. OF. despoir, fr. desperer.] 1. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro, Pine with regret, or sicken with despair. --Keble. Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair. --Macaulay. | |
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Despair \De*spair"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Despaired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despairing}.] [OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF. desperer, fr. L. desperare; de- + sperare to hope; akin to spes hope, and perh. to spatium space, E. space, speed; cf. OF. espeir hope, F. espoir. Cf. {Prosper}, {Desperate}.] To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of. We despaired even of life. --2 Cor. i. 8. Never despair of God's blessings here. --Wake. Syn: See {Despond}. | |
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Despair \De*spair"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Despaired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despairing}.] [OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF. desperer, fr. L. desperare; de- + sperare to hope; akin to spes hope, and perh. to spatium space, E. space, speed; cf. OF. espeir hope, F. espoir. Cf. {Prosper}, {Desperate}.] To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of. We despaired even of life. --2 Cor. i. 8. Never despair of God's blessings here. --Wake. Syn: See {Despond}. | |
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Despairer \De*spair"er\, n. One who despairs. | |
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Despairful \De*spair"ful\, a. Hopeless. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Despair \De*spair"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Despaired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despairing}.] [OE. despeiren, dispeiren, OF. desperer, fr. L. desperare; de- + sperare to hope; akin to spes hope, and perh. to spatium space, E. space, speed; cf. OF. espeir hope, F. espoir. Cf. {Prosper}, {Desperate}.] To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of. We despaired even of life. --2 Cor. i. 8. Never despair of God's blessings here. --Wake. Syn: See {Despond}. | |
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Despairing \De*spair"ing\, a. Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. -- {De*spair"ing*ly}, adv. -- {De*spair"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Despairing \De*spair"ing\, a. Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. -- {De*spair"ing*ly}, adv. -- {De*spair"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Despairing \De*spair"ing\, a. Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. -- {De*spair"ing*ly}, adv. -- {De*spair"ing*ness}, n. | |
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Desparple \De*spar"ple\, v. t. & i. [OF. desparpeillier.] To scatter; to disparkle. [Obs.] --Mandeville. | |
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Desperado \Des`per*a"do\, n.; pl. {Desperadoes}. [OSp. desperado, p. p. of desperar, fr. L. desperare. See {Desperate}.] A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions, and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian. | |
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Desperado \Des`per*a"do\, n.; pl. {Desperadoes}. [OSp. desperado, p. p. of desperar, fr. L. desperare. See {Desperate}.] A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions, and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian. | |
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Desperate \Des"per*ate\, a. [L. desperatus, p. p. of desperare. See {Despair}, and cf. {Desperado}.] 1. Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. [Obs.] I am desperate of obtaining her. --Shak. 2. Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune. 3. Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort. [bd]Desperate expedients.[b8] --Macaulay. 4. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality. A desperate offendress against nature. --Shak. The most desperate of reprobates. --Macaulay. Syn: Hopeless; despairing; desponding; rash; headlong; precipitate; irretrievable; irrecoverable; forlorn; mad; furious; frantic. | |
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Desperate \Des"per*ate\, n. One desperate or hopeless. [Obs.] | |
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Desperately \Des"per*ate*ly\, adv. In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately. She fell desperately in love with him. --Addison. | |
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Desperateness \Des"per*ate*ness\ n. Desperation; virulence. | |
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Desperation \Des`per*a"tion\, n. [L. desperatio: cf. OF. desperation.] 1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope. This desperation of success chills all our industry. --Hammond. 2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury. In the desperation of the moment, the officers even tried to cut their way through with their swords. --W. Irving. | |
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Desport \De*sport"\, v. t. & i. See {Disport}. | |
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Despread \De*spread"\, v. t. & i. See {Dispread}. | |
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Diaspore \Di"a*spore\, n. [From Gr. [?] a scattering; dia` through, asunder + [?] to sow, scatter like seed: cf. F. diaspore.] (Min.) A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe. | |
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2. One of various animals; specif.: (a) A donkey. (b) Any small bird; -- called also {dickey bird}. [Colloq.] (c) The hedge sparrow. [Dial. Eng.] (d) The haddock. 3. In a carriage: (a) A seat for the driver; -- called also {dickey box}. (b) A seat at the back for servants. | |
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d8Dika \[d8]Di"ka\, n. [Native West African name.] A kind of food, made from the almondlike seeds of the {Irvingia Barteri}, much used by natives of the west coast of Africa; -- called also {dika bread}. | |
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d8Mabolo \[d8]Ma*bo"lo\, n. (Bot.) A kind of persimmon tree ({Diospyros discolor}) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies. It bears an edible fruit as large as a quince. | |
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Omander wood \O*man"der wood`\ [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The wood of {Diospyros ebenaster}, a kind of ebony found in Ceylon. | |
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Persimmon \Per*sim"mon\, n. [Virginia Indian.] (Bot.) An American tree ({Diospyros Virginiana}) and its fruit, found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has been exposed to frost, when it becomes palatable and nutritious. {Japanese persimmon}, {Diospyros Kaki} and its red or yellow edible fruit, which outwardly resembles a tomato, but contains a few large seeds. | |
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Lotus \Lo"tus\, n. [L. lotus, Gr. [?]. Cf. {Lote}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as {Nelumbium speciosum}, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; {Nelumbium luteum}, the American lotus; and {Nymph[91]a Lotus} and {N. c[91]rulea}, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with {Nelumbium speciosum}, are figured on its ancient monuments. (b) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain ({Zizyphus Lotus}), the fruit of which is mildly sweet. It was fabled by the ancients to make strangers who ate of it forget their native country, or lose all desire to return to it. (c) The lote, or nettle tree. See {Lote}. (d) A genus ({Lotus}) of leguminous plants much resembling clover. [Written also {lotos}.] {European lotus}, a small tree ({Diospyros Lotus}) of Southern Europe and Asia; also, its rather large bluish black berry, which is called also the {date plum}. | |
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Calamander wood \Cal"a*man`der wood\ (k[acr]l"[adot]*m[acr]n`d[etil]r w[oocr]d`). A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the {Diospyros qu[91]sita}. Called also {Coromandel wood}. | |
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Ebony \Eb"on*y\, n.; pl. {Ebonies}. [F. [82]b[8a]ne, L. ebenus, fr. Gr. [?]; prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. hobn[c6]m, pl. Cf. {Ebon}.] A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green. Note: The finest black ebony is the heartwood of {Diospyros reticulata}, of the Mauritius. Other species of the same genus ({D. Ebenum}, {Melanoxylon}, etc.), furnish the ebony of the East Indies and Ceylon. The West Indian green ebony is from a leguminous tree ({Brya Ebenus}), and from the {Exc[91]caria glandulosa}. | |
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Persimmon \Per*sim"mon\, n. [Virginia Indian.] (Bot.) An American tree ({Diospyros Virginiana}) and its fruit, found from New York southward. The fruit is like a plum in appearance, but is very harsh and astringent until it has been exposed to frost, when it becomes palatable and nutritious. {Japanese persimmon}, {Diospyros Kaki} and its red or yellow edible fruit, which outwardly resembles a tomato, but contains a few large seeds. | |
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Disaffirm \Dis`af*firm"\, v. t. 1. To assert the contrary of; to contradict; to deny; -- said of that which has been asserted. 2. (Law) To refuse to confirm; to annul, as a judicial decision, by a contrary judgment of a superior tribunal. | |
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Disaffirmance \Dis`af*firm"ance\, n. 1. The act of disaffirming; denial; negation. 2. (Law) Overthrow or annulment by the decision of a superior tribunal; as, disaffirmance of judgment. | |
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Disaffirmation \Dis*af`fir*ma"tion\, n. The act of disaffirming; negation; refutation. | |
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Disafforest \Dis`af*for"est\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disafforested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disafforesting}.] [Pref. dis- + afforest: cf. OF. desaforester.] (Eng. Law) To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws. By charter 9 Henry III. many forests were disafforested. --Blackstone. | |
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Disafforest \Dis`af*for"est\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disafforested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disafforesting}.] [Pref. dis- + afforest: cf. OF. desaforester.] (Eng. Law) To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws. By charter 9 Henry III. many forests were disafforested. --Blackstone. | |
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Disafforest \Dis`af*for"est\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disafforested}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disafforesting}.] [Pref. dis- + afforest: cf. OF. desaforester.] (Eng. Law) To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground; to exempt from forest laws. By charter 9 Henry III. many forests were disafforested. --Blackstone. | |
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Disapparel \Dis`ap*par"el\, v. t. [See {Apparel}, v. t.] [Pref. dis- + apparel: cf. OF. desapareiller.] To disrobe; to strip of apparel; to make naked. Drink disapparels the soul. --Junius (1635). | |
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Disappear \Dis`ap*pear"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disappeared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disappearing}.] 1. To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the approach of light; a ship disappears as she sails from port. 2. To cease to be or exist; as, the epidemic has disappeared. | |
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Disappearance \Dis`ap*pear"ance\, n. The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. --Addison. | |
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Disappear \Dis`ap*pear"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disappeared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disappearing}.] 1. To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the approach of light; a ship disappears as she sails from port. 2. To cease to be or exist; as, the epidemic has disappeared. | |
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Disappearing \Dis`ap*pear"ing\, p. pr. & vb. n. of {Disappear}. {Disappearing carriage} (Ordnance), a carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection. The standard type of disappearing carriage in the coast artillery of the United States army is the {Buffington-Crozier carriage}, in which the gun trunnions are secured at the upper and after ends of a pair of heavy levers, at the lower ends of which is attached a counterweight of lead. The levers are pivoted at their middle points, which are, with the top carriage, permitted restrained motion along the slightly inclined chassis rails. The counterweight is held in place by a pawl and ratchet. When the gun is loaded the pawl is released and the counterweight sinks, raising the gun to the firing position above the parapet. The recoil following the discharge returns the gun to the loading position, the counterweight rising until the pawl engages the ratchet. | |
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Disappear \Dis`ap*pear"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disappeared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disappearing}.] 1. To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the approach of light; a ship disappears as she sails from port. 2. To cease to be or exist; as, the epidemic has disappeared. | |
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Disappearing \Dis`ap*pear"ing\, p. pr. & vb. n. of {Disappear}. {Disappearing carriage} (Ordnance), a carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection. The standard type of disappearing carriage in the coast artillery of the United States army is the {Buffington-Crozier carriage}, in which the gun trunnions are secured at the upper and after ends of a pair of heavy levers, at the lower ends of which is attached a counterweight of lead. The levers are pivoted at their middle points, which are, with the top carriage, permitted restrained motion along the slightly inclined chassis rails. The counterweight is held in place by a pawl and ratchet. When the gun is loaded the pawl is released and the counterweight sinks, raising the gun to the firing position above the parapet. The recoil following the discharge returns the gun to the loading position, the counterweight rising until the pawl engages the ratchet. | |
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Disappreciate \Dis`ap*pre"ci*ate\, v. t. [See {Appreciate}.] To undervalue; not to esteem. -- {Dis`ap*pre`ci*a"tion}, n. | |
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Disappreciate \Dis`ap*pre"ci*ate\, v. t. [See {Appreciate}.] To undervalue; not to esteem. -- {Dis`ap*pre`ci*a"tion}, n. | |
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Disapprobation \Dis*ap`pro*ba"tion\, n. [Pref. dis- + approbation: cf. F. d[82]sapprobation. Cf. {Disapprove}.] The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure. We have ever expressed the most unqualified disapprobation of all the steps. --Burke. | |
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Disapprobatory \Dis*ap"pro*ba`to*ry\, a. Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove. | |
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Disappropriate \Dis`ap*pro"pri*ate\, a. (Law) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation. The appropriation may be severed, and the church become disappropriate, two ways. --Blackstone. | |
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Disappropriate \Dis`ap*pro"pri*ate\, v. t. 1. To release from individual ownership or possession. --Milton. 2. (Law) To sever from appropriation or possession a spiritual corporation. Appropriations of the several parsonages . . . would heave been, by the rules of the common law, disappropriated. --Blackstone. | |
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Disappropriation \Dis`ap*pro`pri*a"tion\, n. The act of disappropriating. | |
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Disapproval \Dis`ap*prov"al\, n. Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment. | |
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Disapprove \Dis`ap*prove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disapproved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disapproving}.] [Pref. dis- + approve: cf. F. d[82]approuver. Cf. {Disapprobation}.] 1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief. Note: This verb is often followed by of; as, to disapprove of an opinion, of such conduct. See {Approve}. | |
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Disapprove \Dis`ap*prove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disapproved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disapproving}.] [Pref. dis- + approve: cf. F. d[82]approuver. Cf. {Disapprobation}.] 1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief. Note: This verb is often followed by of; as, to disapprove of an opinion, of such conduct. See {Approve}. | |
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Disapprover \Dis`ap*prov"er\, n. One who disapproves. | |
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Disapprove \Dis`ap*prove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disapproved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disapproving}.] [Pref. dis- + approve: cf. F. d[82]approuver. Cf. {Disapprobation}.] 1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline to sanction; as, the sentence of the court-martial was disapproved by the commander in chief. Note: This verb is often followed by of; as, to disapprove of an opinion, of such conduct. See {Approve}. | |
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Disapprovingly \Dis`ap*prov"ing*ly\, adv. In a disapproving manner. | |
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Disavower \Dis`a*vow"er\, n. One who disavows. | |
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Disbar \Dis*bar"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbarred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbarring}.] (Law) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such. --Abbott. | |
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Disbark \Dis*bark"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + bark a small ship: cf. OF. desbarquer, F. d[82]barquer. Cf. {Debark}, {Disembark}.] To disembark. --Pope. | |
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Disbark \Dis*bark"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + bark rind.] To strip of bark; to bark. [R.] --Boyle. | |
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Disbarment \Dis*bar"ment\, n. Act of disbarring. | |
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Disbar \Dis*bar"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbarred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbarring}.] (Law) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such. --Abbott. | |
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Disbar \Dis*bar"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbarred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbarring}.] (Law) To expel from the bar, or the legal profession; to deprive (an attorney, barrister, or counselor) of his status and privileges as such. --Abbott. | |
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Disbranch \Dis*branch"\, v. t. [See {Branch}, v.] To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off. --Shak. | |
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Disburden \Dis*bur"den\, v. i. To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind. --Milton. | |
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Disburden \Dis*bur"den\, v. t. [See {Burden}, v. t.] [Cf. {Disburthen}.] To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve. He did it to disburden a conscience. --Feltham. My mediations . . . will, I hope, be more calm, being thus disburdened. --Hammond. Syn: To unload; unburden; discharge; free. | |
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Disburgeon \Dis*bur"geon\, v. t. To strip of burgeons or buds; to disbud. [R.] --Holland. | |
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Disburse \Dis*burse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbursed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbursing}.] [OF. desbourser, F. d[82]bourser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + bourse purse. See {Burse}, and cf. {Dispurse}.] To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury. The duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues. --Macaulay. {Disbursing officer}, an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money. | |
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Disburse \Dis*burse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbursed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbursing}.] [OF. desbourser, F. d[82]bourser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + bourse purse. See {Burse}, and cf. {Dispurse}.] To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury. The duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues. --Macaulay. {Disbursing officer}, an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money. | |
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Disbursement \Dis*burse"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]boursement.] 1. The act of disbursing or paying out. The disbursement of the public moneys. --U. S. Statutes. 2. That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual disbursements exceed the income. | |
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Disburser \Dis*burs"er\, n. One who disburses money. | |
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Disburse \Dis*burse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbursed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbursing}.] [OF. desbourser, F. d[82]bourser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + bourse purse. See {Burse}, and cf. {Dispurse}.] To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury. The duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues. --Macaulay. {Disbursing officer}, an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money. | |
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Disburse \Dis*burse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbursed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disbursing}.] [OF. desbourser, F. d[82]bourser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + bourse purse. See {Burse}, and cf. {Dispurse}.] To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury. The duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues. --Macaulay. {Disbursing officer}, an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money. | |
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Disburthen \Dis*bur"then\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disburthened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disburthening}.] [Cf. {Disburden}.] To disburden; to relieve of a load. [Archaic] | |
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Disburthen \Dis*bur"then\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disburthened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disburthening}.] [Cf. {Disburden}.] To disburden; to relieve of a load. [Archaic] | |
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Disburthen \Dis*bur"then\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disburthened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disburthening}.] [Cf. {Disburden}.] To disburden; to relieve of a load. [Archaic] | |
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Disciferous \Dis*cif"er*ous\, a. [Disc- + -ferous.] Bearing disks. | |
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Disciform \Dis"ci*form\, a. Discoid. | |
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d8Discophora \[d8]Dis*coph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] disk + [?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of acalephs or jellyfishes, including most of the large disklike species. -- {Dis*coph"o*rous}, a. | |
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Discover \Dis*cov"er\, v. i. To discover or show one's self. [Obs.] This done, they discover. --Decker. Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world. --Milton. | |
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Discover \Dis*cov"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discovered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discovering}.] [OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren, OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. d[82]couvrir; des- (L. dis-) + couvrir to cover. See {Cover}.] 1. To uncover. [Obs.] Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church. --Abp. Grindal. 2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown). Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover The several caskets to this noble prince. --Shak. Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. --Bacon. We will discover ourselves unto them. --1 Sam. xiv. 8. Discover not a secret to another. --Prov. xxv. 9. 3. To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect. Some to discover islands far away. --Shak. 4. To manifest without design; to show. The youth discovered a taste for sculpture. --C. J. Smith. 5. To explore; to examine. [Obs.] Syn: To disclose; bring out; exhibit; show; manifest; reveal; communicate; impart; tell; espy; find; out; detect. -- To {Discover}, {Invent}. We discover what existed before, but remained unknown; we invent by forming combinations which are either entirely new, or which attain their end by means unknown before. Columbus discovered America; Newton discovered the law of gravitation; Whitney invented the cotton gin; Galileo invented the telescope. | |
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Discoverability \Dis*cov`er*a*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality of being discoverable. [R.] --Carlyle. | |
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Discoverable \Dis*cov"er*a*ble\, a. Capable of being discovered, found out, or perceived; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help of the microscope; truths discoverable by human industry. | |
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Discover \Dis*cov"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discovered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discovering}.] [OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren, OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. d[82]couvrir; des- (L. dis-) + couvrir to cover. See {Cover}.] 1. To uncover. [Obs.] Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church. --Abp. Grindal. 2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown). Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover The several caskets to this noble prince. --Shak. Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. --Bacon. We will discover ourselves unto them. --1 Sam. xiv. 8. Discover not a secret to another. --Prov. xxv. 9. 3. To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect. Some to discover islands far away. --Shak. 4. To manifest without design; to show. The youth discovered a taste for sculpture. --C. J. Smith. 5. To explore; to examine. [Obs.] Syn: To disclose; bring out; exhibit; show; manifest; reveal; communicate; impart; tell; espy; find; out; detect. -- To {Discover}, {Invent}. We discover what existed before, but remained unknown; we invent by forming combinations which are either entirely new, or which attain their end by means unknown before. Columbus discovered America; Newton discovered the law of gravitation; Whitney invented the cotton gin; Galileo invented the telescope. | |
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Discoverer \Dis*cov"er*er\, n. 1. One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact. The discoverers and searchers of the land. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. A scout; an explorer. --Shak. | |
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Discovery \Dis*cov"er*y\, n.; pl. {Discoveries}. 1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. 2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. In the clear discoveries of the next [world]. --South. 3. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood. A brilliant career of discovery and conquest. --Prescott. We speak of the [bd]invention[b8] of printing, the discovery of America. --Trench. 4. That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery. 5. Exploration; examination. [Obs.] | |
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Discover \Dis*cov"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discovered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discovering}.] [OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren, OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. d[82]couvrir; des- (L. dis-) + couvrir to cover. See {Cover}.] 1. To uncover. [Obs.] Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church. --Abp. Grindal. 2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown). Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover The several caskets to this noble prince. --Shak. Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. --Bacon. We will discover ourselves unto them. --1 Sam. xiv. 8. Discover not a secret to another. --Prov. xxv. 9. 3. To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect. Some to discover islands far away. --Shak. 4. To manifest without design; to show. The youth discovered a taste for sculpture. --C. J. Smith. 5. To explore; to examine. [Obs.] Syn: To disclose; bring out; exhibit; show; manifest; reveal; communicate; impart; tell; espy; find; out; detect. -- To {Discover}, {Invent}. We discover what existed before, but remained unknown; we invent by forming combinations which are either entirely new, or which attain their end by means unknown before. Columbus discovered America; Newton discovered the law of gravitation; Whitney invented the cotton gin; Galileo invented the telescope. | |
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Discoverment \Dis*cov"er*ment\, n. Discovery. [Obs.] | |
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Discovert \Dis*cov"ert\, a. [Cf. F. d[82]couvert uncovered, OF. descovert. See {Discover}, {Covert}.] (Law) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow. | |
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Discovert \Dis*cov"ert\, n. An uncovered place or part. [Obs.] {At discovert}, uncovered. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Discoverture \Dis*cov"er*ture\ (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- + coverture: cf. OF. descoverture.] 1. Discovery. [Obs.] 2. (Law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband. | |
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Discovery \Dis*cov"er*y\, n.; pl. {Discoveries}. 1. The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot. 2. A making known; revelation; disclosure; as, a bankrupt is bound to make a full discovery of his assets. In the clear discoveries of the next [world]. --South. 3. Finding out or ascertaining something previously unknown or unrecognized; as, Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood. A brilliant career of discovery and conquest. --Prescott. We speak of the [bd]invention[b8] of printing, the discovery of America. --Trench. 4. That which is discovered; a thing found out, or for the first time ascertained or recognized; as, the properties of the magnet were an important discovery. 5. Exploration; examination. [Obs.] | |
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Discovery Day \Dis*cov"er*y Day\ = {Columbus Day}, above. | |
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Columbus Day \Co*lum"bus Day\ The 12th day of October, on which day in 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America, landing on one of the Bahama Islands (probably the one now commonly called Watling Island), and naming it [bd]San Salvador[b8]; -- called also {Discovery Day}. This day is made a legal holiday in many States of The United States. | |
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Disforest \Dis*for"est\, v. t. 1. To disafforest. --Fuller. 2. To clear or deprive of forests or trees. | |
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Disforestation \Dis*for`es*ta"tion\, n. The act of clearing land of forests. --Daniel. | |
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Disformity \Dis*form"i*ty\, n. [Cf. {Deformity}.] Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form. Uniformity or disformity in comparing together the respective figures of bodies. --S. Clarke. | |
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Disfranchise \Dis*fran"chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disfranchised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfranchising}.] [Cf. {Diffranchise}.] To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc. Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised. --Fabyan (1509). He was partially disfranchised so as to be made incapable of taking part in public affairs. --Thirlwall. | |
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Disfranchise \Dis*fran"chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disfranchised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfranchising}.] [Cf. {Diffranchise}.] To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc. Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised. --Fabyan (1509). He was partially disfranchised so as to be made incapable of taking part in public affairs. --Thirlwall. | |
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Disfranchisement \Dis*fran"chise*ment\, n. The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities. Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony. --Palfrey. | |
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Disfranchise \Dis*fran"chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disfranchised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfranchising}.] [Cf. {Diffranchise}.] To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as of voting, holding office, etc. Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised. --Fabyan (1509). He was partially disfranchised so as to be made incapable of taking part in public affairs. --Thirlwall. | |
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Disfriar \Dis*fri"ar\, v. t. To depose or withdraw from the condition of a friar. [Obs.] Many did quickly unnun and disfriar themselves. --Fuller. | |
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Disfrock \Dis*frock"\, v. t. To unfrock. | |
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Disfurnish \Dis*fur"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disfurnished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfurnishing}.] [Pref. dis- + furnish.] To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest. I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of All merit, that can raise me higher. --Massinger. | |
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Disfurnish \Dis*fur"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disfurnished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfurnishing}.] [Pref. dis- + furnish.] To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest. I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of All merit, that can raise me higher. --Massinger. | |
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Disfurnish \Dis*fur"nish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disfurnished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfurnishing}.] [Pref. dis- + furnish.] To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest. I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of All merit, that can raise me higher. --Massinger. | |
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Disfurnishment \Dis*fur"nish*ment\, n. The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished. --Daniel. | |
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Disfurniture \Dis*fur"ni*ture\ (?; 135), n. The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished. [Obs.] | |
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Disfurniture \Dis*fur"ni*ture\, v. t. To disfurnish. [R.] --East. | |
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Disobeyer \Dis`o*bey"er\, n. One who disobeys. | |
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Dispair \Dis*pair"\, v. t. To separate (a pair). [R.] I have . . . dispaired two doves. --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Disparadised \Dis*par"a*dised\, a. Removed from paradise. [R.] --Cockeram. | |
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Disparage \Dis"pa*rage`\, n. Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Dissuaded her from such a disparage. --Spenser. | |
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Disparage \Dis*par"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disparaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disparaging}.] [OF. desparagier, F. d[82]parager, to marry unequally; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. parage extraction, lineage, from L. par equal, peer. See {Peer}.] 1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage. [Obs.] Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul disparaged be. --Chaucer. 2. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue. Those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious. --Bp. Atterbury. Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms. --Milton. Syn: To decry; depreciate; undervalue; underrate; cheapen; vilify; reproach; detract from; derogate from; degrade; debase. See {Decry}. | |
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Disparage \Dis*par"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disparaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disparaging}.] [OF. desparagier, F. d[82]parager, to marry unequally; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. parage extraction, lineage, from L. par equal, peer. See {Peer}.] 1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage. [Obs.] Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul disparaged be. --Chaucer. 2. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue. Those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious. --Bp. Atterbury. Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms. --Milton. Syn: To decry; depreciate; undervalue; underrate; cheapen; vilify; reproach; detract from; derogate from; degrade; debase. See {Decry}. | |
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Disparagement \Dis*par"age*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. desparagement.] 1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. [Eng.] And thought that match a foul disparagement. --Spenser. 2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to. It ought to be no disparagement to a star that it is not the sun. --South. Imitation is a disparagement and a degradation in a Christian minister. --I. Taylor. Syn: Indignity; derogation; detraction; reproach; dishonor; debasement; degradation; disgrace. | |
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Disparager \Dis*par"a*ger\, n. One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces. | |
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Disparage \Dis*par"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disparaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disparaging}.] [OF. desparagier, F. d[82]parager, to marry unequally; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. parage extraction, lineage, from L. par equal, peer. See {Peer}.] 1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage. [Obs.] Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul disparaged be. --Chaucer. 2. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue. Those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious. --Bp. Atterbury. Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms. --Milton. Syn: To decry; depreciate; undervalue; underrate; cheapen; vilify; reproach; detract from; derogate from; degrade; debase. See {Decry}. | |
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Disparagingly \Dis*par"a*ging*ly\, adv. In a manner to disparage or dishonor; slightingly. | |
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Disparate \Dis"pa*rate\, a. [L. disparatus, p. p. of disparare to part, separate; dis- + parare to make ready, prepare.] 1. Unequal; dissimilar; separate. Connecting disparate thoughts, purely by means of resemblances in the words expressing them. --Coleridge. 2. (Logic) Pertaining to two co[94]rdinate species or divisions. | |
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Disparates \Dis"pa*rates\, n. pl. Things so unequal or unlike that they can not be compared with each other. | |
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Disparity \Dis*par"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Disparities}. [LL. disparitas, fr. L. dispar unlike, unequal; dis- + par equal: cf. F. disparit[82]. See {Par}, {Peer}.] Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color. The disparity between God and his intelligent creatures. --I. Taylor. The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause any uneasiness. --Macaulay. Syn: Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion; difference. | |
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Disparition \Dis`pa*ri"tion\, n. [Cf. F. disparition.] Act of disappearing; disappearance. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Disparity \Dis*par"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Disparities}. [LL. disparitas, fr. L. dispar unlike, unequal; dis- + par equal: cf. F. disparit[82]. See {Par}, {Peer}.] Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to color. The disparity between God and his intelligent creatures. --I. Taylor. The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause any uneasiness. --Macaulay. Syn: Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion; difference. | |
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Dispark \Dis*park"\, v. t. 1. To throw (a park or inclosure); to treat (a private park) as a common. The Gentiles were made to be God's people when the Jews' inclosure was disparked. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To set at large; to release from inclosure. Till his free muse threw down the pale, And did at once dispark them all. --Waller. | |
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Disparkle \Dis*par"kle\, v. t. [OF. desparpeillier.] To scatter abroad. [Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Dispart \Dis*part"\, v. i. To separate, to open; to cleave. | |
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Dispart \Dis*part"\, n. 1. (Gun.) The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance. On account of the dispart, the line of aim or line of metal, which is in a plane passing through the axis of the gun, always makes a small angle with the axis. --Eng. Cys. 2. (Gun.) A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called also {dispart sight}, and {muzzle sight}. | |
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Dispart \Dis*part"\, v. t. 1. (Gun.) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim. Every gunner, before he shoots, must truly dispart his piece. --Lucar. 2. (Gun.) To furnish with a dispart sight. | |
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Dispart \Dis*part"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disparted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disparting}.] [Pref. dis- + part: cf. OF. despartir.] To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers. [Archaic] Them in twelve troops their captain did dispart. --Spenser. The world will be whole, and refuses to be disparted. --Emerson. | |
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Dispart \Dis*part"\, n. 1. (Gun.) The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance. On account of the dispart, the line of aim or line of metal, which is in a plane passing through the axis of the gun, always makes a small angle with the axis. --Eng. Cys. 2. (Gun.) A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called also {dispart sight}, and {muzzle sight}. | |
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Dispart \Dis*part"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disparted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disparting}.] [Pref. dis- + part: cf. OF. despartir.] To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers. [Archaic] Them in twelve troops their captain did dispart. --Spenser. The world will be whole, and refuses to be disparted. --Emerson. | |
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Dispart \Dis*part"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disparted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disparting}.] [Pref. dis- + part: cf. OF. despartir.] To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers. [Archaic] Them in twelve troops their captain did dispart. --Spenser. The world will be whole, and refuses to be disparted. --Emerson. | |
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Disperge \Dis*perge"\, v. t. [L. dispergere. See {Disperse}.] To sprinkle. [Obs.] | |
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Disperple \Dis*per"ple\, v. t. [OF. desparpe[?][?][?][?]er.] To scatter; to sprinkle. [Obs.] Odorous water was Disperpled lightly on my head and neck. --Chapman. | |
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Dispersal \Dis*per"sal\, n. The act or result of dispersing or scattering; dispersion. --Darwin. | |
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Disperse \Dis*perse"\, v. i. 1. To separate; to go or move into different parts; to vanish; as, the company dispersed at ten o'clock; the clouds disperse. 2. To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others. He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor. --Ps. cxii. 9. | |
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Disperse \Dis*perse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispersed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispersing}.] [L. dispersus, p. p. of dispergere to strew, scatter. See {Sparse}.] 1. To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. --Prov. xv. 7. Two lions, in the still, dark night, A herd of beeves disperse. --Cowper. 2. To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors. Dispersed are the glories. --Shak. Syn: To scatter; dissipate; dispel; spread; diffuse; distribute; deal out; disseminate. | |
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Disperse \Dis*perse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispersed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispersing}.] [L. dispersus, p. p. of dispergere to strew, scatter. See {Sparse}.] 1. To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. --Prov. xv. 7. Two lions, in the still, dark night, A herd of beeves disperse. --Cowper. 2. To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors. Dispersed are the glories. --Shak. Syn: To scatter; dissipate; dispel; spread; diffuse; distribute; deal out; disseminate. | |
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Dispersed \Dis*persed"\, a. Scattered. -- {Dis*pers"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*pers"ed*ness}, n. {Dispersed harmony} (Mus.), harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more. | |
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Dispersed \Dis*persed"\, a. Scattered. -- {Dis*pers"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*pers"ed*ness}, n. {Dispersed harmony} (Mus.), harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more. | |
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Harmony \Har"mo*ny\, n.; pl. {Harmonies}. [ F. harmonic, L. harmonia, Gr. [?] joint, proportion, concord, fr. [?] a fitting or joining. See {Article}. ] 1. The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe. 2. Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony. 3. A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels. 4. (Mus.) (a) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation. (b) The science which treats of their construction and progression. Ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic harmonies. --Milton. 5. (Anat.) See {Harmonic suture}, under {Harmonic}. {Close harmony}, {Dispersed harmony}, etc. See under {Close}, {Dispersed}, etc. {Harmony of the spheres}. See {Music of the spheres}, under {Music}. Syn: {Harmony}, {Melody}. Usage: Harmony results from the concord of two or more strains or sounds which differ in pitch and quality. Melody denotes the pleasing alternation and variety of musical and measured sounds, as they succeed each other in a single verse or strain. | |
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Dispersed \Dis*persed"\, a. Scattered. -- {Dis*pers"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*pers"ed*ness}, n. {Dispersed harmony} (Mus.), harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more. | |
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Dispersed \Dis*persed"\, a. Scattered. -- {Dis*pers"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*pers"ed*ness}, n. {Dispersed harmony} (Mus.), harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more. | |
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Disperseness \Dis*perse"ness\, n. Dispersedness. [Obs.] | |
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Disperser \Dis*pers"er\, n. One that disperses. | |
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Disperse \Dis*perse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispersed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispersing}.] [L. dispersus, p. p. of dispergere to strew, scatter. See {Sparse}.] 1. To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge. --Prov. xv. 7. Two lions, in the still, dark night, A herd of beeves disperse. --Cowper. 2. To scatter, so as to cause to vanish; to dissipate; as, to disperse vapors. Dispersed are the glories. --Shak. Syn: To scatter; dissipate; dispel; spread; diffuse; distribute; deal out; disseminate. | |
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Dispersion \Dis*per"sion\, n. [CF. F. dispersion.] 1. The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel. The days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished. --Jer. xxv. 34. 2. (Opt.) The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities. {Dispersion of the optic axes} (Crystallog.), the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values for the different colors of the spectrum. | |
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Dispersion \Dis*per"sion\, n. [CF. F. dispersion.] 1. The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel. The days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished. --Jer. xxv. 34. 2. (Opt.) The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities. {Dispersion of the optic axes} (Crystallog.), the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values for the different colors of the spectrum. | |
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Dispersive \Dis*pers"ive\, a. Tending to disperse. {Dispersive power} (Opt.), the relative effect of a material in separating the different rays of light by refraction, as when the substance is formed into a prism. -- {Dis*pers"ive*ness}, n. | |
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Dispersive \Dis*pers"ive\, a. Tending to disperse. {Dispersive power} (Opt.), the relative effect of a material in separating the different rays of light by refraction, as when the substance is formed into a prism. -- {Dis*pers"ive*ness}, n. | |
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Dispersive \Dis*pers"ive\, a. Tending to disperse. {Dispersive power} (Opt.), the relative effect of a material in separating the different rays of light by refraction, as when the substance is formed into a prism. -- {Dis*pers"ive*ness}, n. | |
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Disperson'ate \Dis*per"son'*ate\, v. t. To deprive of personality or individuality. [R.] We multiply; we dispersonate ourselves. --Hare. | |
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Dispirit \Dis*pir"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispirited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispiriting}.] [Pref. dis- + spirit.] 1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. Not dispirited with my afflictions. --Dryden. He has dispirited himself by a debauch. --Collier. 2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.] This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar. --Fuller. Syn: To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast down; intimidate; daunt; cow. | |
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Dispirit \Dis*pir"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispirited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispiriting}.] [Pref. dis- + spirit.] 1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. Not dispirited with my afflictions. --Dryden. He has dispirited himself by a debauch. --Collier. 2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.] This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar. --Fuller. Syn: To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast down; intimidate; daunt; cow. | |
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Dispirited \Dis*pir"it*ed\, a. Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- {Dis*pir"it*ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*pir"it*ed}, n. | |
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Dispirited \Dis*pir"it*ed\, a. Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- {Dis*pir"it*ed*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*pir"it*ed}, n. | |
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Dispirit \Dis*pir"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispirited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispiriting}.] [Pref. dis- + spirit.] 1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. Not dispirited with my afflictions. --Dryden. He has dispirited himself by a debauch. --Collier. 2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.] This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar. --Fuller. Syn: To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast down; intimidate; daunt; cow. | |
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Dispiritment \Dis*pir"it*ment\, n. Depression of spirits; discouragement. [R.] Procter, in evident distress and dispiritment, was waiting the slow conclusion of this. --Carlyle. | |
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Disporous \Di*spor"ous\, a. [Pref. di- + sporous.] (Biol.) Having two spores. | |
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Disport \Dis*port"\, n. [OF. desport, deport. See {Disport}, v. i., and cf. {Sport}.] Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness. --Milton. | |
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Disport \Dis*port"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disported}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disporting}.] [OF. se desporter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. porter to carry; orig. therefore, to carry one's self away from work, to go to amuse one's self. See {Port} demeanor, and cf. {Sport}.] To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self. Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. --Pope. Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun, Disporting there like any other fly. --Byron. | |
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Disport \Dis*port"\, v. t. [OF. desporter. See {Disport}, v. i.] 1. To divert or amuse; to make merry. They could disport themselves. --Buckle. 2. To remove from a port; to carry away. --Prynne. | |
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Disport \Dis*port"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disported}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disporting}.] [OF. se desporter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. porter to carry; orig. therefore, to carry one's self away from work, to go to amuse one's self. See {Port} demeanor, and cf. {Sport}.] To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self. Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. --Pope. Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun, Disporting there like any other fly. --Byron. | |
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Disport \Dis*port"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Disported}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disporting}.] [OF. se desporter; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. porter to carry; orig. therefore, to carry one's self away from work, to go to amuse one's self. See {Port} demeanor, and cf. {Sport}.] To play; to wanton; to move in gayety; to move lightly and without restraint; to amuse one's self. Where light disports in ever mingling dyes. --Pope. Childe Harold basked him in the noontide sun, Disporting there like any other fly. --Byron. | |
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Disportment \Dis*port"ment\, n. Act of disporting; diversion; play. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Dispraisable \Dis*prais"a*ble\, a. Blamable. [R.] | |
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Dispraise \Dis*praise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispraised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispraising}.] [OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier, despreisier, F. d[82]priser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier, F. priser, to prize, praise. See {Praise}, and cf. {Disprize}, {Depreciate}.] To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame. Dispraising the power of his adversaries. --Chaucer. I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him. --Shak. | |
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Dispraise \Dis*praise"\, n. [Cf. OF. despris. See {Dispraise}, v. t.] The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement. --Dryden. In praise and in dispraise the same. --Tennyson. | |
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Dispraise \Dis*praise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispraised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispraising}.] [OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier, despreisier, F. d[82]priser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier, F. priser, to prize, praise. See {Praise}, and cf. {Disprize}, {Depreciate}.] To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame. Dispraising the power of his adversaries. --Chaucer. I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him. --Shak. | |
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Dispraiser \Dis*prais"er\, n. One who blames or dispraises. | |
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Dispraise \Dis*praise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispraised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispraising}.] [OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier, despreisier, F. d[82]priser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier, F. priser, to prize, praise. See {Praise}, and cf. {Disprize}, {Depreciate}.] To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame. Dispraising the power of his adversaries. --Chaucer. I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him. --Shak. | |
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Dispraisingly \Dis*praising*ly\, adv. By way of dispraise. | |
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Dispread \Dis*pread"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + spread.] To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams. --Spenser. | |
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Dispread \Dis*pread"\, v. i. To extend or expand itself. [R.] While tyrant Heat, dispreading through the sky. --Thomson. | |
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Dispreader \Dis*pread"er\, n. One who spreads abroad. Dispreaders both of vice and error. --Milton. | |
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Disprejudice \Dis*prej"u*dice\, v. t. To free from prejudice. [Obs.] --W. Montagu. | |
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Disprepare \Dis`pre*pare"\, v. t. To render unprepared. [Obs.] --Hobbes. | |
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Disprince \Dis*prince"\, v. t. To make unlike a prince. [R.] For I was drench'd with ooze, and torn with briers, . . . And, all one rag, disprinced from head to heel. --Tennyson. | |
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Disprison \Dis*pris"on\, v. t. To let loose from prison, to set at liberty. [R.] --Bulwer. | |
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Disprivilege \Dis*priv"i*lege\, v. t. To deprive of a privilege or privileges. [R.] | |
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Disprize \Dis*prize"\, v. t. [Cf. {Dispraise}.] To depreciate. [R.] --Cotton (Ode to Lydia). | |
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Disprofess \Dis`pro*fess"\, v. t. To renounce the profession or pursuit of. His arms, which he had vowed to disprofess. --Spenser. | |
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Disprofit \Dis*prof"it\, n. Loss; damage. --Foxe. | |
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Disprofit \Dis*prof"it\, v. i. & i. To be, or to cause to be, without profit or benefit. [Obs. or Archaic] --Bale. | |
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Disprofitable \Dis*prof"it*a*ble\, a. Unprofitable. [Obs.] | |
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Disproof \Dis*proof"\, n. [Pref. dis- + proof. Cf. {Disprove}.] A proving to be false or erroneous; confutation; refutation; as, to offer evidence in disproof of a statement. I need not offer anything farther in support of one, or in disproof of the other. --Rogers. | |
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Disproperty \Dis*prop"er*ty\, v. t. To cause to be no longer property; to dispossess of. [R.] --Shak. | |
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Disproportion \Dis`pro*por"tion\, n. [Pref. dis- + proportion: cf. F. disproportion.] 1. Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height. 2. Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object. | |
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Disproportion \Dis`pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disproportioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disproportioning}.] To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly. To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion me in every part. --Shak. A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. --Prescott. | |
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Disproportionable \Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble\, a. Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- {Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness}, n. --Hammond. -- {Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Disproportionable \Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble\, a. Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- {Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness}, n. --Hammond. -- {Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Disproportionable \Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble\, a. Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- {Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness}, n. --Hammond. -- {Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly}, adv. | |
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Disproportional \Dis`pro*por"tion*al\, a. Not having due proportion to something else; not having proportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form, quantity or value; inadequate; unequal; as, a disproportional limb constitutes deformity in the body; the studies of youth should not be disproportional to their understanding. | |
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Disproportionality \Dis`pro*por`tion*al"i*ty\, n. The state of being disproportional. --Dr. H. More. | |
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Disproportionally \Dis`pro*por"tion*al*ly\, adv. In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally. | |
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Disproportionate \Dis`pro*por"tion*ate\, a. Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means. -- {Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ness}, n. | |
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Disproportionate \Dis`pro*por"tion*ate\, a. Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means. -- {Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ness}, n. | |
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Disproportionate \Dis`pro*por"tion*ate\, a. Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means. -- {Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ly}, adv. -- {Dis`pro*por"tion*ate*ness}, n. | |
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Disproportion \Dis`pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disproportioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disproportioning}.] To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly. To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion me in every part. --Shak. A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. --Prescott. | |
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Disproportion \Dis`pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disproportioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disproportioning}.] To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly. To shape my legs of an unequal size; To disproportion me in every part. --Shak. A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. --Prescott. | |
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Dispropriate \Dis*pro"pri*ate\, v. t. [L. dis- + propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one's own, proper.] To cancel the appropriation of; to disappropriate. [R.] | |
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Disprovable \Dis*prov"a*ble\, a. Capable of being disproved or refuted. --Boyle. | |
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Disproval \Dis*prov"al\, n. Act of disproving; disproof. [R.] | |
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Disprove \Dis*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disproved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disproving}.] [Pref. dis- + prove: cf. OF. desprover.] 1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it. --Atterbury. 2. To disallow; to disapprove of. [Obs.] --Stirling. | |
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Disprove \Dis*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disproved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disproving}.] [Pref. dis- + prove: cf. OF. desprover.] 1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it. --Atterbury. 2. To disallow; to disapprove of. [Obs.] --Stirling. | |
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Disprover \Dis*prov"er\, n. One who disproves or confutes. | |
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Disprovide \Dis`pro*vide"\, v. t. Not to provide; to fail to provide. [Obs.] --Boyle. | |
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Disprove \Dis*prove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disproved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disproving}.] [Pref. dis- + prove: cf. OF. desprover.] 1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it. --Atterbury. 2. To disallow; to disapprove of. [Obs.] --Stirling. | |
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Dispurpose \Dis*pur"pose\, v. t. To dissuade; to frustrate; as, to dispurpose plots. [R.] --A. Brewer. | |
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Dispurse \Dis*purse"\, v. t. To disburse. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Dispurvey \Dis`pur*vey"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + purvey: cf. OF. desporveoir, F. d[82]pourvoir.] To disfurnish; to strip. [Obs.] --Heywood. | |
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Dispurveyance \Dis`pur*vey"ance\, n. Want of provisions; [?]ack of food. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Dissever \Dis*sev"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissevered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissevering}.] [OE. dessevrer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + sevrer to sever, F. sevrer to wean, L. separate to separate. In this word the prefix is intensive. See {Dis-}, and {Sever}.] To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse. The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of therm never met again. --Sir P. Sidney. States disserved, discordant, belligerent. --D. Webster. | |
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Dissever \Dis*sev"er\, v. i. To part; to separate. --Chaucer. | |
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Disseverance \Dis*sev"er*ance\, n. [OF. dessevrance.] The act of disserving; separation. | |
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Disseveration \Dis*sev`er*a"tion\, n. The act of disserving; disseverance. [Obs.] | |
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Dissever \Dis*sev"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissevered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissevering}.] [OE. dessevrer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + sevrer to sever, F. sevrer to wean, L. separate to separate. In this word the prefix is intensive. See {Dis-}, and {Sever}.] To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse. The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of therm never met again. --Sir P. Sidney. States disserved, discordant, belligerent. --D. Webster. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dissever \Dis*sev"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissevered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissevering}.] [OE. dessevrer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + sevrer to sever, F. sevrer to wean, L. separate to separate. In this word the prefix is intensive. See {Dis-}, and {Sever}.] To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse. The storm so dissevered the company . . . that most of therm never met again. --Sir P. Sidney. States disserved, discordant, belligerent. --D. Webster. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Disseverment \Dis*sev"er*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. dessevrement.] Disseverance. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Disshiver \Dis*shiv"er\, v. t. & i. To shiver or break in pieces. [Obs.] | |
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Disspermous \Dis*sper"mous\, a. [Gr. [?] = [?] + [?] seed, fr. [?] to sow: cf. F. disperme.] (Bot.) Containing only two seeds; two-seeded. | |
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Disspirit \Dis*spir"it\, v. t. See {Dispirit}. | |
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Dog \Dog\ (d[ocr]g), n. [AS. docga; akin to D. dog mastiff, Dan. dogge, Sw. dogg.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Canis}, esp. the domestic dog ({C. familiaris}). Note: The dog is distinguished above all others of the inferior animals for intelligence, docility, and attachment to man. There are numerous carefully bred varieties, as the beagle, bloodhound, bulldog, coachdog, collie, Danish dog, foxhound, greyhound, mastiff, pointer, poodle, St. Bernard, setter, spaniel, spitz dog, terrier, etc. There are also many mixed breeds, and partially domesticated varieties, as well as wild dogs, like the dingo and dhole. (See these names in the Vocabulary.) 2. A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch. What is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? -- 2 Kings viii. 13 (Rev. Ver. ) 3. A fellow; -- used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog. [Colloq.] 4. (Astron.) One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius). 5. An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron. 6. (Mech.) (a) A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them. (b) An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill. (c) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool. Note: Dog is used adjectively or in composition, commonly in the sense of relating to, or characteristic of, a dog. It is also used to denote a male; as, dog fox or g-fox, a male fox; dog otter or dog-otter, dog wolf, etc.; -- also to denote a thing of cheap or mean quality; as, dog Latin. {A dead dog}, a thing of no use or value. --1 Sam. xxiv. 14. {A dog in the manger}, an ugly-natured person who prevents others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them but is none to him. {Dog ape} (Zo[94]l.), a male ape. {Dog cabbage}, [or] {Dog's cabbage} (Bot.), a succulent herb, native to the Mediterranean region ({Thelygonum Cynocrambe}). {Dog cheap}, very cheap. See under {Cheap}. {Dog ear} (Arch.), an acroterium. [Colloq.] {Dog flea} (Zo[94]l.), a species of flea ({Pulex canis}) which infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to man. In America it is the common flea. See {Flea}, and {Aphaniptera}. {Dog grass} (Bot.), a grass ({Triticum caninum}) of the same genus as wheat. {Dog Latin}, barbarous Latin; as, the dog Latin of pharmacy. {Dog lichen} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Peltigera canina}) growing on earth, rocks, and tree trunks, -- a lobed expansion, dingy green above and whitish with fuscous veins beneath. {Dog louse} (Zo[94]l.), a louse that infests the dog, esp. {H[91]matopinus piliferus}; another species is {Trichodectes latus}. {Dog power}, a machine operated by the weight of a dog traveling in a drum, or on an endless track, as for churning. {Dog salmon} (Zo[94]l.), a salmon of northwest America and northern Asia; -- the {gorbuscha}; -- called also {holia}, and {hone}. {Dog shark}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Dogfish}. {Dog's meat}, meat fit only for dogs; refuse; offal. {Dog Star}. See in the Vocabulary. {Dog wheat} (Bot.), Dog grass. {Dog whelk} (Zo[94]l.), any species of univalve shells of the family {Nassid[91]}, esp. the {Nassa reticulata} of England. {To give, [or] throw}, {to the dogs}, to throw away as useless. [bd]Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it.[b8] --Shak. {To go to the dogs}, to go to ruin; to be ruined. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dogberry \Dog"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) The berry of the dogwood; -- called also {dogcherry}. --Dr. Prior. {Dogberry tree} (Bot.), the dogwood. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dogberry \Dog"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.) The berry of the dogwood; -- called also {dogcherry}. --Dr. Prior. {Dogberry tree} (Bot.), the dogwood. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dog-brier \Dog"-bri`er\, n. (Bot.) The dog-rose. | |
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Doucepere \Douce"pere`\, n. [F. les douze pairs the twelve peers of France, renowned in romantic fiction.] One of the twelve peers of France, companions of Charlemagne in war. [Written also {douzepere}.] [Obs.] Big-looking like a doughty doucepere. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Doughbird \Dough"bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The Eskimo curlew ({Numenius borealis}). See {Curlew}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Doucepere \Douce"pere`\, n. [F. les douze pairs the twelve peers of France, renowned in romantic fiction.] One of the twelve peers of France, companions of Charlemagne in war. [Written also {douzepere}.] [Obs.] Big-looking like a doughty doucepere. --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ] 1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[91]}, family {Anatid[91]}. Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the former are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas}); the wood duck ({Aix sponsa}); the beautiful mandarin duck of China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata}); the Muscovy duck, originally of South America ({Cairina moschata}). Among the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc. 2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water. Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be trod. --Milton. {Bombay duck} (Zo[94]l.), a fish. See {Bummalo}. {Buffel duck}, [or] {Spirit duck}. See {Buffel duck}. {Duck ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees. {Duck barnacle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Goose barnacle}. {Duck hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon. (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard. {Duck mole} (Zo[94]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus}). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; -- called also {duckbill}, {platypus}, {mallangong}, {mullingong}, {tambreet}, and {water mole}. {To make ducks and drakes}, to throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water, raising a succession of jets | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Goose \Goose\ (g[oomac]s), n.; pl. {Geese} (g[emac]s). [OE. gos, AS. g[omac]s, pl. g[emac]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[be]s, Dan. gaas, Sw. g[aring]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[msdot]sa. [root]233. Cf. {Gander}, {Gannet}, {Ganza}, {Gosling}.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily {Anserin[91]}, and belonging to {Anser}, {Branta}, {Chen}, and several allied genera. See {Anseres}. Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser anser}). The bean goose ({A. segetum}), the American wild or Canada goose ({Branta Canadensis}), and the bernicle goose ({Branta leucopsis}) are well known species. The American white or snow geese and the blue goose belong to the genus {Chen}. See {Bernicle}, {Emperor goose}, under {Emperor}, {Snow goose}, {Wild goose}, {Brant}. 2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose. Note: The Egyptian or fox goose ({Alopochen [92]gyptiaca}) and the African spur-winged geese ({Plectropterus}) belong to the family {Plectropterid[91]}. The Australian semipalmated goose ({Anseranas semipalmata}) and Cape Barren goose ({Cereopsis Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]}) are very different from northern geese, and each is made the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in Australia. 3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose. 4. A silly creature; a simpleton. 5. A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted. The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose. --Goldsmith. {A wild goose chase}, an attempt to accomplish something impossible or unlikely of attainment. {Fen goose}. See under {Fen}. {Goose barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), any pedunculated barnacle of the genus {Anatifa} or {Lepas}; -- called also {duck barnacle}. See {Barnacle}, and {Cirripedia}. {Goose cap}, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & . {Goose corn} (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus squarrosus}). {Goose feast}, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.] {Goose flesh}, a peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear; -- called also {goose skin}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ] 1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[91]}, family {Anatid[91]}. Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the former are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas}); the wood duck ({Aix sponsa}); the beautiful mandarin duck of China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata}); the Muscovy duck, originally of South America ({Cairina moschata}). Among the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc. 2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water. Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be trod. --Milton. {Bombay duck} (Zo[94]l.), a fish. See {Bummalo}. {Buffel duck}, [or] {Spirit duck}. See {Buffel duck}. {Duck ant} (Zo[94]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees. {Duck barnacle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Goose barnacle}. {Duck hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon. (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard. {Duck mole} (Zo[94]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus}). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; -- called also {duckbill}, {platypus}, {mallangong}, {mullingong}, {tambreet}, and {water mole}. {To make ducks and drakes}, to throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water, raising a succession of jets | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Goose \Goose\ (g[oomac]s), n.; pl. {Geese} (g[emac]s). [OE. gos, AS. g[omac]s, pl. g[emac]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[be]s, Dan. gaas, Sw. g[aring]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[msdot]sa. [root]233. Cf. {Gander}, {Gannet}, {Ganza}, {Gosling}.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily {Anserin[91]}, and belonging to {Anser}, {Branta}, {Chen}, and several allied genera. See {Anseres}. Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser anser}). The bean goose ({A. segetum}), the American wild or Canada goose ({Branta Canadensis}), and the bernicle goose ({Branta leucopsis}) are well known species. The American white or snow geese and the blue goose belong to the genus {Chen}. See {Bernicle}, {Emperor goose}, under {Emperor}, {Snow goose}, {Wild goose}, {Brant}. 2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the common goose. Note: The Egyptian or fox goose ({Alopochen [92]gyptiaca}) and the African spur-winged geese ({Plectropterus}) belong to the family {Plectropterid[91]}. The Australian semipalmated goose ({Anseranas semipalmata}) and Cape Barren goose ({Cereopsis Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]}) are very different from northern geese, and each is made the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in Australia. 3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle, which resembles the neck of a goose. 4. A silly creature; a simpleton. 5. A game played with counters on a board divided into compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted. The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose. --Goldsmith. {A wild goose chase}, an attempt to accomplish something impossible or unlikely of attainment. {Fen goose}. See under {Fen}. {Goose barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), any pedunculated barnacle of the genus {Anatifa} or {Lepas}; -- called also {duck barnacle}. See {Barnacle}, and {Cirripedia}. {Goose cap}, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & . {Goose corn} (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus squarrosus}). {Goose feast}, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.] {Goose flesh}, a peculiar roughness of the skin produced by cold or fear; -- called also {goose skin}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dukhobors \Du*kho*bors"\, Dukhobortsy \Du*kho*bor"tsy\, n. pl. [Russ. dukhobortsy spirit wrestlers; dukh spirit + bortsy wrestlers.] A Russian religious sect founded about the middle of the 18th century at Kharkov. They believe that Christ was wholly human, but that his soul reappears from time to time in mortals. They accept the Ten Commandments and the [bd]useful[b8] portions of the Bible, but deny the need of rulers, priests, or churches, and have no confessions, icons, or marriage ceremonies. They are communistic, opposed to any violence, and unwilling to use the labor of animals. Driven out of Russia proper, many have emigrated to Cyprus and Canada. See {Raskolnik}, below. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Raskolnik \[d8]Ras*kol"nik\, n.; pl. {Raskolniki}or {Raskolniks}. [Russ. raskol'nik dissenter, fr. raskol dissent.] The name applied by the Russian government to any subject of the Greek faith who dissents from the established church. The Raskolniki embrace many sects, whose common characteristic is a clinging to antique traditions, habits, and customs. The schism originated in 1667 in an ecclesiastical dispute as to the correctness of the translation of the religious books. The dissenters, who have been continually persecuted, are believed to number about 20,000,000, although the Holy Synod officially puts the number at about 2,000,000. They are officially divided into three groups according to the degree of their variance from orthodox beliefs and observances, as follows: I. [bd]Most obnoxious.[b8] the {Judaizers}; the {Molokane}, who refuse to recognize civil authority or to take oaths; the {Dukhobortsy}, or {Dukhobors}, who are communistic, marry without ceremony, and believe that Christ was human, but that his soul reappears at intervals in living men; the {Khlysty}, who countenance anthropolatory, are ascetics, practice continual self-flagellation, and reject marriage; the {Skoptsy}, who practice castration; and a section of the {Bezpopovtsy}, or priestless sect, which disbelieve in prayers for the Czar and in marriage. II. [bd]Obnoxious:[b8] the {Bezpopovtsy}, who pray for the Czar and recognize marriage. III. [bd]Least obnoxious:[b8] the {Popovtsy}, who dissent from the orthodox church in minor points only. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dukhobors \Du*kho*bors"\, Dukhobortsy \Du*kho*bor"tsy\, n. pl. [Russ. dukhobortsy spirit wrestlers; dukh spirit + bortsy wrestlers.] A Russian religious sect founded about the middle of the 18th century at Kharkov. They believe that Christ was wholly human, but that his soul reappears from time to time in mortals. They accept the Ten Commandments and the [bd]useful[b8] portions of the Bible, but deny the need of rulers, priests, or churches, and have no confessions, icons, or marriage ceremonies. They are communistic, opposed to any violence, and unwilling to use the labor of animals. Driven out of Russia proper, many have emigrated to Cyprus and Canada. See {Raskolnik}, below. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Raskolnik \[d8]Ras*kol"nik\, n.; pl. {Raskolniki}or {Raskolniks}. [Russ. raskol'nik dissenter, fr. raskol dissent.] The name applied by the Russian government to any subject of the Greek faith who dissents from the established church. The Raskolniki embrace many sects, whose common characteristic is a clinging to antique traditions, habits, and customs. The schism originated in 1667 in an ecclesiastical dispute as to the correctness of the translation of the religious books. The dissenters, who have been continually persecuted, are believed to number about 20,000,000, although the Holy Synod officially puts the number at about 2,000,000. They are officially divided into three groups according to the degree of their variance from orthodox beliefs and observances, as follows: I. [bd]Most obnoxious.[b8] the {Judaizers}; the {Molokane}, who refuse to recognize civil authority or to take oaths; the {Dukhobortsy}, or {Dukhobors}, who are communistic, marry without ceremony, and believe that Christ was human, but that his soul reappears at intervals in living men; the {Khlysty}, who countenance anthropolatory, are ascetics, practice continual self-flagellation, and reject marriage; the {Skoptsy}, who practice castration; and a section of the {Bezpopovtsy}, or priestless sect, which disbelieve in prayers for the Czar and in marriage. II. [bd]Obnoxious:[b8] the {Bezpopovtsy}, who pray for the Czar and recognize marriage. III. [bd]Least obnoxious:[b8] the {Popovtsy}, who dissent from the orthodox church in minor points only. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Wheatear \Wheat"ear`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small European singing bird ({Saxicola [oe]nanthe}). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also {checkbird}, {chickell}, {dykehopper}, {fallow chat}, {fallow finch}, {stonechat}, and {whitetail}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dysprosium \Dys*pro"si*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. dyspro`sitos hard to get at.] (Chem.) An element of the rare earth-group. Symbol Dy; at. wt., 162.5. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dagsboro, DE (town, FIPS 18950) Location: 38.54751 N, 75.24774 W Population (1990): 398 (186 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19939 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Des Peres, MO (city, FIPS 19270) Location: 38.59597 N, 90.44718 W Population (1990): 8395 (2812 housing units) Area: 10.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63131 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Despard, WV (CDP, FIPS 21316) Location: 39.29217 N, 80.31764 W Population (1990): 1018 (408 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Discovery Bay, CA (CDP, FIPS 19339) Location: 37.90878 N, 121.59522 W Population (1990): 5351 (2646 housing units) Area: 17.4 sq km (land), 2.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Discovery-Spring Garden, MD (CDP, FIPS 23005) Location: 39.46034 N, 77.36079 W Population (1990): 2443 (742 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dugspur, VA Zip code(s): 24325 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Duxbury, MA (CDP, FIPS 17860) Location: 42.04279 N, 70.67345 W Population (1990): 1637 (690 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 1.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 02332 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
D. C. Power Lab n. The former site of {{SAIL}}. Hackers thought this was very funny because the obvious connection to electrical engineering was nonexistent -- the lab was named for a Donald C. Power. Compare {Marginal Hacks}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
disk farm n. (also {laundromat}) A large room or rooms filled with disk drives (esp. {washing machine}s). | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
dispress vt. [contraction of `Dissociated Press' due to eight-character MS-DOS filenames] To apply the {Dissociated Press} algorithm to a block of text. The resultant output is also referred to as a 'dispression'. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
D. C. Power Lab The former site of {SAIL}. This name was very funny because the obvious connection to electrical engineering was nonexistent - the lab was named after a Donald C. Power. Compare {Marginal Hacks}. [But did DCP's parents realise the joke?] [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
disk farm {disk drives} (especially {washing machines}). [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
disk operating system systems} which include facilities for storing files on disk. Such a system must handle physical disk I/O, the mapping of file names to disk addresses and protection of files from unauthorised access (in a {multi-user} system). A DOS should present a uniform interface to different storage device such as {floppy disks}, {hard disks} and {magnetic tape} drives. It may also provide some kind of locking to prevent unintentional simultaneous access by two processes to the same file (or {record}). (1998-07-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Disk Operating System from {IBM}. DOS was the low-end OS of choice on the {IBM 360}, the high-end system was called just "{OS}". DOS had a smaller {kernel} and less functionality than OS and could run on the typical 32K 360/30 and 64K 360/40 class machines. DOS was a successor to {TOS}. (1999-01-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
disk operating system systems} which include facilities for storing files on disk. Such a system must handle physical disk I/O, the mapping of file names to disk addresses and protection of files from unauthorised access (in a {multi-user} system). A DOS should present a uniform interface to different storage device such as {floppy disks}, {hard disks} and {magnetic tape} drives. It may also provide some kind of locking to prevent unintentional simultaneous access by two processes to the same file (or {record}). (1998-07-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Disk Operating System from {IBM}. DOS was the low-end OS of choice on the {IBM 360}, the high-end system was called just "{OS}". DOS had a smaller {kernel} and less functionality than OS and could run on the typical 32K 360/30 and 64K 360/40 class machines. DOS was a successor to {TOS}. (1999-01-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DOS Protected Mode Interface (DPMI) The method which {Microsoft} prescribes for a {DOS} program to access {extended memory} under a {multitasking} environment, e.g. {Microsoft Windows}. This service is provided by the HIMEM.SYS driver on {IBM PC}s. The DPMI specification was finalized in 1990. The specification itself is available from {Intel Literature Sales}. VCPI (Virtual Control Program Interface), which was an alternative, and incompatible method for doing the same thing. ["Windows 3.1 Secrets", Brian Livingston, 1992, ISBN 1-878058-43-6, pages 280-281 and 302]. (1995-01-12) | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
dysprosium Symbol: Dy Atomic number: 66 Atomic weight: 162.50 Metallic with a bright silvery-white lustre. Dysprosium belongs to the lanthanoids. It is relatively stable in air at room temperatures, it will however dissolve in mineral acids, evolving hydrogen. It is found in from rare-earth minerals. There are seven natural isotopes of dysprosium, and eight radioisotopes, Dy-154 being the most stable with a half-life of 3*10^6 years. Dysprosium is used as a neutron absorber in nuclear fission reactions, and in compact disks. It was discovered by Paul Emile Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1886 in France. Its name comes from the Greek word dysprositos, which means hard to obtain. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dayspring (Job 38:12; Luke 1:78), the dawn of the morning; daybreak. (Comp. Isa. 60:1, 2; Mal. 4:2; Rev. 22:16.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dispersion (Gr. diaspora, "scattered," James 1:1; 1 Pet. 1:1) of the Jews. At various times, and from the operation of divers causes, the Jews were separated and scattered into foreign countries "to the outmost parts of heaven" (Deut. 30:4). (1.) Many were dispersed over Assyria, Media, Babylonia, and Persia, descendants of those who had been transported thither by the Exile. The ten tribes, after existing as a separate kingdom for two hundred and fifty-five years, were carried captive (B.C. 721) by Shalmaneser (or Sargon), king of Assyria. They never returned to their own land as a distinct people, although many individuals from among these tribes, there can be no doubt, joined with the bands that returned from Babylon on the proclamation of Cyrus. (2.) Many Jews migrated to Egypt and took up their abode there. This migration began in the days of Solomon (2 Kings 18:21, 24; Isa. 30:7). Alexander the Great placed a large number of Jews in Alexandria, which he had founded, and conferred on them equal rights with the Egyptians. Ptolemy Philadelphus, it is said, caused the Jewish Scriptures to be translated into Greek (the work began B.C. 284), for the use of the Alexandrian Jews. The Jews in Egypt continued for many ages to exercise a powerful influence on the public interests of that country. From Egypt they spread along the coast of Africa to Cyrene (Acts 2:10) and to Ethiopia (8:27). (3.) After the time of Seleucus Nicator (B.C. 280), one of the captains of Alexander the Great, large numbers of Jews migrated into Syria, where they enjoyed equal rights with the Macedonians. From Syria they found their way into Asia Minor. Antiochus the Great, king of Syria and Asia, removed 3,000 families of Jews from Mesopotamia and Babylonia, and planted them in Phrygia and Lydia. (4.) From Asia Minor many Jews moved into Greece and Macedonia, chiefly for purposes of commerce. In the apostles' time they were found in considerable numbers in all the principal cities. From the time of Pompey the Great (B.C. 63) numbers of Jews from Palestine and Greece went to Rome, where they had a separate quarter of the city assigned to them. Here they enjoyed considerable freedom. Thus were the Jews everywhere scattered abroad. This, in the overruling providence of God, ultimately contributed in a great degree toward opening the way for the spread of the gospel into all lands. Dispersion, from the plain of Shinar. This was occasioned by the confusion of tongues at Babel (Gen. 11:9). They were scattered abroad "every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations" (Gen. 10:5, 20,31). The tenth chapter of Genesis gives us an account of the principal nations of the earth in their migrations from the plain of Shinar, which was their common residence after the Flood. In general, it may be said that the descendants of Japheth were scattered over the north, those of Shem over the central regions, and those of Ham over the extreme south. The following table shows how the different families were dispersed: | - Japheth | - Gomer | Cimmerians, Armenians | - Magog | Caucasians, Scythians | - Madal | Medes and Persian tribes | - Javan | - Elishah | Greeks | - Tarshish | Etruscans, Romans | - Chittim | Cyprians, Macedonians | - Dodanim | Rhodians | - Tubal | Tibareni, Tartars | - Mechech | Moschi, Muscovites | - Tiras | Thracians | | - Shem | - Elam | Persian tribes | - Asshur | Assyrian | - Arphaxad | - Abraham | - Isaac | - Jacob | Hebrews | - Esau | Edomites | - Ishmael | Mingled with Arab tribes | - Lud | Lydians | - Aram | Syrians | | - Ham | - Cush | Ethiopans | - Mizrain | Egyptians | - Phut | Lybians, Mauritanians | - Canaan | Canaanites, Phoenicians |