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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Ad libitum \[d8]Ad lib"i*tum\ At one's pleasure; as one wishes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Adelphia \[d8]A*del"phi*a\, n. [Gr. 'adelfo`s brother.] (Bot.) A [bd]brotherhood,[b8] or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Diadelphia \[d8]Di`a*del"phi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?] brother.] (Bot.) A Linn[91]an class of plants whose stamens are united into two bodies or bundles by their filaments. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Didelphia \[d8]Di*del"phi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] = [?] matrix, uterus.] (Zo[94]l.) The subclass of Mammalia which includes the marsupials. See {Marsupialia}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Didelphous \[d8]Di*del"phous\, n. [NL. See {Didelphia}.] (Zo[94]l.) Formerly, any marsupial; but the term is now restricted to an American genus which includes the opossums, of which there are many species. See {Opossum}. [Written also {Didelphis}.] See Illustration in Appendix. --Cuvier. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Dead letter}. (a) A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time uncalled for at the post office to which it was directed, is then sent to the general post office to be opened. (b) That which has lost its force or authority; as, the law has become a dead letter. {Dead-letter office}, a department of the general post office where dead letters are examined and disposed of. {Dead level}, a term applied to a flat country. {Dead lift}, a direct lift, without assistance from mechanical advantage, as from levers, pulleys, etc.; hence, an extreme emergency. [bd](As we say) at a dead lift.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia). {Dead line} (Mil.), a line drawn within or around a military prison, to cross which involves for a prisoner the penalty of being instantly shot. {Dead load} (Civil Engin.), a constant, motionless load, as the weight of a structure, in distinction from a moving load, as a train of cars, or a variable pressure, as of wind. {Dead march} (Mus.), a piece of solemn music intended to be played as an accompaniment to a funeral procession. {Dead nettle} (Bot.), a harmless plant with leaves like a nettle ({Lamium album}). {Dead oil} (Chem.), the heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and containing phenol, naphthalus, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
4. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted; as: (a) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter. (b) A handle. (c) An exercising machine. 5. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals. 6. A lift gate. See {Lift gate}, below. [Prov. Eng.] 7. (Naut.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard. 8. (Mach.) One of the steps of a cone pulley. 9. (Shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel. 10. (Horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given. --Saunier. {Dead lift}. See under {Dead}. --Swift. {Lift bridge}, a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside. {Lift gate}, a gate that is opened by lifting. {Lift hammer}. See {Tilt hammer}. {Lift lock}, a canal lock. {Lift pump}, a lifting pump. {Lift tenter} (Windmills), a governor for regulating the speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action of grinding machinery according to the speed. {Lift wall} (Canal Lock), the cross wall at the head of the lock. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Dead letter}. (a) A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time uncalled for at the post office to which it was directed, is then sent to the general post office to be opened. (b) That which has lost its force or authority; as, the law has become a dead letter. {Dead-letter office}, a department of the general post office where dead letters are examined and disposed of. {Dead level}, a term applied to a flat country. {Dead lift}, a direct lift, without assistance from mechanical advantage, as from levers, pulleys, etc.; hence, an extreme emergency. [bd](As we say) at a dead lift.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia). {Dead line} (Mil.), a line drawn within or around a military prison, to cross which involves for a prisoner the penalty of being instantly shot. {Dead load} (Civil Engin.), a constant, motionless load, as the weight of a structure, in distinction from a moving load, as a train of cars, or a variable pressure, as of wind. {Dead march} (Mus.), a piece of solemn music intended to be played as an accompaniment to a funeral procession. {Dead nettle} (Bot.), a harmless plant with leaves like a nettle ({Lamium album}). {Dead oil} (Chem.), the heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and containing phenol, naphthalus, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diadelphian \Di`a*del"phi*an\, Diadelphous \Di`a*del"phous\, a. [Cf. F. diadelphe.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by their filaments (said of a plant or flower); grouped into two bundles or sets by coalescence of the filaments (said of stamens). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diadelphian \Di`a*del"phi*an\, Diadelphous \Di`a*del"phous\, a. [Cf. F. diadelphe.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the class Diadelphia; having the stamens united into two bodies by their filaments (said of a plant or flower); grouped into two bundles or sets by coalescence of the filaments (said of stamens). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Didelphian \Di*del"phi*an\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or relating to the Didelphia. -- n. One of the Didelphia. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Didelphic \Di*del"phic\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Having the uterus double; of or pertaining to the Didelphia. | |
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Didelphid \Di*del"phid\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Didelphic}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Didelphid \Di*del"phid\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A marsupial animal. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Didelphous \[d8]Di*del"phous\, n. [NL. See {Didelphia}.] (Zo[94]l.) Formerly, any marsupial; but the term is now restricted to an American genus which includes the opossums, of which there are many species. See {Opossum}. [Written also {Didelphis}.] See Illustration in Appendix. --Cuvier. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Didelphous \Di*del"phous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Didelphic. | |
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Marmose \Mar"mose`\, n. [F.] (Zo[94]l.) A species of small opossum ({Didelphus murina}) ranging from Mexico to Brazil. | |
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Didelphyc \Di*del"phyc\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Didelphic}. | |
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d8Sarigue \[d8]Sa*rigue"\, n. [F., from Braz. [87]arigueia, [87]arigueira.] (Zo[94]l.) A small South American opossum ({Didelphys opossum}), having four white spots on the face. | |
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Philander \Phi*lan"der\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A South American opossum ({Didelphys philander}). (b) An Australian bandicoot ({Perameles lagotis}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quica \Qui"ca\, n. [From the native Brazilian name.] (Zo[94]l.) A small South American opossum ({Didelphys quica}), native of Guiana and Brazil. It feeds upon insects, small birds, and fruit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Opossum \O*pos"sum\, n. [Of N. American Indian origin.] (Zo[94]l.) Any American marsupial of the genera {Didelphys} and {Chironectes}. The common species of the United States is {Didelphys Virginiana}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dudleyville, AZ (CDP, FIPS 20680) Location: 32.91427 N, 110.73378 W Population (1990): 1356 (547 housing units) Area: 17.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) |