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China \Chi"na\, n. 1. A country in Eastern Asia. 2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See {Porcelain}. {China aster} (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant. See {Aster}. {China bean}. See under {Bean}, 1. {China clay} See {Kaolin}. {China grass}, Same as {Ramie}. {China ink}. See {India ink}. {China pink} (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of {Dianthus} ({D. Chiensis}) having variously colored single or double flowers; Indian pink. {China root} (Med.), the rootstock of a species of {Smilax} ({S. China}, from the East Indies; -- formerly much esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used for. Also the galanga root (from {Alpinia Gallanga} and {Alpinia officinarum}). {China rose}. (Bot.) (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the {Rosa Indica}, and perhaps other species. (b) A flowering hothouse plant ({Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis}) of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China and the east Indies. {China shop}, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or of crockery. {China ware}, porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century because brought from the far East, and differing from the pottery made in Europe at that time; also, loosely, crockery in general. {Pride of China}, {China tree}. (Bot.) See {Azedarach}. | |
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Larkspur \Lark"spur\, n. (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants ({Delphinium}), having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is {D. Consolida}. The flower of the bee larkspur ({D. elatum}) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee. | |
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d8Acinaces \[d8]A*cin"a*ces\, n. [L., from Gr. [?].] (Anc. Hist.) A short sword or saber. | |
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d8Acinesia \[d8]Ac`i*ne"si*a\ ([acr]s`[icr]*n[emac]"s[icr]*[adot]), n. (Med.) Same as {Akinesia}. | |
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d8Acinus \[d8]Ac"i*nus\, n.; pl. {Acini}. [L., grape, grapestone.] 1. (Bot.) (a) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. (b) A grapestone. 2. (Anat.) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland. --Quain. | |
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d8Agamogenesis \[d8]Ag`a*mo*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. [?] unmarried ('a priv. + [?] marriage) + [?] reproduction.] (Biol.) Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction. | |
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d8Agenesis \[d8]A*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] birth.] (Physiol.) Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization. | |
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d8Agennesis \[d8]Ag`en*ne"sis\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] an engendering.] (Physiol.) Impotence; sterility. | |
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d8Agnus \[d8]Ag"nus\, n.; pl. E. {Agnuses}; L. {Agni}. [L., a lamb.] Agnus Dei. | |
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d8Agnus castus \[d8]Ag"nus cas"tus\ [Gr. [?] a willowlike tree, used at a religious festival; confused with [?] holy, chaste.] (Bot.) A species of {Vitex} ({V. agnus castus}); the chaste tree. --Loudon. And wreaths of agnus castus others bore. --Dryden. | |
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d8Agnus Dei \[d8]Ag"nus De"i\ [L., lamb of God.] (R. C. Ch.) (a) A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag. (b) A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope. (c) A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words [bd]Agnus Dei.[b8] | |
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d8Agnus Scythicus \[d8]Ag"nus Scyth"i*cus\ [L., Scythian lamb.] (Bot.) The Scythian lamb, a kind of woolly-skinned rootstock. See {Barometz}. | |
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d8Akinesia \[d8]Ak`i*ne"si*a\, n. [Gr. [?] quiescence; 'a priv. + [?] motion.] (Med.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement. --Foster. | |
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d8Ascomycetes \[d8]As`co*my*ce"tes\, n. pl. [NL.; ascus + Gr. [?], [?], fungus.] (Bot.) A large class of higher fungi distinguished by septate hyph[91], and by having their spores formed in asci, or spore sacs. It comprises many orders, among which are the yeasts, molds, mildews, truffles, morels, etc. -- {As`co*my*ce"tous}, a. | |
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d8Caimacam \[d8]Cai`ma*cam"\, n. [Turk.] The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey. | |
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d8Camisard \[d8]Cam"i*sard\, n. [F.] One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled against Louis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; -- so called from the peasant's smock (camise) which they wore. | |
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d8Camisole \[d8]Cam"i*sole\, n. [F. See {chemise}.] 1. A short dressing jacket for women. 2. A kind of straitjacket. | |
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d8Cancan \[d8]Can"can\, n. [F.] A rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous or extravagant postures and gestures. | |
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d8Cancelli \[d8]Can*cel"li\, n. pl. [L., a lattice. See {Cancel}, v. t.] 1. An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the nave of a church, or in a window. 2. (Anat.) The interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, esp. in their articular extremities. | |
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d8Canis \[d8]Ca"nis\ (k[acr]"n[icr]s), n.; pl. {Canes} (-n[emac]z). [L., a dog.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family {Canid[91]}, including the dogs and wolves. {[d8]Canis major} [L., larger dog], a constellation to the southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star. {[d8]Canis minor} [L., smaller dog], a constellation to the east of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first magnitude. | |
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d8Canis \[d8]Ca"nis\ (k[acr]"n[icr]s), n.; pl. {Canes} (-n[emac]z). [L., a dog.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family {Canid[91]}, including the dogs and wolves. {[d8]Canis major} [L., larger dog], a constellation to the southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star. {[d8]Canis minor} [L., smaller dog], a constellation to the east of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first magnitude. | |
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d8Canis \[d8]Ca"nis\ (k[acr]"n[icr]s), n.; pl. {Canes} (-n[emac]z). [L., a dog.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family {Canid[91]}, including the dogs and wolves. {[d8]Canis major} [L., larger dog], a constellation to the southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star. {[d8]Canis minor} [L., smaller dog], a constellation to the east of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first magnitude. | |
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d8Cannicula \[d8]Can*nic"u*la\, n. [L. canicula, lit., a little dog, a dim of canis dog; cf. F. canicule.] (Astron.) The Dog Star; Sirius. | |
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d8Canzone \[d8]Can*zo"ne\, n. [It., a song, fr. L. cantio, fr. canere to sing. Cf. {Chanson}, {Chant}.] (Mus.) (a) A song or air for one or more voices, of Proven[87]al origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal. (b) An instrumental piece in the madrigal style. | |
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d8Chameck \[d8]Cha*meck"\, n. [Native Brazilian name.] (Zo[94]l.) A kind of spider monkey ({Ateles chameck}), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail. | |
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d8Chamisal \[d8]Cha`mi*sal"\, n. [Amer. Sp., fr. Sp. chamiza a kind of wild cane.] 1. (Bot.) A California rosaceous shrub ({Adenostoma fasciculatum}) which often forms an impenetrable chaparral. 2. A chaparral formed by dense growths of this shrub. | |
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d8Chamsin \[d8]Cham*sin"\, n. [F.] See {Kamsin}. | |
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d8Chank \[d8]Chank"\, n. [Skr. [87]a[ef]kha. See {Conch}.] (Zo[94]l.) The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. {Turbinella pyrum}. Called also {chank chell}. | |
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d8Chanson de geste \[d8]Chan`son" de geste"\ [F., prop., song of history.] Any Old French epic poem having for its subject events or exploits of early French history, real or legendary, and written originally in assonant verse of ten or twelve syllables. The most famous one is the {Chanson de Roland}. Langtoft had written in the ordinary measure of the later chansons de geste. --Saintsbury. | |
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d8Chansonnette \[d8]Chan`son*nette"\, n.; pl. {Chansonnettes}. [F., dim. of chanson.] A little song. These pretty little chansonnettes that he sung. --Black. | |
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d8Chemosis \[d8]Che*mo"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a swelling of the cornea resembling a cockleshell, fr. [?] a gaping, hence a cockleshell.] (Med.) Inflammatory swelling of the conjunctival tissue surrounding the cornea. -- {Che*mot"ic}, a. | |
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d8Cheng \[d8]Cheng\, n. [Chinese.] A chinese reed instrument, with tubes, blown by the mouth. | |
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d8Chinoiserie \[d8]Chi`noi`se*rie"\ (sh[emac]`nw[adot]`z'*r[emac]"), n. [F.] Chinese conduct, art, decoration, or the like; also, a specimen of Chinese manners, art, decoration, etc. | |
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d8Chomage \[d8]Cho`mage"\, n. [F. chomage.] 1. Stoppage; cessation (of labor). 2. A standing still or idle (of mills, factories, etc.). | |
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d8Cimex \[d8]Ci"mex\, n.; pl. {Cimices}. [L., a bug.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See {Bedbug}. | |
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d8Cingulum \[d8]Cin"gu*lum\, n. [L., a girdle.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells. (b) The clitellus of earthworms. (c) The base of the crown of a tooth. | |
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d8Cinquecento \[d8]Cin`que*cen"to\, n. & a. [It., five hundred, abbrev. for fifteen hundred. The Cinquecento style was so called because it arose after the year 1500.] The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style. | |
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d8Comes \[d8]Co"mes\, n. [L., a companion.] (Mus.) The answer to the theme (dux) in a fugue. | |
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d8Commissionnaire \[d8]Com*mis`sion*naire"\ (?; F. ?), n. [F., fr. L. commissio.] 1. An agent or factor; a commission merchant. 2. One of a class of attendants, in some European cities, who perform miscellaneous services for travelers. | |
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d8Concertmeister \[d8]Con*cert`meis"ter\, n. [G.] (Mus.) The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra; the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master. | |
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Concessionaire \Con*ces`sion*aire"\, d8Concessionnaire \[d8]Con`ces`sion`naire"\, n. [F. concessionnaire.] The beneficiary of a concession or grant. | |
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d8Concetto \[d8]Con*cet"to\ (?; It. ?), n.; pl. {Concetti}. [It., fr. L. conceptus. See {Conceit}.] Affected wit; a conceit. --Chesterfield. | |
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d8Concha \[d8]Con"cha\, n. [LL. (in sense 1), fr. [?] concha. See {Conch}.] 1. (Arch.) The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse. 2. (Anat.) The external ear; esp. the largest and deepest concavity of the external ear, surrounding the entrance to the auditory canal. | |
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d8Conchifera \[d8]Con*chif"e*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. concha + ferre to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See {Mollusca}. | |
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d8Concierge \[d8]Con`cierge"\, n. [F.] One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female. | |
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d8Conciergerie \[d8]Con`cier`ge*rie"\, n. [F.] 1. The office or lodge of a concierge or janitor. 2. A celebrated prison, attached to the Palais de Justice in Paris. | |
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d8Cong82 \[d8]Con`g[82]"\ ([?]; E. [?]; 277), n. [F., leave, permission, fr. L. commeatus a going back and forth, a leave of absence, furlough, fr. commeare, -meatum, to go and come; com- + meare to go. Cf. {Permeate}.] [Formerly written {congie}.] 1. The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal. Should she pay off old Briggs and give her her cong[82]? --Thackeray. 2. The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy. The captain salutes you with cong[82] profound. --Swift. 3. (Arch.) An apophyge. --Gwilt. {[d8]Cong[82] d'[82]lire}[F., leave to choose] (Eccl.), the sovereign's license or permission to a dean and chapter to choose as bishop the person nominated in the missive. | |
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d8Cong82 \[d8]Con`g[82]"\ ([?]; E. [?]; 277), n. [F., leave, permission, fr. L. commeatus a going back and forth, a leave of absence, furlough, fr. commeare, -meatum, to go and come; com- + meare to go. Cf. {Permeate}.] [Formerly written {congie}.] 1. The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal. Should she pay off old Briggs and give her her cong[82]? --Thackeray. 2. The customary act of civility on any occasion; a bow or a courtesy. The captain salutes you with cong[82] profound. --Swift. 3. (Arch.) An apophyge. --Gwilt. {[d8]Cong[82] d'[82]lire}[F., leave to choose] (Eccl.), the sovereign's license or permission to a dean and chapter to choose as bishop the person nominated in the missive. | |
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d8Congius \[d8]Con"gi*us\, n. [L.] 1. (Roman Antiq.) A liquid measure containing about three quarts. 2. (Med.) A gallon, or four quarts. [Often abbreviated to {cong.}] | |
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d8Conistra \[d8]Co*nis"tra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] dust.] (Greek Antiq.) Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater. | |
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d8Conjugium \[d8]Con*ju"gi*um\, n. [L.] (Rom. Law) The marriage tie. | |
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d8Conjunctiva \[d8]Con`junc*ti"va\, n. [NL., from L. conjunctivus connective.] (Anat.) The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrane. | |
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d8Conservatoire \[d8]Con`ser"va*toire`\, n. [F.] A public place of instruction in any special branch, esp. music and the arts. [See {Conservatory}, 3]. | |
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d8Consigne \[d8]Con"signe\, n. [F.] (Mil.) (a) A countersign; a watchword. (b) One who is orders to keep within certain limits. | |
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d8Consolato del mare \[d8]Con`so*la"to del ma"re\ [It., the consulate of the sea.] A collection of maritime laws of disputed origin, supposed to have been first published at Barcelona early in the 14th century. It has formed the basis of most of the subsequent collections of maritime laws. --Kent. --Bouvier. | |
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d8Consomm82 \[d8]Con`som`m"[82]\, n. [F., lit. p. p. of consommer to finish.] (Cookery) A clear soup or bouillion boiled down so as to be very rich. | |
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d8Constat \[d8]Con"stat\, n. [L., it is evident.] (Law) A certificate showing what appears upon record touching a matter in question. | |
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d8Conus \[d8]Co"nus\, n. [L., a cone.] 1. A cone. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell. See {Cone}, n., 4. | |
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d8Cumacea \[d8]Cu*ma"ce*a\ (k?-m?"sh?-? or -s?-?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size. | |
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d8Cunctator \[d8]Cunc*ta"tor\ (k?nk-t?"t?r), n. [L., lit., a delayer; -- applied as a surname to Q. Fabius Maximus.] One who delays or lingers. [R.] | |
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d8Cyanosis \[d8]Cy`a*no"sis\ (s?`?-n?"s?s), n. [NL. See {Cyanic}.] (Med.) A condition in which, from insufficient a[eum]ration of the blood, the surface of the body becomes blue. See {Cyanopathy}. | |
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d8Dochmius \[d8]Doch"mi*us\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Pros.) A foot of five syllables (usually [?] -- -[?] -). | |
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d8Dysgenesis \[d8]Dys*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pref. dys- + genesis.] (Biol.) A condition of not generating or breeding freely; infertility; a form homogenesis in which the hybrids are sterile among themselves, but are fertile with members of either parent race. | |
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d8Ecchymosis \[d8]Ec`chy*mo"sis\, n.; pl. {Ecchymoses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to extravasate; [?] out of + [?] to pour.] (Med.) A livid or black and blue spot, produced by the extravasation or effusion of blood into the areolar tissue from a contusion. | |
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d8Echinococcus \[d8]E*chi`no*coc"cus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] hedgehog, sea urchin + [?] grain, seed. So called because forming little granular bodies, each armed with hooklets and disposed upon the inner wall of the hydatid cysts.] (Zo[94]l.) A parasite of man and of many domestic and wild animals, forming compound cysts or tumors (called hydatid cysts) in various organs, but especially in the liver and lungs, which often cause death. It is the larval stage of the T[91]nia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog. | |
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d8Echinozoa \[d8]E*chi`no*zo"a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] an echinus + [?] an animal.] (Zo[94]l.) The Echinodermata. | |
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d8Echinus \[d8]E*chi"nus\, n.; pl. {Echini}. [L., a hedgehog, sea urchin, Gr. [?].] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A hedgehog. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of echinoderms, including the common edible sea urchin of Europe. 3. (Arch.) (a) The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See {Entablature}. (b) The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of {Column} (c) A name sometimes given to the egg and anchor or egg and dart molding, because that ornament is often identified with Roman Doric capital. The name probably alludes to the shape of the shell of the sea urchin. | |
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d8Gamogenesis \[d8]Gam`o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. [?] marriage + E. genesis.] (Biol.) The production of offspring by the union of parents of different sexes; sexual reproduction; -- the opposite of agamogenesis. | |
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d8Ganocephala \[d8]Gan`o*ceph"a*la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] brightness + [?] head.] (Paleon.) A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts, having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in some ganoid fishes. | |
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d8Genista \[d8]Ge*nis"ta\, n. [L., broom.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the common broom of Western Europe. | |
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{[d8]Genius loci}[L.], the genius or presiding divinity of a place; hence, the pervading spirit of a place or institution, as of a college, etc. | |
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d8Gens \[d8]Gens\ (j[ecr]nz), n.; pl. {Gentes} (j[ecr]n"t[emac]z). [L. See {Gentle}, a.] (Rom. Hist.) 1. A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of the Roman curia or tribe. 2. (Ethnol.) A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem. | |
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d8Genys \[d8]Ge"nys\ (j[emac]"n[icr]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ge`nys the under jaw.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Gonys}. | |
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d8Ginglymodi \[d8]Gin`gly*mo"di\, n. [NL.; cf. Gr. [?] ginglymoid. See {Ginglymoid}.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebr[91] convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See {Ganoidel}. | |
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d8Ginglymus \[d8]Gin"gly*mus\, n.; pl. {Ginglymi}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a hingelike joint, a ball and socket joint.] (Anat.) A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle. | |
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d8Gnosis \[d8]Gno"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. gnw^sis.] (Metaph.) The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was claimed by the Gnostics. | |
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d8Gonococcus \[d8]Gon`o*coc"cus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] semen, the genitals + NL. & E. coccus.] (Med.) A vegetable micro[94]rganism of the genus {Micrococcus}, occurring in the secretion in gonorrhea. It is believed by some to constitute the cause of this disease. | |
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d8Gonys \[d8]Go"nys\, n. [Cf. {Genys}.] (Zo[94]l.) The keel or lower outline of a bird's bill, so far as the mandibular rami are united. | |
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d8Gunjah \[d8]Gun"jah\, n. (Bot.) See {Ganja}. | |
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d8Gymnochroa \[d8]Gym*noch"ro*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + chro`a skin, body.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Hydroidea including the hydra. See {Hydra}. | |
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d8Gymnocladus \[d8]Gym*noc"la*dus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + kla`dos a branch.] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee. | |
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d8Gymnocopa \[d8]Gym"no*co`pa\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + [?] an oar.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having setae only in the cephalic appendages. | |
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d8Gymnoglossa \[d8]Gym"no*glos`sa\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + [?] tongue.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without teeth. | |
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d8Gymnosomata \[d8]Gym`no*so"ma*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + [?], [?], the body.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the orders of Pteropoda. They have no shell. | |
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d8Gyn91ceum \[d8]Gyn`[91]*ce"um\, d8Gyn91cium \[d8]Gyn`[91]*ci"um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] women's apartments, fr. [?] a woman.] The part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively appropriated to women. [Written also {gyneceum}, {gynecium}.] --Tennyson. | |
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d8Gyn91ceum \[d8]Gyn`[91]*ce"um\, d8Gyn91cium \[d8]Gyn`[91]*ci"um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] women's apartments, fr. [?] a woman.] The part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively appropriated to women. [Written also {gyneceum}, {gynecium}.] --Tennyson. | |
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d8Gyneceum \[d8]Gyn"e*ce`um\, n. See {Gyn[91]ceum}. | |
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d8Hyoscyamus \[d8]Hy`os*cy"a*mus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] a sow, hog + [?] a bean.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of poisonous plants of the Nightshade family; henbane. 2. (Med.) The leaves of the black henbane ({Hyoscyamus niger}), used in neuralgic and pectorial troubles. | |
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d8Ignis fatuus \[d8]Ig"nis fat"u*us\; pl. {Ignes fatui}. [L. ignis fire + fatuus foolish. So called in allusion to its tendency to mislead travelers.] 1. A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also {Will-with-the-wisp}, or {Will-o'-the-wisp}, and {Jack-with-a-lantern}, or {Jack-o'-lantern}. | |
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d8Jamacina \[d8]Jam`a*ci"na\, n. [NL.] Jamaicine. | |
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d8Jeniquen \[d8]Je*ni"quen\, n. [Sp. jeniquen.] (Bot.) A Mexican name for the Sisal hemp ({Agave rigida}, var. Sisalana); also, its fiber. [Written also {hen[c6]equen}.] | |
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d8Jeunesse dor82e \[d8]Jeu`nesse" do`r[82]e"\ [F.] Lit., gilded youth; young people of wealth and fashion, esp. if given to prodigal living; -- in the French Revolution, applied to young men of the upper classes who aided in suppressing the Jacobins after the Reign of Terror. | |
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d8Jungermannia \[d8]Jun`ger*man"ni*a\, n.; pl. {Jungermanni[91]}. [NL. Named after Ludwig Jungermann, a German botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of hepatic mosses, now much circumscribed, but formerly comprising most plants of the order, which is sometimes therefore called {Jungermanniace[91]}. | |
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d8Junker \[d8]Jun"ker\, n. [G. Cf. {Yonker}.] A young German noble or squire; esp., a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia. | |
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d8Juwansa \[d8]Ju*wan"sa\, n. (Bot.) The camel's thorn. See under {Camel}. | |
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d8Kaimacam \[d8]Kai`ma*cam"\, n. Same as {Caimacam}. | |
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d8Kin91sthesis \[d8]Kin`[91]s*the"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] to move + [?] perception.] (Physiol.) The perception attendant upon the movements of the muscles. --Bastian. | |
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d8Oceanus \[d8]O*ce"a*nus\, n. [L., from Gr. [?].] (Gr.Myth.) The god of the great outer sea, or the river which was believed to flow around the whole earth. | |
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d8Oscines \[d8]Os"ci*nes\, n. pl. [L. oscen, -inis.] (Zo[94]l.) Singing birds; a group of the Passeres, having numerous syringeal muscles, conferring musical ability. | |
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d8Quinquennalia \[d8]Quin`quen*na"li*a\, n. pl. [L., fr. quinquennalis. See {Ouinquennial}.] (Rom. Antiq.) Public games celebrated every five years. | |
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d8Quinquevir \[d8]Quin"que*vir\, n.; pl; E. {Quinquevirs}, L. {Quinqueviri}. [L., fr. quinque Five + vir man.] (Bot. Antiq.) One of five commissioners appointed for some special object. | |
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d8Quinquina \[d8]Quin*qui"na\, n. [NL. & F. See {Quinine}.] Peruvian bark. | |
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d8S82ance \[d8]S[82]`ance"\, n. [F., fr. L. sedens, -entis, p. pr. of sedere to sit. See {Sit}.] A session, as of some public body; especially, a meeting of spiritualists to receive spirit communication, so called. | |
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d8Saengerbund \[d8]Saeng"er*bund`\, n.; G. pl. {-b[81]nde}. [G. s[84]ngerbund.] (Music) A singers' union; an association of singers or singing clubs, esp. German. | |
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d8Saengerfest \[d8]Saeng"er*fest\, n. [G. s[84]ngerfest.] A festival of singers; a German singing festival. | |
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d8Samaj \[d8]Sa*maj"\, n. [Hind. sam[be]j meeting, assembly, fr. Skr. sam[be]ja a community.] A society or congregation; a church or religious body. [India] | |
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d8Samisen \[d8]Sam"i*sen\, n. [Jap.] (Mus.) A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling a guitar or banjo. | |
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d8Samshoo \[d8]Sam"shoo\, Samshu \Sam"shu\, n. [Chinese san-shao thrice fired.] A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure. --S. W. Williams. | |
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Sanctum \Sanc"tum\, n. [L., p. p. of sancire to consecrate.] A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum. {[d8]Sanctum sanctorum} [L.], the Holy of Holies; the most holy place, as in the Jewish temple. | |
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d8Sanga \[d8]San"ga\, Sangu \San"gu\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The Abyssinian ox ({Bos [or] Bibos, Africanus}), noted for the great length of its horns. It has a hump on its back. | |
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d8Sang-froid \[d8]Sang`-froid"\, n. [F., cold blood.] Freedom from agitation or excitement of mind; coolness in trying circumstances; indifference; calmness. --Burke. | |
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d8Sanguinaria \[d8]San`gui*na"ri*a\, n. [NL. See {Sanguinary}, a. & n.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Poppy family. Note: {Sanguinaria Canadensis}, or bloodroot, is the only species. It has a perennial rootstock, which sends up a few roundish lobed leaves and solitary white blossoms in early spring. See {Bloodroot}. 2. The rootstock of the bloodroot, used in medicine as an emetic, etc. | |
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d8Sanies \[d8]Sa"ni*es\, n. [L.] (Med.) A thin, serous fluid commonly discharged from ulcers or foul wounds. | |
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d8Sankha \[d8]Sank"ha\, n. [Skr. [cced]ankha a shell.] A chank shell ({Turbinella pyrum}); also, a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell. | |
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d8Sankhya \[d8]Sankh"ya\, n. A Hindoo system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called prakriti, consisting of three elements, goodness, passion, and darkness. --Whitworth. | |
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d8Sans \[d8]Sans\ (s[aum]n; E. s[acr]nz), prep. [F., from L. sine without.] Without; deprived or destitute of. Rarely used as an English word. [bd]Sans fail.[b8] --Chaucer. Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. --Shak. | |
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d8Sans-culotte \[d8]Sans`-cu`lotte"\ (F. [?]; E. [?]), n. [F., without breeches.] 1. A fellow without breeches; a ragged fellow; -- a name of reproach given in the first French revolution to the extreme republican party, who rejected breeches as an emblem peculiar to the upper classes or aristocracy, and adopted pantaloons. 2. Hence, an extreme or radical republican; a violent revolutionist; a Jacobin. | |
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d8Sans-souci \[d8]Sans`-sou`ci"\, adv. [F.] Without care; free and easy. | |
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d8Scansores \[d8]Scan*so"res\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. scandere, scansum, to climb.] (Zo[94]l.) An artifical group of birds formerly regarded as an order. They are distributed among several orders by modern ornithologists. Note: The toes are in pairs, two before and two behind, by which they are enabled to cling to, and climb upon, trees, as the woodpeckers, parrots, cuckoos, and trogons. See Illust. under {Aves}. | |
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d8Scincoidea \[d8]Scin*coi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A tribe of lizards including the skinks. See {Skink}. | |
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d8Sem91ostomata \[d8]Se*m[91]`o*stom"a*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?] a military standard + [?][?][?], [?][?][?], mouth.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Discophora having large free mouth lobes. It includes {Aurelia}, and {Pelagia}. Called also {Semeostoma}. See Illustr. under {Discophora}, and {Medusa}. | |
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d8Senecio \[d8]Se*ne"ci*o\, n. [L., groundsel, lit., an old man. So called in allusion to the hoary appearance of the pappus.] (Bot.) A very large genus of composite plants including the groundsel and the golden ragwort. | |
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d8Senza \[d8]Sen"za\, prep. [It.] (Mus.) Without; as, senza stromenti, without instruments. | |
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d8Shin Shu \[d8]Shin Shu\ [Jap., lit., true sect.] The leading and most progressive Buddhist sect of Japan, resting its faith rather upon Amida than Gautama Buddha. Rites and ceremonies are held useless without uprightness. | |
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d8Singspiel \[d8]Sing"spiel`\, n. [G.; singen to sing + spiel to play.] (Music) A dramatic work, partly in dialogue and partly in song, of a kind popular in Germany in the latter part of the 18th century. It was often comic, had modern characters, and patterned its music on folk song with strictly subordinated accompaniment. | |
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d8Singultus \[d8]Sin*gul"tus\, n. [L.] (Med.) Hiccough. | |
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d8Syncarpium \[d8]Syn*car"pi*um\, n.; pl. {Syncarpia}. [NL.] (Bot.) Same as {Syncarp}. | |
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d8Synchondrosis \[d8]Syn`chon*dro"sis\, n.; pl. {Synchondroses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; sy`n with + [?] cartilage.] (Anat.) An immovable articulation in which the union is formed by cartilage. -- {Syn`chon*dro"si*al}, a. | |
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d8Synchysis \[d8]Syn"chy*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to confound; sy`n with + [?] to pour.] A derangement or confusion of any kind, as of words in a sentence, or of humors in the eye. {Sparkling synchysis} (Med.), a condition in which the vitreous humor is softened and contains sparkling scales of cholesterin. | |
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d8Synclinorium \[d8]Syn`cli*no"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Synclinoria}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] to lay together + [?] mountain.] (Geol.) A mountain range owing its origin to the progress of a geosynclinal, and ending in a catastrophe of displacement and upturning. --Dana. | |
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d8Syncrisis \[d8]Syn"cri*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a comparison; [?] together + [?] to judge.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared. --Crabb. | |
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d8Syncytium \[d8]Syn*cy"ti*um\, n.; pl. {Syncitia}. [NL., from Gr. [?] together + [?] a hollow vessel.] 1. (Biol.) Tissue in which the cell or partition walls are wholly wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The ectoderm of a sponge. | |
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d8Synechia \[d8]Syn*e"chi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to hold together; sy`n with + [?] to hold.] (Med.) A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens. | |
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d8Synecphonesis \[d8]Syn*ec`pho*ne"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to utter together.] (Gram.) A contraction of two syllables into one; synizesis. | |
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d8Syngenesia \[d8]Syn`ge*ne"si*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with, together + [?] generation, birth.] (Bot.) A Linn[91]an class of plants in which the stamens are united by the anthers. | |
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d8Syngnathi \[d8]Syng"na*thi\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + [?] jaw.] (Zo[94]l.) A suborder of lophobranch fishes which have an elongated snout and lack the ventral and first dorsal fins. The pipefishes and sea horses are examples. -- {Syng"na*thous}, a. | |
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d8Synizesis \[d8]Syn`i*ze"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to sit together; sy`n with + [?] to sit.] 1. (Med.) An obliteration of the pupil of the eye. 2. (Gram.) A contraction of two syllables into one; synecphonesis. | |
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d8Synocha \[d8]Syn"o*cha\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a holding together. See {Synechia}.] (Med.) See {Synochus}. [Obs.] | |
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d8Synochus \[d8]Syn"o*chus\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] joined together.] (Med.) A continuous fever. [Obs.] Note: Synocha and synochus were used as epithets of two distinct types of fever, but in different senses at different periods. The same disease is placed under synocha by one author, under synochus by another. --Quain. | |
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d8Synosteosis \[d8]Syn*os`te*o"sis\, n.; pl. {Synosteoses}. [NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + [?] bone.] (Anat.) Union by means of bone; the complete closing up and obliteration of sutures. | |
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d8Synostosis \[d8]Syn`os*to"sis\, n. [NL.] Same as {Synosteosis}. | |
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d8Tsung tu \[d8]Tsung" tu`\ A viceroy or governor-general, the highest provincial official in China, with civil and military authority over one or more provinces. | |
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d8Tsung-li Yamen \[d8]Tsung"-li Ya"men\ [Written also {Tsung-li-Yamen} or {Tsungli Yamen}.] [Chin.] The board or department of foreign affairs in the Chinese government. See {Yamen}. | |
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d8Zingaro \[d8]Zin"ga*ro\, n.; pl. {Zingari}. [It.] A gypsy. | |
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d8Zwanziger \[d8]Zwan"zi*ger\ (tsv[aum]n"ts[esl]*g[etil]r), n. [G.] An Austrian silver coin equivalent to 20 kreutzers, or about 10 cents. | |
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d8Zymosis \[d8]Zy*mo"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] fermentation, fr. [?] ferment.] (Med.) (a) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed. (b) A zymotic disease. [R.] | |
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Dash \Dash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dashing}.] [Of. Scand. origin; cf. Dan daske to beat, strike, Sw. & Icel. daska, Dan. & Sw. dask blow.] 1. To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against. If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of the water, it maketh a sound. --Bacon. 2. To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin. Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. --Ps. ii. 9. A brave vessel, . . . Dashed all to pieces. --Shak. To perplex and dash Maturest counsels. --Milton. 3. To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress. --South. Dash the proud games[?]er in his gilded car. --Pope. 4. To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture. I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications. --Addison. The very source and fount of day Is dashed with wandering isles of night. --Tennyson. 5. To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon. 6. To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word. | |
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Dashing \Dash"ing\, a. Bold; spirited; showy. The dashing and daring spirit is preferable to the listless. --T. Campbell. | |
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Dashingly \Dash"ing*ly\, adv. Conspicuously; showily. [Colloq.] A dashingly dressed gentleman. --Hawthorne. | |
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Daze \Daze\ (d[amac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dazed} (d[amac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dazing}.] [OE. dasen, prob. from Icel. dasask to become weary, a reflexive verb; cf. Sw. dasa to lie idle, and OD. daesen to be foolish, insane, daes, dwaes, D. dwaas, foolish, insane, AS. dw[aemac]s, dysig, stupid. [root]71. Cf. {Dizzy}, {Doze}.] To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb. While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. --Spenser. Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world. --Sir H. Taylor. He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest. --Dickens. | |
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Deaconess \Dea"con*ess\, n. (Eccl.) A female deacon; as: (a) (Primitive Ch.) One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons. (b) (Ch. of Eng. and Prot. Epis. Ch.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop. (c) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists. | |
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2. A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature. Tell her the process of Antonio's end. --Shak. 3. A statement of events; a narrative. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 4. (Anat. & Zo[94]l.) Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis. 5. (Law) The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial. {Deacon's process} [from H. Deacon, who introduced it] (Chem.), a method of obtaining chlorine gas by passing hydrochloric acid gas over heated slag which has been previously saturated with a solution of some metallic salt, as sulphate of copper. {Final process} (Practice), a writ of execution in an action at law. --Burrill. {In process}, in the condition of advance, accomplishment, transaction, or the like; begun, and not completed. {Jury process} (Law), the process by which a jury is summoned in a cause, and by which their attendance is enforced. --Burrill. {Leblanc's process} (Chem.), the process of manufacturing soda by treating salt with sulphuric acid, reducing the sodium sulphate so formed to sodium sulphide by roasting with charcoal, and converting the sodium sulphide to sodium carbonate by roasting with lime. {Mesne process}. See under {Mesne}. {Process milling}, the process of high milling for grinding flour. See under {Milling}. {Reversible process} (Thermodynamics), any process consisting of a cycle of operations such that the different operations of the cycle can be performed in reverse order with a reversal of their effects. | |
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Deaconship \Dea"con*ship\, n. The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess. | |
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Decangular \Dec*an"gu*lar\, a. [Pref. deca- + angular.] Having ten angles. | |
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Decay \De*cay"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Decayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decaying}.] [OF. decaeir, dechaer, decheoir, F. d[82]choir, to decline, fall, become less; L. de- + cadere to fall. See {Chance}.] To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. --Goldsmith. | |
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Decence \De"cence\, n. Decency. [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
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Decency \De"cen*cy\, n.; pl. {Decencies}. [L. decentia, fr. decens: cf. F. d[82]cence. See {Decent}.] 1. The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty. Observances of time, place, and of decency in general. --Burke. Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of decency is want of sense. --Roscommon. 2. That which is proper or becoming. The external decencies of worship. --Atterbury. Those thousand decencies, that daily flow From all her words and actions. --Milton. | |
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Decency \De"cen*cy\, n.; pl. {Decencies}. [L. decentia, fr. decens: cf. F. d[82]cence. See {Decent}.] 1. The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty. Observances of time, place, and of decency in general. --Burke. Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of decency is want of sense. --Roscommon. 2. That which is proper or becoming. The external decencies of worship. --Atterbury. Those thousand decencies, that daily flow From all her words and actions. --Milton. | |
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Decimosexto \Dec`i*mo*sex"to\, n. [Prop., in sixteenth; fr. L. decimus tenth + sextus sixth.] A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 16mo or 16[deg]. | |
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Decimosexto \Dec`i*mo*sex"to\, a. Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; as, a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size. | |
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Deck \Deck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decking}.] [D. dekken to cover; akin to E. thatch. See {Thatch}.] 1. To cover; to overspread. To deck with clouds the uncolored sky. --Milton. 2. To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish. Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency. --Job xl. 10. And deck my body in gay ornaments. --Shak. The dew with spangles decked the ground. --Dryden. 3. To furnish with a deck, as a vessel. | |
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Deconcentrate \De`con*cen"trate\, v. t. To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize. [R.] | |
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Deconcentration \De*con`cen*tra"tion\, n. Act of deconcentrating. [R.] | |
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Deconcoct \De`con*coct"\, v. t. To decompose. [R.] --Fuller. | |
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Deconsecrate \De*con"se*crate\, v. t. To deprive of sacredness; to secularize. -- {De*con`se*cra"tion}, n. | |
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Deconsecrate \De*con"se*crate\, v. t. To deprive of sacredness; to secularize. -- {De*con`se*cra"tion}, n. | |
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Decoy \De*coy"\ (d[esl]*koi"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decoyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decoying}.] [Pref. de- + coy; orig., to quiet, soothe, caress, entice. See {Coy}.] To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net. Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy. --Thomson. E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. --Goldsmith. Syn: To entice; tempt; allure; lure. See {Allure}. | |
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Dehiscence \De*his"cence\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]hiscence.] 1. The act of gaping. 2. (Biol.) A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents. | |
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Deignous \Deign"ous\, a. [For disdeignous, OF. desdeignos, desdaigneus, F. d[82]daigneux. See {Disdain}.] Haughty; disdainful. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Descension \De*scen"sion\, n. [OF. descension, L. descensio. See {Descent}.] The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation. {Oblique descension} (Astron.), the degree or arc of the equator which descends, with a celestial object, below the horizon of an oblique sphere. {Right descension}, the degree or arc of the equator which descends below the horizon of a right sphere at the same time with the object. [Obs.] | |
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Descensional \De*scen"sion*al\, a. Pertaining to descension. --Johnson. | |
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Descensive \De*scen"sive\, a. Tending to descend; tending downwards; descending. --Smart. | |
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Descensory \De*scen"so*ry\, n. [NL. descensorium: cf. OF. descensoire. See {Descend}.] A vessel used in alchemy to extract oils. | |
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Desk \Desk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desking}.] To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure. | |
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Desmognathous \Des*mog"na*thous\, a. [Gr. desmo`s bond + [?] jaw.] (Zo[94]l.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones united; -- applied to a group of carinate birds ({Desmognath[91]}), including various wading and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds. | |
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Dezincification \De*zinc`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. The act or process of freeing from zinc; also, the condition resulting from the removal of zinc. | |
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Dezincify \De*zinc"i*fy\, v. t. [Pref. de- + zinc + -fy.] To deprive of, or free from, zinc. | |
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Diagnose \Di`ag*nose"\, v. t. & i. To ascertain by diagnosis; to diagnosticate. See {Diagnosticate}. | |
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Diagnosis \Di`ag*no"sis\, n.; pl. {Diagnoses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to distinguish; dia` through, asunder + [?] to know. See {Know}.] 1. (Med.) The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from its signs or symptoms, and deciding as to its character; also, the decision arrived at. 2. Scientific determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a species. 3. Critical perception or scrutiny; judgment based on such scrutiny; esp., perception of, or judgment concerning, motives and character. The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of men's minds, and the love of epigram. --Compton Reade. My diagnosis of his character proved correct. --J. Payn. {Differential diagnosis} (Med.), the determination of the distinguishing characteristics as between two similar diseases or conditions. | |
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Diagnosis \Di`ag*no"sis\, n.; pl. {Diagnoses}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to distinguish; dia` through, asunder + [?] to know. See {Know}.] 1. (Med.) The art or act of recognizing the presence of disease from its signs or symptoms, and deciding as to its character; also, the decision arrived at. 2. Scientific determination of any kind; the concise description of characterization of a species. 3. Critical perception or scrutiny; judgment based on such scrutiny; esp., perception of, or judgment concerning, motives and character. The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of men's minds, and the love of epigram. --Compton Reade. My diagnosis of his character proved correct. --J. Payn. {Differential diagnosis} (Med.), the determination of the distinguishing characteristics as between two similar diseases or conditions. | |
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Diagnostic \Di`ag*nos"tic\, a. [Gr. [?] able to distinguish, fr. [?]: cf. F. diagnostique.] Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the nature of a disease. | |
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Diagnostic \Di`ag*nos"tic\, n. The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or distinguished from others. | |
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Diagnosticate \Di`ag*nos"ti*cate\, v. t. & i. [From {Diagnostic}.] To make a diagnosis of; to recognize by its symptoms, as a disease. | |
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Diagnostics \Di`ag*nos"tics\, n. That part of medicine which has to do with ascertaining the nature of diseases by means of their symptoms or signs. His rare skill in diagnostics. --Macaulay. | |
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Dice \Dice\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Diced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dicing}.] 1. To play games with dice. I . . . diced not above seven times a week. --Shak. 2. To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes. | |
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Dicing \Di"cing\, n. 1. An ornamenting in squares or cubes. 2. Gambling with dice. --J. R. Green. | |
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Dickens \Dick"ens\, n. [or] interj. [Perh. a contr. of the dim. devilkins.] The devil. [A vulgar euphemism.] I can not tell what the dickens his name is. --Shak. | |
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Diesinker \Die"sink`er\, n. An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc. | |
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Diesinking \Die"sink`ing\, n. The process of engraving dies. | |
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Digamist \Dig"a*mist\, n. [Gr. [?] = [?] twice + [?] to marry. Cf. {Bigamist}.] One who marries a second time; a deuterogamist. --Hammond. | |
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Digamous \Dig"a*mous\, a. Pertaining to a second marriage, that is, one after the death of the first wife or the first husband. | |
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Digenesis \Di*gen"e*sis\, n. [Pref. di- + genesis.] (Biol.) The faculty of multiplying in two ways; -- by ova fecundated by spermatic fluid, and asexually, as by buds. See {Parthenogenesis}. | |
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Digenous \Dig"e*nous\, a. [Pref. di- + -genous.] (Biol.) Sexually reproductive. {Digenous reproduction}. (Biol.) Same as {Digenesis}. | |
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Digenous \Dig"e*nous\, a. [Pref. di- + -genous.] (Biol.) Sexually reproductive. {Digenous reproduction}. (Biol.) Same as {Digenesis}. | |
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Dig \Dig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dug}or {Digged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Digging}. -- Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen (see {Dike}, {Ditch}); cf. Dan. dige to dig, dige a ditch; or (?) akin to E. 1st dag. [?][?][?].] 1. To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade. Be first to dig the ground. --Dryden. 2. To get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold. 3. To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well. 4. To thrust; to poke. [Colloq.] You should have seen children . . . dig and push their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them: Look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear pearls. --Robynson (More's Utopia). {To dig down}, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to dig down a wall. {To dig from}, {out of}, {out}, [or] {up}, to get out or obtain by digging; as, to dig coal from or out of a mine; to dig out fossils; to dig up a tree. The preposition is often omitted; as, the men are digging coal, digging iron ore, digging potatoes. {To dig in}, to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure. | |
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Digging \Dig"ging\, n. 1. The act or the place of excavating. 2. pl. Places where ore is dug; especially, certain localities in California, Australia, and elsewhere, at which gold is obtained. [Recent] 3. pl. Region; locality. [Low] | |
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Digonous \Dig"o*nous\, a. [Gr. [?] = [?] double + [?] an angle.] Having two angles. --Smart. | |
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Digynian \Di*gyn"i*an\, Digynous \Dig"y*nous\, a. [Cf. F. digyne.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Digynia; having two styles. | |
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Dike \Dike\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diking}.] [OE. diken, dichen, AS. d[c6]cian to dike. See {Dike}.] 1. To surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank. 2. To drain by a dike or ditch. | |
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Diogenes \Di*og"e*nes\, n. A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings. {Diogenes' crab} (Zo[94]l.), a species of terrestrial hermit crabs ({Cenobita Diogenes}), abundant in the West Indies and often destructive to crops. {Diogenes' tub}, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is said to have carried about with him as his house, in which he lived. | |
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Diogenes \Di*og"e*nes\, n. A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings. {Diogenes' crab} (Zo[94]l.), a species of terrestrial hermit crabs ({Cenobita Diogenes}), abundant in the West Indies and often destructive to crops. {Diogenes' tub}, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is said to have carried about with him as his house, in which he lived. | |
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Diogenes \Di*og"e*nes\, n. A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings. {Diogenes' crab} (Zo[94]l.), a species of terrestrial hermit crabs ({Cenobita Diogenes}), abundant in the West Indies and often destructive to crops. {Diogenes' tub}, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is said to have carried about with him as his house, in which he lived. | |
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Disanchor \Dis*an"chor\, v. t. & i. [Pref. dis- + anchor: cf. F. d[82]sancrer.] To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor. [Obs.] --Heywood. | |
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Disangelical \Dis`an*gel"ic*al\, a. Not angelical. [R.] [bd]Disangelical nature.[b8] --Coventry. | |
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Disannex \Dis`an*nex"\, v. t. To disunite; to undo or repeal the annexation of. --State Trials (1608). | |
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Discinct \Dis*cinct\, a. [L. discinctus, p. p. of discingere to ungird; dis- + cingere to gird.] Ungirded; loosely dressed. [R.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Discommission \Dis`com*mis"sion\, v. t. To deprive of a commission or trust. [R.] --Laud. | |
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Disconcert \Dis`con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconcerted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconcerting}.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf. OF. desconcerter, F. d[82]concerter.] 1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy. 2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash. The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do. --Thackeray. Syn: To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb; defeat; frustrate. | |
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Disconcert \Dis`con*cert"\, n. Want of concert; disagreement. --Sir W. Temple. | |
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Disconcert \Dis`con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconcerted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconcerting}.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf. OF. desconcerter, F. d[82]concerter.] 1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy. 2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash. The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do. --Thackeray. Syn: To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb; defeat; frustrate. | |
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Disconcert \Dis`con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconcerted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconcerting}.] [Pref. dis- + concert: cf. OF. desconcerter, F. d[82]concerter.] 1. To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy. 2. To confuse the faculties of; to disturb the composure of; to discompose; to abash. The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of old gentlemen unshorn and perfumed with tobacco might well do. --Thackeray. Syn: To discompose; derange; ruffle; confuse; disturb; defeat; frustrate. | |
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Disconcertion \Dis`con*cer"tion\, n. The act of disconcerting, or state of being disconcerted; discomposure; perturbation. [R.] --State Trials (1794). | |
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Discongruity \Dis`con*gru"i*ty\, n. Incongruity; disagreement; unsuitableness. --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Disconnect \Dis`con*nect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconnected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconnecting}.] To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse. The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality. --Burke. This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals. --Walsh. | |
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Disconnect \Dis`con*nect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconnected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconnecting}.] To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse. The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality. --Burke. This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals. --Walsh. | |
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Disconnect \Dis`con*nect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disconnected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disconnecting}.] To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse. The commonwealth itself would . . . be disconnected into the dust and powder of individuality. --Burke. This restriction disconnects bank paper and the precious metals. --Walsh. | |
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Disconnection \Dis`con*nec"tion\, n. The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union. Nothing was therefore to be left in all the subordinate members but weakness, disconnection, and confusion. --Burke. | |
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Disconsecrate \Dis*con"se*crate\, v. t. To deprive of consecration or sacredness. [R.] | |
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Disconsolacy \Dis*con"so*la`cy\, n. The state of being disconsolate. [Obs.] --Barrow. | |
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Disconsolate \Dis*con"so*late\, n. Disconsolateness. [Obs.] --Barrow. | |
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Disconsolate \Dis*con"so*late\, a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See {Console}, v. t.] 1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent. One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. --Moore. The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. --Dryden. 2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. --Ray. Syn: Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful; hopeless; gloomy. -- {Dis*con"so*late*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*con"so*late*ness}, n. | |
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Disconsolated \Dis*con"so*la`ted\, a. Disconsolate. [Obs.] A poor, disconsolated, drooping creature. --Sterne. | |
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Disconsolate \Dis*con"so*late\, a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See {Console}, v. t.] 1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent. One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. --Moore. The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. --Dryden. 2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. --Ray. Syn: Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful; hopeless; gloomy. -- {Dis*con"so*late*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*con"so*late*ness}, n. | |
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Disconsolate \Dis*con"so*late\, a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See {Console}, v. t.] 1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent. One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. --Moore. The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. --Dryden. 2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. --Ray. Syn: Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful; hopeless; gloomy. -- {Dis*con"so*late*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*con"so*late*ness}, n. | |
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Disconsolation \Dis*con`so*la"tion\, n. Dejection; grief. [R.] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Discounsel \Dis*coun"sel\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + counsel: cf. OF. desconseiller.] To dissuade. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Disenchained \Dis`en*chained"\, a. Freed from restraint; unrestrained. [Archaic] --E. A. Poe. | |
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Disenchant \Dis`en*chant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disenchanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disenchanting}.] [Pref. dis- + enchant: cf. F. d[82]senchanter.] To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion. Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove. --Dryden. | |
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Disenchant \Dis`en*chant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disenchanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disenchanting}.] [Pref. dis- + enchant: cf. F. d[82]senchanter.] To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion. Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove. --Dryden. | |
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Disenchanter \Dis`en*chant"er\, n. One who, or that which, disenchants. | |
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Disenchant \Dis`en*chant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disenchanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disenchanting}.] [Pref. dis- + enchant: cf. F. d[82]senchanter.] To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion. Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove. --Dryden. | |
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Disenchantment \Dis`en*chant"ment\, n. [Pref. dis- + enchantment: cf. F. d[82]senchantement.] The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted. --Shelton. | |
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Disencharm \Dis`en*charm"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + en (L. in) + charm.] To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant. [R.] --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Disenclose \Dis`en*close\, v. t. See {Disinclose}. | |
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Disencouragement \Dis`en*cour"age*ment\, n. Discouragement. [Obs.] --Spectator. | |
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Disencrese \Dis`en*crese"\, v. i. [Pref. dis- + OE. encrese, E. increase.] To decrease. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Disencrese \Dis`en*crese"\, n. Decrease. [Obs.] | |
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Disencumber \Dis`en*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disencumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disencumbering}.] [Pref. dis- + encumber: cf. F. d[82]sencombrer.] To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. --Owen. I have disencumbered myself from rhyme. --Dryden. | |
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Disencumber \Dis`en*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disencumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disencumbering}.] [Pref. dis- + encumber: cf. F. d[82]sencombrer.] To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. --Owen. I have disencumbered myself from rhyme. --Dryden. | |
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Disencumber \Dis`en*cum"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disencumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disencumbering}.] [Pref. dis- + encumber: cf. F. d[82]sencombrer.] To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. --Owen. I have disencumbered myself from rhyme. --Dryden. | |
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Disencumbrance \Dis`en*cum"brance\, n. Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome. --Spectator. | |
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Disengage \Dis`en*gage"\, v. i. To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self. From a friends's grave how soon we disengage! --Young. | |
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Disengage \Dis`en*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disengaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disengaging}.] [Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F. d[82]sengager.] To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study. To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be borrowed. --Milton. Caloric and light must be disengaged during the process. --Transl. of Lavoisier. Syn: To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle; detach; withdraw; wean. | |
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Disengaged \Dis`en*gaged"\, a. Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant. -- {Dis`en*ga"ged*ness}, n. | |
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Disengage \Dis`en*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disengaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disengaging}.] [Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F. d[82]sengager.] To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study. To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be borrowed. --Milton. Caloric and light must be disengaged during the process. --Transl. of Lavoisier. Syn: To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle; detach; withdraw; wean. | |
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Disengaged \Dis`en*gaged"\, a. Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant. -- {Dis`en*ga"ged*ness}, n. | |
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Disengagement \Dis`en*gage"ment\, n. [Pref. dis- + engagement: cf. F. d[82]sengagement.] 1. The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of being disengaged. It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric and light evident to the senses. --Transl. of Lavoisier. A disengagement from earthly trammels. --Sir W. Jones. 2. Freedom from engrossing occupation; leisure. Disengagement is absolutely necessary to enjoyment. --Bp. Butler. | |
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Disengaging \Dis`en*ga"ging\, a. Loosing; setting free; detaching. {Disengaging machinery}. See under {Engaging}. | |
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Disengage \Dis`en*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disengaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disengaging}.] [Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F. d[82]sengager.] To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study. To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be borrowed. --Milton. Caloric and light must be disengaged during the process. --Transl. of Lavoisier. Syn: To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle; detach; withdraw; wean. | |
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Disengaging \Dis`en*ga"ging\, a. Loosing; setting free; detaching. {Disengaging machinery}. See under {Engaging}. | |
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Disensanity \Dis`en*san"i*ty\, n. [Pref. dis- + en (L. in) + sanity.] Insanity; folly. [Obs.] What tediosity and disensanity Is here among! --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Disenshrouded \Dis`en*shroud"ed\, a. Freed from a shroudlike covering; unveiled. The disenshrouded statue. --R. Browning. | |
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Disenslave \Dis`en*slave"\, v. t. To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall. He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. --South. | |
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Dish \Dish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dishing}.] 1. To put in a dish, ready for the table. 2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes. 3. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [Low] {To dish out}. 1. To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table. 2. (Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood. {To dish up}, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table. | |
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Dishing \Dish"ing\, a. Dish-shaped; concave. | |
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Dishonest \Dis*hon"est\, a. [Pref. dis- + honest: cf. F. d[82]shonn[88]te, OF. deshoneste.] 1. Dishonorable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd. [Obs.] Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. --Pope. Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women]. --Sir T. North. 2. Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.] Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears. --Dryden. 3. Wanting in honesty; void of integrity; faithless; disposed to cheat or defraud; not trustworthy; as, a dishonest man. 4. Characterized by fraud; indicating a want of probity; knavish; fraudulent; unjust. To get dishonest gain. --Ezek. xxii. 27. The dishonest profits of men in office. --Bancroft. | |
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Dishonest \Dis*hon"est\, v. t. [Cf. OF. deshonester.] To disgrace; to dishonor; as, to dishonest a maid. [Obs.] I will no longer dishonest my house. --Chapman. | |
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Dishonestly \Dis*hon"est*ly\, adv. In a dishonest manner. | |
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Dishonesty \Dis*hon"es*ty\, n. [Cf. OF. deshonest[82], F. d[82]shonn[88]tet[82].] 1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [Obs.] [bd]The hidden things of dishonesty.[b8] --2 Cor. iv. 2. 2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness. 3. Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act. 4. Lewdness; unchastity. --Shak. | |
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Disincarcerate \Dis`in*car"cer*ate\, v. t. To liberate from prison. [R.] --Harvey. | |
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Disinclination \Dis*in`cli*na"tion\, n. The state of being disinclined; want of propensity, desire, or affection; slight aversion or dislike; indisposition. Disappointment gave him a disinclination to the fair sex. --Arbuthnot. Having a disinclination to books or business. --Guardian. Syn: Unwillingness; disaffection; alienation; dislike; indisposition; distaste; aversion; repugnance. | |
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Disincline \Dis`in*cline"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinclined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinclining}.] To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate. Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection to the Queen. --Clarendon. To social scenes by nature disinclined. --Cowper. | |
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Disincline \Dis`in*cline"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinclined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinclining}.] To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate. Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection to the Queen. --Clarendon. To social scenes by nature disinclined. --Cowper. | |
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Disincline \Dis`in*cline"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disinclined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disinclining}.] To incline away the affections of; to excite a slight aversion in; to indispose; to make unwilling; to alienate. Careful . . . to disincline them from any reverence or affection to the Queen. --Clarendon. To social scenes by nature disinclined. --Cowper. | |
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Disinclose \Dis`in*close"\, v. t. [Cf. {Disenclose}.] To free from being inclosed. | |
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Disincorporate \Dis`in*cor"po*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disincorporated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disincorporating}.] 1. To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to divest of the condition of a corporate body. 2. To detach or separate from a corporation. --Bacon. | |
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Disincorporate \Dis`in*cor"po*rate\, a. Separated from, or not included in, a corporation; disincorporated. --Bacon. | |
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Disincorporate \Dis`in*cor"po*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disincorporated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disincorporating}.] 1. To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to divest of the condition of a corporate body. 2. To detach or separate from a corporation. --Bacon. | |
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Disincorporate \Dis`in*cor"po*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disincorporated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disincorporating}.] 1. To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to divest of the condition of a corporate body. 2. To detach or separate from a corporation. --Bacon. | |
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Disincorporation \Dis`in*cor`po*ra"tion\, n. Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation. --T. Warton. | |
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Disingenuity \Dis*in`ge*nu"i*ty\, n. Disingenuousness. [Obs.] --Clarendon. | |
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Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a. 1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes. 2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful. So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults]. --Pope. -- {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly}, adv. --T. Warton. -- {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness}, n. --Macaulay. | |
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Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a. 1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes. 2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful. So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults]. --Pope. -- {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly}, adv. --T. Warton. -- {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness}, n. --Macaulay. | |
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Disingenuous \Dis`in*gen"u*ous\, a. 1. Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes. 2. Not ingenuous; wanting in noble candor or frankness; not frank or open; uncandid; unworthily or meanly artful. So disingenuous as not to confess them [faults]. --Pope. -- {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ly}, adv. --T. Warton. -- {Dis`in*gen"u*ous*ness}, n. --Macaulay. | |
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Disinsure \Dis`in*sure"\, v. t. To render insecure; to put in danger. [Obs.] --Fanshawe. | |
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Disjunct \Dis*junct"\, a. [L. disjunctus, p. p. of disjungere to disjoin. See {Disjoin}, and cf. {Disjoint}.] 1. Disjoined; separated. [R.] 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction. {Disjunct tetrachords} (Mus.), tetrachords so disposed to each other that the gravest note of the upper is one note higher than the acutest note of the other. | |
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Disjunct \Dis*junct"\, a. [L. disjunctus, p. p. of disjungere to disjoin. See {Disjoin}, and cf. {Disjoint}.] 1. Disjoined; separated. [R.] 2. (Zo[94]l.) Having the head, thorax, and abdomen separated by a deep constriction. {Disjunct tetrachords} (Mus.), tetrachords so disposed to each other that the gravest note of the upper is one note higher than the acutest note of the other. | |
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Disjunctive \Dis*junc"tive\, a. [L. disjunctivus: cf. F. disjonctif.] 1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining. 2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. [bd]Disjunctive notes.[b8] --Moore (Encyc. of Music). {Disjunctive conjunction} (Gram.), one connecting grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions or thoughts; as, either, or, neither, nor, but, although, except, lest, etc. {Disjunctive proposition}, one in which the parts are connected by disjunctive conjunctions; as it is either day or night. {Disjunctive syllogism} (Logic), one in which the major proposition is disjunctive; as, the earth moves in a circle or an ellipse; but in does not move in a circle, therefore it moves in an ellipse. | |
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Disjunctive \Dis*junc"tive\, n. (a) (Gram.) A disjunctive conjunction. (b) (Logic) A disjunctive proposition. | |
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Disjunctive \Dis*junc"tive\, a. [L. disjunctivus: cf. F. disjonctif.] 1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining. 2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. [bd]Disjunctive notes.[b8] --Moore (Encyc. of Music). {Disjunctive conjunction} (Gram.), one connecting grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions or thoughts; as, either, or, neither, nor, but, although, except, lest, etc. {Disjunctive proposition}, one in which the parts are connected by disjunctive conjunctions; as it is either day or night. {Disjunctive syllogism} (Logic), one in which the major proposition is disjunctive; as, the earth moves in a circle or an ellipse; but in does not move in a circle, therefore it moves in an ellipse. | |
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Disjunctive \Dis*junc"tive\, a. [L. disjunctivus: cf. F. disjonctif.] 1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining. 2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. [bd]Disjunctive notes.[b8] --Moore (Encyc. of Music). {Disjunctive conjunction} (Gram.), one connecting grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions or thoughts; as, either, or, neither, nor, but, although, except, lest, etc. {Disjunctive proposition}, one in which the parts are connected by disjunctive conjunctions; as it is either day or night. {Disjunctive syllogism} (Logic), one in which the major proposition is disjunctive; as, the earth moves in a circle or an ellipse; but in does not move in a circle, therefore it moves in an ellipse. | |
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Disjunctive \Dis*junc"tive\, a. [L. disjunctivus: cf. F. disjonctif.] 1. Tending to disjoin; separating; disjoining. 2. (Mus.) Pertaining to disjunct tetrachords. [bd]Disjunctive notes.[b8] --Moore (Encyc. of Music). {Disjunctive conjunction} (Gram.), one connecting grammatically two words or clauses, expressing at the same time an opposition or separation inherent in the notions or thoughts; as, either, or, neither, nor, but, although, except, lest, etc. {Disjunctive proposition}, one in which the parts are connected by disjunctive conjunctions; as it is either day or night. {Disjunctive syllogism} (Logic), one in which the major proposition is disjunctive; as, the earth moves in a circle or an ellipse; but in does not move in a circle, therefore it moves in an ellipse. | |
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d8Symbiosis \[d8]Sym`bi*o"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a living together, [?] to live together; [?] with + [?] to live.] (Biol.) The living together in more or less imitative association or even close union of two dissimilar organisms. In a broad sense the term includes parasitism, or {antagonistic, [or] antipathetic, symbiosis}, in which the association is disadvantageous or destructive to one of the organisms, but ordinarily it is used of cases where the association is advantageous, or often necessary, to one or both, and not harmful to either. When there is bodily union (in extreme cases so close that the two form practically a single body, as in the union of alg[91] and fungi to form lichens, and in the inclusion of alg[91] in radiolarians) it is called {conjunctive symbiosis}; if there is no actual union of the organisms (as in the association of ants with myrmecophytes), {disjunctive symbiosis}. | |
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Disjunctively \Dis*junc"tive*ly\, adv. In a disjunctive manner; separately. --Dr. H. More. | |
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Disjuncttion \Dis*junct"tion\, n. [L. disjunctio.] 1. The act of disjoining; disunion; separation; a parting; as, the disjunction of soul and body. 2. A disjunctive proposition. --Coleridge. | |
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Disjuncture \Dis*junc"ture\ (?; 135), n. The act of disjoining, or state of being disjoined; separation. --Fuller. | |
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Disk \Disk\, n. [L. discus, Gr. [?]. See {Dish}.] [Written also {disc}.] 1. A discus; a quoit. Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart. --Pope. 2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper. 3. (Astron.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens. 4. (Biol.) A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc. 5. (Bot.) (a) The whole surface of a leaf. (b) The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower. (c) A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil. 6. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The anterior surface or oral area of c[d2]lenterate animals, as of sea anemones. (b) The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk. (c) In owls, the space around the eyes. {Disk engine}, a form of rotary steam engine. {Disk shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Discina. | |
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Dismask \Dis*mask"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + mask: cf. F. d[82]masquer.] To divest of a mask. --Shak. | |
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Dismast \Dis*mast"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dismasting}.] [Pref. dis- + mast: cf. F. d[82]m[83]ter.] To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship. | |
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Dismast \Dis*mast"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dismasting}.] [Pref. dis- + mast: cf. F. d[82]m[83]ter.] To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship. | |
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Dismast \Dis*mast"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dismasting}.] [Pref. dis- + mast: cf. F. d[82]m[83]ter.] To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship. | |
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Dismastment \Dis*mast"ment\, n. The act of dismasting; the state of being dismasted. [R.] --Marshall. | |
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Dismiss \Dis*miss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismissed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dismissing}.] [L. dis- + missus, p. p. of mittere to send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. d[82]mettre. See {Demise}, and cf. {Dimit}.] 1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away. He dismissed the assembly. --Acts xix. 41. Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock. --Cowper. Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs. --Dryden. 2. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant. 3. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court. | |
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Dismiss \Dis*miss"\, n. Dismission. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert. | |
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Dismissal \Dis*miss"al\, n. Dismission; discharge. Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. --Motley. | |
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Dismiss \Dis*miss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismissed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dismissing}.] [L. dis- + missus, p. p. of mittere to send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. d[82]mettre. See {Demise}, and cf. {Dimit}.] 1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away. He dismissed the assembly. --Acts xix. 41. Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock. --Cowper. Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs. --Dryden. 2. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant. 3. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court. | |
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Dismiss \Dis*miss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismissed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dismissing}.] [L. dis- + missus, p. p. of mittere to send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. d[82]mettre. See {Demise}, and cf. {Dimit}.] 1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away. He dismissed the assembly. --Acts xix. 41. Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock. --Cowper. Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs. --Dryden. 2. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant. 3. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court. | |
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Dismission \Dis*mis"sion\, n. [Cf. L. dimissio.] 1. The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury. 2. Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or with disgrace. 3. Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or unworthy of consideration. | |
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Dismissive \Dis*miss"ive\, a. Giving dismission. | |
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Dissension \Dis*sen"sion\, n. [L. dissensio: cf. F. dissension. See {Dissent}.] Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel. Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them. --Acts xv. 2. Debates, dissension, uproars are thy joy. --Dryden. A seditious person and raiser-up of dissension among the people. --Robynson (More's Utopia). | |
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Dissensious \Dis*sen"sious\, a. Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. [R.] --Ascham. -- {Dis*sen"sious*ly}, adv. --Chapman. | |
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Dissensious \Dis*sen"sious\, a. Disposed to discord; contentious; dissentious. [R.] --Ascham. -- {Dis*sen"sious*ly}, adv. --Chapman. | |
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Dizziness \Diz"zi*ness\, n. [AS. dysigness folly. See {Dizzy}.] Giddiness; a whirling sensation in the head; vertigo. | |
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Dizzy \Diz"zy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dizzied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dizzying}.] To make dizzy or giddy; to give the vertigo to; to confuse. If the jangling of thy bells had not dizzied thy understanding. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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d8Djinnee \[d8]Djin"nee\, n.; pl. {Jjinn}or {Djinns}. See {Jinnee}, {Jinn}. | |
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Dochmiac \Doch"mi*ac\, a. (Pros.) Pertaining to, or containing, the dochmius. | |
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Docimacy \Doc"i*ma*cy\, n. [Gr. [?] an assay, examination, fr. [?] to examine (Metals), fr. [?] assayed, tested, fr. [?] to take, approve: cf. F. docimasie.] The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology. | |
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Swordbill \Sword"bill`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A humming bird ({Docimastes ensiferus}) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird. | |
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Docimastic \Doc`i*mas"tic\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. docimastique.] Proving by experiments or tests. {Docimastic art}, metallurgy, or the art of assaying metals; the art of separating metals from foreign matters, and determining the nature and quantity of metallic substances contained in any ore or mineral. | |
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Docimastic \Doc`i*mas"tic\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. docimastique.] Proving by experiments or tests. {Docimastic art}, metallurgy, or the art of assaying metals; the art of separating metals from foreign matters, and determining the nature and quantity of metallic substances contained in any ore or mineral. | |
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Dock \Dock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Docked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Docking}.] [See {Dock} a tail. Cf. W. tociaw, and twciaw, to dock, clip.] 1. to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse. His top was docked like a priest biforn. -- Chaucer. 2. To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages. 3. To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail. | |
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Dog \Dog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dogged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dogging}.] To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity. I have been pursued, dogged, and waylaid. -- Pope. Your sins will dog you, pursue you. --Burroughs. Eager ill-bred petitioners, who do not so properly supplicate as hunt the person whom they address to, dogging him from place to place, till they even extort an answer to their rude requests. -- South. | |
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Dogma \Dog"ma\, n.; pl. E. {Dogmas}, L. {Dogmata}. [L. dogma, Gr. [?], pl. [?], fr. [?] to think, seem, appear; akin to L. decet it is becoming. Cf. {Decent}.] 1. That which is held as an opinion; a tenet; a doctrine. The obscure and loose dogmas of early antiquity. -- Whewell. 2. A formally stated and authoritatively settled doctrine; a definite, established, and authoritative tenet. 3. A doctrinal notion asserted without regard to evidence or truth; an arbitrary dictum. Syn: tenet; opinion; proposition; doctrine. Usage: -- {Dogma}, {Tenet}. A tenet is that which is maintained as true with great firmness; as, the tenets of our holy religion. A dogma is that which is laid down with authority as indubitably true, especially a religious doctrine; as, the dogmas of the church. A tenet rests on its own intrinsic merits or demerits; a dogma rests on authority regarded as competent to decide and determine. Dogma has in our language acquired, to some extent, a repulsive sense, from its carrying with it the idea of undue authority or assumption. This is more fully the case with its derivatives dogmatical and dogmatism. | |
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Dokimastic \Dok`i*mas"tic\, a. Docimastic. | |
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Dose \Dose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {dosing}.] [Cf. F. doser. See {Dose}, n.] 1. To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses. 2. To give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need. A self-opinioned physician, worse than his distemper, who shall dose, and bleed, and kill him, [bd]secundum artem.[b8] -- South 3. To give anything nauseous to. | |
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Doughiness \Dough"i*ness\, n. The quality or state of being doughy. | |
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Douse \Douse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dousing}.] [Cf. {Dowse}, and OD. donsen to strike with the fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down violently and noisily; perh. akin to E. din.] 1. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail. | |
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Dousing-chock \Dous"ing-chock`\, n. (Shipbuilding) One of several pieces fayed across the apron and lapped in the knightheads, or inside planking above the upper deck. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. | |
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Dozen \Doz"en\, n.; pl. {Dozen} (before another noun), {Dozens}. [OE. doseine, dosein, OF. doseine, F. douzaine, fr. douze twelve, fr. L. duodecim; duo two + decem ten. See {Two}, {Ten}, and cf. {Duodecimal}.] 1. A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows. [bd]Some six or seven dozen of Scots.[b8] [bd]A dozen of shirts to your back.[b8] [bd]A dozen sons.[b8] [bd]Half a dozen friends.[b8] --Shak. 2. An indefinite small number. --Milton. {A baker's dozen}, thirteen; -- called also a {long dozen}. | |
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Doziness \Doz"i*ness\, n. The state of being dozy; drowsiness; inclination to sleep. | |
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Doze \Doze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dozed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dozing}.] [Prob. akin to daze, dizzy: cf. Icel. d[?]sa to doze, Dan. d[94]se to make dull, heavy, or drowsy, d[94]s dullness, drowsiness, d[94]sig drowsy, AS. dw[?]s dull, stupid, foolish. [?][?][?]. Cf. {Dizzy}.] To slumber; to sleep lightly; to be in a dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; to be drowsy. If he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobbler waked him. --L'Estrange. | |
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Duck \Duck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ducked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ducking}.] [OE. duken, douken, to dive; akin to D. duiken, OHG. t[?]hhan, MHG. tucken, t[81]cken, t[?]chen, G. tuchen. Cf. 5th {Duck}.] 1. To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw. Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub. --Fielding. 2. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy. 3. To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. [bd] Will duck his head aside.[b8] --Swift. | |
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Ducking \Duck"ing\, n. & a., from {Duck}, v. t. & i. {Ducking stool}, a stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment. See {Cucking stool}. The practice of ducking began in the latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the 19th century. --Blackstone. Chambers. | |
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Ducking \Duck"ing\, n. & a., from {Duck}, v. t. & i. {Ducking stool}, a stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment. See {Cucking stool}. The practice of ducking began in the latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the 19th century. --Blackstone. Chambers. | |
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Castigatory \Cas"ti*ga*to*ry\, n. An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a {ducking stool}, or {trebucket}. --Blacktone. | |
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Cucking stool \Cuck"ing stool`\ (k[?]k"[?]ng st[?][?]l`). [Cf. AS. scealfingst[d3]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf. Icel. k[?]ka to dung, k[?]kr dung, the name being given as to a disgracing or infamous punishment.] A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a {castigatory}, a {tumbrel}, and a {trebuchet}; and often, but not so correctly, a {ducking stool}. --Sir. W. Scott. | |
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Ducking \Duck"ing\, n. & a., from {Duck}, v. t. & i. {Ducking stool}, a stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment. See {Cucking stool}. The practice of ducking began in the latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the 19th century. --Blackstone. Chambers. | |
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Castigatory \Cas"ti*ga*to*ry\, n. An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a {ducking stool}, or {trebucket}. --Blacktone. | |
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Cucking stool \Cuck"ing stool`\ (k[?]k"[?]ng st[?][?]l`). [Cf. AS. scealfingst[d3]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf. Icel. k[?]ka to dung, k[?]kr dung, the name being given as to a disgracing or infamous punishment.] A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a {castigatory}, a {tumbrel}, and a {trebuchet}; and often, but not so correctly, a {ducking stool}. --Sir. W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dugong \Du*gong"\, n. [Malayan d[?]y[?]ng, or Javan. duyung.] (Zo[94]l.) An aquatic herbivorous mammal ({Halicore dugong}), of the order Sirenia, allied to the manatee, but with a bilobed tail. It inhabits the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, East Indies, and Australia. [Written also {duyong}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Duskiness \Dusk"i*ness\, n. The state of being dusky. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Duskness \Dusk"ness\, n. Duskiness. [R.] --Sir T. Elyot. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dysgenesic \Dys`ge*nes"ic\, a. Not procreating or breeding freely; as, one race may be dysgenesic with respect to another. --Darwin. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dawson County, GA (county, FIPS 85) Location: 34.44001 N, 84.17119 W Population (1990): 9429 (4321 housing units) Area: 546.6 sq km (land), 7.5 sq km (water) Dawson County, MT (county, FIPS 21) Location: 47.27321 N, 104.90125 W Population (1990): 9505 (4487 housing units) Area: 6146.8 sq km (land), 25.8 sq km (water) Dawson County, NE (county, FIPS 47) Location: 40.86589 N, 99.81453 W Population (1990): 19940 (9021 housing units) Area: 2623.5 sq km (land), 16.6 sq km (water) Dawson County, TX (county, FIPS 115) Location: 32.74235 N, 101.94710 W Population (1990): 14349 (5969 housing units) Area: 2336.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dawson Springs, KY (city, FIPS 20224) Location: 37.17267 N, 87.68863 W Population (1990): 3129 (1429 housing units) Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 42408 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
De Quincy, LA (city, FIPS 20575) Location: 30.44829 N, 93.44348 W Population (1990): 3474 (1499 housing units) Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dequincy, LA Zip code(s): 70633 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Descanso, CA Zip code(s): 91916 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dickens, IA (city, FIPS 21360) Location: 43.13337 N, 95.02207 W Population (1990): 214 (84 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51333 Dickens, NE (village, FIPS 13050) Location: 40.82583 N, 100.99345 W Population (1990): 16 (7 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69132 Dickens, TX (city, FIPS 20332) Location: 33.62126 N, 100.83583 W Population (1990): 322 (182 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 79229 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dickens County, TX (county, FIPS 125) Location: 33.62018 N, 100.77907 W Population (1990): 2571 (1564 housing units) Area: 2342.0 sq km (land), 2.6 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dickenson County, VA (county, FIPS 51) Location: 37.11664 N, 82.35126 W Population (1990): 17620 (7112 housing units) Area: 861.6 sq km (land), 5.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dickinson, AL Zip code(s): 36436 Dickinson, ND (city, FIPS 19620) Location: 46.88611 N, 102.78272 W Population (1990): 16097 (6838 housing units) Area: 25.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Dickinson, TX (city, FIPS 20344) Location: 29.45371 N, 95.06632 W Population (1990): 9497 (3900 housing units) Area: 16.8 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dickinson Center, NY Zip code(s): 12930 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dickinson County, IA (county, FIPS 59) Location: 43.37719 N, 95.15178 W Population (1990): 14909 (9723 housing units) Area: 987.0 sq km (land), 58.6 sq km (water) Dickinson County, KS (county, FIPS 41) Location: 38.86409 N, 97.15759 W Population (1990): 18958 (8415 housing units) Area: 2197.5 sq km (land), 10.9 sq km (water) Dickinson County, MI (county, FIPS 43) Location: 45.99733 N, 87.87200 W Population (1990): 26831 (12902 housing units) Area: 1985.0 sq km (land), 27.9 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dickson City, PA (borough, FIPS 19160) Location: 41.46877 N, 75.63478 W Population (1990): 6276 (2795 housing units) Area: 12.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18519 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dickson County, TN (county, FIPS 43) Location: 36.15365 N, 87.36151 W Population (1990): 35061 (14149 housing units) Area: 1268.9 sq km (land), 3.7 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Diggins, MO (village, FIPS 19504) Location: 37.17404 N, 92.85227 W Population (1990): 258 (108 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dixon County, NE (county, FIPS 51) Location: 42.49931 N, 96.86850 W Population (1990): 6143 (2613 housing units) Area: 1233.9 sq km (land), 16.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dixon Springs, TN Zip code(s): 37057 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dixons Mills, AL Zip code(s): 36736 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dock Junction, GA (CDP, FIPS 23200) Location: 31.20215 N, 81.51692 W Population (1990): 7094 (2923 housing units) Area: 24.7 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dugginsville, MO Zip code(s): 65761 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DACNOS A prototype network operating system for multi-vendor environments, from IBM European Networking Centre Heidelberg and University of Karlsruhe. (1995-01-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
dechunker {chunker} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
disconnect {SCSI reconnect} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Disjunctive Normal Form (DNF) A logical formula consisting of a {disjunction} of {conjunction}s where no conjunction contains a disjunction. E.g. the DNF of (A or B) and C is (A and C) or (B and C). (1994-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
docking station {laptop} or other portable computer can be connected via fixed connectors at the rear of the computer to provide quick and convenient connection of {peripherals} not normally used with a laptop. These can include power supply, {expansion cards}, additional {storage}, an external {monitor}, {network card}, {CD-ROM}, full-size {keyboard}, {printer}, and {mouse}. The alternative would require each of the above to be connected to the laptop individually. (2000-04-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DOCMaker {Macintosh} which creates stand-alone, self-running document {files}. It features scrollable and re-sizable windows, graphics, varied text styles and {fonts}, full printing capability, and links to other {software} and {information}. Companies such as Federal Express, GTE, {Hewlett-Packard}, {Iomega}, {Adobe Systems, Inc.}, {Apple Computer} and {Aladdin} use DOCMaker to distribute disk-based {documentation} with their products. {(http://www.hsv.tis.net/~greenmtn/docm1.html)}. (1998-01-27) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Dagon's house (1 Sam. 5:2), or Beth-dagon, as elsewhere rendered (Josh.15: 41; 19:27), was the sanctuary or temple of Dagon. The Beth-dagon of Josh. 15:41 was one of the cities of the tribe of Judah, in the lowland or plain which stretches westward. It has not been identified. The Beth-dagon of Josh. 19:27 was one of the border cities of Asher. That of 1 Chr. 10:10 was in the western half-tribe of Manasseh, where the Philistines, after their victory at Gilboa, placed Saul's head in the temple of their god. (Comp. 1 Sam. 31:8-13). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Deaconess Rom. 16:1, 3, 12; Phil. 4:2, 3; 1 Tim. 3:11; 5:9, 10; Titus 2:3, 4). In these passages it is evident that females were then engaged in various Christian ministrations. Pliny makes mention of them also in his letter to Trajan (A.D. 110). |