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d8Abattoir \[d8]A`bat`toir"\ ([adot]`b[adot]t`tw[aum]r"), n.; pl. {Abattoirs} (-tw[aum]rz"). [F., fr. abattre to beat down. See {Abate}.] A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. | |
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d8Aptera \[d8]Ap"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL. aptera, fr. Gr. [?] without wings; 'a priv. + [?] wing, [?] to fly.] (Zo[94]l.) Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linn[91]n order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders. | |
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d8Apteria \[d8]Ap*te"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Aptera}.] (Zo[94]l.) Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See {Pteryli[91]}. | |
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d8Apteryges \[d8]Ap*ter"y*ges\, n. pl. [NL. See {Apteryx}.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx. | |
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d8Apteryx \[d8]Ap"te*ryx\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + pte`ryx wing. Cf. {Aptera}.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known. | |
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d8Bahadur \[d8]Ba*ha"dur\ d8Bahaudur \[d8]Ba*hau"dur\, n. [Written also {bahawder}.] [Hind. bah[be]dur hero, champion.] A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages. | |
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d8Bahadur \[d8]Ba*ha"dur\ d8Bahaudur \[d8]Ba*hau"dur\, n. [Written also {bahawder}.] [Hind. bah[be]dur hero, champion.] A title of respect or honor given to European officers in East Indian state papers, and colloquially, and among the natives, to distinguished officials and other important personages. | |
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d8Batardeau \[d8]Ba`tar*deau"\, n. [F.] 1. A cofferdam. --Brande & C. 2. (Mil.) A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall. | |
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d8Batrachia \[d8]Ba*tra"chi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. batra`cheios belonging to a frog, fr. ba`trachos frog.] (Zo[94]l.) The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and toads; the Anura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as equivalent to Amphibia. | |
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d8Batture \[d8]Bat`ture"\, n. [F., fr. battre to beat. ] An elevated river bed or sea bed. | |
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d8Bothrenchyma \[d8]Both*ren"chy*ma\, n. [Gr. [?] pit + [?] something poured in. Formed like parenchyma.] (Bot.) Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood. | |
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d8Boudoir \[d8]Bou*doir"\, n. [F., fr. bouder to pout, be sulky.] A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady's (or sometimes a gentleman's) private room. --Cowper. | |
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Diopter \Di*op"ter\, d8Dioptra \[d8]Di*op"tra\, n. [L. dioptra, fr. Gr. [?]. See 2d {Dioptric}.] An optical instrument, invented by Hipparchus, for taking altitudes, leveling, etc. | |
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d8Dioptre \[d8]Di*op"tre\, n. [F. See 2d {Dioptric}.] (Optics) A unit employed by oculists in numbering glasses according to the metric system; a refractive power equal to that of a glass whose principal focal distance is one meter. | |
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d8Diptera \[d8]Dip"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] with two wings, di- = di`s- twice + [?] feather, wing: cf. F. dipt[8a]re.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive order of insects having only two functional wings and two balancers, as the house fly, mosquito, etc. They have a suctorial proboscis, often including two pairs of sharp organs (mandibles and maxill[91]) with which they pierce the skin of animals. They undergo a complete metamorphosis, their larv[91] (called maggots) being usually without feet. | |
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d8Dipterocarpus \[d8]Dip`te*ro*car"pus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] with two wings + [?] fruit.] (Bot.) A genus of trees found in the East Indies, some species of which produce a fragrant resin, other species wood oil. The fruit has two long wings. | |
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d8Epitrochlea \[d8]Ep`i*troch"le*a\, n. [NL. See {Epi-}, and {Trochlea}.] (Anat.) A projection on the outer side of the distal end of the humerus; the external condyle. | |
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d8Epitrope \[d8]E*pit"ro*pe\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] reference, arbitration, fr. [?] to turn over, to give up, yield; 'epi` upon, over + [?] to turn.] (Rhet.) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., [bd]He that is unjust, let him be unjust still.[b8] | |
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d8Haphtarah \[d8]Haph*ta"rah\, n.; pl. {-taroth}. [Heb. hapht[be]r[be]h, prop., valedictory, fr. p[be]tar to depart.] One of the lessons from the Nebiim (or Prophets) read in the Jewish synagogue on Sabbaths, feast days, fasts, and the ninth of Ab, at the end of the service, after the parashoth, or lessons from the Law. Such a practice is evidenced in Luke iv.17 and Acts xiii.15. | |
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d8Hypoderma \[d8]Hyp`o*der"ma\, n. [NL. See {Hypo}, and {derma}.] 1. (Bot.) A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates. | |
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d8Hypodermis \[d8]Hyp`o*der"mis\, n. [NL. See {Hypo-}, and {Derma}.] 1. (Biol.) Same as {Hypoblast}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Hypoderma}, 2. | |
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d8Hypotarsus \[d8]Hy`po*tar"sus\, n.; pl. {Hypotarsi}. [NL. See {Hypo-}, and {Tarsus}.] (Anat.) A process on the posterior side of the tarsometatarsus of many birds; the calcaneal process. -- {Hy`po*tar"sal}, a. | |
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d8Hypotrachelium \[d8]Hy`po*tra*che"li*um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] under + [?] neck.] (Arch.) Same as {Gorgerin}. | |
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d8Hypotricha \[d8]Hy*pot"ri*cha\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + [?], [?], a hair.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of ciliated Infusoria in which the cilia cover only the under side of the body. | |
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d8Obiter \[d8]Ob"i*ter\, adv. [L., on the way; ob (see {Ob-}) + iter a going, a walk, way.] In passing; incidentally; by the way. {[d8]Obiter dictum} (Law), an incidental and collateral opinion uttered by a judge. See {Dictum}, n., 2 (a) . | |
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d8Obiter \[d8]Ob"i*ter\, adv. [L., on the way; ob (see {Ob-}) + iter a going, a walk, way.] In passing; incidentally; by the way. {[d8]Obiter dictum} (Law), an incidental and collateral opinion uttered by a judge. See {Dictum}, n., 2 (a) . | |
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d8P82troleur \[d8]P[82]`tro`leur"\, n. m. d8P82troleuse \[d8]P[82]`tro`leuse"\, n. f.[F.] One who makes use of petroleum for incendiary purposes. | |
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d8P82troleur \[d8]P[82]`tro`leur"\, n. m. d8P82troleuse \[d8]P[82]`tro`leuse"\, n. f.[F.] One who makes use of petroleum for incendiary purposes. | |
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d8Padre \[d8]Pa"dre\, n.; pl. Sp. & Pg. {Padres}; It. {Padri}. [Sp., Pg., & It., fr. L. pater father. See {Father}.] 1. A Christian priest or monk; -- used in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Spanish America. 2. In India (from the Portuguese), any Christian minister; also, a priest of the native region. --Kipling. | |
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d8Padrone \[d8]Pa*dro"ne\, n.; pl. It. {Padroni}, E. {Padrones}. [It. See {Patron}.] 1. A patron; a protector. 2. The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean. 3. A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc. | |
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d8Patera \[d8]Pat"e*ra\, n.; pl. {Pater[91]}([?]). [ L., fr. patere to lie open.] 1. A saucerlike vessel of earthenware or metal, used by the Greeks and Romans in libations and sacrificies. 2. (Arch.) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes, and the like. | |
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d8Paterfamilias \[d8]Pa`ter*fa*mil`i*as\, n.; pl. {Pateresfamilias}. [L., fr. pater father + familias, gen. of familia family.] (Rom. Law) The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an estate; one who is his own master. | |
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d8Pedregal \[d8]Pe`dre*gal"\, n. [Sp., a stony place, fr. piedra stone.] A lava field. [Mexico & Western U.S.] | |
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d8Phthiriasis \[d8]Phthi*ri"a*sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] louse.] (Med.) A disease (morbus pediculous) consisting in the excessive multiplication of lice on the human body. | |
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d8Pietra dura \[d8]Pi*e"tra du"ra\ [It., hard stone.] (Fine Arts) Hard and fine stones in general, such as are used for inlay and the like, as distinguished from the softer stones used in building; thus, a Florentine mosaic is a familiar instance of work in pietra dura, though the ground may be soft marble. | |
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d8Pityriasis \[d8]Pit`y*ri"a*sis\, n. (Veter.) A disease of domestic animals characterized by dry epithelial scales, and due to digestive disturbances and alteration of the function of the sebaceous glands. | |
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d8Pityriasis \[d8]Pit`y*ri"a*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?], lit., bran.] (Med.) A superficial affection of the skin, characterized by irregular patches of thin scales which are shed in branlike particles. {[d8]Pityriasis versicolor} [NL.] (Med.), a parasitic disease of the skin, characterized by the development of reddish or brownish patches. | |
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d8Pityriasis \[d8]Pit`y*ri"a*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?], lit., bran.] (Med.) A superficial affection of the skin, characterized by irregular patches of thin scales which are shed in branlike particles. {[d8]Pityriasis versicolor} [NL.] (Med.), a parasitic disease of the skin, characterized by the development of reddish or brownish patches. | |
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d8Podarthrum \[d8]Po*dar"thrum\, n.; pl. {Podarthra}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], foot + [?] joint.] (Anat.) The foot joint; in birds, the joint between the metatarsus and the toes. | |
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d8Podrida \[d8]Po*dri"da\, n. [Sp., rotten.] A miscellaneous dish of meats. See {Olla-podrida}. | |
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d8Potoroo \[d8]Po`to*roo"\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any small kangaroo belonging to {Hypsiprymnus}, {Bettongia}, and allied genera, native of Australia and Tasmania. Called also {kangaroo rat}. | |
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d8Pteranodontia \[d8]Pte*ran`o*don"ti*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Paleon.) A group of pterodactyls destitute of teeth, as in the genus {Pteranodon}. | |
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d8Pterichthys \[d8]Pte*rich"thys\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] wing + [?] fish.] (Paleon.) A genus of Devonian fossil fishes with winglike appendages. The head and most of the body were covered with large bony plates. See {Placodermi}. | |
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d8Pteridophyta \[d8]Pter`i*doph"y*ta\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?], [?], a fern + [?] a plant.] (Bot.) A class of flowerless plants, embracing ferns, horsetails, club mosses, quillworts, and other like plants. See the Note under {Cryptogamia}. -- {Pter"i*do*phyte`}, n. Note: This is a modern term, devised to replace the older ones acrogens and vascular Cryptogamia. | |
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d8Pterobranchia \[d8]Pter`o*bran"chi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a wing + [?] [?].] (Zo[94]l.) An order of marine Bryozoa, having a bilobed lophophore and an axial cord. The genus Rhabdopleura is the type. Called also {Podostomata}. See {Rhabdopleura}. | |
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d8Pteroceras \[d8]Pte*roc"e*ras\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a wing + [?] a horn.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of large marine gastropods having the outer border of the lip divided into lobes; -- called also {scorpion shell}. | |
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d8Pterocletes \[d8]Pter`o*cle"tes\, n. pl. [NL., fr Pterocles, the typical genus, fr. Gr. [?] feather + [?], [?], a key, tongue of a clasp.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of birds including the sand grouse. They are in some respects intermediate between the pigeons and true grouse. Called also {Pteroclomorph[91]}. | |
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d8Pterodactyli \[d8]Pter`o*dac"ty*li\, n. pl. [NL.] (Paleon.) Same as {Pterosauria}. | |
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d8Pteropappi \[d8]Pter`o*pap"pi\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] a feather, a bird + [?] a grandfather.] (Zool.) Same as {Odontotorm[91]}. | |
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d8Pteropoda \[d8]Pte*rop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) A class of Mollusca in which the anterior lobes of the foot are developed in the form of broad, thin, winglike organs, with which they swim at near the surface of the sea. Note: The Pteropoda are divided into two orders: {Cymnosomata}, which have the body entirely naked and the head distinct from the wings; and {Thecosomata}, which have a delicate transparent shell of various forms, and the head not distinct from the wings. | |
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d8Pterosauria \[d8]Pter`o*sau"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of flying reptiles of the Mesozoic age; the pterodactyls; -- called also {{Pterodactyli}}, and {{Ornithosauria}}. Note: The wings were formed, like those of bats, by a leathery expansion of the skin, principally supported by the greatly enlarged outer or [bd] little[b8] fingers of the hands. The American Cretaceous pterodactyls had no teeth. See {Pteranodontia}, and {Pterodactyl}. | |
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d8Pterostigma \[d8]Pter`o*stig"ma\, n.; pl. {Pterostigmata}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] wing + [?], [?], a mark.] (Zo[94]l.) A thickened opaque spot on the wings of certain insects. | |
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d8Pterygium \[d8]Pte*ryg"i*um\, n.; pl. E. {Pterygiums}, L. {Pterygia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], properly a dim, akin to [?] a feather.] (Med.) A superficial growth of vascular tissue radiating in a fanlike manner from the cornea over the surface of the eye. | |
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d8Pterygopodium \[d8]Pter`y*go*po"di*um\, n.; pl. {Pterygopodia}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?], [?], a fin + [?], dim. of [?], [?], a foot.] (Anat.) A specially modified part of the ventral fin in male elasmobranchs, which serves as a copulatory organ, or clasper. | |
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d8Pteryla \[d8]Pte*ry"la\, n.; pl. {Pteryl[91]}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] feather + [?] wood, forest.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the definite areas of the skin of a bird on which feathers grow; -- contrasted with apteria. | |
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d8Pterylosis \[d8]Pter`y*lo"sis\, n. [NL., fr. NL. & E. pteryla.] (Zo[94]l.) The arrangement of feathers in definite areas. | |
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d8Tapadera \[d8]Tap`a*de"ra\, d8Tapadero \[d8]Tap`a*de"ro\, n.] [Also {tapidero}.] [Sp. tapadera lid, cover.] One of the leather hoods which cover the stirrups of a Mexican saddle. | |
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d8Tapadera \[d8]Tap`a*de"ra\, d8Tapadero \[d8]Tap`a*de"ro\, n.] [Also {tapidero}.] [Sp. tapadera lid, cover.] One of the leather hoods which cover the stirrups of a Mexican saddle. | |
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d8Vettura \[d8]Vet*tu"ra\, n.; pl. {Vetture}. [It. vettura, fr. L. vectura conveyance. Cf. {Vecture}.] An Italian four-wheeled carriage, esp. one let for hire; a hackney coach. | |
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d8Vetturino \[d8]Vet`tu*ri"no\, n.; pl. {Vetturini}. [It.] 1. One who lets or drives a vettura. 2. A vettura. | |
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d8Vitrella \[d8]Vi*trel"la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. vitrum glass.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the transparent lenslike cells in the ocelli of certain arthropods. | |
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d8Vitrina \[d8]Vi*tri"na\, n. [NL., fr. L. vitrum glass.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of terrestrial gastropods, having transparent, very thin, and delicate shells, -- whence the name. | |
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{Anniversary day}. See {Anniversary}, n. {Astronomical day}, a period equal to the mean solar day, but beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day, as that most used by astronomers. {Born days}. See under {Born}. {Canicular days}. See {Dog day}. {Civil day}, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight. {Day blindness}. (Med.) See {Nyctalopia}. {Day by day}, or {Day after day}, daily; every day; continually; without intermission of a day. See under {By}. [bd]Day by day we magnify thee.[b8] --Book of Common Prayer. {Days in bank} (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench, or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. --Burrill. {Day in court}, a day for the appearance of parties in a suit. {Days of devotion} (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. --Shipley. {Days of grace}. See {Grace}. {Days of obligation} (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. --Shipley. {Day owl}, (Zo[94]l.), an owl that flies by day. See {Hawk owl}. {Day rule} (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished) allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go beyond the prison limits for a single day. {Day school}, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in distinction from a boarding school. {Day sight}. (Med.) See {Hemeralopia}. {Day's work} (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. {From day to day}, as time passes; in the course of time; as, he improves from day to day. {Jewish day}, the time between sunset and sunset. {Mean solar day} (Astron.), the mean or average of all the apparent solar days of the year. {One day}, {One of these days}, at an uncertain time, usually of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. [bd]Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.[b8] --Shak. {Only from day to day}, without certainty of continuance; temporarily. --Bacon. {Sidereal day}, the interval between two successive transits of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time. {To win the day}, to gain the victory, to be successful. --S. Butler. {Week day}, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day. {Working day}. (a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction from Sundays and legal holidays. (b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom, during which a workman, hired at a stated price per day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay. | |
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Debater \De*bat"er\, n. One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist. Debate where leisure serves with dull debaters. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Debitor \Deb"it*or\, n. [L. See {Debtor}.] A debtor. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Debtor \Debt"or\, n. [OE. dettur, dettour, OF. detor, detur, detour, F. d[82]biteur, fr. L. debitor, fr. debere to owe. See {Debt}.] One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to creditor. [I 'll] bring your latter hazard back again, And thankfully rest debtor for the first. --Shak. In Athens an insolvent debtor became slave to his creditor. --Mitford. Debtors for our lives to you. --Tennyson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sculpin \Scul"pin\, n. [Written also skulpin.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus {Cottus}, or {Acanthocottus}, having a large head armed with sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America. (b) A large cottoid market fish of California ({Scorp[91]nichthys marmoratus}); -- called also {bighead}, {cabezon}, {scorpion}, {salpa}. (c) The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe ({Callionymus lura}). Note: The name is also applied to other related California species. {Deep-water sculpin}, the sea raven. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Defeature \De*fea"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OF. desfaiture a killing, disguising, prop., an undoing. See {Defeat}, and cf. {Disfeature}.] 1. Overthrow; defeat. [Obs.] [bd]Nothing but loss in their defeature.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. 2. Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] [bd]Strange defeatures in my face.[b8] --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Defeatured \De*fea"tured\ (?; 135), p. p. Changed in features; deformed. [R.] Features when defeatured in the . . . way I have described. --De Quincey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Defiatory \De*fi"a*to*ry\, a. [See {Defy}.] Bidding or manifesting defiance. [Obs.] --Shelford. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Depatriate \De*pa"tri*ate\, v. t. & i. [L. de- + patria one's country.] To withdraw, or cause to withdraw, from one's country; to banish. [Obs.] A subject born in any state May, if he please, depatriate. --Mason. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deviator \De"vi*a`tor\, n. [L., a forsaker.] One who, or that which, deviates. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Deviatory \De"vi*a*to*ry\, a. Tending to deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion. [R.] --Tully. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Devitrification \De*vit`ri*fi*ca"tion\, n. The act or process of devitrifying, or the state of being devitrified. Specifically, the conversion of molten glassy matter into a stony mass by slow cooling, the result being the formation of crystallites, microbites, etc., in the glassy base, which are then called devitrification products. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Devitrify \De*vit"ri*fy\, v. t. To deprive of glasslike character; to take away vitreous luster and transparency from. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Devotary \De*vo"ta*ry\, n. [See {Devote}, {Votary}.] A votary. [Obs.] --J. Gregory. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Devoter \De*vot"er\, n. One who devotes; a worshiper. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Devotor \De*vo"tor\, n. [L.] A worshiper; one given to devotion. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diabaterial \Di*ab`a*te"ri*al\, a. [Gr. [?] [?] (sc. [?]) offerings before crossing the border, fr. [?] to pass over. See {Diabase}.] Passing over the borders. [R.] --Mitford. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diopter \Di*op"ter\, d8Dioptra \[d8]Di*op"tra\, n. [L. dioptra, fr. Gr. [?]. See 2d {Dioptric}.] An optical instrument, invented by Hipparchus, for taking altitudes, leveling, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dioptric \Di*op"tric\, a. (Optics) Of or pertaining to the dioptre, or to the metric system of numbering glasses. -- n. A dioptre. See {Dioptre}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dioptric \Di*op"tric\, Dioptrical \Di*op"tric*al\, a. [Gr. [?] belonging to the use of the [?]; [?] = dia` through + the root of [?] I shall see: cf. F. dioptrique.] Of or pertaining to dioptrics; assisting vision by means of the refraction of light; refractive; as, the dioptric system; a dioptric glass or telescope. [bd]Dioptrical principles.[b8] --Nichol. {Dioptric curve} (Geom.), a Cartesian oval. See under {Cartesian}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dioptric \Di*op"tric\, Dioptrical \Di*op"tric*al\, a. [Gr. [?] belonging to the use of the [?]; [?] = dia` through + the root of [?] I shall see: cf. F. dioptrique.] Of or pertaining to dioptrics; assisting vision by means of the refraction of light; refractive; as, the dioptric system; a dioptric glass or telescope. [bd]Dioptrical principles.[b8] --Nichol. {Dioptric curve} (Geom.), a Cartesian oval. See under {Cartesian}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dioptric \Di*op"tric\, Dioptrical \Di*op"tric*al\, a. [Gr. [?] belonging to the use of the [?]; [?] = dia` through + the root of [?] I shall see: cf. F. dioptrique.] Of or pertaining to dioptrics; assisting vision by means of the refraction of light; refractive; as, the dioptric system; a dioptric glass or telescope. [bd]Dioptrical principles.[b8] --Nichol. {Dioptric curve} (Geom.), a Cartesian oval. See under {Cartesian}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dioptrics \Di*op"trics\, n. [Gr. [?] [?]: cf. F. dioptrique.] (Optics) The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of light in passing from one medium into another, or through different mediums, as air, water, or glass, and esp. through different lenses; -- distinguished from catoptrics, which refers to reflected light. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anaclastics \An`a*clas"tics\, n. (Opt.) That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called {dioptrics}. --Encyc. Brit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dioptrics \Di*op"trics\, n. [Gr. [?] [?]: cf. F. dioptrique.] (Optics) The science of the refraction of light; that part of geometrical optics which treats of the laws of the refraction of light in passing from one medium into another, or through different mediums, as air, water, or glass, and esp. through different lenses; -- distinguished from catoptrics, which refers to reflected light. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Anaclastics \An`a*clas"tics\, n. (Opt.) That part of optics which treats of the refraction of light; -- commonly called {dioptrics}. --Encyc. Brit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dioptry \Di*op"try\, n. (Optics) A dioptre. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diphtheria \Diph*the"ri*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] leather (hence taken in the sense of membrane): cf. [?] to make soft, L. depsere to knead.] (Med.) A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. {Group}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diphtherial \Diph*the"ri*al\, Diphtheric \Diph*ther"ic\, a. Relating to diphtheria; diphtheritic. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diphtherial \Diph*the"ri*al\, Diphtheric \Diph*ther"ic\, a. Relating to diphtheria; diphtheritic. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Diphtheritic \Diph`the*rit"ic\, a. (Med.) 1. Pertaining to, or connected with, diphtheria. 2. Having characteristics resembling those of diphtheria; as, diphtheritic inflammation of the bladder. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Insecta \[d8]In*sec"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See {Insect}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the classes of Arthropoda, including those that have one pair of antenn[91], three pairs of mouth organs, and breathe air by means of trache[91], opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See {Insect}, n. 2. (Zo[94]l.) In a more restricted sense, the Hexapoda alone. See {Hexapoda}. 3. (Zo[94]l.) In the most general sense, the Hexapoda, Myriapoda, and Arachnoidea, combined. Note: The typical Insecta, or hexapod insects, are divided into several orders, viz.: {Hymenoptera}, as the bees and ants; {Diptera}, as the common flies and gnats; {Aphaniptera}, or fleas; {Lepidoptera}, or moths and butterflies; {Neuroptera}, as the ant-lions and hellgamite; {Coleoptera}, or beetles; {Hemiptera}, as bugs, lice, aphids; {Orthoptera}, as grasshoppers and cockroaches; {Pseudoneuroptera}, as the dragon flies and termites; {Euplexoptera}, or earwings; {Thysanura}, as the springtails, podura, and lepisma. See these words in the Vocabulary. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dipteral \Dip"ter*al\, a. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Having two wings only; belonging to the order Diptera. 2. (Anc. Arch.) Having a double row of columns on each on the flanks, as well as in front and rear; -- said of a temple. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dipteran \Dip"ter*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An insect of the order Diptera. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Coumarin \Cou"ma*rin\ (k[oomac]"m[adot]*r[icr]n), n. [F., fr. coumarou, a tree of Guiana.] (Chem.) The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of {Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata} and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, {C9H6O2}, of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Coumaric \Cou*mar"ic\ (k??-m?r"?k), a. Relating to, derived from, or like, the {Dipterix odorata}, a tree of Guiana. {Coumaric acid} (Chem.), one of a series of aromatic acids, related to cinnamic acid, the most important of which is a white crystalline substance, {HO.C6H4.C2H2.CO2H}, obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, etc., and also produced artificially. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dipterous \Dip"ter*ous\, a. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Having two wings, as certain insects; belonging to the order Diptera. 2. (Bot.) Having two wings; two-winged. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dipterygian \Dip`ter*yg"i*an\, a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?] a fin, dim. of [?] wing.] (Zo[94]l.) Having two dorsal fins; -- said of certain fishes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Coumarou \[d8]Cou"ma*rou\, n. [See {Coumarin}.] (Bot.) The tree ({Dipteryx odorata}) which bears the tonka bean; also, the bean itself. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tonka bean \Ton"ka bean`\ [Cf. F. onca, tonka.] (Bot.) The seed of a leguminous tree ({Dipteryx odorata}), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also {tonquin bean}. [Written also {tonca bean}, {tonga bean}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bean \Bean\ (b[emac]n), n. [OE. bene, AS. be[a0]n; akin to D. boon, G. bohne, OHG. p[omac]na, Icel. baun, Dan. b[94]nne, Sw. b[94]na, and perh. to Russ. bob, L. faba.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera {Faba}, {Phaseolus}, and {Dolichos}; also, to the herbs. Note: The origin and classification of many kinds are still doubtful. Among true beans are: the black-eyed bean and China bean, included in {Dolichos Sinensis}; black Egyptian bean or hyacinth bean, {D. Lablab}; the common haricot beans, kidney beans, string beans, and pole beans, all included in {Phaseolus vulgaris}; the lower bush bean, {Ph. vulgaris}, variety {nanus}; Lima bean, {Ph. lunatus}; Spanish bean and scarlet runner, {Ph. maltiflorus}; Windsor bean, the common bean of England, {Faba vulgaris}. As an article of food beans are classed with vegetables. 2. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans. {Bean aphis} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse ({Aphis fab[91]}) which infests the bean plant. {Bean fly} (Zo[94]l.), a fly found on bean flowers. {Bean goose} (Zo[94]l.), a species of goose ({Anser segetum}). {Bean weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small weevil that in the larval state destroys beans. The American species in {Bruchus fab[91]}. {Florida bean} (Bot.), the seed of {Mucuna urens}, a West Indian plant. The seeds are washed up on the Florida shore, and are often polished and made into ornaments. {Ignatius bean}, or {St. Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), a species of {Strychnos}. {Navy bean}, the common dried white bean of commerce; probably so called because an important article of food in the navy. {Pea bean}, a very small and highly esteemed variety of the edible white bean; -- so called from its size. {Sacred bean}. See under {Sacred}. {Screw bean}. See under {Screw}. {Sea bean}. (a) Same as {Florida bean}. (b) A red bean of unknown species used for ornament. {Tonquin bean}, or {Tonka bean}, the fragrant seed of {Dipteryx odorata}, a leguminous tree. {Vanilla bean}. See under {Vanilla}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Divider \Di*vid"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts. 2. One who deals out to each his share. Who made me a judge or a divider over you? --Luke xii. 14. 3. One who, or that which, causes division. Hate is of all things the mightiest divider. --Milton. Money, the great divider of the world. --Swift. 4. pl. An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See {Compasses}. Note: The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Doubter \Doubt"er\, n. One who doubts; one whose opinion is unsettled; one who scruples. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dafter, MI Zip code(s): 49724 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Deepwater, MO (city, FIPS 18730) Location: 38.25917 N, 93.77380 W Population (1990): 441 (235 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64740 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Dave the Resurrector n. [Usenet; also abbreviated DtR] A {cancelbot} that cancels cancels. Dave the Resurrector originated when some {spam}-spewers decided to try to impede spam-fighting by wholesale cancellation of anti-spam coordination messages in the news.admin.net-abuse.usenet newsgroup. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
David Turner {functional languages}. He designed several languages, including, {SASL} (1976), {KRC} (1981), and {Miranda}, many of which were implemented using {combinators} and the {S-K reduction machine} which he defined. He coined the name "{ZF expression}" for the {list comprehension}. He worked at UKC and set up a company, {Research Software} Limited to market {Miranda}. (1994-12-06) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DVD-R {Digital Versatile Disc} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DVD-ROM {Digital Versatile Disc} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Debtor Various regulations as to the relation between debtor and creditor are laid down in the Scriptures. (1.) The debtor was to deliver up as a pledge to the creditor what he could most easily dispense with (Deut. 24:10, 11). (2.) A mill, or millstone, or upper garment, when given as a pledge, could not be kept over night (Ex. 22:26, 27). (3.) A debt could not be exacted during the Sabbatic year (Deut. 15:1-15). For other laws bearing on this relation see Lev. 25:14, 32, 39; Matt. 18:25, 34. (4.) A surety was liable in the same way as the original debtor (Prov. 11:15; 17:18). |