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d8Aracanese \[d8]Ar`a*ca*nese"\, a. Of or pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Aracan. | |
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d8Arachnida \[d8]A*rach"ni*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] spider.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix. Note: They have four pairs of legs, no antenn[91] nor wings, a pair of mandibles, and one pair of maxill[91] or palpi. The head is usually consolidated with the thorax. The respiration is either by tranche[91] or by pulmonary sacs, or by both. The class includes three principal orders: {Araneina}, or spiders; {Arthrogastra}, including scorpions, etc.; and {Acarina}, or mites and ticks. | |
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d8Arachnidium \[d8]Ar`ach*nid"i*um\, n. [NL. See {Arachnida}.] (Zo[94]l.) The glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted. | |
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d8Arachnitis \[d8]Ar`ach*ni"tis\, n. [Gr. [?] + [?].] (Med.) Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane. | |
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d8Arachnoidea \[d8]Ar`ach*noid"e*a\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Arachnida}. | |
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d8Arcanum \[d8]Ar*ca"num\, n.; pl. {Arcana}. [L., fr. arcanus closed, secret, fr. arca chest, box, fr. arcere to inclose. See {Ark}.] 1. A secret; a mystery; -- generally used in the plural. Inquiries into the arcana of the Godhead. --Warburton. 2. (Med.) A secret remedy; an elixir. --Dunglison. | |
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d8Archencephala \[d8]Ar`chen*ceph"a*la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. pref. [?] + [?] the brain.] (Zo[94]l.) The division that includes man alone. --R. Owen. | |
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d8Archenteron \[d8]Arch`en"ter*on\, n. [Pref. arch- + Gr. [?] intestine.] (Biol.) The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under {Invagination}. | |
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d8Archiannelida \[d8]Ar`chi*an*nel"i*da\, n. pl. [NL.; pref. archi- + annelida.] (Zo[94]l.) A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions. | |
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Archimage \Ar"chi*mage\, d8Archimagus \[d8]Ar`chi*ma"gus\, n. [NL.; pref. archi- + L. magus, Gr. [?], a Magian.] 1. The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire. 2. A great magician, wizard, or enchanter. --Spenser. | |
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d8Archimedes \[d8]Ar`chi*me"des\, n. (Paleon.) An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw. | |
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d8Argonauta \[d8]Ar`go*nau"ta\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called paper nautilus or paper sailor. Note: The animal has much resemblance to an Octopus. It has eight arms, two of which are expanded at the end and clasp the shell, but are never elevated in the air for sails as was formerly supposed. The creature swims beneath the surface by means of a jet of water, like other cephalopods. The male has no shell, and is much smaller than the female. See {Hectocotylus}. | |
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d8Arschin \[d8]Ar"schin\, n. See {Arshine}. | |
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d8Arshine \[d8]Ar"shine\ ([aum]r"sh[emac]n), n. [Russ. arshin, of Turkish-Tartar origin; Turk. arshin, arsh[d4]n, ell, yard.] A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches. | |
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d8Dorsum \[d8]Dor"sum\, n. [L.] 1. The ridge of a hill. 2. (Anat.) The back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue. | |
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d8Drac91na \[d8]Dra*c[91]"na\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] she-dragon.] (Bot.) A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers. Note: Drac[91]na Draco, the source of the dragon's blood of the Canaries, forms a tree, sometimes of gigantic size. | |
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d8Drachma \[d8]Drach"ma\, n.; pl. E. {Drachmas}, L. {Drachm[91]}. [L., fr. Gr. [?]. See {Dram}.] 1. A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have been about 19 cents. 2. A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents. 3. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram. | |
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d8Drachme \[d8]Drach"me\, n. [F.] See {Drachma}. | |
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d8Dracunculus \[d8]Dra*cun"cu*lus\, n.; pl. {Dracunculi}. [L., dim. of draco dragon.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A fish; the dragonet. (b) The Guinea worm ({Filaria medinensis}). | |
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d8Dreissena \[d8]Dreis"se*na\, n. [NL. Named after Dreyssen, a Belgian physician.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of bivalve shells of which one species ({D. polymorpha}) is often so abundant as to be very troublesome in the fresh waters of Europe. | |
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d8Oreosoma \[d8]O`re*o*so"ma\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. 'o`ros, -eos, mountain + [?] body.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of small oceanic fishes, remarkable for the large conical tubercles which cover the under surface. | |
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d8Organista \[d8]Or`ga*nis"ta\, n. [Sp., an organis.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several South American wrens, noted for the sweetness of their song. | |
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d8Organon \[d8]Or"ga*non\, d8Organum \[d8]Or"ga*num\, n. [NL. organon, L. organum. See {Organ}.] An organ or instrument; hence, a method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted; -- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord Bacon, as the title ([bd]Novum Organon[b8]) of part of his treatise on philosophical method. --Sir. W. Hamilton. | |
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d8Organon \[d8]Or"ga*non\, d8Organum \[d8]Or"ga*num\, n. [NL. organon, L. organum. See {Organ}.] An organ or instrument; hence, a method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted; -- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord Bacon, as the title ([bd]Novum Organon[b8]) of part of his treatise on philosophical method. --Sir. W. Hamilton. | |
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Origan \Or"i*gan\, d8Origanum \[d8]O*rig"a*num\, n. [L. origanum, Gr. [?], [?], prob. fr. 'o`ros, mountain + [?] brightness, beauty. Cf. {Organy}.] (Bot.) A genus of aromatic labiate plants, including the sweet marjoram ({O. Marjorana}) and the wild marjoram ({O. vulgare}). --Spenser. | |
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d8R82gime \[d8]R[82]`gime"\ (r?`zh?m"), n. [F. See {Regimen}.] 1. Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system. I dream . . . of the new r[82]gime which is to come. --H. Kingsley. 2. (Hydraul.) The condition of a river with respect to the rate of its flow, as measured by the volume of water passing different cross sections in a given time, uniform r[82]gime being the condition when the flow is equal and uniform at all the cross sections. {The ancient r[82]gime}, [or] {Ancien r[82]gime} [F.], the former political and social system, as distinguished from the modern; especially, the political and social system existing in France before the Revolution of 1789. | |
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d8Raconteur \[d8]Ra`con`teur"\, n. [F.] A relater; a storyteller. | |
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d8Racoonda \[d8]Ra*coon"da\, n. [From a native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The coypu. | |
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Ragnarok \Rag"na*rok"\, d8Ragnar94k \[d8]Rag"na*r[94]k"\, n. [Icel., fr. regin, r[94]gn, gods + r[94]k reason, origin, history; confused with ragna-r[94]kr the twilight of the gods.] (Norse Myth.) The so-called [bd]Twilight of the Gods[b8] (called in German {G[94]tterd[84]mmerung}), the final destruction of the world in the great conflict between the [92]sir (gods) on the one hand, and on the other, the gaints and the powers of Hel under the leadership of Loki (who is escaped from bondage). | |
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d8Raisonn82 \[d8]Rai`son`n[82]"\, a. [F. raisonn[82]. p. p. of raisonner to reason.] Arranged systematically, or according to classes or subjects; as, a catalogue raisonn[82]. See under {Catalogue}. | |
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d8Rasante \[d8]Ra`sante"\, a. [F., p. pr. of raser to graze.] (Fort.) Sweeping; grazing; -- applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, in order that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them. --H. L. Scott. | |
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d8Reconcentrado \[d8]Re*con`cen*tra"do\, n. [Sp., p.p. of reconcentrar to inclose, to reconcentrate.] Lit., one who has been reconcentrated; specif., in Cuba, the Philippines, etc., during the revolution of 1895-98, one of the rural noncombatants who were concentrated by the military authorities in areas surrounding the fortified towns, and later were reconcentrated in the smaller limits of the towns themselves. | |
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d8Regma \[d8]Reg"ma\ (r?g"m?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?], -[?][?][?], fracture, fr. [?][?][?][?][?][?] to break.] (Bot.) A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open at the inner angle. | |
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d8Resum82 \[d8]Re`su"m[82]"\, n. [F. See {Resume}.] A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation. The exellent little r[82]sum[82] thereof in Dr. Landsborough's book. --C. Kingsley. | |
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d8Rhizoma \[d8]Rhi*zo"ma\, n.; pl. {Rhizomata}. [NL.] (Bot.) SAme as {Rhizome}. | |
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d8Ricinus \[d8]Ric"i*nus\, n. [L., the castor-oil plant.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species ({R. communis}), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three-celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See {Palma Christi}. | |
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d8Roche moutonn82e \[d8]Roche" mou`ton`n[82]e"\ [F., sheep-shaped rock.] (Geol.) See {Sheepback}. | |
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d8Tarsometatarsus \[d8]Tar`so*met`a*tar"sus\, n.; pl. {Tarsometatarsi}. [NL.] (Anat.) The large bone next the foot in the leg of a bird. It is formed by the union of the distal part of the tarsus with the metatarsus. | |
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d8Tergum \[d8]Ter"gum\, n.; pl. {Terga}. [L., the back.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) The back of an animal. (b) The dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal. (c) One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped. | |
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d8Tersanctus \[d8]Ter*sanc"tus\, n. [L. ter thrice + sanctus holy.] (Eccl.) An ancient ascription of praise (containing the word [bd]Holy[b8] -- in its Latin form, [bd]Sanctus[b8] -- thrice repeated), used in the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before the prayer of consecration in the communion service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. Cf. {Trisagion}. | |
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d8Thoracentesis \[d8]Tho`ra*cen*te"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] thorax + [?] pricking, from [?] to prick, stab.] (Surg.) The operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let out liquids contained in the cavity of the chest. | |
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d8Trachenchyma \[d8]Tra*chen"chy*ma\, n. [NL.,fr. trachea + -enchyma as in E. parenchyma.] (Bot.) A vegetable tissue consisting of trache[91]. | |
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d8Trachoma \[d8]Tra*cho"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] roughness, fr. [?] rough.] (Med.) Granular conjunctivitis due to a specific micrococcus. -- {Tra*chom"a*tous}, a. | |
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d8Trachymedus91 \[d8]Tra`chy*me*du"s[91]\, n. pl. [NL., fr.Gr. [?] rough + medusa.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of acalephs in which the development is direct from the eggs, without a hydroid stage. Some of the species are parasitic on other medus[91]. | |
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d8Trecento \[d8]Tre*cen"to\, n. & a. [It., three hundred, abbr. for thirteen hundred.] The fourteenth century, when applied to Italian art, literature, etc. It marks the period of Dante, Petrarch, and boccaccio in literature, and of Giotto in painting. | |
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d8Trichina \[d8]Tri*chi"na\ (-n[adot]), n.; pl. {Trichin[91]}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] hairy, made of hair, fr. tri`x, tricho`s, hair.] (Zo[94]l.) A small, slender nematoid worm ({Trichina spiralis}) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larv[91] is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their presence in the muscles and the intestines in large numbers produces trichinosis. | |
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d8Trichiniasis \[d8]Trich`i*ni"a*sis\, n. [NL.] (Med.) Trichinosis. | |
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d8Trichinosis \[d8]Trich`i*no"sis\, n. [NL. See {Trichina}.] (Med.) The disease produced by the presence of trichin[91] in the muscles and intestinal track. It is marked by fever, muscular pains, and symptoms resembling those of typhoid fever, and is frequently fatal. | |
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d8Trigone \[d8]Tri`gone"\, n. [F., literally, a trigon.] (Anat.) A smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the bladder, limited by the apertures of the ureters and urethra. | |
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d8Trigonia \[d8]Tri*go"ni*a\, n. [NL. See {Trigon}. So called in allusion to the triangular shape of some species.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of pearly bivalve shells, numerous extinct species of which are characteristic of the Mesozoic rocks. A few living species exist on the coast of Australia. | |
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d8Trigynia \[d8]Tri*gyn"i*a\, n. pl. [NL., Gr. [?] (see {Tri-}) + [?] a woman, a female.] (Bot.) A Linn[91]an order of plants having three pistils or styles. | |
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d8Trismus \[d8]Tris"mus\, n. [NL., form Gr. [?] gnashing of the teeth.] (Med.) The lockjaw. | |
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d8Trochanter \[d8]Tro*chan"ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?].] 1. (Anat.) One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the {great trochanter}, and the inner the {small trochanter}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa. | |
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d8Trygon \[d8]Try"gon\ (tr[imac]"g[ocr]n), n. [L., a sting ray, from Gr.[?] a kind of fish with a prickle in the tail.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large sting rays belonging to {Trygon} and allied genera. | |
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d8Da8bra \[d8]Da"[8b]*ra\, n. [Turk. daire circuit department, fr. Ar. da[8b]rah circle.] Any of several valuable estates of the Egyptian khedive or his family. The most important are the {Da"i*ra Sa"ni*eh}, or {Sa"ni*yeh}, and the {Da"i*ra Khas"sa}, administered by the khedive's European bondholders, and known collectively as {the Daira}, or the {Daira estates}. | |
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Sentence \Sen"tence\, n. [F., from L. sententia, for sentientia, from sentire to discern by the senses and the mind, to feel, to think. See {Sense}, n., and cf. {Sentiensi}.] 1. Sense; meaning; significance. [Obs.] Tales of best sentence and most solace. --Chaucer. The discourse itself, voluble enough, and full of sentence. --Milton. 2. (a) An opinion; a decision; a determination; a judgment, especially one of an unfavorable nature. My sentence is for open war. --Milton. That by them [Luther's works] we may pass sentence upon his doctrines. --Atterbury. (b) A philosophical or theological opinion; a dogma; as, Summary of the Sentences; Book of the Sentences. 3. (Law) In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is exclusively used to denote the judgment in criminal cases. Received the sentence of the law. --Shak. 4. A short saying, usually containing moral instruction; a maxim; an axiom; a saw. --Broome. 5. (Gram.) A combination of words which is complete as expressing a thought, and in writing is marked at the close by a period, or full point. See {Proposition}, 4. Note: Sentences are simple or compound. A simple sentence consists of one subject and one finite verb; as, [bd]The Lord reigns.[b8] A compound sentence contains two or more subjects and finite verbs, as in this verse: He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all. --Pope. {Dark sentence}, a saving not easily explained. A king . . . understanding dark sentences. --Dan. vii. 23. | |
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Darken \Dark"en\, v. i. To grow or darker. | |
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Darken \Dark"en\ (d[aum]rk"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Darkened} (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Darkening} (-n*[icr]ng).] [AS. deorcian. See {Dark}, a.] 1. To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. They [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. --Ex. x. 15. So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. --Milton. 2. To render dim; to deprive of vision. Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. --Rom. xi. 10. 3. To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible. Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom darkenhis foresight. --Bacon. Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? --Job. xxxviii. 2. 4. To cast a gloom upon. With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not The mirth of the feast. --Shak. 5. To make foul; to sully; to tarnish. I must not think there are Evils enough to darken all his goodness. --Shak. | |
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Darken \Dark"en\ (d[aum]rk"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Darkened} (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Darkening} (-n*[icr]ng).] [AS. deorcian. See {Dark}, a.] 1. To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. They [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. --Ex. x. 15. So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. --Milton. 2. To render dim; to deprive of vision. Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. --Rom. xi. 10. 3. To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible. Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom darkenhis foresight. --Bacon. Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? --Job. xxxviii. 2. 4. To cast a gloom upon. With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not The mirth of the feast. --Shak. 5. To make foul; to sully; to tarnish. I must not think there are Evils enough to darken all his goodness. --Shak. | |
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Darkener \Dark"en*er\, n. One who, or that which, darkens. | |
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Darkening \Dark"en*ing\, n. Twilight; gloaming. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Wright. | |
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Darken \Dark"en\ (d[aum]rk"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Darkened} (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Darkening} (-n*[icr]ng).] [AS. deorcian. See {Dark}, a.] 1. To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room. They [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. --Ex. x. 15. So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. --Milton. 2. To render dim; to deprive of vision. Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. --Rom. xi. 10. 3. To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible. Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom darkenhis foresight. --Bacon. Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? --Job. xxxviii. 2. 4. To cast a gloom upon. With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not The mirth of the feast. --Shak. 5. To make foul; to sully; to tarnish. I must not think there are Evils enough to darken all his goodness. --Shak. | |
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Darkness \Dark"ness\, n. 1. The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom. And darkness was upon the face of the deep. --Gen. i. 2. 2. A state of privacy; secrecy. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light. --Matt. x. 27. 3. A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity. Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. --John. iii. 19. Pursue these sons of darkness: drive them out From all heaven's bounds. --Milton. 4. Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion. 5. A state of distress or trouble. A day of clouds and of thick darkness. --Joel. ii. 2. | |
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Darksome \Dark"some\, a. Dark; gloomy; obscure; shaded; cheerless. [Poetic] He brought him through a darksome narrow pass To a broad gate, all built of beaten gold. --Spenser. | |
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Darraign \Dar"raign\, Darrain \Dar"rain\,, v. t. [OF. deraisnier to explain, defend, to maintain in legal action by proof and reasonings, LL. derationare; de- + rationare to discourse, contend in law, fr. L. ratio reason, in LL., legal cause. Cf. {Arraign}, and see {Reason}.] 1. To make ready to fight; to array. [Obs.] Darrain your battle, for they are at hand. --Shak. 2. To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat. [Obs.] [bd]To darrain the battle.[b8] --Chaucer . | |
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Deerskin \Deer"skin`\, n. The skin of a deer, or the leather which is made from it. --Hakluyt. Longfellow. | |
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Deracinate \De*rac"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deracinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deracinating}.] [F. d[82]raciner; pref. d[82]- (L. dis) + racine root, fr. an assumed LL. radicina, fr. L. radix, radicis, root.] To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [R.] While that the colter rusts That should deracinate such savagery. --Shak. | |
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Deracinate \De*rac"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deracinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deracinating}.] [F. d[82]raciner; pref. d[82]- (L. dis) + racine root, fr. an assumed LL. radicina, fr. L. radix, radicis, root.] To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [R.] While that the colter rusts That should deracinate such savagery. --Shak. | |
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Deracinate \De*rac"i*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deracinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deracinating}.] [F. d[82]raciner; pref. d[82]- (L. dis) + racine root, fr. an assumed LL. radicina, fr. L. radix, radicis, root.] To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [R.] While that the colter rusts That should deracinate such savagery. --Shak. | |
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Deraign \De*raign"\, Derain \De*rain"\, v. t. [See {Darraign}.] (Old Law) To prove or to refute by proof; to clear (one's self). [Obs.] | |
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Deraignment \De*raign"ment\, Derainment \De*rain"ment\, n. [See {Darraign}.] 1. The act of deraigning. [Obs.] 2. The renunciation of religious or monastic vows. [Obs.] --Blount. | |
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Derision \De*ri"sion\, n. [L. derisio: cf. F. d[82]rision. See {Deride}.] 1. The act of deriding, or the state of being derided; mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds one up to ridicule. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision. --Ps. ii. 4. Satan beheld their plight, And to his mates thus in derision called. --Milton. 2. An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock. I was a derision to all my people. --Lam. iii. 14. Syn: Scorn; mockery; contempt; insult; ridicule. | |
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Derogant \Der"o*gant\, a. [L. derogans, p. pr.] Derogatory. [R.] --T. Adams. | |
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Diorism \Di"o*rism\, n. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to distinguish; [?] = dia` through + [?] to divide from, fr. [?] a boundary.] Definition; logical direction. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Dirigent \Dir"i*gent\, a. [L. dirigens, p. pr. of dirigere. See {Direct}, a.] Directing. --Baxter. | |
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Dirigent \Dir"i*gent\, n. (Geom.) The line of motion along which a describent line or surface is carried in the genesis of any plane or solid figure; a directrix. --Hutton. | |
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Dirk \Dirk\, n. [Ir. duirc.] A kind of dagger or poniard; -- formerly much used by the Scottish Highlander. {Dirk knife}, a clasp knife having a large, dirklike blade. | |
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Dirk \Dirk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dirked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dirking}.] To stab with a dirk. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Dirkness \Dirk"ness\, n. Darkness. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Dorism \Do"rism\, n. [Gr. [?].] A Doric phrase or idiom. | |
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Dorking fowl \Dor"king fowl`\ [From the town of Dorking in England.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having five toes, or the hind toe double. There are several strains, as the white, gray, and silver-gray. They are highly esteemed for the table. | |
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Gizzard \Giz"zard\, n. [F. g[82]sier, L. gigeria, pl., the cooked entrails of poultry. Cf. {Gigerium}.] 1. (Anat.) The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A thick muscular stomach found in many invertebrate animals. (b) A stomach armed with chitinous or shelly plates or teeth, as in certain insects and mollusks. {Gizzard shad} (Zo[94]l.), an American herring ({Dorosoma cepedianum}) resembling the shad, but of little value. {To fret the gizzard}, to harass; to vex one's self; to worry. [Low] --Hudibras. {To stick in one's gizzard}, to be difficult of digestion; to be offensive. [Low] | |
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Dorsimeson \Dor`si*mes"on\, n. [Dorsum + meson.] (Anat.) See {Meson}. | |
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Dragon \Drag"on\, n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. [?], [?], to look (akin to Skr. dar[?] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt. Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan. Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2. 2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco. 4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent. 5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon. 8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. {Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[91]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below). {Dragon fish} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Dragon fly} (Zo[94]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[91]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[91] are aquatic and insectivorous. {Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}); green dragon. {Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {C. Rotang} and {C. Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[91]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. {Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol [?]. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit. {Dragon shell} (Zo[94]l.), a species of limpet. {Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth. {Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol [?]. See {Dragon's head} (above). {Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({A. dracunculus}). {Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[91]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[91]na}. {Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. [bd]Dragon water may do good upon him.[b8] --Randolph (1640). {Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide. | |
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Dracanth \Dra"canth\, n. A kind of gum; -- called also {gum tragacanth}, or {tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. | |
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Drachm \Drachm\, n. [See {Drachma}.] 1. A drachma. 2. Same as {Dram}. | |
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d8Drachma \[d8]Drach"ma\, n.; pl. E. {Drachmas}, L. {Drachm[91]}. [L., fr. Gr. [?]. See {Dram}.] 1. A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have been about 19 cents. 2. A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents. 3. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram. | |
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d8Drachma \[d8]Drach"ma\, n.; pl. E. {Drachmas}, L. {Drachm[91]}. [L., fr. Gr. [?]. See {Dram}.] 1. A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have been about 19 cents. 2. A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents. 3. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram. | |
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Draconin \Dra*co"nin\, n. [Cf. F. draconine. See {Draco}.] (Chem.) A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood; -- called also {dracin}. | |
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Dracin \Dra"cin\, n.[Cf. F. dracine.] (Chem.) See {Draconin}. | |
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Draconin \Dra*co"nin\, n. [Cf. F. draconine. See {Draco}.] (Chem.) A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood; -- called also {dracin}. | |
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Dracin \Dra"cin\, n.[Cf. F. dracine.] (Chem.) See {Draconin}. | |
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Draconian \Dra*co"ni*an\, a. Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c. {Draconian code}, [or] {Draconian laws}, a code of laws made by Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of excessive rigor. | |
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Draconian \Dra*co"ni*an\, a. Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c. {Draconian code}, [or] {Draconian laws}, a code of laws made by Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of excessive rigor. | |
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Draconian \Dra*co"ni*an\, a. Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c. {Draconian code}, [or] {Draconian laws}, a code of laws made by Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of excessive rigor. | |
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Draconic \Dra*con"ic\, a. Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood. | |
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Draconin \Dra*co"nin\, n. [Cf. F. draconine. See {Draco}.] (Chem.) A red resin forming the essential basis of dragon's blood; -- called also {dracin}. | |
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Dracontic \Dra*con"tic\, a. [From L. draco dragon, in allusion to the terms dragon's head and dragon's tail.] (Astron.) Belonging to that space of time in which the moon performs one revolution, from ascending node to ascending node. See {Dragon's head}, under {Dragon}. [Obs.] [bd]Dracontic month.[b8] --Crabb. | |
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Dracontine \Dra*con"tine\, a. [L. draco dragon.] Belonging to a dragon. --Southey. | |
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d8Dracunculus \[d8]Dra*cun"cu*lus\, n.; pl. {Dracunculi}. [L., dim. of draco dragon.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A fish; the dragonet. (b) The Guinea worm ({Filaria medinensis}). | |
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Drag \Drag\, n. [See {Drag}, v. t., and cf. {Dray} a cart, and 1st {Dredge}.] 1. The act of dragging; anything which is dragged. 2. A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc. 3. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag. 4. A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage. [Collog.] --Thackeray. 5. A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground. 6. (a) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See {Drag sail} (below). (b) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel. (c) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment. My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no drag. --J. D. Forbes. 7. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged. [bd]Had a drag in his walk.[b8] -- Hazlitt. 8. (Founding) The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope. 9. (Masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone. 10. (Marine Engin.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under {Drag}, v. i., 3. {Drag sail} (Naut.), a sail or canvas rigged on a stout frame, to be dragged by a vessel through the water in order to keep her head to the wind or to prevent drifting; -- called also {drift sail}, {drag sheet}, {drag anchor}, {sea anchor}, {floating anchor}, etc. {Drag twist} (Mining), a spiral hook at the end of a rod for cleaning drilled holes. | |
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Dragantine \Dra*gan"tine\, n. [See {Dracanth}.] A mucilage obtained from, or containing, gum tragacanth. | |
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Drag \Drag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dragged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dragging}.] [OE. draggen; akin to Sw. dragga to search with a grapnel, fr. dragg grapnel, fr. draga to draw, the same word as E. draw. [?] See {Draw}.] 1. To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing. Dragged by the cords which through his feet were thrust. --Denham. The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down. --Tennyson. A needless Alexandrine ends the song That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. --Pope. 2. To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag. Then while I dragged my brains for such a song. --Tennyson. 3. To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty. Have dragged a lingering life. -- Dryden. {To drag an anchor} (Naut.), to trail it along the bottom when the anchor will not hold the ship. Syn: See {Draw}. | |
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Dragman \Drag"man\, n.; pl. {Dragmen}. A fisherman who uses a dragnet. --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Dragman \Drag"man\, n.; pl. {Dragmen}. A fisherman who uses a dragnet. --Sir M. Hale. | |
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Dragnet \Drag"net`\, n. [Cf. AS. dr[91]gnet.] A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing. | |
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Dragoman \Drag"o*man\, n.; pl. {Dragomans}. [From F. dragoman, or Sp. dragoman, or It. dragomanno; all fr. LGr. [?], Ar. tarjum[be]n, from the same source as E. targum. Cf. {Drogman}, {Truchman}.] An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts of the East. | |
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Dragoman \Drag"o*man\, n.; pl. {Dragomans}. [From F. dragoman, or Sp. dragoman, or It. dragomanno; all fr. LGr. [?], Ar. tarjum[be]n, from the same source as E. targum. Cf. {Drogman}, {Truchman}.] An interpreter; -- so called in the Levant and other parts of the East. | |
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Dragon \Drag"on\, n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. [?], [?], to look (akin to Skr. dar[?] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt. Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan. Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2. 2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco. 4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent. 5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon. 8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. {Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[91]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below). {Dragon fish} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Dragon fly} (Zo[94]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[91]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[91] are aquatic and insectivorous. {Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}); green dragon. {Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {C. Rotang} and {C. Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[91]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. {Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol [?]. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit. {Dragon shell} (Zo[94]l.), a species of limpet. {Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth. {Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol [?]. See {Dragon's head} (above). {Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({A. dracunculus}). {Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[91]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[91]na}. {Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. [bd]Dragon water may do good upon him.[b8] --Randolph (1640). {Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide. | |
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Dragon \Drag"on\, n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. [?], [?], to look (akin to Skr. dar[?] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt. Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan. Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2. 2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco. 4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent. 5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon. 8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. {Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[91]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below). {Dragon fish} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Dragon fly} (Zo[94]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[91]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[91] are aquatic and insectivorous. {Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}); green dragon. {Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {C. Rotang} and {C. Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[91]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. {Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol [?]. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit. {Dragon shell} (Zo[94]l.), a species of limpet. {Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth. {Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol [?]. See {Dragon's head} (above). {Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({A. dracunculus}). {Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[91]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[91]na}. {Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. [bd]Dragon water may do good upon him.[b8] --Randolph (1640). {Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide. | |
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Dragon \Drag"on\, n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. [?], [?], to look (akin to Skr. dar[?] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt. Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan. Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2. 2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco. 4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent. 5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon. 8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. {Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[91]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below). {Dragon fish} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Dragon fly} (Zo[94]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[91]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[91] are aquatic and insectivorous. {Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}); green dragon. {Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {C. Rotang} and {C. Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[91]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. {Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol [?]. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit. {Dragon shell} (Zo[94]l.), a species of limpet. {Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth. {Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol [?]. See {Dragon's head} (above). {Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({A. dracunculus}). {Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[91]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[91]na}. {Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. [bd]Dragon water may do good upon him.[b8] --Randolph (1640). {Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide. | |
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Dragon \Drag"on\, n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. [?], [?], to look (akin to Skr. dar[?] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt. Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan. Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2. 2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco. 4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent. 5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon. 8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. {Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[91]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below). {Dragon fish} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Dragon fly} (Zo[94]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[91]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[91] are aquatic and insectivorous. {Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}); green dragon. {Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {C. Rotang} and {C. Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[91]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. {Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol [?]. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit. {Dragon shell} (Zo[94]l.), a species of limpet. {Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth. {Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol [?]. See {Dragon's head} (above). {Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({A. dracunculus}). {Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[91]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[91]na}. {Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. [bd]Dragon water may do good upon him.[b8] --Randolph (1640). {Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide. | |
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3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.] A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B. Jonson. 4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger. 5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.] 6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the [bd]union[b8] to the extreme end. 7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows. 8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card. --Totten. 9. (Mech.) (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock. (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See {Fly wheel} (below). 10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight. 11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn. 12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk. --Knight. 13. (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press. (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work. 14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place. 15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater. 16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons. 17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly. {Black fly}, {Cheese fly}, {Dragon fly, etc.} See under {Black}, {Cheese}, etc. -- {Fly agaric} (Bot.), a mushroom ({Agaricus muscarius}), having a narcotic juice which, in sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- {Fly block} (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- {Fly board} (Printing Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by the fly. -- {Fly book}, a case in the form of a book for anglers' flies. --Kingsley.{Fly cap}, a cap with wings, formerly worn by women. -- {Fly drill}, a drill having a reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the driving power being applied by the hand through a cord winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it rotates backward and forward. --Knight.{Fly fishing}, the act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial flies. --Walton.{Fly flap}, an implement for killing flies. -- {Fly governor}, a governor for regulating the speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes revolving in the air. -- {Fly honeysuckle} (Bot.), a plant of the honeysuckle genus ({Lonicera}), having a bushy stem and the flowers in pairs, as {L. ciliata} and {L. Xylosteum}. -- {Fly hook}, a fishhook supplied with an artificial fly. -- {Fly leaf}, an unprinted leaf at the beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. -- {Fly maggot}, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray. {Fly net}, a screen to exclude insects. {Fly nut} (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger nut. {Fly orchis} (Bot.), a plant ({Ophrys muscifera}), whose flowers resemble flies. {Fly paper}, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that feed upon or are entangled by it. {Fly powder}, an arsenical powder used to poison flies. {Fly press}, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc., operated by hand and having a heavy fly. {Fly rail}, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged leaf of a table. {Fly rod}, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly. {Fly sheet}, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill. {Fly snapper} (Zo[94]l.), an American bird ({Phainopepla nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray. {Fly wheel} (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to accumulate or give out energy for a variable or intermitting resistance. See {Fly}, n., 9. {On the fly} (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a batted ball caught before touching the ground. | |
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Dragon \Drag"on\, n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. [?], [?], to look (akin to Skr. dar[?] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt. Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan. Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2. 2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco. 4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent. 5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon. 8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. {Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[91]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below). {Dragon fish} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Dragon fly} (Zo[94]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[91]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[91] are aquatic and insectivorous. {Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}); green dragon. {Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {C. Rotang} and {C. Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[91]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. {Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol [?]. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit. {Dragon shell} (Zo[94]l.), a species of limpet. {Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth. {Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol [?]. See {Dragon's head} (above). {Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({A. dracunculus}). {Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[91]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[91]na}. {Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. [bd]Dragon water may do good upon him.[b8] --Randolph (1640). {Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE. grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See {Grow.}] 1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald. 2. Having a sickly color; wan. To look so green and pale. --Shak. 3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound. As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation. --Burke. 4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc. 5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.] We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L. Watts. 6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment. I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs. --Sir W. Scott. 7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc. --Shak. {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the United States; -- called also {cat brier}. {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock. {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally named {joe-rocker}. {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root crop, etc. {Green diallage}. (Min.) (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene. (b) Smaragdite. {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip; -- called also {dragon root}. {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}. {Green ebony}. (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing. (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}. {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate), to which the color of the flame is due. {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants. {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary. {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91]. {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.] {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in the West Indies and in South America, used for shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is the {Colubrina ferruginosa}. {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite. {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima}); -- called also {green sloke}. {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite. {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch. {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm. {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine. {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment. See {Greengill}. {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West Indies early in the last century, and has become very abundant there. {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides of platinum. {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made. {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a vessel's deck. {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis. {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are bright green in color. {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See {Turtle}. {Green vitriol}. (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc. (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate of iron}. {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not yet baked. {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dragon \Drag"on\, n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. [?], [?], to look (akin to Skr. dar[?] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt. Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan. Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2. 2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco. 4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent. 5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon. 8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. {Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[91]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below). {Dragon fish} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Dragon fly} (Zo[94]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[91]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[91] are aquatic and insectivorous. {Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}); green dragon. {Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {C. Rotang} and {C. Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[91]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. {Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol [?]. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit. {Dragon shell} (Zo[94]l.), a species of limpet. {Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth. {Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol [?]. See {Dragon's head} (above). {Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({A. dracunculus}). {Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[91]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[91]na}. {Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. [bd]Dragon water may do good upon him.[b8] --Randolph (1640). {Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE. grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See {Grow.}] 1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald. 2. Having a sickly color; wan. To look so green and pale. --Shak. 3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound. As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation. --Burke. 4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc. 5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.] We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L. Watts. 6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment. I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs. --Sir W. Scott. 7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc. --Shak. {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the United States; -- called also {cat brier}. {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock. {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally named {joe-rocker}. {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root crop, etc. {Green diallage}. (Min.) (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene. (b) Smaragdite. {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip; -- called also {dragon root}. {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}. {Green ebony}. (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing. (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}. {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate), to which the color of the flame is due. {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants. {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary. {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91]. {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.] {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in the West Indies and in South America, used for shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is the {Colubrina ferruginosa}. {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite. {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima}); -- called also {green sloke}. {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite. {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch. {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm. {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine. {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment. See {Greengill}. {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West Indies early in the last century, and has become very abundant there. {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides of platinum. {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made. {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a vessel's deck. {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis. {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are bright green in color. {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See {Turtle}. {Green vitriol}. (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc. (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate of iron}. {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not yet baked. {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dragon \Drag"on\, n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. [?], [?], to look (akin to Skr. dar[?] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt. Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan. Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2. 2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco. 4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent. 5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon. 8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. {Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[91]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below). {Dragon fish} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Dragon fly} (Zo[94]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[91]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[91] are aquatic and insectivorous. {Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}); green dragon. {Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {C. Rotang} and {C. Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[91]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. {Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol [?]. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit. {Dragon shell} (Zo[94]l.), a species of limpet. {Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth. {Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol [?]. See {Dragon's head} (above). {Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({A. dracunculus}). {Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[91]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[91]na}. {Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. [bd]Dragon water may do good upon him.[b8] --Randolph (1640). {Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dragon \Drag"on\, n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. [?], [?], to look (akin to Skr. dar[?] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt. Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan. Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2. 2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco. 4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent. 5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon. 8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. {Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[91]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below). {Dragon fish} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Dragon fly} (Zo[94]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[91]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[91] are aquatic and insectivorous. {Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}); green dragon. {Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {C. Rotang} and {C. Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[91]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. {Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol [?]. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit. {Dragon shell} (Zo[94]l.), a species of limpet. {Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth. {Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol [?]. See {Dragon's head} (above). {Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({A. dracunculus}). {Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[91]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[91]na}. {Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. [bd]Dragon water may do good upon him.[b8] --Randolph (1640). {Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dragon \Drag"on\, n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. [?], [?], to look (akin to Skr. dar[?] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt. Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan. Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2. 2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco. 4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent. 5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon. 8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. {Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[91]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below). {Dragon fish} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Dragon fly} (Zo[94]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[91]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[91] are aquatic and insectivorous. {Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}); green dragon. {Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {C. Rotang} and {C. Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[91]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. {Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol [?]. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit. {Dragon shell} (Zo[94]l.), a species of limpet. {Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth. {Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol [?]. See {Dragon's head} (above). {Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({A. dracunculus}). {Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[91]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[91]na}. {Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. [bd]Dragon water may do good upon him.[b8] --Randolph (1640). {Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide. | |
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Dragonet \Drag"on*et\, n. 1. A little dragon. --Spenser. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A small British marine fish ({Callionymuslyra}); -- called also {yellow sculpin}, {fox}, and {gowdie}. | |
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Dragonish \Drag"on*ish\, a. resembling a dragon. --Shak. | |
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Dragonlike \Drag"on*like`\ (-l[imac]k`), a. Like a dragon. --Shak. | |
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Dragonnade \Drag`on*nade"\ (dr[acr]g`[ocr]n*n[amac]d"), n. [F., fr. dragon dragoon, because Louis XIV., in persecuting the Protestants of his kingdom, quartered dragoons upon them.] The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid and devastating incursion; dragoonade. He learnt it as he watched the dragonnades, the tortures, the massacres of the Netherlands. --C. Kingsley. | |
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Dragon \Drag"on\, n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. [?], [?], to look (akin to Skr. dar[?] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt. Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan. Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2. 2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco. 4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent. 5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon. 8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. {Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[91]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below). {Dragon fish} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Dragon fly} (Zo[94]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[91]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[91] are aquatic and insectivorous. {Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}); green dragon. {Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {C. Rotang} and {C. Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[91]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. {Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol [?]. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit. {Dragon shell} (Zo[94]l.), a species of limpet. {Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth. {Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol [?]. See {Dragon's head} (above). {Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({A. dracunculus}). {Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[91]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[91]na}. {Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. [bd]Dragon water may do good upon him.[b8] --Randolph (1640). {Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide. | |
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Dragon's blood \Drag"on's blood\, Dragon's head \Drag"on's head\, Dragon's tail \Drag"on's tail\ . See {Dragon's blood}, {Dragon's head}, etc., under {Dragon}. | |
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Dragon \Drag"on\, n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. [?], [?], to look (akin to Skr. dar[?] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt. Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan. Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2. 2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco. 4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent. 5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon. 8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. {Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[91]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below). {Dragon fish} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Dragon fly} (Zo[94]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[91]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[91] are aquatic and insectivorous. {Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}); green dragon. {Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {C. Rotang} and {C. Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[91]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. {Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol [?]. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit. {Dragon shell} (Zo[94]l.), a species of limpet. {Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth. {Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol [?]. See {Dragon's head} (above). {Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({A. dracunculus}). {Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[91]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[91]na}. {Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. [bd]Dragon water may do good upon him.[b8] --Randolph (1640). {Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide. | |
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Dragon's blood \Drag"on's blood\, Dragon's head \Drag"on's head\, Dragon's tail \Drag"on's tail\ . See {Dragon's blood}, {Dragon's head}, etc., under {Dragon}. | |
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Dragon \Drag"on\, n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. [?], [?], to look (akin to Skr. dar[?] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt. Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan. Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2. 2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco. 4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent. 5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon. 8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. {Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[91]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below). {Dragon fish} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Dragon fly} (Zo[94]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[91]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[91] are aquatic and insectivorous. {Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}); green dragon. {Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {C. Rotang} and {C. Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[91]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. {Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol [?]. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit. {Dragon shell} (Zo[94]l.), a species of limpet. {Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth. {Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol [?]. See {Dragon's head} (above). {Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({A. dracunculus}). {Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[91]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[91]na}. {Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. [bd]Dragon water may do good upon him.[b8] --Randolph (1640). {Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dragon \Drag"on\, n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. [?], [?], to look (akin to Skr. dar[?] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt. Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan. Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2. 2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco. 4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent. 5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon. 8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. {Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[91]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below). {Dragon fish} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Dragon fly} (Zo[94]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[91]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[91] are aquatic and insectivorous. {Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}); green dragon. {Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {C. Rotang} and {C. Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[91]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. {Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol [?]. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit. {Dragon shell} (Zo[94]l.), a species of limpet. {Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth. {Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol [?]. See {Dragon's head} (above). {Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({A. dracunculus}). {Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[91]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[91]na}. {Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. [bd]Dragon water may do good upon him.[b8] --Randolph (1640). {Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide. | |
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Dragon's blood \Drag"on's blood\, Dragon's head \Drag"on's head\, Dragon's tail \Drag"on's tail\ . See {Dragon's blood}, {Dragon's head}, etc., under {Dragon}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dragon \Drag"on\, n. [F. dragon, L. draco, fr. Gr. [?], prob. fr. [?], [?], to look (akin to Skr. dar[?] to see), and so called from its terrible eyes. Cf. {Drake} a dragon, {Dragoon}.] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous animal, generally represented as a monstrous winged serpent or lizard, with a crested head and enormous claws, and regarded as very powerful and ferocious. The dragons which appear in early paintings and sculptures are invariably representations of a winged crocodile. --Fairholt. Note: In Scripture the term dragon refers to any great monster, whether of the land or sea, usually to some kind of serpent or reptile, sometimes to land serpents of a powerful and deadly kind. It is also applied metaphorically to Satan. Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- Ps. lxxiv. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- Ps. xci. 13. He laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. --Rev. xx. 2. 2. A fierce, violent person, esp. a woman. --Johnson. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco. 4. A luminous exhalation from marshy grounds, seeming to move through the air as a winged serpent. 5. (Mil. Antiq.) A short musket hooked to a swivel attached to a soldier's belt; -- so called from a representation of a dragon's head at the muzzle. --Fairholt. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ribs, on each side, are prolonged and covered with weblike skin, forming a sort of wing. These prolongations aid them in making long leaps from tree to tree. Called also {flying lizard}. 7. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of carrier pigeon. 8. (Her.) A fabulous winged creature, sometimes borne as a charge in a coat of arms. Note: Dragon is often used adjectively, or in combination, in the sense of relating to, resembling, or characteristic of, a dragon. {Dragon arum} (Bot.), the name of several species of {Aris[91]ma}, a genus of plants having a spathe and spadix. See {Dragon root}(below). {Dragon fish} (Zo[94]l.), the dragonet. {Dragon fly} (Zo[94]l.), any insect of the family {Libellulid[91]}. They have finely formed, large and strongly reticulated wings, a large head with enormous eyes, and a long body; -- called also {mosquito hawks}. Their larv[91] are aquatic and insectivorous. {Dragon root} (Bot.), an American aroid plant ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}); green dragon. {Dragon's blood}, a resinous substance obtained from the fruit of several species of {Calamus}, esp. from {C. Rotang} and {C. Draco}, growing in the East Indies. A substance known as dragon's blood is obtained by exudation from {Drac[91]na Draco}; also from {Pterocarpus Draco}, a tree of the West Indies and South America. The color is red, or a dark brownish red, and it is used chiefly for coloring varnishes, marbles, etc. Called also {Cinnabar Gr[91]corum}. {Dragon's head}. (a) (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus {Dracocephalum}. They are perennial herbs closely allied to the common catnip. (b) (Astron.) The ascending node of a planet, indicated, chiefly in almanacs, by the symbol [?]. The deviation from the ecliptic made by a planet in passing from one node to the other seems, according to the fancy of some, to make a figure like that of a dragon, whose belly is where there is the greatest latitude; the intersections representing the head and tail; -- from which resemblance the denomination arises. --Encyc. Brit. {Dragon shell} (Zo[94]l.), a species of limpet. {Dragon's skin}, fossil stems whose leaf scars somewhat resemble the scales of reptiles; -- a name used by miners and quarrymen. --Stormonth. {Dragon's tail} (Astron.), the descending node of a planet, indicated by the symbol [?]. See {Dragon's head} (above). {Dragon's wort} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Artemisia} ({A. dracunculus}). {Dragon tree} (Bot.), a West African liliaceous tree ({Drac[91]na Draco}), yielding one of the resins called dragon's blood. See {Drac[91]na}. {Dragon water}, a medicinal remedy very popular in the earlier half of the 17th century. [bd]Dragon water may do good upon him.[b8] --Randolph (1640). {Flying dragon}, a large meteoric fireball; a bolide. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dragoon \Dra*goon"\ (dr[adot]*g[oomac]n"), n. [F. dragon dragon, dragoon, fr. L. draco dragon, also, a cohort's standard (with a dragon on it). The name was given from the sense standard. See {Dragon}.] 1. ((Mil.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man. 2. A variety of pigeon. --Clarke. {Dragoon bird} (Zo[94]l.), the umbrella bird. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dragoon \Dra*goon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dragooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dragooning}.] 1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers. 2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute. The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they can be dragooned to nothing. --Price. Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying to dragoon his subjects to heaven. --Macaulay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Umbrella \Um*brel"la\, n. [It. umbrella, fr. ombra a shade, L. umbra; cf. L. umbella a sunshade, a parasol. Cf. {Umbel}, {Umbrage}.] 1. A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See {Parasol}. Underneath the umbrella's oily shed. --Gay. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus {Umbrella}, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also {umbrella shell}. {Umbrella ant} (Zo[94]l.), the sauba ant; -- so called because it carries bits of leaves over its back when foraging. Called also {parasol ant}. {Umbrella bird} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bird ({Cephalopterus ornatus}) of the family {Cotingid[91]}. It is black, with a large handsome crest consisting of a mass of soft, glossy blue feathers curved outward at the tips. It also has a cervical plume consisting of a long, cylindrical dermal process covered with soft hairy feathers. Called also {dragoon bird}. {Umbrella leaf} (Bot.), an American perennial herb ({Dyphylleia cymosa}), having very large peltate and lobed radical leaves. {Umbrella shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Umbrella}, 3. {Umbrella tree} (Bot.), a kind of magnolia ({M. Umbrella}) with the large leaves arranged in umbrellalike clusters at the ends of the branches. It is a native of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky. Other plants in various countries are called by this name, especially a kind of screw pine ({Pandanus odoratissimus}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dragoon \Dra*goon"\ (dr[adot]*g[oomac]n"), n. [F. dragon dragon, dragoon, fr. L. draco dragon, also, a cohort's standard (with a dragon on it). The name was given from the sense standard. See {Dragon}.] 1. ((Mil.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man. 2. A variety of pigeon. --Clarke. {Dragoon bird} (Zo[94]l.), the umbrella bird. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Umbrella \Um*brel"la\, n. [It. umbrella, fr. ombra a shade, L. umbra; cf. L. umbella a sunshade, a parasol. Cf. {Umbel}, {Umbrage}.] 1. A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See {Parasol}. Underneath the umbrella's oily shed. --Gay. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The umbrellalike disk, or swimming bell, of a jellyfish. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any marine tectibranchiate gastropod of the genus {Umbrella}, having an umbrella-shaped shell; -- called also {umbrella shell}. {Umbrella ant} (Zo[94]l.), the sauba ant; -- so called because it carries bits of leaves over its back when foraging. Called also {parasol ant}. {Umbrella bird} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bird ({Cephalopterus ornatus}) of the family {Cotingid[91]}. It is black, with a large handsome crest consisting of a mass of soft, glossy blue feathers curved outward at the tips. It also has a cervical plume consisting of a long, cylindrical dermal process covered with soft hairy feathers. Called also {dragoon bird}. {Umbrella leaf} (Bot.), an American perennial herb ({Dyphylleia cymosa}), having very large peltate and lobed radical leaves. {Umbrella shell}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Umbrella}, 3. {Umbrella tree} (Bot.), a kind of magnolia ({M. Umbrella}) with the large leaves arranged in umbrellalike clusters at the ends of the branches. It is a native of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky. Other plants in various countries are called by this name, especially a kind of screw pine ({Pandanus odoratissimus}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dragoon \Dra*goon"\ (dr[adot]*g[oomac]n"), n. [F. dragon dragon, dragoon, fr. L. draco dragon, also, a cohort's standard (with a dragon on it). The name was given from the sense standard. See {Dragon}.] 1. ((Mil.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man. 2. A variety of pigeon. --Clarke. {Dragoon bird} (Zo[94]l.), the umbrella bird. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dragoonade \Drag`oon*ade"\, n. See {Dragonnade}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dragoon \Dra*goon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dragooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dragooning}.] 1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers. 2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute. The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they can be dragooned to nothing. --Price. Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying to dragoon his subjects to heaven. --Macaulay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dragooner \Dra*goon"er\, n. A dragoon. [Obs.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dragoon \Dra*goon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dragooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dragooning}.] 1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers. 2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute. The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they can be dragooned to nothing. --Price. Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying to dragoon his subjects to heaven. --Macaulay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Drawcansir \Draw"can*sir\, n. [From the name of a bullying braggart character in the play by George Villiers called [bd]The Rehearsal.[b8]] A blustering, bullying fellow; a pot-valiant braggart; a bully. The leader was of an ugly look and gigantic stature; he acted like a drawcansir, sparing neither friend nor foe. --Addison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Drawing knife \Draw"ing knife"\, Drawknife \Draw"knife`\, n. 1. A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also {drawshave}, and {drawing shave}. 2. (Carp.) A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dregginess \Dreg"gi*ness\, n. Fullness of dregs or lees; foulness; feculence. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dressiness \Dress"i*ness\, n. The state of being dressy. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dress \Dress\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dressed}or {Drest}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dressing}.] [OF. drecier to make straight, raise, set up, prepare, arrange, F. dresser. (assumed) LL. directiare, fr. L. dirigere, directum, to direct; dis- + regere to rule. See {Right}, and cf. {Address}, {Adroit}, {Direct}, {Dirge}.] 1. To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order. [Obs.] At all times thou shalt bless God and pray Him to dress thy ways. --Chaucer. Note: Dress is used reflexively in Old English, in sense of [bd]to direct one's step; to address one's self.[b8] To Grisild again will I me dresse. --Chaucer. 2. (Mil.) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks. 3. (Med.) To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or diseased part. 4. To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dressing \Dress"ing\, n. 1. Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire. --B. Jonson. 2. (Surg.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound. --Wiseman. 3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing. 4. (Cookery) (a) A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad. (b) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat. 5. Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics. 6. An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc. 7. Castigation; scolding; -- often with down. [Colloq.] {Dressing case}, a case of toilet utensils. {Dressing forceps}, a variety of forceps, shaped like a pair of scissors, used in dressing wounds. {Dressing gown}, a light gown, such as is used by a person while dressing; a study gown. {Dressing room}, an apartment appropriated for making one's toilet. {Dressing table}, a table at which a person may dress, and on which articles for the toilet stand. {Top-dressing}, manure or compost spread over land and not worked into the soil. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dressing \Dress"ing\, n. 1. Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire. --B. Jonson. 2. (Surg.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound. --Wiseman. 3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing. 4. (Cookery) (a) A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad. (b) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat. 5. Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics. 6. An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc. 7. Castigation; scolding; -- often with down. [Colloq.] {Dressing case}, a case of toilet utensils. {Dressing forceps}, a variety of forceps, shaped like a pair of scissors, used in dressing wounds. {Dressing gown}, a light gown, such as is used by a person while dressing; a study gown. {Dressing room}, an apartment appropriated for making one's toilet. {Dressing table}, a table at which a person may dress, and on which articles for the toilet stand. {Top-dressing}, manure or compost spread over land and not worked into the soil. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dressing \Dress"ing\, n. 1. Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire. --B. Jonson. 2. (Surg.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound. --Wiseman. 3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing. 4. (Cookery) (a) A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad. (b) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat. 5. Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics. 6. An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc. 7. Castigation; scolding; -- often with down. [Colloq.] {Dressing case}, a case of toilet utensils. {Dressing forceps}, a variety of forceps, shaped like a pair of scissors, used in dressing wounds. {Dressing gown}, a light gown, such as is used by a person while dressing; a study gown. {Dressing room}, an apartment appropriated for making one's toilet. {Dressing table}, a table at which a person may dress, and on which articles for the toilet stand. {Top-dressing}, manure or compost spread over land and not worked into the soil. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Forceps \For"ceps\, n. [L. forceps, -cipis, from the root of formus Hot + capere to take; akin to E. heave. Cf. {Furnace}.] 1. A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See {Earwig}. {Dressing forceps}. See under {Dressing}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dressing \Dress"ing\, n. 1. Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire. --B. Jonson. 2. (Surg.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound. --Wiseman. 3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing. 4. (Cookery) (a) A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad. (b) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat. 5. Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics. 6. An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc. 7. Castigation; scolding; -- often with down. [Colloq.] {Dressing case}, a case of toilet utensils. {Dressing forceps}, a variety of forceps, shaped like a pair of scissors, used in dressing wounds. {Dressing gown}, a light gown, such as is used by a person while dressing; a study gown. {Dressing room}, an apartment appropriated for making one's toilet. {Dressing table}, a table at which a person may dress, and on which articles for the toilet stand. {Top-dressing}, manure or compost spread over land and not worked into the soil. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dressing \Dress"ing\, n. 1. Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire. --B. Jonson. 2. (Surg.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound. --Wiseman. 3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing. 4. (Cookery) (a) A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad. (b) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat. 5. Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics. 6. An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc. 7. Castigation; scolding; -- often with down. [Colloq.] {Dressing case}, a case of toilet utensils. {Dressing forceps}, a variety of forceps, shaped like a pair of scissors, used in dressing wounds. {Dressing gown}, a light gown, such as is used by a person while dressing; a study gown. {Dressing room}, an apartment appropriated for making one's toilet. {Dressing table}, a table at which a person may dress, and on which articles for the toilet stand. {Top-dressing}, manure or compost spread over land and not worked into the soil. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dressing \Dress"ing\, n. 1. Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire. --B. Jonson. 2. (Surg.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound. --Wiseman. 3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing. 4. (Cookery) (a) A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad. (b) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat. 5. Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics. 6. An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc. 7. Castigation; scolding; -- often with down. [Colloq.] {Dressing case}, a case of toilet utensils. {Dressing forceps}, a variety of forceps, shaped like a pair of scissors, used in dressing wounds. {Dressing gown}, a light gown, such as is used by a person while dressing; a study gown. {Dressing room}, an apartment appropriated for making one's toilet. {Dressing table}, a table at which a person may dress, and on which articles for the toilet stand. {Top-dressing}, manure or compost spread over land and not worked into the soil. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dressmaker \Dress"mak`er\, n. A maker of gowns, or similar garments; a mantuamaker. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dressmaking \Dress"mak`ing\, n. The art, process, or occupation, of making dresses. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Drogman \Drog"man\, Drogoman \Drog"o*man\, n. See {Dragoman}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Drogman \Drog"man\, Drogoman \Drog"o*man\, n. See {Dragoman}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Drosometer \Dro*som"e*ter\, n. [Gr. [?] dew + -meter: cf. F. drosom[82]tre.] (Meteorol.) An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surface of a body in the open air. It consists of a balance, having a plate at one end to receive the dew, and at the other a weight protected from the deposit of dew. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Drossy \Dross"y\, a. [Compar. {Drossier}; superl. {Drossiest}.] Of, pertaining to, resembling, dross; full of dross; impure; worthless. [bd] Drossy gold.[b8] --Dryden. [bd]Drossy rhymes.[b8] --Donne. -- {Dross"i*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Drowsiness \Drow"si*ness\, n. State of being drowsy. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Drowse \Drowse\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drowsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drowsing}.] [AS. dr[?]sian, dr[?]san, to sink, become slow or inactive; cf. OD. droosen to be sleepy, fall asleep, LG. dr[?]sen, druusken, to slumber, fall down with a noise; prob, akin to AS. dre[a2]san to fall. See {Dreary}.] To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze. [bd]He drowsed upon his couch.[b8] --South. In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees. --Lowell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Drug \Drug\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drugged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drugging}.] [Cf. F. droguer.] To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines. --B. Jonson. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dare County, NC (county, FIPS 55) Location: 35.68990 N, 75.72697 W Population (1990): 22746 (21567 housing units) Area: 988.5 sq km (land), 3056.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Door County, WI (county, FIPS 29) Location: 45.02068 N, 87.00997 W Population (1990): 25690 (18037 housing units) Area: 1250.3 sq km (land), 4887.8 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Drew County, AR (county, FIPS 43) Location: 33.58968 N, 91.71690 W Population (1990): 17369 (7159 housing units) Area: 2145.1 sq km (land), 19.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Dyer County, TN (county, FIPS 45) Location: 36.05727 N, 89.41184 W Population (1990): 34854 (14384 housing units) Area: 1322.4 sq km (land), 41.3 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
dragon n. [MIT] A program similar to a {daemon}, except that it is not invoked at all, but is instead used by the system to perform various secondary tasks. A typical example would be an accounting program, which keeps track of who is logged in, accumulates load-average statistics, etc. Under ITS, many terminals displayed a list of people logged in, where they were, what they were running, etc., along with some random picture (such as a unicorn, Snoopy, or the Enterprise), which was generated by the `name dragon'. Usage: rare outside MIT -- under Unix and most other OSes this would be called a `background demon' or {daemon}. The best-known Unix example of a dragon is `cron(1)'. At SAIL, they called this sort of thing a `phantom'. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Dragon Book n. The classic text "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools", by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman (Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6), so called because of the cover design featuring a dragon labeled `complexity of compiler design' and a knight bearing the lance `LALR parser generator' among his other trappings. This one is more specifically known as the `Red Dragon Book' (1986); an earlier edition, sans Sethi and titled "Principles Of Compiler Design" (Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman; Addison-Wesley, 1977; ISBN 0-201-00022-9), was the `Green Dragon Book' (1977). (Also `New Dragon Book', `Old Dragon Book'.) The horsed knight and the Green Dragon were warily eying each other at a distance; now the knight is typing (wearing gauntlets!) at a terminal showing a video-game representation of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of the beast extends back in normal space. See also {{book titles}}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
DRECNET /drek'net/ n. [from Yiddish/German `dreck', meaning filth] Deliberate distortion of DECNET, a networking protocol used in the {VMS} community. So called because {DEC} helped write the Ethernet specification and then (either stupidly or as a malignant customer-control tactic) violated that spec in the design of DRECNET in a way that made it incompatible. See also {connector conspiracy}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Dr. James H. Clark co-founder of {Netscape Communications Corporation}. (1998-05-21) | |
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drag and drop A common method for manipulating files (and sometimes text) under a {graphical user interface} or {WIMP} environment. The user moves the pointer over an icon representing a file and presses a mouse button. He holds the button down while moving the pointer (dragging the file) to another place, usually a directory viewer or an icon for some {application program}, and then releases the button (dropping the file). The meaning of this action can often be modified by holding certain keys on the keyboard at the same time. Some systems also use this technique for objects other than files, e.g. portions of text in a {word processor}. The biggest problem with drag and drop is does it mean "copy" or "move"? The answer to this question is not intuitively evident, and there is no consensus for which is the right answer. The same vendor even makes it move in some cases and copy in others. Not being sure whether an operation is copy or move will cause you to check very often, perhaps every time if you need to be certain. Mistakes can be costly. People make mistakes all the time with drag and drop. {Human computer interaction} studies show a higher failure rate for such operations, but also a higher "forgiveness rate" (users think "silly me") than failures with commands (users think "stupid machine"). Overall, drag and drop took some 40 times longer to do than single-key commands. [Erik Naggum | |
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drag-n-drop (1996-12-13) | |
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dragon [MIT] A program similar to a {daemon}, except that it is not invoked at all, but is instead used by the system to perform various secondary tasks. A typical example would be an accounting program, which keeps track of who is logged in, accumulates load-average statistics, etc. Under ITS, many terminals displayed a list of people logged in, where they were, what they were running, etc., along with some random picture (such as a unicorn, Snoopy or the Enterprise), which was generated by the "name dragon". Use is rare outside {MIT}, under {Unix} and most other {operating system}s this would be called a "background {demon}" or {daemon}. The best-known Unix example of a dragon is {cron}. At {SAIL}, they called this sort of thing a "phantom". [{Jargon File}] | |
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DRAGON 1. An {Esprit} project aimed at providing effective support to {reuse} in {real-time} distributed {Ada} {application program}s. 2. An implementation language used by {BTI Computer Systems}. E-mail: Pat Helland [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
dragon [MIT] A program similar to a {daemon}, except that it is not invoked at all, but is instead used by the system to perform various secondary tasks. A typical example would be an accounting program, which keeps track of who is logged in, accumulates load-average statistics, etc. Under ITS, many terminals displayed a list of people logged in, where they were, what they were running, etc., along with some random picture (such as a unicorn, Snoopy or the Enterprise), which was generated by the "name dragon". Use is rare outside {MIT}, under {Unix} and most other {operating system}s this would be called a "background {demon}" or {daemon}. The best-known Unix example of a dragon is {cron}. At {SAIL}, they called this sort of thing a "phantom". [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DRAGON 1. An {Esprit} project aimed at providing effective support to {reuse} in {real-time} distributed {Ada} {application program}s. 2. An implementation language used by {BTI Computer Systems}. E-mail: Pat Helland [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-08) | |
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Dragon Book Techniques and Tools", by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi, and Jeffrey D. Ullman (Addison-Wesley 1986; ISBN 0-201-10088-6). So called because of the cover design featuring a dragon labelled "complexity of compiler design" and a knight bearing the lance "LALR parser generator" among his other trappings. This one is more specifically known as the "Red Dragon Book" (1986); an earlier edition, sans Sethi and titled "Principles Of Compiler Design" (Alfred V. Aho and Jeffrey D. Ullman; Addison-Wesley, 1977; ISBN 0-201-00022-9), was the "Green Dragon Book" (1977). (Also "New Dragon Book", "Old Dragon Book".) The horsed knight and the Green Dragon were warily eying each other at a distance; now the knight is typing (wearing gauntlets!) at a terminal showing a video-game representation of the Red Dragon's head while the rest of the beast extends back in normal space. See also {book titles}. (1996-12-03) | |
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DRAGOON {Ada}-based language developed in the {Esprit} {DRAGON} project by Colin Atkinson at {Imperial College} in 1989 (Now at University of Houston, Clear Lake). DRAGOON supports object-oriented programming for {embeddable systems} and is presently implemented as an Ada {preprocessor}. ["Object-Oriented Reuse, Concurrency and Distribution: An Ada-Based Approach", C. Atkinson, A-W 1991, ISBN 0-2015-6-5277]. (1999-11-22) | |
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DRECNET /drek'net/ [Yiddish/German "dreck", meaning filth] Deliberate distortion of DECNET, a networking protocol used in the {VMS} community. So called because DEC helped write the Ethernet specification and then (either stupidly or as a malignant customer-control tactic) violated that spec in the design of DRECNET in a way that made it incompatible. See also {connector conspiracy}. | |
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DrScheme at {Rice University}. {Home (http://www.cs.rice.edu/CS/PLT/packages/drscheme/)}. (2001-02-22) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Darkness The plague (the ninth) of darkness in Egypt (Ex. 10:21) is described as darkness "which may be felt." It covered "all the land of Egypt," so that "they saw not one another." It did not extend to the land of Goshen (ver. 23). When Jesus hung upon the cross (Matt. 27:45; Luke 23:44), from the "sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour." On Mount Sinai, Moses (Ex. 20:21) "drew near unto the thick darkness where God was." This was the "thick cloud upon the mount" in which Jehovah was when he spake unto Moses there. The Lord dwelt in the cloud upon the mercy-seat (1 Kings 8:12), the cloud of glory. When the psalmist (Ps. 97:2) describes the inscrutable nature of God's workings among the sons of men, he says, "Clouds and darkness are round about him." God dwells in thick darkness. Darkness (Isa. 13:9, 10; Matt. 24:29) also is a symbol of the judgments that attend on the coming of the Lord. It is a symbol of misery and adversity (Job 18:6; Ps. 107:10; Isa. 8:22; Ezek. 30:18). The "day of darkness" in Joel 2:2, caused by clouds of locusts, is a symbol of the obscurity which overhangs all divine proceedings. "Works of darkness" are impure actions (Eph. 5:11). "Outer darkness" refers to the darkness of the streets in the East, which are never lighted up by any public or private lamps after nightfall, in contrast with the blaze of cheerful light in the house. It is also a symbol of ignorance (Isa. 9:2; 60:2; Matt. 6:23) and of death (Job 10:21; 17:13). | |
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Dragon (1.) Heb. tannim, plural of tan. The name of some unknown creature inhabiting desert places and ruins (Job 30:29; Ps. 44:19; Isa. 13:22; 34:13; 43:20; Jer. 10:22; Micah 1:8; Mal. 1:3); probably, as translated in the Revised Version, the jackal (q.v.). (2.) Heb. tannin. Some great sea monster (Jer. 51:34). In Isa. 51:9 it may denote the crocodile. In Gen. 1:21 (Heb. plural tanninim) the Authorized Version renders "whales," and the Revised Version "sea monsters." It is rendered "serpent" in Ex. 7:9. It is used figuratively in Ps. 74:13; Ezek. 29:3. In the New Testament the word "dragon" is found only in Rev. 12:3, 4, 7, 9, 16, 17, etc., and is there used metaphorically of "Satan." (See {WHALE}.) | |
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Dragon well (Neh. 2:13), supposed by some to be identical with the Pool of Gihon. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Darkon, of generation; of possession |