English Dictionary: ex-serviceman | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Escarbuncle \Es*car"bun*cle\, n. [OF. escarbuncle, F. escaboucle.] (Her.) See {Carbuncle}, 3. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Carbuncle \Car"bun*cle\, n. [L. carbunculus a little coal, a bright kind of precious stone, a kind of tumor, dim. of carbo coal: cf. F. carboncle. See {Carbon}.] 1. (Min.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet. 2. (Med.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called {anthrax}. 3. (Her.) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also {escarbuncle}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Escarbuncle \Es*car"bun*cle\, n. [OF. escarbuncle, F. escaboucle.] (Her.) See {Carbuncle}, 3. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Carbuncle \Car"bun*cle\, n. [L. carbunculus a little coal, a bright kind of precious stone, a kind of tumor, dim. of carbo coal: cf. F. carboncle. See {Carbon}.] 1. (Min.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet. 2. (Med.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called {anthrax}. 3. (Her.) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also {escarbuncle}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Escarp \Es*carp"\, n. [F. escarpe (cf. Sp. escarpa, It. scarpa), fr. escarper to cut steep, cut to a slope, prob. of German origin: cf. G. scharf sharp,, E. sharp, or perh. scrape.] (Fort.) The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as {scarp}, and opposed to {counterscarp}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Escarp \Es*carp"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escarped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Escarping}.] (Mil.) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap. --Carleton. | |
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Escarp \Es*carp"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escarped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Escarping}.] (Mil.) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap. --Carleton. | |
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Escarp \Es*carp"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escarped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Escarping}.] (Mil.) To make into, or furnish with, a steep slope, like that of a scrap. --Carleton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Escarpment \Es*carp"ment\, n. [Cf. F. escarpement.] A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See {Scarp}. | |
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Escribed \Es*cribed"\, a. [L. e out, out of + scribere to write.] Drawn outside of; -- used to designate a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other two sides produced. | |
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Escript \Es"cript\, n. [OF.] A writing. [Obs.] | |
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Excerebration \Ex*cer`e*bra"tion\, n. [L. excerebratus deprived of brains; ex out + cerebrum brain.] The act of removing or beating out the brains. | |
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Excerebrose \Ex*cer"e*brose`\, a. [See {Excerebration}.] Brainless. [R.] | |
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Excerp \Ex*cerp"\, v. t. [L. excerpere, excerptum; ex out + carpere to pick, gather. See {Harvest}, and cf. {Scarce}, a.] To pick out. [Obs.] --Hales. | |
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Excerpt \Ex*cerpt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excerpted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excerpting}.] [From L. excerptus, p. p. See {Excerp}.] To select; to extract; to cite; to quote. Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. --Fuller. | |
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Excerpt \Ex*cerp"t\ (277), n. An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record. | |
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Excerpt \Ex*cerpt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excerpted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excerpting}.] [From L. excerptus, p. p. See {Excerp}.] To select; to extract; to cite; to quote. Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. --Fuller. | |
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Excerpt \Ex*cerpt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excerpted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excerpting}.] [From L. excerptus, p. p. See {Excerp}.] To select; to extract; to cite; to quote. Out of which we have excerpted the following particulars. --Fuller. | |
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Excerptive \Ex*cerp"tive\, a. That excerpts, selects, or chooses. --D. L. Mackenzie. | |
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Excerptor \Ex*cerp"tor\, n. One who makes excerpts; a picker; a culler. | |
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Excoriable \Ex*co"ri*a*ble\ Capable of being excoriated. The scaly covering of fishes, . . . even in such as are excoriatable. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Excreable \Ex"cre*a*ble\, a. [L. excreabilis, exscreabilis, fr. exscreare. See {Excreate}.] Capable of being discharged by spitting. [Obs.] --Swift. | |
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Exorbitance \Ex*or"bi*tance\, Exorbitancy \Ex*or"bi*tan*cy\,, n. A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of deportment; exorbitance of demands. [bd]a curb to your exorbitancies.[b8] --Dryden. The lamentable exorbitances of their superstitions. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Exorbitance \Ex*or"bi*tance\, Exorbitancy \Ex*or"bi*tan*cy\,, n. A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of deportment; exorbitance of demands. [bd]a curb to your exorbitancies.[b8] --Dryden. The lamentable exorbitances of their superstitions. --Bp. Hall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Exorbitant \Ex*or"bi*tant\, a. [L. exorbitans, -antis, p. pr. of exorbitare to go out of the track; ex out + orbita track: cf. F. exorbitant. See {Orbit}.] 1. Departing from an orbit or usual track; hence, deviating from the usual or due course; going beyond the appointed rules or established limits of right or propriety; excessive; extravagant; enormous; inordinate; as, exorbitant appetites and passions; exorbitant charges, demands, or claims. Foul exorbitant desires. --Milton. 2. Not comprehended in a settled rule or method; anomalous. The Jews . . . [were] inured with causes exorbitant, and such as their laws had not provided for. --Hooker. | |
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Exorbitantly \Ex*or"bi*tant*ly\, adv. In an exorbitant, excessive, or irregular manner; enormously. | |
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Exorbitate \Ex*or"bi*tate\, v. i. [L. exorbitatus, p. p. of exorbitare. See {Exorbitant}.] To go out of the track; to deviate. [Obs.] --Bentley. | |
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Exrable \Ex"ra*ble\, a. [L. exorabilis: cf. F. exorable. See {Exorate}.] Capable of being moved by entreaty; pitiful; tender. --Milton. | |
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Exscribe \Ex*scribe"\, v. t. [L. excribere; ex out, from + scribere to write.] To copy; to transcribe. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Exscript \Ex"script\, n. [L. exscriptus, p. p. of exscribere.] A copy; a transcript. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Exscriptural \Ex*scrip"tur*al\ (?; 135), a. [Pref. ex-+scriptural.] Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural. | |
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Eyeservant \Eye"serv`ant\, n. A servant who attends faithfully to his duty only when watched. | |
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Eyeservice \Eye"serv`ice\, n. Service performed only under inspection, or the eye of an employer. Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers. --Col. iii. 22. | |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
eager evaluation Any {evaluation strategy} where evaluation of some or all function arguments is started before their value is required. A typical example is {call-by-value}, where all arguments are passed evaluated. The opposite of eager evaluation is {call-by-need} where evaluation of an argument is only started when it is required. The term "{speculative evaluation}" is very close in meaning to eager evaluation but is applied mostly to parallel architectures whereas eager evaluation is used of both sequential and parallel evaluators. Eager evaluation does not specify exactly when argument evaluation takes place - it might be done fully speculatively (all {redex}es in the program reduced in parallel) or may be done by the caller just before the function is entered. The term "eager evaluation" was invented by Carl Hewitt and Henry Baker Incremental Garbage Collection of Processes", Sigplan Notices, Aug 1977. {(ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/hb/hbaker/Futures.html)}]. It was named after their "eager beaver" evaluator. See also {conservative evaluation}, {lenient evaluation}, {strict evaluation}. (1994-12-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
egrep An extended version of the {Unix} command {grep}. Egrep accepts extended {regular expression}s (RE) including "*" following multi-character REs; "+" (one or more matches); "?" (zero or one matches); "|" separating two REs matches either. REs may be bracketed with (). Despite its additional complexity, egrep is usually faster that {fgrep} or {grep}. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Ezra, Book of This book is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time included in Nehemiah, the Jews regarding them as one volume. The two are still distinguished in the Vulgate version as I. and II. Esdras. It consists of two principal divisions: (1.) The history of the first return of exiles, in the first year of Cyrus (B.C. 536), till the completion and dedication of the new temple, in the sixth year of Darius Hystapes (B.C. 515), ch. 1-6. From the close of the sixth to the opening of the seventh chapter there is a blank in the history of about sixty years. (2.) The history of the second return under Ezra, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes Longimanus, and of the events that took place at Jerusalem after Ezra's arrival there (7-10). The book thus contains memorabilia connected with the Jews, from the decree of Cyrus (B.C. 536) to the reformation by Ezra (B.C. 456), extending over a period of about eighty years. There is no quotation from this book in the New Testament, but there never has been any doubt about its being canonical. Ezra was probably the author of this book, at least of the greater part of it (comp. 7:27, 28; 8:1, etc.), as he was also of the Books of Chronicles, the close of which forms the opening passage of Ezra. |