English Dictionary: inharmoniousness | by the DICT Development Group |
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Immurement \Im*mure"ment\, n. The act iif immuring, or the state of being immured; imprsonment. | |
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Immure \Im*mure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Immured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Immuring}.] [Pref. im- in + mure: cf. F. emmurer.] 1. To wall around; to surround with walls. [Obs.] --Sandys. 2. To inclose whithin walls, or as within walls; hence, to shut up; to imprison; to incarcerate. Those tender babes Whom envy hath immured within your walls. --Shak. This huge convex of fire, Outrageous to devour, immures us round. --Milton. | |
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Arms \Arms\, n. pl. [OE. armes, F. arme, pl. armes, fr. L. arma, pl., arms, orig. fittings, akin to armus shoulder, and E. arm. See {Arm}, n.] 1. Instruments or weapons of offense or defense. He lays down his arms, but not his wiles. --Milton. Three horses and three goodly suits of arms. --Tennyson. 2. The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science. [bd]Arms and the man I sing.[b8] --Dryden. 3. (Law) Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon. --Cowell. Blackstone. 4. (Her.) The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son. 5. (Falconry) The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot. --Halliwell. {Bred to arms}, educated to the profession of a soldier. {In arms}, armed for war; in a state of hostility. {Small arms}, portable firearms known as muskets, rifles, carbines, pistols, etc. {A stand of arms}, a complete set for one soldier, as a musket, bayonet, cartridge box and belt; frequently, the musket and bayonet alone. {To arms}! a summons to war or battle. {Under arms}, armed and equipped and in readiness for battle, or for a military parade. {Arm's end}, {Arm's length}, {Arm's reach}. See under {Arm}. | |
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Earnest \Ear"nest\, n. [AS. eornost, eornest; akin to OHG. ernust, G. ernst; cf. Icel. orrosta battle, perh. akin to Gr. [?] to excite, L. oriri to rise.] Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness. Take heed that this jest do not one day turn to earnest. --Sir P. Sidney. And given in earnest what I begged in jest. --Shak. {In earnest}, serious; seriously; not in jest; earnestly. | |
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Step \Step\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stepped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stepping}.] [AS. st[91]ppan; akin to OFries. steppa, D. stappen to step, stap a step, OHG. stepfen to step, G. stapfe a footstep, OHG. stapfo, G. stufe a step to step on; cf. Gr. [?] to shake about, handle roughly, stamp (?). Cf. {Stamp}, n. & a.] 1. To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession. 2. To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors. 3. To walk slowly, gravely, or resolutely. Home the swain retreats, His flock before him stepping to the fold. --Thomson. 4. Fig.: To move mentally; to go in imagination. They are stepping almost three thousand years back into the remotest antiquity. --Pope. {To step aside}, to walk a little distance from the rest; to retire from company. {To step forth}, to move or come forth. {To step} {in [or] into}. (a) To walk or advance into a place or state, or to advance suddenly in. Whosoever then first, after the troubling of the water, stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. --John v. 4. (b) To enter for a short time; as, I just stepped into the house. (c) To obtain possession without trouble; to enter upon easily or suddenly; as, to step into an estate. {To step out}. (a) (Mil.) To increase the length, but not the rapidity, of the step, extending it to thirty-tree inches. (b) To go out for a short distance or a short time. {To step short} (Mil.), to diminish the length or rapidity of the step according to the established rules. | |
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Cut \Cut\ (k[ucr]t), v. i. 1. To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well. 2. To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument. Panels of white wood that cuts like cheese. --Holmes. 3. To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument. He saved the lives of thousands by manner of cutting for the stone. --Pope. 4. To make a stroke with a whip. 5. To interfere, as a horse. 6. To move or make off quickly. [Colloq.] 7. To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be dealt. {To cut across}, to pass over or through in the most direct way; as, to cut across a field. {To cut and run}, to make off suddenly and quickly; -- from the cutting of a ship's cable, when there is not time to raise the anchor. [Colloq.] {To cut} {in [or] into}, to interrupt; to join in anything suddenly. {To cut up}. (a) To play pranks. [Colloq.] (b) To divide into portions well or ill; to have the property left at one's death turn out well or poorly when divided among heirs, legatees, etc. [Slang.] [bd]When I die, may I cut up as well as Morgan Pendennis.[b8] --Thackeray. | |
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Half \Half\, n.; pl. {Halves}. [AS. healf. See {Half}, a.] 1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.] --Wyclif. The four halves of the house. --Chaucer. 2. One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple. Not half his riches known, and yet despised. --Milton. A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us. --Tennyson. {Better half}. See under {Better}. {In half}, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly instead of in [or] into halves; as, to cut in half. [Colloq.] --Dickens. {In, [or] On}, {one's half}, in one's behalf; on one's part. [Obs.] {To cry halves}, to claim an equal share with another. {To go halves}, to share equally between two. | |
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d8In rem \[d8]In rem\ [L.] (Law) Lit., in or against a (or the) thing; Note: used: (a) Of any right (called {right, [or] jus}, {in rem}) of such a nature as to be available over its subject without reference to one person more than another, or, as generally expressed, a right competent, or available, against all persons. Rights in rem include not alone rights over physical property, but all rights available against all persons indifferently, as those of life, liberty, and reputation. (b) Of actions for recovering or reducing to possession or enjoyment a specific object, as in the enforcement of maritime liens against a vessel, which is made the defendant by a sort of personification. Most actions for the specific recovery of property in English and American law are in the nature of actions in personam against a person alleged to be unlawfully withholding the property. | |
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Round \Round\, a. [OF. roond, roont, reond, F. rond, fr. L. rotundus, fr. rota wheel. See {Rotary}, and cf. {Rotund}, {roundel}, {Rundlet}.] 1. Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball. [bd]The big, round tears.[b8] --Shak. Upon the firm opacous globe Of this round world. --Milton. 2. Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round. 3. Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills. [bd]Their round haunches gored.[b8] --Shak. 4. Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers. Pliny put a round number near the truth, rather than the fraction. --Arbuthnot. 5. Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price. Three thousand ducats; 'tis a good round sum. --Shak. Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon. --Tennyson. 6. Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note. 7. (Phonetics) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 11. 8. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. [bd]The round assertion.[b8] --M. Arnold. Sir Toby, I must be round with you. --Shak. 9. Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style. [Obs.] In his satires Horace is quick, round, and pleasant. --Peacham. 10. Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct. Round dealing is the honor of man's nature. --Bacon. {At a round rate}, rapidly. --Dryden. {In round numbers}, approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, etc.; as, a bin holding 99 or 101 bushels may be said to hold in round numbers 100 bushels. {Round bodies} (Geom.), the sphere right cone, and right cylinder. {Round clam} (Zo[94]l.), the quahog. {Round dance} one which is danced by couples with a whirling or revolving motion, as the waltz, polka, etc. {Round game}, a game, as of cards, in which each plays on his own account. {Round hand}, a style of penmanship in which the letters are formed in nearly an upright position, and each separately distinct; -- distinguished from running hand. {Round robin}. [Perhaps F. round round + ruban ribbon.] (a) A written petition, memorial, remonstrance, protest, etc., the signatures to which are made in a circle so as not to indicate who signed first. [bd]No round robins signed by the whole main deck of the Academy or the Porch.[b8] --De Quincey. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The cigar fish. {Round shot}, a solid spherical projectile for ordnance. {Round Table}, the table about which sat King Arthur and his knights. See {Knights of the Round Table}, under {Knight}. {Round tower}, one of certain lofty circular stone towers, tapering from the base upward, and usually having a conical cap or roof, which crowns the summit, -- found chiefly in Ireland. They are of great antiquity, and vary in heigh from thirty-five to one hundred and thiry feet. {Round trot}, one in which the horse throws out his feet roundly; a full, brisk, quick trot. --Addison. {Round turn} (Naut.), one turn of a rope round a timber, a belaying pin, etc. {To bring up with a round turn}, to stop abruptly. [Colloq.] Syn: Circular; spherical; globular; globase; orbicular; orbed; cylindrical; full; plump; rotund. | |
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Inerm \In*erm"\, Inermous \In*er"mous\, a. (Bot.) Same as {Inermis}. | |
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Inerm \In*erm"\, Inermous \In*er"mous\, a. (Bot.) Same as {Inermis}. | |
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Inernarrable \In`er*nar"ra*ble\, a. [L. inenarrabilis; pref. in- not + enarrabilis that may be related; fr. enarrare to relate: cf. F. in[82]narrable. See {Enarration}.] Incapable of being narrated; indescribable; ineffable. [Obs.] [bd]Inenarrable goodness.[b8] --Bp. Fisher. | |
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Inerrancy \In*er"ran*cy\, n. Exemption from error. The absolute inerrancy odf the Bible. --The Century. | |
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Inerringly \In*err"ing*ly\, adv. Without error, mistake, or deviation; unerringly. --Glanvill. | |
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Inharmonic \In`har*mon"ic\, Inharmonical \In`har*mon"ic*al\, a. Not harmonic; inharmonious; discordant; dissonant. | |
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Inharmonic \In`har*mon"ic\, Inharmonical \In`har*mon"ic*al\, a. Not harmonic; inharmonious; discordant; dissonant. | |
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Inharmonious \In`har*mo"ni*ous\, a. [Pref. in- not + harmonious: cf. F. inharmonieux.] 1. Not harmonious; unmusical; discordant; dissonant. Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh. --Cowper. 2. Conflicting; jarring; not in harmony. | |
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Inharmoniously \In`har*mo"ni*ous*ly\, adv. Without harmony. | |
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Inharmoniousness \In`har*mo"ni*ous*ness\, n. The quality of being inharmonious; want of harmony; discord. The inharmoniousness of a verse. --A. Tucker. | |
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Inharmony \In*har"mo*ny\, n. Want of harmony. | |
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Inherence \In*her"ence\, Inherency \In*her"en*cy\, n. [Cf. F. inh[82]rence.] The state of inhering; permanent existence in something; innateness; inseparable and essential connection. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Inherence \In*her"ence\, Inherency \In*her"en*cy\, n. [Cf. F. inh[82]rence.] The state of inhering; permanent existence in something; innateness; inseparable and essential connection. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Inherent \In*her"ent\, a. [L. inhaerens, -entis, p. pr. of inhaerere: cf. F. inh[82]rent. See {Inhere}.] Permanently existing in something; inseparably attached or connected; naturally pertaining to; innate; inalienable; as, polarity is an inherent quality of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life, liberty, and protection. [bd]A most inherent baseness.[b8] --Shak. The sore disease which seems inherent in civilization. --Southey. Syn: Innate; inborn; native; natural; inbred; inwrought; inseparable; essential; indispensable. | |
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Inherently \In*her"ent*ly\, adv. By inherence; inseparably. Matter hath inherently and essentially such an internal energy. --Bentley. | |
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Inhere \In*here"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inhered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inhering}.] [L. inhaerere; pref. in- in + haerere to stick, hang. See {Hesitate}.] To be inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (to); to belong, as attributes or qualities. They do but inhere in the subject that supports them. --Digby. | |
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Innermost \In"ner*most`\, a. [A corruption of inmost due to influence of inner. See {Inmost}.] Farthest inward; most remote from the outward part; inmost; deepest within. --Prov. xviii. 8. | |
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Innermostly \In"ner*most`ly\, adv. In the innermost place. [R.] His ebon cross worn innermostly. --Mrs. Browning. | |
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Inrunning \In"run`ning\, n. The act or the place of entrance; an inlet. --Tennyson. | |
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Inurement \In*ure"ment\, n. Use; practice; discipline; habit; custom. | |
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Inure \In*ure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inuring}.] [From pref. in- in + ure use, work. See {Ure} use, practice, {Opera}, and cf. {Manure}.] To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to practice habitually. [bd]To inure our prompt obedience.[b8] --Milton. He . . . did inure them to speak little. --Sir T. North. Inured and exercised in learning. --Robynson (More's Utopia). The poor, inured to drudgery and distress. --Cowper. | |
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Inurn \In*urn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inurned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inurning}.] To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb. The sepulcher Wherein we saw thee quietly inurned. --Shak. | |
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Inurn \In*urn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inurned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inurning}.] To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb. The sepulcher Wherein we saw thee quietly inurned. --Shak. | |
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Inurn \In*urn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inurned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inurning}.] To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb. The sepulcher Wherein we saw thee quietly inurned. --Shak. | |
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Gallinule \Gal"li*nule\, n. [L. gallinula chicken, dim. of gallina hen: cf. F. gallinule.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family {Rallidae}. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is {Ionornis Martinica}, that of the Old World is {Porphyrio porphyrio}. The common European gallinule ({Gallinula chloropus}) is also called {moor hen}, {water hen}, {water rail}, {moor coot}, {night bird}, and erroneously {dabchick}. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule ({Gallinula galeata}). Note: The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was formerly believed to be able to detect and report adultery, and for that reason, chiefly, it was commonly domesticated by the ancients. | |
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