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Namaycush \Nam"ay*cush\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.) A large North American lake trout ({Salvelinus namaycush}). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also {Mackinaw trout}, {lake trout}, {lake salmon}, {salmon trout}, {togue}, and {tuladi}. | |
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Note: The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes, and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in the way of their progress. The common salmon has been known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds; more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and grilse. Among the true salmons are: {Black salmon}, or {Lake salmon}, the namaycush. {Dog salmon}, a salmon of Western North America ({Oncorhynchus keta}). {Humpbacked salmon}, a Pacific-coast salmon ({Oncorhynchus gorbuscha}). {King salmon}, the quinnat. {Landlocked salmon}, a variety of the common salmon (var. {Sebago}), long confined in certain lakes in consequence of obstructions that prevented it from returning to the sea. This last is called also {dwarf salmon}. Note: Among fishes of other families which are locally and erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called {jack salmon}; the spotted, or southern, squeteague; the cabrilla, called {kelp salmon}; young pollock, called {sea salmon}; and the California yellowtail. 2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon. {Salmon berry} (Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from Alaska to California, the fruit of the {Rubus Nutkanus}. {Salmon killer} (Zo[94]l.), a stickleback ({Gasterosteus cataphractus}) of Western North America and Northern Asia. {Salmon ladder}, {Salmon stair}. See {Fish ladder}, under {Fish}. {Salmon peel}, a young salmon. {Salmon pipe}, a certain device for catching salmon. --Crabb. {Salmon trout}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European sea trout ({Salmo trutta}). It resembles the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more numerous scales. (b) The American namaycush. (c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black spotted trout ({Salmo purpuratus}), and to the steel head and other large trout of the Pacific coast. | |
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Namaycush \Nam"ay*cush\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.) A large North American lake trout ({Salvelinus namaycush}). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also {Mackinaw trout}, {lake trout}, {lake salmon}, {salmon trout}, {togue}, and {tuladi}. | |
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Note: The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes, and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in the way of their progress. The common salmon has been known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds; more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and grilse. Among the true salmons are: {Black salmon}, or {Lake salmon}, the namaycush. {Dog salmon}, a salmon of Western North America ({Oncorhynchus keta}). {Humpbacked salmon}, a Pacific-coast salmon ({Oncorhynchus gorbuscha}). {King salmon}, the quinnat. {Landlocked salmon}, a variety of the common salmon (var. {Sebago}), long confined in certain lakes in consequence of obstructions that prevented it from returning to the sea. This last is called also {dwarf salmon}. Note: Among fishes of other families which are locally and erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called {jack salmon}; the spotted, or southern, squeteague; the cabrilla, called {kelp salmon}; young pollock, called {sea salmon}; and the California yellowtail. 2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon. {Salmon berry} (Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from Alaska to California, the fruit of the {Rubus Nutkanus}. {Salmon killer} (Zo[94]l.), a stickleback ({Gasterosteus cataphractus}) of Western North America and Northern Asia. {Salmon ladder}, {Salmon stair}. See {Fish ladder}, under {Fish}. {Salmon peel}, a young salmon. {Salmon pipe}, a certain device for catching salmon. --Crabb. {Salmon trout}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European sea trout ({Salmo trutta}). It resembles the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more numerous scales. (b) The American namaycush. (c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black spotted trout ({Salmo purpuratus}), and to the steel head and other large trout of the Pacific coast. | |
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Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea, Icel. l[94]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. [?] pond, tank. Cf. {Loch}, {Lough}.] A large body of water contained in a depression of the earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or less extended area. Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually no outlet to the ocean. {Lake dwellers} (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of Switzerland. {Lake dwellings} (Arch[91]ol.), dwellings built over a lake, sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many savage tribes. Called also {lacustrine dwellings}. See {Crannog}. {Lake fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the genus {Chironomus}. In form they resemble mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larv[91] live in lakes. {Lake herring} (Zo[94]l.), the cisco ({Coregonus Artedii}). {Lake poets}, {Lake school}, a collective name originally applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey, Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed with these by hostile critics. Called also {lakers} and {lakists}. {Lake sturgeon} (Zo[94]l.), a sturgeon ({Acipenser rubicundus}), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. It is used as food. {Lake trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of trout and salmon; in Europe, esp. {Salmo fario}; in the United States, esp. {Salvelinus namaycush} of the Great Lakes, and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({S. fontinalis}), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is also called lake trout. See {Namaycush}. {Lake whitefish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Whitefish}. {Lake whiting} (Zo[94]l.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United States and Canada. It is more slender than the common whitefish. | |
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Lasso \Lass"o\ (l[acr]s"s[osl]) n.; pl. {Lassos} (-s[omac]z). [Sp. lazo, L. laqueus. See {Lace}.] A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc. {Lasso cell} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar kind of defensive and offensive stinging cells, found in great numbers in all c[d2]lenterates, and in a few animals of other groups. They are most highly developed in the tentacles of jellyfishes, hydroids, and Actini[91]. Each of these cells is filled with, fluid, and contains a long, slender, often barbed, hollow thread coiled up within it. When the cell contracts the thread is quickly ejected, being at the same time turned inside out. The thread is able to penetrate the flesh of various small, soft-bodied animals, and carries a subtle poison by which they are speedily paralyzed and killed. The threads, at the same time, hold the prey in position, attached to the tentacles. Some of the jellyfishes, as the Portuguese man-of-war, and {Cyanea}, are able to penetrate the human skin, and inflict painful stings in the same way. Called also {nettling cell}, {cnida}, {cnidocell}. | |
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Legislate \Leg"is*late\ (l[ecr]j"[icr]s*l[amac]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Legislated} (-l[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Legislating} (-l[amac]`t[icr]ng).] [See {Legislator}.] To make or enact a law or laws. Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an idea of a more perfect constitution than he gave them. --Bp. Watson (1805). | |
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Legislate \Leg"is*late\ (l[ecr]j"[icr]s*l[amac]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Legislated} (-l[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Legislating} (-l[amac]`t[icr]ng).] [See {Legislator}.] To make or enact a law or laws. Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an idea of a more perfect constitution than he gave them. --Bp. Watson (1805). | |
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Legislate \Leg"is*late\ (l[ecr]j"[icr]s*l[amac]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Legislated} (-l[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Legislating} (-l[amac]`t[icr]ng).] [See {Legislator}.] To make or enact a law or laws. Solon, in legislating for the Athenians, had an idea of a more perfect constitution than he gave them. --Bp. Watson (1805). | |
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Legislation \Leg`is*la"tion\ (-l[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [Cf. F. l[82]gislation, L. legis latio. See {Legislator}.] The act of legislating; preparation and enactment of laws; the laws enacted. Pythagoras joined legislation to his philosophy. --Lyttelton. | |
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Legislative \Leg"is*la*tive\ (l[ecr]j"[icr]s*l[asl]*t[icr]v), a. [Cf. F. l[82]gislatif.] 1. Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking; -- distinguished from {executive}; as, a legislative act; a legislative body. The supreme legislative power of England was lodged in the king and great council, or what was afterwards called the Parliament. --Hume. 2. Of or pertaining to the making of laws; suitable to legislation; as, the transaction of legislative business; the legislative style. | |
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Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[icr]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L. concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. [?][?][?] to call, and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. {Conciliate}. This word is often confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.] 1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case. 2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council. An old lord of the council rated me the other day. --Shak. 3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation. Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council called by night. --Milton. O great in action and in council wise. --Pope. {Aulic council}. See under {Aulic}. {Cabinet council}. See under {Cabinet}. {City council}, the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted. {Common council}. See under {Common}. {Council board}, {Council table}, the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation. {Council chamber}, the room or apartment in which a council meets. {Council fire}, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Council of war}, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity. {Ecumenical council} (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline. {Executive council}, a body of men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.] {Legislative council}, the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate. {Privy council}. See under {Privy}. [Eng.] Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament; convention; convocation; synod. | |
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7. (Mach.) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection. 8. (Brewing) A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is carried on. {Hypostatic union} (Theol.) See under {Hypostatic}. {Latin union}. See under {Latin}. {Legislative Union} (Eng. Hist.), the union of Great Britain and Ireland, which took place Jan. 1, 1801. {Union}, [or] {Act of Union} (Eng. Hist.), the act by which Scotland was united to England, or by which the two kingdoms were incorporated into one, in 1707. {Union by the first}, [or] {second}, {intention}. (Surg.) See {To heal by the first, [or] second, intention}, under {Intention}. {Union down} (Naut.), a signal of distress at sea made by reversing the flag, or turning its union downward. {Union jack}. (Naut.) See {Jack}, n., 10. {Union joint}. (Mech.) (a) A joint formed by means of a union. (b) A piece of pipe made in the form of the letter T. Syn: Unity; junction; connection; concord; alliance; coalition; combination; confederacy. Usage: {Union}, {Unity}. Union is the act of bringing two or more things together so as to make but one, or the state of being united into one. Unity is a state of simple oneness, either of essence, as the unity of God, or of action, feeling, etc., as unity of design, of affection, etc. Thus, we may speak of effecting a union of interests which shall result in a unity of labor and interest in securing a given object. One kingdom, joy, and union without end. --Milton. [Man] is to . . . beget Like of his like, his image multiplied. In unity defective; which requires Collateral love, and dearest amity. --Milton. | |
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Legislatively \Leg"is*la*tive*ly\, adv. In a legislative manner. | |
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Legislator \Leg"is*la`tor\ (l[ecr]j"[icr]s*l[amac]`t[etil]r), n. [L. legis lator, prop., a proposer of a law; lex, legis, law + lator a proposer, bearer, fr. latus, used as p. p. of ferre to bear: cf. F. l[82]gislateur. See {Legal}, and {Tolerate}.] A lawgiver; one who makes laws for a state or community; a member of a legislative body. The legislators in ancient and heroical times. --Bacon. Many of the legislators themselves had taken an oath of abjuration of his Majesty's person and family. --E. Phillips. | |
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Legislatorial \Leg`is*la*to"ri*al\ (-l[adot]*t[omac]"r[icr]*[ait]l), a. Of or pertaining to a legislator or legislature. | |
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Legislatorship \Leg"is*la`tor*ship\ (l[ecr]j"[icr]s*l[amac]`t[etil]r*sh[icr]p), n. The office of a legislator. --Halifax. | |
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Legislatress \Leg"is*la`tress\ (-tr[ecr]s), Legislatrix \Leg"is*la`trix\ (-tr[icr]ks), n. A woman who makes laws. --Shaftesbury. | |
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Legislatress \Leg"is*la`tress\ (-tr[ecr]s), Legislatrix \Leg"is*la`trix\ (-tr[icr]ks), n. A woman who makes laws. --Shaftesbury. | |
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Legislature \Leg"is*la`ture\ (l[ecr]j"[icr]s*l[amac]`t[usl]r; 135), n. [Cf. F. l[82]gislature.] The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body. Without the concurrent consent of all three parts of the legislature, no law is, or can be, made. --Sir M. Hale. Note: The legislature of Great Britain consists of the Lords and Commons, with the king or queen, whose sanction is necessary to every bill before it becomes a law. The legislatures of most of the United States consist of two houses or branches; but the sanction or consent of the governor is required to give their acts the force of law, or a concurrence of two thirds of the two houses after he has refused his sanction and assigned his objections. | |
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Legislature \Legislature\, n. Note: The legislatures of some of the more important states having constitutional government are as follows, the general name (or a translation of it) of the legislative body collectively being given under the heading legislature, or parliament: | |
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Lexical \Lex"ic*al\ (-[icr]*k[ait]l), a. Of or pertaining to a lexicon, to lexicography, or words; according or conforming to a lexicon. -- {Lex"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Lexical \Lex"ic*al\ (-[icr]*k[ait]l), a. Of or pertaining to a lexicon, to lexicography, or words; according or conforming to a lexicon. -- {Lex"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Lexicologist \Lex`i*col"o*gist\ (-k[ocr]l"[osl]*j[icr]st), n. One versed in lexicology. | |
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Lexicology \Lex`i*col"o*gy\ (-j[ycr]), n. [Gr. lexiko`n lexicon + -logy: cf. F. lexicologie.] The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words. | |
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d8Derbio \[d8]Der"bi*o\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large European food fish ({Lichia glauca}). | |
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Logical \Log"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. logique, L. logicus, Gr. [?].] 1. Of or pertaining to logic; used in logic; as, logical subtilties. --Bacon. 2. According to the rules of logic; as, a logical argument or inference; the reasoning is logical. --Prior. 3. Skilled in logic; versed in the art of thinking and reasoning; as, he is a logical thinker. --Addison. | |
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Impossibility \Im*pos`si*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Impossibilities}. [L. impossibilitas: cf. F. impossibilit[82].] 1. The quality of being impossible; impracticability. They confound difficulty with impossibility. --South. 2. An impossible thing; that which can not be thought, done, or endured. Impossibilities! O, no, there's none. --Cowley. 3. Inability; helplessness. [R.] --Latimer. {Logical impossibility}, a condition or statement involving contradiction or absurdity; as, that a thing can be and not be at the same time. See {Principle of Contradiction}, under {Contradiction}. | |
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Induction \In*duc"tion\, n. [L. inductio: cf. F. induction. See {Induct}.] 1. The act or process of inducting or bringing in; introduction; entrance; beginning; commencement. I know not you; nor am I well pleased to make this time, as the affair now stands, the induction of your acquaintance. --Beau. & Fl. These promises are fair, the parties sure, And our induction dull of prosperous hope. --Shak. 2. An introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a preface; a prologue. [Obs.] This is but an induction: I will d[?]aw The curtains of the tragedy hereafter. --Massinger. 3. (Philos.) The act or process of reasoning from a part to a whole, from particulars to generals, or from the individual to the universal; also, the result or inference so reached. Induction is an inference drawn from all the particulars. --Sir W. Hamilton. Induction is the process by which we conclude that what is true of certain individuals of a class, is true of the whole class, or that what is true at certain times will be true in similar circumstances at all times. --J. S. Mill. 4. The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an ecclesiastical living or its temporalities. 5. (Math.) A process of demonstration in which a general truth is gathered from an examination of particular cases, one of which is known to be true, the examination being so conducted that each case is made to depend on the preceding one; -- called also {successive induction}. 6. (Physics) The property by which one body, having electrical or magnetic polarity, causes or induces it in another body without direct contact; an impress of electrical or magnetic force or condition from one body on another without actual contact. {Electro-dynamic induction}, the action by which a variable or interrupted current of electricity excites another current in a neighboring conductor forming a closed circuit. {Electro-magnetic induction}, the influence by which an electric current produces magnetic polarity in certain bodies near or around which it passes. {Electro-static induction}, the action by which a body possessing a charge of statical electricity develops a charge of statical electricity of the opposite character in a neighboring body. {Induction coil}, an apparatus producing induced currents of great intensity. It consists of a coil or helix of stout insulated copper wire, surrounded by another coil of very fine insulated wire, in which a momentary current is induced, when a current (as from a voltaic battery), passing through the inner coil, is made, broken, or varied. The inner coil has within it a core of soft iron, and is connected at its terminals with a condenser; -- called also {inductorium}, and {Ruhmkorff's coil}. {Induction pipe}, {port}, [or] {valve}, a pipe, passageway, or valve, for leading or admitting a fluid to a receiver, as steam to an engine cylinder, or water to a pump. {Magnetic induction}, the action by which magnetic polarity is developed in a body susceptible to magnetic effects when brought under the influence of a magnet. {Magneto-electric induction}, the influence by which a magnet excites electric currents in closed circuits. {Logical induction}, (Philos.), an act or method of reasoning from all the parts separately to the whole which they constitute, or into which they may be united collectively; the operation of discovering and proving general propositions; the scientific method. {Philosophical induction}, the inference, or the act of inferring, that what has been observed or established in respect to a part, individual, or species, may, on the ground of analogy, be affirmed or received of the whole to which it belongs. This last is the inductive method of Bacon. It ascends from the parts to the whole, and forms, from the general analogy of nature, or special presumptions in the case, conclusions which have greater or less degrees of force, and which may be strengthened or weakened by subsequent experience and experiment. It relates to actual existences, as in physical science or the concerns of life. Logical induction is founded on the necessary laws of thought; philosophical induction, on the interpretation of the indications or analogy of nature. | |
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Logicality \Log`i*cal"i*ty\, n. Logicalness. | |
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Logically \Log"ic*al*ly\, adv. In a logical manner; as, to argue logically. | |
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Logicalness \Log"ic*al*ness\, n. The quality of being logical. | |
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Luscious \Lus"cious\, a. [Prob. for lustious, fr. lusty, or perh. a corruption of luxurious. Cf. {Lush}, {Lusty}.] 1. Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich. And raisins keep their luscious, native taste. --Dryden. 2. Cloying; fulsome. He had a tedious, luscious way of talking. --Jeffrey. 3. Gratifying a depraved sense; obscene. [R.] --Steele. -- {Lus"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Lus"cious*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Luskish \Lusk"ish\, a. Inclined to be lazy. --Marston. -- {Lusk"ish*ly}, adv. -{Lusk"ish*ness}, n. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Plant bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous hemipterous insects which injure the foliage of plants, as {Lygus lineolaris}, which damages wheat and trees. {Plant cutter} (Zo[94]l.), a South American passerine bird of the genus {Phytotoma}, family {Phytotomid[91]}. It has a serrated bill with which it cuts off the young shoots and buds of plants, often doing much injury. {Plant louse} (Zo[94]l.), any small hemipterous insect which infests plants, especially those of the families {Aphid[91]} and {Psyllid[91]}; an aphid. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lake Clarke Shores, FL (town, FIPS 37800) Location: 26.64623 N, 80.07529 W Population (1990): 3364 (1433 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Leacock-Leola-Bareville, PA (CDP, FIPS 42084) Location: 40.09140 N, 76.18915 W Population (1990): 5685 (2142 housing units) Area: 14.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Loch Sheldrake, NY Zip code(s): 12759 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
logical adj. [from the technical term `logical device', wherein a physical device is referred to by an arbitrary `logical' name] Having the role of. If a person (say, Les Earnest at SAIL) who had long held a certain post left and were replaced, the replacement would for a while be known as the `logical' Les Earnest. (This does not imply any judgment on the replacement.) Compare {virtual}. At Stanford, `logical' compass directions denote a coordinate system in which `logical north' is toward San Francisco, `logical west' is toward the ocean, etc., even though logical north varies between physical (true) north near San Francisco and physical west near San Jose. (The best rule of thumb here is that, by definition, El Camino Real always runs logical north-and-south.) In giving directions, one might say: "To get to Rincon Tarasco restaurant, get onto {El Camino Bignum} going logical north." Using the word `logical' helps to prevent the recipient from worrying about that the fact that the sun is setting almost directly in front of him. The concept is reinforced by North American highways which are almost, but not quite, consistently labeled with logical rather than physical directions. A similar situation exists at MIT: Route 128 (famous for the electronics industry that has grown up along it) is a 3-quarters circle surrounding Boston at a radius of 10 miles, terminating near the coastline at each end. It would be most precise to describe the two directions along this highway as `clockwise' and `counterclockwise', but the road signs all say "north" and "south", respectively. A hacker might describe these directions as `logical north' and `logical south', to indicate that they are conventional directions not corresponding to the usual denotation for those words. (If you went logical south along the entire length of route 128, you would start out going northwest, curve around to the south, and finish headed due east, passing along one infamous stretch of pavement that is simultaneously route 128 south and Interstate 93 north, and is signed as such!) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
lexical analyser language processor (e.g. a {compiler}), the part that performs {lexical analysis}. (1995-04-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
lexical analysis stage of processing a language. The stream of characters making up the source program or other input is read one at a time and grouped into {lexeme}s (or "tokens") - word-like pieces such as keywords, identifiers, {literal}s and punctutation. The lexemes are then passed to the {parser}. ["Compilers - Principles, Techniques and Tools", by Alfred V. Aho, Ravi Sethi and Jeffrey D. Ullman, pp. 4-5] (1995-04-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
lexical scope language, the {scope} of an {identifier} is fixed at {compile time} to some region in the {source code} containing the identifier's declaration. This means that an identifier is only accessible within that region (including procedures declared within it). This contrasts with {dynamic scope} where the scope depends on the nesting of {procedure} and {function} calls at {run time}. Statically scoped languages differ as to whether the scope is limited to the smallest {block} (including {begin}/end blocks) containing the identifier's declaration (e.g. {C}, {Perl}) or to whole function and procedure bodies (e.g. ?), or some larger unit of code (e.g. ?). The former is known as {static nested scope}. (2001-09-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
lexical scoping {lexical scope} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
logical (From the technical term "logical device", wherein a physical device is referred to by an arbitrary "logical" name) Having the role of. If a person (say, Les Earnest at SAIL) who had long held a certain post left and were replaced, the replacement would for a while be known as the "logical" Les Earnest. (This does not imply any judgment on the replacement). Compare {virtual}. At Stanford, "logical" compass directions denote a coordinate system in which "logical north" is toward San Francisco, "logical west" is toward the ocean, etc., even though logical north varies between physical (true) north near San Francisco and physical west near San Jose. (The best rule of thumb here is that, by definition, El Camino Real always runs logical north-and-south.) In giving directions, one might say: "To get to Rincon Tarasco restaurant, get onto {El Camino Bignum} going logical north." Using the word "logical" helps to prevent the recipient from worrying about that the fact that the sun is setting almost directly in front of him. The concept is reinforced by North American highways which are almost, but not quite, consistently labelled with logical rather than physical directions. A similar situation exists at MIT: Route 128 (famous for the electronics industry that has grown up along it) is a 3-quarters circle surrounding Boston at a radius of 10 miles, terminating near the coastline at each end. It would be most precise to describe the two directions along this highway as "clockwise" and "counterclockwise", but the road signs all say "north" and "south", respectively. A hacker might describe these directions as "logical north" and "logical south", to indicate that they are conventional directions not corresponding to the usual denotation for those words. (If you went logical south along the entire length of route 128, you would start out going northwest, curve around to the south, and finish headed due east, passing along one infamous stretch of pavement that is simultaneously route 128 south and Interstate 93 north, and is signed as such!) [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
logical address {virtual address} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Logical Block Addressing on all {SCSI} hard disks, and on {ATA-2} conforming {IDE} hard disks. The addressing conversion is performed by the hard disk firmware. Prior to LBA, combined limitations of {IBM PC} {BIOS} and {ATA} restricted the useful capacity of IDE hard disks on IBM PCs and compatibles to 1024 cylinders * 63 sectors per track * 16 heads * 512 bytes per sector = 528 million bytes = 504 megabytes. Modern BIOSes select LBA mode automatically, and work around the 1024-cylinder BIOS limit by representing a hard disk to the OS as having e.g. half as many cylinders and twice as many heads. However, there is still an unbreakable BIOS disk size limit of 1024 cylinders * 63 sectors per track * 256 heads * 512 bytes per sector = 8 gigabytes, but modern OSes (including {Windows 9x}, {Windows NT} and {Linux}) are not affected by it, since they issue direct LBA-based calls, bypassing the BIOS hard disk services completely. (2000-04-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
logical complement negation of a Boolean value is the opposite value, given by the following {truth table}: A | -A --+--- T | F F | T -A is also written as A with a bar over it or with a small vertical line hanging from the right-hand end of the "-" ({LaTeX} \neg) or as A'. In the {C} programming language, it is !A and in digital circuit design, /A. (1995-01-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Logical Interchange Format {file system} format used to {boot} {HP-PA} machines and to interchange files between older HP machines. A LIF file system is a header, containing a single directory, with 10-character {case sensitive} filenames and 2-byte {file types}, followed by the files. {LIF Utilities for linux (http://www.hpcc.org/hpil/lif_utils.html)}. (2003-10-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Logical Link Control as defined in {IEEE 802.2}. The LLC sublayer presents a uniform interface to the user of the data link service, usually the {network layer}. Beneath the LLC sublayer is the {Media Access Control} (MAC) sublayer. (1995-02-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol Protocol Stack} providing data services to higher layer Bluetooth protocols. {L2CAP Layer Tutorial (http://www.palowireless.com/infotooth/tutorial/l2cap.asp)}. (2002-06-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
logical relation A {relation} R satisfying f R g <=> For all a, b, a R b => f a R g b This definition, by Plotkin, can be used to extend the definition of a relation on the types of a and b to a relation on functions. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
logical shift logical) Machine-level operations available on nearly all processors which move each bit in a word one or more bit positions in the given direction. A left shift moves the bits to more significant positions (like multiplying by two), a right shift moves them to less significant positions (like dividing by two). The comparison with multiplication and division breaks down in certain circumstances - a logical shift may discard bits that are shifted off either end of the word and does not preserve the sign of the word (positive or negative). Logical shift is approriate when treating the word as a {bit string} or a sequence of {bit fields}, whereas {arithmetic shift} is appropriate when treating it as a binary number. The word to be shifted is usually stored in a {register}, or possibly in memory. (1996-07-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
logical shift left {logical shift} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
logical shift right {logical shift} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Logical Unit type of {NAU} that enables end users to communicate with each other and gain access to SNA network resources. (1997-04-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Logical Unit 6.2 peer-to-peer {SNA} communications. LU6.2 supports general communication between programs in a distributed processing environment. LU6.2 is characterised by a {peer} relationship between {session partners}, efficient use of a session for multiple {transactions}, comprehensive end-to-end error processing and a generic {application program interface} consisting of {structured verbs} that are mapped into a product inplementation. LU6.2 is used by {IBM}'s {TPF} {operating system}. [IBM Dictionary of Computing, McGraw-Hill 1993]. (1996-08-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Logical Unit Number distinguish between up to eight devices ({logical units}) with the same {SCSI ID}. (1999-02-11) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Lysias, Claudius the chief captain (chiliarch) who commanded the Roman troops in Jerusalem, and sent Paul under guard to the procurator Felix at Caesarea (Acts 21:31-38; 22:24-30). His letter to his superior officer is an interesting specimen of Roman military correspondence (23:26-30). He obtained his Roman citizenship by purchase, and was therefore probably a Greek. (See {CLAUDIUS}.) |