Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   amber
         adj 1: of a medium to dark brownish yellow color [syn: {amber},
                  {brownish-yellow}, {yellow-brown}]
         n 1: a deep yellow color; "an amber light illuminated the room";
               "he admired the gold of her hair" [syn: {amber}, {gold}]
         2: a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used
            for jewelry

English Dictionary: Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti	by the DICT Development Group
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amber lily n plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk; southwestern United States; only species of Anthericum growing in North America Synonym(s): amber lily, Anthericum torreyi
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amber-green adj of green tinged with amber
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amberbell n eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors Synonym(s): yellow adder's tongue, trout lily, amberbell, Erythronium americanum
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Amberboa n herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers Synonym(s): Amberboa, genus Amberboa
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Amberboa moschata n Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea Synonym(s): sweet sultan, Amberboa moschata, Centaurea moschata
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amberfish n any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes Synonym(s): amberjack, amberfish
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ambergris n waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume
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amberjack n any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes Synonym(s): amberjack, amberfish
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Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti n pope who signed a treaty with Mussolini recognizing the Vatican City as an independent state (1857-1939) Synonym(s): Pius XI, Achille Ratti, Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti
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Ambrose n (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397) Synonym(s): Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose
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Ambrose Bierce n United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914) [syn: Bierce, Ambrose Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett Bierce]
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Ambrose Everett Burnside n United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881) Synonym(s): Burnside, A. E. Burnside, Ambrose Everett Burnside
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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce n United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914) [syn: Bierce, Ambrose Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett Bierce]
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ambrosia n a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae Synonym(s): beebread, ambrosia any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma Synonym(s): ragweed, ambrosia, bitterweed fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal Synonym(s): ambrosia, nectar
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Ambrosia artemisiifolia n annual weed with finely divided foliage and spikes of green flowers; common in North America; introduced elsewhere accidentally Synonym(s): common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia
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Ambrosia psilostachya n coarse perennial ragweed with creeping roots of dry barren lands of southwestern United States and Mexico Synonym(s): western ragweed, perennial ragweed, Ambrosia psilostachya
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Ambrosia trifida n a coarse annual with some leaves deeply and palmately three-cleft or five-cleft Synonym(s): great ragweed, Ambrosia trifida
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Ambrosiaceae n in some classifications considered a separate family comprising a subgroup of the Compositae including the ragweeds Synonym(s): Ambrosiaceae, family Ambrosiaceae
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ambrosial adj extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant; "a nectarous drink"; "ambrosial food" Synonym(s): ambrosial, ambrosian, nectarous worthy of the gods Synonym(s): ambrosial, ambrosian
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Ambrosian adj of or by or relating to Saint Ambrose; "Ambrosian chants" extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant; "a nectarous drink"; "ambrosial food" Synonym(s): ambrosial, ambrosian, nectarous worthy of the gods Synonym(s): ambrosial, ambrosian
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amobarbital n a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects; used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant
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amobarbital sodium n the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic Synonym(s): amobarbital sodium, blue, blue angel, blue devil, Amytal
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amperage n the strength of an electrical current measured in amperes
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ampere n a former unit of electric current (slightly smaller than the SI ampere) Synonym(s): ampere, international ampere the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps" Synonym(s): ampere, amp, A
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ampere-hour n a unit of charge equal to 3600 coulombs
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ampere-minute n a unit of charge equal to 60 coulombs
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ampere-second n a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second Synonym(s): coulomb, C, ampere-second
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ampere-turn n a unit of magnetomotive force equal to the magnetomotive force produced by the passage of 1 ampere through 1 complete turn of a coil; equal to 1.257 gilberts
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ampersand n a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)
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amphora n an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine
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amphoric adj the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle; "amphoric breathing indicates a cavity in the lung"
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Anabrus n a genus of Tettigoniidae Synonym(s): Anabrus, genus Anabrus
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Anabrus simplex n large dark wingless cricket-like katydid of arid parts of western United States Synonym(s): mormon cricket, Anabrus simplex
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anaphor n a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent
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anaphora n using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses Synonym(s): epanaphora, anaphora
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anaphoric adj relating to anaphora; "anaphoric reference"
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anaphoric pronoun n a pronoun that refers to an antecedent
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anaphoric relation n the relation between an anaphor and its antecedent
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anaphrodisia n decline or absence of sexual desire Antonym(s): aphrodisia
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anaphrodisiac adj tending to diminish sexual desire [ant: aphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal, sexy]
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Anaprox n a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation Synonym(s): naproxen sodium, Aleve, Anaprox, Aflaxen
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Anapurna n wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty Synonym(s): Parvati, Anapurna, Annapurna a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,500 feet high) Synonym(s): Annapurna, Anapurna
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anfractuous adj full of twists and turns; "anfractuous cliffs"
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Annapurna n wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty Synonym(s): Parvati, Anapurna, Annapurna a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,500 feet high) Synonym(s): Annapurna, Anapurna
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Anne Bradstreet n poet in colonial America (born in England) (1612-1672) Synonym(s): Bradstreet, Anne Bradstreet, Anne Dudley Bradstreet
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Anne Bronte n English novelist; youngest of three Bronte sisters (1820-1849) Synonym(s): Bronte, Anne Bronte
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anniversary n the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it) Synonym(s): anniversary, day of remembrance
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anoperineal adj relating to the anus and surrounding perineum
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Anvers n a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460 Synonym(s): Antwerpen, Antwerp, Anvers
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ambary \Am*ba"ry\, n., [or] Ambary hemp \Ambary hemp\ . [Hind. amb[be]r[be], amb[be]r[c6].] A valuable East Indian fiber plant ({Hibiscus cannabinus}), or its fiber, which is used throughout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth; -- called also {brown Indian hemp}.
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Ambary \Am*ba"ry\, n., [or] Ambary hemp \Ambary hemp\ . [Hind. amb[be]r[be], amb[be]r[c6].] A valuable East Indian fiber plant ({Hibiscus cannabinus}), or its fiber, which is used throughout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth; -- called also {brown Indian hemp}.
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Amber \Am"ber\, n. [OE. aumbre, F. ambre, Sp. [a0]mbar, and with the Ar. article, al[a0]mbar, fr. Ar. 'anbar ambergris.] 1. (Min.) A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric.
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Amber \Am"ber\, a. 1. Consisting of amber; made of amber. [bd]Amber bracelets.[b8] --Shak. 2. Resembling amber, especially in color; amber-colored. [bd]The amber morn.[b8] --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amber \Am"ber\, v. t. [p. p. & p. a. {Ambered} .] 1. To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine. 2. To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.
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Amber fish \Am"ber fish\ (Zo[94]l.) A fish of the southern Atlantic coast ({Seriola Carolinensis.})
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Amber room \Am"ber room\ A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans. PJC
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Amber seed \Am"ber seed`\ Seed of the {Hibiscus abelmoschus}, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed. --Chambers.
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Amber tree \Am"ber tree`\ A species of {Anthospermum}, a shrub with evergreen leaves, which, when bruised, emit a fragrant odor.
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Amber \Am"ber\, v. t. [p. p. & p. a. {Ambered} .] 1. To scent or flavor with ambergris; as, ambered wine. 2. To preserve in amber; as, an ambered fly.
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Ambergrease \Am"ber*grease\, n. See {Ambergris}.
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Ambergris \Am"ber*gris\, n. [F. ambre gris, i. e., gray amber; F. gris gray, which is of German origin: cf. OS. gr[8c]s, G. greis, gray-haired. See {Amber}.] A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale ({Physeter macrocephalus}), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212[deg] Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery. --Dana.
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Ambreate \Am"bre*ate\, n. (Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of ambreic acid with a base or positive radical.
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Ambreic \Am*bre"ic\, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to ambrein; -- said of a certain acid produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid.
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Ambrein \Am"bre*in\, n. [Cf. F. ambr[82]ine. See {Amber}.] (Chem.) A fragrant substance which is the chief constituent of ambergris.
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Ambry \Am"bry\, n.; pl. {Ambries}. [OE. aumbry, almery, OF. almarie, armarie, aumaire, F. armoire, LL. armarium chest, cupboard, orig. a repository for arms, fr. L. arama arms. The word has been confused with almonry. See {Armory}.] 1. In churches, a kind of closet, niche, cupboard, or locker for utensils, vestments, etc. 2. A store closet, as a pantry, cupboard, etc. 3. Almonry. [Improperly so used]
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Ambrite \Am"brite\, n. [From amber.] A fossil resin occurring in large masses in New Zealand.
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Ambrose \Am"brose\, n. A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia. See {Ambrosia}, 3. --Turner.
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Ambrosia \Am*bro"sia\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The food of certain small bark beetles, family {Scolytid[91]} believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows.
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Ambrosia \Am*bro"sia\ (?; 277), n. [L. ambrosia, Gr. [?], properly fem. of [?], fr. [?] immortal, divine; 'a priv. + [?] mortal (because it was supposed to confer immortality on those who partook of it). [?] stands for [?], akin to Skr. mrita, L. mortuus, dead, and to E. mortal.] 1. (Myth.) (a) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it. (b) An unguent of the gods. His dewy locks distilled ambrosia. --Milton. 2. A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell. --Spenser. 3. Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.
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Wormwood \Worm"wood\, n. [AS. werm[?]d, akin to OHG. wermuota, wormuota, G. wermuth, wermut; of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A composite plant ({Artemisia Absinthium}), having a bitter and slightly aromatic taste, formerly used as a tonic and a vermifuge, and to protect woolen garments from moths. It gives the peculiar flavor to the cordial called absinthe. The volatile oil is a narcotic poison. The term is often extended to other species of the same genus. 2. Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness. Lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood. --Deut. xxix. 18. {Roman wormwood} (Bot.), an American weed ({Ambrosia artemisi[91]folia}); hogweed. {Tree wormwood} (Bot.), a species of Artemisia (probably {Artemisia variabilis}) with woody stems. {Wormwood hare} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the common hare ({Lepus timidus}); -- so named from its color.
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Ragweed \Rag"weed\, n. (Bot.) A common American composite weed ({Ambrosia artemisi[91]folia}) with finely divided leaves; hogweed. {Great ragweed}, a coarse American herb ({Ambrosia trifida}), with rough three-lobed opposite leaves.
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Hogweed \Hog"weed`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A common weed ({Ambrosia artemisi[91]ge}). See {Ambrosia}, 3. (b) In England, the {Heracleum Sphondylium}.
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Ambrosia beetle \Ambrosia beetle\ (Zo[94]l.) A bark beetle that feeds on ambrosia.
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Ragweed \Rag"weed\, n. (Bot.) A common American composite weed ({Ambrosia artemisi[91]folia}) with finely divided leaves; hogweed. {Great ragweed}, a coarse American herb ({Ambrosia trifida}), with rough three-lobed opposite leaves.
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Ambrosiac \Am"bro"si*ac\, a. [L. ambrosiacus: cf. F. ambrosiaque.] Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious. [R.][bd]Ambrosiac odors.[b8] --B. Jonson.
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Ambrosial \Am*bro"sial\, a. [L. ambrosius, Gr. [?].] 1. Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious. [bd]Ambrosial food.[b8] [bd]Ambrosial fragrance.[b8] --Milton. 2. Divinely excellent or beautiful. [bd]Shakes his ambrosial curls.[b8] --Pope.
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Ambrosially \Ambro"sially\, adv. After the manner of ambrosia; delightfully. [bd]Smelt ambrosially.[b8] --Tennyson.
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Ambrosian \Am*bro"sian\, a. Ambrosial. [R.] --. Jonson.
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Ambrosian \Am*bro"sian\, a. Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan, instituted by St. Ambrose. {Ambrosian chant}, the mode of signing or chanting introduced by St. Ambrose in the 4th century.
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Ambrosian \Am*bro"sian\, a. Of or pertaining to St. Ambrose; as, the Ambrosian office, or ritual, a formula of worship in the church of Milan, instituted by St. Ambrose. {Ambrosian chant}, the mode of signing or chanting introduced by St. Ambrose in the 4th century.
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Chant \Chant\, n.[F. chant, fr. L. cantus singing, song, fr. canere to sing. See {Chant}, v. t.] 1. Song; melody. 2. (Mus.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music. 3. A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting. 4. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. [R.] His strange face, his strange chant. --Macaulay. {Ambrosian chant}, See under {Ambrosian}. {Chant royal} [F.], in old French poetry, a poem containing five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding stanza. -- each of these six parts ending with a common refrain. {Gregorian chant}. See under {Gregorian}.
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Ambrosin \Am"bro*sin\, n. [LL. Ambrosinus nummus.] An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback.
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Ambrotype \Am"bro*type\ (-t[imac]p), n. [Gr. 'a`mbrotos immortal + -type.] (Photog.) A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass.
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Ambry \Am"bry\, n.; pl. {Ambries}. [OE. aumbry, almery, OF. almarie, armarie, aumaire, F. armoire, LL. armarium chest, cupboard, orig. a repository for arms, fr. L. arama arms. The word has been confused with almonry. See {Armory}.] 1. In churches, a kind of closet, niche, cupboard, or locker for utensils, vestments, etc. 2. A store closet, as a pantry, cupboard, etc. 3. Almonry. [Improperly so used]
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Amburry \Am"bur*ry\, n. Same as {Anbury}.
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Anbury \An"bury\, Ambury \Am"bury\, n. [AS. ampre, ompre, a crooked swelling vein: cf. Prov. E. amper a tumor with inflammation. Cf. the first syllable in agnail, and berry a fruit.] 1. (Far.) A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen. 2. A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also {fingers and toes}.
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Partridge \Par"tridge\, n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. [?].] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus {Perdix} and several related genera of the family {Perdicid[91]}, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer. Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species. 2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to {Colinus}, and allied genera. [U.S.] Note: Among them are the bobwhite ({Colinus Virginianus}) of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California; the Massena partridge ({Cyrtonyx Montezum[91]}); and the California partridge ({Callipepla Californica}). 3. The ruffed grouse ({Bonasa umbellus}). [New Eng.] {Bamboo partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a spurred partridge of the genus {Bambusicola}. Several species are found in China and the East Indies. {Night partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.] {Painted partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a francolin of South Africa ({Francolinus pictus}). {Partridge berry}. (Bot.) (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant ({Mitchella repens}) of the order {Rubiace[91]}, having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself. (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria procumbens}); also, the plant itself. {Partridge dove} (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Mountain witch}, under {Mountain}. {Partridge pea} (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. {Partridge shell} (Zo[94]l.), a large marine univalve shell ({Dolium perdix}), having colors variegated like those of the partridge. {Partridge wood} (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree {Andira inermis}. Called also {pheasant wood}. (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles. {Sea partridge} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic sand partridge ({Ammoperdix Bonhami}); -- so called from its note. {Snow partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia. {Spruce partridge}. See under {Spruce}. {Wood partridge}, [or] {Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus {Arboricola}.
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d8Amphora \[d8]Am"pho*ra\, n.; pl. {Amophor[91]}. [L., fr. Gr. [?], [?], a jar with two handles; [?] + [?] bearer, [?] to bear. Cf. {Ampul}.] Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.
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Amp8are foot \Am`p[8a]re" foot\ (Elec.) A unit, employed in calculating fall of pressure in distributing mains, equivalent to a current of one amp[8a]re flowing through one foot of conductor.
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Amp8are hour \Amp[8a]re hour\ (Elec.) The quantity of electricity delivered in one hour by a current whose average strength is one amp[8a]re. It is used as a unit of quantity, and is equal to 3600 coulombs. The terms
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Amp8are minute \Amp[8a]re minute\ and Amp8are second \Amp[8a]re second\ are sometimes similarly used. Amp8are turn \Amp[8a]re turn\ (Elec.) A unit equal to the product of one complete convolution (of a coiled conductor) into one amp[8a]re of current; thus, a conductor having five convolutions and carrying a current of half an amp[8a]re is said to have 2[frac12] amp[8a]re turns. The magnetizing effect of a coil is proportional to the number of its amp[8a]re turns.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amp8are minute \Amp[8a]re minute\ and Amp8are second \Amp[8a]re second\ are sometimes similarly used. Amp8are turn \Amp[8a]re turn\ (Elec.) A unit equal to the product of one complete convolution (of a coiled conductor) into one amp[8a]re of current; thus, a conductor having five convolutions and carrying a current of half an amp[8a]re is said to have 2[frac12] amp[8a]re turns. The magnetizing effect of a coil is proportional to the number of its amp[8a]re turns.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amp8are minute \Amp[8a]re minute\ and Amp8are second \Amp[8a]re second\ are sometimes similarly used. Amp8are turn \Amp[8a]re turn\ (Elec.) A unit equal to the product of one complete convolution (of a coiled conductor) into one amp[8a]re of current; thus, a conductor having five convolutions and carrying a current of half an amp[8a]re is said to have 2[frac12] amp[8a]re turns. The magnetizing effect of a coil is proportional to the number of its amp[8a]re turns.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Law \Law\ (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[94]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts. Note: A law may be universal or particular, written or unwritten, published or secret. From the nature of the highest laws a degree of permanency or stability is always implied; but the power which makes a law, or a superior power, may annul or change it. These are the statutes and judgments and law, which the Lord made. --Lev. xxvi. 46. The law of thy God, and the law of the King. --Ezra vii. 26. As if they would confine the Interminable . . . Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. --Milton. His mind his kingdom, and his will his law. --Cowper. 2. In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature. 3. The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament. What things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law . . . But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets. --Rom. iii. 19, 21. 4. In human government: (a) An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community. (b) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority. 5. In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation. 6. In matematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence. 7. In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist. 8. Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law. 9. Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice. Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason. --Coke. Law is beneficence acting by rule. --Burke. And sovereign Law, that state's collected will O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. --Sir W. Jones. 10. Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law. When every case in law is right. --Shak. He found law dear and left it cheap. --Brougham. 11. An oath, as in the presence of a court. [Obs.] See {Wager of law}, under {Wager}. {Avogadro's law} (Chem.), a fundamental conception, according to which, under similar conditions of temperature and pressure, all gases and vapors contain in the same volume the same number of ultimate molecules; -- so named after Avogadro, an Italian scientist. Sometimes called {Amp[8a]re's law}. {Bode's law} (Astron.), an approximative empirical expression of the distances of the planets from the sun, as follows: -- Mer. Ven. Earth. Mars. Aste. Jup. Sat. Uran. Nep. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 3 6 12 24 48 96 192 384 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --- 4 7 10 16 28 52 100 196 388 5.9 7.3 10 15.2 27.4 52 95.4 192 300 where each distance (line third) is the sum of 4 and a multiple of 3 by the series 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, etc., the true distances being given in the lower line. {Boyle's law} (Physics), an expression of the fact, that when an elastic fluid is subjected to compression, and kept at a constant temperature, the product of the pressure and volume is a constant quantity, i. e., the volume is inversely proportioned to the pressure; -- known also as {Mariotte's law}, and the {law of Boyle and Mariotte}. {Brehon laws}. See under {Brehon}. {Canon law}, the body of ecclesiastical law adopted in the Christian Church, certain portions of which (for example, the law of marriage as existing before the Council of Tent) were brought to America by the English colonists as part of the common law of the land. --Wharton. {Civil law}, a term used by writers to designate Roman law, with modifications thereof which have been made in the different countries into which that law has been introduced. The civil law, instead of the common law, prevails in the State of Louisiana. --Wharton. {Commercial law}. See {Law merchant} (below). {Common law}. See under {Common}. {Criminal law}, that branch of jurisprudence which relates to crimes. {Ecclesiastical law}. See under {Ecclesiastical}. {Grimm's law} (Philol.), a statement (propounded by the German philologist Jacob Grimm) of certain regular changes which the primitive Indo-European mute consonants, so-called (most plainly seen in Sanskrit and, with some changes, in Greek and Latin), have undergone in the Teutonic languages. Examples: Skr. bh[be]tr, L. frater, E. brother, G. bruder; L. tres, E. three, G. drei, Skr. go, E. cow, G. kuh; Skr. dh[be] to put, Gr. ti-qe`-nai, E. do, OHG, tuon, G. thun. {Kepler's laws} (Astron.), three important laws or expressions of the order of the planetary motions, discovered by John Kepler. They are these: (1) The orbit of a planet with respect to the sun is an ellipse, the sun being in one of the foci. (2) The areas swept over by a vector drawn from the sun to a planet are proportioned to the times of describing them. (3) The squares of the times of revolution of two planets are in the ratio of the cubes of their mean distances. {Law binding}, a plain style of leather binding, used for law books; -- called also {law calf}. {Law book}, a book containing, or treating of, laws. {Law calf}. See {Law binding} (above). {Law day}. (a) Formerly, a day of holding court, esp. a court-leet. (b) The day named in a mortgage for the payment of the money to secure which it was given. [U. S.] {Law French}, the dialect of Norman, which was used in judicial proceedings and law books in England from the days of William the Conqueror to the thirty-sixth year of Edward III. {Law language}, the language used in legal writings and forms. {Law Latin}. See under {Latin}. {Law lords}, peers in the British Parliament who have held high judicial office, or have been noted in the legal profession. {Law merchant}, or {Commercial law}, a system of rules by which trade and commerce are regulated; -- deduced from the custom of merchants, and regulated by judicial decisions, as also by enactments of legislatures.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amperage \Am*per"age\, n. (Elec.) The strength of a current of electricity carried by a conductor or generated by a machine, measured in amp[8a]res.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Amp8are \[d8]Am`p[8a]re"\ ([aum]N`p[acir]r"), Ampere \Ampere"\ ([acr]mp[amac]r"), n. [From the name of a French electrician.] (Elec.) The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the {international amp[8a]re}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Amp8aremeter \[d8]Am`p[8a]re"me`ter\, Amperometer \Am`perom"eter\, n. [Amp[8a]re + meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the strength of an electrical current in amp[8a]res.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ampersand \Am"per*sand\, n. [A corruption of and, per se and, i. e., & by itself makes and.] A word used to describe the character [?], [?], or &. --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amphiarthrodial \Am`phiarthro"di*al\, a. [Pref. amphi- + arthrodial.] Characterized by amphiarthrosis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amphiarthrosis \Am`phiarthro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + [?] a joining, [?] a joint.] (Anat.) A form of articulation in which the bones are connected by intervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amphoral \Am"pho*ral\, a. [L. amphoralis.] Pertaining to, or resembling, an amphora.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amphoric \Am*phor"ic\, a. (Med.) Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter; as, amphoric respiration or resonance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anabranch \An"a*branch\, n. [Anastomosing + branch.] A branch of a river that re[89]nters, or anastomoses with, the main stream; also, less properly, a branch which loses itself in sandy soil. [Australia] Such branches of a river as after separation reunite, I would term anastomosing branches; or, if a word might be coined, anabranches, and the islands they form branch islands. --Col. Jackson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Billabong \Bil"la*bong`\, n. [Native name.] In Australia, a blind channel leading out from a river; -- sometimes called an {anabranch}. This is the sense of the word as used in the Public Works Department; but the term has also been locally applied to mere back-waters forming stagnant pools and to certain water channels arising from a source.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anabranch \An"a*branch\, n. [Anastomosing + branch.] A branch of a river that re[89]nters, or anastomoses with, the main stream; also, less properly, a branch which loses itself in sandy soil. [Australia] Such branches of a river as after separation reunite, I would term anastomosing branches; or, if a word might be coined, anabranches, and the islands they form branch islands. --Col. Jackson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Billabong \Bil"la*bong`\, n. [Native name.] In Australia, a blind channel leading out from a river; -- sometimes called an {anabranch}. This is the sense of the word as used in the Public Works Department; but the term has also been locally applied to mere back-waters forming stagnant pools and to certain water channels arising from a source.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anaphrodisiac \Anaph`rodis"i*ac\, a. & n. [Gr. 'an priv. + [?] pertaining to venery.] (Med.) Same as {Antaphrodisiac}. --Dunglison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anaphroditic \Anaph`rodit"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] without love.] (Biol.) Produced without concourse of sexes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anbury \An"bury\, Ambury \Am"bury\, n. [AS. ampre, ompre, a crooked swelling vein: cf. Prov. E. amper a tumor with inflammation. Cf. the first syllable in agnail, and berry a fruit.] 1. (Far.) A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen. 2. A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also {fingers and toes}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anfractuose \Anfrac"tuose`\ (?; 135), a. [See {Anfractuous}.] Anfractuous; as, anfractuose anthers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anfractuosity \Anfrac`tuos"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Anfractuosities}. [Cf. F. anfractuosit[82].] 1. A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity. The anfractuosities of his intellect and temper. --Macaulay. 2. (Anat.) A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anfractuosity \Anfrac`tuos"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Anfractuosities}. [Cf. F. anfractuosit[82].] 1. A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity. The anfractuosities of his intellect and temper. --Macaulay. 2. (Anat.) A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anfractuous \Anfrac"tuous\, a. [L. anfractuosus, fr. anfractus a turning, a winding, fr. the unused anfringere to wind, bend; an-, for amb- + fractus, p. p. of frangere to break: cf. F. anfractueux.] Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born. -- {Anfrac"tuous*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anfractuous \Anfrac"tuous\, a. [L. anfractuosus, fr. anfractus a turning, a winding, fr. the unused anfringere to wind, bend; an-, for amb- + fractus, p. p. of frangere to break: cf. F. anfractueux.] Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born. -- {Anfrac"tuous*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anfracture \An*frac"ture\, n. A mazy winding.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Kali \[d8]Ka"li\, n. [Skr. k[be]l[c6].] (Hind. Myth.) The black, destroying goddess; -- called also {Doorga}, {Anna Purna}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anniversary \An`niver"sary\, n.; pl. {Anniversaries}. [Cf. F. anniversaire.] 1. The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. 2. (R. C. Ch.) The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope. 3. The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anniversarily \An`niver"sari*ly\, adv. Annually. [R.] --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anniversary \An`niver"sary\, a. [L. anniversarius; annus year + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. anniversaire.] Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast. {Anniversary day} (R. C. Ch.). See {Anniversary}, n., 2. {Anniversary week}, that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [Eastern U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anniversary \An`niver"sary\, n.; pl. {Anniversaries}. [Cf. F. anniversaire.] 1. The annual return of the day on which any notable event took place, or is wont to be celebrated; as, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. 2. (R. C. Ch.) The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope. 3. The celebration which takes place on an anniversary day. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anniversary \An`niver"sary\, a. [L. anniversarius; annus year + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. anniversaire.] Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast. {Anniversary day} (R. C. Ch.). See {Anniversary}, n., 2. {Anniversary week}, that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [Eastern U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Anniversary day}. See {Anniversary}, n. {Astronomical day}, a period equal to the mean solar day, but beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day, as that most used by astronomers. {Born days}. See under {Born}. {Canicular days}. See {Dog day}. {Civil day}, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight. {Day blindness}. (Med.) See {Nyctalopia}. {Day by day}, or {Day after day}, daily; every day; continually; without intermission of a day. See under {By}. [bd]Day by day we magnify thee.[b8] --Book of Common Prayer. {Days in bank} (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench, or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. --Burrill. {Day in court}, a day for the appearance of parties in a suit. {Days of devotion} (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. --Shipley. {Days of grace}. See {Grace}. {Days of obligation} (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. --Shipley. {Day owl}, (Zo[94]l.), an owl that flies by day. See {Hawk owl}. {Day rule} (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished) allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go beyond the prison limits for a single day. {Day school}, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in distinction from a boarding school. {Day sight}. (Med.) See {Hemeralopia}. {Day's work} (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. {From day to day}, as time passes; in the course of time; as, he improves from day to day. {Jewish day}, the time between sunset and sunset. {Mean solar day} (Astron.), the mean or average of all the apparent solar days of the year. {One day}, {One of these days}, at an uncertain time, usually of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. [bd]Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.[b8] --Shak. {Only from day to day}, without certainty of continuance; temporarily. --Bacon. {Sidereal day}, the interval between two successive transits of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time. {To win the day}, to gain the victory, to be successful. --S. Butler. {Week day}, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day. {Working day}. (a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction from Sundays and legal holidays. (b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom, during which a workman, hired at a stated price per day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anniversary \An`niver"sary\, a. [L. anniversarius; annus year + vertere, versum, to turn: cf. F. anniversaire.] Returning with the year, at a stated time; annual; yearly; as, an anniversary feast. {Anniversary day} (R. C. Ch.). See {Anniversary}, n., 2. {Anniversary week}, that week in the year in which the annual meetings of religious and benevolent societies are held in Boston and New York. [Eastern U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anniverse \An"ni*verse\, n. [L. anni versus the turning of a year.] Anniversary. [Obs.] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aumbry \Aum"bry\, n. Same as {Ambry}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Amber, OK (town, FIPS 1900) Location: 35.16142 N, 97.88051 W Population (1990): 418 (162 housing units) Area: 10.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73004
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Amberg, WI Zip code(s): 54102
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Amberley, OH (village, FIPS 1672) Location: 39.20237 N, 84.43322 W Population (1990): 3108 (1276 housing units) Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ambridge, PA (borough, FIPS 2288) Location: 40.59310 N, 80.22542 W Population (1990): 8133 (4078 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ambrose, GA (city, FIPS 2060) Location: 31.59342 N, 83.01368 W Population (1990): 288 (111 housing units) Area: 8.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31512 Ambrose, ND (city, FIPS 1860) Location: 48.95517 N, 103.48077 W Population (1990): 48 (47 housing units) Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58833
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Amburgey, KY Zip code(s): 41801
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Amf Ohare, IL Zip code(s): 60666
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
amper n. Common abbreviation for the name of the ampersand (`&', ASCII 0100110) character. See {{ASCII}} for other synonyms.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Amber 1. A {functional programming} language which adds {CSP}-like {concurrency}, {multiple inheritance} and {persistence} to {ML} and generalises its type system. It is similar to {Galileo}. Programs must be written in two type faces, roman and italics! It has both {static types} and {dynamic types}. There is an implementation for {Macintosh}. ["Amber", L. Cardelli, TR Bell Labs, 1984]. 2. An {object-oriented} distributed language based on a subset of {C++}, developed at {Washington University} in the late 1980s. (1994-12-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
amper {ampersand}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ampersand "&" {ASCII} character 38. Common names: {ITU-T}, {INTERCAL}: ampersand; amper; and. Rare: address (from {C}); reference (from C++); bitand; background (from {sh}); pretzel; amp. A common symbol for "and", used as the "address of" operator in {C}, the "reference" operator in {C++} and a {bitwise} {AND} operator in several programming languages. {UNIX} {shells} use the character to indicate that a task should be run in the {background}. The ampersand is a ligature (combination) of the cursive letters "e" and "t", invented in 63 BC by Marcus Tirus [Tiro?] as shorthand for the Latin word for "and", "et". The word ampersand is a conflation (combination) of "and, per se and". Per se means "by itself", and so the phrase translates to "&, standing by itself, means 'and'". This was at the end of the alphabet as it was recited by children in old English schools. The words ran together and were associated with "&". The "ampersand" spelling dates from 1837. {Take our word for it (http://www.takeourword.com/Issue010.html)}. (2000-10-28)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Amber (Ezek. 1:4, 27; 8:2. Heb., hashmal, rendered by the LXX. elektron, and by the Vulgate electrum), a metal compounded of silver and gold. Some translate the word by "polished brass," others "fine brass," as in Rev. 1:15; 2:18. It was probably the mixture now called electrum. The word has no connection, however, with what is now called amber, which is a gummy substance, reckoned as belonging to the mineral kingdom though of vegetable origin, a fossil resin.