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   Acacia melanoxylon
         n 1: tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber
               [syn: {lightwood}, {Acacia melanoxylon}]

English Dictionary: Ashcan School	by the DICT Development Group
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accession n a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); "the art collection grew through accession" (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff" Synonym(s): accession, addition agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly); "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination" Synonym(s): accession, assenting the right to enter Synonym(s): entree, access, accession, admission, admittance the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth's accession in 1558" Synonym(s): accession, rise to power v make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library
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accessional adj of or constituting an accession
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accouchement n the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child Synonym(s): childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth
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accusing adj containing or expressing accusation; "an accusitive forefinger"; "black accusatory looks"; "accusive shoes and telltale trousers"- O.Henry; "his accusing glare" Synonym(s): accusative, accusatory, accusing, accusive
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accusingly adv in an accusing manner; "he looked at her accusingly"
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Acheson n United States statesman who promoted the Marshall Plan and helped establish NATO (1893-1971) Synonym(s): Acheson, Dean Acheson, Dean Gooderham Acheson
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Acheson process n an industrial process for making graphite by heating a mixture of coke and clay
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ack-ack gun n artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes [syn: antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom- pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun]
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Acocanthera n small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa Synonym(s): Acocanthera, genus Acocanthera, Acokanthera, genus Acokanthera
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Acocanthera oblongifolia n medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits Synonym(s): winter sweet, poison arrow plant, Acocanthera oblongifolia, Acocanthera spectabilis
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Acocanthera oppositifolia n evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa [syn: {bushman's poison}, ordeal tree, Acocanthera oppositifolia, Acocanthera venenata]
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Acocanthera spectabilis n medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits Synonym(s): winter sweet, poison arrow plant, Acocanthera oblongifolia, Acocanthera spectabilis
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Acocanthera venenata n evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa [syn: {bushman's poison}, ordeal tree, Acocanthera oppositifolia, Acocanthera venenata]
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Acokanthera n small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa Synonym(s): Acocanthera, genus Acocanthera, Acokanthera, genus Acokanthera
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acousma n illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds Synonym(s): auditory hallucination, acousma
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acquiescence n acceptance without protest agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; "he gave his assent eagerly"; "a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly" Synonym(s): assent, acquiescence
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acquiescent adj willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority" Synonym(s): acquiescent, biddable
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ageism n discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people [syn: ageism, agism]
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agism n discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people [syn: ageism, agism]
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aqueous humor n the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens Synonym(s): aqueous humor, aqueous humour
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aqueous humour n the limpid fluid within the eyeball between the cornea and the lens Synonym(s): aqueous humor, aqueous humour
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ASCII control character n ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time Synonym(s): control character, ASCII control character
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Ash Can n early 20th-century United States painting; portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life Synonym(s): Ash Can, Ashcan school
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ashcan n a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected [syn: ashcan, trash can, garbage can, wastebin, ash bin, ash-bin, ashbin, dustbin, trash barrel, trash bin]
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Ashcan School n a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life Synonym(s): Ashcan School, Eight early 20th-century United States painting; portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life Synonym(s): Ash Can, Ashcan school
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Ashkenazi n a Jew of eastern European or German descent
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assassin n a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors" Synonym(s): assassin, assassinator, bravo a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders
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assassin bug n a true bug: long-legged predacious bug living mostly on other insects; a few suck blood of mammals Synonym(s): assassin bug, reduviid
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assassinate v murder; especially of socially prominent persons; "Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel" destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation; "He assassinated his enemy's character"
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assassinated adj murdered by surprise attack for political reasons; "the 20th century has seen too many assassinated leaders"
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assassination n an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation [syn: character assassination, assassination, blackwash] murder of a public figure by surprise attack
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assassinator n a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors" Synonym(s): assassin, assassinator, bravo
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assessment n the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth Synonym(s): appraisal, assessment an amount determined as payable; "the assessment for repairs outraged the club's membership" the market value set on assets the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants" Synonym(s): judgment, judgement, assessment
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assign v give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) Synonym(s): delegate, designate, depute, assign give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" Synonym(s): assign, allot, portion attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" Synonym(s): impute, ascribe, assign, attribute select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" Synonym(s): assign, specify, set apart attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story" Synonym(s): put, assign make undue claims to having Synonym(s): arrogate, assign transfer one's right to decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class" Synonym(s): assign, attribute
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assignable adj legally transferable to the ownership of another; "negotiable bonds" Synonym(s): assignable, conveyable, negotiable, transferable, transferrable
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assignation n a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) [syn: assignation, tryst] the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" Synonym(s): allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation
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assigned adj appointed to a post or duty; "assigned personnel"; "assigned duties" Antonym(s): unassigned
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assignee n (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred)
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assigning n the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum" Synonym(s): assignment, assigning
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assignment n a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); "hazardous duty" Synonym(s): assignment, duty assignment the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum" Synonym(s): assignment, assigning (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance Synonym(s): grant, assignment an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee" Synonym(s): appointment, assignment, designation, naming
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assignor n (law) the party who makes an assignment
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assuagement n the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief" Synonym(s): relief, alleviation, assuagement
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Limpkin \Limp"kin\ (l[icr]mp"k[icr]n), n. (Zo[94]l.) Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus {Aramus}, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are remarkable for the great length of the toes. One species ({A. giganteus}) inhabits Florida and the West Indies; the other ({A. scolopaceus}) is found in South America. Called also {courlan}, and {crying bird}.
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d8Argus \[d8]Ar"gus\, n. [L. Argus, Gr. [?].] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock's tail. 2. One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful. 3. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of East Indian pheasants. The common species ({A. giganteus}) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing and tail feathers of the male. The species {A. Grayi} inhabits Borneo.
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Myall wood \My*all" wood`\ (Bot.) A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree {Acacia homolophylla}.
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Acacin \Ac"acin\, Acacine \Ac"acine\, n. Gum arabic.
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Acacin \Ac"acin\, Acacine \Ac"acine\, n. Gum arabic.
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Accession \Ac*ces"sion\, n. [L. accessio, fr. accedere: cf. F. accession. See {Accede}.] 1. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy. 2. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory. The only accession which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain. --Gibbon. 3. (Law) (a) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf. (b) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers. --Kent. 4. The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty. 5. (Med.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm. Syn: Increase; addition; augmentation; enlargement.
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Accessional \Acces"sional\, a. Pertaining to accession; additional. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
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Accusant \Ac*cus"ant\, n. [L. accusans, p. pr. of accusare: cf. F. accusant.] An accuser. --Bp. Hall.
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Accusement \Ac*cuse"ment\ (-k[umac]z"m[eit]nt), n. [OF. acusement. See {Accuse}.] Accusation. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Accuse \Ac*cuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accusing}.] [OF. acuser, F. accuser, L. accusare, to call to account, accuse; ad + causa cause, lawsuit. Cf. {Cause}.] 1. To charge with, or declare to have committed, a crime or offense; (Law) to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process; -- with of; as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor. Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. --Acts xxiv. 13. We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms. --Macaulay. 2. To charge with a fault; to blame; to censure. Their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another. --Rom. ii. 15. 3. To betray; to show. [L.] --Sir P. Sidney. Syn: To charge; blame; censure; reproach; criminate; indict; impeach; arraign. Usage: To {Accuse}, {Charge}, {Impeach}, {Arraign}. These words agree in bringing home to a person the imputation of wrongdoing. To accuse is a somewhat formal act, and is applied usually (though not exclusively) to crimes; as, to accuse of treason. Charge is the most generic. It may refer to a crime, a dereliction of duty, a fault, etc.; more commonly it refers to moral delinquencies; as, to charge with dishonesty or falsehood. To arraign is to bring (a person) before a tribunal for trial; as, to arraign one before a court or at the bar public opinion. To impeach is officially to charge with misbehavior in office; as, to impeach a minister of high crimes. Both impeach and arraign convey the idea of peculiar dignity or impressiveness.
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Accusingly \Accus"ingly\, adv. In an accusing manner.
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Acescence \Aces"cence\, Acescency \Aces"cen*cy\, n. [Cf. F. acescence. See {Acescent}.] The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness. --Johnson.
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Acescence \Aces"cence\, Acescency \Aces"cen*cy\, n. [Cf. F. acescence. See {Acescent}.] The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness. --Johnson.
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Acescent \A*ces"cent\, a. [L. acescens, -entis, p. pr. of acescere to turn sour; inchoative of acere to be sour: cf. F. acescent. See {Acid}.] Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour. --Faraday.
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Acescent \A*ces"cent\, n. A substance liable to become sour.
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Acosmism \A*cos"mism\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] world.] A denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God.
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Acosmist \A*cos"mist\, n. [See {Acosmism}.] One who denies the existence of the universe, or of a universe as distinct from God. --G. H. Lewes.
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Acquiescence \Ac`qui*es"cence\, n. [Cf. F. acquiescence.] 1. A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; -- distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction. 2. (Crim. Law) (a) Submission to an injury by the party injured. (b) Tacit concurrence in the action of another. --Wharton.
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Acquiescency \Ac`quies"cency\, n. The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
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Acquiescent \Ac`qui*es"cent\, a. [L. acquiescens, -centis; p. pr.] Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.
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Acquiescently \Ac`quies"cently\, adv. In an acquiescent manner.
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Acquiesce \Ac`qui*esce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Acquiesced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acquiescing}] [L. acquiescere; ad + quiescere to be quiet, fr. quies rest: cf. F. acquiescer. See {Quiet}.] 1. To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; -- followed by in, formerly also by with and to. They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just. --De Quincey. 2. To concur upon conviction; as, to acquiesce in an opinion; to assent to; usually, to concur, not heartily but so far as to forbear opposition. Syn: To submit; comply; yield; assent; agree; consent; accede; concur; conform; accept tacitly.
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Aguish \A"guish\, a. 1. Having the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky. Her aguish love now glows and burns. --Granville. 2. Productive of, or affected by, ague; as, the aguish districts of England. --T. Arnold. -- {A"guish*ness}, n.
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Aich's metal \Aich's met"al\ A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin.
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Aqueous \A"que*ous\, a. [Cf. F. aqueux, L. aquosus, fr. aqua. See {Aqua}, {Aquose}.] 1. Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery. The aqueous vapor of the air. --Tyndall. 2. Made from, or by means of, water. An aqueous deposit. --Dana. {Aqueous extract}, an extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water. {Aqueous humor} (Anat.), one the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea. (See {Eye}.) {Aqueous rocks} (Geol.), those which are deposited from water and lie in strata, as opposed to {volcanic} rocks, which are of igneous origin; -- called also {sedimentary} rocks.
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Humor \Hu"mor\, n. [OE. humour, OF. humor, umor, F. humeur, L. humor, umor, moisture, fluid, fr. humere, umere, to be moist. See {Humid}.] [Written also {humour}.] 1. Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc. Note: The ancient physicians believed that there were four humors (the blood, phlegm, yellow bile or choler, and black bile or melancholy), on the relative proportion of which the temperament and health depended. 2. (Med.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin. [bd]A body full of humors.[b8] --Sir W. Temple. 3. State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body); disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor. Examine how your humor is inclined, And which the ruling passion of your mind. --Roscommon. A prince of a pleasant humor. --Bacon. I like not the humor of lying. --Shak. 4. pl. Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims. Is my friend all perfection, all virtue and discretion? Has he not humors to be endured? --South. 5. That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness. For thy sake I admit That a Scot may have humor, I'd almost said wit. --Goldsmith. A great deal of excellent humor was expended on the perplexities of mine host. --W. Irving. {Aqueous humor}, {Crystalline humor} [or] {lens}, {Vitreous humor}. (Anat.) See {Eye}. {Out of humor}, dissatisfied; displeased; in an unpleasant frame of mind. Syn: Wit; satire; pleasantry; temper; disposition; mood; frame; whim; fancy; caprice. See {Wit}.
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Aqueousness \A`queousness\, n. Wateriness.
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Ascessancy \Asces"sancy\, n. Ascessant \As*ces"sant\, a. See {Acescency}, {Acescent}. [Obs.]
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Ascessancy \Asces"sancy\, n. Ascessant \As*ces"sant\, a. See {Acescency}, {Acescent}. [Obs.]
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Assassin \As*sas"sin\, n. [F. (cf. It. assassino), fr. Ar. [lsquo]hashishin one who has drunk of the hashish. Under its influence the Assassins of the East, followers of the Shaikh al-Jabal (Old Man of the Mountain), were said to commit the murders required by their chief.] One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.
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Assassin \As*sas"sin\, v. t. To assassinate. [Obs.] --Stillingfleet.
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Assassinate \Assas"sinate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assassinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assassinating}.] [LL. assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare.] 1. To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence. Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated. --Dryden. 2. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [Archaic] Your rhymes assassinate our fame. --Dryden. Such usage as your honorable lords Afford me, assassinated and betrayed. --Milton. Syn: To kill; murder; slay. See {Kill}.
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Assassinate \Assas"sinate\, n. [F. assassinat.] 1. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. [Obs.] If I had made an assassinate upon your father. --B. Jonson. 2. An assassin. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Assassinate \Assas"sinate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assassinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assassinating}.] [LL. assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare.] 1. To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence. Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated. --Dryden. 2. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [Archaic] Your rhymes assassinate our fame. --Dryden. Such usage as your honorable lords Afford me, assassinated and betrayed. --Milton. Syn: To kill; murder; slay. See {Kill}.
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Assassinate \Assas"sinate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assassinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assassinating}.] [LL. assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare.] 1. To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence. Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated. --Dryden. 2. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [Archaic] Your rhymes assassinate our fame. --Dryden. Such usage as your honorable lords Afford me, assassinated and betrayed. --Milton. Syn: To kill; murder; slay. See {Kill}.
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Assassination \Assas`sina"tion\, n. The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.
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Assassinator \Assas"sina`tor\, n. An assassin.
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Assassinous \Assas"sinous\, a. Murderous. --Milton.
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Assess \As*sess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assessing}.] [OF. assesser to regulate, settle, LL. assessare to value for taxation, fr. L. assidere, supine as if assessum, to sit by, esp. of judges in a court, in LL. to assess, tax. Cf. {Assize}, v., {Cess}.] 1. To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation. 2. To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income) according to a rate or apportionment. 3. To determine and impose a tax or fine upon (a person, community, estate, or income); to tax; as, the club assessed each member twenty-five cents. 4. To fix or determine the rate or amount of. This sum is assessed and raised upon individuals by commissioners in the act. --Blackstone.
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Assession \As*ses"sion\, n. [L. assessio, fr. assid[?]re to sit by or near; ad + sed[?]re to sit. See {Sit}.] A sitting beside or near.
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Assessment \As*sess"ment\, n. [LL. assessamentum.] 1. The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club. 2. A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation; such valuation and an adjudging of the proper sum to be levied on the property; as, an assessment of property or an assessment on property. Note: An assessment is a valuation made by authorized persons according to their discretion, as opposed to a sum certain or determined by law. It is a valuation of the property of those who are to pay the tax, for the purpose of fixing the proportion which each man shall pay. --Blackstone. Burrill. 3. The specific sum levied or assessed. 4. An apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a [bd]call[b8]). [U. S.]
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ASsign \AS*sign"\, v. i. (Law) To transfer or pass over property to another, whether for the benefit of the assignee or of the assignor's creditors, or in furtherance of some trust.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assign \As*sign"\, n. [See {Assignee}.] (Law) A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assign \As*sign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assigning}.] [OE. assignen, asignen, F. assigner, fr. L. assignare; ad + signare to mark, mark out, designate, signum mark, sign. See {Sign}.] 1. To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over. In the order I assign to them. --Loudon. The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better station than that in which his lot had been assigned. --Southey. He assigned to his men their several posts. --Prescott. 2. To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial. All as the dwarf the way to her assigned. --Spenser. It is not easy to assign a period more eventful. --De Quincey. 3. (Law) To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors. {To assign dower}, to set out by metes and bounds the widow's share or portion in an estate. --Kent.
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Assign \As*sign"\, n. [From {Assign}, v.] A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance. [Obs.] Six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as girdles, hangers, and so. --Shak.
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ASsign \AS*sign"\, v. i. (Law) To transfer or pass over property to another, whether for the benefit of the assignee or of the assignor's creditors, or in furtherance of some trust.
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Assign \As*sign"\, n. [See {Assignee}.] (Law) A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assign \As*sign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assigning}.] [OE. assignen, asignen, F. assigner, fr. L. assignare; ad + signare to mark, mark out, designate, signum mark, sign. See {Sign}.] 1. To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over. In the order I assign to them. --Loudon. The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better station than that in which his lot had been assigned. --Southey. He assigned to his men their several posts. --Prescott. 2. To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial. All as the dwarf the way to her assigned. --Spenser. It is not easy to assign a period more eventful. --De Quincey. 3. (Law) To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors. {To assign dower}, to set out by metes and bounds the widow's share or portion in an estate. --Kent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assign \As*sign"\, n. [From {Assign}, v.] A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance. [Obs.] Six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as girdles, hangers, and so. --Shak.
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Assignability \Assign`abil"i*ty\, n. The quality of being assignable.
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Assignable \Assign"able\, a. Capable of being assigned, allotted, specified, or designated; as, an assignable note or bill; an assignable reason; an assignable quantity.
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Assignation \As`sig*na"tion\, n. [L. assignatio, fr. assignare: cf. F. assignation.] 1. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment. This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces. --Holland. 2. An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense. While nymphs take treats, or assignations give. --Pope. 3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment. {House of assignation}, a house in which appointments for sexual intercourse are fulfilled.
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Assign \As*sign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assigning}.] [OE. assignen, asignen, F. assigner, fr. L. assignare; ad + signare to mark, mark out, designate, signum mark, sign. See {Sign}.] 1. To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over. In the order I assign to them. --Loudon. The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better station than that in which his lot had been assigned. --Southey. He assigned to his men their several posts. --Prescott. 2. To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial. All as the dwarf the way to her assigned. --Spenser. It is not easy to assign a period more eventful. --De Quincey. 3. (Law) To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors. {To assign dower}, to set out by metes and bounds the widow's share or portion in an estate. --Kent.
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Assignee \As`sign*ee"\, n. [F. assign[82], p. p. of assigner. See {Assign}, v., and cf. {Assign} an assignee.] (Law) (a) A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some right, privilege, or property; as, an assignee of a bankrupt. See {Assignment} (c) . An assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by jaw; as an executor. --Cowell. --Blount. (b) pl. In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors.
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Assigner \Assign"er\ ([acr]ss[imac]n"[etil]r), n. One who assigns, appoints, allots, or apportions.
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Assign \As*sign"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assigning}.] [OE. assignen, asignen, F. assigner, fr. L. assignare; ad + signare to mark, mark out, designate, signum mark, sign. See {Sign}.] 1. To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over. In the order I assign to them. --Loudon. The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better station than that in which his lot had been assigned. --Southey. He assigned to his men their several posts. --Prescott. 2. To fix, specify, select, or designate; to point out authoritatively or exactly; as, to assign a limit; to assign counsel for a prisoner; to assign a day for trial. All as the dwarf the way to her assigned. --Spenser. It is not easy to assign a period more eventful. --De Quincey. 3. (Law) To transfer, or make over to another, esp. to transfer to, and vest in, certain persons, called assignees, for the benefit of creditors. {To assign dower}, to set out by metes and bounds the widow's share or portion in an estate. --Kent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assignment \As*sign"ment\, n. [LL. assignamentum: cf. OF. assenement.] 1. An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court. 2. (Law) (a) A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands. (b) The writing by which an interest is transferred. (c) The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors. {Assignment of dower}, the setting out by metes and bounds of the widow's thirds or portion in the deceased husband's estate, and allotting it to her. Note: Assignment is also used in law as convertible with specification; assignment of error in proceedings for review being specification of error; and assignment of perjury or fraud in indictment being specifications of perjury or fraud.
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Dower \Dow"er\, n. [F. douaire, LL. dotarium, from L. dotare to endow, portion, fr. dos dower; akin to Gr. [?] gift, and to L. dare to give. See 1st {Date}, and cf. {Dot} dowry, {Dotation}.] 1. That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift. How great, how plentiful, how rich a dower! --Sir J. Davies. Man in his primeval dower arrayed. --Wordsworth. 2. The property with which a woman is endowed; especially: (a) That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry. [Obs.] His wife brought in dower Cilicia's crown. --Dryden. (b) (Law) That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband. --Blackstone. Note: Dower, in modern use, is and should be distinguished from dowry. The former is a provision for a widow on her husband's death; the latter is a bride's portion on her marriage. --Abbott. {Assignment of dower}. See under {Assignment}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Assignment \As*sign"ment\, n. [LL. assignamentum: cf. OF. assenement.] 1. An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes in court. 2. (Law) (a) A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands. (b) The writing by which an interest is transferred. (c) The transfer of the property of a bankrupt to certain persons called assignees, in whom it is vested for the benefit of creditors. {Assignment of dower}, the setting out by metes and bounds of the widow's thirds or portion in the deceased husband's estate, and allotting it to her. Note: Assignment is also used in law as convertible with specification; assignment of error in proceedings for review being specification of error; and assignment of perjury or fraud in indictment being specifications of perjury or fraud.
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Assignor \As`sign*or"\, n. [L. assignator. Cf. {Assigner}.] (Law) An assigner; a person who assigns or transfers an interest; as, the assignor of a debt or other chose in action.
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Assize \As*size"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assizing}.] [From {Assize}, n.: cf. LL. assisare to decree in assize. Cf. {Asses}, v.] 1. To assess; to value; to rate. [Obs.] --Gower. 2. To fix the weight, measure, or price of, by an ordinance or regulation of authority. [Obs.]
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Assuagement \As*suage"ment\, n. [OF. assouagement, asuagement.] Mitigation; abatement.
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Assuage \As*suage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assuaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assuaging}.] [OE. asuagen, aswagen, OF. asoagier, asuagier, fr. assouagier, fr. L. ad + suavis sweet. See {Sweet}.] To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire. Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. --Addison. To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man --Burke. The fount at which the panting mind assuages Her thirst of knowledge. --Byron. Syn: To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm; tranquilize; relieve. See {Alleviate}.
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3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede. 4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb. --Milton. 5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass. According to the common vicissitude and wheel of things, the proud and the insolent, after long trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled upon themselves. --South. [He] throws his steep flight in many an a[89]ry wheel. --Milton. {A wheel within a wheel}, [or] {Wheels within wheels}, a complication of circumstances, motives, etc. {Balance wheel}. See in the Vocab. {Bevel wheel}, {Brake wheel}, {Cam wheel}, {Fifth wheel}, {Overshot wheel}, {Spinning wheel}, etc. See under {Bevel}, {Brake}, etc. {Core wheel}. (Mach.) (a) A mortise gear. (b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear. {Measuring wheel}, an odometer, or perambulator. {Wheel and axle} (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle, and used for raising great weights, by applying the power to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called also {axis in peritrochio}, and {perpetual lever}, -- the principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical powers}, under {Mechanical}. {Wheel animal}, or {Wheel animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the anterior end. {Wheel barometer}. (Physics) See under {Barometer}. {Wheel boat}, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water or upon inclined planes or railways. {Wheel bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American hemipterous insect ({Prionidus cristatus}) which sucks the blood of other insects. So named from the curious shape of the prothorax. {Wheel carriage}, a carriage moving on wheels. {Wheel chains}, or {Wheel ropes} (Naut.), the chains or ropes connecting the wheel and rudder. {Wheel cutter}, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear wheels; a gear cutter. {Wheel horse}, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also {wheeler}. {Wheel lathe}, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels. {Wheel lock}. (a) A letter lock. See under {Letter}. (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel. (c) A kind of brake a carriage. {Wheel ore} (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the shape of its twin crystals. See {Bournonite}. {Wheel pit} (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the lower part of the fly wheel runs. {Wheel plow}, or {Wheel plough}, a plow having one or two wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate the depth of the furrow. {Wheel press}, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced on, or off, their axles. {Wheel race}, the place in which a water wheel is set. {Wheel rope} (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under {Tiller}. {Wheel stitch} (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's web, worked into the material, and not over an open space. --Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework). {Wheel tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Aspidosperma excelsum}) of Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a coarsely made wheel. See {Paddlewood}. {Wheel urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any sea urchin of the genus {Rotula} having a round, flat shell. {Wheel window} (Arch.), a circular window having radiating mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose window}, under {Rose}.
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Axis \Ax"is\, n.; pl. {Axes}. [L. axis axis, axle. See {Axle}.] A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged. 2. (Math.) A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center. 3. (Bot.) The stem; the central part, or longitudinal support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the central line of any body. --Gray. 4. (Anat.) (a) The second vertebra of the neck, or {vertebra dentata}. (b) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon. 5. (Crystallog.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded. 6. (Fine Arts) The primary or secondary central line of any design. {Anticlinal axis} (Geol.), a line or ridge from which the strata slope downward on the two opposite sides. {Synclinal axis}, a line from which the strata slope upward in opposite directions, so as to form a valley. {Axis cylinder} (Anat.), the neuraxis or essential, central substance of a nerve fiber; -- called also {axis band}, {axial fiber}, and {cylinder axis}. {Axis in peritrochio}, the wheel and axle, one of the mechanical powers. {Axis of a curve} (Geom.), a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords of a curve; called a {principal axis}, when cutting them at right angles, in which case it divides the curve into two symmetrical portions, as in the parabola, which has one such axis, the ellipse, which has two, or the circle, which has an infinite number. The two axes of the ellipse are the {major axis} and the {minor axis}, and the two axes of the hyperbola are the {transverse axis} and the {conjugate axis}. {Axis of a lens}, the straight line passing through its center and perpendicular to its surfaces. {Axis of a} {telescope [or] microscope}, the straight line with which coincide the axes of the several lenses which compose it. {Axes of co[94]rdinates in a plane}, two straight lines intersecting each other, to which points are referred for the purpose of determining their relative position: they are either rectangular or oblique. {Axes of co[94]rdinates in space}, the three straight lines in which the co[94]rdinate planes intersect each other. {Axis of a balance}, that line about which it turns. {Axis of oscillation}, of a pendulum, a right line passing through the center about which it vibrates, and perpendicular to the plane of vibration. {Axis of polarization}, the central line around which the prismatic rings or curves are arranged. --Brewster. {Axis of revolution} (Descriptive Geom.), a straight line about which some line or plane is revolved, so that the several points of the line or plane shall describe circles with their centers in the fixed line, and their planes perpendicular to it, the line describing a surface of revolution, and the plane a solid of revolution. {Axis of symmetry} (Geom.), any line in a plane figure which divides the figure into two such parts that one part, when folded over along the axis, shall coincide with the other part. {Axis of the} {equator, ecliptic, horizon} (or other circle considered with reference to the sphere on which it lies), the diameter of the sphere which is perpendicular to the plane of the circle. --Hutton. {Axis of the Ionic capital} (Arch.), a line passing perpendicularly through the middle of the eye of the volute. {Neutral axis} (Mech.), the line of demarcation between the horizontal elastic forces of tension and compression, exerted by the fibers in any cross section of a girder. {Optic axis of a crystal}, the direction in which a ray of transmitted light suffers no double refraction. All crystals, not of the isometric system, are either uniaxial or biaxial. {Optic axis}, {Visual axis} (Opt.), the straight line passing through the center of the pupil, and perpendicular to the surface of the eye. {Radical axis of two circles} (Geom.), the straight line perpendicular to the line joining their centers and such that the tangents from any point of it to the two circles shall be equal to each other. {Spiral axis} (Arch.), the axis of a twisted column drawn spirally in order to trace the circumvolutions without. {Axis of abscissas} and {Axis of ordinates}. See {Abscissa}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede. 4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form; a disk; an orb. --Milton. 5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass. According to the common vicissitude and wheel of things, the proud and the insolent, after long trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled upon themselves. --South. [He] throws his steep flight in many an a[89]ry wheel. --Milton. {A wheel within a wheel}, [or] {Wheels within wheels}, a complication of circumstances, motives, etc. {Balance wheel}. See in the Vocab. {Bevel wheel}, {Brake wheel}, {Cam wheel}, {Fifth wheel}, {Overshot wheel}, {Spinning wheel}, etc. See under {Bevel}, {Brake}, etc. {Core wheel}. (Mach.) (a) A mortise gear. (b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear. {Measuring wheel}, an odometer, or perambulator. {Wheel and axle} (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle, and used for raising great weights, by applying the power to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called also {axis in peritrochio}, and {perpetual lever}, -- the principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical powers}, under {Mechanical}. {Wheel animal}, or {Wheel animalcule} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the anterior end. {Wheel barometer}. (Physics) See under {Barometer}. {Wheel boat}, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water or upon inclined planes or railways. {Wheel bug} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American hemipterous insect ({Prionidus cristatus}) which sucks the blood of other insects. So named from the curious shape of the prothorax. {Wheel carriage}, a carriage moving on wheels. {Wheel chains}, or {Wheel ropes} (Naut.), the chains or ropes connecting the wheel and rudder. {Wheel cutter}, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear wheels; a gear cutter. {Wheel horse}, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also {wheeler}. {Wheel lathe}, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels. {Wheel lock}. (a) A letter lock. See under {Letter}. (b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel. (c) A kind of brake a carriage. {Wheel ore} (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the shape of its twin crystals. See {Bournonite}. {Wheel pit} (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the lower part of the fly wheel runs. {Wheel plow}, or {Wheel plough}, a plow having one or two wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate the depth of the furrow. {Wheel press}, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced on, or off, their axles. {Wheel race}, the place in which a water wheel is set. {Wheel rope} (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under {Tiller}. {Wheel stitch} (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's web, worked into the material, and not over an open space. --Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework). {Wheel tree} (Bot.), a tree ({Aspidosperma excelsum}) of Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a coarsely made wheel. See {Paddlewood}. {Wheel urchin} (Zo[94]l.), any sea urchin of the genus {Rotula} having a round, flat shell. {Wheel window} (Arch.), a circular window having radiating mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose window}, under {Rose}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Axis \Ax"is\, n.; pl. {Axes}. [L. axis axis, axle. See {Axle}.] A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged. 2. (Math.) A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center. 3. (Bot.) The stem; the central part, or longitudinal support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the central line of any body. --Gray. 4. (Anat.) (a) The second vertebra of the neck, or {vertebra dentata}. (b) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon. 5. (Crystallog.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded. 6. (Fine Arts) The primary or secondary central line of any design. {Anticlinal axis} (Geol.), a line or ridge from which the strata slope downward on the two opposite sides. {Synclinal axis}, a line from which the strata slope upward in opposite directions, so as to form a valley. {Axis cylinder} (Anat.), the neuraxis or essential, central substance of a nerve fiber; -- called also {axis band}, {axial fiber}, and {cylinder axis}. {Axis in peritrochio}, the wheel and axle, one of the mechanical powers. {Axis of a curve} (Geom.), a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords of a curve; called a {principal axis}, when cutting them at right angles, in which case it divides the curve into two symmetrical portions, as in the parabola, which has one such axis, the ellipse, which has two, or the circle, which has an infinite number. The two axes of the ellipse are the {major axis} and the {minor axis}, and the two axes of the hyperbola are the {transverse axis} and the {conjugate axis}. {Axis of a lens}, the straight line passing through its center and perpendicular to its surfaces. {Axis of a} {telescope [or] microscope}, the straight line with which coincide the axes of the several lenses which compose it. {Axes of co[94]rdinates in a plane}, two straight lines intersecting each other, to which points are referred for the purpose of determining their relative position: they are either rectangular or oblique. {Axes of co[94]rdinates in space}, the three straight lines in which the co[94]rdinate planes intersect each other. {Axis of a balance}, that line about which it turns. {Axis of oscillation}, of a pendulum, a right line passing through the center about which it vibrates, and perpendicular to the plane of vibration. {Axis of polarization}, the central line around which the prismatic rings or curves are arranged. --Brewster. {Axis of revolution} (Descriptive Geom.), a straight line about which some line or plane is revolved, so that the several points of the line or plane shall describe circles with their centers in the fixed line, and their planes perpendicular to it, the line describing a surface of revolution, and the plane a solid of revolution. {Axis of symmetry} (Geom.), any line in a plane figure which divides the figure into two such parts that one part, when folded over along the axis, shall coincide with the other part. {Axis of the} {equator, ecliptic, horizon} (or other circle considered with reference to the sphere on which it lies), the diameter of the sphere which is perpendicular to the plane of the circle. --Hutton. {Axis of the Ionic capital} (Arch.), a line passing perpendicularly through the middle of the eye of the volute. {Neutral axis} (Mech.), the line of demarcation between the horizontal elastic forces of tension and compression, exerted by the fibers in any cross section of a girder. {Optic axis of a crystal}, the direction in which a ray of transmitted light suffers no double refraction. All crystals, not of the isometric system, are either uniaxial or biaxial. {Optic axis}, {Visual axis} (Opt.), the straight line passing through the center of the pupil, and perpendicular to the surface of the eye. {Radical axis of two circles} (Geom.), the straight line perpendicular to the line joining their centers and such that the tangents from any point of it to the two circles shall be equal to each other. {Spiral axis} (Arch.), the axis of a twisted column drawn spirally in order to trace the circumvolutions without. {Axis of abscissas} and {Axis of ordinates}. See {Abscissa}.
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d8Axis \[d8]Ax"is\, n. [L.] (Zo[94]l.) The spotted deer ({Cervus axis} or {Axis maculata}) of India, where it is called {hog deer} and {parrah} (Moorish name).
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Acushnet, MA Zip code(s): 02743
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Acushnet Center, MA (CDP, FIPS 530) Location: 41.68612 N, 70.90612 W Population (1990): 3170 (1238 housing units) Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ashcamp, KY Zip code(s): 41512
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ashe County, NC (county, FIPS 9) Location: 36.43306 N, 81.50174 W Population (1990): 22209 (11119 housing units) Area: 1103.8 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ashkum, IL (village, FIPS 2479) Location: 40.87838 N, 87.95359 W Population (1990): 650 (269 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60911
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Access Control List (ACL) A list of the services available on a {server}, each with a list of the {host}s permitted to use the service. (1994-11-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
access method 1. The way that network devices access the network medium. 2. Software in an {SNA} processor that controls the flow of data through a {network}. [{physical layer}?] (1998-03-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
assigned numbers The {RFC} {STD 2} documenting the currently assigned values from several series of numbers used in network {protocol} implementations. This RFC is updated periodically and, in any case, current information can be obtained from the {Internet Assigned Numbers Authority} (IANA). If you are developing a protocol or application that will require the use of a link, {socket}, {port}, protocol, etc., you should contact the IANA to receive a number assignment. (1996-08-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
assignment Storing the value of an expression in a {variable}. This is commonly written in the form "v = e". In {Algol} the assignment operator was ":=" (pronounced "becomes") to avoid mathematicians qualms about writing statements like x = x+1. Assignment is not allowed in {functional languages}, where an {identifier} always has the same value. See also {referential transparency}, {single assignment}, {zero assignment}. (1996-08-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
assignment problem (Or "linear assignment") Any problem involving minimising the sum of C(a, b) over a set P of pairs (a, b) where a is an element of some set A and b is an element of set B, and C is some function, under constraints such as "each element of A must appear exactly once in P" or similarly for B, or both. For example, the a's could be workers and the b's projects. The problem is "linear" because the "cost function" C() depends only on the particular pairing (a, b) and is independent of all other pairings. {(http://forum.swarthmore.edu/epigone/comp.soft-sys.matlab/bringhyclu)}. {(http://www.soci.swt.edu/capps/prob.htm)}. {(http://mat.gsia.cmu.edu/GROUP95/0577.html)}. {(http://www.informs.org/Conf/WA96/TALKS/SB24.3.html)}. [Algorithms?] (1999-07-12)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ashkenaz one of the three sons of Gomer (Gen. 10:3), and founder of one of the tribes of the Japhetic race. They are mentioned in connection with Minni and Ararat, and hence their original seat must have been in Armenia (Jer. 51:27), probably near the Black Sea, which, from their founder, was first called Axenus, and afterwards the Euxine.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ashkenaz, a fire that spreads