A
         n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a
               meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of
               electromagnetic radiation [syn: {angstrom}, {angstrom
               unit}, {A}]
         2: any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal
            vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness
            of the eyes [syn: {vitamin A}, {antiophthalmic factor},
            {axerophthol}, {A}]
         3: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four
            nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar
            (ribose) [syn: {deoxyadenosine monophosphate}, {A}]
         4: (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with
            thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA [syn: {adenine}, {A}]
         5: the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme
            International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries
            15 to 50 amps" [syn: {ampere}, {amp}, {A}]
         6: the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: {A}, {a}]
         7: the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen [syn:
            {A}, {type A}, {group A}]

English Dictionary: Au	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
A.E. n Irish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935) [syn: Russell, George William Russell, A.E.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aa n a dry form of lava resembling clinkers an international organization that provides a support group for persons trying to overcome alcoholism Synonym(s): Alcoholics Anonymous, AA an associate degree in arts Synonym(s): Associate in Arts, AA
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
AAA n an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension Synonym(s): abdominal aortic aneurysm, AAA
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aah v express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'; "They oohed and aahed when they unwrapped the presents" Synonym(s): ooh, aah
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
AI n an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders Synonym(s): Army Intelligence, AI the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively; "workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicate intelligence in computers and robots" Synonym(s): artificial intelligence, AI a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each hindfoot Synonym(s): three-toed sloth, ai, Bradypus tridactylus the introduction of semen into the oviduct or uterus by some means other than sexual intercourse Synonym(s): artificial insemination, AI
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
AIAI n a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia; believed to have branches in several countries Synonym(s): al Itihaad al Islamiya, al-Itihaad al-Islamiya, Islamic Unity, AIAI
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Au n a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia Synonym(s): gold, Au, atomic number 79 a unit of length used for distances within the solar system; equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun (approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers) Synonym(s): Astronomical Unit, AU
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
away adv from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach" Synonym(s): away, off, forth from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets" Synonym(s): away, out out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" Synonym(s): aside, away out of existence; "the music faded away"; "tried to explain away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours away"; "her fingernails were worn away" at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century" Synonym(s): off, away indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily; "he worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it" so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away" freely or at will; "fire away!" in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping); "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked away in a safe"; "filed the letter away" in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's face"; "glanced away" Synonym(s): away, aside in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" Synonym(s): aside, by, away adj not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away" used of an opponent's ground; "an away game" Antonym(s): home(a) (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch" Synonym(s): away, outside
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
awe n an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe" a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration" Synonym(s): fear, reverence, awe, veneration v inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ayah n (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aye-aye n nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs Synonym(s): aye- aye, Daubentonia madagascariensis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infinitive \In*fin"i*tive\, n. [L. infinitivus: cf. F.       infinitif. See {Infinite}.]       Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.          {Infinitive mood} (Gram.), that form of the verb which merely             names the action, and performs the office of a verbal             noun. Some grammarians make two forms in English: ({a})             The simple form, as, speak, go, hear, before which to is             commonly placed, as, to speak; to go; to hear. ({b}) The             form of the imperfect participle, called the infinitive in             -ing; as, going is as easy as standing.          Note: With the auxiliary verbs may, can, must, might, could,                would, and should, the simple infinitive is expressed                without to; as, you may speak; they must hear, etc. The                infinitive usually omits to with the verbs let, dare,                do, bid, make, see, hear, need, etc.; as, let me go;                you dare not tell; make him work; hear him talk, etc.          Note: In Anglo-Saxon, the simple infinitive was not preceded                by to (the sign of modern simple infinitive), but it                had a dative form (sometimes called the gerundial                infinitive) which was preceded by to, and was chiefly                employed in expressing purpose. See {Gerund}, 2.          Note: The gerundial ending (-anne) not only took the same                form as the simple infinitive (-an), but it was                confounded with the present participle in -ende, or                -inde (later -inge).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Legate \Leg"ate\ (l[ecr]g"[asl]t), n. [OE. legat, L. legatus,       fr. legare to send with a commission or charge, to depute,       fr. lex, legis, law: cf. F. l[82]gat, It. legato. See       {Legal}.]       1. An ambassador or envoy.          2. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with             the authority of the Holy See.          Note: Legates are of three kinds: ({a}) Legates a latere, now                always cardinals. They are called ordinary or                extraordinary legates, the former governing provinces,                and the latter class being sent to foreign countries on                extraordinary occasions. ({b}) Legati missi, who                correspond to the ambassadors of temporal governments.                ({c}) Legati nati, or legates by virtue of their                office, as the archbishops of Salzburg and Prague.          3. (Rom. Hist.)             (a) An official assistant given to a general or to the                   governor of a province.             (b) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Libration \Li*bra"tion\ (l[isl]*br[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L.       libratio: cf. F. libration.]       1. The act or state of librating. --Jer. Taylor.          2. (Astron.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that             of a balance before coming to rest.          {Libration of the moon}, any one of those small periodical             changes in the position of the moon's surface relatively             to the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at             opposite limbs become visible or invisible alternately. It             receives different names according to the manner in which             it takes place; as: {(a)} Libration in longitude, that             which, depending on the place of the moon in its elliptic             orbit, causes small portions near the eastern and western             borders alternately to appear and disappear each month.             ({b}) Libration in latitude, that which depends on the             varying position of the moon's axis in respect to the             spectator, causing the alternate appearance and             disappearance of either pole. ({c}) Diurnal or parallactic             libration, that which brings into view on the upper limb,             at rising and setting, some parts not in the average             visible hemisphere.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A- \A-\       A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various       sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a       forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot,       abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and       analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as       in adown (AS. ofd[umac]ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. [be]-       (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive       force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in       arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from       the AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-,       Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to       the meaning, as in aware. (5) French [85] (L. ad to), as in       abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7)       Greek insep. prefix [alpha] without, or privative, not, as in       abyss, atheist; akin to E. un-.          Note: Besides these, there are other sources from which the                prefix a takes its origin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Respiration \Res`pi*ra"tion\ (r?s`p?*r?"sh?n), n. [L.       respiratio: cf. F. respiration. See {Respire}.]       1. The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's             breath.          2. Relief from toil or suffering: rest. [Obs.]                         Till the day Appear of respiration to the just And                      vengeance to the wicked.                     --Milton.          3. Interval; intermission. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.          4. (Physiol.) The act of resping or breathing; the act of             taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those             processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system,             and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.          Note: Respiration in the higher animals is divided into:                ({a}) Internal respiration, or the interchange of                oxygen and carbonic acid between the cells of the body                and the bathing them, which in one sense is a process                of nutrition. ({b}) External respiration, or the                gaseous interchange taking place in the special                respiratory organs, the lungs. This constitutes                respiration proper. --Gamgee. In the respiration of                plants oxygen is likewise absorbed and carbonic acid                exhaled, but in the light this process is obscured by                another process which goes on with more vigor, in which                the plant inhales and absorbs carbonic acid and exhales                free oxygen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Monkey \Mon"key\, n.; pl. {Monkeys}. [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It.       monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr.       fr. madonna. See {Madonna}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana,                   including apes, baboons, and lemurs.             (b) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.             (c) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such                   as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of                   apes and baboons.          Note: The monkeys are often divided into three groups: ({a})                {Catarrhines}, or {Simid[91]}. These have an oblong                head, with the oblique flat nostrils near together.                Some have no tail, as the apes. All these are natives                of the Old World. ({b}) {Platyrhines}, or {Cebid[91]}.                These have a round head, with a broad nasal septum, so                that the nostrils are wide apart and directed downward.                The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short                and not opposable. These are natives of the New World.                ({c}) {Strepsorhines}, or {Lemuroidea}. These have a                pointed head with curved nostrils. They are natives of                Southern Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.          2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a             mischievous child.                         This is the monkey's own giving out; she is                      persuaded I will marry her.               --Shak.          3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very             heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on             the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the             falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.          4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.          {Monkey boat}. (Naut.)             (a) A small boat used in docks.             (b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames.          {Monkey block} (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a             swivel. --R. H. Dana, Jr.          {Monkey flower} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Mimulus}; -- so             called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. --Gray.          {Monkey gaff} (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast             for the better display of signals at sea.          {Monkey jacket}, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by             sailors.          {Monkey rail} (Naut.), a second and lighter rail raised about             six inches above the quarter rail of a ship.          {Monkey shine}, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.]          {Monkey trick}, a mischievous prank. --Saintsbury.          {Monkey wheel}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}.          {Monkey wrench}, a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Motion \Mo"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to       move. See {Move}.]       1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position;             movement; the passing of a body from one place or position             to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed             to {rest}.                         Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace attends                      thee, and each word, each motion, forms. --Milton.          2. Power of, or capacity for, motion.                         Devoid of sense and motion.               --Milton.          3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of             the planets is from west to east.                         In our proper motion we ascend.         --Milton.          4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;             action of a machine with respect to the relative movement             of its parts.                         This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its                      motion.                                             --Dr. H. More.          5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or             impulse to any action; internal activity.                         Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his                      heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from                      God.                                                   --South.          6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;             esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly;             as, a motion to adjourn.                         Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. --Shak.          7. (Law) An application made to a court or judge orally in             open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule             directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.             --Mozley & W.          8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in             the same part or in groups of parts.                         The independent motions of different parts sounding                      together constitute counterpoint.      --Grove.          Note: Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale.                Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite                directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique                motion is that when one part is stationary while                another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when                parts move in the same direction.          9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.]                         What motion's this? the model of Nineveh? --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.          Note: Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound.          {Simple motions} are: ({a}) straight translation, which, if             of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. ({b})             Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or             reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called             oscillating. ({c}) Helical, which, if of indefinite             duration, must be reciprocating.          {Compound motion} consists of combinations of any of the             simple motions.          {Center of motion}, {Harmonic motion}, etc. See under             {Center}, {Harmonic}, etc.          {Motion block} (Steam Engine), a crosshead.          {Perpetual motion} (Mech.), an incessant motion conceived to             be attainable by a machine supplying its own motive forces             independently of any action from without.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A \A\ ([adot]), prep. [Abbreviated form of an (AS. on). See       {On}.]       1. In; on; at; by. [Obs.] [bd]A God's name.[b8] [bd]Torn a             pieces.[b8] [bd]Stand a tiptoe.[b8] [bd]A Sundays[b8]             --Shak. [bd]Wit that men have now a days.[b8] --Chaucer.             [bd]Set them a work.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia).          2. In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with             verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant.             This is a shortened form of the preposition an (which was             used before the vowel sound); as in a hunting, a building,             a begging. [bd]Jacob, when he was a dying[b8] --Heb. xi.             21. [bd]We'll a birding together.[b8] [bd] It was a             doing.[b8] --Shak. [bd]He burst out a laughing.[b8]             --Macaulay.          Note: The hyphen may be used to connect a with the verbal                substantive (as, a-hunting, a-building) or the words                may be written separately. This form of expression is                now for the most part obsolete, the a being omitted and                the verbal substantive treated as a participle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A \A\ ([adot] emph. [amac]).       1. [Shortened form of an. AS. [be]n one. See {One}.] An             adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and             signifying one or any, but less emphatically. [bd]At a             birth[b8]; [bd]In a word[b8]; [bd]At a blow[b8]. --Shak.          Note: It is placed before nouns of the singular number                denoting an individual object, or a quality                individualized, before collective nouns, and also                before plural nouns when the adjective few or the                phrase great many or good many is interposed; as, a                dog, a house, a man; a color; a sweetness; a hundred, a                fleet, a regiment; a few persons, a great many days. It                is used for an, for the sake of euphony, before words                beginning with a consonant sound [for exception of                certain words beginning with h, see {An}]; as, a table,                a woman, a year, a unit, a eulogy, a ewe, a oneness,                such a one, etc. Formally an was used both before                vowels and consonants.          2. [Originally the preposition a (an, on).] In each; to or             for each; as, [bd]twenty leagues a day[b8], [bd]a hundred             pounds a year[b8], [bd]a dollar a yard[b8], etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A \A\ [From AS. of off, from. See {Of}.]       Of. [Obs.] [bd]The name of John a Gaunt.[b8] [bd]What time a       day is it ?[b8] --Shak. [bd]It's six a clock.[b8] --B.       Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A \A\       A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it       and of they. [bd]So would I a done[b8] [bd]A brushes his       hat.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A \A\       An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter                   A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a                mile-a.                                                   --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferment \Fer"ment\, n. [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2),       perh. for fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil,       ferment: cf. F. ferment. Cf. 1st {Barm}, {Fervent}.]       1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or             fermenting beer.          Note: Ferments are of two kinds: ({a}) Formed or organized                ferments. ({b}) Unorganized or structureless ferments.                The latter are also called {soluble [or] chemical                ferments}, and {enzymes}. Ferments of the first class                are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms,                and the fermentations which they engender are due to                their growth and development; as, the {acetic ferment},                the {butyric ferment}, etc. See {Fermentation}.                Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are                chemical substances, as a rule soluble in glycerin and                precipitated by alcohol. In action they are catalytic                and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples are pepsin of                the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and disease                of malt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Gastropoda \[d8]Gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. [?],       [?], stomach + -poda.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes       most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and       fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat,       muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The       head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See       {Mollusca}. [Written also {Gasteropoda}.]          Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.:                ({a}) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the                Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and                Heteropoda. ({b}) The Euthyneura, including the                Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. ({c}) The Amphineura,                including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gripe \Gripe\, n.       1. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.                         A barren scepter in my gripe.            --Shak.          2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the             gripe of a sword.          3. (Mech.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake             to stop a wheel.          4. Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress;             as, the gripe of poverty.          5. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly             used in the plural.          6. (Naut.)             (a) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the                   fore end; the forefoot.             (b) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the                   water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.             (c) pl. An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks,                   fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats                   when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat                   to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.          {Gripe penny}, {a} miser; a niggard
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A \A\ (named [be] in the English, and most commonly [84] in       other languages).       The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets.       The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe,       as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic,       black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A,       which was borrowed from the Greek {Alpha}, of the same form;       and this was made from the first letter ([?]) of the       Ph[d2]nician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph,       and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a       consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not       an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to       represent their vowel Alpha with the [84] sound, the       Ph[d2]nician alphabet having no vowel symbols. This letter,       in English, is used for several different vowel sounds. See       Guide to pronunciation, [sect][sect] 43-74. The regular long       a, as in fate, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has       taken the place of what, till about the early part of the       17th century, was a sound of the quality of [84] (as in far).          2. (Mus.) The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale             (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which             is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string             of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A             sharp (A[sharp]) is the name of a musical tone             intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A[flat]) is the             name of a tone intermediate between A and G.          {A per se} (L. per se by itself), one pre[89]minent; a             nonesuch. [Obs.]                         O fair Creseide, the flower and A per se Of Troy and                      Greece.                                             --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infinitive \In*fin"i*tive\, n. [L. infinitivus: cf. F.       infinitif. See {Infinite}.]       Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.          {Infinitive mood} (Gram.), that form of the verb which merely             names the action, and performs the office of a verbal             noun. Some grammarians make two forms in English: ({a})             The simple form, as, speak, go, hear, before which to is             commonly placed, as, to speak; to go; to hear. ({b}) The             form of the imperfect participle, called the infinitive in             -ing; as, going is as easy as standing.          Note: With the auxiliary verbs may, can, must, might, could,                would, and should, the simple infinitive is expressed                without to; as, you may speak; they must hear, etc. The                infinitive usually omits to with the verbs let, dare,                do, bid, make, see, hear, need, etc.; as, let me go;                you dare not tell; make him work; hear him talk, etc.          Note: In Anglo-Saxon, the simple infinitive was not preceded                by to (the sign of modern simple infinitive), but it                had a dative form (sometimes called the gerundial                infinitive) which was preceded by to, and was chiefly                employed in expressing purpose. See {Gerund}, 2.          Note: The gerundial ending (-anne) not only took the same                form as the simple infinitive (-an), but it was                confounded with the present participle in -ende, or                -inde (later -inge).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Legate \Leg"ate\ (l[ecr]g"[asl]t), n. [OE. legat, L. legatus,       fr. legare to send with a commission or charge, to depute,       fr. lex, legis, law: cf. F. l[82]gat, It. legato. See       {Legal}.]       1. An ambassador or envoy.          2. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with             the authority of the Holy See.          Note: Legates are of three kinds: ({a}) Legates a latere, now                always cardinals. They are called ordinary or                extraordinary legates, the former governing provinces,                and the latter class being sent to foreign countries on                extraordinary occasions. ({b}) Legati missi, who                correspond to the ambassadors of temporal governments.                ({c}) Legati nati, or legates by virtue of their                office, as the archbishops of Salzburg and Prague.          3. (Rom. Hist.)             (a) An official assistant given to a general or to the                   governor of a province.             (b) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
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Libration \Li*bra"tion\ (l[isl]*br[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L.       libratio: cf. F. libration.]       1. The act or state of librating. --Jer. Taylor.          2. (Astron.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that             of a balance before coming to rest.          {Libration of the moon}, any one of those small periodical             changes in the position of the moon's surface relatively             to the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at             opposite limbs become visible or invisible alternately. It             receives different names according to the manner in which             it takes place; as: {(a)} Libration in longitude, that             which, depending on the place of the moon in its elliptic             orbit, causes small portions near the eastern and western             borders alternately to appear and disappear each month.             ({b}) Libration in latitude, that which depends on the             varying position of the moon's axis in respect to the             spectator, causing the alternate appearance and             disappearance of either pole. ({c}) Diurnal or parallactic             libration, that which brings into view on the upper limb,             at rising and setting, some parts not in the average             visible hemisphere.
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A- \A-\       A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various       sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a       forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot,       abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and       analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as       in adown (AS. ofd[umac]ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. [be]-       (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive       force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in       arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from       the AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-,       Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to       the meaning, as in aware. (5) French [85] (L. ad to), as in       abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7)       Greek insep. prefix [alpha] without, or privative, not, as in       abyss, atheist; akin to E. un-.          Note: Besides these, there are other sources from which the                prefix a takes its origin.
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Respiration \Res`pi*ra"tion\ (r?s`p?*r?"sh?n), n. [L.       respiratio: cf. F. respiration. See {Respire}.]       1. The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's             breath.          2. Relief from toil or suffering: rest. [Obs.]                         Till the day Appear of respiration to the just And                      vengeance to the wicked.                     --Milton.          3. Interval; intermission. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.          4. (Physiol.) The act of resping or breathing; the act of             taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those             processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system,             and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.          Note: Respiration in the higher animals is divided into:                ({a}) Internal respiration, or the interchange of                oxygen and carbonic acid between the cells of the body                and the bathing them, which in one sense is a process                of nutrition. ({b}) External respiration, or the                gaseous interchange taking place in the special                respiratory organs, the lungs. This constitutes                respiration proper. --Gamgee. In the respiration of                plants oxygen is likewise absorbed and carbonic acid                exhaled, but in the light this process is obscured by                another process which goes on with more vigor, in which                the plant inhales and absorbs carbonic acid and exhales                free oxygen.
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Monkey \Mon"key\, n.; pl. {Monkeys}. [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It.       monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr.       fr. madonna. See {Madonna}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana,                   including apes, baboons, and lemurs.             (b) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.             (c) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such                   as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of                   apes and baboons.          Note: The monkeys are often divided into three groups: ({a})                {Catarrhines}, or {Simid[91]}. These have an oblong                head, with the oblique flat nostrils near together.                Some have no tail, as the apes. All these are natives                of the Old World. ({b}) {Platyrhines}, or {Cebid[91]}.                These have a round head, with a broad nasal septum, so                that the nostrils are wide apart and directed downward.                The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short                and not opposable. These are natives of the New World.                ({c}) {Strepsorhines}, or {Lemuroidea}. These have a                pointed head with curved nostrils. They are natives of                Southern Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.          2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a             mischievous child.                         This is the monkey's own giving out; she is                      persuaded I will marry her.               --Shak.          3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very             heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on             the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the             falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.          4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.          {Monkey boat}. (Naut.)             (a) A small boat used in docks.             (b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames.          {Monkey block} (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a             swivel. --R. H. Dana, Jr.          {Monkey flower} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Mimulus}; -- so             called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. --Gray.          {Monkey gaff} (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast             for the better display of signals at sea.          {Monkey jacket}, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by             sailors.          {Monkey rail} (Naut.), a second and lighter rail raised about             six inches above the quarter rail of a ship.          {Monkey shine}, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.]          {Monkey trick}, a mischievous prank. --Saintsbury.          {Monkey wheel}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}.          {Monkey wrench}, a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw.
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Motion \Mo"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to       move. See {Move}.]       1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position;             movement; the passing of a body from one place or position             to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed             to {rest}.                         Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace attends                      thee, and each word, each motion, forms. --Milton.          2. Power of, or capacity for, motion.                         Devoid of sense and motion.               --Milton.          3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of             the planets is from west to east.                         In our proper motion we ascend.         --Milton.          4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;             action of a machine with respect to the relative movement             of its parts.                         This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its                      motion.                                             --Dr. H. More.          5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or             impulse to any action; internal activity.                         Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his                      heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from                      God.                                                   --South.          6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;             esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly;             as, a motion to adjourn.                         Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. --Shak.          7. (Law) An application made to a court or judge orally in             open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule             directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.             --Mozley & W.          8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in             the same part or in groups of parts.                         The independent motions of different parts sounding                      together constitute counterpoint.      --Grove.          Note: Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale.                Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite                directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique                motion is that when one part is stationary while                another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when                parts move in the same direction.          9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.]                         What motion's this? the model of Nineveh? --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.          Note: Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound.          {Simple motions} are: ({a}) straight translation, which, if             of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. ({b})             Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or             reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called             oscillating. ({c}) Helical, which, if of indefinite             duration, must be reciprocating.          {Compound motion} consists of combinations of any of the             simple motions.          {Center of motion}, {Harmonic motion}, etc. See under             {Center}, {Harmonic}, etc.          {Motion block} (Steam Engine), a crosshead.          {Perpetual motion} (Mech.), an incessant motion conceived to             be attainable by a machine supplying its own motive forces             independently of any action from without.
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A \A\ ([adot]), prep. [Abbreviated form of an (AS. on). See       {On}.]       1. In; on; at; by. [Obs.] [bd]A God's name.[b8] [bd]Torn a             pieces.[b8] [bd]Stand a tiptoe.[b8] [bd]A Sundays[b8]             --Shak. [bd]Wit that men have now a days.[b8] --Chaucer.             [bd]Set them a work.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia).          2. In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with             verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant.             This is a shortened form of the preposition an (which was             used before the vowel sound); as in a hunting, a building,             a begging. [bd]Jacob, when he was a dying[b8] --Heb. xi.             21. [bd]We'll a birding together.[b8] [bd] It was a             doing.[b8] --Shak. [bd]He burst out a laughing.[b8]             --Macaulay.          Note: The hyphen may be used to connect a with the verbal                substantive (as, a-hunting, a-building) or the words                may be written separately. This form of expression is                now for the most part obsolete, the a being omitted and                the verbal substantive treated as a participle.
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A \A\ ([adot] emph. [amac]).       1. [Shortened form of an. AS. [be]n one. See {One}.] An             adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and             signifying one or any, but less emphatically. [bd]At a             birth[b8]; [bd]In a word[b8]; [bd]At a blow[b8]. --Shak.          Note: It is placed before nouns of the singular number                denoting an individual object, or a quality                individualized, before collective nouns, and also                before plural nouns when the adjective few or the                phrase great many or good many is interposed; as, a                dog, a house, a man; a color; a sweetness; a hundred, a                fleet, a regiment; a few persons, a great many days. It                is used for an, for the sake of euphony, before words                beginning with a consonant sound [for exception of                certain words beginning with h, see {An}]; as, a table,                a woman, a year, a unit, a eulogy, a ewe, a oneness,                such a one, etc. Formally an was used both before                vowels and consonants.          2. [Originally the preposition a (an, on).] In each; to or             for each; as, [bd]twenty leagues a day[b8], [bd]a hundred             pounds a year[b8], [bd]a dollar a yard[b8], etc.
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A \A\ [From AS. of off, from. See {Of}.]       Of. [Obs.] [bd]The name of John a Gaunt.[b8] [bd]What time a       day is it ?[b8] --Shak. [bd]It's six a clock.[b8] --B.       Jonson.
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A \A\       A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it       and of they. [bd]So would I a done[b8] [bd]A brushes his       hat.[b8] --Shak.
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A \A\       An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter                   A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a                mile-a.                                                   --Shak.
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Ferment \Fer"ment\, n. [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2),       perh. for fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil,       ferment: cf. F. ferment. Cf. 1st {Barm}, {Fervent}.]       1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or             fermenting beer.          Note: Ferments are of two kinds: ({a}) Formed or organized                ferments. ({b}) Unorganized or structureless ferments.                The latter are also called {soluble [or] chemical                ferments}, and {enzymes}. Ferments of the first class                are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms,                and the fermentations which they engender are due to                their growth and development; as, the {acetic ferment},                the {butyric ferment}, etc. See {Fermentation}.                Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are                chemical substances, as a rule soluble in glycerin and                precipitated by alcohol. In action they are catalytic                and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples are pepsin of                the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and disease                of malt.
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d8Gastropoda \[d8]Gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. [?],       [?], stomach + -poda.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes       most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and       fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat,       muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The       head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See       {Mollusca}. [Written also {Gasteropoda}.]          Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.:                ({a}) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the                Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and                Heteropoda. ({b}) The Euthyneura, including the                Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. ({c}) The Amphineura,                including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora.
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Gripe \Gripe\, n.       1. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.                         A barren scepter in my gripe.            --Shak.          2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the             gripe of a sword.          3. (Mech.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake             to stop a wheel.          4. Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress;             as, the gripe of poverty.          5. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly             used in the plural.          6. (Naut.)             (a) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the                   fore end; the forefoot.             (b) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the                   water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.             (c) pl. An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks,                   fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats                   when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat                   to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.          {Gripe penny}, {a} miser; a niggard
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A \A\ (named [be] in the English, and most commonly [84] in       other languages).       The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets.       The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe,       as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic,       black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A,       which was borrowed from the Greek {Alpha}, of the same form;       and this was made from the first letter ([?]) of the       Ph[d2]nician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph,       and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a       consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not       an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to       represent their vowel Alpha with the [84] sound, the       Ph[d2]nician alphabet having no vowel symbols. This letter,       in English, is used for several different vowel sounds. See       Guide to pronunciation, [sect][sect] 43-74. The regular long       a, as in fate, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has       taken the place of what, till about the early part of the       17th century, was a sound of the quality of [84] (as in far).          2. (Mus.) The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale             (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which             is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string             of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A             sharp (A[sharp]) is the name of a musical tone             intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A[flat]) is the             name of a tone intermediate between A and G.          {A per se} (L. per se by itself), one pre[89]minent; a             nonesuch. [Obs.]                         O fair Creseide, the flower and A per se Of Troy and                      Greece.                                             --Chaucer.
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Infinitive \In*fin"i*tive\, n. [L. infinitivus: cf. F.       infinitif. See {Infinite}.]       Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.          {Infinitive mood} (Gram.), that form of the verb which merely             names the action, and performs the office of a verbal             noun. Some grammarians make two forms in English: ({a})             The simple form, as, speak, go, hear, before which to is             commonly placed, as, to speak; to go; to hear. ({b}) The             form of the imperfect participle, called the infinitive in             -ing; as, going is as easy as standing.          Note: With the auxiliary verbs may, can, must, might, could,                would, and should, the simple infinitive is expressed                without to; as, you may speak; they must hear, etc. The                infinitive usually omits to with the verbs let, dare,                do, bid, make, see, hear, need, etc.; as, let me go;                you dare not tell; make him work; hear him talk, etc.          Note: In Anglo-Saxon, the simple infinitive was not preceded                by to (the sign of modern simple infinitive), but it                had a dative form (sometimes called the gerundial                infinitive) which was preceded by to, and was chiefly                employed in expressing purpose. See {Gerund}, 2.          Note: The gerundial ending (-anne) not only took the same                form as the simple infinitive (-an), but it was                confounded with the present participle in -ende, or                -inde (later -inge).
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Legate \Leg"ate\ (l[ecr]g"[asl]t), n. [OE. legat, L. legatus,       fr. legare to send with a commission or charge, to depute,       fr. lex, legis, law: cf. F. l[82]gat, It. legato. See       {Legal}.]       1. An ambassador or envoy.          2. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with             the authority of the Holy See.          Note: Legates are of three kinds: ({a}) Legates a latere, now                always cardinals. They are called ordinary or                extraordinary legates, the former governing provinces,                and the latter class being sent to foreign countries on                extraordinary occasions. ({b}) Legati missi, who                correspond to the ambassadors of temporal governments.                ({c}) Legati nati, or legates by virtue of their                office, as the archbishops of Salzburg and Prague.          3. (Rom. Hist.)             (a) An official assistant given to a general or to the                   governor of a province.             (b) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
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Libration \Li*bra"tion\ (l[isl]*br[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L.       libratio: cf. F. libration.]       1. The act or state of librating. --Jer. Taylor.          2. (Astron.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that             of a balance before coming to rest.          {Libration of the moon}, any one of those small periodical             changes in the position of the moon's surface relatively             to the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at             opposite limbs become visible or invisible alternately. It             receives different names according to the manner in which             it takes place; as: {(a)} Libration in longitude, that             which, depending on the place of the moon in its elliptic             orbit, causes small portions near the eastern and western             borders alternately to appear and disappear each month.             ({b}) Libration in latitude, that which depends on the             varying position of the moon's axis in respect to the             spectator, causing the alternate appearance and             disappearance of either pole. ({c}) Diurnal or parallactic             libration, that which brings into view on the upper limb,             at rising and setting, some parts not in the average             visible hemisphere.
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A- \A-\       A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various       sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a       forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot,       abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and       analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as       in adown (AS. ofd[umac]ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. [be]-       (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive       force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in       arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from       the AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-,       Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to       the meaning, as in aware. (5) French [85] (L. ad to), as in       abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7)       Greek insep. prefix [alpha] without, or privative, not, as in       abyss, atheist; akin to E. un-.          Note: Besides these, there are other sources from which the                prefix a takes its origin.
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Respiration \Res`pi*ra"tion\ (r?s`p?*r?"sh?n), n. [L.       respiratio: cf. F. respiration. See {Respire}.]       1. The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's             breath.          2. Relief from toil or suffering: rest. [Obs.]                         Till the day Appear of respiration to the just And                      vengeance to the wicked.                     --Milton.          3. Interval; intermission. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.          4. (Physiol.) The act of resping or breathing; the act of             taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those             processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system,             and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.          Note: Respiration in the higher animals is divided into:                ({a}) Internal respiration, or the interchange of                oxygen and carbonic acid between the cells of the body                and the bathing them, which in one sense is a process                of nutrition. ({b}) External respiration, or the                gaseous interchange taking place in the special                respiratory organs, the lungs. This constitutes                respiration proper. --Gamgee. In the respiration of                plants oxygen is likewise absorbed and carbonic acid                exhaled, but in the light this process is obscured by                another process which goes on with more vigor, in which                the plant inhales and absorbs carbonic acid and exhales                free oxygen.
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Monkey \Mon"key\, n.; pl. {Monkeys}. [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It.       monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr.       fr. madonna. See {Madonna}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana,                   including apes, baboons, and lemurs.             (b) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.             (c) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such                   as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of                   apes and baboons.          Note: The monkeys are often divided into three groups: ({a})                {Catarrhines}, or {Simid[91]}. These have an oblong                head, with the oblique flat nostrils near together.                Some have no tail, as the apes. All these are natives                of the Old World. ({b}) {Platyrhines}, or {Cebid[91]}.                These have a round head, with a broad nasal septum, so                that the nostrils are wide apart and directed downward.                The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short                and not opposable. These are natives of the New World.                ({c}) {Strepsorhines}, or {Lemuroidea}. These have a                pointed head with curved nostrils. They are natives of                Southern Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.          2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a             mischievous child.                         This is the monkey's own giving out; she is                      persuaded I will marry her.               --Shak.          3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very             heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on             the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the             falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.          4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.          {Monkey boat}. (Naut.)             (a) A small boat used in docks.             (b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames.          {Monkey block} (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a             swivel. --R. H. Dana, Jr.          {Monkey flower} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Mimulus}; -- so             called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. --Gray.          {Monkey gaff} (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast             for the better display of signals at sea.          {Monkey jacket}, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by             sailors.          {Monkey rail} (Naut.), a second and lighter rail raised about             six inches above the quarter rail of a ship.          {Monkey shine}, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.]          {Monkey trick}, a mischievous prank. --Saintsbury.          {Monkey wheel}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}.          {Monkey wrench}, a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw.
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Motion \Mo"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to       move. See {Move}.]       1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position;             movement; the passing of a body from one place or position             to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed             to {rest}.                         Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace attends                      thee, and each word, each motion, forms. --Milton.          2. Power of, or capacity for, motion.                         Devoid of sense and motion.               --Milton.          3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of             the planets is from west to east.                         In our proper motion we ascend.         --Milton.          4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;             action of a machine with respect to the relative movement             of its parts.                         This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its                      motion.                                             --Dr. H. More.          5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or             impulse to any action; internal activity.                         Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his                      heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from                      God.                                                   --South.          6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;             esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly;             as, a motion to adjourn.                         Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. --Shak.          7. (Law) An application made to a court or judge orally in             open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule             directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.             --Mozley & W.          8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in             the same part or in groups of parts.                         The independent motions of different parts sounding                      together constitute counterpoint.      --Grove.          Note: Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale.                Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite                directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique                motion is that when one part is stationary while                another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when                parts move in the same direction.          9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.]                         What motion's this? the model of Nineveh? --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.          Note: Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound.          {Simple motions} are: ({a}) straight translation, which, if             of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. ({b})             Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or             reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called             oscillating. ({c}) Helical, which, if of indefinite             duration, must be reciprocating.          {Compound motion} consists of combinations of any of the             simple motions.          {Center of motion}, {Harmonic motion}, etc. See under             {Center}, {Harmonic}, etc.          {Motion block} (Steam Engine), a crosshead.          {Perpetual motion} (Mech.), an incessant motion conceived to             be attainable by a machine supplying its own motive forces             independently of any action from without.
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A \A\ ([adot]), prep. [Abbreviated form of an (AS. on). See       {On}.]       1. In; on; at; by. [Obs.] [bd]A God's name.[b8] [bd]Torn a             pieces.[b8] [bd]Stand a tiptoe.[b8] [bd]A Sundays[b8]             --Shak. [bd]Wit that men have now a days.[b8] --Chaucer.             [bd]Set them a work.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia).          2. In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with             verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant.             This is a shortened form of the preposition an (which was             used before the vowel sound); as in a hunting, a building,             a begging. [bd]Jacob, when he was a dying[b8] --Heb. xi.             21. [bd]We'll a birding together.[b8] [bd] It was a             doing.[b8] --Shak. [bd]He burst out a laughing.[b8]             --Macaulay.          Note: The hyphen may be used to connect a with the verbal                substantive (as, a-hunting, a-building) or the words                may be written separately. This form of expression is                now for the most part obsolete, the a being omitted and                the verbal substantive treated as a participle.
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A \A\ ([adot] emph. [amac]).       1. [Shortened form of an. AS. [be]n one. See {One}.] An             adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and             signifying one or any, but less emphatically. [bd]At a             birth[b8]; [bd]In a word[b8]; [bd]At a blow[b8]. --Shak.          Note: It is placed before nouns of the singular number                denoting an individual object, or a quality                individualized, before collective nouns, and also                before plural nouns when the adjective few or the                phrase great many or good many is interposed; as, a                dog, a house, a man; a color; a sweetness; a hundred, a                fleet, a regiment; a few persons, a great many days. It                is used for an, for the sake of euphony, before words                beginning with a consonant sound [for exception of                certain words beginning with h, see {An}]; as, a table,                a woman, a year, a unit, a eulogy, a ewe, a oneness,                such a one, etc. Formally an was used both before                vowels and consonants.          2. [Originally the preposition a (an, on).] In each; to or             for each; as, [bd]twenty leagues a day[b8], [bd]a hundred             pounds a year[b8], [bd]a dollar a yard[b8], etc.
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A \A\ [From AS. of off, from. See {Of}.]       Of. [Obs.] [bd]The name of John a Gaunt.[b8] [bd]What time a       day is it ?[b8] --Shak. [bd]It's six a clock.[b8] --B.       Jonson.
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A \A\       A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it       and of they. [bd]So would I a done[b8] [bd]A brushes his       hat.[b8] --Shak.
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A \A\       An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter                   A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a                mile-a.                                                   --Shak.
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Ferment \Fer"ment\, n. [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2),       perh. for fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil,       ferment: cf. F. ferment. Cf. 1st {Barm}, {Fervent}.]       1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or             fermenting beer.          Note: Ferments are of two kinds: ({a}) Formed or organized                ferments. ({b}) Unorganized or structureless ferments.                The latter are also called {soluble [or] chemical                ferments}, and {enzymes}. Ferments of the first class                are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms,                and the fermentations which they engender are due to                their growth and development; as, the {acetic ferment},                the {butyric ferment}, etc. See {Fermentation}.                Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are                chemical substances, as a rule soluble in glycerin and                precipitated by alcohol. In action they are catalytic                and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples are pepsin of                the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and disease                of malt.
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d8Gastropoda \[d8]Gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. [?],       [?], stomach + -poda.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes       most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and       fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat,       muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The       head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See       {Mollusca}. [Written also {Gasteropoda}.]          Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.:                ({a}) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the                Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and                Heteropoda. ({b}) The Euthyneura, including the                Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. ({c}) The Amphineura,                including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora.
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Gripe \Gripe\, n.       1. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.                         A barren scepter in my gripe.            --Shak.          2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the             gripe of a sword.          3. (Mech.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake             to stop a wheel.          4. Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress;             as, the gripe of poverty.          5. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly             used in the plural.          6. (Naut.)             (a) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the                   fore end; the forefoot.             (b) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the                   water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.             (c) pl. An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks,                   fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats                   when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat                   to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.          {Gripe penny}, {a} miser; a niggard
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A \A\ (named [be] in the English, and most commonly [84] in       other languages).       The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets.       The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe,       as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic,       black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A,       which was borrowed from the Greek {Alpha}, of the same form;       and this was made from the first letter ([?]) of the       Ph[d2]nician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph,       and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a       consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not       an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to       represent their vowel Alpha with the [84] sound, the       Ph[d2]nician alphabet having no vowel symbols. This letter,       in English, is used for several different vowel sounds. See       Guide to pronunciation, [sect][sect] 43-74. The regular long       a, as in fate, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has       taken the place of what, till about the early part of the       17th century, was a sound of the quality of [84] (as in far).          2. (Mus.) The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale             (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which             is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string             of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A             sharp (A[sharp]) is the name of a musical tone             intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A[flat]) is the             name of a tone intermediate between A and G.          {A per se} (L. per se by itself), one pre[89]minent; a             nonesuch. [Obs.]                         O fair Creseide, the flower and A per se Of Troy and                      Greece.                                             --Chaucer.
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Infinitive \In*fin"i*tive\, n. [L. infinitivus: cf. F.       infinitif. See {Infinite}.]       Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.          {Infinitive mood} (Gram.), that form of the verb which merely             names the action, and performs the office of a verbal             noun. Some grammarians make two forms in English: ({a})             The simple form, as, speak, go, hear, before which to is             commonly placed, as, to speak; to go; to hear. ({b}) The             form of the imperfect participle, called the infinitive in             -ing; as, going is as easy as standing.          Note: With the auxiliary verbs may, can, must, might, could,                would, and should, the simple infinitive is expressed                without to; as, you may speak; they must hear, etc. The                infinitive usually omits to with the verbs let, dare,                do, bid, make, see, hear, need, etc.; as, let me go;                you dare not tell; make him work; hear him talk, etc.          Note: In Anglo-Saxon, the simple infinitive was not preceded                by to (the sign of modern simple infinitive), but it                had a dative form (sometimes called the gerundial                infinitive) which was preceded by to, and was chiefly                employed in expressing purpose. See {Gerund}, 2.          Note: The gerundial ending (-anne) not only took the same                form as the simple infinitive (-an), but it was                confounded with the present participle in -ende, or                -inde (later -inge).
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Legate \Leg"ate\ (l[ecr]g"[asl]t), n. [OE. legat, L. legatus,       fr. legare to send with a commission or charge, to depute,       fr. lex, legis, law: cf. F. l[82]gat, It. legato. See       {Legal}.]       1. An ambassador or envoy.          2. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with             the authority of the Holy See.          Note: Legates are of three kinds: ({a}) Legates a latere, now                always cardinals. They are called ordinary or                extraordinary legates, the former governing provinces,                and the latter class being sent to foreign countries on                extraordinary occasions. ({b}) Legati missi, who                correspond to the ambassadors of temporal governments.                ({c}) Legati nati, or legates by virtue of their                office, as the archbishops of Salzburg and Prague.          3. (Rom. Hist.)             (a) An official assistant given to a general or to the                   governor of a province.             (b) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
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Libration \Li*bra"tion\ (l[isl]*br[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L.       libratio: cf. F. libration.]       1. The act or state of librating. --Jer. Taylor.          2. (Astron.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that             of a balance before coming to rest.          {Libration of the moon}, any one of those small periodical             changes in the position of the moon's surface relatively             to the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at             opposite limbs become visible or invisible alternately. It             receives different names according to the manner in which             it takes place; as: {(a)} Libration in longitude, that             which, depending on the place of the moon in its elliptic             orbit, causes small portions near the eastern and western             borders alternately to appear and disappear each month.             ({b}) Libration in latitude, that which depends on the             varying position of the moon's axis in respect to the             spectator, causing the alternate appearance and             disappearance of either pole. ({c}) Diurnal or parallactic             libration, that which brings into view on the upper limb,             at rising and setting, some parts not in the average             visible hemisphere.
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A- \A-\       A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various       sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a       forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot,       abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and       analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as       in adown (AS. ofd[umac]ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. [be]-       (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive       force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in       arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from       the AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-,       Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to       the meaning, as in aware. (5) French [85] (L. ad to), as in       abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7)       Greek insep. prefix [alpha] without, or privative, not, as in       abyss, atheist; akin to E. un-.          Note: Besides these, there are other sources from which the                prefix a takes its origin.
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Respiration \Res`pi*ra"tion\ (r?s`p?*r?"sh?n), n. [L.       respiratio: cf. F. respiration. See {Respire}.]       1. The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's             breath.          2. Relief from toil or suffering: rest. [Obs.]                         Till the day Appear of respiration to the just And                      vengeance to the wicked.                     --Milton.          3. Interval; intermission. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.          4. (Physiol.) The act of resping or breathing; the act of             taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those             processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system,             and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.          Note: Respiration in the higher animals is divided into:                ({a}) Internal respiration, or the interchange of                oxygen and carbonic acid between the cells of the body                and the bathing them, which in one sense is a process                of nutrition. ({b}) External respiration, or the                gaseous interchange taking place in the special                respiratory organs, the lungs. This constitutes                respiration proper. --Gamgee. In the respiration of                plants oxygen is likewise absorbed and carbonic acid                exhaled, but in the light this process is obscured by                another process which goes on with more vigor, in which                the plant inhales and absorbs carbonic acid and exhales                free oxygen.
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Monkey \Mon"key\, n.; pl. {Monkeys}. [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It.       monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr.       fr. madonna. See {Madonna}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana,                   including apes, baboons, and lemurs.             (b) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.             (c) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such                   as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of                   apes and baboons.          Note: The monkeys are often divided into three groups: ({a})                {Catarrhines}, or {Simid[91]}. These have an oblong                head, with the oblique flat nostrils near together.                Some have no tail, as the apes. All these are natives                of the Old World. ({b}) {Platyrhines}, or {Cebid[91]}.                These have a round head, with a broad nasal septum, so                that the nostrils are wide apart and directed downward.                The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short                and not opposable. These are natives of the New World.                ({c}) {Strepsorhines}, or {Lemuroidea}. These have a                pointed head with curved nostrils. They are natives of                Southern Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.          2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a             mischievous child.                         This is the monkey's own giving out; she is                      persuaded I will marry her.               --Shak.          3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very             heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on             the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the             falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.          4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.          {Monkey boat}. (Naut.)             (a) A small boat used in docks.             (b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames.          {Monkey block} (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a             swivel. --R. H. Dana, Jr.          {Monkey flower} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Mimulus}; -- so             called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. --Gray.          {Monkey gaff} (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast             for the better display of signals at sea.          {Monkey jacket}, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by             sailors.          {Monkey rail} (Naut.), a second and lighter rail raised about             six inches above the quarter rail of a ship.          {Monkey shine}, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.]          {Monkey trick}, a mischievous prank. --Saintsbury.          {Monkey wheel}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}.          {Monkey wrench}, a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw.
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Motion \Mo"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to       move. See {Move}.]       1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position;             movement; the passing of a body from one place or position             to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed             to {rest}.                         Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace attends                      thee, and each word, each motion, forms. --Milton.          2. Power of, or capacity for, motion.                         Devoid of sense and motion.               --Milton.          3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of             the planets is from west to east.                         In our proper motion we ascend.         --Milton.          4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;             action of a machine with respect to the relative movement             of its parts.                         This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its                      motion.                                             --Dr. H. More.          5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or             impulse to any action; internal activity.                         Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his                      heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from                      God.                                                   --South.          6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;             esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly;             as, a motion to adjourn.                         Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. --Shak.          7. (Law) An application made to a court or judge orally in             open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule             directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.             --Mozley & W.          8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in             the same part or in groups of parts.                         The independent motions of different parts sounding                      together constitute counterpoint.      --Grove.          Note: Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale.                Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite                directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique                motion is that when one part is stationary while                another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when                parts move in the same direction.          9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.]                         What motion's this? the model of Nineveh? --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.          Note: Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound.          {Simple motions} are: ({a}) straight translation, which, if             of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. ({b})             Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or             reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called             oscillating. ({c}) Helical, which, if of indefinite             duration, must be reciprocating.          {Compound motion} consists of combinations of any of the             simple motions.          {Center of motion}, {Harmonic motion}, etc. See under             {Center}, {Harmonic}, etc.          {Motion block} (Steam Engine), a crosshead.          {Perpetual motion} (Mech.), an incessant motion conceived to             be attainable by a machine supplying its own motive forces             independently of any action from without.
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A \A\ ([adot]), prep. [Abbreviated form of an (AS. on). See       {On}.]       1. In; on; at; by. [Obs.] [bd]A God's name.[b8] [bd]Torn a             pieces.[b8] [bd]Stand a tiptoe.[b8] [bd]A Sundays[b8]             --Shak. [bd]Wit that men have now a days.[b8] --Chaucer.             [bd]Set them a work.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia).          2. In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with             verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant.             This is a shortened form of the preposition an (which was             used before the vowel sound); as in a hunting, a building,             a begging. [bd]Jacob, when he was a dying[b8] --Heb. xi.             21. [bd]We'll a birding together.[b8] [bd] It was a             doing.[b8] --Shak. [bd]He burst out a laughing.[b8]             --Macaulay.          Note: The hyphen may be used to connect a with the verbal                substantive (as, a-hunting, a-building) or the words                may be written separately. This form of expression is                now for the most part obsolete, the a being omitted and                the verbal substantive treated as a participle.
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A \A\ ([adot] emph. [amac]).       1. [Shortened form of an. AS. [be]n one. See {One}.] An             adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and             signifying one or any, but less emphatically. [bd]At a             birth[b8]; [bd]In a word[b8]; [bd]At a blow[b8]. --Shak.          Note: It is placed before nouns of the singular number                denoting an individual object, or a quality                individualized, before collective nouns, and also                before plural nouns when the adjective few or the                phrase great many or good many is interposed; as, a                dog, a house, a man; a color; a sweetness; a hundred, a                fleet, a regiment; a few persons, a great many days. It                is used for an, for the sake of euphony, before words                beginning with a consonant sound [for exception of                certain words beginning with h, see {An}]; as, a table,                a woman, a year, a unit, a eulogy, a ewe, a oneness,                such a one, etc. Formally an was used both before                vowels and consonants.          2. [Originally the preposition a (an, on).] In each; to or             for each; as, [bd]twenty leagues a day[b8], [bd]a hundred             pounds a year[b8], [bd]a dollar a yard[b8], etc.
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A \A\ [From AS. of off, from. See {Of}.]       Of. [Obs.] [bd]The name of John a Gaunt.[b8] [bd]What time a       day is it ?[b8] --Shak. [bd]It's six a clock.[b8] --B.       Jonson.
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A \A\       A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it       and of they. [bd]So would I a done[b8] [bd]A brushes his       hat.[b8] --Shak.
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A \A\       An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter                   A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a                mile-a.                                                   --Shak.
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Ferment \Fer"ment\, n. [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2),       perh. for fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil,       ferment: cf. F. ferment. Cf. 1st {Barm}, {Fervent}.]       1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or             fermenting beer.          Note: Ferments are of two kinds: ({a}) Formed or organized                ferments. ({b}) Unorganized or structureless ferments.                The latter are also called {soluble [or] chemical                ferments}, and {enzymes}. Ferments of the first class                are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms,                and the fermentations which they engender are due to                their growth and development; as, the {acetic ferment},                the {butyric ferment}, etc. See {Fermentation}.                Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are                chemical substances, as a rule soluble in glycerin and                precipitated by alcohol. In action they are catalytic                and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples are pepsin of                the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and disease                of malt.
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d8Gastropoda \[d8]Gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. [?],       [?], stomach + -poda.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes       most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and       fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat,       muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The       head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See       {Mollusca}. [Written also {Gasteropoda}.]          Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.:                ({a}) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the                Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and                Heteropoda. ({b}) The Euthyneura, including the                Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. ({c}) The Amphineura,                including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora.
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Gripe \Gripe\, n.       1. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.                         A barren scepter in my gripe.            --Shak.          2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the             gripe of a sword.          3. (Mech.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake             to stop a wheel.          4. Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress;             as, the gripe of poverty.          5. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly             used in the plural.          6. (Naut.)             (a) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the                   fore end; the forefoot.             (b) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the                   water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.             (c) pl. An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks,                   fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats                   when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat                   to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.          {Gripe penny}, {a} miser; a niggard
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A \A\ (named [be] in the English, and most commonly [84] in       other languages).       The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets.       The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe,       as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic,       black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A,       which was borrowed from the Greek {Alpha}, of the same form;       and this was made from the first letter ([?]) of the       Ph[d2]nician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph,       and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a       consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not       an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to       represent their vowel Alpha with the [84] sound, the       Ph[d2]nician alphabet having no vowel symbols. This letter,       in English, is used for several different vowel sounds. See       Guide to pronunciation, [sect][sect] 43-74. The regular long       a, as in fate, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has       taken the place of what, till about the early part of the       17th century, was a sound of the quality of [84] (as in far).          2. (Mus.) The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale             (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which             is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string             of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A             sharp (A[sharp]) is the name of a musical tone             intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A[flat]) is the             name of a tone intermediate between A and G.          {A per se} (L. per se by itself), one pre[89]minent; a             nonesuch. [Obs.]                         O fair Creseide, the flower and A per se Of Troy and                      Greece.                                             --Chaucer.
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Infinitive \In*fin"i*tive\, n. [L. infinitivus: cf. F.       infinitif. See {Infinite}.]       Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.          {Infinitive mood} (Gram.), that form of the verb which merely             names the action, and performs the office of a verbal             noun. Some grammarians make two forms in English: ({a})             The simple form, as, speak, go, hear, before which to is             commonly placed, as, to speak; to go; to hear. ({b}) The             form of the imperfect participle, called the infinitive in             -ing; as, going is as easy as standing.          Note: With the auxiliary verbs may, can, must, might, could,                would, and should, the simple infinitive is expressed                without to; as, you may speak; they must hear, etc. The                infinitive usually omits to with the verbs let, dare,                do, bid, make, see, hear, need, etc.; as, let me go;                you dare not tell; make him work; hear him talk, etc.          Note: In Anglo-Saxon, the simple infinitive was not preceded                by to (the sign of modern simple infinitive), but it                had a dative form (sometimes called the gerundial                infinitive) which was preceded by to, and was chiefly                employed in expressing purpose. See {Gerund}, 2.          Note: The gerundial ending (-anne) not only took the same                form as the simple infinitive (-an), but it was                confounded with the present participle in -ende, or                -inde (later -inge).
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Legate \Leg"ate\ (l[ecr]g"[asl]t), n. [OE. legat, L. legatus,       fr. legare to send with a commission or charge, to depute,       fr. lex, legis, law: cf. F. l[82]gat, It. legato. See       {Legal}.]       1. An ambassador or envoy.          2. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with             the authority of the Holy See.          Note: Legates are of three kinds: ({a}) Legates a latere, now                always cardinals. They are called ordinary or                extraordinary legates, the former governing provinces,                and the latter class being sent to foreign countries on                extraordinary occasions. ({b}) Legati missi, who                correspond to the ambassadors of temporal governments.                ({c}) Legati nati, or legates by virtue of their                office, as the archbishops of Salzburg and Prague.          3. (Rom. Hist.)             (a) An official assistant given to a general or to the                   governor of a province.             (b) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
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Libration \Li*bra"tion\ (l[isl]*br[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L.       libratio: cf. F. libration.]       1. The act or state of librating. --Jer. Taylor.          2. (Astron.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that             of a balance before coming to rest.          {Libration of the moon}, any one of those small periodical             changes in the position of the moon's surface relatively             to the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at             opposite limbs become visible or invisible alternately. It             receives different names according to the manner in which             it takes place; as: {(a)} Libration in longitude, that             which, depending on the place of the moon in its elliptic             orbit, causes small portions near the eastern and western             borders alternately to appear and disappear each month.             ({b}) Libration in latitude, that which depends on the             varying position of the moon's axis in respect to the             spectator, causing the alternate appearance and             disappearance of either pole. ({c}) Diurnal or parallactic             libration, that which brings into view on the upper limb,             at rising and setting, some parts not in the average             visible hemisphere.
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A- \A-\       A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various       sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a       forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot,       abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and       analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as       in adown (AS. ofd[umac]ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. [be]-       (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive       force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in       arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from       the AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-,       Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to       the meaning, as in aware. (5) French [85] (L. ad to), as in       abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7)       Greek insep. prefix [alpha] without, or privative, not, as in       abyss, atheist; akin to E. un-.          Note: Besides these, there are other sources from which the                prefix a takes its origin.
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Respiration \Res`pi*ra"tion\ (r?s`p?*r?"sh?n), n. [L.       respiratio: cf. F. respiration. See {Respire}.]       1. The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's             breath.          2. Relief from toil or suffering: rest. [Obs.]                         Till the day Appear of respiration to the just And                      vengeance to the wicked.                     --Milton.          3. Interval; intermission. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.          4. (Physiol.) The act of resping or breathing; the act of             taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those             processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system,             and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.          Note: Respiration in the higher animals is divided into:                ({a}) Internal respiration, or the interchange of                oxygen and carbonic acid between the cells of the body                and the bathing them, which in one sense is a process                of nutrition. ({b}) External respiration, or the                gaseous interchange taking place in the special                respiratory organs, the lungs. This constitutes                respiration proper. --Gamgee. In the respiration of                plants oxygen is likewise absorbed and carbonic acid                exhaled, but in the light this process is obscured by                another process which goes on with more vigor, in which                the plant inhales and absorbs carbonic acid and exhales                free oxygen.
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Monkey \Mon"key\, n.; pl. {Monkeys}. [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It.       monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr.       fr. madonna. See {Madonna}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana,                   including apes, baboons, and lemurs.             (b) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.             (c) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such                   as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of                   apes and baboons.          Note: The monkeys are often divided into three groups: ({a})                {Catarrhines}, or {Simid[91]}. These have an oblong                head, with the oblique flat nostrils near together.                Some have no tail, as the apes. All these are natives                of the Old World. ({b}) {Platyrhines}, or {Cebid[91]}.                These have a round head, with a broad nasal septum, so                that the nostrils are wide apart and directed downward.                The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short                and not opposable. These are natives of the New World.                ({c}) {Strepsorhines}, or {Lemuroidea}. These have a                pointed head with curved nostrils. They are natives of                Southern Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.          2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a             mischievous child.                         This is the monkey's own giving out; she is                      persuaded I will marry her.               --Shak.          3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very             heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on             the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the             falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.          4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.          {Monkey boat}. (Naut.)             (a) A small boat used in docks.             (b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames.          {Monkey block} (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a             swivel. --R. H. Dana, Jr.          {Monkey flower} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Mimulus}; -- so             called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. --Gray.          {Monkey gaff} (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast             for the better display of signals at sea.          {Monkey jacket}, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by             sailors.          {Monkey rail} (Naut.), a second and lighter rail raised about             six inches above the quarter rail of a ship.          {Monkey shine}, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.]          {Monkey trick}, a mischievous prank. --Saintsbury.          {Monkey wheel}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}.          {Monkey wrench}, a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw.
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Motion \Mo"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to       move. See {Move}.]       1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position;             movement; the passing of a body from one place or position             to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed             to {rest}.                         Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace attends                      thee, and each word, each motion, forms. --Milton.          2. Power of, or capacity for, motion.                         Devoid of sense and motion.               --Milton.          3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of             the planets is from west to east.                         In our proper motion we ascend.         --Milton.          4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;             action of a machine with respect to the relative movement             of its parts.                         This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its                      motion.                                             --Dr. H. More.          5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or             impulse to any action; internal activity.                         Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his                      heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from                      God.                                                   --South.          6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;             esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly;             as, a motion to adjourn.                         Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. --Shak.          7. (Law) An application made to a court or judge orally in             open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule             directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.             --Mozley & W.          8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in             the same part or in groups of parts.                         The independent motions of different parts sounding                      together constitute counterpoint.      --Grove.          Note: Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale.                Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite                directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique                motion is that when one part is stationary while                another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when                parts move in the same direction.          9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.]                         What motion's this? the model of Nineveh? --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.          Note: Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound.          {Simple motions} are: ({a}) straight translation, which, if             of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. ({b})             Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or             reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called             oscillating. ({c}) Helical, which, if of indefinite             duration, must be reciprocating.          {Compound motion} consists of combinations of any of the             simple motions.          {Center of motion}, {Harmonic motion}, etc. See under             {Center}, {Harmonic}, etc.          {Motion block} (Steam Engine), a crosshead.          {Perpetual motion} (Mech.), an incessant motion conceived to             be attainable by a machine supplying its own motive forces             independently of any action from without.
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A \A\ ([adot]), prep. [Abbreviated form of an (AS. on). See       {On}.]       1. In; on; at; by. [Obs.] [bd]A God's name.[b8] [bd]Torn a             pieces.[b8] [bd]Stand a tiptoe.[b8] [bd]A Sundays[b8]             --Shak. [bd]Wit that men have now a days.[b8] --Chaucer.             [bd]Set them a work.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia).          2. In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with             verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant.             This is a shortened form of the preposition an (which was             used before the vowel sound); as in a hunting, a building,             a begging. [bd]Jacob, when he was a dying[b8] --Heb. xi.             21. [bd]We'll a birding together.[b8] [bd] It was a             doing.[b8] --Shak. [bd]He burst out a laughing.[b8]             --Macaulay.          Note: The hyphen may be used to connect a with the verbal                substantive (as, a-hunting, a-building) or the words                may be written separately. This form of expression is                now for the most part obsolete, the a being omitted and                the verbal substantive treated as a participle.
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A \A\ ([adot] emph. [amac]).       1. [Shortened form of an. AS. [be]n one. See {One}.] An             adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and             signifying one or any, but less emphatically. [bd]At a             birth[b8]; [bd]In a word[b8]; [bd]At a blow[b8]. --Shak.          Note: It is placed before nouns of the singular number                denoting an individual object, or a quality                individualized, before collective nouns, and also                before plural nouns when the adjective few or the                phrase great many or good many is interposed; as, a                dog, a house, a man; a color; a sweetness; a hundred, a                fleet, a regiment; a few persons, a great many days. It                is used for an, for the sake of euphony, before words                beginning with a consonant sound [for exception of                certain words beginning with h, see {An}]; as, a table,                a woman, a year, a unit, a eulogy, a ewe, a oneness,                such a one, etc. Formally an was used both before                vowels and consonants.          2. [Originally the preposition a (an, on).] In each; to or             for each; as, [bd]twenty leagues a day[b8], [bd]a hundred             pounds a year[b8], [bd]a dollar a yard[b8], etc.
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A \A\ [From AS. of off, from. See {Of}.]       Of. [Obs.] [bd]The name of John a Gaunt.[b8] [bd]What time a       day is it ?[b8] --Shak. [bd]It's six a clock.[b8] --B.       Jonson.
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A \A\       A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it       and of they. [bd]So would I a done[b8] [bd]A brushes his       hat.[b8] --Shak.
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A \A\       An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter                   A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a                mile-a.                                                   --Shak.
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Ferment \Fer"ment\, n. [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2),       perh. for fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil,       ferment: cf. F. ferment. Cf. 1st {Barm}, {Fervent}.]       1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or             fermenting beer.          Note: Ferments are of two kinds: ({a}) Formed or organized                ferments. ({b}) Unorganized or structureless ferments.                The latter are also called {soluble [or] chemical                ferments}, and {enzymes}. Ferments of the first class                are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms,                and the fermentations which they engender are due to                their growth and development; as, the {acetic ferment},                the {butyric ferment}, etc. See {Fermentation}.                Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are                chemical substances, as a rule soluble in glycerin and                precipitated by alcohol. In action they are catalytic                and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples are pepsin of                the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and disease                of malt.
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d8Gastropoda \[d8]Gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. [?],       [?], stomach + -poda.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes       most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and       fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat,       muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The       head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See       {Mollusca}. [Written also {Gasteropoda}.]          Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.:                ({a}) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the                Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and                Heteropoda. ({b}) The Euthyneura, including the                Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. ({c}) The Amphineura,                including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora.
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Gripe \Gripe\, n.       1. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.                         A barren scepter in my gripe.            --Shak.          2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the             gripe of a sword.          3. (Mech.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake             to stop a wheel.          4. Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress;             as, the gripe of poverty.          5. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly             used in the plural.          6. (Naut.)             (a) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the                   fore end; the forefoot.             (b) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the                   water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.             (c) pl. An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks,                   fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats                   when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat                   to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.          {Gripe penny}, {a} miser; a niggard
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A \A\ (named [be] in the English, and most commonly [84] in       other languages).       The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets.       The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe,       as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic,       black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A,       which was borrowed from the Greek {Alpha}, of the same form;       and this was made from the first letter ([?]) of the       Ph[d2]nician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph,       and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a       consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not       an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to       represent their vowel Alpha with the [84] sound, the       Ph[d2]nician alphabet having no vowel symbols. This letter,       in English, is used for several different vowel sounds. See       Guide to pronunciation, [sect][sect] 43-74. The regular long       a, as in fate, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has       taken the place of what, till about the early part of the       17th century, was a sound of the quality of [84] (as in far).          2. (Mus.) The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale             (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which             is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string             of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A             sharp (A[sharp]) is the name of a musical tone             intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A[flat]) is the             name of a tone intermediate between A and G.          {A per se} (L. per se by itself), one pre[89]minent; a             nonesuch. [Obs.]                         O fair Creseide, the flower and A per se Of Troy and                      Greece.                                             --Chaucer.
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Infinitive \In*fin"i*tive\, n. [L. infinitivus: cf. F.       infinitif. See {Infinite}.]       Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.          {Infinitive mood} (Gram.), that form of the verb which merely             names the action, and performs the office of a verbal             noun. Some grammarians make two forms in English: ({a})             The simple form, as, speak, go, hear, before which to is             commonly placed, as, to speak; to go; to hear. ({b}) The             form of the imperfect participle, called the infinitive in             -ing; as, going is as easy as standing.          Note: With the auxiliary verbs may, can, must, might, could,                would, and should, the simple infinitive is expressed                without to; as, you may speak; they must hear, etc. The                infinitive usually omits to with the verbs let, dare,                do, bid, make, see, hear, need, etc.; as, let me go;                you dare not tell; make him work; hear him talk, etc.          Note: In Anglo-Saxon, the simple infinitive was not preceded                by to (the sign of modern simple infinitive), but it                had a dative form (sometimes called the gerundial                infinitive) which was preceded by to, and was chiefly                employed in expressing purpose. See {Gerund}, 2.          Note: The gerundial ending (-anne) not only took the same                form as the simple infinitive (-an), but it was                confounded with the present participle in -ende, or                -inde (later -inge).
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Legate \Leg"ate\ (l[ecr]g"[asl]t), n. [OE. legat, L. legatus,       fr. legare to send with a commission or charge, to depute,       fr. lex, legis, law: cf. F. l[82]gat, It. legato. See       {Legal}.]       1. An ambassador or envoy.          2. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with             the authority of the Holy See.          Note: Legates are of three kinds: ({a}) Legates a latere, now                always cardinals. They are called ordinary or                extraordinary legates, the former governing provinces,                and the latter class being sent to foreign countries on                extraordinary occasions. ({b}) Legati missi, who                correspond to the ambassadors of temporal governments.                ({c}) Legati nati, or legates by virtue of their                office, as the archbishops of Salzburg and Prague.          3. (Rom. Hist.)             (a) An official assistant given to a general or to the                   governor of a province.             (b) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
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Libration \Li*bra"tion\ (l[isl]*br[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [L.       libratio: cf. F. libration.]       1. The act or state of librating. --Jer. Taylor.          2. (Astron.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that             of a balance before coming to rest.          {Libration of the moon}, any one of those small periodical             changes in the position of the moon's surface relatively             to the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at             opposite limbs become visible or invisible alternately. It             receives different names according to the manner in which             it takes place; as: {(a)} Libration in longitude, that             which, depending on the place of the moon in its elliptic             orbit, causes small portions near the eastern and western             borders alternately to appear and disappear each month.             ({b}) Libration in latitude, that which depends on the             varying position of the moon's axis in respect to the             spectator, causing the alternate appearance and             disappearance of either pole. ({c}) Diurnal or parallactic             libration, that which brings into view on the upper limb,             at rising and setting, some parts not in the average             visible hemisphere.
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A- \A-\       A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various       sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a       forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot,       abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and       analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as       in adown (AS. ofd[umac]ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. [be]-       (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive       force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in       arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from       the AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-,       Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to       the meaning, as in aware. (5) French [85] (L. ad to), as in       abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7)       Greek insep. prefix [alpha] without, or privative, not, as in       abyss, atheist; akin to E. un-.          Note: Besides these, there are other sources from which the                prefix a takes its origin.
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Respiration \Res`pi*ra"tion\ (r?s`p?*r?"sh?n), n. [L.       respiratio: cf. F. respiration. See {Respire}.]       1. The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's             breath.          2. Relief from toil or suffering: rest. [Obs.]                         Till the day Appear of respiration to the just And                      vengeance to the wicked.                     --Milton.          3. Interval; intermission. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.          4. (Physiol.) The act of resping or breathing; the act of             taking in and giving out air; the aggregate of those             processes bu which oxygen is introduced into the system,             and carbon dioxide, or carbonic acid, removed.          Note: Respiration in the higher animals is divided into:                ({a}) Internal respiration, or the interchange of                oxygen and carbonic acid between the cells of the body                and the bathing them, which in one sense is a process                of nutrition. ({b}) External respiration, or the                gaseous interchange taking place in the special                respiratory organs, the lungs. This constitutes                respiration proper. --Gamgee. In the respiration of                plants oxygen is likewise absorbed and carbonic acid                exhaled, but in the light this process is obscured by                another process which goes on with more vigor, in which                the plant inhales and absorbs carbonic acid and exhales                free oxygen.
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Monkey \Mon"key\, n.; pl. {Monkeys}. [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It.       monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr.       fr. madonna. See {Madonna}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana,                   including apes, baboons, and lemurs.             (b) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.             (c) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such                   as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of                   apes and baboons.          Note: The monkeys are often divided into three groups: ({a})                {Catarrhines}, or {Simid[91]}. These have an oblong                head, with the oblique flat nostrils near together.                Some have no tail, as the apes. All these are natives                of the Old World. ({b}) {Platyrhines}, or {Cebid[91]}.                These have a round head, with a broad nasal septum, so                that the nostrils are wide apart and directed downward.                The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short                and not opposable. These are natives of the New World.                ({c}) {Strepsorhines}, or {Lemuroidea}. These have a                pointed head with curved nostrils. They are natives of                Southern Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.          2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a             mischievous child.                         This is the monkey's own giving out; she is                      persuaded I will marry her.               --Shak.          3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very             heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on             the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the             falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.          4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.          {Monkey boat}. (Naut.)             (a) A small boat used in docks.             (b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames.          {Monkey block} (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a             swivel. --R. H. Dana, Jr.          {Monkey flower} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Mimulus}; -- so             called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. --Gray.          {Monkey gaff} (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast             for the better display of signals at sea.          {Monkey jacket}, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by             sailors.          {Monkey rail} (Naut.), a second and lighter rail raised about             six inches above the quarter rail of a ship.          {Monkey shine}, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.]          {Monkey trick}, a mischievous prank. --Saintsbury.          {Monkey wheel}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}.          {Monkey wrench}, a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Motion \Mo"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to       move. See {Move}.]       1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position;             movement; the passing of a body from one place or position             to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed             to {rest}.                         Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace attends                      thee, and each word, each motion, forms. --Milton.          2. Power of, or capacity for, motion.                         Devoid of sense and motion.               --Milton.          3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of             the planets is from west to east.                         In our proper motion we ascend.         --Milton.          4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;             action of a machine with respect to the relative movement             of its parts.                         This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its                      motion.                                             --Dr. H. More.          5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or             impulse to any action; internal activity.                         Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his                      heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from                      God.                                                   --South.          6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;             esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly;             as, a motion to adjourn.                         Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. --Shak.          7. (Law) An application made to a court or judge orally in             open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule             directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.             --Mozley & W.          8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in             the same part or in groups of parts.                         The independent motions of different parts sounding                      together constitute counterpoint.      --Grove.          Note: Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale.                Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite                directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique                motion is that when one part is stationary while                another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when                parts move in the same direction.          9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.]                         What motion's this? the model of Nineveh? --Beau. &                                                                               Fl.          Note: Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound.          {Simple motions} are: ({a}) straight translation, which, if             of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. ({b})             Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or             reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called             oscillating. ({c}) Helical, which, if of indefinite             duration, must be reciprocating.          {Compound motion} consists of combinations of any of the             simple motions.          {Center of motion}, {Harmonic motion}, etc. See under             {Center}, {Harmonic}, etc.          {Motion block} (Steam Engine), a crosshead.          {Perpetual motion} (Mech.), an incessant motion conceived to             be attainable by a machine supplying its own motive forces             independently of any action from without.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A \A\ ([adot]), prep. [Abbreviated form of an (AS. on). See       {On}.]       1. In; on; at; by. [Obs.] [bd]A God's name.[b8] [bd]Torn a             pieces.[b8] [bd]Stand a tiptoe.[b8] [bd]A Sundays[b8]             --Shak. [bd]Wit that men have now a days.[b8] --Chaucer.             [bd]Set them a work.[b8] --Robynson (More's Utopia).          2. In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with             verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant.             This is a shortened form of the preposition an (which was             used before the vowel sound); as in a hunting, a building,             a begging. [bd]Jacob, when he was a dying[b8] --Heb. xi.             21. [bd]We'll a birding together.[b8] [bd] It was a             doing.[b8] --Shak. [bd]He burst out a laughing.[b8]             --Macaulay.          Note: The hyphen may be used to connect a with the verbal                substantive (as, a-hunting, a-building) or the words                may be written separately. This form of expression is                now for the most part obsolete, the a being omitted and                the verbal substantive treated as a participle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A \A\ ([adot] emph. [amac]).       1. [Shortened form of an. AS. [be]n one. See {One}.] An             adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and             signifying one or any, but less emphatically. [bd]At a             birth[b8]; [bd]In a word[b8]; [bd]At a blow[b8]. --Shak.          Note: It is placed before nouns of the singular number                denoting an individual object, or a quality                individualized, before collective nouns, and also                before plural nouns when the adjective few or the                phrase great many or good many is interposed; as, a                dog, a house, a man; a color; a sweetness; a hundred, a                fleet, a regiment; a few persons, a great many days. It                is used for an, for the sake of euphony, before words                beginning with a consonant sound [for exception of                certain words beginning with h, see {An}]; as, a table,                a woman, a year, a unit, a eulogy, a ewe, a oneness,                such a one, etc. Formally an was used both before                vowels and consonants.          2. [Originally the preposition a (an, on).] In each; to or             for each; as, [bd]twenty leagues a day[b8], [bd]a hundred             pounds a year[b8], [bd]a dollar a yard[b8], etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A \A\ [From AS. of off, from. See {Of}.]       Of. [Obs.] [bd]The name of John a Gaunt.[b8] [bd]What time a       day is it ?[b8] --Shak. [bd]It's six a clock.[b8] --B.       Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A \A\       A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it       and of they. [bd]So would I a done[b8] [bd]A brushes his       hat.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A \A\       An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter                   A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a                mile-a.                                                   --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ferment \Fer"ment\, n. [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2),       perh. for fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil,       ferment: cf. F. ferment. Cf. 1st {Barm}, {Fervent}.]       1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or             fermenting beer.          Note: Ferments are of two kinds: ({a}) Formed or organized                ferments. ({b}) Unorganized or structureless ferments.                The latter are also called {soluble [or] chemical                ferments}, and {enzymes}. Ferments of the first class                are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms,                and the fermentations which they engender are due to                their growth and development; as, the {acetic ferment},                the {butyric ferment}, etc. See {Fermentation}.                Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are                chemical substances, as a rule soluble in glycerin and                precipitated by alcohol. In action they are catalytic                and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples are pepsin of                the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and disease                of malt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Gastropoda \[d8]Gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. [?],       [?], stomach + -poda.] (Zo[94]l.)       One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes       most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and       fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat,       muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The       head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See       {Mollusca}. [Written also {Gasteropoda}.]          Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.:                ({a}) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the                Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and                Heteropoda. ({b}) The Euthyneura, including the                Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. ({c}) The Amphineura,                including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gripe \Gripe\, n.       1. Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch.                         A barren scepter in my gripe.            --Shak.          2. That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the             gripe of a sword.          3. (Mech.) A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake             to stop a wheel.          4. Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress;             as, the gripe of poverty.          5. Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly             used in the plural.          6. (Naut.)             (a) The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the                   fore end; the forefoot.             (b) The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the                   water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.             (c) pl. An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks,                   fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats                   when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat                   to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging.          {Gripe penny}, {a} miser; a niggard
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A \A\ (named [be] in the English, and most commonly [84] in       other languages).       The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets.       The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe,       as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic,       black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A,       which was borrowed from the Greek {Alpha}, of the same form;       and this was made from the first letter ([?]) of the       Ph[d2]nician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph,       and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a       consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not       an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to       represent their vowel Alpha with the [84] sound, the       Ph[d2]nician alphabet having no vowel symbols. This letter,       in English, is used for several different vowel sounds. See       Guide to pronunciation, [sect][sect] 43-74. The regular long       a, as in fate, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has       taken the place of what, till about the early part of the       17th century, was a sound of the quality of [84] (as in far).          2. (Mus.) The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale             (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which             is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string             of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A             sharp (A[sharp]) is the name of a musical tone             intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A[flat]) is the             name of a tone intermediate between A and G.          {A per se} (L. per se by itself), one pre[89]minent; a             nonesuch. [Obs.]                         O fair Creseide, the flower and A per se Of Troy and                      Greece.                                             --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A 1 \A 1\ ([amac] w[ucr]n).       A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to       ships in first-class condition. Inferior grades are indicated       by A 2 and A 3.          Note: A 1 is also applied colloquially to other things to                imply superiority; prime; first-class; first-rate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
92 \[92]\ or Ae \Ae\       A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon       writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short [91]       was generally replaced by a, the long [aemac] by e or ee. In       derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded       by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the       reader will therefore search under the letter E.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ah \Ah\, interj. [OE. a: cf. OF. a, F. ah, L. ah, Gr. [?], Sk.       [be], Icel. [91], OHG. [be], Lith. [a0], [a0][a0].]       An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint,       entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc.,       according to the manner of utterance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aha \A*ha"\, interj. [Ah, interj. + ha.]       An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph,       mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aha \A*ha"\, n.       A sunk fence. See {Ha-ha}. --Mason.
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Ahey \A*hey"\, interj.       Hey; ho.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ahoy \A*hoy"\, interj. [OE. a, interj. + hoy.] (Naut.)       A term used in hailing; as, [bd]Ship ahoy.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: The common species of Northern Africa ({Gazella                dorcas}); the Arabian gazelle, or ariel ({G. Arabica});                the mohr of West Africa ({G. mohr}); the Indian ({G.                Bennetti}); the {ahu} or Persian ({G. subgutturosa});                and the springbok or tsebe ({G. euchore}) of South                Africa, are the best known.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ai \A"i\, n.; pl. {Ais}. [Braz. a[8b], ha[8b], from the animal's       cry: cf. F. a[8b].] (Zo[94]l.)       The three-toed sloth ({Bradypus tridactylus}) of South       America. See {Sloth}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Away \A*way"\, adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.]       1. From a place; hence.                         The sound is going away.                     --Shak.                         Have me away, for I am sore wounded.   --2 Chron.                                                                               xxxv. 23.          2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from             home.          3. Aside; off; in another direction.                         The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun.                                                                               --Lockyer.          4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.                         Be near me when I fade away.               --Tennyson.          5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go             or come away; begone; take away.                         And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down. --Exod.                                                                               xix. 24.          6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as,             sing away. [Colloq.]          Note: It is much used in phrases signifying moving or going                from; as, go away, run away, etc.; all signifying                departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes                without the verb; as, whither away so fast ? [bd]Love                hath wings, and will away.[b8] --Waller. It serves to                modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of                removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away;                to trifle away; to squander away, etc. Sometimes it has                merely an intensive force; as, to blaze away.          {Away with}, bear, abide. [Obs. or Archaic] [bd]The calling             of assemblies, I can not away with.[b8] (--Isa. i. 13), i.             e., [bd]I can not bear or endure [it].[b8]          {Away with} one, signifies, take him away. [bd]Away with him,             crucify him.[b8] --John xix. 15.          {To make away with}.             (a) To kill or destroy.             (b) To carry off.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Awe \Awe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Awed} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.       {Awing}.]       To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to       control by inspiring dread.                   That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. --Shak.                   His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the                bystanders.                                             --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Awe \Awe\ ([add]), n. [OE. a[yogh]e, aghe, fr. Icel. agi; akin       to AS. ege, [omac]ga, Goth. agis, Dan. ave chastisement,       fear, Gr. 'a`chos pain, distress, from the same root as E.       ail. [root]3. Cf. {Ugly}.]       1. Dread; great fear mingled with respect. [Obs. or             Obsolescent]                         His frown was full of terror, and his voice Shook                      the delinquent with such fits of awe. --Cowper.          2. The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an             undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime;             reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.                         There is an awe in mortals' joy, A deep mysterious                      fear.                                                --Keble.                         To tame the pride of that power which held the                      Continent in awe.                              --Macaulay.                         The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the                      mountain, may fill the mind with awe -- the sense of                      our own littleness in some greater presence or                      power.                                                --C. J. Smith.          {To stand in awe of}, to fear greatly; to reverence             profoundly.          Syn: See {Reverence}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ay \Ay\, interj.       Ah! alas! [bd]Ay me! I fondly dream [bf]Had ye been       there.'[b8] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ay \Ay\, adv.       Same as {Aye}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aye \Aye\, Ay \Ay\, adv. [Perh. a modification of yea, or from       the interjection of admiration or astonishment, OE. ei, ey,       why, hey, ay, well, ah, ha. Cf. MHG. & G. ei, Dan. ej. Or       perh. akin to aye ever.]       Yes; yea; -- a word expressing assent, or an affirmative       answer to a question. It is much used in viva voce voting in       legislative bodies, etc.          Note: This word is written I in the early editions of                Shakespeare and other old writers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aye \Aye\, Ay \Ay\, adv. [Icel. ei, ey; akin to AS. [be],       [be]wa, always, Goth. aiws an age, Icel. [91]fi, OHG, [?]wa,       L. aevum, Gr. [?] an age, [?], [?], ever, always, G. je, Skr.       [?]va course. [?],[?]. Cf. {Age}, v., {Either}, a., {Or},       conj.]       Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time.                   For his mercies aye endure.                     --Milton.          {For aye}, {always}; forever; eternally.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aye \Aye\, Ay \Ay\, adv. [Perh. a modification of yea, or from       the interjection of admiration or astonishment, OE. ei, ey,       why, hey, ay, well, ah, ha. Cf. MHG. & G. ei, Dan. ej. Or       perh. akin to aye ever.]       Yes; yea; -- a word expressing assent, or an affirmative       answer to a question. It is much used in viva voce voting in       legislative bodies, etc.          Note: This word is written I in the early editions of                Shakespeare and other old writers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aye \Aye\, n.       An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as,       [bd]To call for the ayes and noes;[b8] [bd]The ayes have       it.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aye \Aye\, Ay \Ay\, adv. [Icel. ei, ey; akin to AS. [be],       [be]wa, always, Goth. aiws an age, Icel. [91]fi, OHG, [?]wa,       L. aevum, Gr. [?] an age, [?], [?], ever, always, G. je, Skr.       [?]va course. [?],[?]. Cf. {Age}, v., {Either}, a., {Or},       conj.]       Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time.                   For his mercies aye endure.                     --Milton.          {For aye}, {always}; forever; eternally.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aye-aye \Aye"-aye`\, n. [From the native name, prob. from its       cry.] (Zo[94]l.)       A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found       in Madagascar ({Cheiromys Madagascariensis}), remarkable for       its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Aiea, HI (CDP, FIPS 550)       Location: 21.38845 N, 157.92783 W       Population (1990): 8906 (2678 housing units)       Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 96701
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Aoa, AS (village, FIPS 12100)       Location: 14.26821 S, 170.58524 W       Population (1990): 491 (65 housing units)       Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Aua, AS (village, FIPS 15300)       Location: 14.28053 S, 170.66388 W       Population (1990): 1896 (275 housing units)       Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
AI /A-I/ n.   Abbreviation for `Artificial Intelligence', so    common that the full form is almost never written or spoken among    hackers.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
A#          /A sharp/ A separable component of Version 2 of the       {AXIOM*} computer algebra system.   It provides a programming       language with an {optimising compiler}, an {intermediate code}       {interpreter}, and a library of data structures and       mathematical {abstraction}s.   The compiler produces       {stand-alone executable} programs, {object} libraries in       {native} {operating system} formats, {portable} {bytecode}       libraries, {C} and {Lisp} {source code}.          The A# programming language has support for {object-oriented}       and {functional programming} styles.   Both types and functions       are {first class} values that can be manipulated with a range       of flexible and composable {primitive}s and user programs.       The A# language design places particular emphasis on       compilation for efficient {machine code} and portability.          Ports have been made to various 16, 32, and 64 bit       architectures: {RS/6000}, {SPARC}, {DEC Alpha}, {i386},       {i286}, {Motorola 680x0}, {S 370}; several {operating       system}s: {Linux}, {AIX}, {SunOS}, {HP/UX}, {Next}, {Mach} and       other {Unix} systems, {OS/2}, {DOS}, {Microsoft Windows},       {VMS} and {CMS}; {C} compilers: {Xlc}, {gcc}, {Sun},       {Borland}, {Metaware} and {MIPS} C.          (1995-02-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
A-0          (Or A0) A language for the {UNIVAC I} or II, using       {three-address code} instructions for solving mathematical       problems.   A-0 was the first language for which a {compiler}       was developed.   It was produced by {Grace Hopper}'s team at       {Remington Rand} in 1952.   Later internal versions were A-1,       A-2, A-3, AT-3.   AT-3 was released as {MATH-MATIC}.          ["The A-2 Compiler System", Rem Rand, 1955].          [Sammet 1969, p. 12].          (1995-12-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
a1          Address 1 code.          An a1 code {interpreter}, by Matthew Newhook       was used to test compiler output.   It       requires {gcc} 2.4.2 or higher and is portable to computers       with {memory segment} protection.          {(ftp://ftp.cs.mun.ca/pub/a1)}.          (1994-07-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
A-3          {ARITH-MATIC}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
a56          An {assembler} for the {Motorola} {DSP56000} and       {DSP56001} {digital signal processor}s by Quinn Jensen       .   Version 1.1 is available from an       {alt.sources} archive or {(ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/)}.          (1992-08-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AAUI          {Apple Attachment Unit Interface}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ae          The {country code} for the United Arab Emirates.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AE          {Application Executive}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ae          The {country code} for the United Arab Emirates.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AE          {Application Executive}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AI          {artificial intelligence}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ai          The {country code} for Anguilla.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AI          {artificial intelligence}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ai          The {country code} for Anguilla.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AIA          {Application Integration Architecture}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ao          The {country code} for Angola.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
au          1. The two character {country code} for Australia       used in {Internet} {domain names}.          2. {audio}.          (1995-02-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AUI          1. {Adaptable User Interface}.          2. {Attachment Unit Interface}.          (1996-12-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
aw          The {country code} for Aruba.          (1999-01-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
AWE          {Advanced WavEffect}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
A       Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the       last. These letters occur in the text of Rev. 1:8,11; 21:6;       22:13, and are represented by "Alpha" and "Omega" respectively       (omitted in R.V., 1:11). They mean "the first and last." (Comp.       Heb. 12:2; Isa. 41:4; 44:6; Rev. 1:11,17; 2:8.) In the symbols       of the early Christian Church these two letters are frequently       combined with the cross or with Christ's monogram to denote his       divinity.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ah!       an exclamation of sorrow or regret (Ps. 35:25; Isa. 1:4, 24;       Jer. 1:6; 22:18; Mark 15:29).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Aha!       an exclamation of ridicule (Ps. 35:21; 40:15; 70:3). In Isa.       44:16 it signifies joyful surprise, as also in Job 39:25, R.V.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ahio       brotherly. (1.) One of the sons of Beriah (1 Chr. 8:14).                (2.) One of the sons of Jehiel the Gibeonite (1 Chr. 8:31;       9:37).                (3.) One of the sons of Abinadab the Levite. While Uzzah went       by the side of the ark, he walked before it guiding the oxen       which drew the cart on which it was carried, after having       brought it from his father's house in Gibeah (1 Chr. 13:7; 2       Sam. 6:3, 4).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ahoah       brotherly, one of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr.       8:4). He is also called Ahiah (ver. 7) and Iri (1 Chr. 7:7). His       descendants were called Ahohites (2 Sam. 23:9, 28).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ai       ruins. (1.) One of the royal cities of the Canaanites (Josh.       10:1; Gen. 12:8; 13:3). It was the scene of Joshua's defeat, and       afterwards of his victory. It was the second Canaanite city       taken by Israel (Josh. 7:2-5; 8:1-29). It lay rebuilt and       inhibited by the Benjamites (Ezra 2:28; Neh. 7:32; 11:31). It       lay to the east of Bethel, "beside Beth-aven." The spot which is       most probably the site of this ancient city is Haiyan, 2 miles       east from Bethel. It lay up the Wady Suweinit, a steep, rugged       valley, extending from the Jordan valley to Bethel.                (2.) A city in the Ammonite territory (Jer. 49:3). Some have       thought that the proper reading of the word is Ar (Isa. 15:1).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ahi, my brother; my brethren
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ahiah, brother of the Lord
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ahio, his brother; his brethren
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ahoah, a live brother; my thorn or thistle
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ai, or Hai, mass; heap
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Aiah, vulture, raven; an isle; alas, where is it?