English Dictionary: Delphic oracle | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dolphin \Dol"phin\ (d[ocr]l"f[icr]n), n. [F. dauphin dolphin, dauphin, earlier spelt also doffin; cf. OF. dalphinal of the dauphin; fr. L. delphinus, Gr. delfi`s a dolphin (in senses 1, 2, & 5), perh. properly, belly fish; cf. delfy`s womb, Skr. garbha; perh. akin to E. calf. Cf. {Dauphin}, {Delphine}.] 1. (Zool.) (a) A cetacean of the genus {Delphinus} and allied genera (esp. {D. delphis}); the true dolphin. (b) The {Coryph[91]na hippuris}, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. See {Coryph[91]noid}. Note: The dolphin of the ancients ({D. delphis}) is common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, and attains a length of from six to eight feet. 2. [Gr. delfi`s] (Gr. Antiq.) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel. 3. (Naut.) (a) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage. (b) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables. --R. H. Dana. (c) A mooring post on a wharf or beach. (d) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. 4. (Gun.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which the gun was lifted. 5. (Astron.) A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See {Delphinus}, n., 2. {Dolphin fly} (Zo[94]l.), the black, bean, or collier, Aphis ({Aphis fable}), destructive to beans. {Dolphin striker} (Naut.), a short vertical spar under the bowsprit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Alabastrum \[d8]Al`a*bas"trum\, n.; pl. {Alabastra}. [NL.] (Bot.) A flower bud. --Gray. | |
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Albigenses \Al`bi*gen"ses\, d8Albigeois \[d8]Al`bi`geois"\, n. pl. [From Albi and Albigeois, a town and its district in the south of France, in which the sect abounded.] (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries. Note: The Albigenses were a branch of the Catharists (the pure). They were exterminated by crusades and the Inquisition. They were distinct from the Waldenses. | |
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d8Albugo \[d8]Al*bu"go\, n.; pl. {Albugines}. [L., whiteness, fr. albus white.] (Med.) Same as {Leucoma}. | |
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d8Alopecia \[d8]Al`o*pe"ci*a\ ([acr]l`[osl]*p[emac]"sh[icr]*[adot]), Alopecy \A*lop"e*cy\ ([adot]*l[ocr]p"[esl]*s[ycr]), n. [L. alopecia, Gr. 'alwpeki`a, fr. 'alw`phx fox, because loss of the hair is common among foxes.] (Med.) Loss of the hair; baldness. | |
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d8Alveus \[d8]Al"ve*us\, n.; pl. {Alvei}. [L.] The channel of a river. --Weate. | |
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d8Elaps \[d8]E"laps\, n. [NL., of uncertain origin.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the Old World. Many species are known. See {Coral snake}, under {Coral}. | |
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d8L91laps \[d8]L[91]"laps\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a dark, furious storm.] (Paleon.) A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high. | |
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d8Lapis \[d8]La"pis\, n.; pl. {Lapides}. [L.] A stone. {Lapis calaminaris}. [NL.] (Min.) Calamine. {Lapis infernalis}. [L.] Fused nitrate of silver; lunar caustic. | |
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d8Lavoesium \[d8]La*v[oe]"si*um\, n. [NL., fr. Lavoisier, the celebrated French chemist.] (Chem.) A supposed new metallic element. It is said to have been discovered in pyrites, and some other minerals, and to be of a silver-white color, and malleable. | |
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d8Lepas \[d8]Le"pas\ (l[emac]"p[acr]s), n. [L., a limpet, fr. Gr. lepa`s.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of various species of {Lepas}, a genus of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also {goose barnacle}. See {Barnacle}. | |
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d8Lepisma \[d8]Le*pis"ma\ (l[esl]*p[icr]z"m[adot]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. le`pisma peel, fr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by seven unequal bristles. A common species ({Lepisma saccharina}) is found in houses, and often injures books and furniture. Called also {shiner}, {silver witch}, {silver moth}, and {furniture bug}. | |
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d8Leveche \[d8]Le*ve"che\, n. [Sp. Cf. {Lebeccio}.] (Meteor.) A dry sirocco of Spain. | |
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d8Lipocephala \[d8]Lip`o*ceph"a*la\ (l[icr]p`[osl]*s[ecr]f"[adot]*l[adot]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. lei`pesqai to be lacking + kefalh` head.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Lamellibranchia}. | |
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d8Lobosa \[d8]Lo*bo"sa\, n. pl. [NL. See {Lobe}.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the Am[d2]ba. | |
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d8Lophosteon \[d8]Lo*phos"te*on\, n.; pl. L. {Lophostea}, E. {Lophosteons}. [NL., from Gr. [?] a crest + [?] a bone.] (Anat.) The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds. | |
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d8Loup-cervier \[d8]Loup"-cer`vier"\, n. [F. Cf. {Lusern}.] (Zo[94]l.) The Canada lynx. See {Lynx}. | |
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d8Loup-garou \[d8]Loup`-ga`rou"\, n.; pl. {Loups-garous}. [F., fr. loup wolf + a Teutonic word akin to E. werewolf.] A werewolf; a lycanthrope. The superstition of the loup-garou, or werewolf, belongs to the folklore of most modern nations, and has its reflex in the story of [bd]Little Red Riding-hood[b8] and others. --Brinton. | |
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d8Lupus \[d8]Lu"pus\, n. [L., a wolf. See {Wolf}.] 1. (Med.) A cutaneous disease occurring under two distinct forms. Note: Lupus erythematosus is characterized by an eruption of red patches, which become incrusted, leaving superficial scars. L. vulgaris is marked by the development of nodules which often ulcerate deeply and produce great deformity. Formerly the latter was often confounded with cancer, and some varieties of cancer were included under Lupus. | |
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d8Talipes \[d8]Tal"i*pes\, n. [NL., fr. L. talus an ankle + pes, pedis, a foot; cf. L. talipedare to be weak in the feet, properly, to walk on the ankles.] (Surg.) The deformity called {clubfoot}. See {Clubfoot}. Note: Several varieties are distinguished; as, {Talipes varus}, in which the foot is drawn up and bent inward; {T. valgus}, in which the foot is bent outward; {T. equinus}, in which the sole faces backward and the patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and {T. calcaneus} (called also {talus}), in which the sole faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel. | |
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d8Thlipsis \[d8]Thlip"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] pressure, fr. [?] to press.] (Med.) Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an external cause. | |
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d8Xenomi \[d8]Xen"o*mi\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. xe`nos strange.] (Zo[94]l.) A suborder of soft-rayed fresh-water fishes of which the blackfish of Alaska ({Dallia pectoralis}) is the type. | |
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Dealfish \Deal"fish`\, n. [From deal a long, narrow plank.] (Zo[94]l.) A long, thin fish of the arctic seas ({Trachypterus arcticus}). | |
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Delapsation \De`lap*sa"tion\, n. See {Delapsion}. --Ray. | |
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Delapse \De*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Delapsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delapsing}.] [L. delapsus, p. p. of delabi to fall down; de- + labi to fall or side.] To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. [Obs.] Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the delapsed crown from Philip. --Drayton. | |
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Delapse \De*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Delapsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delapsing}.] [L. delapsus, p. p. of delabi to fall down; de- + labi to fall or side.] To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. [Obs.] Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the delapsed crown from Philip. --Drayton. | |
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Delapse \De*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Delapsed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delapsing}.] [L. delapsus, p. p. of delabi to fall down; de- + labi to fall or side.] To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. [Obs.] Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the delapsed crown from Philip. --Drayton. | |
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Delapsion \De*lap"sion\, n. A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion. | |
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Delphic \Del"phic\, a. [L. Delphicus, fr. Gr. Delfiko`s, fr. Delfoi`, L. Delphi, a town of Phocis, in Greece, now Kastri.] (Gr. Antiq.) 1. Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place. 2. Ambiguous; mysterious. [bd]If he is silent or delphic.[b8] --New York Times. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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