regular
         adj 1: in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle;
                  "his regular calls on his customers"; "regular meals";
                  "regular duties" [ant: {irregular}]
         2: often used as intensifiers; "a regular morass of details"; "a
            regular nincompoop"; "he's a veritable swine" [syn:
            {regular(a)}, {veritable(a)}]
         3: conforming to a standard or pattern; "following the regular
            procedure of the legislature"; "a regular electrical outlet"
         4: regularly scheduled for fixed times; "at a regular meeting of
            the PTA"; "regular bus departures"
         5: in accord with regular practice or procedure; "took his
            regular morning walk"; "her regular bedtime"
         6: occurring at fixed intervals; "a regular beat"; "the even
            rhythm of his breathing" [syn: {even}, {regular}]
         7: relating to a person who does something regularly; "a regular
            customer"; "a steady drinker" [syn: {regular}, {steady}]
         8: (used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by
            legitimate army forces; "the regular army" [ant: {irregular}]
         9: (of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured;
            volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula
            [ant: {irregular}]
         10: not constipated [syn: {unconstipated}, {regular}] [ant:
               {constipated}]
         11: symmetrically arranged; "even features"; "regular features";
               "a regular polygon" [syn: {even}, {regular}]
         12: not deviating from what is normal; "her regular bedtime"
         13: officially full-time; "regular students"
         n 1: a regular patron; "an habitue of the racetrack"; "a bum who
               is a Central Park fixture" [syn: {regular}, {habitue},
               {fixture}]
         2: a soldier in the regular army
         3: a dependable follower (especially in party politics); "he is
            one of the party regulars"
         4: a garment size for persons of average height and weight

English Dictionary: Regelwirkung	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regular army n a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state Synonym(s): army, regular army, ground forces
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regular convex polyhedron n any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent Synonym(s): regular polyhedron, regular convex solid, regular convex polyhedron, Platonic body, Platonic solid, ideal solid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regular convex solid n any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent Synonym(s): regular polyhedron, regular convex solid, regular convex polyhedron, Platonic body, Platonic solid, ideal solid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regular dodecahedron n a dodecahedron with twelve regular pentagons as faces
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regular hexagon n a hexagon with six sides of equal length
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regular hexahedron n a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces [syn: cube, regular hexahedron]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regular icosahedron n an icosahedron with twenty equilateral triangles as faces
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regular octahedron n an octahedron with eight equilateral triangles as faces
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regular payment n a payment made at regular times
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regular polygon n a polygon with all sides and all angles equal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regular polyhedron n any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent Synonym(s): regular polyhedron, regular convex solid, regular convex polyhedron, Platonic body, Platonic solid, ideal solid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regular recurrence n recurring at regular intervals [syn: rhythm, {regular recurrence}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regular tetrahedron n a tetrahedron with four equilateral triangular faces
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regularisation n the condition of having been made regular (or more regular) Synonym(s): regularization, regularisation the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular Synonym(s): regulation, regularization, regularisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regularise v bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" Synonym(s): regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern Antonym(s): deregulate make regular or more regular; "regularize the heart beat with a pace maker" Synonym(s): regularize, regularise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regularity n a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles Synonym(s): regularity, geometrical regularity the quality of being characterized by a fixed principle or rate; "he was famous for the regularity of his habits" Antonym(s): irregularity, unregularity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regularization n the condition of having been made regular (or more regular) Synonym(s): regularization, regularisation the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular Synonym(s): regulation, regularization, regularisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regularize v bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" Synonym(s): regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern Antonym(s): deregulate make regular or more regular; "regularize the heart beat with a pace maker" Synonym(s): regularize, regularise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
regularly adv in a regular manner; "letters arrived regularly from his children" Synonym(s): regularly, on a regular basis Antonym(s): irregularly, on an irregular basis having a regular form; "regularly shaped objects" Antonym(s): irregularly in a regular way without variation; "try to breathe evenly" Antonym(s): irregularly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Rhus laurina n small aromatic evergreen shrub of California having paniculate leaves and whitish berries; in some classifications included in genus Rhus Synonym(s): laurel sumac, Malosma laurina, Rhus laurina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Richler n Canadian novelist (born in 1931) [syn: Richler, {Mordecai Richler}]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recoiler \Re*coil"er\, n.       One who, or that which, recoils.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regaler \Re*gal"er\ (-g?l"?r), n.       One who regales.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regular \Reg"u*lar\ (-l?r), a. [L. regularis, fr. regula a rule,       fr. regere to guide, to rule: cf. F. r[82]gulier. See       {Rule}.]       1. Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule,             law, principle, or type, or to established customary             forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry;             a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice             of law or medicine; a regular building.          2. Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course,             practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or             irrational variation; returning at stated intervals;             steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular             succession of day and night; regular habits.          3. Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with             established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized;             permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular             physican; a regular nomination; regular troops.          4. Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular             clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.          5. Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug.             [Colloq.]          6. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Having all the parts of the same kind             alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular             sea urchin.          7. (Crystallog.) Same as {Isometric}.          {Regular polygon} (Geom.), a plane polygon which is both             equilateral and equiangular.          {Regular polyhedron} (Geom.), a polyhedron whose faces are             equal regular polygons. There are five regular             polyhedrons, -- the tetrahedron, the hexahedron, or cube,             the octahedron, the dodecahedron, and the icosahedron.          {Regular sales} (Stock Exchange), sales of stock deliverable             on the day after the transaction.          {Regular troops}, troops of a standing or permanent army; --             opposed to militia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regular \Reg"u*lar\ (r[ecr]g"[usl]*l[etil]r), n. [LL. regularis:       cf. F. r[82]gulier. See {Regular}, a.]       1. (R. C. Ch.) A member of any religious order or community             who has taken the vows of poverty, chastity, and             obedience, and who has been solemnly recognized by the             church. --Bp. Fitzpatrick.          2. (Mil.) A soldier belonging to a permanent or standing             army; -- chiefly used in the plural.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Canon \Can"on\, n. [OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F.       canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL.       canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr.       Gr. [?] rule, rod, fr. [?], [?], red. See {Cane}, and cf.       {Canonical}.]       1. A law or rule.                         Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon                      'gainst self-slaughter.                     --Shak.          2. (Eccl.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted             by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a             decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by             ecclesiastical authority.                         Various canons which were made in councils held in                      the second centry.                              --Hock.          3. The collection of books received as genuine Holy             Scriptures, called the {sacred canon}, or general rule of             moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible;             also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See {Canonical             books}, under {Canonical}, a.          4. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious             order.          5. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the             Roman Catholic Church.          6. A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a             prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.          7. (Mus.) A musical composition in which the voices begin one             after another, at regular intervals, successively taking             up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda             (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew,             thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the             strictest form of imitation. See {Imitation}.          8. (Print.) The largest size of type having a specific name;             -- so called from having been used for printing the canons             of the church.          9. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called             also {ear} and {shank}.          Note: [See Illust. of {Bell}.] --Knight.          10. (Billiards) See {Carom}.          {Apostolical canons}. See under {Apostolical}.          {Augustinian canons}, {Black canons}. See under             {Augustinian}.          {Canon capitular}, {Canon residentiary}, a resident member of             a cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the             year).          {Canon law}. See under {Law}.          {Canon of the Mass} (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass,             following the Sanctus, which never changes.          {Honorary canon}, a canon who neither lived in a monastery,             nor kept the canonical hours.          {Minor canon} (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to a             chapter, but has not yet received a prebend.          {Regular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who lived in a conventual             community and follower the rule of St. Austin; a Black             canon.          {Secular canon} (R. C. Ch.), one who did not live in a             monastery, but kept the hours.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Canoness \Can"on*ess\, n. [Cf. LL. canonissa.]       A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter.          {Regular canoness}, one bound by the poverty, and observing a             strict rule of life.          {Secular canoness}, one allowed to hold private property, and             bound only by vows of chastity and obedience so long as             she chose to remain in the chapter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Augustinian \Au`gus*tin"i*an\, a.       Of or pertaining to St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo in       Northern Africa (b. 354 -- d. 430), or to his doctrines.          {Augustinian canons}, an order of monks once popular in             England and Ireland; -- called also {regular canons of St.             Austin}, and {black canons}.          {Augustinian hermits} or {Austin friars}, an order of friars             established in 1265 by Pope Alexander IV. It was             introduced into the United States from Ireland in 1790.          {Augustinian nuns}, an order of nuns following the rule of             St. Augustine.          {Augustinian rule}, a rule for religious communities based             upon the 109th letter of St. Augustine, and adopted by the             Augustinian orders.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clergy \Cler"gy\, n. [OE. clergie, clergi, clerge, OF. clergie,       F. clergie (fr. clerc clerc, fr. L. clericus priest) confused       with OF. clergi[82], F. clerg[82], fr. LL. clericatus office       of priest, monastic life, fr. L. clericus priest, LL.       scholar, clerc. Both the Old French words meant clergy, in       sense 1, the former having also sense 2. See {Clerk}.]       1. The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the             service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction             from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the             ministers of the Established Church. --Hooker.          2. Learning; also, a learned profession. [Obs.]                         Sophictry . . . rhetoric, and other cleargy. --Guy                                                                               of Warwick.                         Put their second sons to learn some clergy. --State                                                                               Papers (1515).          3. The privilege or benefit of clergy.                         If convicted of a clergyable felony, he is entitled                      equally to his clergy after as before conviction.                                                                               --Blackstone.          {Benefit of clergy} (Eng., Law), the exemption of the persons             of clergymen from criminal process before a secular judge             -- a privilege which was extended to all who could read,             such persons being, in the eye of the law, clerici, or             clerks. This privilege was abridged and modified by             various statutes, and finally abolished in the reign of             George IV. (1827).          {Regular clergy}, {Secular clergy} See {Regular}, n., and             {Secular}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hexagon \Hex"a*gon\, n. [L. hexagonum, Gr. [?] six-cornered;       "e`x six (akin to E. six) + [?] angle.] (Geom.)       A plane figure of six angles.          {Regular hexagon}, a hexagon in which the angles are all             equal, and the sides are also all equal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hexahedron \Hex`a*he"dron\, n.; pl. E. {Hexahedrons}, L.       {Hexahedra}. [Hexa- + Gr. [?] seat, base, fr. [?] to sit: cf.       F. hexa[8a]dre.] (Geom.)       A solid body of six sides or faces.          {Regular hexahedron}, a hexagon having six equal squares for             its sides; a cube.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Icosahedron \I`co*sa*he"dron\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] twenty + [?]       seat, base, fr. [?] to sit.] (Geom.)       A solid bounded by twenty sides or faces.          {Regular icosahedron}, one of the five regular polyhedrons,             bounded by twenty equilateral triangules. Five triangles             meet to form each solid angle of the polyhedron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Octagon \Oc"ta*gon\, n. [Gr. [?] eight-cornered; [?] (for [?]       eight) + [?] an angle: cf.F. cctogone.]       1. (Geom.) A plane figure of eight sides and eight angles.          2. Any structure (as a fortification) or place with eight             sides or angles.          {Regular octagon}, one in which the sides are all equal, and             the angles also are all equal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pentagon \Pen"ta*gon\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] (see {Penta-}) + gwni`a       angle: cf. L. pentagonium, F. pentagone.] (Geom.)       A plane figure having five angles, and, consequently, five       sides; any figure having five angles.          {Regular pentagon}, a pentagon in which the angles are all             equal, and the sides all equal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regular \Reg"u*lar\ (-l?r), a. [L. regularis, fr. regula a rule,       fr. regere to guide, to rule: cf. F. r[82]gulier. See       {Rule}.]       1. Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule,             law, principle, or type, or to established customary             forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry;             a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice             of law or medicine; a regular building.          2. Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course,             practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or             irrational variation; returning at stated intervals;             steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular             succession of day and night; regular habits.          3. Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with             established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized;             permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular             physican; a regular nomination; regular troops.          4. Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular             clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.          5. Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug.             [Colloq.]          6. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Having all the parts of the same kind             alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular             sea urchin.          7. (Crystallog.) Same as {Isometric}.          {Regular polygon} (Geom.), a plane polygon which is both             equilateral and equiangular.          {Regular polyhedron} (Geom.), a polyhedron whose faces are             equal regular polygons. There are five regular             polyhedrons, -- the tetrahedron, the hexahedron, or cube,             the octahedron, the dodecahedron, and the icosahedron.          {Regular sales} (Stock Exchange), sales of stock deliverable             on the day after the transaction.          {Regular troops}, troops of a standing or permanent army; --             opposed to militia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regular \Reg"u*lar\ (-l?r), a. [L. regularis, fr. regula a rule,       fr. regere to guide, to rule: cf. F. r[82]gulier. See       {Rule}.]       1. Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule,             law, principle, or type, or to established customary             forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry;             a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice             of law or medicine; a regular building.          2. Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course,             practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or             irrational variation; returning at stated intervals;             steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular             succession of day and night; regular habits.          3. Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with             established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized;             permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular             physican; a regular nomination; regular troops.          4. Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular             clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.          5. Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug.             [Colloq.]          6. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Having all the parts of the same kind             alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular             sea urchin.          7. (Crystallog.) Same as {Isometric}.          {Regular polygon} (Geom.), a plane polygon which is both             equilateral and equiangular.          {Regular polyhedron} (Geom.), a polyhedron whose faces are             equal regular polygons. There are five regular             polyhedrons, -- the tetrahedron, the hexahedron, or cube,             the octahedron, the dodecahedron, and the icosahedron.          {Regular sales} (Stock Exchange), sales of stock deliverable             on the day after the transaction.          {Regular troops}, troops of a standing or permanent army; --             opposed to militia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regular \Reg"u*lar\ (-l?r), a. [L. regularis, fr. regula a rule,       fr. regere to guide, to rule: cf. F. r[82]gulier. See       {Rule}.]       1. Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule,             law, principle, or type, or to established customary             forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry;             a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice             of law or medicine; a regular building.          2. Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course,             practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or             irrational variation; returning at stated intervals;             steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular             succession of day and night; regular habits.          3. Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with             established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized;             permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular             physican; a regular nomination; regular troops.          4. Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular             clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.          5. Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug.             [Colloq.]          6. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Having all the parts of the same kind             alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular             sea urchin.          7. (Crystallog.) Same as {Isometric}.          {Regular polygon} (Geom.), a plane polygon which is both             equilateral and equiangular.          {Regular polyhedron} (Geom.), a polyhedron whose faces are             equal regular polygons. There are five regular             polyhedrons, -- the tetrahedron, the hexahedron, or cube,             the octahedron, the dodecahedron, and the icosahedron.          {Regular sales} (Stock Exchange), sales of stock deliverable             on the day after the transaction.          {Regular troops}, troops of a standing or permanent army; --             opposed to militia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tetrahedron \Tet`ra*he"dron\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. [?] seat, base,       fr. [?] to sit.] (Geom.)       A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles.          Note: In crystallography, the regular tetrahedron is regarded                as the hemihedral form of the regular octahedron.          {Regular tetrahedron} (Geom.), a solid bounded by four equal             equilateral triangles; one of the five regular solids.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regular \Reg"u*lar\ (-l?r), a. [L. regularis, fr. regula a rule,       fr. regere to guide, to rule: cf. F. r[82]gulier. See       {Rule}.]       1. Conformed to a rule; agreeable to an established rule,             law, principle, or type, or to established customary             forms; normal; symmetrical; as, a regular verse in poetry;             a regular piece of music; a regular verb; regular practice             of law or medicine; a regular building.          2. Governed by rule or rules; steady or uniform in course,             practice, or occurence; not subject to unexplained or             irrational variation; returning at stated intervals;             steadily pursued; orderlly; methodical; as, the regular             succession of day and night; regular habits.          3. Constituted, selected, or conducted in conformity with             established usages, rules, or discipline; duly authorized;             permanently organized; as, a regular meeting; a regular             physican; a regular nomination; regular troops.          4. Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular             clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.          5. Thorough; complete; unmitigated; as, a regular humbug.             [Colloq.]          6. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Having all the parts of the same kind             alike in size and shape; as, a regular flower; a regular             sea urchin.          7. (Crystallog.) Same as {Isometric}.          {Regular polygon} (Geom.), a plane polygon which is both             equilateral and equiangular.          {Regular polyhedron} (Geom.), a polyhedron whose faces are             equal regular polygons. There are five regular             polyhedrons, -- the tetrahedron, the hexahedron, or cube,             the octahedron, the dodecahedron, and the icosahedron.          {Regular sales} (Stock Exchange), sales of stock deliverable             on the day after the transaction.          {Regular troops}, troops of a standing or permanent army; --             opposed to militia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regularity \Reg`u*lar"i*ty\ (-l?r"?*t?), n. [Cf. F.       r[82]gularit[82].]       The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of       outline; the regularity of motion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regularize \Reg"u*lar*ize\ (r[ecr]g"[usl]*l[etil]r*[imac]z), v.       t.       To cause to become regular; to regulate. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regularly \Reg"u*lar*ly\, adv.       In a regular manner; in uniform order; methodically; in due       order or time.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Regularness \Reg"u*lar*ness\, n.       Regularity. --Boyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roquelaure \Roq"ue*laure\ (?; 277), n. [F.; so called after Duc       de Roquelaure, in the reign of Louis XIV.]       A cloak reaching about to, or just below, the knees, worn in       the 18th century. [Written also {roquelo}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Laurel \Lau"rel\, n. [OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier,       laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus.]       1. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus {Laurus} ({L.             nobilis}), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape,             with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their             axils; -- called also {sweet bay}.          Note: The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the                Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks                to crown the victor in the games of Apollo. At a later                period, academic honors were indicated by a crown of                laurel, with the fruit. The leaves and tree yield an                aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce.          Note: The name is extended to other plants which in some                respect resemble the true laurel. See Phrases, below.          2. A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; --             especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.          3. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because             the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.          {Laurel water}, water distilled from the fresh leaves of the             cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other             products carried over in the process.          {American laurel}, [or] {Mountain laurel}, {Kalmia             latifolia}. See under {Mountain}.          {California laurel}, {Umbellularia Californica}.          {Cherry laurel} (in England called {laurel}). See under             {Cherry}.          {Great laurel}, the rosebay ({Rhododendron maximum}).          {Ground laurel}, trailing arbutus.          {New Zealand laurel}, {Laurelia Nov[91] Zelandi[91]}.          {Portugal laurel}, the {Prunus Lusitanica}.          {Rose laurel}, the oleander. See {Oleander}.          {Sheep laurel}, a poisonous shrub, {Kalmia angustifolia},             smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and             redder flowers.          {Spurge laurel}, {Daphne Laureola}.          {West Indian laurel}, {Prunus occidentalis}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oleander \O`le*an"der\, n. [F. ol[82]andre (cf. It. oleandro,       LL. lorandrum), prob. corrupted, under the influence of       laurus laurel, fr. L. rhododendron, Gr. [?]; [?] rose + [?]       tree.] (Bot.)       A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having       clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of       the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the       south of Europe. Called also {rosebay}, {rose laurel}, and       {South-sea rose}.          Note: Every part of the plant is dangerously poisonous, and                death has occured from using its wood for skewers in                cooking meat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Laurel \Lau"rel\, n. [OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier,       laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus.]       1. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus {Laurus} ({L.             nobilis}), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape,             with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their             axils; -- called also {sweet bay}.          Note: The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the                Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks                to crown the victor in the games of Apollo. At a later                period, academic honors were indicated by a crown of                laurel, with the fruit. The leaves and tree yield an                aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce.          Note: The name is extended to other plants which in some                respect resemble the true laurel. See Phrases, below.          2. A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; --             especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.          3. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because             the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.          {Laurel water}, water distilled from the fresh leaves of the             cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other             products carried over in the process.          {American laurel}, [or] {Mountain laurel}, {Kalmia             latifolia}. See under {Mountain}.          {California laurel}, {Umbellularia Californica}.          {Cherry laurel} (in England called {laurel}). See under             {Cherry}.          {Great laurel}, the rosebay ({Rhododendron maximum}).          {Ground laurel}, trailing arbutus.          {New Zealand laurel}, {Laurelia Nov[91] Zelandi[91]}.          {Portugal laurel}, the {Prunus Lusitanica}.          {Rose laurel}, the oleander. See {Oleander}.          {Sheep laurel}, a poisonous shrub, {Kalmia angustifolia},             smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and             redder flowers.          {Spurge laurel}, {Daphne Laureola}.          {West Indian laurel}, {Prunus occidentalis}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oleander \O`le*an"der\, n. [F. ol[82]andre (cf. It. oleandro,       LL. lorandrum), prob. corrupted, under the influence of       laurus laurel, fr. L. rhododendron, Gr. [?]; [?] rose + [?]       tree.] (Bot.)       A beautiful evergreen shrub of the Dogbane family, having       clusters of fragrant red or white flowers. It is native of       the East Indies, but the red variety has become common in the       south of Europe. Called also {rosebay}, {rose laurel}, and       {South-sea rose}.          Note: Every part of the plant is dangerously poisonous, and                death has occured from using its wood for skewers in                cooking meat.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
regular expression          1. (regexp, RE) One of the {wild       card} patterns used by {Unix} utilities such as {grep}, {sed}       and {awk} and editors such as {vi} and {Emacs}.   These use       conventions similar to but more elaborate than those described       under {glob}.   A regular expression is a sequence of       characters with the following meanings:          An ordinary character (not one of the special characters       discussed below) matches that character.          A backslash (\) followed by any special character matches the       special character itself.   The special characters are:          "." matches any character except NEWLINE; "RE*" (where       the "*" is called the "{Kleene star}") matches zero       or more occurrences of RE.   If there is any choice, the       longest leftmost matching string is chosen, in most       regexp {flavour}s.          "^" at the beginning of an RE matches the start of a line and       "$" at the end of an RE matches the end of a line.          [string] matches any one character in that string.   If the       first character of the string is a "^" it matches       any character (except NEWLINE, in most regexp {flavour}s)       and the remaining characters in the string.   "-" may be used       to indicate a range of consecutive ASCII characters.          \( RE \) matches whatever RE matches and \n, where n is a       digit, matches whatever was matched by the RE between the nth       \( and its corresponding \) earlier in the same RE.   In       many flavours ( RE ) is used instead of \( RE \)          The concatenation of REs is a RE that matches the       concatenation of the strings matched by each RE.          \< matches the beginning of a word and \> matches the end of a       word.   In many flavours of regexp, \> and \< are replaced by       "\b", the special character for "word boundary".          RE\{m\} matches m occurences of RE.   RE\{m,\} matches m or       more occurences of RE.   RE\{m,n\} matches between m and n       occurences.          The exact details of how regexp will work in a given       application vary greatly from flavour to flavour.   A comprehensive       survey of regexp flavours is found in Friedl 1997 (see below).          [Jeffrey E.F. Friedl, "{Mastering Regular       Expressions(http://enterprise.ic.gc.ca/~jfriedl/regex/index.html)},       O'Reilly, 1997.]          2. Any description of a {pattern} composed from combinations       of {symbols} and the three {operators}:          Concatenation - pattern A concatenated with B matches a match       for A followed by a match for B.          Or - pattern A-or-B matches either a match for A or a match       for B.          Closure - zero or more matches for a pattern.          The earliest form of regular expressions (and the term itself)       were invented by mathematician {Stephen Cole Kleene} in the       mid-1950s, as a notation to easily manipulate "regular sets",       formal descriptions of the behaviour of {finite state       machines}, in {regular algebra}.          [S.C. Kleene, "Representation of events in nerve nets and       finite automata", 1956, Automata Studies. Princeton].          [J.H. Conway, "Regular algebra and finite machines", 1971, Eds       Chapman & Hall].          [Sedgewick, "Algorithms in C", page 294].          (1997-08-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
regular graph          A {graph} in which all {node}s have the same       {degree}.          (1995-03-07)