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Acarina
n 1: mites and ticks [syn: {Acarina}, {order Acarina}]

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acarine n mite or tick
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accruement n the act of accumulating [syn: accumulation, accrual, accruement]
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Acer macrophyllum n maple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumn Synonym(s): Oregon maple, big-leaf maple, Acer macrophyllum
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Acer negundo n common shade tree of eastern and central United States Synonym(s): box elder, ash-leaved maple, Acer negundo
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Acer negundo Californicum n maple of the Pacific coast of the United States; fruits are white when mature Synonym(s): California box elder, Acer negundo Californicum
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Acheron n (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon Synonym(s): Acheron, River Acheron
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Acheronian adj dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades; "in the depths of an Acheronian forest"; "upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth Synonym(s): Acheronian, Acherontic, Stygian
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Acherontia n death's-head moth Synonym(s): Acherontia, genus Acherontia
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Acherontia atropos n European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull Synonym(s): death's-head moth, Acherontia atropos
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Acherontic adj dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades; "in the depths of an Acheronian forest"; "upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth Synonym(s): Acheronian, Acherontic, Stygian
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achromasia n unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) Synonym(s): lividness, lividity, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia
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achromatic adj having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white" [syn: achromatic, neutral] Antonym(s): chromatic
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achromatic color n a color lacking hue; white or grey or black [syn: achromatic color, achromatic colour] Antonym(s): chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
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achromatic colour n a color lacking hue; white or grey or black [syn: achromatic color, achromatic colour] Antonym(s): chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
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achromatic lens n a compound lens system that forms an image free from chromatic aberration
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achromatic vision n vision using the rods
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achromaticity n the visual property of being without chromatic color [syn: colorlessness, colourlessness, achromatism, achromaticity] Antonym(s): color, coloring, colour, colouring
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achromatin n the part of a cell nucleus that is relatively uncolored by stains or dyes
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achromatinic adj (of substance of a cell nucleus) not readily colored by stains Antonym(s): chromatinic
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achromatise v remove color from; "achromatize the lenses" [syn: achromatize, achromatise]
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achromatism n the visual property of being without chromatic color [syn: colorlessness, colourlessness, achromatism, achromaticity] Antonym(s): color, coloring, colour, colouring
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achromatize v remove color from; "achromatize the lenses" [syn: achromatize, achromatise]
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achromatous adj having little or inadequate color
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achromia n an absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells
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achromic adj having no color Synonym(s): achromic, achromous
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achromous adj having no color Synonym(s): achromic, achromous
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Achromycin n an antibiotic (trade name Achromycin) derived from microorganisms of the genus Streptomyces and used broadly to treat infections Synonym(s): tetracycline, Achromycin
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acorn n fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
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acorn barnacle n barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones Synonym(s): acorn barnacle, rock barnacle, Balanus balanoides
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acorn cup n cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn Synonym(s): cupule, acorn cup
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acorn squash n squash plant bearing small acorn-shaped fruits having yellow flesh and dark green or yellow rind with longitudinal ridges small dark green or yellow ribbed squash with yellow to orange flesh
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acorn tube n a small vacuum tube; used at high frequencies
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acorn-shaped adj shaped like an acorn
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acquirement n an ability that has been acquired by training [syn: skill, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment]
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acquiring n the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving" Synonym(s): acquiring, getting
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acre inch n one twelfth of an acre-foot
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acrimonious adj marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce" Synonym(s): acrimonious, bitter
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acrimony n a rough and bitter manner [syn: bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness]
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acroanaesthesia n loss of sensation in the extremities [syn: acroanesthesia, acroanaesthesia]
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acroanesthesia n loss of sensation in the extremities [syn: acroanesthesia, acroanaesthesia]
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acromegalia n enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor) Synonym(s): acromegaly, acromegalia
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acromegalic adj marked or affected by enlargement or hypertrophy of the extremities or the face; "a protruding acromegalic jaw"
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acromegaly n enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor) Synonym(s): acromegaly, acromegalia
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acromial process n the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade Synonym(s): acromion, acromial process
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acromicria n abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes) Synonym(s): acromicria, acromikria
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acromikria n abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes) Synonym(s): acromicria, acromikria
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acromion n the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade Synonym(s): acromion, acromial process
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acromphalus n abnormal protrusion of the navel; sometimes the start of umbilical hernia
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acromyotonia n myotonia of the extremities only; causes spastic deformity of the hand or foot
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acronym n a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name
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acronymic adj characterized by the use of acronyms [syn: acronymic, acronymous]
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acronymous adj characterized by the use of acronyms [syn: acronymic, acronymous]
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aggrandise v add details to [syn: embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise]
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aggrandisement n the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal" Synonym(s): aggrandizement, aggrandisement, elevation
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aggrandize v add details to [syn: embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise]
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aggrandizement n the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; "the aggrandizement of the king"; "his elevation to cardinal" Synonym(s): aggrandizement, aggrandisement, elevation
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agranulocytic adj relating to the blood disorder of agranulocytosis
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agranulocytosis n an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes Synonym(s): agranulocytosis, agranulosis, granulocytopenia
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agranulosis n an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes Synonym(s): agranulocytosis, agranulosis, granulocytopenia
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agreement n the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers" Synonym(s): agreement, understanding compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence" Synonym(s): agreement, correspondence harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters; "the two parties were in agreement" Synonym(s): agreement, accord Antonym(s): disagreement, dissension, dissonance the thing arranged or agreed to; "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago" Synonym(s): agreement, arrangement the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations Synonym(s): agreement, concord the verbal act of agreeing Antonym(s): disagreement
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agrimonia n a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers Synonym(s): agrimonia, agrimony
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Agrimonia eupatoria n erect perennial Old World herb of dry grassy habitats [syn: harvest-lice, Agrimonia eupatoria]
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Agrimonia procera n fragrant European perennial herb found at woodland margins on moist soils Synonym(s): fragrant agrimony, Agrimonia procera
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agrimony n a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers Synonym(s): agrimonia, agrimony
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agromania n an intense desire to be alone or out in the open
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agronomic adj of or relating to or promoting agronomy [syn: agronomic, agronomical]
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agronomical adj of or relating to or promoting agronomy [syn: agronomic, agronomical]
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agronomist n an expert in soil management and field-crop production
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agronomy n the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production Synonym(s): agronomy, scientific agriculture
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aground adv with the bottom lodged on the ground; "he ran the ship aground" adj stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float; "a ship aground offshore"; "a boat aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it" Antonym(s): afloat(p)
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Akron n a city in northeastern Ohio; the heart of the United States rubber industry
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aquarium n a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals Synonym(s): aquarium, fish tank, marine museum
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Asarum n wild ginger Synonym(s): Asarum, genus Asarum
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Asarum canadense n deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States Synonym(s): Canada ginger, black snakeroot, Asarum canadense
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Asarum europaeum n thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe [syn: asarabacca, Asarum europaeum]
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Asarum shuttleworthii n wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama Synonym(s): heartleaf, heart-leaf, Asarum shuttleworthii
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Asarum virginicum n evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves; Virginia to South Carolina Synonym(s): heartleaf, heart-leaf, Asarum virginicum
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ashram n a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus
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ask round v invite someone to one's house; "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?" Synonym(s): invite, ask over, ask round
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assurance n freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority" Synonym(s): assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something; "an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret" Synonym(s): assurance, pledge a statement intended to inspire confidence; "the President's assurances were not respected" a British term for some kinds of insurance
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assuring adj giving confidence
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Assyrian n an inhabitant of ancient Assyria the language of modern Iraq Synonym(s): Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Assyrian an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia Synonym(s): Assyrian Akkadian, Assyrian
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Assyrian Akkadian n an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia Synonym(s): Assyrian Akkadian, Assyrian
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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic n the language of modern Iraq [syn: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Assyrian]
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au courant adj being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge; "kept abreast of the latest developments"; "constant revision keeps the book au courant"; "always au fait on the latest events"; "up on the news" Synonym(s): abreast(p), au courant, au fait, up on(p)
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Grain \Grain\, n. [F. grain, L. granum, grain, seed, small kernel, small particle. See {Corn}, and cf. {Garner}, n., {Garnet}, {Gram} the chick-pea, {Granule}, {Kernel.}] 1. A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food. 2. The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively. Storehouses crammed with grain. --Shak. 3. Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc. I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved. --Milton. 4. The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See {Gram.} 5. A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to {Tyrian purple}. All in a robe of darkest grain. --Milton. Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped their silks in colors of less value, then give' them the last tincture of crimson in grain. --Quoted by Coleridge, preface to Aids to Reflection. 6. The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain. Hard box, and linden of a softer grain. --Dryden. 7. The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc. Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the sound pine and divert his grain Tortive and errant from his course of growth. --Shak. 8. The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material. 9. The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. --Knight. 10. pl. The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called {draff.} 11. (Bot.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See {Grained}, a., 4. 12. Temper; natural disposition; inclination. [Obs.] Brothers . . . not united in grain. --Hayward. 13. A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. [Obs.] He cheweth grain and licorice, To smellen sweet. --Chaucer. {Against the grain}, against or across the direction of the fibers; hence, against one's wishes or tastes; unwillingly; unpleasantly; reluctantly; with difficulty. --Swift.--Saintsbury. {A grain of allowance}, a slight indulgence or latitude a small allowance. {Grain binder}, an attachment to a harvester for binding the grain into sheaves. {Grain colors}, dyes made from the coccus or kermes in sect. {Grain leather}. (a) Dressed horse hides. (b) Goat, seal, and other skins blacked on the grain side for women's shoes, etc. {Grain moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of several small moths, of the family {Tineid[91]} (as {Tinea granella} and {Butalis cerealella}), whose larv[91] devour grain in storehouses. {Grain side} (Leather), the side of a skin or hide from which the hair has been removed; -- opposed to {flesh side.} {Grains of paradise}, the seeds of a species of amomum. {grain tin}, crystalline tin ore metallic tin smelted with charcoal. {Grain weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small red weevil (Sitophilus granarius), which destroys stored wheat and othar grain, by eating out the interior. {Grain worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the grain moth. See {grain moth}, above. {In grain}, of a fast color; deeply seated; fixed; innate; genuine. [bd]Anguish in grain.[b8] --Herbert. {To dye in grain}, to dye of a fast color by means of the coccus or kermes grain [see {Grain}, n., 5]; hence, to dye firmly; also, to dye in the wool, or in the raw material. See under {Dye.} The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . . Likce crimson dyed in grain. --Spenser. {To go against the grain of} (a person), to be repugnant to; to vex, irritate, mortify, or trouble.
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Natal plum \Na*tal" plum`\ (Bot.) The drupaceous fruit of two South African shrubs of the genus {Arduina} ({A. bispinosa} and {A. grandiflora}).
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d8Arachnida \[d8]Arach"nida\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] spider.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix. Note: They have four pairs of legs, no antenn[91] nor wings, a pair of mandibles, and one pair of maxill[91] or palpi. The head is usually consolidated with the thorax. The respiration is either by tranche[91] or by pulmonary sacs, or by both. The class includes three principal orders: {Araneina}, or spiders; {Arthrogastra}, including scorpions, etc.; and {Acarina}, or mites and ticks.
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Acarine \Ac"a*rine\, a. (Med.) Of or caused by acari or mites; as, acarine diseases.
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Accrementitial \Ac`crementi"tial\, a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to accremention.
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Accrementition \Ac`crementi"tion\, n. [See {Accresce}, {Increment}.] (Physiol.) The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.
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Accriminate \Accrim"inate\, v. t. [L. ac- (for ad to) + criminari.] To accuse of a crime. [Obs.] -- {Accrim`ina"tion}, n. [Obs.]
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Accriminate \Accrim"inate\, v. t. [L. ac- (for ad to) + criminari.] To accuse of a crime. [Obs.] -- {Accrim`ina"tion}, n. [Obs.]
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Accrue \Accrue"\ ([acr]kkr[udd]"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Accrued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accruing}.] [See {Accrue}, n., and cf. {Accresce}, {Accrete}.] 1. To increase; to augment. And though power failed, her courage did accrue. --Spenser. 2. To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent. [bd]Interest accrues to principal.[b8] --Abbott. The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press. --Junius.
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Accrument \Ac*cru"ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. The process of accruing, or that which has accrued; increase. --Jer. Taylor.
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Ruff \Ruff\, Ruffe \Ruffe\, n. [OE. ruffe.] (Zo[94]l.) A small freshwater European perch ({Acerina vulgaris}); -- called also {pope}, {blacktail}, and {stone, [or] striped, perch}.
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Acheron \Ach"e*ron\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?].] (Myth.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. --Shak.
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Death's-head \Death's"-head`\, n. A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death. I had rather be married to a death's-head with a bone in his mouth. --Shak. {Death's-head moth} (Zo[94]l.), a very large European moth ({Acherontia atropos}), so called from a figure resembling a human skull on the back of the thorax; -- called also {death's-head sphinx}.
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Acherontic \Ach`e*ron"tic\, a. Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund.
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Achromatic \Ach`ro*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] colorless; 'a priv. + [?], [?], color: cf. F. achromatique.] 1. (Opt.) Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors. 2. (Biol.) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue. {Achromatic lens} (Opt.), a lens composed usually of two separate lenses, a convex and concave, of substances having different refractive and dispersive powers, as crown and flint glass, with the curvatures so adjusted that the chromatic aberration produced by the one is corrected by other, and light emerges from the compound lens undecomposed. {Achromatic prism}. See {Prism}. {Achromatic telescope}, or {microscope}, one in which the chromatic aberration is corrected, usually by means of a compound or achromatic object glass, and which gives images free from extraneous color.
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3. (Chem.) An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling. 4. (Steam Engine) An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of {Steam engine}. {Achromatic condenser} (Optics), an achromatic lens used as a condenser. {Bull's-eye condenser}, [or] {Bull's-eye} (Optics), a lens of short focal distance used for concentrating rays of light. {Injection condenser}, a vessel in which steam is condensed by the direct contact of water. {Surface condenser}, an apparatus for condensing steam, especially the exhaust of a steam engine, by bringing it into contact with metallic surface cooled by water or air.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Achromatic \Ach`ro*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] colorless; 'a priv. + [?], [?], color: cf. F. achromatique.] 1. (Opt.) Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors. 2. (Biol.) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue. {Achromatic lens} (Opt.), a lens composed usually of two separate lenses, a convex and concave, of substances having different refractive and dispersive powers, as crown and flint glass, with the curvatures so adjusted that the chromatic aberration produced by the one is corrected by other, and light emerges from the compound lens undecomposed. {Achromatic prism}. See {Prism}. {Achromatic telescope}, or {microscope}, one in which the chromatic aberration is corrected, usually by means of a compound or achromatic object glass, and which gives images free from extraneous color.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Achromatic \Ach`ro*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] colorless; 'a priv. + [?], [?], color: cf. F. achromatique.] 1. (Opt.) Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors. 2. (Biol.) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue. {Achromatic lens} (Opt.), a lens composed usually of two separate lenses, a convex and concave, of substances having different refractive and dispersive powers, as crown and flint glass, with the curvatures so adjusted that the chromatic aberration produced by the one is corrected by other, and light emerges from the compound lens undecomposed. {Achromatic prism}. See {Prism}. {Achromatic telescope}, or {microscope}, one in which the chromatic aberration is corrected, usually by means of a compound or achromatic object glass, and which gives images free from extraneous color.
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Prism \Prism\ (pr[icr]z'm), n. [L. prisma, Gr. pri`sma, fr. pri`zein, pri`ein, to saw: cf. F. prisme.] 1. (Geom.) A solid whose bases or ends are any similar, equal, and parallel plane figures, and whose sides are parallelograms. Note: Prisms of different forms are often named from the figure of their bases; as, a triangular prism, a quadrangular prism, a rhombic prism, etc. 2. (Opt.) A transparent body, with usually three rectangular plane faces or sides, and two equal and parallel triangular ends or bases; -- used in experiments on refraction, dispersion, etc. 3. (Crystallog.) A form the planes of which are parallel to the vertical axis. See {Form}, n., 13. {Achromatic prism} (Opt.), a prism composed usually of two prisms of different transparent substances which have unequal dispersive powers, as two different kinds of glass, especially flint glass and crown glass, the difference of dispersive power being compensated by giving them different refracting angles, so that, when placed together so as to have opposite relative positions, a ray of light passed through them is refracted or bent into a new position, but is free from color. {Nicol's prism}, {Nicol prism}. [So called from Wm. Nicol, of Edinburgh, who first proposed it.] (Opt.) An instrument for experiments in polarization, consisting of a rhomb of Iceland spar, which has been bisected obliquely at a certain angle, and the two parts again joined with transparent cement, so that the ordinary image produced by double refraction is thrown out of the field by total reflection from the internal cemented surface, and the extraordinary, or polarized, image alone is transmitted.
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Achromatic \Ach`ro*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] colorless; 'a priv. + [?], [?], color: cf. F. achromatique.] 1. (Opt.) Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors. 2. (Biol.) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue. {Achromatic lens} (Opt.), a lens composed usually of two separate lenses, a convex and concave, of substances having different refractive and dispersive powers, as crown and flint glass, with the curvatures so adjusted that the chromatic aberration produced by the one is corrected by other, and light emerges from the compound lens undecomposed. {Achromatic prism}. See {Prism}. {Achromatic telescope}, or {microscope}, one in which the chromatic aberration is corrected, usually by means of a compound or achromatic object glass, and which gives images free from extraneous color.
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Telescope \Tel"e*scope\, n. [Gr. [?] viewing afar, farseeing; [?] far, far off + [?] a watcher, akin to [?] to view: cf. F. t[82]lescope. See {Telegraph}, and {-scope}.] An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies. Note: A telescope assists the eye chiefly in two ways; first, by enlarging the visual angle under which a distant object is seen, and thus magnifying that object; and, secondly, by collecting, and conveying to the eye, a larger beam of light than would enter the naked organ, thus rendering objects distinct and visible which would otherwise be indistinct and or invisible. Its essential parts are the object glass, or concave mirror, which collects the beam of light, and forms an image of the object, and the eyeglass, which is a microscope, by which the image is magnified. {Achromatic telescope}. See under {Achromatic}. {Aplanatic telescope}, a telescope having an aplanatic eyepiece. {Astronomical telescope}, a telescope which has a simple eyepiece so constructed or used as not to reverse the image formed by the object glass, and consequently exhibits objects inverted, which is not a hindrance in astronomical observations. {Cassegrainian telescope}, a reflecting telescope invented by Cassegrain, which differs from the Gregorian only in having the secondary speculum convex instead of concave, and placed nearer the large speculum. The Cassegrainian represents objects inverted; the Gregorian, in their natural position. The Melbourne telescope (see Illust. under {Reflecting telescope}, below) is a Cassegrainian telescope. {Dialytic telescope}. See under {Dialytic}. {Equatorial telescope}. See the Note under {Equatorial}. {Galilean telescope}, a refracting telescope in which the eyeglass is a concave instead of a convex lens, as in the common opera glass. This was the construction originally adopted by Galileo, the inventor of the instrument. It exhibits the objects erect, that is, in their natural positions. {Gregorian telescope}, a form of reflecting telescope. See under {Gregorian}. {Herschelian telescope}, a reflecting telescope of the form invented by Sir William Herschel, in which only one speculum is employed, by means of which an image of the object is formed near one side of the open end of the tube, and to this the eyeglass is applied directly. {Newtonian telescope}, a form of reflecting telescope. See under {Newtonian}. {Photographic telescope}, a telescope specially constructed to make photographs of the heavenly bodies. {Prism telescope}. See {Teinoscope}. {Reflecting telescope}, a telescope in which the image is formed by a speculum or mirror (or usually by two speculums, a large one at the lower end of the telescope, and the smaller one near the open end) instead of an object glass. See {Gregorian, Cassegrainian, Herschelian, [and] Newtonian, telescopes}, above. {Refracting telescope}, a telescope in which the image is formed by refraction through an object glass. {Telescope carp} (Zo[94]l.), the telescope fish. {Telescope fish} (Zo[94]l.), a monstrous variety of the goldfish having very protuberant eyes. {Telescope fly} (Zo[94]l.), any two-winged fly of the genus {Diopsis}, native of Africa and Asia. The telescope flies are remarkable for having the eyes raised on very long stalks. {Telescope shell} (Zo[94]l.), an elongated gastropod ({Cerithium telescopium}) having numerous flattened whorls. {Telescope sight} (Firearms), a slender telescope attached to the barrel, having cross wires in the eyepiece and used as a sight. {Terrestrial telescope}, a telescope whose eyepiece has one or two lenses more than the astronomical, for the purpose of inverting the image, and exhibiting objects erect.
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Achromatically \Ach`romat"ical*ly\, adv. In an achromatic manner.
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Achromaticity \Ach`romatic"i*ty\, n. Achromatism.
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Achromatin \Achro"matin\, n. (Biol.) Tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes. --W. Flemming.
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Achromatism \Achro"matism\, n. [Cf. F. achromatisme.] The state or quality of being achromatic; as, the achromatism of a lens; achromaticity. --Nichol.
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Achromatization \Achro`mati*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. achromatisation.] The act or process of achromatizing.
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Achromatize \Achro"matize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Achromatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Achromatizing}.] [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] color.] To deprive of color; to make achromatic.
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Achromatize \Achro"matize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Achromatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Achromatizing}.] [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] color.] To deprive of color; to make achromatic.
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Achromatize \Achro"matize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Achromatized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Achromatizing}.] [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] color.] To deprive of color; to make achromatic.
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Achromatopsy \Achro"matop"sy\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] color + [?] sight.] Color blindness; inability to distinguish colors; Daltonism.
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Achromatous \Achro"matous\, a. [See {Ahromatic}.] Lacking, or deficient in, color; as, achromatous blood.
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Achromic \A*chro"mic\, a. [Gr. [?] colorless; [?] priv. + [?] color.] Free from color; colorless; as, in Physiol. Chem., the achromic point of a starch solution acted upon by an amylolytic enzyme is the point at which it fails to give any color with iodine.
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Achronic \A*chron"ic\, a. See {Acronyc}.
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Acorn \A"corn\, n. [AS. [91]cern, fr. [91]cer field, acre; akin to D. aker acorn, Ger. ecker, Icel. akarn, Dan. agern, Goth. akran fruit, akrs field; -- orig. fruit of the field. See {Acre}.] 1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule. 2. (Naut.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. 3. (Zo[94]l.) See {Acorn-shell}.
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Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain. 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. Note: Among the true oaks in America are: {Barren oak}, or {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}. {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}. {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or {quercitron oak}. {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}. {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}. {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}. {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also called {enceno}. {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California. {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}. {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}. {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}. {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}. {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc. {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}. {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}. {Swamp Spanish oak}, or {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}. {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}. {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}. {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}. {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe are: {Bitter oak}, [or] {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}). {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}. {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}. {Evergreen oak}, {Holly oak}, [or] {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}. {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}. {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}. Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus {Quercus}, are: {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}). {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}). {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}). {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}. {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon excelsum}). {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
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Acorn \A"corn\, n. [AS. [91]cern, fr. [91]cer field, acre; akin to D. aker acorn, Ger. ecker, Icel. akarn, Dan. agern, Goth. akran fruit, akrs field; -- orig. fruit of the field. See {Acre}.] 1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule. 2. (Naut.) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. 3. (Zo[94]l.) See {Acorn-shell}.
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Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain. 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. Note: Among the true oaks in America are: {Barren oak}, or {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}. {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}. {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or {quercitron oak}. {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}. {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}. {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}. {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also called {enceno}. {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California. {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}. {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}. {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}. {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}. {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc. {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}. {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}. {Swamp Spanish oak}, or {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}. {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}. {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}. {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}. {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe are: {Bitter oak}, [or] {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}). {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}. {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}. {Evergreen oak}, {Holly oak}, [or] {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}. {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}. {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}. Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus {Quercus}, are: {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia Africana}). {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}). {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}). {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}. {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon excelsum}). {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.
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Acorn cup \A"corn cup\ The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
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Sugar \Sug"ar\, n. [OE. sugre, F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero, Sp. az[a3]car), fr. Ar. sukkar, assukkar, fr. Skr. [87]arkar[be] sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar. Cf. {Saccharine}, {Sucrose}.] 1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance, of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the Note below. Note: The term sugar includes several commercial grades, as the white or refined, granulated, loaf or lump, and the raw brown or muscovado. In a more general sense, it includes several distinct chemical compounds, as the glucoses, or grape sugars (including glucose proper, dextrose, and levulose), and the sucroses, or true sugars (as cane sugar). All sugars are carbohydrates. See {Carbohydrate}. The glucoses, or grape sugars, are ketone alcohols of the formula {C6H12O6}, and they turn the plane of polarization to the right or the left. They are produced from the amyloses and sucroses, as by the action of heat and acids of ferments, and are themselves decomposed by fermentation into alcohol and carbon dioxide. The only sugar (called acrose) as yet produced artificially belongs to this class. The sucroses, or cane sugars, are doubled glucose anhydrides of the formula {C12H22O11}. They are usually not fermentable as such (cf. {Sucrose}), and they act on polarized light. 2. By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweet taste. 3. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words. [Colloq.] {Acorn sugar}. See {Quercite}. {Cane sugar}, sugar made from the sugar cane; sucrose, or an isomeric sugar. See {Sucrose}. {Diabetes}, [or] {Diabetic}, {sugar} (Med. Chem.), a variety of sugar (probably grape sugar or dextrose) excreted in the urine in diabetes mellitus. {Fruit sugar}. See under {Fruit}, and {Fructose}. {Grape sugar}, a sirupy or white crystalline sugar (dextrose or glucose) found as a characteristic ingredient of ripe grapes, and also produced from many other sources. See {Dextrose}, and {Glucose}. {Invert sugar}. See under {Invert}. {Malt sugar}, a variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, found in malt. See {Maltose}. {Manna sugar}, a substance found in manna, resembling, but distinct from, the sugars. See {Mannite}. {Milk sugar}, a variety of sugar characteristic of fresh milk, and isomeric with sucrose. See {Lactose}. {Muscle sugar}, a sweet white crystalline substance isomeric with, and formerly regarded to, the glucoses. It is found in the tissue of muscle, the heart, liver, etc. Called also {heart sugar}. See {Inosite}. {Pine sugar}. See {Pinite}. {Starch sugar} (Com. Chem.), a variety of dextrose made by the action of heat and acids on starch from corn, potatoes, etc.; -- called also {potato sugar}, {corn sugar}, and, inaccurately, {invert sugar}. See {Dextrose}, and {Glucose}. {Sugar barek}, one who refines sugar. {Sugar beet} (Bot.), a variety of beet ({Beta vulgaris}) with very large white roots, extensively grown, esp. in Europe, for the sugar obtained from them. {Sugar berry} (Bot.), the hackberry. {Sugar bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small South American singing birds of the genera {C[d2]reba}, {Dacnis}, and allied genera belonging to the family {C[d2]rebid[91]}. They are allied to the honey eaters. {Sugar bush}. See {Sugar orchard}. {Sugar camp}, a place in or near a sugar orchard, where maple sugar is made. {Sugar candian}, sugar candy. [Obs.] {Sugar candy}, sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized; candy made from sugar. {Sugar cane} (Bot.), a tall perennial grass ({Saccharum officinarium}), with thick short-jointed stems. It has been cultivated for ages as the principal source of sugar. {Sugar loaf}. (a) A loaf or mass of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone. (b) A hat shaped like a sugar loaf. Why, do not or know you, grannam, and that sugar loaf? --J. Webster. {Sugar maple} (Bot.), the rock maple ({Acer saccharinum}). See {Maple}. {Sugar mill}, a machine for pressing out the juice of the sugar cane, usually consisting of three or more rollers, between which the cane is passed. {Sugar mite}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small mite ({Tyroglyphus sacchari}), often found in great numbers in unrefined sugar. (b) The lepisma. {Sugar of lead}. See {Sugar}, 2, above. {Sugar of milk}. See under {Milk}. {Sugar orchard}, a collection of maple trees selected and preserved for purpose of obtaining sugar from them; -- called also, sometimes, {sugar bush}. [U.S.] --Bartlett. {Sugar pine} (Bot.), an immense coniferous tree ({Pinus Lambertiana}) of California and Oregon, furnishing a soft and easily worked timber. The resinous exudation from the stumps, etc., has a sweetish taste, and has been used as a substitute for sugar. {Sugar squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian flying phalanger ({Belideus sciureus}), having a long bushy tail and a large parachute. It resembles a flying squirrel. See Illust. under {Phlanger}. {Sugar tongs}, small tongs, as of silver, used at table for taking lumps of sugar from a sugar bowl. {Sugar tree}. (Bot.) See {Sugar maple}, above.
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Acorned \A"corned\, a. 1. Furnished or loaded with acorns. 2. Fed or filled with acorns. [R.] --Shak.
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Acorn-shell \A"corn-shell`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus {Balanus}. See {Barnacle}.
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Acquirement \Ac*quire"ment\ (-m[eit]nt), n. The act of acquiring, or that which is acquired; attainment. [bd]Rules for the acquirement of a taste.[b8] --Addison. His acquirements by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. --Hayward. Syn: {Acquisition}, {Acquirement}. Usage: Acquirement is used in opposition to a natural gift or talent; as, eloquence, and skill in music and painting, are acquirements; genius is the gift or endowment of nature. It denotes especially personal attainments, in opposition to material or external things gained, which are more usually called acquisitions; but this distinction is not always observed.
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Acquire \Ac*quire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acquired}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acquiring}.] [L. acquirere, acquisitum; ad + quarere to seek for. In OE. was a verb aqueren, fr. the same, through OF. aquerre. See {Quest}..] To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits. No virtue is acquired in an instant, but step by step. --Barrow. Descent is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law. --Blackstone. Syn: To obtain; gain; attain; procure; win; earn; secure. See {Obtain}.
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Acranial \Acra"nial\, a. Wanting a skull.
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Acrimony \Ac"rimony\, n.; pl. {Acrimonies}. [L. acrimonia, fr. acer, sharp: cf. F. acrimonie.] 1. A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants. [Archaic] --Bacon. 2. Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners. John the Baptist set himself with much acrimony and indignation to baffle this senseless arrogant conceit of theirs. --South. Syn: {Acrimony}, {Asperity}, {Harshness}, {Tartness}. Usage: These words express different degrees of angry feeling or language. Asperity and harshness arise from angry feelings, connected with a disregard for the feelings of others. Harshness usually denotes needless severity or an undue measure of severity. Acrimony is a biting sharpness produced by an imbittered spirit. Tartness denotes slight asperity and implies some degree of intellectual readiness. Tartness of reply; harshness of accusation; acrimony of invective. In his official letters he expressed, with great acrimony, his contempt for the king's character. --Macaulay. It is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. --Johnson. A just reverence of mankind prevents the growth of harshness and brutality. --Shaftesbury.
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Acrimonious \Ac"rimo"nious\, a. [Cf. LL. acrimonious, F. acrimonieux.] 1. Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall. [Archaic] --Harvey. 2. Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper.
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Acrimoniously \Ac`rimo"nious*ly\, adv. In an acrimonious manner.
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Acrimoniousness \Ac`rimo"nious*ness\, n. The quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony.
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Acrimony \Ac"rimony\, n.; pl. {Acrimonies}. [L. acrimonia, fr. acer, sharp: cf. F. acrimonie.] 1. A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants. [Archaic] --Bacon. 2. Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners. John the Baptist set himself with much acrimony and indignation to baffle this senseless arrogant conceit of theirs. --South. Syn: {Acrimony}, {Asperity}, {Harshness}, {Tartness}. Usage: These words express different degrees of angry feeling or language. Asperity and harshness arise from angry feelings, connected with a disregard for the feelings of others. Harshness usually denotes needless severity or an undue measure of severity. Acrimony is a biting sharpness produced by an imbittered spirit. Tartness denotes slight asperity and implies some degree of intellectual readiness. Tartness of reply; harshness of accusation; acrimony of invective. In his official letters he expressed, with great acrimony, his contempt for the king's character. --Macaulay. It is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. --Johnson. A just reverence of mankind prevents the growth of harshness and brutality. --Shaftesbury.
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Acroamatic \Ac`roamat"ic\, Acroamatical \Ac`roamat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to hear.] Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.
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Acroamatic \Ac`roamat"ic\, Acroamatical \Ac`roamat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to hear.] Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.
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Acromegaly \Ac`romeg"aly\, n. [NL. acromegalia, fr. Gr. 'a`kron point, peak + [?], [?], big.] (Med.) Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face.
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Acromial \Acro"mial\, a. [Cf. F. acromial.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the acromion. --Dunglison.
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Acromonogrammatic \Ac`romon`ogram*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. 'a`kros extreme + [?] alone + [?] a letter.] Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.
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Acronyc \Acron"yc\, Acronychal \Acron"ych*al\, a. [Gr. 'akro`nychos at nightfall; 'a`kros + ny`x night.] (Astron.) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to {cosmical}. Note: The word is sometimes incorrectly written acronical, achronychal, acronichal, and acronical.
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Acronycally \Acron"ycal*ly\, adv. In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vice versa.
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Acronyc \Acron"yc\, Acronychal \Acron"ych*al\, a. [Gr. 'akro`nychos at nightfall; 'a`kros + ny`x night.] (Astron.) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to {cosmical}. Note: The word is sometimes incorrectly written acronical, achronychal, acronichal, and acronical.
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Acronyctous \Ac"ro*nyc"tous\, a. [Gr. 'akro`nyktos; 'a`kros + ny`x, nykto`s, night.] (Astron.) Acronycal.
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Sea colander \Sea" col"an*der\ (Bot.) A large blackfish seaweed ({Agarum Turneri}), the frond of which is punctured with many little holes.
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Aggrandizable \Ag"grandi"zable\, a. Capable of being aggrandized.
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Aggrandization \Aggran`diza"tion\, n. Aggrandizement. [Obs.] --Waterhouse.
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Aggrandize \Ag"gran*dize\, v. i. To increase or become great. [Obs.] Follies, continued till old age, do aggrandize. --J. Hall.
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Aggrandize \Ag"gran*dize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggrandized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aggrandizing}.] [F. agrandir; [85] (L. ad) + grandir to increase, L. grandire, fr. grandis great. See {Grand}, and cf. {Finish}.] 1. To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress. 2. To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. His scheme for aggrandizing his son. --Prescott. 3. To make appear great or greater; to exalt. --Lamb. Syn: To augment; exalt; promote; advance.
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Aggrandize \Ag"gran*dize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggrandized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aggrandizing}.] [F. agrandir; [85] (L. ad) + grandir to increase, L. grandire, fr. grandis great. See {Grand}, and cf. {Finish}.] 1. To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress. 2. To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. His scheme for aggrandizing his son. --Prescott. 3. To make appear great or greater; to exalt. --Lamb. Syn: To augment; exalt; promote; advance.
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Aggrandizement \Aggran"dizement\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. agrandissement.] The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, the emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family. Syn: Augmentation; exaltation; enlargement; advancement; promotion; preferment.
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Aggrandizer \Ag"gran*di`zer\, n. One who aggrandizes, or makes great.
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Aggrandize \Ag"gran*dize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aggrandized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aggrandizing}.] [F. agrandir; [85] (L. ad) + grandir to increase, L. grandire, fr. grandis great. See {Grand}, and cf. {Finish}.] 1. To make great; to enlarge; to increase; as, to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress. 2. To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; -- applied to persons, countries, etc. His scheme for aggrandizing his son. --Prescott. 3. To make appear great or greater; to exalt. --Lamb. Syn: To augment; exalt; promote; advance.
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Agrammatist \Agram"matist\, n. [Gr. [?] illiterate; 'a priv. + [?] letters, fr. [?] to write.] A illiterate person. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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Agree \A*gree"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Agreed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Agreeing}.] [F. agr[82]er to accept or receive kindly, fr. [85] gr[82]; [85] (L. ad) + gr[82] good will, consent, liking, fr. L. gratus pleasing, agreeable. See {Grateful}.] 1. To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law. If music and sweet poetry agree. --Shak. Their witness agreed not together. --Mark xiv. 56. The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you. --Sir T. Browne. 2. To yield assent; to accede; -- followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion. 3. To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise. Agree with thine adversary quickly. --Matt. v. 25. Didst not thou agree with me for a penny ? --Matt. xx. 13. 4. To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly. 5. To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution. 6. (Gram.) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person. Note: The auxiliary forms of to be are often employed with the participle agreed. [bd]The jury were agreed.[b8] --Macaulay. [bd]Can two walk together, except they be agreed ?[b8] --Amos iii. 3. The principal intransitive uses were probably derived from the transitive verb used reflexively. [bd]I agree me well to your desire.[b8] --Ld. Berners. Syn: To assent; concur; consent; acquiesce; accede; engage; promise; stipulate; contract; bargain; correspond; harmonize; fit; tally; coincide; comport.
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Agreeingly \Agree"ingly\, adv. In an agreeing manner (to); correspondingly; agreeably. [Obs.]
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Agreement \Agree"ment\, n. [Cf. F. agr[82]ment.] 1. State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement* subsists among the members of the council. What agreement hath the temple of God with idols ? --2 Cor. vi. 16. Expansion and duration have this further agreement. --Locke. 2. (Gram.) Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person. 3. (Law) (a) A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract. (b) The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises. --Abbott. Brande & C. Syn: Bargain; contract; compact; stipulation.
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Agrimony \Ag"rimony\, n. [OE. agremoyne, OF. aigremoine, L. agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. [?].] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Rose family. (b) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony ({Eupatorium cannabinum}); water agrimony ({Bidens}). Note: The {Agrimonia eupatoria}, or common agrimony, a perennial herb with a spike of yellow flowers, was once esteemed as a medical remedy, but is now seldom used.
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Egremoin \Eg"re*moin\, n. [See {Agrimony}.] Agrimony ({Agrimonia Eupatoria}). [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Agrimony \Ag"rimony\, n. [OE. agremoyne, OF. aigremoine, L. agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. [?].] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Rose family. (b) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony ({Eupatorium cannabinum}); water agrimony ({Bidens}). Note: The {Agrimonia eupatoria}, or common agrimony, a perennial herb with a spike of yellow flowers, was once esteemed as a medical remedy, but is now seldom used.
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Egremoin \Eg"re*moin\, n. [See {Agrimony}.] Agrimony ({Agrimonia Eupatoria}). [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Agrimony \Ag"rimony\, n. [OE. agremoyne, OF. aigremoine, L. agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. [?].] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Rose family. (b) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony ({Eupatorium cannabinum}); water agrimony ({Bidens}). Note: The {Agrimonia eupatoria}, or common agrimony, a perennial herb with a spike of yellow flowers, was once esteemed as a medical remedy, but is now seldom used.
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Agrin \Agrin"\ ([adot]gr[icr]n"), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + grin.] In the act of grinning. [bd]His visage all agrin.[b8] --Tennyson.
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Agronomic \Ag`ronom"ic\, Agronomical \Ag`ronom"ic*al\, [Cf. F. agronomique.] Pertaining to agronomy, of the management of farms.
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Agronomic \Ag`ronom"ic\, Agronomical \Ag`ronom"ic*al\, [Cf. F. agronomique.] Pertaining to agronomy, of the management of farms.
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Agronomics \Ag`ro*nom"ics\, n. The science of the distribution and management of land.
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Agronomist \Agron"omist\, n. One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy.
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Agronomy \Agron"omy\, n. [Gr. [?] rural; as a noun, an overseer of the public lands; [?] field + [?] usage, [?] to deal out, manage: cf. F. agronomie.] The management of land; rural economy; agriculture.
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Aground \A*ground"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + ground.] On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground. --Totten.
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Aquarial \Aqua"rial\, Aquarian \Aqua"rian\, a. Of or pertaining to an aquarium.
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Aquarian \Aqua"rian\, n. [L. (assumed) Aquarianus, fr. aqua: cf. F. Aquarien. See {Aqua}.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Christian in the primitive church who used water instead of wine in the Lord's Supper.
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Aquarium \Aqua"rium\, n.; pl. E. {Aquariums}, L. {Aquaria}. [L. See {Aquarius}, {Ewer}.] An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glass sides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants are kept.
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Aquarium \Aqua"rium\, n.; pl. E. {Aquariums}, L. {Aquaria}. [L. See {Aquarius}, {Ewer}.] An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glass sides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants are kept.
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Asarone \As"a*rone\, n. [L. asarum hazelwort, wild spikenard, Gr. 'a`saron] (Chem.) A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the {Asarum Europ[91]um}; -- called also {camphor of asarum}.
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Ginger \Gin"ger\, n. [OE. ginger, gingever, gingivere, OF. gengibre, gingimbre, F. gingembre, L. zingiber, zingiberi, fr. Gr. [?]; of Oriental origin; cf. Ar. & Pers. zenjeb[c6]l, fr. Skr. [?][?][?]gav[89]ra, prop., hornshaped; [?][?][?]ga horn + v[89]ra body.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Zingiber}, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is {Z. officinale}. 2. The hot and spicy rootstock of {Zingiber officinale}, which is much used in cookery and in medicine. {Ginger} {beer [or] ale}, a mild beer impregnated with ginger. {Ginger cordial}, a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon rind, and water, and sometimes whisky or brandy. {Ginger pop}. See {Ginger beer} (above). {Ginger wine}, wine impregnated with ginger. {Wild ginger} (Bot.), an American herb ({Asarum Canadense}) with two reniform leaves and a long, cordlike rootstock which has a strong taste of ginger.
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d8Asarabacca \[d8]As`arabac"ca\, n. [L. asarum + bacca a berry. See {Asarone}.] (Bot.) An acrid herbaceous plant ({Asarum Europ[91]um}), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs.
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Asarone \As"a*rone\, n. [L. asarum hazelwort, wild spikenard, Gr. 'a`saron] (Chem.) A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the {Asarum Europ[91]um}; -- called also {camphor of asarum}.
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Saint \Saint\ (s[amac]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. {Sacred}, {Sanctity}, {Sanctum}, {Sanctus}.] 1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God. Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints. --1 Cor. i. 2. 2. One of the blessed in heaven. Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure Far separate, circling thy holy mount, Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. --Milton. 3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.] {Saint Andrew's cross}. (a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}. (b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum Crux-Andre[91]}, the petals of which have the form of a Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray. {Saint Anthony's cross}, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6, under {Cross}. {Saint Anthony's fire}, the erysipelas; -- popularly so called because it was supposed to have been cured by the intercession of Saint Anthony. {Saint Anthony's nut} (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium flexuosum}); -- so called because swine feed on it, and St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Anthony's turnip} (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Barnaby's thistle} (Bot.), a kind of knapweed ({Centaurea solstitialis}) flowering on St. Barnabas's Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior. {Saint Bernard} (Zo[94]l.), a breed of large, handsome dogs celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under {Dog}. {Saint Catharine's flower} (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist. See under {Love}. {Saint Cuthbert's beads} (Paleon.), the fossil joints of crinoid stems. {Saint Dabeoc's heath} (Bot.), a heatherlike plant ({Dab[d2]cia polifolia}), named from an Irish saint. {Saint Distaff's Day}. See under {Distaff}. {Saint Elmo's fire}, a luminous, flamelike appearance, sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or pointed objects. A single flame is called a {Helena}, or a {Corposant}; a double, or twin, flame is called a {Castor and Pollux}, or a {double Corposant}. It takes its name from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors. {Saint George's cross} (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a field argent, the field being represented by a narrow fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great Britain. {Saint George's ensign}, a red cross on a white field with a union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of England; -- called also {the white ensign}. --Brande & C. {Saint George's flag}, a smaller flag resembling the ensign, but without the union jack; used as the sign of the presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C. {Saint Gobain glass} (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it was manufactured. {Saint Ignatius's bean} (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the Philippines ({Strychnos Ignatia}), of properties similar to the nux vomica. {Saint James's shell} (Zo[94]l.), a pecten ({Vola Jacob[91]us}) worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under {Scallop}. {Saint James's-wort} (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio Jacob[91]a}). {Saint John's bread}. (Bot.) See {Carob}. {Saint John's-wort} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Hypericum}, most species of which have yellow flowers; -- called also {John's-wort}. {Saint Leger}, the name of a race for three-year-old horses run annually in September at Doncaster, England; -- instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger. {Saint Martin's herb} (Bot.), a small tropical American violaceous plant ({Sauvagesia erecta}). It is very mucilaginous and is used in medicine.
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{Saint Martin's summer}, a season of mild, damp weather frequently prevailing during late autumn in England and the Mediterranean countries; -- so called from St. Martin's Festival, occurring on November 11. It corresponds to the Indian summer in America. --Shak. --Whittier. {Saint Patrick's cross}. See Illust. 4, under {Cross}. {Saint Patrick's Day}, the 17th of March, anniversary of the death (about 466) of St. Patrick, the apostle and patron saint of Ireland. {Saint Peter's fish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {John Dory}, under {John}. {Saint Peter's-wort} (Bot.), a name of several plants, as {Hypericum Ascyron}, {H. quadrangulum}, {Ascyrum stans}, etc. {Saint Peter's wreath} (Bot.), a shrubby kind of Spir[91]a ({S. hypericifolia}), having long slender branches covered with clusters of small white blossoms in spring. {Saint's bell}. See {Sanctus bell}, under {Sanctus}. {Saint Vitus's dance} (Med.), chorea; -- so called from the supposed cures wrought on intercession to this saint.
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Insurance \In*sur"ance\, n. [From {Insure}.] 1. The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. {Assurance}, n., 6. Note: The person who undertakes to pay in case of loss is termed the insurer; the danger against which he undertakes, the risk; the person protected, the insured; the sum which he pays for the protection, the premium; and the contract itself, when reduced to form, the policy. --Johnson's Cyc. 2. The premium paid for insuring property or life. 3. The sum for which life or property is insured. 4. A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance. [Obs.] The most acceptable insurance of the divine protection. --Mickle. {Accident insurance}, insurance against pecuniary loss by reason of accident to the person. {Endowment insurance} [or] {assurance}, a combination of life insurance and investment such that if the person upon whose life a risk is taken dies before a certain specified time the insurance becomes due at once, and if he survives, it becomes due at the time specified. {Fire insurance}. See under {Fire}. {Insurance broker}, a broker or agent who effects insurance. {Insurance company}, a company or corporation whose business it is to insure against loss, damage, or death. {Insurance policy}, a certificate of insurance; the document containing the contract made by an insurance company with a person whose property or life is insured. {Life insurance}. See under {Life}.
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Assurance \As*sur"ance\, n. [OE. assuraunce, F. assurance, fr. assurer. See {Assure}.] 1. The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence. Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. --Acts xvii. 31. Assurances of support came pouring in daily. --Macaulay. 2. The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty. Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. --Heb. x. 22. 3. Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance. Brave men meet danger with assurance. --Knolles. Conversation with the world will give them knowledge and assurance. --Locke. 4. Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable. 5. Betrothal; affiance. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. 6. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Note: Recently, assurance has been used, in England, in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. See {Insurance}. 7. (Law) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. Note: In England, the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom. --Blackstone.
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Insurance \In*sur"ance\, n. [From {Insure}.] 1. The act of insuring, or assuring, against loss or damage by a contingent event; a contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, called premium, one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by certain specified risks. Cf. {Assurance}, n., 6. Note: The person who undertakes to pay in case of loss is termed the insurer; the danger against which he undertakes, the risk; the person protected, the insured; the sum which he pays for the protection, the premium; and the contract itself, when reduced to form, the policy. --Johnson's Cyc. 2. The premium paid for insuring property or life. 3. The sum for which life or property is insured. 4. A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance. [Obs.] The most acceptable insurance of the divine protection. --Mickle. {Accident insurance}, insurance against pecuniary loss by reason of accident to the person. {Endowment insurance} [or] {assurance}, a combination of life insurance and investment such that if the person upon whose life a risk is taken dies before a certain specified time the insurance becomes due at once, and if he survives, it becomes due at the time specified. {Fire insurance}. See under {Fire}. {Insurance broker}, a broker or agent who effects insurance. {Insurance company}, a company or corporation whose business it is to insure against loss, damage, or death. {Insurance policy}, a certificate of insurance; the document containing the contract made by an insurance company with a person whose property or life is insured. {Life insurance}. See under {Life}.
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Assurance \As*sur"ance\, n. [OE. assuraunce, F. assurance, fr. assurer. See {Assure}.] 1. The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence. Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. --Acts xvii. 31. Assurances of support came pouring in daily. --Macaulay. 2. The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty. Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. --Heb. x. 22. 3. Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance. Brave men meet danger with assurance. --Knolles. Conversation with the world will give them knowledge and assurance. --Locke. 4. Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable. 5. Betrothal; affiance. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney. 6. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Note: Recently, assurance has been used, in England, in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. See {Insurance}. 7. (Law) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. Note: In England, the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom. --Blackstone.
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Assure \As*sure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assuring}.] [OF. ase[81]rer, F. assurer, LL. assecurare; L. ad + securus secure, sure, certain. See {Secure}, {Sure}, and cf. {Insure}.] 1. To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence. His promise that thy seed shall bruise our foe . . . Assures me that the bitterness of death Is past, and we shall live. --Milton. 2. To declare to, solemnly; to assert to (any one) with the design of inspiring belief or confidence. I dare assure thee that no enemy Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus. --Shak. 3. To confirm; to make certain or secure. And it shall be assured to him. --Lev. xxvii. 19. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. --1 John iii. 19. 4. To affiance; to betroth. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. (Law) To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See {Insure}. Syn: To declare; aver; avouch; vouch; assert; asseverate; protest; persuade; convince.
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Assuring \Assur"ing\, a. That assures; tending to assure; giving confidence. -- {Assur"ing*ly}, adv.
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Assuring \Assur"ing\, a. That assures; tending to assure; giving confidence. -- {Assur"ing*ly}, adv.
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Assyrian \Assyr"ian\, a. [L. Assyrius.] Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria.
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Augrim \Au"grim\, n. See {Algorism}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Augrim stones}, pebbles formerly used in numeration. {Noumbres of Augrim}, Arabic numerals. --Chaucer.
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Augrim \Au"grim\, n. See {Algorism}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Augrim stones}, pebbles formerly used in numeration. {Noumbres of Augrim}, Arabic numerals. --Chaucer.
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Augur \Au"gur\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Augured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Auguring}.] 1. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. My auguring mind assures the same success. --Dryden. 2. To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ayegreen \Aye"green`\, n. [Aye ever + green.] (Bot.) The houseleek ({Sempervivum tectorum}). --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Houseleek \House"leek`\, n. [House + leek.] (Bot.) A succulent plant of the genus {Sempervivum} ({S. tectorum}), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also {ayegreen}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ayegreen \Aye"green`\, n. [Aye ever + green.] (Bot.) The houseleek ({Sempervivum tectorum}). --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Houseleek \House"leek`\, n. [House + leek.] (Bot.) A succulent plant of the genus {Sempervivum} ({S. tectorum}), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also {ayegreen}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fennel \Fen"nel\ (f[ecr]n"n[ecr]l), n. [AS. fenol, finol, from L. feniculum, faeniculum, dim. of fenum, faenum, hay: cf. F. fenouil. Cf. {Fenugreek}. {Finochio}.] (Bot.) A perennial plant of the genus {F[91]niculum} ({F. vulgare}), having very finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of its seeds. Smell of sweetest fennel. --Milton. A sprig of fennel was in fact the theological smelling bottle of the tender sex. --S. G. Goodrich. {Azorean, [or] Sweet}, {fennel}, ({F[91]niculum dulce}). It is a smaller and stouter plant than the common fennel, and is used as a pot herb. {Dog's fennel} ({Anthemis Cotula}), a foul-smelling European weed; -- called also {mayweed}. {Fennel flower} (Bot.), an herb ({Nigella}) of the Buttercup family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the fennel. {N. Damascena} is common in gardens. {N. sativa} furnishes the fennel seed, used as a condiment, etc., in India. These seeds are the [bd]fitches[b8] mentioned in Isaiah (xxviii. 25). {Fennel water} (Med.), the distilled water of fennel seed. It is stimulant and carminative. {Giant fennel} ({Ferula communis}), has stems full of pith, which, it is said, were used to carry fire, first, by Prometheus. {Hog's fennel}, a European plant ({Peucedanum officinale}) looking something like fennel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Azorian \Azo"rian\, a. Of or pertaining to the Azores. -- n. A native of the Azores.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rudd \Rudd\, n. [See {Rud}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family ({Leuciscus erythrophthalmus}). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also {redeye}, {roud}, {finscale}, and {shallow}. A blue variety is called {azurine}, or {blue roach}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Azurine \Az"u*rine\, a. [Cf. {Azurn}.] Azure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Azurine \Az"u*rine\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The blue roach of Europe ({Leuciscus c[91]ruleus}); -- so called from its color.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rudd \Rudd\, n. [See {Rud}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family ({Leuciscus erythrophthalmus}). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also {redeye}, {roud}, {finscale}, and {shallow}. A blue variety is called {azurine}, or {blue roach}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Azurine \Az"u*rine\, a. [Cf. {Azurn}.] Azure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Azurine \Az"u*rine\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The blue roach of Europe ({Leuciscus c[91]ruleus}); -- so called from its color.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Azurn \Az"urn\, a. [Cf. OF. azurin, asurin, LL. azurinus. See {Azure}, a.] Azure. [Obs.] Thick set with agate, and the azurn sheen Of turkis blue, and emerald green. --Milton.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ackerman, MS (town, FIPS 300) Location: 33.31071 N, 89.17186 W Population (1990): 1573 (659 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 39735
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Acorn Archimedes {Archimedes}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Acorn Computer Group A holding company for {Acorn Computers} Limited, Acorn Australia, Acorn New Zealand, Acorn GmbH and {Online Media}. Acorn Computer Group owns 43% of {Advanced RISC Machines} Ltd. (1994-11-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Acorn Computers Ltd. A UK computer manufacturer, part of the {Acorn Computer Group} plc. Acorn was founded on 1978-12-05, on a kitchen table in a back room. Their first creation was an electronic slot machine. After the {Acorn System 1}, 2 and 3, Acorn launched the first commercial {microcomputer} - the {ATOM} in March 1980. In April 1981, Acorn won a contract from the {BBC} to provide the {PROTON}. In January 1982 Acorn launched the {BBC Microcomputer} System. At one time, 70% of microcomputers bought for UK schools were BBC Micros. The Acorn Computer Group went public on the Unlisted Securities Market in September 1983. In April 1984 Acorn won the Queen's Award for Technology for the BBC Micro and in September 1985 {Olivetti} took a controlling interest in Acorn. The {Master} 128 Series computers were launched in January 1986 and the BBC {Domesday} System in November 1986. In 1983 Acorn began to design the Acorn RISC Machine (ARM), the first low-cost, high volume {RISC} processor chip (later renamed the {Advanced RISC Machine}). In June 1987 they launched the {Archimedes} range - the first 32-bit {RISC} based {microcomputers} - which sold for under UKP 1000. In February 1989 the R140 was launched. This was the first {Unix} {workstation} under UKP 4000. In May 1989 the A3000 (the new {BBC Microcomputer}) was launched. In 1990 Acorn formed {Advanced RISC Machines} Ltd. (ARM) in partnership with {Apple Computer, Inc.} and {VLSI} to develop the ARM processor. Acorn has continued to develop {RISC} based products. With 1992 revenues of 48.2 million pounds, Acorn Computers was the premier supplier of {Information Technology} products to UK education and had been the leading provider of 32-bit RISC based {personal computers} since 1987. Acorn finally folded in the late 1990s. Their operating system, {RISC OS} was further developed by a consortium of suppliers. {Usenet} newsgroups: {news:comp.sys.acorn}, {news:comp.sys.acorn.announce}, {news:comp.sys.acorn.tech}, {news:comp.binaries.acorn}, {news:comp.sources.acorn}, {news:comp.sys.acorn.advocacy}, {news:comp.sys.acorn.games}. {Acorn's FTP server (ftp://ftp.acorn.co.uk/)}. {HENSA software archive (http://micros.hensa.ac.uk/micros/arch.html)}. {Richard Birkby's Acorn page (http://www.csv.warwick.ac.uk/~phudv/)}. {RiscMan's Acorn page (http://www.geko.com.au/riscman/)}. {Acorn On The Net (http://www.stir.ac.uk/~rhh01/Main.html)}. {"The Jungle" by Simon Truss (http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/users/u1smt/u1smt.html)}. [Recent history?] (2000-09-26)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Acorn RISC Machine The original name of the {Advanced RISC Machine}. (1995-03-07)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
acronym An identifier formed from some of the letters (often the initials) of a phrase and used as an abbreviation. {This dictionary} contains a great many acronyms; see the contents page for a list. See also {TLA}. (1995-03-15)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Assurance The resurrection of Jesus (Acts 17:31) is the "assurance" (Gr. pistis, generally rendered "faith") or pledge God has given that his revelation is true and worthy of acceptance. The "full assurance [Gr. plerophoria, 'full bearing'] of faith" (Heb. 10:22) is a fulness of faith in God which leaves no room for doubt. The "full assurance of understanding" (Col. 2:2) is an entire unwavering conviction of the truth of the declarations of Scripture, a joyful steadfastness on the part of any one of conviction that he has grasped the very truth. The "full assurance of hope" (Heb. 6:11) is a sure and well-grounded expectation of eternal glory (2 Tim. 4:7, 8). This assurance of hope is the assurance of a man's own particular salvation. This infallible assurance, which believers may attain unto as to their own personal salvation, is founded on the truth of the promises (Heb. 6:18), on the inward evidence of Christian graces, and on the testimony of the Spirit of adoption (Rom. 8:16). That such a certainty may be attained appears from the testimony of Scripture (Rom. 8:16; 1 John 2:3; 3:14), from the command to seek after it (Heb. 6:11; 2 Pet. 1:10), and from the fact that it has been attained (2 Tim. 1:12; 4:7, 8; 1 John 2:3; 4:16). This full assurance is not of the essence of saving faith. It is the result of faith, and posterior to it in the order of nature, and so frequently also in the order of time. True believers may be destitute of it. Trust itself is something different from the evidence that we do trust. Believers, moreover, are exhorted to go on to something beyond what they at present have when they are exhorted to seek the grace of full assurance (Heb. 10:22; 2 Pet. 1:5-10). The attainment of this grace is a duty, and is to be diligently sought. "Genuine assurance naturally leads to a legitimate and abiding peace and joy, and to love and thankfulness to God; and these from the very laws of our being to greater buoyancy, strength, and cheerfulness in the practice of obedience in every department of duty." This assurance may in various ways be shaken, diminished, and intermitted, but the principle out of which it springs can never be lost. (See {FAITH}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Azur and Azzur helper. (1.) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (Jer. 28:1). (2.) The father of Jaazaniah (Ezek. 11:1). (3.) One of those who sealed the covenant with Jehovah on the return from Babylon (Neh. 10:17).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Asshurim, liers in want; beholders