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   cherry red
         n 1: a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: {cerise}, {cherry},
               {cherry red}]

English Dictionary: cherry-red by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cherry-red
adj
  1. of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
    Synonym(s): red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chorioretinitis
n
  1. inflammation of the choroid layer behind the retina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coureur de bois
n
  1. a French Canadian trapper
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
      rocc.]
      1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
            stone or crag. See {Stone}.
  
                     Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its
                     firm base as soon as I.                     --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
            crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
            clay, etc., when in natural beds.
  
      3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
            support; a refuge.
  
                     The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
                                                                              2.
  
      4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
            the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
  
      5. (Zo[94]l.) The striped bass. See under {Bass}.
  
      Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
               self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
               rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
  
      {Rock alum}. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
            rock.] Same as {Roche alum}.
  
      {Rock barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), a barnacle ({Balanus balanoides})
            very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
  
      {Rock bass}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The stripped bass. See under {Bass}.
            (b) The goggle-eye.
            (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
                  rock bass.
  
      {Rock builder} (Zo[94]l.), any species of animal whose
            remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially
            the corals and Foraminifera.
  
      {Rock butter} (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
            of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
            color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
            slate.
  
      {Rock candy}, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
            sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
  
      {Rock cavy}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moco}.
  
      {Rock cod} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
                  found about rocks andledges.
            (b) A California rockfish.
  
      {Rock cook}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European wrasse ({Centrolabrus exoletus}).
            (b) A rockling.
  
      {Rock cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
            are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
           
  
      {Rock crab} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large
            crabs of the genus {Cancer}, as the two species of the New
            England coast ({C. irroratus} and {C. borealis}). See
            Illust. under {Cancer}.
  
      {Rock cress} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
            kind found on rocks, as {Arabis petr[91]a}, {A. lyrata},
            etc.
  
      {Rock crystal} (Min.), limpid quartz. See {Quartz}, and under
            {Crystal}.
  
      {Rock dove} (Zo[94]l.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
            doo}.
  
      {Rock drill}, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
            a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
            drilling holes for blasting, etc.
  
      {Rock duck} (Zo[94]l.), the harlequin duck.
  
      {Rock eel}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Gunnel}.
  
      {Rock goat} (Zo[94]l.), a wild goat, or ibex.
  
      {Rock hopper} (Zo[94]l.), a penguin of the genus
            {Catarractes}. See under {Penguin}.
  
      {Rock kangaroo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Kangaroo}, and {Petrogale}.
           
  
      {Rock lobster} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            large spinose lobsters of the genera {Panulirus} and
            {Palinurus}. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
            lobster}, and {sea crayfish}.
  
      {Rock meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
            occuring as an efflorescence.
  
      {Rock milk}. (Min.) See {Agaric mineral}, under {Agaric}.
  
      {Rock moss}, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See {Cudbear}.
  
      {Rock oil}. See {Petroleum}.
  
      {Rock parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian parrakeet
            ({Euphema petrophila}), which nests in holes among the
            rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
            green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
            quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
            green.
  
      {Rock pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), the wild pigeon ({Columba livia})
            Of Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
            derived. See Illust. under {Pigeon}.
  
      {Rock pipit}. (Zo[94]l.) See the Note under {Pipit}.
  
      {Rock plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
            (b) The rock snipe.
  
      {Rock ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.), an arctic American ptarmigan
            ({Lagopus rupestris}), which in winter is white, with the
            tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
            brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
            patches on the back.
  
      {Rock rabbit} (Zo[94]l.), the hyrax. See {Cony}, and {Daman}.
           
  
      {Rock ruby} (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.
  
      {Rock salt} (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
            in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
            the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
            given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
            from sea water in large basins or cavities.
  
      {Rock seal} (Zo[94]l.), the harbor seal. See {Seal}.
  
      {Rock shell} (Zo[94]l.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
            allied genera.
  
      {Rock snake} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several large pythons;
            as, the royal rock snake ({Python regia}) of Africa, and
            the rock snake of India ({P. molurus}). The Australian
            rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus {Morelia}.
           
  
      {Rock snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
            maritima}); -- called also {rock bird}, {rock plover},
            {winter snipe}.
  
      {Rock soap} (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
            feel, and adhering to the tongue.
  
      {Rock sparrow}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
                  the genus {Petronia}, as {P. stulla}, of Europe.
            (b) A North American sparrow ({Puc[91]a ruficeps}).
  
      {Rock tar}, petroleum.
  
      {Rock thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any Old World thrush of the genus
            {Monticola}, or {Petrocossyphus}; as, the European rock
            thrush ({M. saxatilis}), and the blue rock thrush of India
            ({M. cyaneus}), in which the male is blue throughout.
  
      {Rock tripe} (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
            Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
            America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
            or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
            of extremity.
  
      {Rock trout} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine
            food fishes of the genus {Hexagrammus}, family
            {Chirad[91]}, native of the North Pacific coasts; --
            called also {sea trout}, {boregat}, {bodieron}, and
            {starling}.
  
      {Rock warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a small Australian singing bird
            ({Origma rubricata}) which frequents rocky ravines and
            water courses; -- called also {cataract bird}.
  
      {Rock wren} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of wrens
            of the genus {Salpinctes}, native of the arid plains of
            Lower California and Mexico.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Career \Ca*reer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Careered} 3; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Careering}]
      To move or run rapidly.
  
               areering gayly over the curling waves.   --W. Irving.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ink \Ink\, n. [OE. enke, inke, OF. enque, F. encre, L. encaustum
      the purple red ink with which the Roman emperors signed their
      edicts, Gr. [?], fr. [?] burnt in, encaustic, fr. [?] to burn
      in. See {Encaustic}, {Caustic}.]
      1. A fluid, or a viscous material or preparation of various
            kinds (commonly black or colored), used in writing or
            printing.
  
                     Make there a prick with ink.               --Chaucer.
  
                     Deformed monsters, foul and black as ink. --Spenser.
  
      2. A pigment. See {India ink}, under {India}.
  
      Note: Ordinarily, black ink is made from nutgalls and a
               solution of some salt of iron, and consists essentially
               of a tannate or gallate of iron; sometimes indigo
               sulphate, or other coloring matter,is added. Other
               black inks contain potassium chromate, and extract of
               logwood, salts of vanadium, etc. Blue ink is usually a
               solution of Prussian blue. Red ink was formerly made
               from carmine (cochineal), Brazil wood, etc., but
               potassium eosin is now used. Also red, blue, violet,
               and yellow inks are largely made from aniline dyes.
               Indelible ink is usually a weak solution of silver
               nitrate, but carbon in the form of lampblack or India
               ink, salts of molybdenum, vanadium, etc., are also
               used. Sympathetic inks may be made of milk, salts of
               cobalt, etc. See {Sympathetic ink} (below).
  
      {Copying ink}, a peculiar ink used for writings of which
            copies by impression are to be taken.
  
      {Ink bag} (Zo[94]l.), an ink sac.
  
      {Ink berry}. (Bot.)
            (a) A shrub of the Holly family ({Ilex glabra}), found in
                  sandy grounds along the coast from New England to
                  Florida, and producing a small black berry.
            (b) The West Indian indigo berry. See {Indigo}.
  
      {Ink plant} (Bot.), a New Zealand shrub ({Coriaria
            thumifolia}), the berries of which uield a juice which
            forms an ink.
  
      {Ink powder}, a powder from which ink is made by solution.
  
      {Ink sac} (Zo[94]l.), an organ, found in most cephalopods,
            containing an inky fluid which can be ejected from a duct
            opening at the base of the siphon. The fluid serves to
            cloud the water, and enable these animals to escape from
            their enemies. See Illust. of {Dibranchiata}.
  
      {Printer's ink}, [or] {Printing ink}. See under {Printing}.
           
  
      {Sympathetic ink}, a writing fluid of such a nature that what
            is written remains invisible till the action of a reagent
            on the characters makes it visible.

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