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   calceiform
         adj 1: of slipper-shaped blossoms; "the calceiform lip of
                  certain orchids" [syn: {calceolate}, {calceiform}]

English Dictionary: class Hepaticopsida by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calciferol
n
  1. a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets [syn: {vitamin D}, calciferol, viosterol, ergocalciferol, cholecalciferol, D]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calciferous
adj
  1. bearing or producing or containing calcium or calcium carbonate or calcite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calcific
adj
  1. involving or resulting from calcification
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calcification
n
  1. a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)
  2. tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
  3. an inflexible and unchanging state; "the calcification of negotiations"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calcifugous
adj
  1. growing or living in acid soil
    Antonym(s): calcicolous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calcify
v
  1. become impregnated with calcium salts
    Antonym(s): decalcify
  2. become inflexible and unchanging; "Old folks can calcify"
  3. turn into lime; become calcified; "The rock calcified over the centuries"
  4. convert into lime; "the salts calcified the rock"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calico bush
n
  1. a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers
    Synonym(s): mountain laurel, wood laurel, American laurel, calico bush, Kalmia latifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Callicebus
n
  1. titis
    Synonym(s): Callicebus, genus Callicebus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Caloscypha fulgens
n
  1. an early spring variety of discomycete with yellow to orange yellow lining of the cup
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calque formation
n
  1. an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language; "`superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch'"
    Synonym(s): calque, calque formation, loan translation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Calycophyllum
n
  1. medium to large tropical American trees having shiny reddish-brown shredding bark
    Synonym(s): Calycophyllum, genus Calycophyllum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Calycophyllum candidissimum
n
  1. source of a tough elastic wood [syn: dagame, {lemonwood tree}, Calycophyllum candidissimum]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
celioscopy
n
  1. endoscopic examination of the abdomen through the abdominal wall
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chalcopyrite
n
  1. a yellow copper ore (CuFeS2) made up of copper and iron sulfide
    Synonym(s): chalcopyrite, copper pyrites
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chalice vine
n
  1. Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat
    Synonym(s): chalice vine, trumpet flower, cupflower, Solandra guttata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chalk pit
n
  1. a quarry for chalk
    Synonym(s): chalkpit, chalk pit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chalk up
v
  1. accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"
    Synonym(s): chalk up, run up
  2. keep score, as in games
    Synonym(s): tally, chalk up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chalkboard
n
  1. sheet of slate; for writing with chalk [syn: blackboard, chalkboard]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chalkpit
n
  1. a quarry for chalk
    Synonym(s): chalkpit, chalk pit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clack valve
n
  1. a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction
    Synonym(s): clack valve, clack, clapper valve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clasp
n
  1. a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together
  2. the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"
    Synonym(s): clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold
v
  1. hold firmly and tightly
    Antonym(s): unclasp
  2. fasten with or as if with a brooch
    Synonym(s): brooch, clasp
  3. fasten with a buckle or buckles
    Synonym(s): buckle, clasp
    Antonym(s): unbuckle
  4. grasp firmly; "The child clasped my hands"
    Antonym(s): unclasp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clasp knife
n
  1. a large knife with one or more folding blades [syn: {clasp knife}, jackknife]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Aphasmidia
n
  1. one of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems
    Synonym(s): Aphasmidia, class Aphasmidia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Aves
n
  1. (ornithology) the class of birds [syn: Aves, {class Aves}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Bacillariophyceae
n
  1. marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms [syn: Bacillariophyceae, class Bacillariophyceae, Diatomophyceae, class Diatomophyceae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Basidiomycetes
n
  1. large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota
    Synonym(s): Basidiomycetes, class Basidiomycetes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Bivalvia
n
  1. oysters; clams; scallops; mussels [syn: Bivalvia, {class Bivalvia}, Lamellibranchia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Bryopsida
n
  1. true mosses: bryophytes having leafy rather than thalloid gametophytes: comprises orders Andreaeales; Bryales; Dicranales; Eubryales; Sphagnales
    Synonym(s): Bryopsida, class Bryopsida, Musci, class Musci
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Cephalopoda
n
  1. octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus [syn: Cephalopoda, class Cephalopoda]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class feeling
n
  1. feelings of envy and resentment of one social or economic class for toward another
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class fellow
n
  1. an acquaintance that you go to school with [syn: schoolmate, classmate, schoolfellow, class fellow]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Filicinae
n
  1. ferns [syn: Filicopsida, class Filicopsida, Filicinae, class Filicinae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Filicopsida
n
  1. ferns [syn: Filicopsida, class Filicopsida, Filicinae, class Filicinae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Flagellata
n
  1. protozoa having flagella [syn: Mastigophora, {class Mastigophora}, Flagellata, class Flagellata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Hepaticae
n
  1. liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales
    Synonym(s): Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticopsida, Hepaticae, class Hepaticae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Hepaticopsida
n
  1. liverworts: comprises orders Anthocerotales; Jungermanniales; Marchantiales; Sphaerocarpales
    Synonym(s): Hepaticopsida, class Hepaticopsida, Hepaticae, class Hepaticae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Ophiuroidea
n
  1. brittle stars and basket stars [syn: Ophiuroidea, {class Ophiuroidea}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Pauropoda
n
  1. an obscure class of minute arthropods with branched antennae and 8 to 10 pairs of legs
    Synonym(s): Pauropoda, class Pauropoda
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Pelecypoda
n
  1. oysters; clams; scallops; mussels [syn: Bivalvia, {class Bivalvia}, Lamellibranchia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class period
n
  1. a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study
    Synonym(s): course session, class period, recitation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Phaeophyceae
n
  1. brown algae; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae
    Synonym(s): Phaeophyceae, class Phaeophyceae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Phasmidia
n
  1. one of two subgroups of Nematoda used in some classification systems
    Synonym(s): Phasmidia, class Phasmidia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Pinopsida
n
  1. most conifers: in some systems classified as a class (Pinopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Pinophytina); used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta
    Synonym(s): Pinopsida, class Pinopsida, Pinophytina, subdivision Pinophytina
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Placodermi
n
  1. extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws
    Synonym(s): Placodermi, class Placodermi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Plectomycetes
n
  1. class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a cleistothecium (it releases spores only on decay or disintegration)
    Synonym(s): Plectomycetes, class Plectomycetes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Polychaeta
n
  1. marine annelid worms [syn: Polychaeta, {class Polychaeta}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Polyplacophora
n
  1. small class of marine mollusks comprising the chitons; sometimes considered an order of the subclass Amphineura
    Synonym(s): Polyplacophora, class Polyplacophora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Psilopsida
n
  1. whisk ferns; comprising the family Psilotaceae or Psilotatae: vascular plants with no roots, partial if any leaf differentiation, and rudimentary spore sacs
    Synonym(s): Psilopsida, class Psilopsida, Psilotatae, class Psilotatae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Psilotatae
n
  1. whisk ferns; comprising the family Psilotaceae or Psilotatae: vascular plants with no roots, partial if any leaf differentiation, and rudimentary spore sacs
    Synonym(s): Psilopsida, class Psilopsida, Psilotatae, class Psilotatae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Pteridospermopsida
n
  1. extinct gymnosperms most of Carboniferous to Jurassic: seed ferns and allies
    Synonym(s): Pteridospermopsida, class Pteridospermopsida
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Pyrenomycetes
n
  1. class of fungi in which the fruiting body is a perithecium; includes powdery mildews and ergot and Neurospora
    Synonym(s): Pyrenomycetes, class Pyrenomycetes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Scaphopoda
n
  1. small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shells
    Synonym(s): Scaphopoda, class Scaphopoda
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Scyphozoa
n
  1. coelenterates in which the polyp stage is absent or at least inconspicuous: jellyfishes
    Synonym(s): Scyphozoa, class Scyphozoa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Sphenopsida
n
  1. horsetails and related forms [syn: Sphenopsida, {class Sphenopsida}, Equisetatae, class Equisetatae]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
class Sporozoa
n
  1. strictly parasitic protozoans that are usually immobile; includes plasmodia and coccidia and piroplasms and malaria parasites
    Synonym(s): Sporozoa, class Sporozoa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
classifiable
adj
  1. capable of being classified [syn: classifiable, distinctive]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
classification
n
  1. the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
    Synonym(s): categorization, categorisation, classification, compartmentalization, compartmentalisation, assortment
  2. a group of people or things arranged by class or category
    Synonym(s): classification, categorization, categorisation
  3. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
    Synonym(s): classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting
  4. restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people
    Antonym(s): declassification
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
classification system
n
  1. a system for classifying things
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
classificatory
adj
  1. relating to or involving classification:"classificatory criteria"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
classified
adj
  1. arranged into classes
    Antonym(s): unclassified
  2. official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation; "thousands of classified documents have now been declassified"
    Antonym(s): unclassified
n
  1. a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type
    Synonym(s): classified ad, classified advertisement, classified
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
classified ad
n
  1. a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type
    Synonym(s): classified ad, classified advertisement, classified
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
classified advertisement
n
  1. a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type
    Synonym(s): classified ad, classified advertisement, classified
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
classified stock
n
  1. common stock classified as A or B where A has certain advantages (e.g., voting power) that B does not
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
classifier
n
  1. a person who creates classifications
  2. a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
classify
v
  1. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
    Synonym(s): classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
  2. declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify these documents"
    Antonym(s): declassify
  3. assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
    Synonym(s): relegate, classify
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
classifying adjective
n
  1. an adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., `a nervous disease' or `a musical instrument')
    Synonym(s): relational adjective, classifying adjective
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
claw-shaped
adj
  1. shaped like a claw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
click beetle
n
  1. able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
    Synonym(s): click beetle, skipjack, snapping beetle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
click off
v
  1. perform or finish an action rapidly; "The game was clicked off in 1:48"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
click open
v
  1. open with a clicking sound; "These keys have clicked open many doors"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clock face
n
  1. the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day
    Synonym(s): clock face, clock dial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clock off
v
  1. register one's departure from work [syn: clock out, punch out, clock off]
    Antonym(s): clock in, clock on, punch in
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clock pendulum
n
  1. a physical pendulum used to regulate a clockwork mechanism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clock up
v
  1. record a distance travelled; on planes and cars [syn: {log up}, clock up]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clog up
v
  1. become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
    Synonym(s): clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul
    Antonym(s): unclog
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
close off
v
  1. stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation"
    Synonym(s): shut off, close off
  2. isolate or separate; "She was shut off from the friends"
    Synonym(s): shut off, close off
  3. block off the passage through; "We shut off the valve"
    Synonym(s): shut off, block off, close off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
close up
adv
  1. very close; "without my reading glasses I can hardly see things close up"; "even firing at close range he missed"
    Synonym(s): close up, at close range
v
  1. cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"
    Synonym(s): close up, close, fold, shut down, close down
    Antonym(s): open, open up
  2. block passage through; "obstruct the path"
    Synonym(s): obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
    Antonym(s): disengage, free
  3. unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella"
    Synonym(s): close up, close
  4. refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"
    Synonym(s): close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum
    Antonym(s): open up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
close-fitting
adj
  1. fitting closely but comfortably; "a close fit" [syn: close, snug, close-fitting]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
close-packed
adj
  1. packed especially tightly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
closefisted
adj
  1. unwilling to part with money [syn: closefisted, hardfisted, tightfisted]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
closeup
n
  1. a photograph taken at close range
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
closeup lens
n
  1. a photographic lens with a short focal length used to take pictures at short ranges
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clozapine
n
  1. an antipsychotic drug (trade name Clozaril) used as a sedative and for treatment-resistant schizophrenia; know to have few side effects
    Synonym(s): clozapine, Clozaril
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cloze procedure
n
  1. a test for diagnosing reading ability; words are deleted from a prose passage and the reader is required to fill in the blanks
    Synonym(s): cloze procedure, cloze test
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Clusia flava
n
  1. a West Indies clusia having fig-shaped fruit [syn: {wild fig}, Clusia flava]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clxv
adj
  1. being five more than one hundred sixty [syn: {one hundred sixty-five}, 165, clxv]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clxxv
adj
  1. being five more than one hundred seventy [syn: {one hundred seventy-five}, 175, clxxv]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coal shovel
n
  1. a hand shovel for shoveling coal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coeliac plexus
n
  1. a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach
    Synonym(s): solar plexus, coeliac plexus, plexus celiacus, abdominal nerve plexus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coil spring
n
  1. a spring in the shape of a coil [syn: coil spring, volute spring]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Coleus blumei
n
  1. perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Solenostemon
    Synonym(s): painted nettle, Joseph's coat, Coleus blumei, Solenostemon blumei, Solenostemon scutellarioides
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colic vein
n
  1. vein serving the large intestine [syn: colic vein, {vena colica}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
collage film
n
  1. a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
college boy
n
  1. a student (or former student) at a college or university
    Synonym(s): collegian, college man, college boy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
College of Cardinals
n
  1. (Roman Catholic Church) the body of cardinals who advise the Pope and elect new Popes
    Synonym(s): Sacred College, College of Cardinals
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Collis Potter Huntington
n
  1. United States railroad executive who built the western section of the first United States transcontinental railroad (1821-1900)
    Synonym(s): Huntington, Collis Potter Huntington
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
collusive
adj
  1. acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end
    Synonym(s): collusive, conniving
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cowl-shaped
adj
  1. shaped like a cowl
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Culex fatigans
n
  1. widespread tropical mosquito that transmits filarial worms
    Synonym(s): Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex fatigans
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Culex pipiens
n
  1. common house mosquito [syn: common mosquito, {Culex pipiens}]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sheldrake \Shel"drake`\, n. [Sheld + drake.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of large Old World
            ducks of the genus {Tadorna} and allied genera, especially
            the European and Asiatic species. ({T. cornuta, [or]
            tadorna}), which somewhat resembles a goose in form and
            habit, but breeds in burrows.
  
      Note: It has the head and neck greenish black, the breast,
               sides, and forward part of the back brown, the
               shoulders and middle of belly black, the speculum
               green, and the bill and frontal bright red. Called also
               {shelduck}, {shellduck}, {sheldfowl}, {skeelduck},
               {bergander}, {burrow duck}, and {links goose}.
  
      Note: The Australian sheldrake ({Tadorna radja}) has the
               head, neck, breast, flanks, and wing coverts white, the
               upper part of the back and a band on the breast deep
               chestnut, and the back and tail black. The chestnut
               sheldrake of Australia ({Casarca tadornoides}) is
               varied with black and chestnut, and has a dark green
               head and neck. The ruddy sheldrake, or Braminy duck
               ({C. rutila}), and the white-winged sheldrake ({C.
               leucoptera}), are related Asiatic species.
  
      2. Any one of the American mergansers.
  
      Note: The name is also loosely applied to other ducks, as the
               canvasback, and the shoveler.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calcavella \Cal`ca*vel"la\, n.
      A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of
      Carcavelhos. [Written also {Calcavellos} or {Carcavelhos}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calcavella \Cal`ca*vel"la\, n.
      A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of
      Carcavelhos. [Written also {Calcavellos} or {Carcavelhos}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calceiform \Cal"ce*i*form`\ (k[acr]l"s[esl]*[icr]*f[ocir]rm`),
      a. [L. calceus shoe + -form.] (Bot.)
      Shaped like a slipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper;
      calceolate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calciferous \Cal*cif"er*ous\, a. [L. calx, calcis, lime +
      -ferous.]
      Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of
      lime.
  
      {Calciferous epoch} (Geol.), an epoch in the American lower
            Silurian system, immediately succeeding the Cambrian
            period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of
            calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the
            beds. See the Diagram under {Geology}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calciferous \Cal*cif"er*ous\, a. [L. calx, calcis, lime +
      -ferous.]
      Bearing, producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of
      lime.
  
      {Calciferous epoch} (Geol.), an epoch in the American lower
            Silurian system, immediately succeeding the Cambrian
            period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of
            calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the
            beds. See the Diagram under {Geology}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calcific \Cal*cif"ic\, a.
      Calciferous. Specifically: (Zo[94]l.) of or pertaining to the
      portion of the oviduct which forms the eggshell in birds and
      reptiles. --Huxley.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calcification \Cal`ci*fi*ca"tion\
      (k[acr]l`s[icr]*f[icr]*k[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. (Physiol.)
      The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by
      the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation
      of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous
      degeneration of tissue.

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   Calcified \Cal"ci*fied\ (k[acr]l"s[icr]*f[imac]d), a.
      Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime
      salts; calcareous.

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   Calcify \Cal"ci*fy\ (k[acr]l"s[icr]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p.
      p. {Calcified} (-f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Calcifying}.]
      [L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.]
      To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of
      salts of lime.

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   Calciform \Cal"ci*form\ (k[acr]l"s[icr]*f[ocir]rm), a. [L. calx,
      calcis, lime + -form.]
      In the form of chalk or lime.

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   Calcify \Cal"ci*fy\ (k[acr]l"s[icr]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p.
      p. {Calcified} (-f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Calcifying}.]
      [L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.]
      To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of
      salts of lime.

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   Calcify \Cal"ci*fy\, v. i.
      To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in
      which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of
      teeth.

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   Calcify \Cal"ci*fy\ (k[acr]l"s[icr]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p.
      p. {Calcified} (-f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Calcifying}.]
      [L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.]
      To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of
      salts of lime.

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   Calcivorous \Cal*civ"o*rous\, a. [L. calx lime + vorare to
      devour.]
      Eroding, or eating into, limestone.

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   Calcite \Cal"cite\ (k[acr]l"s[imac]t), n. [L. calx, calcis,
      lime.] (Min.)
      Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral
      in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from
      aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble.
      Called also {calc-spar} and {calcareous spar}.
  
      Note: Argentine is a pearly lamellar variety; aphrite is
               foliated or chalklike; dogtooth spar, a form in acute
               rhombohedral or scalenohedral crystals; calc-sinter and
               calc-tufa are lose or porous varieties formed in
               caverns or wet grounds from calcareous deposits; agaric
               mineral is a soft, white friable variety of similar
               origin; stalaclite and stalagmite are varieties formed
               from the drillings in caverns. Iceland spar is a
               transparent variety, exhibiting the strong double
               refraction of the species, and hence is called doubly
               refracting spar.

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   Calc-spar \Calc"-spar`\, n. [G. kalk (L. calx) lime E. spar.]
      Same as {Calcite}.

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   Calcite \Cal"cite\ (k[acr]l"s[imac]t), n. [L. calx, calcis,
      lime.] (Min.)
      Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral
      in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from
      aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble.
      Called also {calc-spar} and {calcareous spar}.
  
      Note: Argentine is a pearly lamellar variety; aphrite is
               foliated or chalklike; dogtooth spar, a form in acute
               rhombohedral or scalenohedral crystals; calc-sinter and
               calc-tufa are lose or porous varieties formed in
               caverns or wet grounds from calcareous deposits; agaric
               mineral is a soft, white friable variety of similar
               origin; stalaclite and stalagmite are varieties formed
               from the drillings in caverns. Iceland spar is a
               transparent variety, exhibiting the strong double
               refraction of the species, and hence is called doubly
               refracting spar.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calc-spar \Calc"-spar`\, n. [G. kalk (L. calx) lime E. spar.]
      Same as {Calcite}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calico \Cal"i*co\, n.; pl. {Calicoes}. [So called because first
      imported from Calicut, in the East Indies: cf. F. calicot.]
      1. Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives
            distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super
            calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.
            [Eng.]
  
                     The importation of printed or stained colicoes
                     appears to have been coeval with the establishment
                     of the East India Company.                  --Beck
                                                                              (Draper's
                                                                              Dict. ).
  
      2. Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.
  
      Note: In the United States the term calico is applied only to
               the printed fabric.
  
      {Calico bass} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, fresh-water fish
            ({Pomoxys sparaides}) of the rivers and lake of the
            Western United States (esp. of the Misissippi valley.),
            allied to the sunfishes, and so called from its variegated
            colors; -- called also {calicoback}, {grass bass},
            {strawberry bass}, {barfish}, and {bitterhead}.
  
      {Calico printing}, the art or process of impressing the
            figured patterns on calico.

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   Calicoback \Cal"i*co*back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The calico bass.
      (b) An hemipterous insect ({Murgantia histrionica}) which
            injures the cabbage and other garden plants; -- called
            also {calico bug} and {harlequin cabbage bug}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Kalmia \[d8]Kal"mi*a\, n. [NL. Named in honor of Peter Kalm, a
      Swedish botanist.] (Bot.)
      A genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen
      foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. Called also {mountain
      laurel}, {ivy bush}, {lamb kill}, {calico bush}, etc.

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   Mountain \Moun"tain\, a.
      1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or
            living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains;
            among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines;
            mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer.
  
      2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great.
  
                     The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron.
  
      {Mountain antelope} (Zo[94]l.), the goral.
  
      {Mountain ash} (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus
            (Sorbus) Americana}, producing beautiful bunches of red
            berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its flowers white,
            growing in fragrant clusters. The European species is the
            {P. aucuparia}, or rowan tree.
  
      {Mountain barometer}, a portable barometer, adapted for safe
            transportation, used in measuring the heights of
            mountains.
  
      {Mountain beaver} (Zo[94]l.), the sewellel.
  
      {Mountain blue} (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite.
  
      {Mountain cat} (Zo[94]l.), the catamount. See {Catamount}.
  
      {Mountain chain}, a series of contiguous mountain ranges,
            generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves.
  
      {Mountain cock} (Zo[94]l.), capercailzie. See {Capercailzie}.
           
  
      {Mountain cork} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
            cork in its texture.
  
      {Mountain crystal}. See under {Crystal}.
  
      {Mountain damson} (Bot.), a large tree of the genus
            {Simaruba} ({S. amarga}) growing in the West Indies, which
            affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes used in
            medicine.
  
      {Mountain dew}, Scotch whisky, so called because often
            illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous]
  
      {Mountain ebony} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia
            variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called
            because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and
            in tanning.
  
      {Mountain flax} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very
            fine fibers; amianthus. See {Amianthus}.
  
      {Mountain fringe} (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under
            {Fumitory}.
  
      {Mountain goat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Mazama}.
  
      {Mountain green}. (Min.)
            (a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper.
            (b) See {Green earth}, under {Green}, a.
  
      {Mountain holly} (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes
            Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries.
            It is found in the Northern United States.
  
      {Mountain laurel} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia
            latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy
            clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is
            poisonous. Called also {American laurel}, {ivy bush}, and
            {calico bush}. See {Kalmia}.
  
      {Mountain leather} (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling
            leather in its texture.
  
      {Mountain licorice} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Trifolium}
            ({T. Alpinum}).
  
      {Mountain limestone} (Geol.), a series of marine limestone
            strata below the coal measures, and above the old red
            standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of {Geology}.
  
      {Mountain linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the twite.
  
      {Mountain magpie}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker.
            (b) The European gray shrike.
  
      {Mountain mahogany} (Bot.) See under {Mahogany}.
  
      {Mountain meal} (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite,
            occurring as an efflorescence.
  
      {Mountain milk} (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of
            lime.
  
      {Mountain mint}. (Bot.) See {Mint}.
  
      {Mountain ousel} (Zo[94]l.), the ring ousel; -- called also
            {mountain thrush} and {mountain colley}. See {Ousel}.
  
      {Mountain pride}, [or] {Mountain green} (Bot.), a tree of
            Jamaica ({Spathelia simplex}), which has an unbranched
            palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate
            leaves.
  
      {Mountain quail} (Zo[94]l.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx
            pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender,
            plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are
            chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black
            and white; the neck and breast are dark gray.
  
      {Mountain range}, a series of mountains closely related in
            position and direction.
  
      {Mountain rice}. (Bot.)
            (a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation,
                  in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States.
            (b) An American genus of grasses ({Oryzopsis}).
  
      {Mountain rose} (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary
            flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa
            alpina}).
  
      {Mountain soap} (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish
            color, used in crayon painting; saxonite.
  
      {Mountain sorrel} (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria
            digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small
            greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New
            Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray.
  
      {Mountain sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), the European tree sparrow.
  
      {Mountain spinach}. (Bot.) See {Orach}.
  
      {Mountain tobacco} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica
            montana}) of Europe; called also {leopard's bane}.
  
      {Mountain witch} (Zo[94]l.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of
            the genus {Geotrygon}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calico \Cal"i*co\, n.; pl. {Calicoes}. [So called because first
      imported from Calicut, in the East Indies: cf. F. calicot.]
      1. Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives
            distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super
            calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.
            [Eng.]
  
                     The importation of printed or stained colicoes
                     appears to have been coeval with the establishment
                     of the East India Company.                  --Beck
                                                                              (Draper's
                                                                              Dict. ).
  
      2. Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.
  
      Note: In the United States the term calico is applied only to
               the printed fabric.
  
      {Calico bass} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, fresh-water fish
            ({Pomoxys sparaides}) of the rivers and lake of the
            Western United States (esp. of the Misissippi valley.),
            allied to the sunfishes, and so called from its variegated
            colors; -- called also {calicoback}, {grass bass},
            {strawberry bass}, {barfish}, and {bitterhead}.
  
      {Calico printing}, the art or process of impressing the
            figured patterns on calico.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calico \Cal"i*co\, n.; pl. {Calicoes}. [So called because first
      imported from Calicut, in the East Indies: cf. F. calicot.]
      1. Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives
            distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super
            calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.
            [Eng.]
  
                     The importation of printed or stained colicoes
                     appears to have been coeval with the establishment
                     of the East India Company.                  --Beck
                                                                              (Draper's
                                                                              Dict. ).
  
      2. Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.
  
      Note: In the United States the term calico is applied only to
               the printed fabric.
  
      {Calico bass} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, fresh-water fish
            ({Pomoxys sparaides}) of the rivers and lake of the
            Western United States (esp. of the Misissippi valley.),
            allied to the sunfishes, and so called from its variegated
            colors; -- called also {calicoback}, {grass bass},
            {strawberry bass}, {barfish}, and {bitterhead}.
  
      {Calico printing}, the art or process of impressing the
            figured patterns on calico.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calicoback \Cal"i*co*back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The calico bass.
      (b) An hemipterous insect ({Murgantia histrionica}) which
            injures the cabbage and other garden plants; -- called
            also {calico bug} and {harlequin cabbage bug}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calico \Cal"i*co\, n.; pl. {Calicoes}. [So called because first
      imported from Calicut, in the East Indies: cf. F. calicot.]
      1. Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives
            distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super
            calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.
            [Eng.]
  
                     The importation of printed or stained colicoes
                     appears to have been coeval with the establishment
                     of the East India Company.                  --Beck
                                                                              (Draper's
                                                                              Dict. ).
  
      2. Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.
  
      Note: In the United States the term calico is applied only to
               the printed fabric.
  
      {Calico bass} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, fresh-water fish
            ({Pomoxys sparaides}) of the rivers and lake of the
            Western United States (esp. of the Misissippi valley.),
            allied to the sunfishes, and so called from its variegated
            colors; -- called also {calicoback}, {grass bass},
            {strawberry bass}, {barfish}, and {bitterhead}.
  
      {Calico printing}, the art or process of impressing the
            figured patterns on calico.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calicoback \Cal"i*co*back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) The calico bass.
      (b) An hemipterous insect ({Murgantia histrionica}) which
            injures the cabbage and other garden plants; -- called
            also {calico bug} and {harlequin cabbage bug}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calisaya bark \Cal`i*sa"ya bark\
      A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona
      Calisaya, and other closely related species.

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   Calycifloral \Ca*lyc`i*flo"ral\, callyciflorous
   \cal*lyc`i*flo"rous\, a. [L. calyx, -ycis, calyx + flos, floris,
      flower.] (Bot.)
      Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied
      to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the
      French botanist Candolle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calycifloral \Ca*lyc`i*flo"ral\, callyciflorous
   \cal*lyc`i*flo"rous\, a. [L. calyx, -ycis, calyx + flos, floris,
      flower.] (Bot.)
      Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied
      to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the
      French botanist Candolle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Calyciform \Ca*lyc"i*form\, a. [L. calyx, calycis, calyx +
      -form.] (Bot.)
      Having the form or appearance of a calyx.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chalaziferous \Chal`a*zif"er*ous\, a. [Chalaza + -ferous.]
      Having or bearing chalazas.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chalcopyrite \Chal`co*pyr"ite\, n. [Gr. chalko`s brass + E.
      pyrite. So named from its color.] (Min.)
      Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper,
      containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and
      in tetragonal crystals of a bright brass yellow color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chalk \Chalk\, n. [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See
      {Calz}, and {Cawk}.]
      1. (Min.) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or
            yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate,
            and having the same composition as common limestone.
  
      2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing
            implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and
            black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See
            {Crayon}.
  
      {Black chalk}, a mineral of a bluish color, of a slaty
            texture, and soiling the fingers when handled; a variety
            of argillaceous slate.
  
      {By a long chalk}, by a long way; by many degrees. [Slang]
            --Lowell.
  
      {Chalk drawing} (Fine Arts), a drawing made with crayons. See
            {Crayon}.
  
      {Chalk formation}. See {Cretaceous formation}, under
            {Cretaceous}.
  
      {Chalk line}, a cord rubbed with chalk, used for making
            straight lines on boards or other material, as a guide in
            cutting or in arranging work.
  
      {Chalk mixture}, a preparation of chalk, cinnamon, and sugar
            in gum water, much used in diarrheal affection, esp. of
            infants.
  
      {Chalk period}. (Geol.) See {Cretaceous period}, under
            {Cretaceous}.
  
      {Chalk pit}, a pit in which chalk is dug.
  
      {Drawing chalk}. See {Crayon}, n., 1.
  
      {French chalk}, steatite or soapstone, a soft magnesian
            mineral.
  
      {Red chalk}, an indurated clayey ocher containing iron, and
            used by painters and artificers; reddle.

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   Cretaceous \Cre*ta"ceous\ (kr[esl]*t[amac]"sh[ucr]s), a. [L.
      cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See {Crayon}.]
      Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky;
      as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See {Chalk}.
  
      {Cretaceous acid}, an old name for carbonic acid.
  
      {Cretaceous formation} (Geol.), the series of strata of
            various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc.,
            formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the {chalk
            formation}. See the Diagram under {Geology}.
  
      {Cretaceous period} (Geol.), the time in the latter part of
            the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was
            deposited.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chalk \Chalk\, n. [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See
      {Calz}, and {Cawk}.]
      1. (Min.) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or
            yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate,
            and having the same composition as common limestone.
  
      2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing
            implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and
            black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See
            {Crayon}.
  
      {Black chalk}, a mineral of a bluish color, of a slaty
            texture, and soiling the fingers when handled; a variety
            of argillaceous slate.
  
      {By a long chalk}, by a long way; by many degrees. [Slang]
            --Lowell.
  
      {Chalk drawing} (Fine Arts), a drawing made with crayons. See
            {Crayon}.
  
      {Chalk formation}. See {Cretaceous formation}, under
            {Cretaceous}.
  
      {Chalk line}, a cord rubbed with chalk, used for making
            straight lines on boards or other material, as a guide in
            cutting or in arranging work.
  
      {Chalk mixture}, a preparation of chalk, cinnamon, and sugar
            in gum water, much used in diarrheal affection, esp. of
            infants.
  
      {Chalk period}. (Geol.) See {Cretaceous period}, under
            {Cretaceous}.
  
      {Chalk pit}, a pit in which chalk is dug.
  
      {Drawing chalk}. See {Crayon}, n., 1.
  
      {French chalk}, steatite or soapstone, a soft magnesian
            mineral.
  
      {Red chalk}, an indurated clayey ocher containing iron, and
            used by painters and artificers; reddle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cretaceous \Cre*ta"ceous\ (kr[esl]*t[amac]"sh[ucr]s), a. [L.
      cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See {Crayon}.]
      Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky;
      as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See {Chalk}.
  
      {Cretaceous acid}, an old name for carbonic acid.
  
      {Cretaceous formation} (Geol.), the series of strata of
            various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc.,
            formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the {chalk
            formation}. See the Diagram under {Geology}.
  
      {Cretaceous period} (Geol.), the time in the latter part of
            the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was
            deposited.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chalk \Chalk\, n. [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See
      {Calz}, and {Cawk}.]
      1. (Min.) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or
            yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate,
            and having the same composition as common limestone.
  
      2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing
            implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and
            black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See
            {Crayon}.
  
      {Black chalk}, a mineral of a bluish color, of a slaty
            texture, and soiling the fingers when handled; a variety
            of argillaceous slate.
  
      {By a long chalk}, by a long way; by many degrees. [Slang]
            --Lowell.
  
      {Chalk drawing} (Fine Arts), a drawing made with crayons. See
            {Crayon}.
  
      {Chalk formation}. See {Cretaceous formation}, under
            {Cretaceous}.
  
      {Chalk line}, a cord rubbed with chalk, used for making
            straight lines on boards or other material, as a guide in
            cutting or in arranging work.
  
      {Chalk mixture}, a preparation of chalk, cinnamon, and sugar
            in gum water, much used in diarrheal affection, esp. of
            infants.
  
      {Chalk period}. (Geol.) See {Cretaceous period}, under
            {Cretaceous}.
  
      {Chalk pit}, a pit in which chalk is dug.
  
      {Drawing chalk}. See {Crayon}, n., 1.
  
      {French chalk}, steatite or soapstone, a soft magnesian
            mineral.
  
      {Red chalk}, an indurated clayey ocher containing iron, and
            used by painters and artificers; reddle.

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   Chalk \Chalk\, n. [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See
      {Calz}, and {Cawk}.]
      1. (Min.) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or
            yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate,
            and having the same composition as common limestone.
  
      2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing
            implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and
            black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See
            {Crayon}.
  
      {Black chalk}, a mineral of a bluish color, of a slaty
            texture, and soiling the fingers when handled; a variety
            of argillaceous slate.
  
      {By a long chalk}, by a long way; by many degrees. [Slang]
            --Lowell.
  
      {Chalk drawing} (Fine Arts), a drawing made with crayons. See
            {Crayon}.
  
      {Chalk formation}. See {Cretaceous formation}, under
            {Cretaceous}.
  
      {Chalk line}, a cord rubbed with chalk, used for making
            straight lines on boards or other material, as a guide in
            cutting or in arranging work.
  
      {Chalk mixture}, a preparation of chalk, cinnamon, and sugar
            in gum water, much used in diarrheal affection, esp. of
            infants.
  
      {Chalk period}. (Geol.) See {Cretaceous period}, under
            {Cretaceous}.
  
      {Chalk pit}, a pit in which chalk is dug.
  
      {Drawing chalk}. See {Crayon}, n., 1.
  
      {French chalk}, steatite or soapstone, a soft magnesian
            mineral.
  
      {Red chalk}, an indurated clayey ocher containing iron, and
            used by painters and artificers; reddle.

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   d8Chela \[d8]Che"la\, n. [Hind. ch[emac]la, orig., slave, fr.
      Skr. c[emac][tsdot]a, c[emac][tsdot]aka, slave, servant.]
      In India, a dependent person occupying a position between
      that of a servant or slave and a disciple; hence, a disciple
      or novice. -- {Che"la*ship}, n.

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   d8Matamata \[d8]Ma`ta*ma"ta\, n. [Pg.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The bearded tortoise ({Chelys fimbriata}) of South American
      rivers.

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   Clack \Clack\, n. [Cf. F. claque a slap or smack, MHG. klac
      crack, W. clec crack, gossip. See {Clack}, v. t.]
      1. A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by
            striking an object.
  
      2. Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a
            mill, or a clack valve.
  
      3. Continual or importunate talk; prattle; prating.
  
                     Whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack.
                                                                              --South.
  
      {Clack box} (Mach.), the box or chamber in which a clack
            valve works.
  
      {Clack dish}, a dish with a movable lid, formerly carried by
            beggars, who clacked the lid to attract notice. --Shak.
  
      {Clack door} (Mining), removable cover of the opening through
            which access is had to a pump valve.
  
      {Clack valve} (Mach.), a valve; esp. one hinged at one edge,
            which, when raised from its seat, falls with a clacking
            sound.

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   Clack \Clack\, n. [Cf. F. claque a slap or smack, MHG. klac
      crack, W. clec crack, gossip. See {Clack}, v. t.]
      1. A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by
            striking an object.
  
      2. Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a
            mill, or a clack valve.
  
      3. Continual or importunate talk; prattle; prating.
  
                     Whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack.
                                                                              --South.
  
      {Clack box} (Mach.), the box or chamber in which a clack
            valve works.
  
      {Clack dish}, a dish with a movable lid, formerly carried by
            beggars, who clacked the lid to attract notice. --Shak.
  
      {Clack door} (Mining), removable cover of the opening through
            which access is had to a pump valve.
  
      {Clack valve} (Mach.), a valve; esp. one hinged at one edge,
            which, when raised from its seat, falls with a clacking
            sound.

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   Clasp \Clasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clasped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Clasping}] [OE. claspen, clapsen, prob. akin to E. clap.]
      1. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to
            shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a
            clasp).
  
      2. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to
            grasp; to embrace.
  
      3. To surround and cling to; to entwine about. [bd]Clasping
            ivy.[b8] --Milton.

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   Clasp \Clasp\, n.
      1. An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding
            together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends
            of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.
  
      2. A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a
            grasping, as with the hand.
  
      {Clasp knife}, a large knife, the blade of which folds or
            shuts into the handle.
  
      {Clasp lock}, a lock which closes or secures itself by means
            of a spring.

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   Clasp \Clasp\, n.
      1. An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding
            together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends
            of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.
  
      2. A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a
            grasping, as with the hand.
  
      {Clasp knife}, a large knife, the blade of which folds or
            shuts into the handle.
  
      {Clasp lock}, a lock which closes or secures itself by means
            of a spring.

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   Clasp \Clasp\, n.
      1. An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding
            together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends
            of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.
  
      2. A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a
            grasping, as with the hand.
  
      {Clasp knife}, a large knife, the blade of which folds or
            shuts into the handle.
  
      {Clasp lock}, a lock which closes or secures itself by means
            of a spring.

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   Clasp \Clasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clasped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Clasping}] [OE. claspen, clapsen, prob. akin to E. clap.]
      1. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to
            shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a
            clasp).
  
      2. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to
            grasp; to embrace.
  
      3. To surround and cling to; to entwine about. [bd]Clasping
            ivy.[b8] --Milton.

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   Clasper \Clasp"er\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril. [bd]The
            claspers of vines.[b8] --Derham.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping
                  the female among many of the Crustacea.
            (b) One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on
                  the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and
                  other elasmobranchs. See Illust. of {Chim[91]ra}.

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   Claspered \Clasp"ered\, a.
      Furnished with tendrils.

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   Clasp \Clasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clasped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Clasping}] [OE. claspen, clapsen, prob. akin to E. clap.]
      1. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to
            shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a
            clasp).
  
      2. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to
            grasp; to embrace.
  
      3. To surround and cling to; to entwine about. [bd]Clasping
            ivy.[b8] --Milton.

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   Class \Class\ (kl[adot]s), n. [F. classe, fr. L. classis class,
      collection, fleet; akin to Gr. klh^sis a calling, kalei^n to
      call, E. claim, haul.]
      1. A group of individuals ranked together as possessing
            common characteristics; as, the different classes of
            society; the educated class; the lower classes.
  
      2. A number of students in a school or college, of the same
            standing, or pursuing the same studies.
  
      3. A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects,
            grouped together on account of their common
            characteristics, in any classification in natural science,
            and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc.
  
      4. A set; a kind or description, species or variety.
  
                     She had lost one class energies.         --Macaulay.
  
      5. (Methodist Church) One of the sections into which a church
            or congregation is divided, and which is under the
            supervision of a class leader.
  
      {Class of a curve} (Math.), the kind of a curve as expressed
            by the number of tangents that can be drawn from any point
            to the curve. A circle is of the second class.
  
      {Class meeting} (Methodist Church), a meeting of a class
            under the charge of a class leader, for counsel and
            relegious instruction.

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   Classible \Class"i*ble\, a.
      Capable of being classed.

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   Classifiable \Clas"si*fi`a*ble\, a.
      Capable of being classified.

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   Classific \Clas*sif"ic\, a.
      Characterizing a class or classes; relating to
      classification.

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   Classification \Clas`si*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. classification.]
      The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution
      into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to
      some common relations or affinities.
  
      {Artificial classification}. (Science) See under
            {Artifitial}.

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   Classificatory \Clas"si*fi*ca`to*ry\, a.
      Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification.
      [bd]A classificatory system.[b8] --Earle.

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   Classify \Clas"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & pp. {Classified}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Classifying}.] [L. classis class + [?]]
      To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system;
      to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common
      properties or characters.
  
      Syn: To arrange; distibute; rank.

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   Classifier \Clas"si*fi`er\, n.
      One who classifies.

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   Classify \Clas"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & pp. {Classified}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Classifying}.] [L. classis class + [?]]
      To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system;
      to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common
      properties or characters.
  
      Syn: To arrange; distibute; rank.

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   Classify \Clas"si*fy\, v. t. [imp. & pp. {Classified}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Classifying}.] [L. classis class + [?]]
      To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system;
      to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common
      properties or characters.
  
      Syn: To arrange; distibute; rank.

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   d8Elater \[d8]El"a*ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] driver, fr. [?] to
      drive.]
      1. (Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the
            spores, as in some liverworts.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any beetle of the family {Elaterid[91]}, having
            the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden
            upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation
            between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also {click
            beetle}, {spring beetle}, and {snapping beetle}.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The caudal spring used by {Podura} and related
            insects for leaping. See {Collembola}.

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   Click beetle \Click" bee"tle\ (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Elater}.

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   d8Elater \[d8]El"a*ter\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] driver, fr. [?] to
      drive.]
      1. (Bot.) An elastic spiral filament for dispersing the
            spores, as in some liverworts.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) Any beetle of the family {Elaterid[91]}, having
            the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden
            upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation
            between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also {click
            beetle}, {spring beetle}, and {snapping beetle}.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The caudal spring used by {Podura} and related
            insects for leaping. See {Collembola}.

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   Click beetle \Click" bee"tle\ (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Elater}.

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   Cloak \Cloak\ (?; 110), n. [Of. cloque cloak (from the bell-like
      shape), bell, F. cloche bell; perh. of Celtic origin and the
      same word as E. clock. See 1st {Clock}.]
      1. A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards,
            and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape,
            and is worn both by men and by women.
  
      2. That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a
            fair pretense; a mask; a cover.
  
                     No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy
                     who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak.
                                                                              --South.
  
      {Cloak bag}, a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are
            carried; a portmanteau. --Shak.

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   Borough \Bor"ough\, n. [OE. burgh, burw, boru, port, town,
      burrow, AS. burh, burg; akin to Icel., Sw., & Dan. borg, OS.
      & D. burg, OHG. puruc, purc, MHG. burc, G. burg, Goth.
      ba[a3]rgs; and from the root of AS. beorgan to hide, save,
      defend, G. bergen; or perh. from that of AS. beorg hill,
      mountain. [root]95. See {Bury}, v. t., and cf. {Burrow},
      {Burg}, {Bury}, n., {Burgess}, {Iceberg}, {Borrow}, {Harbor},
      {Hauberk}.]
      1. In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also,
            a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a
            body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain
            district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain
            jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village,
            as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. --Burrill. Erskine.
  
      2. The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a
            borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.
  
      {Close borough}, [or] {Pocket borough}, a borough having the
            right of sending a member to Parliament, whose nomination
            is in the hands of a single person.
  
      {Rotten borough}, a name given to any borough which, at the
            time of the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832, contained
            but few voters, yet retained the privilege of sending a
            member to Parliament.

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   Close \Close\, a. [Compar. {Closer}; superl. {Closest}.] [Of. &
      F. clos, p. p. of clore. See {Close}, v. t.]
      1. Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.
  
                     From a close bower this dainty music flowed.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. [bd]A
            close prison.[b8] --Dickens.
  
      3. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a
            feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.
  
                     If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and
                     doors, the one maketh the air close, . . . and the
                     other maketh it exceeding unequal.      --Bacon.
  
      4. Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close
            prisoner.
  
      5. Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
            [bd]He yet kept himself close because of Saul.[b8] --1
            Chron. xii. 1
  
                     [bd]Her close intent.[b8]                  --Spenser.
  
      6. Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. [bd]For
            servecy, no lady closer.[b8] --Shak.
  
      7. Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact;
            as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as
            applied to liquids.
  
                     The golden globe being put into a press, . . . the
                     water made itself way through the pores of that very
                     close metal.                                       --Locke.
  
      8. Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. [bd]Where the
            original is close no version can reach it in the same
            compass.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      9. Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; --
            often followed by to.
  
                     Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall.
                                                                              --Mortimer.
  
                     The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very
                     close thing -- not a faint hearsay.   --G. Eliot.
  
      10. Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.
  
      11. Intimate; familiar; confidential.
  
                     League with you I seek And mutual amity, so strait,
                     so close, That I with you must dwell, or you with
                     me.                                                   --Milton.
  
      12. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote.
            [bd]A close contest.[b8] --Prescott.
  
      13. Difficult to obtain; as, money is close. --Bartlett.
  
      14. Parsimonious; stingy. [bd]A crusty old fellow, as close
            as a vise.[b8] --Hawthorne.
  
      15. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact;
            strict; as, a close translation. --Locke.
  
      16. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating;
            strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.
  
      17. (Phon.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of
            the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French,
            Italian, and German; -- opposed to open.
  
      {Close borough}. See under {Borough}.
  
      {Close breeding}. See under {Breeding}.
  
      {Close communion}, communion in the Lord's supper, restricted
            to those who have received baptism by immersion.
  
      {Close corporation}, a body or corporation which fills its
            own vacancies.
  
      {Close fertilization}. (Bot.) See {Fertilization}.
  
      {Close harmony} (Mus.), compact harmony, in which the tones
            composing each chord are not widely distributed over
            several octaves.
  
      {Close time}, a fixed period during which killing game or
            catching certain fish is prohibited by law.
  
      {Close vowel} (Pron.), a vowel which is pronounced with a
            diminished aperture of the lips, or with contraction of
            the cavity of the mouth.
  
      {Close to the wind} (Naut.), directed as nearly to the point
            from which the wind blows as it is possible to sail;
            closehauled; -- said of a vessel.

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   Breeding \Breed"ing\, n.
      1. The act or process of generating or bearing.
  
      2. The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals;
            as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.
  
      3. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
  
                     She had her breeding at my father's charge. --Shak.
  
      4. Deportment or behavior in the external offices and
            decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or
            training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of
            society.
  
                     Delicacy of breeding, or that polite deference and
                     respect which civility obliges us either to express
                     or counterfeit towards the persons with whom we
                     converse.                                          --Hume.
  
      5. Descent; pedigree; extraction. [Obs.]
  
                     Honest gentlemen, I know not your breeding. --Shak.
  
      {Close breeding}, {In and in breeding}, breeding from a male
            and female from the same parentage.
  
      {Cross breeding}, breeding from a male and female of
            different lineage.
  
      {Good breeding}, politeness; genteel deportment.
  
      Syn: Education; instruction; nurture; training; manners. See
               {Education}.

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   Close \Close\, a. [Compar. {Closer}; superl. {Closest}.] [Of. &
      F. clos, p. p. of clore. See {Close}, v. t.]
      1. Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.
  
                     From a close bower this dainty music flowed.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. [bd]A
            close prison.[b8] --Dickens.
  
      3. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a
            feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.
  
                     If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and
                     doors, the one maketh the air close, . . . and the
                     other maketh it exceeding unequal.      --Bacon.
  
      4. Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close
            prisoner.
  
      5. Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
            [bd]He yet kept himself close because of Saul.[b8] --1
            Chron. xii. 1
  
                     [bd]Her close intent.[b8]                  --Spenser.
  
      6. Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. [bd]For
            servecy, no lady closer.[b8] --Shak.
  
      7. Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact;
            as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as
            applied to liquids.
  
                     The golden globe being put into a press, . . . the
                     water made itself way through the pores of that very
                     close metal.                                       --Locke.
  
      8. Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. [bd]Where the
            original is close no version can reach it in the same
            compass.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      9. Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; --
            often followed by to.
  
                     Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall.
                                                                              --Mortimer.
  
                     The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very
                     close thing -- not a faint hearsay.   --G. Eliot.
  
      10. Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.
  
      11. Intimate; familiar; confidential.
  
                     League with you I seek And mutual amity, so strait,
                     so close, That I with you must dwell, or you with
                     me.                                                   --Milton.
  
      12. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote.
            [bd]A close contest.[b8] --Prescott.
  
      13. Difficult to obtain; as, money is close. --Bartlett.
  
      14. Parsimonious; stingy. [bd]A crusty old fellow, as close
            as a vise.[b8] --Hawthorne.
  
      15. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact;
            strict; as, a close translation. --Locke.
  
      16. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating;
            strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.
  
      17. (Phon.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of
            the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French,
            Italian, and German; -- opposed to open.
  
      {Close borough}. See under {Borough}.
  
      {Close breeding}. See under {Breeding}.
  
      {Close communion}, communion in the Lord's supper, restricted
            to those who have received baptism by immersion.
  
      {Close corporation}, a body or corporation which fills its
            own vacancies.
  
      {Close fertilization}. (Bot.) See {Fertilization}.
  
      {Close harmony} (Mus.), compact harmony, in which the tones
            composing each chord are not widely distributed over
            several octaves.
  
      {Close time}, a fixed period during which killing game or
            catching certain fish is prohibited by law.
  
      {Close vowel} (Pron.), a vowel which is pronounced with a
            diminished aperture of the lips, or with contraction of
            the cavity of the mouth.
  
      {Close to the wind} (Naut.), directed as nearly to the point
            from which the wind blows as it is possible to sail;
            closehauled; -- said of a vessel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fertilization \Fer`ti*li*za"tion\, n.
      1. The act or process of rendering fertile.
  
      2. (Biol.) The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or
            vegetable germs; esp., the process by which in flowers the
            pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process
            in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.
  
      {Close fertilization} (Bot.), the fertilization of pistils by
            pollen derived from the stamens of the same blossom.
  
      {Cross fertilization}, fertilization by pollen from some
            other blossom. See under {Cross}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Close \Close\, a. [Compar. {Closer}; superl. {Closest}.] [Of. &
      F. clos, p. p. of clore. See {Close}, v. t.]
      1. Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.
  
                     From a close bower this dainty music flowed.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. [bd]A
            close prison.[b8] --Dickens.
  
      3. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a
            feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.
  
                     If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and
                     doors, the one maketh the air close, . . . and the
                     other maketh it exceeding unequal.      --Bacon.
  
      4. Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close
            prisoner.
  
      5. Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
            [bd]He yet kept himself close because of Saul.[b8] --1
            Chron. xii. 1
  
                     [bd]Her close intent.[b8]                  --Spenser.
  
      6. Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. [bd]For
            servecy, no lady closer.[b8] --Shak.
  
      7. Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact;
            as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as
            applied to liquids.
  
                     The golden globe being put into a press, . . . the
                     water made itself way through the pores of that very
                     close metal.                                       --Locke.
  
      8. Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. [bd]Where the
            original is close no version can reach it in the same
            compass.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      9. Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; --
            often followed by to.
  
                     Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall.
                                                                              --Mortimer.
  
                     The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very
                     close thing -- not a faint hearsay.   --G. Eliot.
  
      10. Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.
  
      11. Intimate; familiar; confidential.
  
                     League with you I seek And mutual amity, so strait,
                     so close, That I with you must dwell, or you with
                     me.                                                   --Milton.
  
      12. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote.
            [bd]A close contest.[b8] --Prescott.
  
      13. Difficult to obtain; as, money is close. --Bartlett.
  
      14. Parsimonious; stingy. [bd]A crusty old fellow, as close
            as a vise.[b8] --Hawthorne.
  
      15. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact;
            strict; as, a close translation. --Locke.
  
      16. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating;
            strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.
  
      17. (Phon.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of
            the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French,
            Italian, and German; -- opposed to open.
  
      {Close borough}. See under {Borough}.
  
      {Close breeding}. See under {Breeding}.
  
      {Close communion}, communion in the Lord's supper, restricted
            to those who have received baptism by immersion.
  
      {Close corporation}, a body or corporation which fills its
            own vacancies.
  
      {Close fertilization}. (Bot.) See {Fertilization}.
  
      {Close harmony} (Mus.), compact harmony, in which the tones
            composing each chord are not widely distributed over
            several octaves.
  
      {Close time}, a fixed period during which killing game or
            catching certain fish is prohibited by law.
  
      {Close vowel} (Pron.), a vowel which is pronounced with a
            diminished aperture of the lips, or with contraction of
            the cavity of the mouth.
  
      {Close to the wind} (Naut.), directed as nearly to the point
            from which the wind blows as it is possible to sail;
            closehauled; -- said of a vessel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vowel \Vow"el\, n. [F. voyelle, or an OF. form without y, L.
      vocalis (sc. littera), from vocalis sounding, from vox,
      vocis, a voice, sound. See {Vocal}.] (Phon.)
      A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by
      resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each
      case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character
      or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a
      {consonant} in that the latter, whether made with or without
      vocality, derives its character in every case from some kind
      of obstructive action by the mouth organs. Also, a letter or
      character which represents such a sound. See Guide to
      Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 5, 146-149.
  
      Note: In the English language, the written vowels are a, e,
               i, o, u, and sometimes w and y. The spoken vowels are
               much more numerous.
  
      {Close vowel}. See under {Close}, a.
  
      {Vowel point}. See under {Point}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Close \Close\, a. [Compar. {Closer}; superl. {Closest}.] [Of. &
      F. clos, p. p. of clore. See {Close}, v. t.]
      1. Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.
  
                     From a close bower this dainty music flowed.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. [bd]A
            close prison.[b8] --Dickens.
  
      3. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a
            feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.
  
                     If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and
                     doors, the one maketh the air close, . . . and the
                     other maketh it exceeding unequal.      --Bacon.
  
      4. Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close
            prisoner.
  
      5. Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
            [bd]He yet kept himself close because of Saul.[b8] --1
            Chron. xii. 1
  
                     [bd]Her close intent.[b8]                  --Spenser.
  
      6. Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. [bd]For
            servecy, no lady closer.[b8] --Shak.
  
      7. Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact;
            as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as
            applied to liquids.
  
                     The golden globe being put into a press, . . . the
                     water made itself way through the pores of that very
                     close metal.                                       --Locke.
  
      8. Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. [bd]Where the
            original is close no version can reach it in the same
            compass.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      9. Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; --
            often followed by to.
  
                     Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall.
                                                                              --Mortimer.
  
                     The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very
                     close thing -- not a faint hearsay.   --G. Eliot.
  
      10. Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.
  
      11. Intimate; familiar; confidential.
  
                     League with you I seek And mutual amity, so strait,
                     so close, That I with you must dwell, or you with
                     me.                                                   --Milton.
  
      12. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote.
            [bd]A close contest.[b8] --Prescott.
  
      13. Difficult to obtain; as, money is close. --Bartlett.
  
      14. Parsimonious; stingy. [bd]A crusty old fellow, as close
            as a vise.[b8] --Hawthorne.
  
      15. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact;
            strict; as, a close translation. --Locke.
  
      16. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating;
            strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.
  
      17. (Phon.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of
            the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French,
            Italian, and German; -- opposed to open.
  
      {Close borough}. See under {Borough}.
  
      {Close breeding}. See under {Breeding}.
  
      {Close communion}, communion in the Lord's supper, restricted
            to those who have received baptism by immersion.
  
      {Close corporation}, a body or corporation which fills its
            own vacancies.
  
      {Close fertilization}. (Bot.) See {Fertilization}.
  
      {Close harmony} (Mus.), compact harmony, in which the tones
            composing each chord are not widely distributed over
            several octaves.
  
      {Close time}, a fixed period during which killing game or
            catching certain fish is prohibited by law.
  
      {Close vowel} (Pron.), a vowel which is pronounced with a
            diminished aperture of the lips, or with contraction of
            the cavity of the mouth.
  
      {Close to the wind} (Naut.), directed as nearly to the point
            from which the wind blows as it is possible to sail;
            closehauled; -- said of a vessel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Close-banded \Close"-band`ed\, a.
      Closely united.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Close-barred \Close"-barred`\, a.
      Firmly barred or closed.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Close-bodied \Close"-bod`ied\, a.
      Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment.
      --Ayliffe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Close-fights \Close"-fights`\, n. pl. (Naut.)
      Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a
      vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an
      enemy's boarders; -- called also {close quarters}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Closefisted \Close"fist`ed\, a.
      Covetous; niggardly. --Bp. Berkeley. [bd]Closefisted
      contractors.[b8] --Hawthorne.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vine \Vine\, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus
      of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See {Wine}, and
      cf. {Vignette}.] (Bot.)
            (a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
            (b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender
                  stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs
                  by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing
                  anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper;
                  as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons,
                  squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
  
                           There shall be no grapes on the vine. --Jer.
                                                                              viii. 13.
  
                           And one went out into the field to gather herbs,
                           and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild
                           gourds.                                       --2 Kings iv.
                                                                              89.
  
      {Vine apple} (Bot.), a small kind of squash. --Roger
            Williams.
  
      {Vine beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            beetles which are injurious to the leaves or branches of
            the grapevine. Among the more important species are the
            grapevine fidia (see {Fidia}), the spotted {Pelidnota}
            (see {Rutilian}), the vine fleabeetle ({Graptodera
            chalybea}), the rose beetle (see under {Rose}), the vine
            weevil, and several species of {Colaspis} and {Anomala}.
           
  
      {Vine borer}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of several species of beetles whose larv[91]
                  bore in the wood or pith of the grapevine, especially
                  {Sinoxylon basilare}, a small species the larva of
                  which bores in the stems, and {Ampeloglypter
                  sesostris}, a small reddish brown weevil (called also
                  {vine weevil}), which produces knotlike galls on the
                  branches.
            (b) A clearwing moth ({[92]geria polistiformis}), whose
                  larva bores in the roots of the grapevine and is often
                  destructive.
  
      {Vine dragon}, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. [Obs.]
            --Holland.
  
      {Vine forester} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            moths belonging to {Alypia} and allied genera, whose
            larv[91] feed on the leaves of the grapevine.
  
      {Vine fretter} (Zo[94]l.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera
            that injuries the grapevine.
  
      {Vine grub} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of insect
            larv[91] that are injurious to the grapevine.
  
      {Vine hopper} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of leaf
            hoppers which suck the sap of the grapevine, especially
            {Erythroneura vitis}. See Illust. of {Grape hopper}, under
            {Grape}.
  
      {Vine inchworm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of any species of
            geometrid moths which feed on the leaves of the grapevine,
            especially {Cidaria diversilineata}.
  
      {Vine-leaf rooer} (Zo[94]l.), a small moth ({Desmia
            maculalis}) whose larva makes a nest by rolling up the
            leaves of the grapevine. The moth is brownish black,
            spotted with white.
  
      {Vine louse} (Zo[94]l.), the phylloxera.
  
      {Vine mildew} (Bot.), a fungous growth which forms a white,
            delicate, cottony layer upon the leaves, young shoots, and
            fruit of the vine, causing brown spots upon the green
            parts, and finally a hardening and destruction of the
            vitality of the surface. The plant has been called {Oidium
            Tuckeri}, but is now thought to be the conidia-producing
            stage of an {Erysiphe}.
  
      {Vine of Sodom} (Bot.), a plant named in the Bible (--Deut.
            xxxii. 32), now thought to be identical with the apple of
            Sodom. See {Apple of Sodom}, under {Apple}.
  
      {Vine sawfly} (Zo[94]l.), a small black sawfiy ({Selandria
            vitis}) whose larva feeds upon the leaves of the
            grapevine. The larv[91] stand side by side in clusters
            while feeding.
  
      {Vine slug} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the vine sawfly.
  
      {Vine sorrel} (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Cissus acida})
            related to the grapevine, and having acid leaves. It is
            found in Florida and the West Indies.
  
      {Vine sphinx} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of hawk
            moths. The larv[91] feed on grapevine leaves.
  
      {Vine weevil}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Vine borer}
            (a) above, and {Wound gall}, under {Wound}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      2. In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above
            duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the
            rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of
            armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this
            office remain, especially in England. See {Heralds'
            College} (below), and {King-at-Arms}.
  
      3. A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or
            announces; as, the herald of another's fame. --Shak.
  
      4. A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.
  
                     It was the lark, the herald of the morn. --Shak.
  
      5. Any messenger. [bd]My herald is returned.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {Heralds' College}, in England, an ancient corporation,
            dependent upon the crown, instituted or perhaps recognized
            by Richard III. in 1483, consisting of the three
            Kings-at-Arms and the Chester, Lancaster, Richmond,
            Somerset, Windsor, and York Heralds, together with the
            Earl Marshal. This retains from the Middle Ages the charge
            of the armorial bearings of persons privileged to bear
            them, as well as of genealogies and kindred subjects; --
            called also {College of Arms}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   College \Col"lege\, n. [F. coll[8a]ge, L. collegium, fr. collega
      colleague. See {Colleague}.]
      1. A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in
            common pursuits, or having common duties and interests,
            and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges;
            as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college
            of bishops.
  
                     The college of the cardinals.            --Shak.
  
                     Then they made colleges of sufferers; persons who,
                     to secure their inheritance in the world to come,
                     did cut off all their portion in this. --Jer.
                                                                              Taylor.
  
      2. A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated
            for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of
            knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge
            Universities, and many American colleges.
  
      Note: In France and some other parts of continental Europe,
               college is used to include schools occupied with
               rudimentary studies, and receiving children as pupils.
  
      3. A building, or number of buildings, used by a college.
            [bd]The gate of Trinity College.[b8] --Macaulay.
  
      4. Fig.: A community. [R.]
  
                     Thick as the college of the bees in May. --Dryden.
  
      {College of justice}, a term applied in Scotland to the
            supreme civil courts and their principal officers.
  
      {The sacred college}, the college or cardinals at Rome.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colliquable \Col*liq"ua*ble\, a.
      Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid. [Obs.] --Harvey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Colliquefaction \Col*liq`ue*fac"tion\, n. [L. colliquefactus
      melted; col- + liquefacere; liqu[c7]re to be liquid + facere
      to make.]
      A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into
      one mass by fusion.
  
               The incorporation of metals by simple colliquefaction.
                                                                              --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Collisive \Col*li"sive\, a.
      Colliding; clashing. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Collusive \Col*lu"sive\, a.
      1. Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion.
            [bd]Collusive and sophistical arguings.[b8] --J. Trapp.
            [bd]Collusive divorces.[b8] --Strype.
  
      2. Acting in collusion. [bd]Collusive parties.[b8] --Burke.
            -- {Col*lu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Col*lu"sive*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Collusive \Col*lu"sive\, a.
      1. Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion.
            [bd]Collusive and sophistical arguings.[b8] --J. Trapp.
            [bd]Collusive divorces.[b8] --Strype.
  
      2. Acting in collusion. [bd]Collusive parties.[b8] --Burke.
            -- {Col*lu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Col*lu"sive*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Collusive \Col*lu"sive\, a.
      1. Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion.
            [bd]Collusive and sophistical arguings.[b8] --J. Trapp.
            [bd]Collusive divorces.[b8] --Strype.
  
      2. Acting in collusion. [bd]Collusive parties.[b8] --Burke.
            -- {Col*lu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Col*lu"sive*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Culiciform \Cu*lic"i*form\ (k?-l?s"i-f?rm). a. [L. culex a gnat
      + -form:cf. F. culiciforme.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Gnat-shaped.

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      Location: 33.69977 N, 97.01642 W
      Population (1990): 344 (117 housing units)
      Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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      Location: 35.30174 N, 93.86850 W
      Population (1990): 224 (100 housing units)
      Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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      Population (1990): 282 (85 housing units)
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      Population (1990): 1399 (602 housing units)
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      Population (1990): 962 (338 housing units)
      Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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      Population (1990): 18819 (5995 housing units)
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      Zip code(s): 30337
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      Location: 40.18710 N, 75.45740 W
      Population (1990): 4227 (1312 housing units)
      Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 19426

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Coolspring, PA
      Zip code(s): 15730

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cowlesville, NY
      Zip code(s): 14037

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   CLASP
  
      Computer Language for AeronauticS and Programming.
  
      A {real-time} language from NASA focussing on {fixed-point}
      mathematics.   CLASP is a near subset of {SPL}, with some ideas
      from {PL/I}.
  
      ["Flight Computer and Language Processor Study", Raymond
      J. Rubey, Management Information Services, Detroit, 1971].
  
      (1994-10-13)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   CLISP
  
     
  
      1. {Conversational LISP}.
  
      2. A {Common Lisp} implementation by {Bruno Haible
      (http://www.haible.de/bruno/)} of {Karlsruhe University} and
      {Michael Stoll (http://www.math.uni-duesseldorf.de/~stoll/)}.
      of {Munich University}, both in Germany.   CLISP includes an
      {interpreter}, {bytecode compiler}, almost all of the {CLOS}
      {object system}, a {foreign language interface} and a {socket
      interface}.   An {X11} interface is available through {CLX} and
      {Garnet}.   Command line editing is provided by the {GNU}
      readline library.   CLISP requires only 2 MB of {RAM}.   The
      {user interface} comes in German, English, French, Spanish,
      Dutch, and Russian and can be changed at {run time}.
  
      CLISP is {Free Software} and distributed under the {GPL}.   It
      runs on {microcomputers} ({OS/2}, {Microsoft Windows},
      {Amiga}, {Acorn}) as well as on {Unix} workstations ({Linux},
      {BSD}, {SVR4}, {Sun4}, {Alpha}, {HP-UX}, {NeXTstep}, {SGI},
      {AIX}, {Sun3}, and others).
  
      {Official web page (http://clisp.cons.org)}.   {Mailing list
      (http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clisp-list)}.
  
      (2003-08-04)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   clock speed
  
      {clock rate}
  
  
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