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camp chair
n 1: a light folding chair

English Dictionary: confused	by the DICT Development Group
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campaign n a race between candidates for elective office; "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run" Synonym(s): political campaign, campaign, run a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" Synonym(s): campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) Synonym(s): campaign, military campaign an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) Synonym(s): campaign, hunting expedition, safari v run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?" Synonym(s): campaign, run exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate" Synonym(s): crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate go on a campaign; go off to war Synonym(s): campaign, take the field
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campaign for governor n a race for election to the governorship [syn: {governor's race}, campaign for governor]
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campaign hat n a broad-brimmed felt hat with a high crown; formerly worn by the United States Army and Marine personnel
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campaigner n a politician who is running for public office [syn: campaigner, candidate, nominee]
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campaigning n the campaign of a candidate to be elected [syn: campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign]
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campeachy n spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye Synonym(s): logwood, logwood tree, campeachy, bloodwood tree, Haematoxylum campechianum
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Campeche n a Mexican city on the Bay of Campeche a Mexican state on the eastern part of the Gulf of Campeche
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campestral adj of fields or open country; "living in campestral seclusion"
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campground n a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent [syn: campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground, bivouac, encampment, camping area]
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Campsis radicans n a North American woody vine having pinnate leaves and large red trumpet-shaped flowers Synonym(s): trumpet creeper, trumpet vine, Campsis radicans
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campsite n a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent [syn: campsite, campground, camping site, camping ground, bivouac, encampment, camping area]
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campstool n a folding stool
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campus n a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
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canafistola n deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia Synonym(s): golden shower tree, drumstick tree, purging cassia, pudding pipe tree, canafistola, canafistula, Cassia fistula
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canafistula n deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; tropical Asia and Central and South America and Australia Synonym(s): golden shower tree, drumstick tree, purging cassia, pudding pipe tree, canafistola, canafistula, Cassia fistula
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cannabis n any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs Synonym(s): cannabis, hemp the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect Synonym(s): cannabis, marijuana, marihuana, ganja
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Cannabis indica n source of e.g. bhang and hashish as well as fiber [syn: Indian hemp, Cannabis indica]
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cannabis resin n a resin obtained from the hemp plant; thought to be the active narcotic agent in marijuana Synonym(s): cannabin, cannabis resin
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Cannabis sativa n a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared Synonym(s): marijuana, marihuana, ganja, Cannabis sativa
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canopic jar n a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body Synonym(s): canopic jar, canopic vase
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canopic vase n a jar used in ancient Egypt to contain entrails of an embalmed body Synonym(s): canopic jar, canopic vase
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Canopus n supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky
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canvas n a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) Synonym(s): canvas, canvass an oil painting on canvas fabric Synonym(s): canvas, canvass the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound" Synonym(s): canvas, canvass a tent made of canvas fabric Synonym(s): canvas tent, canvas, canvass a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel Synonym(s): sail, canvas, canvass, sheet the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas" Synonym(s): canvas, canvass v solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign Synonym(s): canvass, canvas get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions Synonym(s): poll, canvass, canvas cover with canvas; "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks" consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" Synonym(s): analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
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canvas tent n a tent made of canvas fabric [syn: canvas tent, canvas, canvass]
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canvasback n North American wild duck valued for sport and food [syn: canvasback, canvasback duck, Aythya valisineria]
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canvasback duck n North American wild duck valued for sport and food [syn: canvasback, canvasback duck, Aythya valisineria]
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canvass n the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account; "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound" Synonym(s): canvas, canvass an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people Synonym(s): poll, opinion poll, public opinion poll, canvass a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel Synonym(s): sail, canvas, canvass, sheet a tent made of canvas fabric Synonym(s): canvas tent, canvas, canvass an oil painting on canvas fabric Synonym(s): canvas, canvass the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete; "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas" Synonym(s): canvas, canvass a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents) Synonym(s): canvas, canvass v get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions Synonym(s): poll, canvass, canvas solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign Synonym(s): canvass, canvas consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" Synonym(s): analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
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canvasser n a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes Synonym(s): solicitor, canvasser someone who examines votes at an election Synonym(s): scrutineer, canvasser someone who conducts surveys of public opinion; "a pollster conducts public opinion polls"; "a headcounter counts heads" Synonym(s): pollster, poll taker, headcounter, canvasser a person who takes or counts votes
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canvassing n persuasion of voters in a political campaign [syn: electioneering, bell ringing, canvassing]
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Chaenopsis n a genus of fish of the family Clinidae including pikeblennies Synonym(s): Chaenopsis, genus Chaenopsis
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Chaenopsis ocellata n found from Florida to Cuba [syn: bluethroat pikeblenny, Chaenopsis ocellata]
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chain pickerel n common in quiet waters of eastern United States [syn: chain pickerel, chain pike, Esox niger]
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chain pike n common in quiet waters of eastern United States [syn: chain pickerel, chain pike, Esox niger]
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Chamaea fasciata n small brown bird of California resembling a wren [syn: wren-tit, Chamaea fasciata]
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champagne n a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there Synonym(s): champagne, bubbly a region of northeastern France Synonym(s): Champagne, Champagne-Ardenne
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champagne cup n a punch containing a sparkling wine
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champagne flute n a tall narrow wineglass [syn: flute, flute glass, champagne flute]
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Champagne-Ardenne n a region of northeastern France [syn: Champagne, Champagne-Ardenne]
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champaign n extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth" Synonym(s): plain, field, champaign a university town in east central Illinois adjoining Urbana
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Champs Elysees n a major avenue in Paris famous for elegant shops and cafes
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chenfish n small silvery marine food fish found off California [syn: white croaker, chenfish, kingfish, Genyonemus lineatus]
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chimneypiece n shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; "in Britain they call a mantel a chimneypiece" Synonym(s): mantel, mantelpiece, mantle, mantlepiece, chimneypiece
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chump change n a trifling sum of money [syn: small change, chickenfeed, chump change]
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CNPZ n a terrorist organization in Bolivia that acts as an umbrella for numerous small indigenous subversive groups; a revival of a group with Marxist-Leninist ideologies originally established by Che Guevara in the 1960s Synonym(s): National Liberation Army, ELN, Nestor Paz Zamora Commission, CNPZ
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coin box n the part of a slot machine that serves as a receptacle for the coins
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comb jelly n biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb Synonym(s): ctenophore, comb jelly
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combust v cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels" Synonym(s): burn, combust start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" Synonym(s): erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic" Synonym(s): flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic cause to become violent or angry; "Riots combusted Pakistan after the U.S. air attacks on Afghanistan" undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" Synonym(s): burn, combust
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combustibility n the quality of being capable of igniting and burning [syn: combustibility, combustibleness, burnability]
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combustible adj capable of igniting and burning [ant: incombustible, noncombustible] n a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power Synonym(s): combustible, combustible material
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combustible material n a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power Synonym(s): combustible, combustible material
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combustibleness n the quality of being capable of igniting and burning [syn: combustibility, combustibleness, burnability]
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combustion n a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light Synonym(s): combustion, burning a state of violent disturbance and excitement; "combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable" the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance" Synonym(s): burning, combustion
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combustive adj supporting combustion [syn: comburent, comburant, combustive]
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come back v be restored; "Her old vigor returned" [syn: come back, return] go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" Synonym(s): hark back, return, come back, recall even the score, in sports answer back Synonym(s): retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin
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come of age v reach a certain age that marks a transition to maturity
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comeback n a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" Synonym(s): rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity
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comma bacillus n comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera [syn: comma bacillus, Vibrio comma]
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compact adj closely and firmly united or packed together; "compact soil"; "compact clusters of flowers" Antonym(s): loose having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a thickset young man" Synonym(s): compact, heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide- ranging subject" Synonym(s): compendious, compact, succinct, summary n a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse Synonym(s): compact, powder compact a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action Synonym(s): covenant, compact, concordat a small and economical car Synonym(s): compact, compact car v have the property of being packable or of compacting easily; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" Synonym(s): compact, pack compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box" Synonym(s): pack, bundle, wad, compact make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data" Synonym(s): compress, compact, pack together Antonym(s): decompress, uncompress squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the spasm contracted the muscle" Synonym(s): compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
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compact car n a small and economical car Synonym(s): compact, compact car
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compact disc n a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser Synonym(s): compact disk, compact disc, CD
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compact disc read-only memory n a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system); a large amount of digital information can be stored and accessed but it cannot be altered by the user Synonym(s): CD-ROM, compact disc read-only memory
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compact disc recordable n a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory Synonym(s): CD-R, compact disc recordable, CD-WO, compact disc write-once
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compact disc write-once n a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory Synonym(s): CD-R, compact disc recordable, CD-WO, compact disc write-once
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compact disk n a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser Synonym(s): compact disk, compact disc, CD
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compact-disk burner n recording equipment for making compact disks [syn: compact-disk burner, CD burner]
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compaction n an increase in the density of something [syn: compaction, compression, concretion, densification] the act of crushing Synonym(s): crush, crunch, compaction
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compactly adv in a compact manner or state; "The children were packed compactly into the car" with concise and precise brevity; to the point; "Please state your case as succinctly as possible"; "he wrote compactly but clearly" Synonym(s): succinctly, compactly taking up no more space than necessary; "liquid food compactly stored in a pressurized tank"
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compactness n the spatial property of being crowded together [syn: concentration, density, denseness, tightness, compactness] Antonym(s): dispersion, distribution the consistency of a compact solid
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compass n navigational instrument for finding directions an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" Synonym(s): scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit the limit of capability; "within the compass of education" Synonym(s): compass, range, reach, grasp drafting instrument used for drawing circles v bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than his talents can compass" travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth" Synonym(s): circumnavigate, compass get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" Synonym(s): grok, get the picture, comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass, apprehend
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compass card n compass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic north Synonym(s): compass card, mariner's compass
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compass flower n any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass Synonym(s): compass plant, compass flower
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compass north n the direction in which a compass needle points [syn: north, magnetic north, compass north]
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compass plane n a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces Synonym(s): circular plane, compass plane
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compass plant n North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers Synonym(s): prairie bird's-foot trefoil, compass plant, prairie lotus, prairie trefoil, Lotus americanus any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass Synonym(s): compass plant, compass flower
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compass point n any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the point on his compass" Synonym(s): compass point, point
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compass saw n a handsaw with a narrow triangular blade for cutting curves
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compassion n a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering Synonym(s): compassion, compassionateness the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it Synonym(s): compassion, pity
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compassionate adj showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and compassionate voices of women" Antonym(s): uncompassionate v share the suffering of [syn: feel for, pity, compassionate, condole with, sympathize with]
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compassionate leave n (military) leave granted in an emergency such as family sickness or death
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compassionately adv in a compassionate manner; "the nurse looked at him pityingly" Synonym(s): pityingly, compassionately
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compassionateness n a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering Synonym(s): compassion, compassionateness
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compos mentis adj of sound mind, memory, and understanding; in law, competent to go to trial Synonym(s): compos mentis(p), of sound mind(p)
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compose v form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his personality" write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" Synonym(s): compose, write produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" Synonym(s): write, compose, pen, indite put together out of existing material; "compile a list" Synonym(s): compose, compile calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult" make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" Synonym(s): frame, compose, draw up
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composed adj serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress; "the performer seemed completely composed as she stepped onto the stage"; "I felt calm and more composed than I had in a long time" Antonym(s): discomposed
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composedly adv in a self-collected or self-possessed manner; "he announced the death of his father collectedly" Synonym(s): collectedly, composedly
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composer n someone who composes music as a profession
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composing n the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art" Synonym(s): composition, composing musical creation Synonym(s): composing, composition
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Compositae n plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia Synonym(s): Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family
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composite adj consisting of separate interconnected parts of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae n a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts; "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town" Synonym(s): complex, composite considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers Synonym(s): composite, composite plant
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composite material n strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory; fibers of more than one kind are bonded together chemically
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composite number n an integer that is divisible without remainder by at least one positive integer other than itself and one
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Composite order n a Roman order that combines the Corinthian acanthus leaves with the spiral scrolls of the Ionic order
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composite plant n considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers Synonym(s): composite, composite plant
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composite school n a large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities Synonym(s): comprehensive school, composite school
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compositeness n the property of being a composite number
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composition n the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole; "harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art" Synonym(s): composition, composing the way in which someone or something is composed Synonym(s): constitution, composition, physical composition, makeup, make-up a mixture of ingredients a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" Synonym(s): musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music musical creation Synonym(s): composing, composition the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" Synonym(s): writing, authorship, composition, penning art and technique of printing with movable type Synonym(s): typography, composition an essay (especially one written as an assignment); "he got an A on his composition" Synonym(s): composition, paper, report, theme something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole; "he envied the composition of their faculty"
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composition board n a stiff moderately thick paper [syn: cardboard, composition board]
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compositional adj arranging or grouping
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compositor n one who sets written material into type [syn: compositor, typesetter, setter, typographer]
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compositor's case n (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers; "for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters" Synonym(s): case, compositor's case, typesetter's case
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compost n a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer v convert to compost; "compost organic debris"
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compost heap n a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost Synonym(s): compost heap, compost pile
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compost pile n a heap of manure and vegetation and other organic residues that are decaying to become compost Synonym(s): compost heap, compost pile
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composure n steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity" Synonym(s): composure, calm, calmness, equanimity Antonym(s): discomposure
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compsognathus n very small bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic in Bavaria
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confect n a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts Synonym(s): candy, confect v make or construct make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected" Synonym(s): confect, confection, comfit
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confection n a food rich in sugar Synonym(s): sweet, confection the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components Synonym(s): confection, concoction v make into a confection; "This medicine is home-confected" Synonym(s): confect, confection, comfit
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confectionary n a confectioner's shop [syn: confectionery, confectionary, candy store]
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confectioner n someone who makes candies and other sweets [syn: confectioner, candymaker]
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confectionery n candy and other sweets considered collectively; "the business decided to concentrate on confectionery and soft drinks" a confectioner's shop Synonym(s): confectionery, confectionary, candy store the occupation and skills of a confectioner
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confess v confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure Synonym(s): confess, squeal, fink admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money" Synonym(s): concede, profess, confess confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith
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confessedly adv as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class" Synonym(s): true, admittedly, avowedly, confessedly
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confession n an admission of misdeeds or faults a written document acknowledging an offense and signed by the guilty party (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution a public declaration of your faith the document that spells out the belief system of a given church (especially the Reformation churches of the 16th century)
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confession of judgement n a judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings Synonym(s): confession of judgment, confession of judgement, cognovit judgment, cognovit judgement
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confession of judgment n a judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings Synonym(s): confession of judgment, confession of judgement, cognovit judgment, cognovit judgement
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confessional n a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions
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confessor n a priest who hears confession and gives absolution someone who confesses (discloses information damaging to themselves)
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configuration n an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time" Synonym(s): configuration, constellation any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline); "he could barely make out their shapes" Synonym(s): shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
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configurational adj of or relating to or characterized by configuration
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configurationism n (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties Synonym(s): Gestalt psychology, configurationism
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configure v set up for a particular purpose; "configure my new computer"; "configure a plane for a combat mission"
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configured adj organized so as to give configuration to; "a magnet is surrounded by a configured field"
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confiscate adj surrendered as a penalty [syn: confiscate, forfeit, forfeited] v take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork" Synonym(s): impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize
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confiscation n seizure by the government [syn: confiscation, arrogation]
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Confucian adj relating to or characteristic of Confucianism; "Confucian ethics" n a believer in the teachings of Confucius [syn: Confucian, Confucianist]
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Confucianism n the teachings of Confucius emphasizing love for humanity; high value given to learning and to devotion to family (including ancestors); peace; justice; influenced the traditional culture of China
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Confucianist n a believer in the teachings of Confucius [syn: Confucian, Confucianist]
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Confucius n Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC) Synonym(s): Confucius, Kongfuze, K'ung Futzu, Kong the Master
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confusable adj so similar as to be easily identified for another thing; "potentially confusable senses of words"; "easily mistakable signals" Synonym(s): confusable, mistakable
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confuse v mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary" Synonym(s): confuse, confound be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" Synonym(s): confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" Synonym(s): confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off assemble without order or sense; "She jumbles the words when she is supposed to write a sentence" Synonym(s): jumble, confuse, mix up make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" Synonym(s): confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
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confused adj perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school" Synonym(s): baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at sea lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts" Synonym(s): confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; "I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented" Synonym(s): confused, disoriented, lost thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset" Synonym(s): broken, confused, disordered, upset mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused" Antonym(s): clear-thinking, clearheaded
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confusedly adv in a confused manner; "Queen Augusta wrote him an hysterical letter in which she confusedly sympathised with him"
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confusedness n a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions" Synonym(s): confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray
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confusing adj causing confusion or disorientation; "a confusing jumble of road signs"; "being hospitalized can be confusing and distressing for a small child" lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity; "sent confusing signals to Iraq"; "perplexing to someone who knew nothing about it"; "a puzzling statement" Synonym(s): confusing, perplexing, puzzling
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confusingly adv in a bewildering and confusing manner; "her situation was bewilderingly unclear" Synonym(s): bewilderingly, confusingly
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confusion n disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion" a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions" Synonym(s): confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused Synonym(s): confusion, discombobulation an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; "the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel" a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw" Synonym(s): confusion, mix-up
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convect v circulate hot air by convection
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convection n the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion (meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere
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convector n a space heater that transfers heat to the surrounding air by convection
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convex adj curving or bulging outward Synonym(s): convex, bulging Antonym(s): concave
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convex lens n lens such that a beam of light passing through it is brought to a point or focus Synonym(s): converging lens, convex lens
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convex polygon n a polygon such that no side extended cuts any other side or vertex; it can be cut by a straight line in at most two points Antonym(s): concave polygon
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convex polyhedron n a polyhedron any plane section of which is a convex polygon
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convex shape n a shape that curves or bulges outward [syn: convex shape, convexity]
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convexity n the property possessed by a convex shape [syn: convexity, convexness] a shape that curves or bulges outward Synonym(s): convex shape, convexity
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convexly adv in a convex way; "bulging out convexly" [ant: concavely]
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convexness n the property possessed by a convex shape [syn: convexity, convexness]
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convexo-concave adj convex on one side and concave on the other with the convexity being greater than the concavity
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convexo-convex adj convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil [syn: biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular, lentiform]
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convict n a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird] a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense v find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced" Antonym(s): acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate
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convict fish n greenling with whitish body marked with black bands [syn: painted greenling, convict fish, convictfish, Oxylebius pictus]
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convictfish n greenling with whitish body marked with black bands [syn: painted greenling, convict fish, convictfish, Oxylebius pictus]
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conviction n an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence Synonym(s): conviction, strong belief, article of faith (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise" Synonym(s): conviction, judgment of conviction, condemnation, sentence Antonym(s): acquittal
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convocation n a group gathered in response to a summons the act of convoking Synonym(s): convocation, calling together
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convoke v call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium" Synonym(s): convoke, convene
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Cyamopsis n small genus of annual usually hairy herbs of tropical Africa and Arabia Synonym(s): Cyamopsis, genus Cyamopsis
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Cyamopsis psoraloides n drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material Synonym(s): guar, cluster bean, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, Cyamopsis psoraloides
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Cyamopsis tetragonolobus n drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material Synonym(s): guar, cluster bean, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, Cyamopsis psoraloides
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cyanobacteria n predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton Synonym(s): cyanobacteria, blue-green algae
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cyanobacterial adj relating to or caused by photosynthetic bacteria of the class Cyanobacteria Synonym(s): cyanobacterial, cyanophyte
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Cyanophyceae n photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae Synonym(s): class Cyanobacteria, Cyanophyceae, class Cyanophyceae
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Cynips n type genus of the Cynipidae: gall wasps [syn: Cynips, genus Cynips]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cambist \Cam"bist\, n. [F. cambiste, It. cambista, fr. L. cambire to exchange. See {Change}.] A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.
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Cambistry \Cam"bist*ry\, n. The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc.
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Camboge \Cam*boge"\, n. See {Gamboge}.
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Gamboge \Gam*boge"\, n. A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, -- whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally, it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic. [Written also {camboge}.] Note: There are several kinds of gamboge, but all are derived from species of {Garcinia}, a genus of trees of the order {Guttifer[91]}. The best Siam gamboge is thought to come from {Garcinia Hanburii}. Ceylon gamboge is from {G. Morella}. {G. pictoria}, of Western India, yields {gamboge}, and also a kind of oil called {gamboge butter}.
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Camboge \Cam*boge"\, n. See {Gamboge}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gamboge \Gam*boge"\, n. A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, -- whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally, it is a strong and harsh cathartic and emetic. [Written also {camboge}.] Note: There are several kinds of gamboge, but all are derived from species of {Garcinia}, a genus of trees of the order {Guttifer[91]}. The best Siam gamboge is thought to come from {Garcinia Hanburii}. Ceylon gamboge is from {G. Morella}. {G. pictoria}, of Western India, yields {gamboge}, and also a kind of oil called {gamboge butter}.
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Caboose \Caboose"\ (k[adot]b[oomac]s"), n. [Cf. D. kabuis, kombuis, Dan. kabys, Sw. kabysa, G. kabuse a little room or hut. The First part of the word seems to be allied to W. cab cabin, booth. Cf. {Cabin}.] [Written also {camboose}.] 1. (Naut.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the {galley}. 2. (Railroad) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car. [U. S.]
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Camboose \Cam*boose"\, n. (Naut.) See {Caboose}.
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Caboose \Caboose"\ (k[adot]b[oomac]s"), n. [Cf. D. kabuis, kombuis, Dan. kabys, Sw. kabysa, G. kabuse a little room or hut. The First part of the word seems to be allied to W. cab cabin, booth. Cf. {Cabin}.] [Written also {camboose}.] 1. (Naut.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the {galley}. 2. (Railroad) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car. [U. S.]
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Camboose \Cam*boose"\, n. (Naut.) See {Caboose}.
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Camp \Camp\, n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus plant, field; akin to Gr. [?] garden. Cf. {Campaing}, {Champ}, n.] 1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shzk. 2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner. Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W. Irving. 3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp. 4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc. The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight. --Macaulay. 5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also {burrow} and {pie}. [Prov. Eng.] 6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See {champion}.] An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England. --Halliwell. {Camp bedstead}, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto a small space for easy transportation. {camp ceiling} (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling. {Camp chair}, a light chair that can be folded up compactly for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made of strips or pieces of carpet. {Camp fever}, typhus fever. {Camp follower}, a civilian accompanying an army, as a sutler, servant, etc. {Camp meeting}, a religious gathering for open-air preaching, held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It usually last for several days, during which those present lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages. {Camp stool}, the same as {camp chair}, except that the stool has no back. {Flying camp} (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow. {To pitch (a) camp}, to set up the tents or huts of a camp. {To strike camp}, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.
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Ceiling \Ceil"ing\, n. [See {Cell}, v. t.] 1. (Arch.) (a) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor. (b) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done. 2. (Naut.) The inner planking of a vessel. {Camp ceiling}. See under {Camp}. {Ceiling boards}, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Camp \Camp\, n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus plant, field; akin to Gr. [?] garden. Cf. {Campaing}, {Champ}, n.] 1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shzk. 2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner. Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W. Irving. 3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp. 4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc. The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight. --Macaulay. 5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also {burrow} and {pie}. [Prov. Eng.] 6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See {champion}.] An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England. --Halliwell. {Camp bedstead}, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto a small space for easy transportation. {camp ceiling} (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling. {Camp chair}, a light chair that can be folded up compactly for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made of strips or pieces of carpet. {Camp fever}, typhus fever. {Camp follower}, a civilian accompanying an army, as a sutler, servant, etc. {Camp meeting}, a religious gathering for open-air preaching, held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It usually last for several days, during which those present lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages. {Camp stool}, the same as {camp chair}, except that the stool has no back. {Flying camp} (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow. {To pitch (a) camp}, to set up the tents or huts of a camp. {To strike camp}, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.
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Ceiling \Ceil"ing\, n. [See {Cell}, v. t.] 1. (Arch.) (a) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor. (b) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done. 2. (Naut.) The inner planking of a vessel. {Camp ceiling}. See under {Camp}. {Ceiling boards}, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Camp \Camp\, n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus plant, field; akin to Gr. [?] garden. Cf. {Campaing}, {Champ}, n.] 1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shzk. 2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner. Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W. Irving. 3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp. 4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc. The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight. --Macaulay. 5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also {burrow} and {pie}. [Prov. Eng.] 6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See {champion}.] An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England. --Halliwell. {Camp bedstead}, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto a small space for easy transportation. {camp ceiling} (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling. {Camp chair}, a light chair that can be folded up compactly for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made of strips or pieces of carpet. {Camp fever}, typhus fever. {Camp follower}, a civilian accompanying an army, as a sutler, servant, etc. {Camp meeting}, a religious gathering for open-air preaching, held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It usually last for several days, during which those present lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages. {Camp stool}, the same as {camp chair}, except that the stool has no back. {Flying camp} (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow. {To pitch (a) camp}, to set up the tents or huts of a camp. {To strike camp}, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Camp \Camp\, n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus plant, field; akin to Gr. [?] garden. Cf. {Campaing}, {Champ}, n.] 1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shzk. 2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner. Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W. Irving. 3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp. 4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc. The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight. --Macaulay. 5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also {burrow} and {pie}. [Prov. Eng.] 6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See {champion}.] An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England. --Halliwell. {Camp bedstead}, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto a small space for easy transportation. {camp ceiling} (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling. {Camp chair}, a light chair that can be folded up compactly for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made of strips or pieces of carpet. {Camp fever}, typhus fever. {Camp follower}, a civilian accompanying an army, as a sutler, servant, etc. {Camp meeting}, a religious gathering for open-air preaching, held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It usually last for several days, during which those present lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages. {Camp stool}, the same as {camp chair}, except that the stool has no back. {Flying camp} (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow. {To pitch (a) camp}, to set up the tents or huts of a camp. {To strike camp}, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.
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Campagna \Cam*pa"gna\, n. [It. See {Campaing}.] An open level tract of country; especially [bd]Campagna di Roma.[b8] The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome. Note: Its length is commonly stated to be about ninety miles, and its breadth from twenty-seven to forty miles. The ground is almost entirely volcanic, and vapors which arise from the district produce malaria.
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Campaign \Cam*paign"\, v. i. To serve in a campaign.
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Campaign \Cam*paign"\, n. [F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See {Camp}, and cf. {Champaign}, {Champagne}.] 1. An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. See{Champaign}. --Grath. 2. (Mil.) A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field. --Wilhelm. 3. Political operations preceding an election; a canvass. [Cant, U. S.] 4. (Metal.) The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.
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Campaigner \Cam*paign"er\, n. One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.
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Logwood \Log"wood`\n. [So called from being imported in logs.] The heartwood of a tree ({H[91]matoxylon Campechianum}), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called h[91]matoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called {Campeachy wood}, and {bloodwood}.
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Campeachy Wood \Cam*peach"y Wood`\ [From the bay of Campeachy, in Mexico.] Logwood.
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Logwood \Log"wood`\n. [So called from being imported in logs.] The heartwood of a tree ({H[91]matoxylon Campechianum}), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline substance called h[91]matoxylin, and is used largely in dyeing. An extract from this wood is used in medicine as an astringent. Also called {Campeachy wood}, and {bloodwood}.
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Campeachy Wood \Cam*peach"y Wood`\ [From the bay of Campeachy, in Mexico.] Logwood.
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Campestral \Campes"tral\, Campestrian \Campes"tri*an\, a. [L. campester, fr. campus field.] Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground.
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Campestral \Campes"tral\, Campestrian \Campes"tri*an\, a. [L. campester, fr. campus field.] Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground.
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Camphogen \Cam"pho*gen\, n. [Camphor + -gen: -- formerly so called as derived from camphor: cf. F. camphog[8a]ne.] (Chem.) See {Cymene}.
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Cymene \Cy"mene\ (s?"m?n), n. (Chem.) A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, {CH3.C6H4.C3H7}, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; -- called also {paracymene}, and formerly {camphogen}.
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Camphogen \Cam"pho*gen\, n. [Camphor + -gen: -- formerly so called as derived from camphor: cf. F. camphog[8a]ne.] (Chem.) See {Cymene}.
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Cymene \Cy"mene\ (s?"m?n), n. (Chem.) A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, {CH3.C6H4.C3H7}, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; -- called also {paracymene}, and formerly {camphogen}.
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Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[be]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[c7]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. [?], [?], a pebble. [fb]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. [bd]Dumb as a stone.[b8] --Chaucer. They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for mortar. --Gen. xi. 3. Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone is much and widely used in the construction of buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers, abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like. 2. A precious stone; a gem. [bd]Many a rich stone.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.[b8] --Shak. 3. Something made of stone. Specifically: (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.] Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives. --Shak. (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray. Should some relenting eye Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope. 4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus. 5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak. 6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}. 7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed. [Eng.] Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8 lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5 lbs. 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope. 9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also {imposing stone}. Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone; as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still, etc. {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] [bd]Citron tables, or Atlantic stone.[b8] --Milton. {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit. {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as after the explosion of a meteor. {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}. {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}. {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze age} succeeded to this. {Stone bass} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; -- called also {sea perch}. {Stone biter} (Zo[94]l.), the wolf fish. {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages. --Tylor. {Stone borer} (Zo[94]l.), any animal that bores stones; especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}. {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}). {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage. {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a bruise by a stone. {Stone canal}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}. {Stone cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they inflict painful wounds. {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal. {Stone coral} (Zo[94]l.), any hard calcareous coral. {Stone crab}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the southern coast of the United States and much used as food. (b) A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}). {Stone crawfish} (Zo[94]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of the common species ({A. fluviatilis}). {Stone curlew}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.] {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above. {Stone eater}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above. {Stone falcon} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin. {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach}) which grows on rocks and walls. {Stone fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait. The larv[91] are aquatic. {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry. {Stone grig} (Zo[94]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride. {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, -- used for breaking stone. {Stone hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit of sitting on bare stones. {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware. {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid. {Stone lugger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stone roller}, below. {Stone marten} (Zo[94]l.), a European marten ({Mustela foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; -- called also {beech marten}. {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone. {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short distances. {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum. {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}. {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine}, and {Pi[a4]on}. {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug. {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch. {Stone plover}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European stone curlew. (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the genus {Esacus}; as, the large stone plover ({E. recurvirostris}). (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] (d) The ringed plover. (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to other species of limicoline birds. {Stone roller}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans}) of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive, often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger}, {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}. (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}. {Stone's cast}, [or] {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand. {Stone snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler. [Local, U.S.] {Stone toter}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) See {Stone roller} (a), above. (b) A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}. {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
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Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. [?], OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindoo}.] 1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies. 2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk. 3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.] {Indian} bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree ({Persea Indica}). {Indian bean} (Bot.), a name of the catalpa. {Indian berry}. (Bot.) Same as {Cocculus indicus}. {Indian bread}. (Bot.) Same as {Cassava}. {Indian club}, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for gymnastic exercise. {Indian cordage}, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut husk. {Indian corn} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Zea} ({Z. Mays}); the maize, a native of America. See {Corn}, and {Maize}. {Indian cress} (Bot.), nasturtium. See {Nasturtium}, 2. {Indian cucumber} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Medeola} ({M. Virginica}), a common in woods in the United States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers. {Indian currant} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Symphoricarpus} ({S. vulgaris}), bearing small red berries. {Indian dye}, the puccoon. {Indian fig}. (Bot.) (a) The banyan. See {Banyan}. (b) The prickly pear. {Indian file}, single file; arrangement of persons in a row following one after another, the usual way among Indians of traversing woods, especially when on the war path. {Indian fire}, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter, and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light. {Indian grass} (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United States; wood grass. --Gray. {Indian hemp}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Apocynum} ({A. cannabinum}), having a milky juice, and a tough, fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in properties. (b) The variety of common hemp ({Cannabis Indica}), from which hasheesh is obtained. {Indian mallow} (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon Avicenn[91]}). See {Abutilon}. {Indian meal}, ground corn or maize. [U.S.] {Indian millet} (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It is called also {Guinea corn}. See {Durra}. {Indian ox} (Zo[94]l.), the zebu. {Indian paint}. See {Bloodroot}. {Indian paper}. See {India paper}, under {India}. {Indian physic} (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus {Gillenia} ({G. trifoliata}, and {G. stipulacea}), common in the United States, the roots of which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called also {American ipecac}, and {bowman's root}. --Gray. {Indian pink}. (Bot.) (a) The Cypress vine ({Ipom[d2]a Quamoclit}); -- so called in the West Indies. (b) See {China pink}, under {China}. {Indian pipe} (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying. {Indian plantain} (Bot.), a name given to several species of the genus {Cacalia}, tall herbs with composite white flowers, common through the United States in rich woods. --Gray. {Indian poke} (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white hellebore} ({Veratrum viride}). {Indian pudding}, a pudding of which the chief ingredients are Indian meal, milk, and molasses. {Indian purple}. (a) A dull purple color. (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and black. {Indian red}. (a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the Persian Gulf. Called also {Persian red}. (b) See {Almagra}. {Indian rice} (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See {Rice}. {Indian shot} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Canna} ({C. Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot. See {Canna}. {Indian summer}, in the United States, a period of warm and pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under {Summer}. {Indian tobacco} (Bot.), a species of {Lobelia}. See {Lobelia}. {Indian turnip} (Bot.), an American plant of the genus {Aris[91]ma}. {A. triphyllum} has a wrinkled farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a very acrid juice. See {Jack in the Pulpit}, and {Wake-robin}. {Indian wheat}, maize or Indian corn. {Indian yellow}. (a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but less pure than cadmium. (b) See {Euxanthin}.
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Bhang \Bhang\, n. [Per. bang; cf. Skr. bhang[be] hemp.] An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp ({Cannabis Indica}), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See {Hasheesh}.
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d8Cannabis \[d8]Can"na*bis\, n. [L., hemp. See {Canvas}.] (Bot.) A genus of a single species belonging to the order {Uricace[91]}; hemp. {Cannabis Indica}, the Indian hemp, a powerful narcotic, now considered a variety of the common hemp.
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Hasheesh \Hash"eesh\, Hashish \Hash"ish\, n. [Ar. hash[c6]sh.] A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp ({Cannabis saltiva}), of the variety Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic, and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect. See {Bhang}, and {Ganja}.
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Cannabin \Can"na*bin\, n. (Chem.) A poisonous resin extracted from hemp ({Cannabis sativa}, variety Indica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin.
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d8Charras \[d8]Char"ras\, n. The gum resin of the hemp plant ({Cannabis sativa}). Same as {Churrus}. --Balfour.
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Canopy \Can"o*py\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Canopes}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Canopying}.] To cover with, or as with, a canopy. [bd]A bank with ivy canopied.[b8] --Milton.
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Canopy \Can"opy\ (k[acr]n"[osl]p[ycr]), n.; pl. {Canopies} (-p[icr]z). [OE. canapie, F. canap[82] sofa, OF. conop[82]e, conopeu, conopieu, canopy, vail, pavilion (cf. It. canop[8a] canopy, sofa), LL. conopeum a bed with mosquito curtains, fr. Gr. kwnwpei^on, fr. kw`nwps gnat, kw`nos cone + 'w`ps face. See {Cone}, and {Optic}.] 1. A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor. [bd]Golden canopies and beds of state.[b8] --Dryden. 2. (Arch.) (a) An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc. (b) Also, a rooflike covering, supported on pillars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.
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Canvas \Can"vas\, a. Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth; as, a canvas tent.
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Canvas \Can"vas\, n. [OE. canvas, canevas, F. canevas, LL. canabacius hempen cloth, canvas, L. cannabis hemp, fr. G. [?]. See {Hemp}.] 1. A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc. By glimmering lanes and walls of canvas led. --Tennyson. 2. (a) A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work. (b) A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil. History . . . does not bring out clearly upon the canvas the details which were familiar. --J. H. Newman. 3. Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas. To suit his canvas to the roughness of the see. --Goldsmith. Light, rich as that which glows on the canvas of Claude. --Macaulay. 4. A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make. --Grabb.
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Canvasback \Can"vas*back`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A Species of duck ({Aythya vallisneria}), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back.
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Canvass \Can"vass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {canvassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Canvassing}.] [OF. Canabasser to examine curiously, to search or sift out; properly, to sift through canvas. See {Canvas}, n.] 1. To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote. I have made careful search on all hands, and canvassed the matter with all possible diligence. --Woodward. 2. To examine by discussion; to debate. An opinion that we are likely soon to canvass. --Sir W. Hamilton. 3. To go trough, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions.
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Canvass \Can"vass\, v. i. To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; -- commonly followed by for.
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Canvass \Can"vass\, n. 1. Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes. --Bacon. 2. Examination in the way of discussion or debate. 3. Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to obtain votes, subscribers, etc. No previous canvass was made for me. --Burke.
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Canvass \Can"vass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {canvassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Canvassing}.] [OF. Canabasser to examine curiously, to search or sift out; properly, to sift through canvas. See {Canvas}, n.] 1. To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote. I have made careful search on all hands, and canvassed the matter with all possible diligence. --Woodward. 2. To examine by discussion; to debate. An opinion that we are likely soon to canvass. --Sir W. Hamilton. 3. To go trough, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions.
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Canvasser \Can"vass*er\, n. One who canvasses.
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Canvass \Can"vass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {canvassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Canvassing}.] [OF. Canabasser to examine curiously, to search or sift out; properly, to sift through canvas. See {Canvas}, n.] 1. To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote. I have made careful search on all hands, and canvassed the matter with all possible diligence. --Woodward. 2. To examine by discussion; to debate. An opinion that we are likely soon to canvass. --Sir W. Hamilton. 3. To go trough, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions.
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{Ground furze} (Bot.), a low slightly thorny, leguminous shrub ({Ononis arvensis}) of Europe and Central Asia,; -- called also {rest-harrow}. {Ground game}, hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from winged game. {Ground hele} (Bot.), a perennial herb ({Veronica officinalis}) with small blue flowers, common in Europe and America, formerly thought to have curative properties. {Ground of the heavens} (Astron.), the surface of any part of the celestial sphere upon which the stars may be regarded as projected. {Ground hemlock} (Bot.), the yew ({Taxus baccata} var. Canadensisi) of eastern North America, distinguished from that of Europe by its low, straggling stems. {Ground hog}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The woodchuck or American marmot ({Arctomys monax}). See {Woodchuck}. (b) The aardvark. {Ground hold} (Naut.), ground tackle. [Obs.] --Spenser. {Ground ice}, ice formed at the bottom of a body of water before it forms on the surface. {Ground ivy}. (Bot.) A trailing plant; alehoof. See {Gill}. {Ground joist}, a joist for a basement or ground floor; a. sleeper. {Ground lark} (Zo[94]l.), the European pipit. See {Pipit}. {Ground laurel} (Bot.). See {Trailing arbutus}, under {Arbutus}. {Ground line} (Descriptive Geom.), the line of intersection of the horizontal and vertical planes of projection. {Ground liverwort} (Bot.), a flowerless plant with a broad flat forking thallus and the fruit raised on peduncled and radiated receptacles ({Marchantia polymorpha}). {Ground mail}, in Scotland, the fee paid for interment in a churchyard. {Ground mass} (Geol.), the fine-grained or glassy base of a rock, in which distinct crystals of its constituents are embedded. {Ground parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), one of several Australian parrakeets, of the genera {Callipsittacus} and {Geopsittacus}, which live mainly upon the ground. {Ground pearl} (Zo[94]l.), an insect of the family {Coccid[91]} ({Margarodes formicarum}), found in ants' nests in the Bahamas, and having a shelly covering. They are strung like beads, and made into necklaces by the natives. {Ground pig} (Zo[94]l.), a large, burrowing, African rodent ({Aulacodus Swinderianus}) about two feet long, allied to the porcupines but with harsh, bristly hair, and no spines; -- called also {ground rat}. {Ground pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of pigeons which live largely upon the ground, as the tooth-billed pigeon ({Didunculus strigirostris}), of the Samoan Islands, and the crowned pigeon, or goura. See {Goura}, and {Ground dove} (above). {Ground pine}. (Bot.) (a) A blue-flowered herb of the genus {Ajuga} ({A. Cham[91]pitys}), formerly included in the genus {Teucrium} or germander, and named from its resinous smell. --Sir J. Hill. (b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genus {Lycopodium} ({L. clavatum}); -- called also {club moss}. (c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in height, of the same genus ({L. dendroideum}) found in moist, dark woods in the northern part of the United States. --Gray. {Ground plan} (Arch.), a plan of the ground floor of any building, or of any floor, as distinguished from an elevation or perpendicular section. {Ground plane}, the horizontal plane of projection in perspective drawing. {Ground plate}. (a) (Arch.) One of the chief pieces of framing of a building; a timber laid horizontally on or near the ground to support the uprights; a ground sill or groundsel. (b) (Railroads) A bed plate for sleepers or ties; a mudsill. (c) (Teleg.) A metallic plate buried in the earth to conduct the electric current thereto. Connection to the pipes of a gas or water main is usual in cities. --Knight. {Ground plot}, the ground upon which any structure is erected; hence, any basis or foundation; also, a ground plan. {Ground plum} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Astragalus caryocarpus}) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Texas, and having a succulent plum-shaped pod. {Ground rat}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ground pig} (above). {Ground rent}, rent paid for the privilege of building on another man's land. {Ground robin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chewink}. {Ground room}, a room on the ground floor; a lower room. --Tatler. {Ground sea}, the West Indian name for a swell of the ocean, which occurs in calm weather and without obvious cause, breaking on the shore in heavy roaring billows; -- called also {rollers}, and in Jamaica, {the North sea}. {Ground sill}. See {Ground plate} (a) (above). {Ground snake} (Zo[94]l.), a small burrowing American snake ({Celuta am[d2]na}). It is salmon colored, and has a blunt tail. {Ground squirrel}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of numerous species of burrowing rodents of the genera {Tamias} and {Spermophilus}, having cheek pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied Western species. See {Chipmunk}, and {Gopher}. (b) Any species of the African genus {Xerus}, allied to {Tamias}. {Ground story}. Same as {Ground floor} (above). {Ground substance} (Anat.), the intercellular substance, or matrix, of tissues. {Ground swell}. (a) (Bot.) The plant groundsel. [Obs.] --Holland. (b) A broad, deep swell or undulation of the ocean, caused by a long continued gale, and felt even at a remote distance after the gale has ceased. {Ground table}. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth. {Ground tackle} (Naut.), the tackle necessary to secure a vessel at anchor. --Totten. {Ground thrush} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of bright-colored Oriental birds of the family {Pittid[91]}. See {Pitta}. {Ground tier}. (a) The lowest tier of water casks in a vessel's hold. --Totten. (b) The lowest line of articles of any kind stowed in a vessel's hold. (c) The lowest range of boxes in a theater. {Ground timbers} (Shipbuilding) the timbers which lie on the keel and are bolted to the keelson; floor timbers. --Knight. {Ground tit}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Ground wren} (below). {Ground wheel}, that wheel of a harvester, mowing machine, etc., which, rolling on the ground, drives the mechanism. {Ground wren} (Zo[94]l.), a small California bird ({Cham[91]a fasciata}) allied to the wrens and titmice. It inhabits the arid plains. Called also {ground tit}, and {wren tit}. {To bite the ground}, {To break ground}. See under {Bite}, {Break}. {To come to the ground}, {To fall to the ground}, to come to nothing; to fail; to miscarry. {To gain ground}. (a) To advance; to proceed forward in conflict; as, an army in battle gains ground. (b) To obtain an advantage; to have some success; as, the army gains ground on the enemy. (c) To gain credit; to become more prosperous or influential. {To get, [or] To gather}, {ground}, to gain ground. [R.] [bd]Evening mist . . . gathers ground fast.[b8] --Milton. There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground of them, but by bidding higher. --South. {To give ground}, to recede; to yield advantage. These nine . . . began to give me ground. --Shak. {To lose ground}, to retire; to retreat; to withdraw from the position taken; hence, to lose advantage; to lose credit or reputation; to decline. {To stand one's ground}, to stand firm; to resist attack or encroachment. --Atterbury. {To take the ground} to touch bottom or become stranded; -- said of a ship.
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Champagne \Cham*pagne"\, n. [F. See {Champaign}.] A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France. Note: Champagne properly includes several kinds not only of sparkling but of still wines; but in America the term is usually restricted to wines which effervesce.
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Champaign \Cham*paign"\, a. Flat; open; level. A wide, champaign country, filled with herds. --Addison.
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Champaign \Cham*paign"\, n. [OF. champaigne; same word as campagne.] A flat, open country. Fair champaign, with less rivers interveined. --Milton. Through Apline vale or champaign wide. --Wordsworth.
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Champignon \Cham*pi"gnon\, n. [F., a mushroom, ultimately fr. L. campus field. See {Camp}.] (Bot.) An edible species of mushroom ({Agaricus campestris}). {Fairy ring champignon}, the {Marasmius oreades}, which has a strong flavor but is edible.
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Swan \Swan\, n. [AS. swan; akin to D. zwaan, OHG. swan, G. schwan, Icel. svanr, Sw. svan, Dan. svane; and perhaps to E. sound something audible.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to {Cygnus}, {Olor}, and allied genera of the subfamily {Cygnin[91]}. They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death. Note: The European white, or mute, swan ({Cygnus gibbus}), which is most commonly domesticated, bends its neck in an S-shaped curve. The whistling, or trumpeting, swans of the genus {Olor} do not bend the neck in an S-shaped curve, and are noted for their loud and sonorous cry, due to complex convolutions of the windpipe. To this genus belong the European whooper, or whistling swan ({Olor cygnus}), the American whistling swan ({O. Columbianus}), and the trumpeter swan ({O. buccinator}). The Australian black swan ({Chenopis atrata}) is dull black with white on the wings, and has the bill carmine, crossed with a white band. It is a very graceful species and is often domesticated. The South American black-necked swan ({Sthenelides melancorypha}) is a very beautiful and graceful species, entirely white, except the head and neck, which are dark velvety seal-brown. Its bill has a double bright rose-colored knob. 2. Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon. 3. (Astron.) The constellation Cygnus. {Swan goose} (Zo[94]l.), a bird of India ({Cygnopsis cygnoides}) resembling both the swan and the goose. {Swan shot}, a large size of shot used in fowling.
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Chimney-piece \Chim"ney-piece`\, n. (Arch.) A decorative construction around the opening of a fireplace.
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Quinovic \Qui*no"vic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline acid obtained from some varieties of cinchona bark. [Written also {chinovic}, and {kinovic}.]
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Chymification \Chym`ifica"tion\, n. [Chyme + L. facere to make: cf. F. Chymification.] (Physiol.) The conversion of food into chyme by the digestive action of gastric juice.
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Elm \Elm\, n. [AS. elm; akin to D. olm, OHG. elm, G. ulme, Icel. almr, Dan. & Sw. alm, L. ulmus, and E. alder. Cf. {Old}.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus {Ulmus}, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is {Ulmus campestris}; the common American or white elm is {U. Americana}; the slippery or red elm, {U. fulva}. {Elm beetle} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of beetles (esp. {Galeruca calmariensis}), which feed on the leaves of the elm. {Elm borer} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of beetles of which the larv[91] bore into the wood or under the bark of the elm (esp. {Saperda tridentata}). {Elm butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the leaves of the elm (esp. {Vanessa antiopa} and {Grapta comma}). See {Comma butterfly}, under {Comma}. {Elm moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of moths of which the larv[91] destroy the leaves of the elm (esp. {Eugonia subsignaria}, called elm spanworm). {Elm sawfly} (Zo[94]l.), a large sawfly ({Cimbex Americana}). The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe, feeds on the leaves of the elm.
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Cinefaction \Cin`e*fac"tion\, n. [LL. cinefactio: L. cinis ashes + facere to make: cf. F. cin[82]faction.] Cineration; reduction to ashes. [Obs.]
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Comb-shaped \Comb"-shaped`\, a. (Bot.) Pectinate.
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Combust \Com*bust"\, a. [L. combustus, p. p. of comburere to burn up; com- + burere (only in comp.), of uncertain origin; cf. bustum fineral pyre, prurire to itch, pruna a live coal, Gr. pyrso`s firebrand, Skr. plush to burn.] 1. Burnt; consumed. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. (Astron.) So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun. [Obs.] Planets that are oft combust. --Milton.
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Combustibility \Combus`tibil"i*ty\, n. The quality of being combustible.
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Combustible \Combus"tible\, a. [Cf. F. combustible.] 1. Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable. Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter. --South. 2. Easily kindled or excited; quick; fiery; irascible. Arnold was a combustible character. --W. Irving.
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Combustible \Combus"tible\, n. A substance that may be set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn. All such combustibles as are cheap enough for common use go under the name of fuel. --Ure.
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Combustibleness \Combus"tible*ness\, n. Combustibility.
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Combustion \Com*bus"tion\ (?; 106), n. [L. combustio: cf. F. combustion.] 1. The state of burning. 2. (Chem.) The combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat. Combustion results in common cases from the mutual chemical action and reaction of the combustible and the oxygen of the atmosphere, whereby a new compound is formed. --Ure. {Supporter of combustion} (Chem.), a gas, as oxygen, the combination of which with a combustible, as coal, constitutes combustion. 3. Violent agitation; confusion; tumult. [Obs.] There [were] great combustions and divisions among the heads of the university. --Mede. But say from whence this new combustion springs. --Dryden.
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Combustion chamber \Com*bus"tion cham`ber\ (Mech.) (a) A space over, or in front of, a boiler furnace where the gases from the fire become more thoroughly mixed and burnt. (b) The clearance space in the cylinder of an internal combustion engine where the charge is compressed and ignited.
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Combustious \Com*bus"tious\, a. Inflammable. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Comma \Com"ma\, n. [L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. [?] clause, fr. [?] to cut off. Cf. {Capon}.] 1. A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed. 2. (Mus.) A small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners. {Comma bacillus} (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped like a comma, found in the intestines of patients suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having a special relation to the disease; -- called also {cholera bacillus}. {Comma butterfly} (Zo[94]l.), an American butterfly ({Grapta comma}), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings.
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Compact \Compact"\ (k[ocr]mp[acr]kt"), p. p. & a [L. compactus, p. p. of compingere to join or unite; com- + pangere to fasten, fix: cf. F. compacte. See {Pact}.] 1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. [Obs.] [bd]Compact with her that's gone.[b8] --Shak. A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together. --Peacham. 2. Composed or made; -- with of. [Poetic] A wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor. --Milton. 3. Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense. Glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies. --Sir I. Newton. 4. Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse. Syn: Firm; close; solid; dense; pithy; sententious.
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Compact \Com*pact"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compacting}.] 1. To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body. Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone. --Blackstone. 2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system. The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth. --Eph. iv. 16.
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Compact \Com"pact\, n. [L. compactum, fr. compacisci, p. p. compactus, to make an agreement with; com- + pacisci to make an agreement. See {Pact}.] An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract. The law of nations depends on mutual compacts, treaties, leagues, etc. --Blackstone. Wedlock is described as the indissoluble compact. --Macaulay. The federal constitution has been styled a compact between the States by which it was ratified. --Wharton. Syn: See {Covenant}.
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Compact \Com*pact"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compacting}.] 1. To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body. Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone. --Blackstone. 2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system. The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth. --Eph. iv. 16.
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Compacted \Com*pact"ed\, a. Compact; pressed close; concentrated; firmly united.
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Compactedly \Compact"edly\, adv. In a compact manner.
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Compactedness \Compact"edness\, n. A state of being compact.
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Compacter \Com*pact"er\, n. One who makes a compact.
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Compactible \Compact"ible\, a. That may be compacted.
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Compact \Com*pact"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compacting}.] 1. To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body. Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone. --Blackstone. 2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system. The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth. --Eph. iv. 16.
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Compaction \Com*pac"tion\, n. [L. compactio.] The act of making compact, or the state of being compact. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Compactly \Com*pact"ly\, adv. In a compact manner; with close union of parts; densely; tersely.
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Compactness \Com*pact"ness\, n. The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density.
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Compacture \Com*pac"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. compactura.] Close union or connection of parts; manner of joining; construction. [Obs.] [bd]With comely compass and compacture strong.[b8] --Spenser.
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Compaginate \Compag"inate\, v. t. [L. compaginare, compaginatum.] To unite or hold together; as, the side pieces compaginate the frame. [Obs.] --W. Montagu.
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Compagination \Compag`ina"tion\, n. [L. compaginatio.] Union of parts; structure. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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Compass \Com"pass\, n. [F. compas, fr. LL. compassus circle, prop., a stepping together; com- + passus pace, step. See {Pace}, {Pass}.] 1. A passing round; circuit; circuitous course. They fetched a compass of seven day's journey. --2 Kings iii. 9. This day I breathed first; time is come round, And where I did begin, there shall I end; My life is run his compass. --Shak. 2. An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall. 3. An inclosed space; an area; extent. Their wisdom . . . lies in a very narrow compass. --Addison.
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Compass \Com"pass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compassing}.] [F. compasser, LL. compassare.] 1. To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of. Ye shall compass the city seven times. --Josh. vi. 4. We the globe can compass soon. --Shak. 2. To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about. With terrors and with clamors compassed round. --Milton. Now all the blessings Of a glad father compass thee about. --Shak. Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round. --Luke xix. 43. 3. To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish. If I can check my erring love, I will: If not, to compass her I'll use my skill. --Shak. How can you hope to compass your designs? --Denham. 4. To curve; to bend into a circular form. [Obs. except in carpentry and shipbuilding.] --Shak. 5. (Law) To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot. Compassing and imagining the death of the king are synonymous terms; compassing signifying the purpose or design of the mind or will, and not, as in common speech, the carrying such design to effect. --Blackstone.
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Hole \Hole\, n. [OE. hol, hole, AS. hol, hole, cavern, from hol, a., hollow; akin to D. hol, OHG. hol, G. hohl, Dan. huul hollow, hul hole, Sw. h[86]l, Icel. hola; prob. from the root of AS. helan to conceal. See {Hele}, {Hell}, and cf. {Hold} of a ship.] 1. A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure. The holes where eyes should be. --Shak. The blind walls Were full of chinks and holes. --Tennyson. The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid. --2 Kings xii. 9. 2. An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation. --Dryden. The foxes have holes, . . . but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. --Luke ix. 58. Syn: Hollow; concavity; aperture; rent; fissure; crevice; orifice; interstice; perforation; excavation; pit; cave; den; cell. {Hole and corner}, clandestine, underhand. [Colloq.] [bd]The wretched trickery of hole and corner buffery.[b8] --Dickens. {Hole board} (Fancy Weaving), a board having holes through which cords pass which lift certain warp threads; -- called also {compass board}.
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4. Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination. The compass of his argument. --Wordsworth. 5. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within. In two hundred years before (I speak within compass), no such commission had been executed. --Sir J. Davies. 6. (Mus.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument. You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass. --Shak. 7. An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction. He that first discovered the use of the compass did more for the supplying and increase of useful commodities than those who built workhouses. --Locke. 8. A pair of compasses. [R.] See {Compasses.}. To fix one foot of their compass wherever they please. --Swift. 9. A circle; a continent. [Obs.] The tryne compas [the threefold world containing earth, sea, and heaven. --Skeat.] --Chaucer. {Azimuth compass}. See under {Azimuth}. {Beam compass}. See under {Beam}. {Compass card}, the circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs. {Compass dial}, a small pocket compass fitted with a sundial to tell the hour of the day. {Compass plane} (Carp.), a plane, convex in the direction of its length on the under side, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork. {Compass plant}, {Compass flower} (Bot.), a plant of the American prairies ({Silphium laciniatum}), not unlike a small sunflower; rosinweed. Its lower and root leaves are vertical, and on the prairies are disposed to present their edges north and south. Its leaves are turned to the north as true as the magnet: This is the compass flower. --Longefellow. {Compass saw}, a saw with a narrow blade, which will cut in a curve; -- called also {fret saw} and {keyhole saw}. {Compass timber} (Shipbuilding), curved or crooked timber. {Compass window} (Arch.), a circular bay window or oriel window. {Mariner's compass}, a kind of compass used in navigation. It has two or more magnetic needles permanently attached to a card, which moves freely upon a pivot, and is read with reference to a mark on the box representing the ship's head. The card is divided into thirty-two points, called also rhumbs, and the glass-covered box or bowl containing it is suspended in gimbals within the binnacle, in order to preserve its horizontal position. {Surveyor's compass}, an instrument used in surveying for measuring horizontal angles. See {Circumferentor}. {Variation compass}, a compass of delicate construction, used in observations on the variations of the needle. {To fetch a compass}, to make a circuit.
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4. Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination. The compass of his argument. --Wordsworth. 5. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within. In two hundred years before (I speak within compass), no such commission had been executed. --Sir J. Davies. 6. (Mus.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument. You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass. --Shak. 7. An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction. He that first discovered the use of the compass did more for the supplying and increase of useful commodities than those who built workhouses. --Locke. 8. A pair of compasses. [R.] See {Compasses.}. To fix one foot of their compass wherever they please. --Swift. 9. A circle; a continent. [Obs.] The tryne compas [the threefold world containing earth, sea, and heaven. --Skeat.] --Chaucer. {Azimuth compass}. See under {Azimuth}. {Beam compass}. See under {Beam}. {Compass card}, the circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs. {Compass dial}, a small pocket compass fitted with a sundial to tell the hour of the day. {Compass plane} (Carp.), a plane, convex in the direction of its length on the under side, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork. {Compass plant}, {Compass flower} (Bot.), a plant of the American prairies ({Silphium laciniatum}), not unlike a small sunflower; rosinweed. Its lower and root leaves are vertical, and on the prairies are disposed to present their edges north and south. Its leaves are turned to the north as true as the magnet: This is the compass flower. --Longefellow. {Compass saw}, a saw with a narrow blade, which will cut in a curve; -- called also {fret saw} and {keyhole saw}. {Compass timber} (Shipbuilding), curved or crooked timber. {Compass window} (Arch.), a circular bay window or oriel window. {Mariner's compass}, a kind of compass used in navigation. It has two or more magnetic needles permanently attached to a card, which moves freely upon a pivot, and is read with reference to a mark on the box representing the ship's head. The card is divided into thirty-two points, called also rhumbs, and the glass-covered box or bowl containing it is suspended in gimbals within the binnacle, in order to preserve its horizontal position. {Surveyor's compass}, an instrument used in surveying for measuring horizontal angles. See {Circumferentor}. {Variation compass}, a compass of delicate construction, used in observations on the variations of the needle. {To fetch a compass}, to make a circuit.
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4. Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination. The compass of his argument. --Wordsworth. 5. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within. In two hundred years before (I speak within compass), no such commission had been executed. --Sir J. Davies. 6. (Mus.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument. You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass. --Shak. 7. An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction. He that first discovered the use of the compass did more for the supplying and increase of useful commodities than those who built workhouses. --Locke. 8. A pair of compasses. [R.] See {Compasses.}. To fix one foot of their compass wherever they please. --Swift. 9. A circle; a continent. [Obs.] The tryne compas [the threefold world containing earth, sea, and heaven. --Skeat.] --Chaucer. {Azimuth compass}. See under {Azimuth}. {Beam compass}. See under {Beam}. {Compass card}, the circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs. {Compass dial}, a small pocket compass fitted with a sundial to tell the hour of the day. {Compass plane} (Carp.), a plane, convex in the direction of its length on the under side, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork. {Compass plant}, {Compass flower} (Bot.), a plant of the American prairies ({Silphium laciniatum}), not unlike a small sunflower; rosinweed. Its lower and root leaves are vertical, and on the prairies are disposed to present their edges north and south. Its leaves are turned to the north as true as the magnet: This is the compass flower. --Longefellow. {Compass saw}, a saw with a narrow blade, which will cut in a curve; -- called also {fret saw} and {keyhole saw}. {Compass timber} (Shipbuilding), curved or crooked timber. {Compass window} (Arch.), a circular bay window or oriel window. {Mariner's compass}, a kind of compass used in navigation. It has two or more magnetic needles permanently attached to a card, which moves freely upon a pivot, and is read with reference to a mark on the box representing the ship's head. The card is divided into thirty-two points, called also rhumbs, and the glass-covered box or bowl containing it is suspended in gimbals within the binnacle, in order to preserve its horizontal position. {Surveyor's compass}, an instrument used in surveying for measuring horizontal angles. See {Circumferentor}. {Variation compass}, a compass of delicate construction, used in observations on the variations of the needle. {To fetch a compass}, to make a circuit.
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4. Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination. The compass of his argument. --Wordsworth. 5. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within. In two hundred years before (I speak within compass), no such commission had been executed. --Sir J. Davies. 6. (Mus.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument. You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass. --Shak. 7. An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction. He that first discovered the use of the compass did more for the supplying and increase of useful commodities than those who built workhouses. --Locke. 8. A pair of compasses. [R.] See {Compasses.}. To fix one foot of their compass wherever they please. --Swift. 9. A circle; a continent. [Obs.] The tryne compas [the threefold world containing earth, sea, and heaven. --Skeat.] --Chaucer. {Azimuth compass}. See under {Azimuth}. {Beam compass}. See under {Beam}. {Compass card}, the circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs. {Compass dial}, a small pocket compass fitted with a sundial to tell the hour of the day. {Compass plane} (Carp.), a plane, convex in the direction of its length on the under side, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork. {Compass plant}, {Compass flower} (Bot.), a plant of the American prairies ({Silphium laciniatum}), not unlike a small sunflower; rosinweed. Its lower and root leaves are vertical, and on the prairies are disposed to present their edges north and south. Its leaves are turned to the north as true as the magnet: This is the compass flower. --Longefellow. {Compass saw}, a saw with a narrow blade, which will cut in a curve; -- called also {fret saw} and {keyhole saw}. {Compass timber} (Shipbuilding), curved or crooked timber. {Compass window} (Arch.), a circular bay window or oriel window. {Mariner's compass}, a kind of compass used in navigation. It has two or more magnetic needles permanently attached to a card, which moves freely upon a pivot, and is read with reference to a mark on the box representing the ship's head. The card is divided into thirty-two points, called also rhumbs, and the glass-covered box or bowl containing it is suspended in gimbals within the binnacle, in order to preserve its horizontal position. {Surveyor's compass}, an instrument used in surveying for measuring horizontal angles. See {Circumferentor}. {Variation compass}, a compass of delicate construction, used in observations on the variations of the needle. {To fetch a compass}, to make a circuit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
4. Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination. The compass of his argument. --Wordsworth. 5. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within. In two hundred years before (I speak within compass), no such commission had been executed. --Sir J. Davies. 6. (Mus.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument. You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass. --Shak. 7. An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction. He that first discovered the use of the compass did more for the supplying and increase of useful commodities than those who built workhouses. --Locke. 8. A pair of compasses. [R.] See {Compasses.}. To fix one foot of their compass wherever they please. --Swift. 9. A circle; a continent. [Obs.] The tryne compas [the threefold world containing earth, sea, and heaven. --Skeat.] --Chaucer. {Azimuth compass}. See under {Azimuth}. {Beam compass}. See under {Beam}. {Compass card}, the circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs. {Compass dial}, a small pocket compass fitted with a sundial to tell the hour of the day. {Compass plane} (Carp.), a plane, convex in the direction of its length on the under side, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork. {Compass plant}, {Compass flower} (Bot.), a plant of the American prairies ({Silphium laciniatum}), not unlike a small sunflower; rosinweed. Its lower and root leaves are vertical, and on the prairies are disposed to present their edges north and south. Its leaves are turned to the north as true as the magnet: This is the compass flower. --Longefellow. {Compass saw}, a saw with a narrow blade, which will cut in a curve; -- called also {fret saw} and {keyhole saw}. {Compass timber} (Shipbuilding), curved or crooked timber. {Compass window} (Arch.), a circular bay window or oriel window. {Mariner's compass}, a kind of compass used in navigation. It has two or more magnetic needles permanently attached to a card, which moves freely upon a pivot, and is read with reference to a mark on the box representing the ship's head. The card is divided into thirty-two points, called also rhumbs, and the glass-covered box or bowl containing it is suspended in gimbals within the binnacle, in order to preserve its horizontal position. {Surveyor's compass}, an instrument used in surveying for measuring horizontal angles. See {Circumferentor}. {Variation compass}, a compass of delicate construction, used in observations on the variations of the needle. {To fetch a compass}, to make a circuit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
4. Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination. The compass of his argument. --Wordsworth. 5. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within. In two hundred years before (I speak within compass), no such commission had been executed. --Sir J. Davies. 6. (Mus.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument. You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass. --Shak. 7. An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction. He that first discovered the use of the compass did more for the supplying and increase of useful commodities than those who built workhouses. --Locke. 8. A pair of compasses. [R.] See {Compasses.}. To fix one foot of their compass wherever they please. --Swift. 9. A circle; a continent. [Obs.] The tryne compas [the threefold world containing earth, sea, and heaven. --Skeat.] --Chaucer. {Azimuth compass}. See under {Azimuth}. {Beam compass}. See under {Beam}. {Compass card}, the circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs. {Compass dial}, a small pocket compass fitted with a sundial to tell the hour of the day. {Compass plane} (Carp.), a plane, convex in the direction of its length on the under side, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork. {Compass plant}, {Compass flower} (Bot.), a plant of the American prairies ({Silphium laciniatum}), not unlike a small sunflower; rosinweed. Its lower and root leaves are vertical, and on the prairies are disposed to present their edges north and south. Its leaves are turned to the north as true as the magnet: This is the compass flower. --Longefellow. {Compass saw}, a saw with a narrow blade, which will cut in a curve; -- called also {fret saw} and {keyhole saw}. {Compass timber} (Shipbuilding), curved or crooked timber. {Compass window} (Arch.), a circular bay window or oriel window. {Mariner's compass}, a kind of compass used in navigation. It has two or more magnetic needles permanently attached to a card, which moves freely upon a pivot, and is read with reference to a mark on the box representing the ship's head. The card is divided into thirty-two points, called also rhumbs, and the glass-covered box or bowl containing it is suspended in gimbals within the binnacle, in order to preserve its horizontal position. {Surveyor's compass}, an instrument used in surveying for measuring horizontal angles. See {Circumferentor}. {Variation compass}, a compass of delicate construction, used in observations on the variations of the needle. {To fetch a compass}, to make a circuit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
4. Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination. The compass of his argument. --Wordsworth. 5. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within. In two hundred years before (I speak within compass), no such commission had been executed. --Sir J. Davies. 6. (Mus.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument. You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass. --Shak. 7. An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction. He that first discovered the use of the compass did more for the supplying and increase of useful commodities than those who built workhouses. --Locke. 8. A pair of compasses. [R.] See {Compasses.}. To fix one foot of their compass wherever they please. --Swift. 9. A circle; a continent. [Obs.] The tryne compas [the threefold world containing earth, sea, and heaven. --Skeat.] --Chaucer. {Azimuth compass}. See under {Azimuth}. {Beam compass}. See under {Beam}. {Compass card}, the circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs. {Compass dial}, a small pocket compass fitted with a sundial to tell the hour of the day. {Compass plane} (Carp.), a plane, convex in the direction of its length on the under side, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork. {Compass plant}, {Compass flower} (Bot.), a plant of the American prairies ({Silphium laciniatum}), not unlike a small sunflower; rosinweed. Its lower and root leaves are vertical, and on the prairies are disposed to present their edges north and south. Its leaves are turned to the north as true as the magnet: This is the compass flower. --Longefellow. {Compass saw}, a saw with a narrow blade, which will cut in a curve; -- called also {fret saw} and {keyhole saw}. {Compass timber} (Shipbuilding), curved or crooked timber. {Compass window} (Arch.), a circular bay window or oriel window. {Mariner's compass}, a kind of compass used in navigation. It has two or more magnetic needles permanently attached to a card, which moves freely upon a pivot, and is read with reference to a mark on the box representing the ship's head. The card is divided into thirty-two points, called also rhumbs, and the glass-covered box or bowl containing it is suspended in gimbals within the binnacle, in order to preserve its horizontal position. {Surveyor's compass}, an instrument used in surveying for measuring horizontal angles. See {Circumferentor}. {Variation compass}, a compass of delicate construction, used in observations on the variations of the needle. {To fetch a compass}, to make a circuit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
4. Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination. The compass of his argument. --Wordsworth. 5. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within. In two hundred years before (I speak within compass), no such commission had been executed. --Sir J. Davies. 6. (Mus.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument. You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass. --Shak. 7. An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction. He that first discovered the use of the compass did more for the supplying and increase of useful commodities than those who built workhouses. --Locke. 8. A pair of compasses. [R.] See {Compasses.}. To fix one foot of their compass wherever they please. --Swift. 9. A circle; a continent. [Obs.] The tryne compas [the threefold world containing earth, sea, and heaven. --Skeat.] --Chaucer. {Azimuth compass}. See under {Azimuth}. {Beam compass}. See under {Beam}. {Compass card}, the circular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs. {Compass dial}, a small pocket compass fitted with a sundial to tell the hour of the day. {Compass plane} (Carp.), a plane, convex in the direction of its length on the under side, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork. {Compass plant}, {Compass flower} (Bot.), a plant of the American prairies ({Silphium laciniatum}), not unlike a small sunflower; rosinweed. Its lower and root leaves are vertical, and on the prairies are disposed to present their edges north and south. Its leaves are turned to the north as true as the magnet: This is the compass flower. --Longefellow. {Compass saw}, a saw with a narrow blade, which will cut in a curve; -- called also {fret saw} and {keyhole saw}. {Compass timber} (Shipbuilding), curved or crooked timber. {Compass window} (Arch.), a circular bay window or oriel window. {Mariner's compass}, a kind of compass used in navigation. It has two or more magnetic needles permanently attached to a card, which moves freely upon a pivot, and is read with reference to a mark on the box representing the ship's head. The card is divided into thirty-two points, called also rhumbs, and the glass-covered box or bowl containing it is suspended in gimbals within the binnacle, in order to preserve its horizontal position. {Surveyor's compass}, an instrument used in surveying for measuring horizontal angles. See {Circumferentor}. {Variation compass}, a compass of delicate construction, used in observations on the variations of the needle. {To fetch a compass}, to make a circuit.
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Compassable \Com"passable\, a. Capable of being compassed or accomplished. --Burke.
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Compassed \Com"passed\, a. Rounded; arched. [Obs.] She came . . . into the compassed window. --Shak.
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Compass \Com"pass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compassing}.] [F. compasser, LL. compassare.] 1. To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of. Ye shall compass the city seven times. --Josh. vi. 4. We the globe can compass soon. --Shak. 2. To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about. With terrors and with clamors compassed round. --Milton. Now all the blessings Of a glad father compass thee about. --Shak. Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round. --Luke xix. 43. 3. To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish. If I can check my erring love, I will: If not, to compass her I'll use my skill. --Shak. How can you hope to compass your designs? --Denham. 4. To curve; to bend into a circular form. [Obs. except in carpentry and shipbuilding.] --Shak. 5. (Law) To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot. Compassing and imagining the death of the king are synonymous terms; compassing signifying the purpose or design of the mind or will, and not, as in common speech, the carrying such design to effect. --Blackstone.
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Compasses \Com"pass*es\, n., pl. An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move. Note: The compasses for drawing circles have adjustable pen points, pencil points, etc.; those used for measuring without adjustable points are generally called dividers. See {Dividers}. {Bow compasses}. See {Bow-compass}. {Caliber compasses}, {Caliper compasses}. See {Calipers}. {Proportional}, {Triangular}, etc., {compasses}. See under {Proportional}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Compasses \Com"pass*es\, n., pl. An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move. Note: The compasses for drawing circles have adjustable pen points, pencil points, etc.; those used for measuring without adjustable points are generally called dividers. See {Dividers}. {Bow compasses}. See {Bow-compass}. {Caliber compasses}, {Caliper compasses}. See {Calipers}. {Proportional}, {Triangular}, etc., {compasses}. See under {Proportional}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Compass \Com"pass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compassed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compassing}.] [F. compasser, LL. compassare.] 1. To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of. Ye shall compass the city seven times. --Josh. vi. 4. We the globe can compass soon. --Shak. 2. To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about. With terrors and with clamors compassed round. --Milton. Now all the blessings Of a glad father compass thee about. --Shak. Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round. --Luke xix. 43. 3. To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish. If I can check my erring love, I will: If not, to compass her I'll use my skill. --Shak. How can you hope to compass your designs? --Denham. 4. To curve; to bend into a circular form. [Obs. except in carpentry and shipbuilding.] --Shak. 5. (Law) To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot. Compassing and imagining the death of the king are synonymous terms; compassing signifying the purpose or design of the mind or will, and not, as in common speech, the carrying such design to effect. --Blackstone.
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Compassing \Com"pass*ing\, a. (Shipbuilding) Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers.
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Compassion \Com*pas"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. compassio, fr. compati to have compassion; com- + pati to bear, suffer. See {Patient}.] Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration. Womanly ingenuity set to work by womanly compassion. --Macaulay. Syn: Pity; sympathy; commiseration; fellow-feeling; mercy; condolence. See {Pity}.
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Compassion \Com*pas"sion\, v. t. To pity. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Compassionable \Compas"siona*ble\, a. Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable. [R.] --Barrow.
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Compassionate \Compas"sionate\, a. 1. Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful. There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate. --South. 2. Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable. [R.] --Shak. Syn: Sympathizing; tender; merciful; pitiful.
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Compassionate \Compas"sionate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compassionated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compassionating}.] To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with. Compassionates my pains, and pities me. --Addison.
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Compassionate \Compas"sionate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compassionated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compassionating}.] To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with. Compassionates my pains, and pities me. --Addison.
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Compassionately \Compas"sionate*ly\, adv. In a compassionate manner; mercifully. --Clarendon.
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Compassionateness \Compas"sionate*ness\, n. The quality or state of being compassionate.
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Compassionate \Compas"sionate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compassionated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Compassionating}.] To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with. Compassionates my pains, and pities me. --Addison.
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Compassless \Com"pass*less\, a. Having no compass. --Knowles.
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Compesce \Com*pesce"\, v. t. [L. compescere.] To hold in check; to restrain. [R.] --Carlyle.
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Compose \Com*pose"\, v. i. To come to terms. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Compose \Com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Composed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Composing}.] [F. composer; com- + poser to place. The sense is that of L. componere, but the origin is different. See {Pose}, v. t.] 1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection. --Bp. Sprat. 2. To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute. Their borrowed gold composed The calf in Oreb. --Milton. A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions. --I. Watts. 3. To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture. Let me compose Something in verse as well as prose. --Pope. The genius that composed such works as the [bd]Standard[b8] and [bd]Last Supper[b8]. --B. R. Haydon. 4. To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate. In a peaceful grave my corpse compose. --Dryden. How in safety best we may Compose our present evils. --Milton. 5. To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet. Compose thy mind; Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed. --Dryden. 6. (Print.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
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Composed \Composed"\, a. Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self-possessed. The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate, Composed his posture, and his look sedate. --Pope. -- {Compos"edly}, adv. -- {Compos"ed*ness}, n.
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Compose \Com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Composed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Composing}.] [F. composer; com- + poser to place. The sense is that of L. componere, but the origin is different. See {Pose}, v. t.] 1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection. --Bp. Sprat. 2. To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute. Their borrowed gold composed The calf in Oreb. --Milton. A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions. --I. Watts. 3. To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture. Let me compose Something in verse as well as prose. --Pope. The genius that composed such works as the [bd]Standard[b8] and [bd]Last Supper[b8]. --B. R. Haydon. 4. To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate. In a peaceful grave my corpse compose. --Dryden. How in safety best we may Compose our present evils. --Milton. 5. To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet. Compose thy mind; Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed. --Dryden. 6. (Print.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
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Composed \Composed"\, a. Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self-possessed. The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate, Composed his posture, and his look sedate. --Pope. -- {Compos"edly}, adv. -- {Compos"ed*ness}, n.
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Composed \Composed"\, a. Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self-possessed. The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate, Composed his posture, and his look sedate. --Pope. -- {Compos"edly}, adv. -- {Compos"ed*ness}, n.
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Composer \Com*pos"er\, n. 1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music. If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer. --Addison. His [Mozart's] most brilliant and solid glory is founded upon his talents as a composer. --Moore (Encyc. of Mus.). 2. One who, or that which, quiets or calms; one who adjusts a difference. Sweet composers of the pensive soul. --Gay.
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Compose \Com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Composed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Composing}.] [F. composer; com- + poser to place. The sense is that of L. componere, but the origin is different. See {Pose}, v. t.] 1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion. Zeal ought to be composed of the highest degrees of all pious affection. --Bp. Sprat. 2. To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute. Their borrowed gold composed The calf in Oreb. --Milton. A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions. --I. Watts. 3. To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture. Let me compose Something in verse as well as prose. --Pope. The genius that composed such works as the [bd]Standard[b8] and [bd]Last Supper[b8]. --B. R. Haydon. 4. To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate. In a peaceful grave my corpse compose. --Dryden. How in safety best we may Compose our present evils. --Milton. 5. To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet. Compose thy mind; Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed. --Dryden. 6. (Print.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).
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Composing \Com*pos"ing\, a. 1. Tending to compose or soothe. 2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition. {Composing frame} (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type when in use. {Composing rule} (Print.), a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted; -- called also {setting rule}. {Composing stick} (Print.), an instrument usually of metal, which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Composing \Com*pos"ing\, a. 1. Tending to compose or soothe. 2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition. {Composing frame} (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type when in use. {Composing rule} (Print.), a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted; -- called also {setting rule}. {Composing stick} (Print.), an instrument usually of metal, which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Composing \Com*pos"ing\, a. 1. Tending to compose or soothe. 2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition. {Composing frame} (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type when in use. {Composing rule} (Print.), a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted; -- called also {setting rule}. {Composing stick} (Print.), an instrument usually of metal, which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Composing \Com*pos"ing\, a. 1. Tending to compose or soothe. 2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition. {Composing frame} (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type when in use. {Composing rule} (Print.), a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted; -- called also {setting rule}. {Composing stick} (Print.), an instrument usually of metal, which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
. {Composite} {photograph [or] portrait}, one made by a combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs. --F. Galton. {Composite sailing} (Naut.), a combination of parallel and great circle sailing. {Composite ship}, one with a wooden casing and iron frame.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Composite \Com*pos"ite\ (?; 277), n. That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Composite \Com*pos"ite\ (?; 277), a. [L. compositus made up of parts, p. p. of componere. See {Compound}, v. t., and cf. {Compost}.] 1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language. Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite. --Landor. 2. (Arch.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the {Roman} or the {Italic} order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See {Capital}.
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3. (Bot.) Belonging to the order {Composit[91]}; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion. {Composite carriage}, a railroad car having compartments of different classes. [Eng.] {Composite number} (Math.), one which can be divided exactly by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
3. (Bot.) Belonging to the order {Composit[91]}; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion. {Composite carriage}, a railroad car having compartments of different classes. [Eng.] {Composite number} (Math.), one which can be divided exactly by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
. {Composite} {photograph [or] portrait}, one made by a combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs. --F. Galton. {Composite sailing} (Naut.), a combination of parallel and great circle sailing. {Composite ship}, one with a wooden casing and iron frame.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
. {Composite} {photograph [or] portrait}, one made by a combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs. --F. Galton. {Composite sailing} (Naut.), a combination of parallel and great circle sailing. {Composite ship}, one with a wooden casing and iron frame.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Composition \Com`po*si"tion\, n. [F. composition, fr. L. compositio. See {Composite}.] 1. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses: (a) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music. [bd]The constant habit of elaborate composition.[b8] --Macaulay. (b) (Fine Arts) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below. (c) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc. (d) (Print.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing. 2. The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment. View them in composition with other things. --I. Watts. The elementary composition of bodies. --Whewell. 3. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition. A composition that looks . . . like marble. --Addison. 4. A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise. 5. Consistency; accord; congruity. [Obs.] There is no composition in these news That gives them credit. --Shak. 6. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement. Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be written. --Shak. 7. (Law) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment. Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. --Hallam. Cleared by composition with their creditors. --Blackstone. 8. Synthesis as opposed to analysis. The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. --Sir I. Newton. {Composition cloth}, a kind of cloth covered with a preparation making it waterproof. {Composition deed}, an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors. {Composition plane} (Crystallog.), the plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions. {Composition of forces} (Mech.), the finding of a single force (called the resultant) which shall be equal in effect to two or more given forces (called the components) when acting in given directions. --Herbert. {Composition metal}, an alloy resembling brass, which is sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; -- also called {Muntz metal} and {yellow metal}. {Composition of proportion} (Math.), an arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the first and second is to the second as the sum of the third and fourth to the fourth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Composition \Com`po*si"tion\, n. [F. composition, fr. L. compositio. See {Composite}.] 1. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses: (a) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music. [bd]The constant habit of elaborate composition.[b8] --Macaulay. (b) (Fine Arts) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below. (c) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc. (d) (Print.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing. 2. The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment. View them in composition with other things. --I. Watts. The elementary composition of bodies. --Whewell. 3. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition. A composition that looks . . . like marble. --Addison. 4. A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise. 5. Consistency; accord; congruity. [Obs.] There is no composition in these news That gives them credit. --Shak. 6. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement. Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be written. --Shak. 7. (Law) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment. Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. --Hallam. Cleared by composition with their creditors. --Blackstone. 8. Synthesis as opposed to analysis. The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. --Sir I. Newton. {Composition cloth}, a kind of cloth covered with a preparation making it waterproof. {Composition deed}, an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors. {Composition plane} (Crystallog.), the plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions. {Composition of forces} (Mech.), the finding of a single force (called the resultant) which shall be equal in effect to two or more given forces (called the components) when acting in given directions. --Herbert. {Composition metal}, an alloy resembling brass, which is sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; -- also called {Muntz metal} and {yellow metal}. {Composition of proportion} (Math.), an arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the first and second is to the second as the sum of the third and fourth to the fourth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Composition \Com`po*si"tion\, n. [F. composition, fr. L. compositio. See {Composite}.] 1. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses: (a) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music. [bd]The constant habit of elaborate composition.[b8] --Macaulay. (b) (Fine Arts) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below. (c) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc. (d) (Print.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing. 2. The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment. View them in composition with other things. --I. Watts. The elementary composition of bodies. --Whewell. 3. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition. A composition that looks . . . like marble. --Addison. 4. A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise. 5. Consistency; accord; congruity. [Obs.] There is no composition in these news That gives them credit. --Shak. 6. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement. Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be written. --Shak. 7. (Law) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment. Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. --Hallam. Cleared by composition with their creditors. --Blackstone. 8. Synthesis as opposed to analysis. The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. --Sir I. Newton. {Composition cloth}, a kind of cloth covered with a preparation making it waterproof. {Composition deed}, an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors. {Composition plane} (Crystallog.), the plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions. {Composition of forces} (Mech.), the finding of a single force (called the resultant) which shall be equal in effect to two or more given forces (called the components) when acting in given directions. --Herbert. {Composition metal}, an alloy resembling brass, which is sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; -- also called {Muntz metal} and {yellow metal}. {Composition of proportion} (Math.), an arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the first and second is to the second as the sum of the third and fourth to the fourth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Composition \Com`po*si"tion\, n. [F. composition, fr. L. compositio. See {Composite}.] 1. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses: (a) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music. [bd]The constant habit of elaborate composition.[b8] --Macaulay. (b) (Fine Arts) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below. (c) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc. (d) (Print.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing. 2. The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment. View them in composition with other things. --I. Watts. The elementary composition of bodies. --Whewell. 3. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition. A composition that looks . . . like marble. --Addison. 4. A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise. 5. Consistency; accord; congruity. [Obs.] There is no composition in these news That gives them credit. --Shak. 6. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement. Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be written. --Shak. 7. (Law) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment. Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. --Hallam. Cleared by composition with their creditors. --Blackstone. 8. Synthesis as opposed to analysis. The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. --Sir I. Newton. {Composition cloth}, a kind of cloth covered with a preparation making it waterproof. {Composition deed}, an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors. {Composition plane} (Crystallog.), the plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions. {Composition of forces} (Mech.), the finding of a single force (called the resultant) which shall be equal in effect to two or more given forces (called the components) when acting in given directions. --Herbert. {Composition metal}, an alloy resembling brass, which is sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; -- also called {Muntz metal} and {yellow metal}. {Composition of proportion} (Math.), an arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the first and second is to the second as the sum of the third and fourth to the fourth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Force \Force\, n. [F. force, LL. forcia, fortia, fr. L. fortis strong. See {Fort}, n.] 1. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term. He was, in the full force of the words, a good man. --Macaulay. 2. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion. Which now they hold by force, and not by right. --Shak. 3. Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; -- an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation. Is Lucius general of the forces? --Shak. 4. (Law) (a) Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or things; violence. (b) Validity; efficacy. --Burrill. 5. (Physics) Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to change, any physical relation between them, whether mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force; centrifugal force. {Animal force} (Physiol.), muscular force or energy. {Catabiotic force} [Gr. [?] down (intens.) + [?] life.] (Biol.), the influence exerted by living structures on adjoining cells, by which the latter are developed in harmony with the primary structures. {Centrifugal force}, {Centripetal force}, {Coercive force}, etc. See under {Centrifugal}, {Centripetal}, etc. {Composition of forces}, {Correlation of forces}, etc. See under {Composition}, {Correlation}, etc. {Force and arms} [trans. of L. vi et armis] (Law), an expression in old indictments, signifying violence. {In force}, [or] {Of force}, of unimpaired efficacy; valid; of full virtue; not suspended or reversed. [bd]A testament is of force after men are dead.[b8] --Heb. ix. 17. {Metabolic force} (Physiol.), the influence which causes and controls the metabolism of the body. {No force}, no matter of urgency or consequence; no account; hence, to do no force, to make no account of; not to heed. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Of force}, of necessity; unavoidably; imperatively. [bd]Good reasons must, of force, give place to better.[b8] --Shak. {Plastic force} (Physiol.), the force which presumably acts in the growth and repair of the tissues. {Vital force} (Physiol.), that force or power which is inherent in organization; that form of energy which is the cause of the vital phenomena of the body, as distinguished from the physical forces generally known. Syn: Strength; vigor; might; energy; stress; vehemence; violence; compulsion; coaction; constraint; coercion. Usage: {Force}, {Strength}. Strength looks rather to power as an inward capability or energy. Thus we speak of the strength of timber, bodily strength, mental strength, strength of emotion, etc. Force, on the other hand, looks more to the outward; as, the force of gravitation, force of circumstances, force of habit, etc. We do, indeed, speak of strength of will and force of will; but even here the former may lean toward the internal tenacity of purpose, and the latter toward the outward expression of it in action. But, though the two words do in a few cases touch thus closely on each other, there is, on the whole, a marked distinction in our use of force and strength. [bd]Force is the name given, in mechanical science, to whatever produces, or can produce, motion.[b8] --Nichol. Thy tears are of no force to mollify This flinty man. --Heywood. More huge in strength than wise in works he was. --Spenser. Adam and first matron Eve Had ended now their orisons, and found Strength added from above, new hope to spring Out of despair. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Composition \Com`po*si"tion\, n. [F. composition, fr. L. compositio. See {Composite}.] 1. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses: (a) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music. [bd]The constant habit of elaborate composition.[b8] --Macaulay. (b) (Fine Arts) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below. (c) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc. (d) (Print.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing. 2. The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment. View them in composition with other things. --I. Watts. The elementary composition of bodies. --Whewell. 3. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition. A composition that looks . . . like marble. --Addison. 4. A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise. 5. Consistency; accord; congruity. [Obs.] There is no composition in these news That gives them credit. --Shak. 6. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement. Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be written. --Shak. 7. (Law) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment. Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. --Hallam. Cleared by composition with their creditors. --Blackstone. 8. Synthesis as opposed to analysis. The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. --Sir I. Newton. {Composition cloth}, a kind of cloth covered with a preparation making it waterproof. {Composition deed}, an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors. {Composition plane} (Crystallog.), the plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions. {Composition of forces} (Mech.), the finding of a single force (called the resultant) which shall be equal in effect to two or more given forces (called the components) when acting in given directions. --Herbert. {Composition metal}, an alloy resembling brass, which is sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; -- also called {Muntz metal} and {yellow metal}. {Composition of proportion} (Math.), an arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the first and second is to the second as the sum of the third and fourth to the fourth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Composition \Com`po*si"tion\, n. [F. composition, fr. L. compositio. See {Composite}.] 1. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses: (a) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music. [bd]The constant habit of elaborate composition.[b8] --Macaulay. (b) (Fine Arts) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below. (c) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc. (d) (Print.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing. 2. The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment. View them in composition with other things. --I. Watts. The elementary composition of bodies. --Whewell. 3. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition. A composition that looks . . . like marble. --Addison. 4. A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise. 5. Consistency; accord; congruity. [Obs.] There is no composition in these news That gives them credit. --Shak. 6. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement. Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be written. --Shak. 7. (Law) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment. Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. --Hallam. Cleared by composition with their creditors. --Blackstone. 8. Synthesis as opposed to analysis. The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. --Sir I. Newton. {Composition cloth}, a kind of cloth covered with a preparation making it waterproof. {Composition deed}, an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors. {Composition plane} (Crystallog.), the plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions. {Composition of forces} (Mech.), the finding of a single force (called the resultant) which shall be equal in effect to two or more given forces (called the components) when acting in given directions. --Herbert. {Composition metal}, an alloy resembling brass, which is sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; -- also called {Muntz metal} and {yellow metal}. {Composition of proportion} (Math.), an arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the first and second is to the second as the sum of the third and fourth to the fourth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Composition \Com`po*si"tion\, n. [F. composition, fr. L. compositio. See {Composite}.] 1. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses: (a) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music. [bd]The constant habit of elaborate composition.[b8] --Macaulay. (b) (Fine Arts) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below. (c) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc. (d) (Print.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing. 2. The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment. View them in composition with other things. --I. Watts. The elementary composition of bodies. --Whewell. 3. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition. A composition that looks . . . like marble. --Addison. 4. A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise. 5. Consistency; accord; congruity. [Obs.] There is no composition in these news That gives them credit. --Shak. 6. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement. Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be written. --Shak. 7. (Law) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment. Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. --Hallam. Cleared by composition with their creditors. --Blackstone. 8. Synthesis as opposed to analysis. The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. --Sir I. Newton. {Composition cloth}, a kind of cloth covered with a preparation making it waterproof. {Composition deed}, an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors. {Composition plane} (Crystallog.), the plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions. {Composition of forces} (Mech.), the finding of a single force (called the resultant) which shall be equal in effect to two or more given forces (called the components) when acting in given directions. --Herbert. {Composition metal}, an alloy resembling brass, which is sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; -- also called {Muntz metal} and {yellow metal}. {Composition of proportion} (Math.), an arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the first and second is to the second as the sum of the third and fourth to the fourth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Compositive \Compos"itive\, a. [L. compositivus.] Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded. [R.]
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Compositor \Compos"itor\, n. [L., an arranger.] 1. One who composes or sets in order. 2. (Print.) One who sets type and arranges it for use.
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Compositous \Compos"itous\, a. (Bot.) Belonging to the {Composit[91]}; composite. [R.] --Darwin.
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Compos-mentis \Com"pos-men"tis\, n. One who is compos mentis. [Colloq.]
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Compossible \Compos"sible\, a. [Pref. com- + possible.] Able to exist with another thing; consistent. [R.] --Chillingworth.
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Compost \Com"post\, v. t. 1. To manure with compost. 2. To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Compost \Com"post\ (?; 277), n.[OF. compost, fr. L. compositus, p. p. See {Composite}.] 1. A mixture; a compound. [R.] A sad compost of more bitter than sweet. --Hammond. 2. (Agric.) A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap. And do not spread the compost on the weeds To make them ranker. --Shak.
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Composture \Com*pos"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. compositura, -postura, a joining.] Manure; compost. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Composure \Com*po"sure\, n. [From {Compose}.] 1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. [Obs.] Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching. --Evelyn. 2. Orderly adjustment; disposition. [Obs.] Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles. --Woodward. 3. Frame; make; temperament. [Obs.] His composure must be rare indeed Whom these things can not blemish. --Shak. 4. A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose. [bd]We seek peace and composure.[b8] --Milton. When the passions . . . are all silent, the mind enjoys its most perfect composure. --I. Watts. 5. A combination; a union; a bond. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Screw \Screw\ (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [82]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[umac]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut. Note: The screw, as a mechanical power, is a modification of the inclined plane, and may be regarded as a right-angled triangle wrapped round a cylinder, the hypotenuse of the marking the spiral thread of the screw, its base equaling the circumference of the cylinder, and its height the pitch of the thread. 2. Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also {wood screws}, and {screw nails}. See also {Screw bolt}, below. 3. Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See {Screw propeller}, below. 4. A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller. 5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard. --Thackeray. 6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges] 7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] --Mayhew. 8. An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance. --Ld. Lytton. 9. (Math.) A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th {Pitch}, 10 (b) ). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid body, which may always be made to consist of a rotation about an axis combined with a translation parallel to that axis. 10. (Zo[94]l.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw ({Caprella}). See {Sand screw}, under {Sand}. {Archimedes screw}, {Compound screw}, {Foot screw}, etc. See under {Archimedes}, {Compound}, {Foot}, etc. {A screw loose}, something out of order, so that work is not done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. --H. Martineau. {Endless, [or] perpetual, {screw}, a screw used to give motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a {worm}. {Lag screw}. See under {Lag}. {Micrometer screw}, a screw with fine threads, used for the measurement of very small spaces. {Right and left screw}, a screw having threads upon the opposite ends which wind in opposite directions. {Screw alley}. See {Shaft alley}, under {Shaft}. {Screw bean}. (Bot.) (a) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree ({Prosopis pubescens}) growing from Texas to California. It is used for fodder, and ground into meal by the Indians. (b) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties. {Screw bolt}, a bolt having a screw thread on its shank, in distinction from a {key bolt}. See 1st {Bolt}, 3. {Screw box}, a device, resembling a die, for cutting the thread on a wooden screw. {Screw dock}. See under {Dock}. {Screw engine}, a marine engine for driving a screw propeller. {Screw gear}. See {Spiral gear}, under {Spiral}. {Screw jack}. Same as {Jackscrew}. {Screw key}, a wrench for turning a screw or nut; a spanner wrench. {Screw machine}. (a) One of a series of machines employed in the manufacture of wood screws. (b) A machine tool resembling a lathe, having a number of cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work successively, for making screws and other turned pieces from metal rods. {Screw pine} (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus {Pandanus}, of which there are about fifty species, natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; -- named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like leaves. {Screw plate}, a device for cutting threads on small screws, consisting of a thin steel plate having a series of perforations with internal screws forming dies. {Screw press}, a press in which pressure is exerted by means of a screw. {Screw propeller}, a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel propelled by a screw. {Screw shell} (Zo[94]l.), a long, slender, spiral gastropod shell, especially of the genus Turritella and allied genera. See {Turritella}. {Screw steamer}, a steamship propelled by a screw. {Screw thread}, the spiral rib which forms a screw. {Screw stone} (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite. {Screw tree} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Helicteres}, consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs, with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled capsules; -- also called {twisted-horn}, and {twisty}. {Screw valve}, a stop valve which is opened or closed by a screw. {Screw worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of an American fly ({Compsomyia macellaria}), allied to the blowflies, which sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results. {Screw wrench}. (a) A wrench for turning a screw. (b) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a screw. {To put the} {screw, [or] screws}, {on}, to use pressure upon, as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce. {To put under the} {screw [or] screws}, to subject to pressure; to force. {Wood screw}, a metal screw with a sharp thread of coarse pitch, adapted to holding fast in wood. See Illust. of {Wood screw}, under {Wood}.
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Confect \Con"fect\, n. A comfit; a confection. [Obs.] At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway confects. --Harvey.
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Confect \Con*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confecting}.] [L. confectus, p. p. of conficere to prepare. See {Comfit}.] 1. To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. [Obs.] Saffron confected in Cilicia. --W. Browne. 2. To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [Obs.] Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps and tapers. --Sir T. Herbert. [My joys] are still confected with some fears. --Stirling.
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Confect \Con*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confecting}.] [L. confectus, p. p. of conficere to prepare. See {Comfit}.] 1. To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. [Obs.] Saffron confected in Cilicia. --W. Browne. 2. To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [Obs.] Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps and tapers. --Sir T. Herbert. [My joys] are still confected with some fears. --Stirling.
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Confect \Con*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confecting}.] [L. confectus, p. p. of conficere to prepare. See {Comfit}.] 1. To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. [Obs.] Saffron confected in Cilicia. --W. Browne. 2. To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [Obs.] Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps and tapers. --Sir T. Herbert. [My joys] are still confected with some fears. --Stirling.
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Confection \Con*fec"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. confectio.] 1. A composition of different materials. [Obs.] A new confection of mold. --Bacon. 2. A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat. Certain confections . . . are like to candied conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons. --Bacon. 3. A composition of drugs. --Shak. 4. (Med.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey. Note: The pharmacop[d2]ias formerly made a distinction between conserves (made of fresh vegetable substances and sugar) and electuaries (medicinal substances combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is now abandoned and all are called confections.
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Confectionary \Confec"tiona*ry\, n. [Cf. LL. confectionaris a pharmacist.] A confectioner. [Obs.] He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. --1 Sam. viii. 13.
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Confectionary \Confec"tiona*ry\, a. Prepared as a confection. The biscuit or confectionary plum. --Cowper.
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Confectioner \Confec"tioner\, n. 1. A compounder. [Obs.] Canidia Neapolitana was confectioner of unguents. --Haywood. 2. One whose occupation it is to make or sell confections, candies, etc.
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Confectioners' sugar \Confec"tioners' sug`ar\ A highly refined sugar in impalpable powder, esp. suited to confectioners' uses.
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Confectionery \Confec"tioner*y\, n. 1. Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a confectioner; confections; candies. 2. A place where candies, sweetmeats, and similar things are made or sold.
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Confectory \Confec"tory\, a. Pertaining to the art of making sweetmeats. [Obs.] --Beaumont.
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Confecture \Con*fec"ture\, n. Same as {Confiture}. [Obs.]
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Confess \Con*fess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confessing}.] [F. confesser, fr. L. confessus, p. p. of confiteri to confess; con- + fateri to confess; akin to fari to speak. See 2d {Ban}, {Fame}.] 1. To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt. And there confess Humbly our faults, and pardon beg. --Milton. I must confess I was most pleased with a beautiful prospect that none of them have mentioned. --Addison. 2. To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in. Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, him will I confess, also, before my Father which is in heaven. --Matt. x. 32. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both. --Acts xxiii. 8. 3. To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment. I never gave it him. Send for him hither, And let him confess a truth. --Shak. As I confess it needs must be. --Tennyson. As an actor confessed without rival to shine. --Goldsmith. 4. (Eccl.) (a) To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun. Our beautiful votary took an opportunity of confessing herself to this celebrated father. --Addison. (b) To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest. He . . . heard mass, and the prince, his son, with him, and the most part of his company were confessed. --Ld. Berners. 5. To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest. Tall thriving trees confessed the fruitful mold. --Pope. Syn: Admit; grant; concede; avow; own; assent; recognize; prove; exhibit; attest. Usage: {To Confess}, {Acknowledge}, {Avow}. Acknowledge is opposed to conceal. We acknowledge what we feel must or ought to be made known. (See {Acknowledge}.) Avow is opposed to withhold. We avow when we make an open and public declaration, as against obloquy or opposition; as, to avow one's principles; to avow one's participation in some act. Confess is opposed to deny. We confess (in the ordinary sense of the word) what we feel to have been wrong; as, to confess one's errors or faults. We sometimes use confess and acknowledge when there is no admission of our being in the wrong; as, this, I confess, is my opinion; I acknowledge I have always thought so; but in these cases we mean simply to imply that others may perhaps think us in the wrong, and hence we use the words by way of deference to their opinions. It was in this way that the early Christians were led to use the Latin confiteor and confessio fidei to denote the public declaration of their faith in Christianity; and hence the corresponding use in English of the verb confess and the noun confession.
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Confess \Con*fess"\, v. i. 1. To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience. Every tongue shall confess to God. --Rom. xiv. 11. 2. To acknowledge; to admit; to concede. But since (And I confess with right) you think me bound. --Tennyson.
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Confessant \Con*fess"ant\, n. [F. confessant.] One who confesses to a priest. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Confessary \Confess"ary\, n. [LL. confessarius.] One who makes a confession. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Confess \Con*fess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confessing}.] [F. confesser, fr. L. confessus, p. p. of confiteri to confess; con- + fateri to confess; akin to fari to speak. See 2d {Ban}, {Fame}.] 1. To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt. And there confess Humbly our faults, and pardon beg. --Milton. I must confess I was most pleased with a beautiful prospect that none of them have mentioned. --Addison. 2. To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in. Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, him will I confess, also, before my Father which is in heaven. --Matt. x. 32. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both. --Acts xxiii. 8. 3. To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment. I never gave it him. Send for him hither, And let him confess a truth. --Shak. As I confess it needs must be. --Tennyson. As an actor confessed without rival to shine. --Goldsmith. 4. (Eccl.) (a) To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun. Our beautiful votary took an opportunity of confessing herself to this celebrated father. --Addison. (b) To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest. He . . . heard mass, and the prince, his son, with him, and the most part of his company were confessed. --Ld. Berners. 5. To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest. Tall thriving trees confessed the fruitful mold. --Pope. Syn: Admit; grant; concede; avow; own; assent; recognize; prove; exhibit; attest. Usage: {To Confess}, {Acknowledge}, {Avow}. Acknowledge is opposed to conceal. We acknowledge what we feel must or ought to be made known. (See {Acknowledge}.) Avow is opposed to withhold. We avow when we make an open and public declaration, as against obloquy or opposition; as, to avow one's principles; to avow one's participation in some act. Confess is opposed to deny. We confess (in the ordinary sense of the word) what we feel to have been wrong; as, to confess one's errors or faults. We sometimes use confess and acknowledge when there is no admission of our being in the wrong; as, this, I confess, is my opinion; I acknowledge I have always thought so; but in these cases we mean simply to imply that others may perhaps think us in the wrong, and hence we use the words by way of deference to their opinions. It was in this way that the early Christians were led to use the Latin confiteor and confessio fidei to denote the public declaration of their faith in Christianity; and hence the corresponding use in English of the verb confess and the noun confession.
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Confessedly \Confess"edly\, adv. By confession; without denial. [Written also {confessly}.]
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Confesser \Con*fess"er\, n. One who makes a confession.
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Confess \Con*fess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confessing}.] [F. confesser, fr. L. confessus, p. p. of confiteri to confess; con- + fateri to confess; akin to fari to speak. See 2d {Ban}, {Fame}.] 1. To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt. And there confess Humbly our faults, and pardon beg. --Milton. I must confess I was most pleased with a beautiful prospect that none of them have mentioned. --Addison. 2. To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in. Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, him will I confess, also, before my Father which is in heaven. --Matt. x. 32. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both. --Acts xxiii. 8. 3. To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment. I never gave it him. Send for him hither, And let him confess a truth. --Shak. As I confess it needs must be. --Tennyson. As an actor confessed without rival to shine. --Goldsmith. 4. (Eccl.) (a) To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun. Our beautiful votary took an opportunity of confessing herself to this celebrated father. --Addison. (b) To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest. He . . . heard mass, and the prince, his son, with him, and the most part of his company were confessed. --Ld. Berners. 5. To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest. Tall thriving trees confessed the fruitful mold. --Pope. Syn: Admit; grant; concede; avow; own; assent; recognize; prove; exhibit; attest. Usage: {To Confess}, {Acknowledge}, {Avow}. Acknowledge is opposed to conceal. We acknowledge what we feel must or ought to be made known. (See {Acknowledge}.) Avow is opposed to withhold. We avow when we make an open and public declaration, as against obloquy or opposition; as, to avow one's principles; to avow one's participation in some act. Confess is opposed to deny. We confess (in the ordinary sense of the word) what we feel to have been wrong; as, to confess one's errors or faults. We sometimes use confess and acknowledge when there is no admission of our being in the wrong; as, this, I confess, is my opinion; I acknowledge I have always thought so; but in these cases we mean simply to imply that others may perhaps think us in the wrong, and hence we use the words by way of deference to their opinions. It was in this way that the early Christians were led to use the Latin confiteor and confessio fidei to denote the public declaration of their faith in Christianity; and hence the corresponding use in English of the verb confess and the noun confession.
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Confession \Con*fes"sion\, n. [F. confession, L. confessio.] 1. Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime. With a crafty madness keeps aloof, When we would bring him on to some confession Of his true state. --Shak. 2. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith. With the mouth confession is made unto salvation. --Rom. x. 10. 3. (Eccl.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution. Auricular confession . . . or the private and special confession of sins to a priest for the purpose of obtaining his absolution. --Hallam. 4. A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith. 5. (Law) An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applies; an extrajudical confession may be explained or rebutted. --Wharton. {Confession and avoidance} (Law), a mode of pleading in which the party confesses the facts as stated by his adversary, but alleges some new matter by way of avoiding the legal effect claimed for them. --Mozley & W. {Confession of faith}, a formulary containing the articles of faith; a creed. {General confession}, the confession of sins made by a number of persons in common, as in public prayer. {Westminster Confession}. See {Westminster Assembly}, under {Assembly}.
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Confession \Con*fes"sion\, n. [F. confession, L. confessio.] 1. Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime. With a crafty madness keeps aloof, When we would bring him on to some confession Of his true state. --Shak. 2. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith. With the mouth confession is made unto salvation. --Rom. x. 10. 3. (Eccl.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution. Auricular confession . . . or the private and special confession of sins to a priest for the purpose of obtaining his absolution. --Hallam. 4. A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith. 5. (Law) An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applies; an extrajudical confession may be explained or rebutted. --Wharton. {Confession and avoidance} (Law), a mode of pleading in which the party confesses the facts as stated by his adversary, but alleges some new matter by way of avoiding the legal effect claimed for them. --Mozley & W. {Confession of faith}, a formulary containing the articles of faith; a creed. {General confession}, the confession of sins made by a number of persons in common, as in public prayer. {Westminster Confession}. See {Westminster Assembly}, under {Assembly}.
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Faith \Faith\, n. [OE. feith, fayth, fay, OF. feid, feit, fei, F. foi, fr. L. fides; akin to fidere to trust, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?] to persuade. The ending th is perhaps due to the influence of such words as truth, health, wealth. See {Bid}, {Bide}, and cf. {Confide}, {Defy}, {Fealty}.] 1. Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on testimony. 2. The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth. Faith, that is, fidelity, -- the fealty of the finite will and understanding to the reason. --Coleridge. 3. (Theol.) (a) The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called historical and speculative faith. (b) The belief in the facts and truth of the Scriptures, with a practical love of them; especially, that confiding and affectionate belief in the person and work of Christ, which affects the character and life, and makes a man a true Christian, -- called a practical, evangelical, or saving faith. Without faith it is impossible to please him [God]. --Heb. xi. 6. The faith of the gospel is that emotion of the mind which is called [bd]trust[b8] or [bd]confidence[b8] exercised toward the moral character of God, and particularly of the Savior. --Dr. T. Dwight. Faith is an affectionate, practical confidence in the testimony of God. --J. Hawes. 4. That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; and especially, the system of truth taught by Christ; as, the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church. Which to believe of her, Must be a faith that reason without miracle Could never plant in me. --Shak. Now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. --Gal. i. 23. 5. Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty. Children in whom is no faith. --Deut. xxvii. 20. Whose failing, while her faith to me remains, I should conceal. --Milton. 6. Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith. For you alone I broke me faith with injured Palamon. --Dryden. 7. Credibility or truth. [R.] The faith of the foregoing narrative. --Mitford. {Act of faith}. See {Auto-da-f[82]}. {Breach of faith}, {Confession of faith}, etc. See under {Breach}, {Confession}, etc. {Faith cure}, a method or practice of treating diseases by prayer and the exercise of faith in God. {In good faith}, with perfect sincerity.
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Confession \Con*fes"sion\, n. [F. confession, L. confessio.] 1. Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime. With a crafty madness keeps aloof, When we would bring him on to some confession Of his true state. --Shak. 2. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith. With the mouth confession is made unto salvation. --Rom. x. 10. 3. (Eccl.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution. Auricular confession . . . or the private and special confession of sins to a priest for the purpose of obtaining his absolution. --Hallam. 4. A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith. 5. (Law) An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applies; an extrajudical confession may be explained or rebutted. --Wharton. {Confession and avoidance} (Law), a mode of pleading in which the party confesses the facts as stated by his adversary, but alleges some new matter by way of avoiding the legal effect claimed for them. --Mozley & W. {Confession of faith}, a formulary containing the articles of faith; a creed. {General confession}, the confession of sins made by a number of persons in common, as in public prayer. {Westminster Confession}. See {Westminster Assembly}, under {Assembly}.
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Confessional \Confes"sional\, n. [F. confessional.] The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others.
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Confessional \Confes"sional\, a. Pertaining to a confession of faith. {Confessional equality}, equality before the law of persons confessing different creeds.
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Equality \Equal"ity\, n.; pl. {Equalities}. [L. aequalitas, fr. aequalis equal. See {Equal}.] 1. The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights. A footing of equality with nobles. --Macaulay. 2. Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution. 3. Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface. 4. (Math.) Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. {Confessional equality}. See under {Confessional}.
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Confessional \Confes"sional\, a. Pertaining to a confession of faith. {Confessional equality}, equality before the law of persons confessing different creeds.
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Confessionalism \Confes"sional*ism\, n. (Eccl.) An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith. --Shaff.
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Confessionalist \Confes"sional*ist\, n. A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession. [R.] --Boucher
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Confessionary \Confes"siona*ry\, n. [LL. confessionarium.] A confessional. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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Confessionary \Confes"siona*ry\, a. Pertaining to auricular confession; as, a confessionary litany.
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Confessionist \Confes"sionist\, n. [Cf. F. confessioniste.] One professing a certain faith. --Bp. Montagu.
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Confessedly \Confess"edly\, adv. By confession; without denial. [Written also {confessly}.]
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Confessor \Con*fess"or\ (?; 277), n. [OF. confessor, F. confesseur, fr. L. & LL. confessor.] 1. One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith. He who dies for religion is a martyr; he who suffers for it is a confessor. --Latham. Our religion which hath been sealed with the blood of so many martyrs and confessors. --Bacon. 2. A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.
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Confessorship \Confess"orship\, n. The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith. Our duty to contend even to confessorship. --J. H. Newman.
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Confestly \Con*fest"ly\, adv. See {Cofessedly}.
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Configurate \Config"urate\, v. i. [L. configuratus, p. p. of configurare to form or after; con- + figurare to form, figura form. See {Figure}.] To take form or position, as the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern. Known by the name of uniformity; Where pyramids to pyramids relate And the whole fabric doth configurate. --Jordan.
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Configuration \Config`ura"tion\, n. [L. configuratio.] 1. Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing' shape; figure. It is the variety of configurations [of the mouth] . . . which gives birth and origin to the several vowels. --Harris. 2. (Astrol.) Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time. They [astrologers] undertook . . . to determine the course of a man's character and life from the configuration of the stars at the moment of his birth. --Whewell.
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Configure \Con*fig"ure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Configured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Configuring}.] [L. configurare: cf. F. configurer. See {Configurate}.] To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape. --Bentley.
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Configure \Con*fig"ure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Configured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Configuring}.] [L. configurare: cf. F. configurer. See {Configurate}.] To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape. --Bentley.
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Configure \Con*fig"ure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Configured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Configuring}.] [L. configurare: cf. F. configurer. See {Configurate}.] To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape. --Bentley.
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Confiscable \Confis"cable\, a. [Cf. F. confiscable.] Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.
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Confiscate \Con"fis*cate\ (? [or] [?]), a. [L. confiscatus, p. p. of confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- + fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See {Fiscal}.] Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited. Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. --Shak.
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Confiscate \Con"fis*cate\ (? [or] [?]; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confiscated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confiscating}.] To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use. It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized. --Bacon.
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Confiscate \Con"fis*cate\ (? [or] [?]; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confiscated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confiscating}.] To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use. It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized. --Bacon.
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Confiscate \Con"fis*cate\ (? [or] [?]; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confiscated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confiscating}.] To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use. It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized. --Bacon.
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Confiscation \Con`fis*ca"tion\, n. [L. confiscatio.] The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use. The confiscations following a subdued rebellion. --Hallam.
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Confiscator \Con"fis*ca`tor\, n. [L., a treasurer.] One who confiscates. --Burke.
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Confiscatory \Confis"cato*ry\, a. Effecting confiscation; characterized by confiscations. [bd]Confiscatory and exterminatory periods.[b8] --Burke.
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Confix \Con*fix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confixed}; p. pr. & vb. n. Confixing.] [L. confixus, p. p. of configere to fasten together.] To fix; to fasten. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Confix \Con*fix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confixed}; p. pr. & vb. n. Confixing.] [L. confixus, p. p. of configere to fasten together.] To fix; to fasten. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Confixure \Con*fix"ure\ (?; 135), n. Act of fastening. [Obs.]
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Confocal \Con*fo"cal\, a. (Math.) Having the same foci; as, confocal quadrics.
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Confucian \Con*fu"cian\, a. Of, or relating to, Confucius, the great Chinese philosopher and teacher. -- n. A Confucianist.
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Confucianism \Confu"cianism\, n. The political morality taught by Confucius and his disciples, which forms the basis of the Chinese jurisprudence and education. It can hardly be called a religion, as it does not inculcate the worship of any god. --S. W. Williams.
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Confucianist \Confu"cianist\, n. A follower of Confucius; a Confucian. --S. W. Williams.
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Confus \Con*fus\, a. [F. See {Confuse}, a.] Confused, disturbed. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Confusability \Confus`abil"i*ty\, n. Capability of being confused.
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Confusable \Confus"able\, a. Capable of being confused.
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Confuse \Con*fuse"\, a. [F. confus, L. confusus, p. p. of confundere. See {Confound}.] Mixed; confounded. [Obs.] --Baret.
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Confuse \Confuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confusing}.] 1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision. A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused. --Milton. 2. To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession. Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days. --Tennyson. Confused* and sadly she at length replied. --Pope. Syn: To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound; obscure; distract. See {Abash}.
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Confuse \Confuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confusing}.] 1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision. A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused. --Milton. 2. To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession. Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days. --Tennyson. Confused* and sadly she at length replied. --Pope. Syn: To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound; obscure; distract. See {Abash}.
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Confusedly \Confus"edly\, adv. In a confused manner.
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Confusedness \Confus"edness\, n. A state of confusion. --Norris.
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Confusely \Con*fuse"ly\, adv. Confusedly; obscurely. [Obs.]
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Confuse \Confuse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confusing}.] 1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one's vision. A universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confused. --Milton. 2. To perplex; to disconcert; to abash; to cause to lose self-possession. Nor thou with shadowed hint confuse A life that leads melodious days. --Tennyson. Confused* and sadly she at length replied. --Pope. Syn: To abash; disorder; disarrange; disconcert; confound; obscure; distract. See {Abash}.
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Confusion \Con*fu"sion\, n. [F. confusion, L. confusio.] 1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. --Whewell. Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc and confusion. --Shak. 2. The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame. Confusion dwelt in every face And fear in every heart. --Spectator. 3. Overthrow; defeat; ruin. Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, Confusion on thy banners wait. --Gray. 4. One who confuses; a confounder. [Obs.] --Chapmen. {Confusion of goods} (Law), the intermixture of the goods of two or more persons, so that their respective portions can no longer be distinguished. --Blackstone. --Bouvier.
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Confusion \Con*fu"sion\, n. [F. confusion, L. confusio.] 1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable. --Whewell. Moody beggars starving for a time Of pellmell havoc and confusion. --Shak. 2. The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame. Confusion dwelt in every face And fear in every heart. --Spectator. 3. Overthrow; defeat; ruin. Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, Confusion on thy banners wait. --Gray. 4. One who confuses; a confounder. [Obs.] --Chapmen. {Confusion of goods} (Law), the intermixture of the goods of two or more persons, so that their respective portions can no longer be distinguished. --Blackstone. --Bouvier.
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Confusive \Con*fu"sive\, a. Confusing; having a tendency to confusion. --Bp. Hall.
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Convection \Con*vec"tion\, n. [L. convectio, fr. convehere to bring together; con- + vehere to carry.] 1. The act or process of conveying or transmitting. 2. (Physics) A process of transfer or transmission, as of heat or electricity, by means of currents in liquids or gases, resulting from changes of temperature and other causes. Liquids are generally heated by convection -- when heat is applied from bellow. --Nichol.
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Convective \Con*vec"tive\, a. Caused or accomplished by convection; as, a convective discharge of electricity. --Faraday.
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Convectively \Convec"tively\, adv. In a convective manner. --Hare.
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Convex \Con"vex\, a. [L. convexus vaulted, arched, convex, concave, fr. convehere to bring together: cf. F. convexe. See {Vehicle}.] Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave. Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface. --Whewell. {Double convex}, convex on both sides; convexo-convex.
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Convex \Con"vex\, n. A convex body or surface. Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame. --Tickell. Note: This word was often pronounced con-vex' by early writers, as by Milton, and occasionally by later poets.
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Convexed \Con"vexed\ (? [or] ?), a. Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form. --Sir T. Browne.
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Convexedly \Convex"edly\, dv. In a convex form; convexly. --Sir T. Browne.
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Convexedness \Convex"edness\, n. Convexity.
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Convexity \Convex"ity\, n.; pl. {Convexities}. [L. convexitas: cf. F. convexit[82].] The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness. A smooth, uniform convexity and rotundity of a globe. --Bentley.
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Convexity \Convex"ity\, n.; pl. {Convexities}. [L. convexitas: cf. F. convexit[82].] The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness. A smooth, uniform convexity and rotundity of a globe. --Bentley.
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Convexly \Con"vex*ly\, adv. In a convex form; as, a body convexly shaped.
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Convexness \Con"vex*ness\, n. The state of being convex; convexity.
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Convexo-concave \Con*vex"o-con"cave\ (?[or] ?), a. Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves of the convex and concave sides may be alike or may be different. See {Meniscus}.
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Convexo-convex \Con*vex"o-con"vex\, a. Convex on both sides; double convex. See under {Convex}, a.
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Convexo-plane \Con*vex"o-plane`\, a. Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano-convex.
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Conviciate \Convi"ciate\, v. i. [L. conviciatus, p. p. of conviciari to revile, fr. convicium loud reproach.] To utter reproaches; to raise a clamor; to rail. [Obs.] To conviciate instead of accusing. --Laud.
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Convicinity \Con`vicin"ity\, n.; pl. {Convicinities}. Immediate vicinity; neighborhood. The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes. --T. Warton.
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Convicinity \Con`vicin"ity\, n.; pl. {Convicinities}. Immediate vicinity; neighborhood. The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes. --T. Warton.
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Convicious \Con*vi"cious\, a. Expressing reproach; abusive; railing; taunting. [Obs.] [bd]Convicious words.[b8] --Queen Elizabeth (1559).
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Convict \Con*vict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Convicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Convicting}.] 1. To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience. He [Baxter] . . . had been convicted by a jury. --Macaulay. They which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one. --John viii. 9. 2. To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 3. To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove. Imagining that these proofs will convict a testament, to have that in it which other men can nowhere by reading find. --Hooker. 4. To defeat; to doom to destruction. [Obs.] A whole armado of convicted sail. --Shak. Syn: To confute; defect; convince; confound.
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Convict \Con*vict"\, p.a. [L. convictus, p. p. of convincere to convict, prove. See {Convice}.] Proved or found guilty; convicted. [Obs.] --Shak. Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. --Milton.
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Convict \Con"vict\, n. 1. A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime. 2. A criminal sentenced to penal servitude. Syn: Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal.
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Convict1ible \Convict1ible\, a. Capable of being convicted. [R.] --Ash.
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Convict \Con*vict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Convicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Convicting}.] 1. To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience. He [Baxter] . . . had been convicted by a jury. --Macaulay. They which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one. --John viii. 9. 2. To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 3. To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove. Imagining that these proofs will convict a testament, to have that in it which other men can nowhere by reading find. --Hooker. 4. To defeat; to doom to destruction. [Obs.] A whole armado of convicted sail. --Shak. Syn: To confute; defect; convince; confound.
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Convict \Con*vict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Convicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Convicting}.] 1. To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience. He [Baxter] . . . had been convicted by a jury. --Macaulay. They which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one. --John viii. 9. 2. To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 3. To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove. Imagining that these proofs will convict a testament, to have that in it which other men can nowhere by reading find. --Hooker. 4. To defeat; to doom to destruction. [Obs.] A whole armado of convicted sail. --Shak. Syn: To confute; defect; convince; confound.
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Conviction \Con*vic"tion\, n. [L. convictio proof: cf. F. conviction conviction (in sense 3 & 4). See {Convict}, {Convince}.] 1. The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense. The greater certainty of conviction and the greater certainty of punishment. --Hallam. 2. (Law) A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal. Conviction may accrue two ways. --Blackstone. 3. The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation. For all his tedious talk is but vain boast, Or subtle shifts conviction to evade. --Milton. 4. The state of being convinced or convicted; strong persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by one's conscience. To call good evil, and evil good, against the conviction of their own consciences. --Swift. And did you presently fall under the power of this conviction? --Bunyan. Syn: {Conviction}; {persuasion}. Usage: Conviction respects soley matters of belief or faith; persuasion respects matters of belief or practice. Conviction respects our most important duties; persuasion is frequently applied to matters of indifference. --Crabb. -- Conviction is the result of the [operation of the] understanding; persuasion, of the will. Conviction is a necessity of the mind, persuasion an acquiescence of the inclination. --C. J. Smith. -- Persuasion often induces men to act in opposition to their conviction of duty.
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Convictism \Con"vict*ism\, n. The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements. [bd]The evils of convictism.[b8] --W. Howitt.
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Convictive \Convict"ive\, a. Convincing. [R.] The best and most convictive argument. --Glanwill. -- {Convict"ively}, adv. -- {Convict"ive*ness}, n.
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Convictive \Convict"ive\, a. Convincing. [R.] The best and most convictive argument. --Glanwill. -- {Convict"ively}, adv. -- {Convict"ive*ness}, n.
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Convictive \Convict"ive\, a. Convincing. [R.] The best and most convictive argument. --Glanwill. -- {Convict"ively}, adv. -- {Convict"ive*ness}, n.
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Convocate \Con"vo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Convocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Convocating}.] [L. convocatus, p. p. of convocare to convocate; con- + vocare to call. See {Vocal}, and cf. {Convoce}.] To convoke; to call together. [Obs.] --May (Lucan).
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Convocate \Con"vo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Convocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Convocating}.] [L. convocatus, p. p. of convocare to convocate; con- + vocare to call. See {Vocal}, and cf. {Convoce}.] To convoke; to call together. [Obs.] --May (Lucan).
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Convocate \Con"vo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Convocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Convocating}.] [L. convocatus, p. p. of convocare to convocate; con- + vocare to call. See {Vocal}, and cf. {Convoce}.] To convoke; to call together. [Obs.] --May (Lucan).
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Convocation \Con`vo*ca"tion\, n. [L. convocatio: cf. F. convocation. See {Convoke}.] 1. The act of calling or assembling by summons. 2. An assembly or meeting. In the first day there shall be a holy convocation. --Ex. xii. 16. 3. (Ch. of Eng.) An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs. Note: In England, the provinces of Canterbury and York have each their convocation, but no session for business were allowed from 1717 to 1861. The Convocation of Canterbury consists of two houses. In the Convocation of York the business has been generally conducted in one assembly. 4. (Oxf. University) An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted. Syn: meeting; assembly; congregation; congress; diet; convention; synod; council.
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Convocational \Con`voca"tional\, a. Of or pertaining to a convocation.
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Convocationist \Con`voca"tionist\, n. An advocate or defender of convocation.
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Convoke \Con*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Convoked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Convoking}.] [L. convocare: cf. F. convoquer. See {Convocate}.] To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons. There remained no resource but the dreadful one of convoking a parliament. --palfrey. Syn: To summon; assemble; convene. See {Call}.
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Convoke \Con*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Convoked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Convoking}.] [L. convocare: cf. F. convoquer. See {Convocate}.] To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons. There remained no resource but the dreadful one of convoking a parliament. --palfrey. Syn: To summon; assemble; convene. See {Call}.
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Convoke \Con*voke"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Convoked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Convoking}.] [L. convocare: cf. F. convoquer. See {Convocate}.] To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons. There remained no resource but the dreadful one of convoking a parliament. --palfrey. Syn: To summon; assemble; convene. See {Call}.
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{Silky, [or] Silk-bark}, {oak}, an Australian tree ({Grevillea robusta}). {Green oak}, oak wood colored green by the growth of the mycelium of certain fungi. {Oak apple}, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young. {Oak beauty} (Zo[94]l.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak. {Oak gall}, a gall found on the oak. See 2d {Gall}. {Oak leather} (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood. {Oak pruner}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pruner}, the insect. {Oak spangle}, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the insect {Diplolepis lenticularis}. {Oak wart}, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak. {The Oaks}, one of the three great annual English horse races (the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called from his estate. {To sport one's oak}, to be [bd]not at home to visitors,[b8] signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Camp County, TX (county, FIPS 63) Location: 32.97304 N, 94.97887 W Population (1990): 9904 (4530 housing units) Area: 511.6 sq km (land), 14.7 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Camp Creek, WV Zip code(s): 25820
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Camp Crook, SD (town, FIPS 9260) Location: 45.54973 N, 103.97482 W Population (1990): 146 (55 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Camp Joseph T Ro, AR Zip code(s): 72118
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Camp Sherman, OR Zip code(s): 97730
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Camp Springs, MD (CDP, FIPS 12600) Location: 38.80355 N, 76.92076 W Population (1990): 16392 (5676 housing units) Area: 18.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Camp Swift, TX (CDP, FIPS 12334) Location: 30.19065 N, 97.29205 W Population (1990): 2681 (821 housing units) Area: 30.0 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Campus, IL (village, FIPS 10916) Location: 41.02481 N, 88.30792 W Population (1990): 137 (57 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Canvas, WV Zip code(s): 26662
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Champaign, IL (city, FIPS 12385) Location: 40.11300 N, 88.26495 W Population (1990): 63502 (25996 housing units) Area: 33.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61820, 61821
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Champaign County, IL (county, FIPS 19) Location: 40.14036 N, 88.19617 W Population (1990): 173025 (68416 housing units) Area: 2582.7 sq km (land), 1.0 sq km (water) Champaign County, OH (county, FIPS 21) Location: 40.14141 N, 83.76816 W Population (1990): 36019 (14030 housing units) Area: 1110.1 sq km (land), 3.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Combee Settlement, FL (CDP, FIPS 13775) Location: 28.05796 N, 81.90555 W Population (1990): 5463 (2551 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Combes, TX (town, FIPS 16204) Location: 26.24240 N, 97.72421 W Population (1990): 2042 (714 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Combs, AR Zip code(s): 72721 Combs, KY Zip code(s): 41729
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
compact adj. Of a design, describes the valuable property that it can all be apprehended at once in one's head. This generally means the thing created from the design can be used with greater facility and fewer errors than an equivalent tool that is not compact. Compactness does not imply triviality or lack of power; for example, C is compact and FORTRAN is not, but C is more powerful than FORTRAN. Designs become non-compact through accreting {feature}s and {cruft} that don't merge cleanly into the overall design scheme (thus, some fans of {Classic C} maintain that ANSI C is no longer compact).
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
confuser n. Common soundalike slang for `computer'. Usually encountered in compounds such as `confuser room', `personal confuser', `confuser guru'. Usage: silly.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CAM-PC A {cellular automata} circuit board which is a hardware implementation from {Automatrix} of the {MIT} {CAM-6} machine. It comes with dozens of experiments and applications. {Home (http://www.automatrix.com/campc/index.html)}. (1995-04-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Campus Wide Information System (CWIS) Information and services made publicly available at university sites via {kiosk}s running interactive computing systems, possibly via campus networks. Services routinely include directory information, calendars, {bulletin board}s and {database}s. (1994-11-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CMVC {Configuration Management Version Control} from {IBM}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
compact 1. (Or "finite", "isolated") In {domain theory}, an element d of a {cpo} D is compact if and only if, for any {chain} S, a subset of D, d <= lub S => there exists s in S such that d <= s. I.e. you always reach d (or better) after a finite number of steps up the chain. ("<=" is written in {LaTeX} as {\sqsubseteq}). [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-13) 2. Of a design, describes the valuable property that it can all be apprehended at once in one's head. This generally means the thing created from the design can be used with greater facility and fewer errors than an equivalent tool that is not compact. Compactness does not imply triviality or lack of power; for example, {C} is compact and {Fortran} is not, but C is more powerful than Fortran. Designs become non-compact through accreting {features} and cruft that don't merge cleanly into the overall design scheme (thus, some fans of {Classic C} maintain that {ANSI C} is no longer compact). (1995-01-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Compact COBOL A subset of {COBOL} defined, but not published, ca. 1961. [Sammet 1969, p. 339]. (1995-01-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Compact Disc (CD) (Not "disk", this spelling is part of the standard). A 4.72 inch disc developed by {Sony} and {Philips} that can store, on the same disc, still and/or moving images in monochrome and/or color; stereo or two separate sound tracks integrated with and/or separate from the images; and digital program and information files. The same fabrication process is used to make both audio CDs and {CD-ROMs} for storing computer data, the only difference is in the device used to read the CD (the player or drive). {CD Information Center (http://www.cd-info.com/cd-info/CDInfoCenter.html)}. (1999-06-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Compact Disc interactive (CD-i) An embedded application of {CD-ROM} allowing the user limited interaction with films, games and educational applications via a special {controller}. (1994-11-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (CD-ROM) A {non-volatile} optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio {compact discs}, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. CD-ROM is popular for distribution of large databases, software and especially {multimedia} {applications}. The maximum capacity is about 600 megabytes. A CD can store around 640 {megabytes} of data - about 12 billion bytes per pound weight. CD-ROM drives are rated with a speed factor relative to music CDs (1x or 1-speed which gives a data transfer rate of 150 {kilobytes} per second). 12x drives were common in April 1997. Above 12x speed, there are problems with vibration and heat. {Constant angular velocity} (CAV) drives give speeds up to 20x but due to the nature of CAV the actual throughput increase over 12x is less than 20/12. 20x was thought to be the maximum speed due to mechanical constraints but on 1998-02-24, {Samsung Electronics} introduced the SCR-3230, a 32x CD-ROM drive which uses a ball bearing system to balance the spinning CD-ROM in the drive to reduce noise. CD-ROM drives may connect to an {IDE} interface, a {SCSI} interface or a propritary interface, of which there are three - Sony, Panasonic, and Mitsumi. Most CD-ROM drives can also play audio CDs. There are several formats used for CD-ROM data, including {Green Book CD-ROM}, {White Book CD-ROM} and {Yellow Book CD-ROM}. {ISO 9660} defines a standard file system. See also {Compact Disc Recordable}, {Digital Versatile Disc}. {Byte, February 1997 (http://www.byte.com/art/9702/sec17/art5.htm)}. (1998-03-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Compact Disc Read-Write {Compact Disc Rewritable}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Compact Disc Recordable (CD-R) A write-once version of {CD-ROM}. CD-Rs can hold about 650 {megabytes} of data. They are very durable and can be read by normal CD-ROM drives, but once data has been written it cannot be altered. Standard prerecorded CDs have their information permanently stamped into an aluminium reflecting layer. CD-R discs have a dye-based recording layer and an additional golden reflecting layer. Digital information is written to the disc by burning (forming) pits in the recording layer in a pattern corresponding to that of a conventional CD. The laser beam heats the substrate and recording layer to approximately 250 C. The recording layer melts and the substrate expands into the space that becomes available. {Phillips: New Technologies (http://www-us.sv.philips.com/newtech/cdrewritable.html)}. See also {CD-RW} and {DVD-RAM}. (1999-08-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Compact Disc Rewritable (CD-RW) A rewritable version of {CD-ROM}. A CD-RW drive can write about 650 {megabytes} of data to CD-RW media an unlimited number of times. Most CD-RW drives can also write once to {CD-R} media. CD-RW media cannot be read by CD-ROM drives built prior to 1997 due to the reduced reflectivity (15% compared to 70%) of CD-RW media. CD-RW drives and media are currently (1999) more expensive than {CD-R} drives and media. CD-R is sometimes considered a better technology for archival purposes as the data cannot be accidentally modified or tampered with, and encourages better archival practices. Standard prerecorded CDs have their information permanently stamped into an aluminium reflecting layer. CD-WR discs have a phase-change recording layer and an additional silver (aluminium) reflecting layer. A laser beam can melt crystals in the recording layer into a non-crystalline amorphous phase or anneal them slowly at a lower temperature back to the crystalline state. The different reflectance of the areas make them appear as the 'pits' and 'lands' of a standard CD. {Phillips: New Technologies (http://www-us.sv.philips.com/newtech/cdrewritable.html)}. See also {CD-R} and {DVD-RAM}. (1999-08-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
compaction {compression}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
compactness preserving In {domain theory}, a function f is compactness preserving if f c is {compact} whenever c is. (1995-01-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Compaq Computer Corporation The largest US manufacturer and vendor of {IBM PC compatible} {personal computers} and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-{Texas Instruments} employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). {Home (http://www.compaq.com/)}. (1995-10-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Compas Pascal The predecessor of {Turbo Pascal}, sol by {POLY Data} of Denmark. It was later renamed POLY Pascal, and afterward sold to {Borland}. (1995-01-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
COMPASS COMPrehensive ASSembler. The {assembly language} on {CDC} computers. (1995-01-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
composite {aggregate}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
composition 1. {function composition}. 2. {typesetting}. (2000-08-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Compositional C++ (CC++) Extensions to {C++} for {compositional parallel programming}. {FTP Caltech (ftp://csvax.cs.caltech.edu/pub/comp)}. [Did Carl Kesselman at Cal Tech develop it?] (2000-08-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CompuServe Corporation The parent organisation of {CompuServe Information Service}, CompuServe Network Services and CompuServe Remote Computing Services. CompuServe was owned by H.R. Block but is now (1999) owned by {America On-Line}. {Home (http://www.compuserve.com/)}. (1995-09-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CompuServe Information Service (CIS) One of the services run by {CompuServe Corporation}. CIS provides a wide variety of information and services, including {bulletin board}s, on-line conferencing, business news, sports and weather, financial transactions, {electronic mail}, travel and entertainment data as well as on-line editions of computer publications. CompuServe Information Service should not be confused with CompuServe Corporation's other sectors which offer many other services besides the consumer information service. CIS is a large international conferencing system (albeit with a heavy US bias). It provides an access to the {Usenet} news (GO INTERNET). More comprehensive {Internet} access is planned for the end of 1994. Forum UKCOMP topic Acorn/Z88 is the place to find {Acorn} users. Compuserve's main competitors are {AOL} and {Prodigy}. {Home (http://www.compuserve.com/)}. Telephone: +44 (181) 801 2001 (London), +44 (121) 632 4858 (Birmingham), +44 (1734) 391 064 or 569 025 (Reading), +44 (1272) 255 111 (Bristol). (1995-09-12)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Compusult Ltd. A computer consulting firm (in Newfoundland, Canada?) that provides a public access {Unix}. (1994-10-20)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CONFIG.SYS A {text file} containing special system configuration commands. It is found in the {root directory} on an {MS-DOS} computer, typically on {drive} C (the {hard disk}). It is read by {MS-DOS} at {boot time}, after the setup has been read from {CMOS RAM} and before running {AUTOEXEC.BAT}. It can be modified by the user. Some example commands which CONFIG.SYS might contain are: DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /testmem:off Load the {extended memory} manager. DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM Load the {expanded memory} manager. BUFFERS=10,0 Specify memory for {disk buffer}s. FILES=70 Set the number of files that can be open at once. DOS=UMB DOS is located in {UppeMemoryBlock}. LASTDRIVE=Z Disk drives are A: to Z:. FCBS=16,0 Set the number of {file control block}s. DEVICEHIGH /L:1,12048 =C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE Report the DOS version to older programs. DOS=HIGH DOS should maintain a link to {UMB}. COUNTRY=358,437 C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS Set the {country code} for some programs. STACKS=9,256 Set {dynamic stack}s for hardware control. SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /E:1024 /p Set the location of the {command interpreter}. (1995-03-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
configuration item Hardware or software, or an aggregate of both, which is designated by the project configuration manager (or contracting agency) for {configuration management}. (1996-05-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
configuration management A discipline applying technical and administrative controls to: 1. Identification and documentation of physical and functional characteristics of {configuration item}s. 2. Any changes to characteristics of those configuration items. 3. Recording and reporting of change processing and implementation of the system. See also {code management}, {software life-cycle}. (1996-05-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
configuration programming An approach that advocates the use of a separate configuration language to specify the coarse-grain structure of programs. Configuration programming is particularly attractive for {concurrent}, parallel and distributed systems that have inherently complex program structures. {Darwin} is an example of a configuration language. (1995-03-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Convex Computer Corporation A mini-super-computer manufacturer. Address: Richardson, Texas, USA. (1995-03-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
convex hull For a {set} S in space, the smallest {convex set} containing S. In the plane, the convex hull can be visualized as the shape assumed by a rubber band that has been stretched around the set S and released to conform as closely as possible to S. (1997-08-03)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Confection (Ex. 30:35, "ointment" in ver. 25; R.V., "perfume"). The Hebrew word so rendered is derived from a root meaning to compound oil and perfume.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Confectionaries only in 1 Sam. 8:13, those who make confections, i.e., perfumers, who compound species and perfumes.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Confession (1) An open profession of faith (Luke 12:8). (2.) An acknowledment of sins to God (Lev. 16:21; Ezra 9:5-15; Dan. 9:3-12), and to a neighbour whom we have wronged (James 5:16; Matt. 18:15).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Convocation a meeting of a religious character as distinguished from congregation, which was more general, dealing with political and legal matters. Hence it is called an "holy convocation." Such convocations were the Sabbaths (Lev. 23:2, 3), the Passover (Ex. 12:16; Lev. 23:7, 8; Num. 28:25), Pentecost (Lev. 23:21), the feast of Trumpets (Lev. 23:24; Num. 29:1), the feast of Weeks (Num. 28:26), and the feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:35, 36). The great fast, the annual day of atonement, was "the holy convocation" (Lev. 23:27; Num. 29:7).