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   C-section
         n 1: the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the
               abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius
               Caesar was born that way) [syn: {cesarean delivery},
               {caesarean delivery}, {caesarian delivery}, {cesarean
               section}, {cesarian section}, {caesarean section},
               {caesarian section}, {C-section}, {cesarean}, {cesarian},
               {caesarean}, {caesarian}, {abdominal delivery}]

English Dictionary: costmary by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
C. K. Ogden
n
  1. English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957)
    Synonym(s): Ogden, C. K. Ogden, Charles Kay Ogden
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cacodaemon
n
  1. an evil spirit
    Synonym(s): cacodemon, cacodaemon [ant: eudaemon, eudemon, good spirit]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cacodaemonic
adj
  1. of or relating to evil spirits [syn: cacodemonic, cacodaemonic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cacodemon
n
  1. an evil spirit
    Synonym(s): cacodemon, cacodaemon [ant: eudaemon, eudemon, good spirit]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cacodemonic
adj
  1. of or relating to evil spirits [syn: cacodemonic, cacodaemonic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cascade Mountains
n
  1. a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range
    Synonym(s): Cascades, Cascade Range, Cascade Mountains
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cascading menu
n
  1. a secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu
    Synonym(s): hierarchical menu, cascading menu, submenu
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
case-to-infection proportion
n
  1. the number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the disease
    Synonym(s): case-to-infection proportion, case-to-infection ratio
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
case-to-infection ratio
n
  1. the number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the disease
    Synonym(s): case-to-infection proportion, case-to-infection ratio
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cast anchor
v
  1. secure a vessel with an anchor; "We anchored at Baltimore"
    Synonym(s): anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cast down
v
  1. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
    Synonym(s): depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise
    Antonym(s): elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cast on
v
  1. make the first row of stitches when knitting [ant: {cast off}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Castanea
n
  1. chestnuts; chinkapins
    Synonym(s): Castanea, genus Castanea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Castanea chrysophylla
n
  1. small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath; bears edible nuts
    Synonym(s): giant chinkapin, golden chinkapin, Chrysolepis chrysophylla, Castanea chrysophylla, Castanopsis chrysophylla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Castanea crenata
n
  1. a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk [syn: Japanese chestnut, Castanea crenata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Castanea dentata
n
  1. large tree found from Maine to Alabama [syn: {American chestnut}, American sweet chestnut, Castanea dentata]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Castanea mollissima
n
  1. a small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and China
    Synonym(s): Chinese chestnut, Castanea mollissima
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Castanea ozarkensis
n
  1. shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States
    Synonym(s): Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin, chinquapin, Castanea ozarkensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Castanea pumila
n
  1. shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
    Synonym(s): Allegheny chinkapin, eastern chinquapin, chinquapin, dwarf chestnut, Castanea pumila
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Castanea sativa
n
  1. wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia
    Synonym(s): European chestnut, sweet chestnut, Spanish chestnut, Castanea sativa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
castanets
n
  1. a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
    Synonym(s): bones, castanets, clappers, finger cymbals
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Castanopsis
n
  1. evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage; southeastern United States and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand
    Synonym(s): Castanopsis, genus Castanopsis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Castanopsis chrysophylla
n
  1. small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath; bears edible nuts
    Synonym(s): giant chinkapin, golden chinkapin, Chrysolepis chrysophylla, Castanea chrysophylla, Castanopsis chrysophylla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Castanospermum
n
  1. a rosid dicot genus of the subfamily Papilionoideae having one species: Moreton Bay chestnut
    Synonym(s): Castanospermum, genus Castanospermum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
casting
n
  1. object formed by a mold
    Synonym(s): cast, casting
  2. the act of creating something by casting it in a mold
    Synonym(s): molding, casting
  3. the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
    Synonym(s): casting, cast
  4. the choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
casting lots
n
  1. making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn
    Synonym(s): casting lots, drawing lots, sortition
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
casting vote
n
  1. the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tie
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
causation
n
  1. the act of causing something to happen [syn: causing, causation]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Caxton
n
  1. English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491)
    Synonym(s): Caxton, William Caxton
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cecidomyidae
n
  1. gall midges
    Synonym(s): Cecidomyidae, family Cecidomyidae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cessation
n
  1. a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder" [syn: cessation, surcease]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cestum
n
  1. Venus's girdle
    Synonym(s): Cestum, genus Cestum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cestum veneris
n
  1. ctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body
    Synonym(s): Venus's girdle, Cestum veneris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cgs system
n
  1. system of measurement based on centimeters and grams and seconds
    Synonym(s): cgs, cgs system
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Chasidim
n
  1. a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly
    Synonym(s): Hasidim, Hassidim, Hasidism, Chasidim, Chassidim
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Chassidim
n
  1. a sect of Orthodox Jews that arose out of a pietistic movement originating in eastern Europe in the second half of the 18th century; a sect that follows the Mosaic law strictly
    Synonym(s): Hasidim, Hassidim, Hasidism, Chasidim, Chassidim
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chasten
v
  1. censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"
    Synonym(s): chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
  2. restrain
    Synonym(s): chasten, moderate, temper
  3. correct by punishment or discipline
    Synonym(s): tame, chasten, subdue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chasteness
n
  1. lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with great restraint"
    Synonym(s): chasteness, restraint, simplicity, simpleness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chastening
n
  1. a rebuke for making a mistake [syn: correction, chastening, chastisement]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
checkout time
n
  1. the latest time for vacating a hotel room; "the checkout here is 12 noon"
    Synonym(s): checkout, checkout time
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chest tone
n
  1. the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing [syn: chest register, chest voice, chest tone]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chestnut
adj
  1. (of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color; "a chestnut horse"; "chestnut hair"
n
  1. wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
  2. any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
    Synonym(s): chestnut, chestnut tree
  3. edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
  4. the brown color of chestnuts
  5. a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
  6. a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chestnut blight
n
  1. a disease of American chestnut trees [syn: {chestnut blight}, chestnut canker, chestnut-bark disease]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chestnut canker
n
  1. a disease of American chestnut trees [syn: {chestnut blight}, chestnut canker, chestnut-bark disease]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chestnut oak
n
  1. an oak having leaves resembling those of chestnut trees
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chestnut tree
n
  1. any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
    Synonym(s): chestnut, chestnut tree
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chestnut-bark disease
n
  1. a disease of American chestnut trees [syn: {chestnut blight}, chestnut canker, chestnut-bark disease]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chestnut-brown
adj
  1. (of hair or feathers) of brown tinged with chestnut
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chestnut-colored
adj
  1. having the brown color of chestnuts [syn: {chestnut- colored}, chestnut-coloured]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chestnut-coloured
adj
  1. having the brown color of chestnuts [syn: {chestnut- colored}, chestnut-coloured]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
choke down
v
  1. suppress; "He choked down his rage" [syn: choke off, choke down, choke back]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chokedamp
n
  1. the atmosphere in a mine following an explosion; high in carbon dioxide and incapable of supporting life
    Synonym(s): chokedamp, blackdamp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coaction
n
  1. act of working jointly; "they worked either in collaboration or independently"
    Synonym(s): collaboration, coaction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Coast Mountains
n
  1. a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California
    Synonym(s): Coast Range, Coast Mountains
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coccid insect
n
  1. scale insects and mealybugs
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coccidiomycosis
n
  1. an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules
    Synonym(s): coccidioidomycosis, coccidiomycosis, valley fever, desert rheumatism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coccidium
n
  1. parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates
    Synonym(s): coccidium, eimeria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coco de macao
n
  1. tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
    Synonym(s): babassu, babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, Orbignya martiana
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coextension
n
  1. equality of extension or duration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coextensive
adj
  1. being of equal extent or scope or duration [syn: coextensive, coterminous, conterminous]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cost analysis
n
  1. breaking down the costs of some operation and reporting on each factor separately
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cost increase
n
  1. an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
    Synonym(s): rise, boost, hike, cost increase
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Costanoan
n
  1. a member of a North American Indian people living in coastal California between Monterey and San Francisco Bay
  2. a Penutian language spoken by the Costanoan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Costia necatrix
n
  1. a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis
    Synonym(s): costia, Costia necatrix
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
costing
n
  1. cost accounting
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
costmary
n
  1. tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
    Synonym(s): costmary, alecost, bible leaf, mint geranium, balsam herb, Tanacetum balsamita, Chrysanthemum balsamita
  2. leaves used sparingly (because of bitter overtones) in sauces and soups and stuffings
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
costume
n
  1. the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball; "he won the prize for best costume"
  2. unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place; "in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume"
  3. the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
  4. the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class; "he wore his national costume"
v
  1. dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"
    Synonym(s): costume, dress up
  2. furnish with costumes; as for a film or play
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
costume designer
n
  1. someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade)
    Synonym(s): costumier, costumer, costume designer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
costumed
adj
  1. dressed in clothing characteristic of a period, country, or class
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
costumer
n
  1. someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade)
    Synonym(s): costumier, costumer, costume designer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
costumier
n
  1. someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade)
    Synonym(s): costumier, costumer, costume designer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cussedness
n
  1. meanspirited disagreeable contrariness [syn: cussedness, orneriness]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
custom
adj
  1. made according to the specifications of an individual
    Synonym(s): custom-made, custom
    Antonym(s): ready-made
n
  1. accepted or habitual practice [syn: custom, usage, usance]
  2. a specific practice of long standing
    Synonym(s): custom, tradition
  3. money collected under a tariff
    Synonym(s): customs, customs duty, custom, impost
  4. habitual patronage; "I have given this tailor my custom for many years"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
custom-built
adj
  1. built for a particular individual [syn: custom-built, made-to-order]
n
  1. an item made to the customer's specifications [syn: custom-made, custom-built]
    Antonym(s): ready-made
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
custom-made
adj
  1. made according to the specifications of an individual
    Synonym(s): custom-made, custom
    Antonym(s): ready-made
n
  1. an item made to the customer's specifications [syn: custom-made, custom-built]
    Antonym(s): ready-made
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
custom-make
v
  1. make to specifications; "I had this desk custom-made for me"
    Synonym(s): custom-make, customize, customise, tailor- make
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
customarily
adv
  1. by custom; according to common practice; "children are custosby-the-waymarily expected to be seen but not heard"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
customary
adj
  1. in accordance with convention or custom; "sealed the deal with the customary handshake"
  2. commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor"
    Synonym(s): accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted(a)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
customer
n
  1. someone who pays for goods or services [syn: customer, client]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
customer agent
n
  1. a foreign purchaser who buys goods outright for resale
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
customer's broker
n
  1. someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business
    Synonym(s): account executive, account representative, registered representative, customer's broker, customer's man
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
customer's man
n
  1. someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business
    Synonym(s): account executive, account representative, registered representative, customer's broker, customer's man
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
customhouse
n
  1. a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country
    Synonym(s): customhouse, customshouse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
customise
v
  1. make to specifications; "I had this desk custom-made for me"
    Synonym(s): custom-make, customize, customise, tailor- make
  2. make according to requirements; "customize a car"
    Synonym(s): customize, customise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
customize
v
  1. make to specifications; "I had this desk custom-made for me"
    Synonym(s): custom-make, customize, customise, tailor- make
  2. make according to requirements; "customize a car"
    Synonym(s): customize, customise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
customs
n
  1. money collected under a tariff [syn: customs, {customs duty}, custom, impost]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Customs Bureau
n
  1. the agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs
    Synonym(s): Bureau of Customs, Customs Bureau, Customs Service, USCB
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
customs duty
n
  1. money collected under a tariff [syn: customs, {customs duty}, custom, impost]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Customs Service
n
  1. the agency of the Treasury Department that enforces import tariffs
    Synonym(s): Bureau of Customs, Customs Bureau, Customs Service, USCB
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
customs union
n
  1. an association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
customshouse
n
  1. a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country
    Synonym(s): customhouse, customshouse
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cysteine
n
  1. an amino acid containing sulfur that is found in most proteins; oxidizes on exposure to air to form cystine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cystine
n
  1. a crystalline amino acid found in proteins (especially keratin); discovered in bladder stones
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Judas \Ju"das\, n.
      The disciple who betrayed Christ. Hence: A treacherous
      person; one who betrays under the semblance of friendship. --
      a. Treacherous; betraying.
  
      {Judas hole}, a peephole or secret opening for spying.
  
      {Judas kiss}, a deceitful and treacherous kiss.
  
      {Judas tree} (Bot.), a leguminous tree of the genus {Cercis},
            with pretty, rose-colored flowers in clusters along the
            branches. Judas is said to have hanged himself on a tree
            of this genus ({C. Siliquastrum}). {C. Canadensis} and {C.
            occidentalis} are the American species, and are called
            also {redbud}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wolf \Wolf\, n.; pl. {Wolves}. [OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin
      to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. [umac]lfr, Sw. ulf, Dan.
      ulv, Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr.
      ly`kos, Skr. v[rsdot]ka; also to Gr. "e`lkein to draw, drag,
      tear in pieces. [root]286. Cf. {Lupine}, a., {Lyceum}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of wild and savage
            carnivores belonging to the genus {Canis} and closely
            allied to the common dog. The best-known and most
            destructive species are the European wolf ({Canis lupus}),
            the American gray, or timber, wolf ({C. occidentalis}),
            and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in
            packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy,
            larv[91] of several species of beetles and grain moths;
            as, the bee wolf.
  
      3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person
            or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled
            hard to keep the wolf from the door.
  
      4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
  
      5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. {Lupus}. [Obs.]
  
                     If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf
                     into thy side.                                    --Jer. Taylor.
  
      6. (Mus.)
            (a) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an
                  organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.
            (b) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective
                  vibration in certain notes of the scale.
  
      7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. --Knight.
  
      {Black wolf}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A black variety of the European wolf which is common
                  in the Pyrenees.
            (b) A black variety of the American gray wolf.
  
      {Golden wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the Thibetan wolf ({Canis
            laniger}); -- called also {chanco}.
  
      {Indian wolf} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic wolf ({Canis pallipes})
            which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also {landgak}.
           
  
      {Prairie wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the coyote.
  
      {Sea wolf}. (Zo[94]l.) See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Strand wolf} (Zo[94]l.) the striped hyena.
  
      {Tasmanian wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the zebra wolf.
  
      {Tiger wolf} (Zo[94]l.), the spotted hyena.
  
      {To keep the wolf from the door}, to keep away poverty; to
            prevent starvation. See {Wolf}, 3, above. --Tennyson.
  
      {Wolf dog}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees,
                  supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of
                  the St. Bernard dog.
            (b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used
                  formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves.
            (c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo
                  dog.
  
      {Wolf eel} (Zo[94]l.), a wolf fish.
  
      {Wolf fish} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large,
            voracious marine fishes of the genus {Anarrhichas},
            especially the common species ({A. lupus}) of Europe and
            North America. These fishes have large teeth and powerful
            jaws. Called also {catfish}, {sea cat}, {sea wolf}, {stone
            biter}, and {swinefish}.
  
      {Wolf net}, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great
            numbers of fish.
  
      {Wolf's peach} (Bot.), the tomato, or love apple
            ({Lycopersicum esculentum}).
  
      {Wolf spider} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            running ground spiders belonging to the genus {Lycosa}, or
            family {Lycosid[91]}. These spiders run about rapidly in
            search of their prey. Most of them are plain brown or
            blackish in color. See Illust. in App.
  
      {Zebra wolf} (Zo[94]l.), a savage carnivorous marsupial
            ({Thylacinus cynocephalus}) native of Tasmania; -- called
            also {Tasmanian wolf}.

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   Coffee \Cof"fee\ (?; 115), n. [Turk. qahveh, Ar. qahuah wine,
      coffee, a decoction of berries. Cf. {Caf[82]}.]
      1. The [bd]beans[b8] or [bd]berries[b8] (pyrenes) obtained
            from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus
            {Coffea}, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other
            warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical
            America.
  
      2. The coffee tree.
  
      Note: There are several species of the coffee tree, as,
               {Coffea Arabica}, {C. occidentalis}, and {C. Liberica}.
               The white, fragrant flowers grow in clusters at the
               root of the leaves, and the fruit is a red or purple
               cherrylike drupe, with sweet pulp, usually containing
               two pyrenes, commercially called [bd]beans[b8] or
               [bd]berries[b8].
  
      3. The beverage made from the roasted and ground berry.
  
                     They have in Turkey a drink called coffee. . . .
                     This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and
                     helpeth digestion.                              --Bacon.
  
      Note: The use of coffee is said to have been introduced into
               England about 1650, when coffeehouses were opened in
               Oxford and London.
  
      {Coffee bug} (Zo[94]l.), a species of scale insect ({Lecanium
            coff[91]a}), often very injurious to the coffee tree.
  
      {Coffee rat} (Zo[94]l.) See {Musang}.

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   Hackberry \Hack"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
      A genus of trees ({Celtis}) related to the elm, but bearing
      drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. {C. occidentalis}
      is common in the Eastern United States. --Gray.

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   Marigold \Mar"i*gold\, n. [Mary + gold.] (Bot.)
      A name for several plants with golden yellow blossoms,
      especially the {Calendula officinalis} (see {Calendula}), and
      the cultivated species of {Tagetes}.
  
      Note: There are several yellow-flowered plants of different
               genera bearing this name; as, the {African [or] French
               marigold} of the genus {Tagetes}, of which several
               species and many varieties are found in gardens. They
               are mostly strong-smelling herbs from South America and
               Mexico: {bur marigold}, of the genus {Bidens}; {corn
               marigold}, of the genus {Chrysanthemum} ({C. segetum},
               a pest in the cornfields of Italy); {fig marigold}, of
               the genus {Mesembryanthemum}; {marsh marigold}, of the
               genus {Caltha} ({C. palustris}), commonly known in
               America as the cowslip. See {Marsh Marigold}.
  
      {Marigold window}. (Arch.) See {Rose window}, under {Rose}.

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   Cacodemon \Cac`o*de"mon\, n. [Gr.
      [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?]; [?][?][?][?][?] bad +
      [?][?][?][?][?][?] demon: cf. F. cacod[82]mon.]
      1. An evil spirit; a devil or demon. --Shak.
  
      2. (Med.) The nightmare. --Dunaglison.

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   Cascade method \Cas*cade" meth"od\ (Physics)
      A method of attaining successively lower temperatures by
      utilizing the cooling effect of the expansion of one gas in
      condensing another less easily liquefiable, and so on.

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   Caseation \Ca`se*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. cas[82]ation. See
      {Casein}.] (Med.)
      A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.

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   Cassation \Cas*sa"tion\, n. [F. cassation. See {Cass}.]
      The act of annulling.
  
               A general cassation of their constitutions. --Motley.
  
      {Court of cassation}, the highest court of appeal in France,
            which has power to quash (Casser) or reverse the decisions
            of the inferior courts.

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   Cassidony \Cas"si*do*ny\, n. [Cf. LL. cassidonium, F.
      Cassidoine. See {Chalcedony}.] (Bot.)
      (a) The French lavender ({Lavandula St[d2]chas}).
      (b) The goldilocks {(Chrysocoma Linosyris)} and perhaps other
            plants related to the genus {Gnaphalium} or cudweed.

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   Chinquapin \Chin"qua*pin\, n. (Bot.)
      A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub ({Castanea pumila}) of
      North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the
      chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat. [Written also
      {chincapin} and {chinkapin}.]
  
      {Chinquapin oak}, a small shrubby oak ({Quercus prinoides})
            of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns.
  
      {Western Chinquapin}, an evergreen shrub or tree ({Castanopes
            chrysophylla}) of the Pacific coast. In California it is a
            shrub; in Oregon a tree 30 to 125 feet high.

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   Chestnut \Chest"nut\ (ch[ecr]s"n[ucr]t), n. [For chesten-nut;
      OE. chestein, chesten, chastein, chestnut, fr. AS. cisten in
      cisten-be[a0]m chestnut tree, influenced by OF. chastaigne,
      F. ch[83]taigne, both the AS. and the F. words coming from L.
      castanea a chestnut, Gr. ka`stanon, fr. Ka`stana a city of
      Pontus, where chestnut trees grew in abundance, and whence
      they were introduced into Europe. Cf. {Castanets}.]
      1. (Bot.) The edible nut of a forest tree ({Castanea vesca})
            of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts
            grow in a prickly bur.
  
      2. The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used
            for ornamental work, furniture, etc.
  
      3. A bright brown color, like that of the nut.
  
      4. The horse chestnut (often so used in England).
  
      5. One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides
            of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.
  
      6. An old joke or story. [Slang]
  
      {Chestnut tree}, a tree that bears chestnuts.

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   Castanet \Cas"ta*net\, n.
      See {Castanets}.

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   Castanets \Cas"ta*nets\, n. pl. [F. castagnettes, Sp.
      casta[a4]etas, fr. L. castanea (Sp. casta[a4]a) a chestnut.
      So named from the resemblance to two chestnuts, or because
      chestnuts were first used for castanets. See {Chestnut}.]
      Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like
      spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the
      middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an
      accompaniment to their dance and guitars.
  
      Note: The singular, castanet, is used of one of the pair, or,
               sometimes, of the pair forming the instrument.
  
                        The dancer, holding a castanet in each hand,
                        rattles then to the motion of his feet. --Moore
                                                                              (Encyc. of
                                                                              Music).

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   Chinquapin \Chin"qua*pin\, n. (Bot.)
      A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub ({Castanea pumila}) of
      North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the
      chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat. [Written also
      {chincapin} and {chinkapin}.]
  
      {Chinquapin oak}, a small shrubby oak ({Quercus prinoides})
            of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns.
  
      {Western Chinquapin}, an evergreen shrub or tree ({Castanopes
            chrysophylla}) of the Pacific coast. In California it is a
            shrub; in Oregon a tree 30 to 125 feet high.

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   Cast \Cast\ (k[adot]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cast}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Casting}.] [Cf. Dan. kaste, Icel. & Sw. kasta; perh.
      akin to L. {gerere} to bear, carry. E. jest.]
      1. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to
            impel.
  
                     Uzziah prepared . . . slings to cast stones. --2
                                                                              Chron. xxvi.
                                                                              14.
  
                     Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. --Acts.
                                                                              xii. 8.
  
                     We must be cast upon a certain island. --Acts.
                                                                              xxvii. 26.
  
      2. To direct or turn, as the eyes.
  
                     How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me! --Shak.
  
      3. To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
  
      4. To throw down, as in wrestling. --Shak.
  
      5. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
  
                     Thine enemies shall cast a trench [bank] about thee.
                                                                              --Luke xix.
                                                                              48.
  
      6. To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
  
                     His filth within being cast.               --Shak.
  
                     Neither shall your vine cast her fruit. --Mal. iii.
                                                                              11
  
                     The creatures that cast the skin are the snake, the
                     viper, etc.                                       --Bacon.
  
      7. To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
  
                     Thy she-goats have not cast their young. --Gen. xxi.
                                                                              38.
  
      8. To throw out or emit; to exhale. [Obs.]
  
                     This . . . casts a sulphureous smell. --Woodward.
  
      9. To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to
            cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
  
      10. To impose; to bestow; to rest.
  
                     The government I cast upon my brother. --Shak.
  
                     Cast thy burden upon the Lord.         --Ps. iv. 22.
  
      11. To dismiss; to discard; to cashier. [Obs.]
  
                     The state can not with safety cast him.
  
      12. To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a
            horoscope. [bd]Let it be cast and paid.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     You cast the event of war, my noble lord. --Shak.
  
      13. To contrive; to plan. [Archaic]
  
                     The cloister . . . had, I doubt not, been cast for
                     [an orange-house].                           --Sir W.
                                                                              Temple.
  
      14. To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict;
            as, to be cast in damages.
  
                     She was cast to be hanged.               --Jeffrey.
  
                     Were the case referred to any competent judge, they
                     would inevitably be cast.                  --Dr. H. More.
  
      15. To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to
            make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
  
                     How much interest casts the balance in cases
                     dubious!                                          --South.
  
      16. To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal
            or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as,
            to cast bells, stoves, bullets.
  
      17. (Print.) To stereotype or electrotype.
  
      18. To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play
            among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
  
                     Our parts in the other world will be new cast.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      {To cast anchor} (Naut.) See under {Anchor}.
  
      {To cast a horoscope}, to calculate it.
  
      {To cast a} {horse, sheep}, or other animal, to throw with
            the feet upwards, in such a manner as to prevent its
            rising again.
  
      {To cast a shoe}, to throw off or lose a shoe, said of a
            horse or ox.
  
      {To cast aside}, to throw or push aside; to neglect; to
            reject as useless or inconvenient.
  
      {To cast away}.
            (a) To throw away; to lavish; to waste. [bd]Cast away a
                  life[b8] --Addison.
            (b) To reject; to let perish. [bd]Cast away his
                  people.[b8] --Rom. xi. 1. [bd]Cast one away.[b8]
                  --Shak.
            (c) To wreck. [bd]Cast away and sunk.[b8] --Shak.
  
      {To cast by}, to reject; to dismiss or discard; to throw
            away.
  
      {To cast down}, to throw down; to destroy; to deject or
            depress, as the mind. [bd]Why art thou cast down. O my
            soul?[b8] --Ps. xiii. 5.
  
      {To cast forth}, to throw out, or eject, as from an inclosed
            place; to emit; to send out.
  
      {To cast in one's lot with}, to share the fortunes of.
  
      {To cast in one's teeth}, to upbraid or abuse one for; to
            twin.
  
      {To cast lots}. See under {Lot}.
  
      {To cast off}.
            (a) To discard or reject; to drive away; to put off; to
                  free one's self from.
            (b) (Hunting) To leave behind, as dogs; also, to set
                  loose, or free, as dogs. --Crabb.
            (c) (Naut.) To untie, throw off, or let go, as a rope.
  
      {To cast off copy}, (Print.), to estimate how much printed
            matter a given amount of copy will make, or how large the
            page must be in order that the copy may make a given
            number of pages.
  
      {To cast one's self} {on [or] upon} to yield or submit one's
            self unreservedly to, as to the mercy of another.
  
      {To cast out}, to throw out; to eject, as from a house; to
            cast forth; to expel; to utter.
  
      {To cast the lead} (Naut.), to sound by dropping the lead to
            the bottom.
  
      {To cast the water} (Med.), to examine the urine for signs of
            disease. [Obs.].
  
      {To cast up}.
            (a) To throw up; to raise.
            (b) To compute; to reckon, as the cost.
            (c) To vomit.
            (d) To twit with; to throw in one's teeth.

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   Casting \Cast"ing\, n.
      1. The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
  
      2. The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of
            shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process
            of pouring molten metal into a mold.
  
      3. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so
            cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.
  
      4. The warping of a board. --Brande & C.
  
      5. The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as
            skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
  
      {Casting of draperies}, the proper distribution of the folds
            of garments, in painting and sculpture.
  
      {Casting line} (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied
            to the long reel line.
  
      {Casting net}, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction
            from a net that is set and left.
  
      {Casting voice}, {Casting vote}, the decisive vote of a
            presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house
            are equally divided. [bd]When there was an equal vote, the
            governor had the casting voice.[b8] --B. Trumbull.

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   Casting \Cast"ing\, n.
      1. The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
  
      2. The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of
            shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process
            of pouring molten metal into a mold.
  
      3. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so
            cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.
  
      4. The warping of a board. --Brande & C.
  
      5. The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as
            skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
  
      {Casting of draperies}, the proper distribution of the folds
            of garments, in painting and sculpture.
  
      {Casting line} (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied
            to the long reel line.
  
      {Casting net}, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction
            from a net that is set and left.
  
      {Casting voice}, {Casting vote}, the decisive vote of a
            presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house
            are equally divided. [bd]When there was an equal vote, the
            governor had the casting voice.[b8] --B. Trumbull.

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   Casting \Cast"ing\, n.
      1. The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
  
      2. The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of
            shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process
            of pouring molten metal into a mold.
  
      3. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so
            cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.
  
      4. The warping of a board. --Brande & C.
  
      5. The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as
            skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
  
      {Casting of draperies}, the proper distribution of the folds
            of garments, in painting and sculpture.
  
      {Casting line} (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied
            to the long reel line.
  
      {Casting net}, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction
            from a net that is set and left.
  
      {Casting voice}, {Casting vote}, the decisive vote of a
            presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house
            are equally divided. [bd]When there was an equal vote, the
            governor had the casting voice.[b8] --B. Trumbull.

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   Drapery \Dra"per*y\, n.; pl. {Draperies}. [F. draperie.]
      1. The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in
            cloth. --Bacon.
  
      2. Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general.
  
                     People who ought to be weighing out grocery or
                     measuring out drapery.                        --Macaulay.
  
      3. A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially
            when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as:
            (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the
                  body, or shown in the representations of the human
                  figure in art.
            (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed.
  
                           Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
                           About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
                                                                              --Bryant.
  
                           All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely
                           torn off.                                    --Burke.
  
      {Casting of draperies}. See under {Casting}.
  
                     The casting of draperies . . . is one of the most
                     important of an artist's studies.      --Fairholt.

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   Casting \Cast"ing\, n.
      1. The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
  
      2. The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of
            shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process
            of pouring molten metal into a mold.
  
      3. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so
            cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.
  
      4. The warping of a board. --Brande & C.
  
      5. The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as
            skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
  
      {Casting of draperies}, the proper distribution of the folds
            of garments, in painting and sculpture.
  
      {Casting line} (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied
            to the long reel line.
  
      {Casting net}, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction
            from a net that is set and left.
  
      {Casting voice}, {Casting vote}, the decisive vote of a
            presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house
            are equally divided. [bd]When there was an equal vote, the
            governor had the casting voice.[b8] --B. Trumbull.

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   Casting \Cast"ing\, n.
      1. The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
  
      2. The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of
            shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process
            of pouring molten metal into a mold.
  
      3. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so
            cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.
  
      4. The warping of a board. --Brande & C.
  
      5. The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as
            skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
  
      {Casting of draperies}, the proper distribution of the folds
            of garments, in painting and sculpture.
  
      {Casting line} (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied
            to the long reel line.
  
      {Casting net}, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction
            from a net that is set and left.
  
      {Casting voice}, {Casting vote}, the decisive vote of a
            presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house
            are equally divided. [bd]When there was an equal vote, the
            governor had the casting voice.[b8] --B. Trumbull.

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   Vote \Vote\, n. [L. votum a vow, wish, will, fr. vovere, votum,
      to vow: cf. F. vote. See {Vow}.]
      1. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. [Obs.]
            --Massinger.
  
      2. A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of
            persons, expressed in some received and authorized way;
            the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or
            choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the
            person voting has an interest in common with others,
            either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws,
            rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.
  
      3. That by means of which will or preference is expressed in
            elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a
            ticket; as, a written vote.
  
                     The freeman casting with unpurchased hand The vote
                     that shakes the turrets of the land.   --Holmes.
  
      4. Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal
            decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as,
            the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence.
  
      5. Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.
  
      {Casting vote}, {Cumulative vote}, etc. See under {Casting},
            {Cumulative}, etc.

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   Casting \Cast"ing\, n.
      1. The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
  
      2. The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of
            shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process
            of pouring molten metal into a mold.
  
      3. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so
            cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.
  
      4. The warping of a board. --Brande & C.
  
      5. The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as
            skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
  
      {Casting of draperies}, the proper distribution of the folds
            of garments, in painting and sculpture.
  
      {Casting line} (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied
            to the long reel line.
  
      {Casting net}, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction
            from a net that is set and left.
  
      {Casting voice}, {Casting vote}, the decisive vote of a
            presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house
            are equally divided. [bd]When there was an equal vote, the
            governor had the casting voice.[b8] --B. Trumbull.

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      {Casting weight}, a weight that turns a balance when exactly
            poised.

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   Causation \Cau*sa"tion\, n.
      The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect
      is produced.
  
               The kind of causation by which vision is produced.
                                                                              --Whewell.
  
      {Law of universal causation}, the theoretical or asserted law
            that every event or phenomenon results from, or is the
            sequel of, some previous event or phenomenon, which being
            present, the other is certain to take place.

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   Causationist \Cau*sa"tion*ist\, n.
      One who believes in the law of universal causation.

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   Caxton \Cax"ton\, n. (Bibliog.)
      Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English
      printer. --Hansard.

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   Hessian \Hes"sian\, a.
      Of or relating to Hesse, in Germany, or to the Hessians.
  
      {Hessian boots}, [or] {Hessians}, boot of a kind worn in
            England, in the early part of the nineteenth century,
            tasseled in front. --Thackeray.
  
      {Hessian cloth}, [or] {Hessians}, a coarse hempen cloth for
            sacking.
  
      {Hessian crucible}. See under {Crucible}.
  
      {Hessian fly} (Zo[94]l.), a small dipterous fly or midge
            ({Cecidomyia destructor}). Its larv[91] live between the
            base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are
            very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the
            erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the
            Hessian troops, during the Revolution.

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   Willow \Wil"low\, n. [OE. wilowe, wilwe, AS. wilig, welig; akin
      to OD. wilge, D. wilg, LG. wilge. Cf. {Willy}.]
      1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Salix}, including
            many species, most of which are characterized often used
            as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. [bd]A
            wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight.[b8] --Sir W.
            Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the
            person beloved, is said to wear the willow.
  
                     And I must wear the willow garland For him that's
                     dead or false to me.                           --Campbell.
  
      2. (Textile Manuf.) A machine in which cotton or wool is
            opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes
            projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded
            with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having
            been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods,
            though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the
            winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called
            also {willy}, {twilly}, {twilly devil}, and {devil}.
  
      {Almond willow}, {Pussy willow}, {Weeping willow}. (Bot.) See
            under {Almond}, {Pussy}, and {Weeping}.
  
      {Willow biter} (Zo[94]l.) the blue tit. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Willow fly} (Zo[94]l.), a greenish European stone fly
            ({Chloroperla viridis}); -- called also {yellow Sally}.
  
      {Willow gall} (Zo[94]l.), a conical, scaly gall produced on
            willows by the larva of a small dipterous fly ({Cecidomyia
            strobiloides}).
  
      {Willow grouse} (Zo[94]l.), the white ptarmigan. See
            {ptarmigan}.
  
      {Willow lark} (Zo[94]l.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
  
      {Willow ptarmigan} (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The European reed bunting, or black-headed bunting.
                  See under {Reed}.
            (b) A sparrow ({Passer salicicolus}) native of Asia,
                  Africa, and Southern Europe.
  
      {Willow tea}, the prepared leaves of a species of willow
            largely grown in the neighborhood of Shanghai, extensively
            used by the poorer classes of Chinese as a substitute for
            tea. --McElrath.
  
      {Willow thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the veery, or
            Wilson's thrush. See {Veery}.
  
      {Willow warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a very small European warbler
            ({Phylloscopus trochilus}); -- called also {bee bird},
            {haybird}, {golden wren}, {pettychaps}, {sweet William},
            {Tom Thumb}, and {willow wren}.

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   Cecutiency \Ce*cu"tien*cy\, n. [L. caecutire to be blind, fr.
      caecus blind.]
      Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness. [R.] --Sir T.
      Browne.

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   Cessation \Ces*sa"tion\ (s[ecr]s*s[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [F.
      cessation, L. cessatio, fr. cessare. See {Cease}.]
      A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary
      or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war.
  
               The temporary cessation of the papal iniquities.
                                                                              --Motley.
  
               The day was yearly observed for a festival by cessation
               from labor.                                             --Sir J.
                                                                              Hayward.
  
      {Cessation of arms} (Mil.), an armistice, or truce, agreed to
            by the commanders of armies, to give time for a
            capitulation, or for other purposes.
  
      Syn: Stop; rest; stay; pause; discontinuance; intermission;
               interval; respite; interruption; recess; remission.

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   Cessation \Ces*sa"tion\ (s[ecr]s*s[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [F.
      cessation, L. cessatio, fr. cessare. See {Cease}.]
      A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary
      or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war.
  
               The temporary cessation of the papal iniquities.
                                                                              --Motley.
  
               The day was yearly observed for a festival by cessation
               from labor.                                             --Sir J.
                                                                              Hayward.
  
      {Cessation of arms} (Mil.), an armistice, or truce, agreed to
            by the commanders of armies, to give time for a
            capitulation, or for other purposes.
  
      Syn: Stop; rest; stay; pause; discontinuance; intermission;
               interval; respite; interruption; recess; remission.

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   Venus \Ve"nus\, n. [L. Venus, -eris, the goddess of love, the
      planet Venus.]
      1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of beauty and love, that is,
            beauty or love deified.
  
      2. (Anat.) One of the planets, the second in order from the
            sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and that of
            the Earth, at a mean distance from the sun of about
            67,000,000 miles. Its diameter is 7,700 miles, and its
            sidereal period 224.7 days. As the morning star, it was
            called by the ancients {Lucifer}; as the evening star,
            {Hesperus}.
  
      3. (Alchem.) The metal copper; -- probably so designated from
            the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror
            being still the astronomical symbol of the planet Venus.
            [Archaic]
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve
            shells of the genus {Venus} or family {Venerid[91]}. Many
            of these shells are large, and ornamented with beautiful
            frills; others are smooth, glossy, and handsomely colored.
            Some of the larger species, as the round clam, or quahog,
            are valued for food.
  
      {Venus's basin} (Bot.), the wild teasel; -- so called because
            the connate leaf bases form a kind of receptacle for
            water, which was formerly gathered for use in the toilet.
            Also called {Venus's bath}.
  
      {Venus's basket} (Zo[94]l.), an elegant, cornucopia-shaped,
            hexactinellid sponge ({Euplectella speciosa}) native of
            the East Indies. It consists of glassy, transparent,
            siliceous fibers interwoven and soldered together so as to
            form a firm network, and has long, slender, divergent
            anchoring fibers at the base by means of which it stands
            erect in the soft mud at the bottom of the sea. Called
            also {Venus's flower basket}, and {Venus's purse}.
  
      {Venus's comb}.
            (a) (Bot.) Same as {Lady's comb}.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) A species of {Murex} ({M. tenuispinus}). It
                  has a long, tubular canal, with a row of long, slender
                  spines along both of its borders, and rows of similar
                  spines covering the body of the shell. Called also
                  {Venus's shell}.
  
      {Venus's fan} (Zo[94]l.), a common reticulated, fanshaped
            gorgonia ({Gorgonia flabellum}) native of Florida and the
            West Indies. When fresh the color is purple or yellow, or
            a mixture of the two.
  
      {Venus's flytrap}. (Bot.) See {Flytrap}, 2.
  
      {Venus's girdle} (Zo[94]l.), a long, flat, ribbonlike, very
            delicate, transparent and iridescent ctenophore ({Cestum
            Veneris}) which swims in the open sea. Its form is due to
            the enormous development of two spheromeres. See Illust.
            in Appendix.
  
      {Venus's hair} (Bot.), a delicate and graceful fern
            ({Adiantum Capillus-Veneris}) having a slender, black and
            shining stem and branches.
  
      {Venus's hair stone} (Min.), quartz penetrated by acicular
            crystals of rutile.
  
      {Venus's looking-glass} (Bot.), an annual plant of the genus
            {Specularia} allied to the bellflower; -- also called
            {lady's looking-glass}.
  
      {Venus's navelwort} (Bot.), any one of several species of
            {Omphalodes}, low boraginaceous herbs with small blue or
            white flowers.
  
      {Venus's pride} (Bot.), an old name for Quaker ladies. See
            under {Quaker}.
  
      {Venus's purse}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Venus's basket}, above.
           
  
      {Venus's shell}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any species of Cypr[91]a; a cowrie.
            (b) Same as {Venus's comb}, above.
            (c) Same as {Venus}, 4.
  
      {Venus's slipper}.
            (a) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Cypripedium}. See
                  {Lady's slipper}.
            (b) (Zo[94]l.) Any heteropod shell of the genus
                  {Carinaria}. See {Carinaria}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chasten \Chas"ten\ (ch[amac]"s'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Chastened} (-s'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chastening}.] [OE.
      chastien, OF. Chastier, F. Ch[?]tier, fr. L. castigare to
      punish, chastise; castus pure + agere to lead, drive. See
      {Chaste}, {Act}, and cf. {Castigate}, {Chastise}.]
      1. To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose
            of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a
            rod.
  
                     For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. --Heb. xii.
                                                                              6.
  
      2. To purify from errors or faults; to refine.
  
                     They [classics] chasten and enlarge the mind, and
                     excite to noble actions.                     --Layard.
  
      Syn: To chastise; punish; correct; discipline; castigate;
               afflict; subdue; purify.
  
      Usage: To {Chasten}, {Punish}, {Chastise}. To chasten is to
                  subject to affliction or trouble, in order to produce
                  a general change for the better in life or character.
                  To punish is to inflict penalty for violation of law,
                  disobedience to authority, or intentional wrongdoing.
                  To chastise is to punish a particular offense, as with
                  stripes, especially with the hope that suffering or
                  disgrace may prevent a repetition of faults.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chasten \Chas"ten\ (ch[amac]"s'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Chastened} (-s'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chastening}.] [OE.
      chastien, OF. Chastier, F. Ch[?]tier, fr. L. castigare to
      punish, chastise; castus pure + agere to lead, drive. See
      {Chaste}, {Act}, and cf. {Castigate}, {Chastise}.]
      1. To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose
            of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a
            rod.
  
                     For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. --Heb. xii.
                                                                              6.
  
      2. To purify from errors or faults; to refine.
  
                     They [classics] chasten and enlarge the mind, and
                     excite to noble actions.                     --Layard.
  
      Syn: To chastise; punish; correct; discipline; castigate;
               afflict; subdue; purify.
  
      Usage: To {Chasten}, {Punish}, {Chastise}. To chasten is to
                  subject to affliction or trouble, in order to produce
                  a general change for the better in life or character.
                  To punish is to inflict penalty for violation of law,
                  disobedience to authority, or intentional wrongdoing.
                  To chastise is to punish a particular offense, as with
                  stripes, especially with the hope that suffering or
                  disgrace may prevent a repetition of faults.

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   Chastened \Chas"tened\, a.
      Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down. --Sir.
      W. Scott.
  
               Of such a finished chastened purity.      --Tennyson.

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   Chastener \Chas"ten*er\, n.
      One who chastens.

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   Chasteness \Chaste"ness\, n.
      1. Chastity; purity.
  
      2. (Literature & Art) Freedom from all that is meretricious,
            gaudy, or affected; as, chasteness of design.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chasten \Chas"ten\ (ch[amac]"s'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Chastened} (-s'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chastening}.] [OE.
      chastien, OF. Chastier, F. Ch[?]tier, fr. L. castigare to
      punish, chastise; castus pure + agere to lead, drive. See
      {Chaste}, {Act}, and cf. {Castigate}, {Chastise}.]
      1. To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose
            of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a
            rod.
  
                     For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. --Heb. xii.
                                                                              6.
  
      2. To purify from errors or faults; to refine.
  
                     They [classics] chasten and enlarge the mind, and
                     excite to noble actions.                     --Layard.
  
      Syn: To chastise; punish; correct; discipline; castigate;
               afflict; subdue; purify.
  
      Usage: To {Chasten}, {Punish}, {Chastise}. To chasten is to
                  subject to affliction or trouble, in order to produce
                  a general change for the better in life or character.
                  To punish is to inflict penalty for violation of law,
                  disobedience to authority, or intentional wrongdoing.
                  To chastise is to punish a particular offense, as with
                  stripes, especially with the hope that suffering or
                  disgrace may prevent a repetition of faults.

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   Chesteyn \Ches"teyn\, n.
      The chestnut tree. [Obs.]
  
               Wilwe, elm, plane, assch, box, chesteyn. --Chaucer.

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   Chestnut \Chest"nut\, a.
      Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as,
      chestnut curls.

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   Chestnut \Chest"nut\ (ch[ecr]s"n[ucr]t), n. [For chesten-nut;
      OE. chestein, chesten, chastein, chestnut, fr. AS. cisten in
      cisten-be[a0]m chestnut tree, influenced by OF. chastaigne,
      F. ch[83]taigne, both the AS. and the F. words coming from L.
      castanea a chestnut, Gr. ka`stanon, fr. Ka`stana a city of
      Pontus, where chestnut trees grew in abundance, and whence
      they were introduced into Europe. Cf. {Castanets}.]
      1. (Bot.) The edible nut of a forest tree ({Castanea vesca})
            of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts
            grow in a prickly bur.
  
      2. The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used
            for ornamental work, furniture, etc.
  
      3. A bright brown color, like that of the nut.
  
      4. The horse chestnut (often so used in England).
  
      5. One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides
            of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.
  
      6. An old joke or story. [Slang]
  
      {Chestnut tree}, a tree that bears chestnuts.

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   Nut \Nut\, n. [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G.
      nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. n[94]t, Dan. n[94]d.]
      1. (Bot.) The fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the
            almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting
            of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel.
  
      2. A perforated block (usually a small piece of metal),
            provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on
            a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or
            for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst {Bolt}.
  
      3. The tumbler of a gunlock. --Knight.
  
      4. (Naut.) A projection on each side of the shank of an
            anchor, to secure the stock in place.
  
      {Check nut}, {Jam nut}, {Lock nut}, a nut which is screwed up
            tightly against another nut on the same bolt or screw, in
            order to prevent accidental unscrewing of the first nut.
           
  
      {Nut buoy}. See under {Buoy}.
  
      {Nut coal}, screened coal of a size smaller than stove coal
            and larger than pea coal; -- called also {chestnut coal}.
           
  
      {Nut crab} (Zo[94]l.), any leucosoid crab of the genus
            {Ebalia} as, {Ebalia tuberosa} of Europe.
  
      {Nut grass} (Bot.), a plant of the Sedge family ({Cyperus
            rotundus}, var. Hydra), which has slender rootstocks
            bearing small, nutlike tubers, by which the plant
            multiplies exceedingly, especially in cotton fields.
  
      {Nut lock}, a device, as a metal plate bent up at the
            corners, to prevent a nut from becoming unscrewed, as by
            jarring.

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   Oak \Oak\ ([omac]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [be]c; akin to D.
      eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
      1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks
            have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
            staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
            called an {acorn}, which is more or less inclosed in a
            scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
            recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
            fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
            Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
            barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
            Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
            proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
            hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
            rays, forming the silver grain.
  
      2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
  
      Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
  
      {Barren oak}, or
  
      {Black-jack}, {Q. nigra}.
  
      {Basket oak}, {Q. Michauxii}.
  
      {Black oak}, {Q. tinctoria}; -- called also {yellow} or
            {quercitron oak}.
  
      {Bur oak} (see under {Bur}.), {Q. macrocarpa}; -- called also
            {over-cup} or {mossy-cup oak}.
  
      {Chestnut oak}, {Q. Prinus} and {Q. densiflora}.
  
      {Chinquapin oak} (see under {Chinquapin}), {Q. prinoides}.
  
      {Coast live oak}, {Q. agrifolia}, of California; -- also
            called {enceno}.
  
      {Live oak} (see under {Live}), {Q. virens}, the best of all
            for shipbuilding; also, {Q. Chrysolepis}, of California.
           
  
      {Pin oak}. Same as {Swamp oak}.
  
      {Post oak}, {Q. obtusifolia}.
  
      {Red oak}, {Q. rubra}.
  
      {Scarlet oak}, {Q. coccinea}.
  
      {Scrub oak}, {Q. ilicifolia}, {Q. undulata}, etc.
  
      {Shingle oak}, {Q. imbricaria}.
  
      {Spanish oak}, {Q. falcata}.
  
      {Swamp Spanish oak}, or
  
      {Pin oak}, {Q. palustris}.
  
      {Swamp white oak}, {Q. bicolor}.
  
      {Water oak}, {Q. aguatica}.
  
      {Water white oak}, {Q. lyrata}.
  
      {Willow oak}, {Q. Phellos}. Among the true oaks in Europe
            are:
  
      {Bitter oak}, [or]
  
      {Turkey oak}, {Q. Cerris} (see {Cerris}).
  
      {Cork oak}, {Q. Suber}.
  
      {English white oak}, {Q. Robur}.
  
      {Evergreen oak},
  
      {Holly oak}, [or]
  
      {Holm oak}, {Q. Ilex}.
  
      {Kermes oak}, {Q. coccifera}.
  
      {Nutgall oak}, {Q. infectoria}.
  
      Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
               {Quercus}, are:
  
      {African oak}, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
            Africana}).
  
      {Australian, [or] She}, {oak}, any tree of the genus
            {Casuarina} (see {Casuarina}).
  
      {Indian oak}, the teak tree (see {Teak}).
  
      {Jerusalem oak}. See under {Jerusalem}.
  
      {New Zealand oak}, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
            excelsum}).
  
      {Poison oak}, the poison ivy. See under {Poison}.

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   Chestnut \Chest"nut\ (ch[ecr]s"n[ucr]t), n. [For chesten-nut;
      OE. chestein, chesten, chastein, chestnut, fr. AS. cisten in
      cisten-be[a0]m chestnut tree, influenced by OF. chastaigne,
      F. ch[83]taigne, both the AS. and the F. words coming from L.
      castanea a chestnut, Gr. ka`stanon, fr. Ka`stana a city of
      Pontus, where chestnut trees grew in abundance, and whence
      they were introduced into Europe. Cf. {Castanets}.]
      1. (Bot.) The edible nut of a forest tree ({Castanea vesca})
            of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts
            grow in a prickly bur.
  
      2. The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used
            for ornamental work, furniture, etc.
  
      3. A bright brown color, like that of the nut.
  
      4. The horse chestnut (often so used in England).
  
      5. One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides
            of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.
  
      6. An old joke or story. [Slang]
  
      {Chestnut tree}, a tree that bears chestnuts.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stonechat \Stone"chat`\, n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the
      similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two
      pebbles.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird
            ({Pratincola rubicola}); -- called also {chickstone},
            {stonechacker}, {stonechatter}, {stoneclink},
            {stonesmith}.
      (b) The wheatear.
      (c) The blue titmouse.
  
      Note: The name is sometimes applied to various species of
               {Saxicola}, {Pratincola}, and allied genera; as, the
               pied stonechat of India ({Saxicola picata}).

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   Wintergreen \Win"ter*green`\, n. (Bot.)
      A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter.
  
      Note: In England, the name wintergreen is applied to the
               species of {Pyrola} which in America are called
               {English wintergreen}, and {shin leaf} (see Shin leaf,
               under {Shin}.) In America, the name wintergreen is
               given to {Gaultheria procumbens}, a low evergreen
               aromatic plant with oval leaves clustered at the top of
               a short stem, and bearing small white flowers followed
               by red berries; -- called also {checkerberry}, and
               sometimes, though improperly, {partridge berry}.
  
      {Chickweed wintergreen}, a low perennial primulaceous herb
            ({Trientalis Americana}); -- also called {star flower}.
  
      {Flowering wintergreen}, a low plant ({Polygala paucifolia})
            with leaves somewhat like those of the wintergreen
            ({Gaultheria}), and bearing a few showy, rose-purple
            blossoms.
  
      {Spotted wintergreen}, a low evergreen plant ({Chimaphila
            maculata}) with ovate, white-spotted leaves.

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   Carbonic \Car*bon"ic\, a. [Cf. F. carbonique. See {Carbon}.]
      (Chem.)
      Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic
      oxide.
  
      {Carbonic acid} (Chem.), an acid {H2CO3}, not existing
            separately, which, combined with positive or basic atoms
            or radicals, forms carbonates. In common language the term
            is very generally applied to a compound of carbon and
            oxygen, {CO2}, more correctly called {carbon dioxide}. It
            is a colorless, heavy, irrespirable gas, extinguishing
            flame, and when breathed destroys life. It can be reduced
            to a liquid and solid form by intense pressure. It is
            produced in the fermentation of liquors, and by the
            combustion and decomposition of organic substances, or
            other substances containing carbon. It is formed in the
            explosion of fire damp in mines, and is hence called
            {after damp}; it is also know as {choke damp}, and
            {mephitic air}. Water will absorb its own volume of it,
            and more than this under pressure, and in this state
            becomes the common soda water of the shops, and the
            carbonated water of natural springs. Combined with lime it
            constitutes limestone, or common marble and chalk. Plants
            imbibe it for their nutrition and growth, the carbon being
            retained and the oxygen given out.
  
      {Carbonic oxide} (Chem.), a colorless gas, {CO}, of a light
            odor, called more correctly {carbon monoxide}. It is
            almost the only definitely known compound in which carbon
            seems to be divalent. It is a product of the incomplete
            combustion of carbon, and is an abundant constituent of
            water gas. It is fatal to animal life, extinguishes
            combustion, and burns with a pale blue flame, forming
            carbon dioxide.

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   Choke damp \Choke" damp`\
      See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}.

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   Damp \Damp\ (d[acr]mp), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor,
      steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG.
      dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.]
      1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
  
                     Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps
                     and dreadful gloom.                           --Milton.
  
      2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
  
                     Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence,
                     A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                     It must have thrown a damp over your autumn
                     excursion.                                          --J. D.
                                                                              Forbes.
  
      3. (Mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old
            wells, pints, etc.
  
      {Choke damp}, a damp consisting principally of carbonic acid
            gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal
            life. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}.
  
      {Damp sheet}, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air
            currents and prevent accumulation of gas.
  
      {Fire damp}, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted
            hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when
            mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with
            flame.

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   Carbonic \Car*bon"ic\, a. [Cf. F. carbonique. See {Carbon}.]
      (Chem.)
      Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic
      oxide.
  
      {Carbonic acid} (Chem.), an acid {H2CO3}, not existing
            separately, which, combined with positive or basic atoms
            or radicals, forms carbonates. In common language the term
            is very generally applied to a compound of carbon and
            oxygen, {CO2}, more correctly called {carbon dioxide}. It
            is a colorless, heavy, irrespirable gas, extinguishing
            flame, and when breathed destroys life. It can be reduced
            to a liquid and solid form by intense pressure. It is
            produced in the fermentation of liquors, and by the
            combustion and decomposition of organic substances, or
            other substances containing carbon. It is formed in the
            explosion of fire damp in mines, and is hence called
            {after damp}; it is also know as {choke damp}, and
            {mephitic air}. Water will absorb its own volume of it,
            and more than this under pressure, and in this state
            becomes the common soda water of the shops, and the
            carbonated water of natural springs. Combined with lime it
            constitutes limestone, or common marble and chalk. Plants
            imbibe it for their nutrition and growth, the carbon being
            retained and the oxygen given out.
  
      {Carbonic oxide} (Chem.), a colorless gas, {CO}, of a light
            odor, called more correctly {carbon monoxide}. It is
            almost the only definitely known compound in which carbon
            seems to be divalent. It is a product of the incomplete
            combustion of carbon, and is an abundant constituent of
            water gas. It is fatal to animal life, extinguishes
            combustion, and burns with a pale blue flame, forming
            carbon dioxide.

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   Choke damp \Choke" damp`\
      See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}.

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   Damp \Damp\ (d[acr]mp), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor,
      steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG.
      dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.]
      1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
  
                     Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps
                     and dreadful gloom.                           --Milton.
  
      2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
  
                     Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence,
                     A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                     It must have thrown a damp over your autumn
                     excursion.                                          --J. D.
                                                                              Forbes.
  
      3. (Mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old
            wells, pints, etc.
  
      {Choke damp}, a damp consisting principally of carbonic acid
            gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal
            life. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}.
  
      {Damp sheet}, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air
            currents and prevent accumulation of gas.
  
      {Fire damp}, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted
            hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when
            mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with
            flame.

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   Chuck \Chuck\ (ch[ucr]k), n.
      1. A small pebble; -- called also {chuckstone} and
            {chuckiestone}. [Scot.]
  
      2. pl. A game played with chucks, in which one or more are
            tossed up and caught; jackstones. [Scot.]

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   Musquash \Mus"quash\, n. [American Indian name.] (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Muskrat}.
  
      {Musquash root} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Cicuta
            maculata}), having a poisonous root. See {Water hemlock}.

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   Hemlock \Hem"lock\, n. [OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic,
      hymlic.]
      1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs
            having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the
            {Cicuta maculata}, {bulbifera}, and {virosa}, and the
            {Conium maculatum}. See {Conium}.
  
      Note: The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by
               some thought to have been a decoction of {Cicuta
               virosa}, or water hemlock, by others, of {Conium
               maculatum}.
  
      2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America ({Abies,
            [or] Tsuga, Canadensis}); hemlock spruce.
  
                     The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. --Longfellow.
  
      3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree.
  
      {Ground hemlock}, [or] {Dwarf hemlock}. See under {Ground}.

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   Cowbane \Cow"bane`\ (kou"b[amac]n`), n. (Bot.)
      A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the {Cicuta
      virosa}; in the United States, the {Cicuta maculata} and the
      {Archemora rigida}. See {Water hemlock}.

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   Coaction \Co*ac"tion\, n. [L. coactio.]
      Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling.
      --Sojth.

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   Coast and Geodetic Survey \Coast and Geodetic Survey\
      A bureau of the United States government charged with the
      topographic and hydrographic survey of the coast and the
      execution of belts of primary triangulation and lines of
      precise leveling in the interior. It now belongs to the
      Department of Commerce and Labor.

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   Coast \Coast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Coasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Coasting}.] [OE. costien, costeien, costen, OF. costier,
      costoier, F. c[93]toyer, fr. Of. coste coast, F. c[93]te. See
      {Coast}, n.]
      1. To draw or keep near; to approach. [Obs.]
  
                     Anon she hears them chant it lustily, And all in
                     haste she coasteth to the cry.            --Shak.
  
      2. To sail by or near the shore.
  
                     The ancients coasted only in their navigation.
                                                                              --Arbuthnot.
  
      3. To sail from port to port in the same country.
  
      4. [Cf. OF. coste, F. c[93]te, hill, hillside.] To slide down
            hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice. [Local, U. S.]

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   Coasting \Coast"ing\, a.
      Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along
      a coast.
  
      {Coasting trade}, trade carried on by water between
            neighboring ports of the same country, as distinguished
            from foreign trade or trade involving long voyages.
  
      {Coasting vessel}, a vessel employed in coasting; a coaster.

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   Coasting \Coast"ing\, n.
      1. A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying
            on a coasting trade.
  
      2. Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice.
            [Local, U. S.]

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   Lead \Lead\ (l[ecr]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le[a0]d;
      akin to D. lood, MHG. l[omac]t, G. loth plummet, sounding
      lead, small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123]
      1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic
            metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily
            tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with
            little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets,
            etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible,
            forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of
            solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L.
            Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena,
            lead sulphide.
  
      2. An article made of lead or an alloy of lead; as:
            (a) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
            (b) (Print.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate
                  lines of type in printing.
            (c) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs;
                  hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne
                  plates.
  
                           I would have the tower two stories, and goodly
                           leads upon the top.                     --Bacon
  
      3. A small cylinder of black lead or plumbago, used in
            pencils.
  
      {Black lead}, graphite or plumbago; -- so called from its
            leadlike appearance and streak. [Colloq.]
  
      {Coasting lead}, a sounding lead intermediate in weight
            between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.
  
      {Deep-sea lead}, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in
            water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {Hand lead}, a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.
           
  
      {Krems lead}, {Kremnitz lead} [so called from Krems or
            Kremnitz, in Austria], a pure variety of white lead,
            formed into tablets, and called also {Krems, [or]
            Kremnitz, white}, and {Vienna white}.
  
      {Lead arming}, tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead.
            See {To arm the lead} (below).
  
      {Lead colic}. See under {Colic}.
  
      {Lead color}, a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead.
           
  
      {Lead glance}. (Min.) Same as {Galena}.
  
      {Lead line}
            (a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a
                  deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning.
            (b) (Naut.) A sounding line.
  
      {Lead mill}, a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.
  
      {Lead ocher} (Min.), a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead.
            Same as {Massicot}.
  
      {Lead pencil}, a pencil of which the marking material is
            graphite (black lead).
  
      {Lead plant} (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus {Amorpha}
            ({A. canescens}), found in the Northwestern United States,
            where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore.
            --Gray.
  
      {Lead tree}.
            (a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous
                  tree, {Leuc[91]na glauca}; -- probably so called from
                  the glaucous color of the foliage.
            (b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a
                  solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip
                  of zinc in lead acetate.
  
      {Mock lead}, a miner's term for blende.
  
      {Red lead}, a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder,
            consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing
            several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or
            cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass.
  
      {Red lead ore} (Min.), crocoite.
  
      {Sugar of lead}, acetate of lead.
  
      {To arm the lead}, to fill the hollow in the bottom of a
            sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature
            of the bottom by the substances adhering. --Ham. Nav.
            Encyc.
  
      {To} {cast, [or] heave}, {the lead}, to cast the sounding
            lead for ascertaining the depth of water.
  
      {White lead}, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a
            white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of
            white paint.

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   Coasting \Coast"ing\, a.
      Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along
      a coast.
  
      {Coasting trade}, trade carried on by water between
            neighboring ports of the same country, as distinguished
            from foreign trade or trade involving long voyages.
  
      {Coasting vessel}, a vessel employed in coasting; a coaster.

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   Coasting \Coast"ing\, a.
      Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along
      a coast.
  
      {Coasting trade}, trade carried on by water between
            neighboring ports of the same country, as distinguished
            from foreign trade or trade involving long voyages.
  
      {Coasting vessel}, a vessel employed in coasting; a coaster.

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   Coaxation \Co`ax*a"tion\, n. [Gr. [?] the noise of frogs.]
      The act of croaking. [R] --Dr. H. More.

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   Cockshut \Cock"shut`\, n.
      A kind of net to catch woodcock. [Obs.] --Nares.
  
      {Cockshut time} [or] {light}, evening twilight; nightfall; --
            so called in allusion to the tome at which the cockshut
            used to be spread. [Obs.] --Shak. B. Jonson.

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   Coction \Coc"tion\, n. [L. coctio.]
      1. Act of boiling.
  
      2. (Med.)
            (a) Digestion. [Obs.]
            (b) The change which the humorists believed morbific
                  matter undergoes before elimination. [Obs.]
                  --Dunglison.

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   Coextend \Co`ex*tend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coextended}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Coextending}.]
      To extend through the same space or time with another; to
      extend to the same degree.
  
               According to which the least body may be coextended
               with the greatest.                                 --Boyle.
  
               Has your English language one single word that is
               coextended through all these significations? --Bentley.

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   Coextend \Co`ex*tend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coextended}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Coextending}.]
      To extend through the same space or time with another; to
      extend to the same degree.
  
               According to which the least body may be coextended
               with the greatest.                                 --Boyle.
  
               Has your English language one single word that is
               coextended through all these significations? --Bentley.

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   Coextend \Co`ex*tend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coextended}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Coextending}.]
      To extend through the same space or time with another; to
      extend to the same degree.
  
               According to which the least body may be coextended
               with the greatest.                                 --Boyle.
  
               Has your English language one single word that is
               coextended through all these significations? --Bentley.

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   Coextension \Co`ex*ten"sion\ (k[omac]`[ecr]ks*t[ecr]n"sh[ucr]n),
      n.
      The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally
      extended.

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   Coextensive \Co`ex*ten"sive\, a.
      Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and
      knowledge are coextensive. --Sir W. Hamilton. --
      {Co`ex*ten"sive*ly}, adv. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ness, n.

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   Coextensive \Co`ex*ten"sive\, a.
      Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and
      knowledge are coextensive. --Sir W. Hamilton. --
      {Co`ex*ten"sive*ly}, adv. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ness, n.

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   Coquet \Co*quet"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coquetted}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Coquetting}.]
      To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to
      treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to
      deceive and disappoint.
  
               You are coquetting a maid of honor.         --Swift.

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   Costean \Cos"tean`\ (k?s"t?n`), v. i. [Cornish cothas dropped +
      stean tin.]
      To search after lodes. See {Costeaning}.

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   Costeaning \Cos"tean`ing\, n.
      The process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes.
      It consist in sinking small pits through the superficial
      deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to
      another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as
      to cross all the veins between the two pits.

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   Cost \Cost\ (k[ocr]st; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cost}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Costing}.] [OF. coster, couster, F. co[ucir]ter,
      fr. L. constare to stand at, to cost; con- + stare to stand.
      See {Stand}, and cf. {Constant}.]
      1. To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as
            in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost,
            expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket
            cost a dollar; the effort cost his life.
  
                     A diamond gone, cost me two thousand ducats. --Shak.
  
                     Though it cost me ten nights' watchings. --Shak.
  
      2. To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.
  
                     To do him wanton rites, which cost them woe.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      {To cost dear}, to require or occasion a large outlay of
            money, or much labor, self-denial, suffering, etc.

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   Costmary \Cost"ma*ry\ (k?st"m?-r?), n. [L. costum an Oriental
      aromatic plant (Gr. [?][?][?], cf. Ar. kost, kust) + Maria
      Mary. Cf. {Alecost}.] (Bot.)
      A garden plant ({Chrysanthemum Balsamita}) having a strong
      balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a
      pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer.
      Called also {alecost}.

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   Coston lights \Cos"ton lights\
      Signals made by burning lights of different colors and used
      by vessels at sea, and in the life-saving service; -- named
      after their inventor.

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   Costume \Cos"tume`\ (k?s"t?m` [or] k?s-t?m"), n. [F. costume,
      It. costume custom, dress, fr. L. consuetumen (not found),
      for consuetudo custom. See {Custom}, and cf. {Consuetude}.]
      1. Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of
            a people, class, or period.
  
      2. Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a picture,
            statue, poem, or play, as is appropriate to the time,
            place, or other circumstances represented or described.
  
                     I began last night to read Walter Scott's Lay of the
                     Last Minstrel . . . .I was extremely delighted with
                     the poetical beauty of some parts . . . .The
                     costume, too, is admirable.               --Sir J.
                                                                              Mackintosh.
  
      3. A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic
            purposes.

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   Costumer \Cos"tum`er\ (-t?m`?r), n.
      One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancy
      balls, etc.

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   Cussedness \Cuss"ed*ness\, n. [Cussed (for cursed) + -ness.]
      Disposition to willful wrongdoing; malignity; perversity;
      cantankerousness; obstinacy. [Slang or Colloq., U. S.]
  
               In her opinion it was all pure [bd]cussedness.[b8]
                                                                              --Mrs. Humphry
                                                                              Ward.
  
               Disputatiousness and perversity (what the Americans
               call [bd]cussedness[b8]).                        --James Bryce.

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   Custom \Cus"tom\ (k[ucr]s"t[ucr]m), n. [OF. custume, costume,
      Anglo-Norman coustome, F. coutume, fr. (assumed) LL.
      consuetumen custom, habit, fr. L. consuetudo, -dinis, fr.
      consuescere to accustom, verb inchoative fr. consuere to be
      accustomed; con- + suere to be accustomed, prob. originally,
      to make one's own, fr. the root of suus one's own; akin to E.
      so, adv. Cf. {Consuetude}, {Costume}.]
      1. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common
            to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method
            of doing or living.
  
                     And teach customs which are not lawful. --Acts xvi.
                                                                              21.
  
                     Moved beyond his custom, Gama said.   --Tennyson.
  
                     A custom More honored in the breach than the
                     observance.                                       --Shak.
  
      2. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a
            shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving
            orders; business support.
  
                     Let him have your custom, but not your votes.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      3. (Law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten
            law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See
            {Usage}, and {Prescription}.
  
      Note: Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no
               custom without usage, though there may be usage without
               custom. --Wharton.
  
      4. Familiar aquaintance; familiarity. [Obs.]
  
                     Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her
                     infinite variety.                              --Shak.
  
      {Custom of merchants}, a system or code of customs by which
            affairs of commerce are regulated.
  
      {General customs}, those which extend over a state or
            kingdom.
  
      {Particular customs}, those which are limited to a city or
            district; as, the customs of London.
  
      Syn: Practice; fashion. See {Habit}, and {Usage}.

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   Custom \Cus"tom\, v. t. [Cf. OF. costumer. Cf. {Accustom}.]
      1. To make familiar; to accustom. [Obs.] --Gray.
  
      2. To supply with customers. [Obs.] --Bacon.

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   Custom \Cus"tom\, v. i.
      To have a custom. [Obs.]
  
               On a bridge he custometh to fight.         --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Custom \Cus"tom\, n. [OF. coustume, F. coutume, tax, i. e., the
      usual tax. See 1st {Custom}.]
      1. The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
  
                     Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to
                     whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom. --Rom.
                                                                              xiii. 7.
  
      2. pl. Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities,
            imported or exported.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Custom \Cus"tom\, v. t.
      To pay the customs of. [Obs.] --Marlowe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Custom \Cus"tom\ (k[ucr]s"t[ucr]m), n. [OF. custume, costume,
      Anglo-Norman coustome, F. coutume, fr. (assumed) LL.
      consuetumen custom, habit, fr. L. consuetudo, -dinis, fr.
      consuescere to accustom, verb inchoative fr. consuere to be
      accustomed; con- + suere to be accustomed, prob. originally,
      to make one's own, fr. the root of suus one's own; akin to E.
      so, adv. Cf. {Consuetude}, {Costume}.]
      1. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common
            to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method
            of doing or living.
  
                     And teach customs which are not lawful. --Acts xvi.
                                                                              21.
  
                     Moved beyond his custom, Gama said.   --Tennyson.
  
                     A custom More honored in the breach than the
                     observance.                                       --Shak.
  
      2. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a
            shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving
            orders; business support.
  
                     Let him have your custom, but not your votes.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      3. (Law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten
            law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See
            {Usage}, and {Prescription}.
  
      Note: Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no
               custom without usage, though there may be usage without
               custom. --Wharton.
  
      4. Familiar aquaintance; familiarity. [Obs.]
  
                     Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her
                     infinite variety.                              --Shak.
  
      {Custom of merchants}, a system or code of customs by which
            affairs of commerce are regulated.
  
      {General customs}, those which extend over a state or
            kingdom.
  
      {Particular customs}, those which are limited to a city or
            district; as, the customs of London.
  
      Syn: Practice; fashion. See {Habit}, and {Usage}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Customable \Cus"tom*a*ble\ (-[adot]*b'l), a. [Cf. OF.
      coustumable.]
      1. Customary. [Obs.] --Sir T. More.
  
      2. Subject to the payment of customs; dutiable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Customableness \Cus"tom*a*ble*ness\, n.
      Quality of being customable; conformity to custom. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Customably \Cus"tom*a*bly\, adv.
      Usually. [Obs.] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Customarily \Cus"tom*a*ri*ly\ (-[asl]*r[icr]*l[ycr]), adv.
      In a customary manner; habitually.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Customariness \Cus"tom*a*ri*ness\, n.
      Quality of being customary.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Customary \Cus"tom*a*ry\, n. [OF. coustumier, F. coutumier.]
      A book containing laws and usages, or customs; as, the
      Customary of the Normans. --Cowell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Customary \Cus"tom*a*ry\ (k[ucr]s"t[ucr]m*[asl]*r[ycr]), a. [CF.
      OF. coustumier, F. coutumier. See {Custom}, and cf.
      {Customer}.]
      1. Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by
            common usage; conventional; habitual.
  
                     Even now I met him With customary compliment.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     A formal customary attendance upon the offices.
                                                                              --South.
  
      2. (Law) Holding or held by custom; as, customary tenants;
            customary service or estate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Customer \Cus"tom*er\ (k[ucr]s"t[ucr]m*[etil]r), n. [A doublet
      of customary, a.: cf. LL. custumarius toll gatherer. See
      {Custom}.]
      1. One who collect customs; a toll gatherer. [Obs.]
  
                     The customers of the small or petty custom and of
                     the subsidy do demand of them custom for kersey
                     cloths.                                             --Hakluyt.
  
      2. One who regularly or repeatedly makes purchases of a
            trader; a purchaser; a buyer.
  
                     He has got at last the character of a good customer;
                     by this means he gets credit for something
                     considerable, and then never pays for it.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.
  
      3. A person with whom a business house has dealings; as, the
            customers of a bank. --J. A. H. Murray.
  
      4. A peculiar person; -- in an indefinite sense; as, a queer
            customer; an ugly customer. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
  
      5. A lewd woman. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Customhouse \Cus"tom*house"\ (-hous`), n.
      The building where customs and duties are paid, and where
      vessels are entered or cleared.
  
      {Customhouse broker}, an agent who acts for merchants in the
            business of entering and clearing goods and vessels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Customhouse \Cus"tom*house"\ (-hous`), n.
      The building where customs and duties are paid, and where
      vessels are entered or cleared.
  
      {Customhouse broker}, an agent who acts for merchants in the
            business of entering and clearing goods and vessels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Custumary \Cus"tu*ma*ry\ (-t[usl]*m[asl]*r[ycr]), a.
      See {Customary}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cystine \Cyst"ine\ (s?s"t?n; 104), n. [See {Cyst}.] (Physiol.
      Chem.)
      A white crystalline substance, {C3H7NSO2}, containing
      sulphur, occuring as a constituent of certain rare urinary
      calculi, and occasionally found as a sediment in urine.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cashton, WI (village, FIPS 12950)
      Location: 43.74309 N, 90.78145 W
      Population (1990): 780 (366 housing units)
      Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 54619

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Casstown, OH (village, FIPS 12462)
      Location: 40.05262 N, 84.12878 W
      Population (1990): 246 (100 housing units)
      Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45312

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Castana, IA (city, FIPS 11530)
      Location: 42.07360 N, 95.90939 W
      Population (1990): 159 (83 housing units)
      Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 51010

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Castanea, PA (CDP, FIPS 11648)
      Location: 41.12289 N, 77.42872 W
      Population (1990): 1123 (457 housing units)
      Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Castine, OH (village, FIPS 12504)
      Location: 39.93082 N, 84.62472 W
      Population (1990): 163 (60 housing units)
      Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45304

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Chestnut, IL
      Zip code(s): 62518
   Chestnut, LA
      Zip code(s): 71070

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Chestnut Mound, TN
      Zip code(s): 38552

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Chestnut Ridge, NY (village, FIPS 15400)
      Location: 41.08187 N, 74.05192 W
      Population (1990): 7517 (2422 housing units)
      Area: 12.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 10977

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Chestnutridge, MO
      Zip code(s): 65630

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cohocton, NY (village, FIPS 16727)
      Location: 42.50002 N, 77.49933 W
      Population (1990): 859 (331 housing units)
      Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 14826

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cookstown, NJ
      Zip code(s): 08511

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Costa Mesa, CA (city, FIPS 16532)
      Location: 33.66685 N, 117.91265 W
      Population (1990): 96357 (39611 housing units)
      Area: 40.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 92626, 92627

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   casting the runes n.   What a {guru} does when you ask him or
   her to run a particular program and type at it because it never
   works for anyone else; esp. used when nobody can ever see what the
   guru is doing different from what J. Random Luser does.   Compare
   {incantation}, {runes}, {examining the entrails}; also see the AI
   koan about Tom Knight in "{Some AI Koans}" (Appendix A).
  
      A correspondent from England tells us that one of ICL's most
   talented systems designers used to be called out occasionally to
   service machines which the {field circus} had given up on.   Since he
   knew the design inside out, he could often find faults simply by
   listening to a quick outline of the symptoms.   He used to play on
   this by going to some site where the field circus had just spent the
   last two weeks solid trying to find a fault, and spreading a diagram
   of the system out on a table top.   He'd then shake some chicken
   bones and cast them over the diagram, peer at the bones intently for
   a minute, and then tell them that a certain module needed replacing.
   The system would start working again immediately upon the
   replacement.
  
  

From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
   cooked mode n.   [Unix, by opposition from {raw mode}] The
   normal character-input mode, with interrupts enabled and with erase,
   kill and other special-character interpretations performed directly
   by the tty driver.   Oppose {raw mode}, {rare mode}.   This term is
   techspeak under Unix but jargon elsewhere; other operating systems
   often have similar mode distinctions, and the raw/rare/cooked way of
   describing them has spread widely along with the C language and
   other Unix exports.   Most generally, `cooked mode' may refer to any
   mode of a system that does extensive preprocessing before presenting
   data to a program.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Cascading Style Sheets
  
      (CSS) An extension to {HTML} to allow styles,
      e.g. colour, {font}, size to be specified for certain elements
      of a {hypertext} document.   Style information can be included
      in-line in the HTML file or in a separate CSS file (which can
      then be easily shared by multiple HTML files).   Multiple
      levels of CSS can be used to allow selective overriding of
      styles.
  
      {Home (http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/)}.
  
      (2000-07-26)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   casting the runes
  
      What a {guru} does when you ask him or her to run a
      particular program because it never works for anyone else;
      especially used when nobody can ever see what the guru is
      doing different from what J. Random Luser does.
  
      Compare {incantation}, {runes}, {examining the entrails}; also
      see the {AI koan} about Tom Knight.
  
      (1997-12-26)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   cooked mode
  
      The normal{Unix} character-input mode, with interrupts enabled
      and with erase, kill and other special-character
      interpretations performed directly by the tty driver.
      Opposite of {raw mode}.   See also {rare mode}.   Other
      operating systems often have similar mode distinctions, and
      the raw/rare/cooked way of describing them has spread widely
      along with the {C} language and other Unix exports.   Most
      generally, "cooked mode" may refer to any mode of a system
      that does extensive preprocessing before presenting data to a
      program.
  
      [{Jargon File}]
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Customer Information Control System
  
      (CICS) An {IBM} communications
      system that was converted for {database} handling.
  
      [Huh?]
  
      (1994-11-29)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Customer Information Systems
  
      {Customer Relationship Management}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Customer Interaction Software
  
      {Customer Relationship Management}
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Customer Relationship Management
  
      (CRM, CIS, Customer Information Systems, Customer
      Interaction Software, TERM, Technology Enabled Relationship
      Manager) Enterprise-wide software applications that allow
      companies to manage every aspect of their relationship with a
      customer.   The aim of these systems is to assist in building
      lasting customer relationships - to turn customer satisfaction
      into customer loyalty.
  
      Customer information acquired from sales, marketing, customer
      service, and support is captured and stored in a centralised
      {database}.   The system may provide {data-mining} facilities
      that support an {opportunity management system}.   It may also
      be integrated with other systems such as accounting and
      manufacturing for a truly enterprise-wide system with
      thousands of users.
  
      (1999-08-20)
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Chestnut tree
      (Heb. _'armon_; i.e., "naked"), mentioned in connection with
      Jacob's artifice regarding the cattle (Gen. 30:37). It is one of
      the trees of which, because of its strength and beauty, the
      Assyrian empire is likened (Ezek. 31:8; R.V., "plane trees"). It
      is probably the Oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis) that
      is intended. It is a characteristic of this tree that it
      annually sheds its outer bark, becomes "naked." The chestnut
      tree proper is not a native of Palestine.
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Custom
      a tax imposed by the Romans. The tax-gatherers were termed
      publicans (q.v.), who had their stations at the gates of cities,
      and in the public highways, and at the place set apart for that
      purpose, called the "receipt of custom" (Matt.9: 9; Mark 2:14),
      where they collected the money that was to be paid on certain
      goods (Matt.17:25). These publicans were tempted to exact more
      from the people than was lawful, and were, in consequence of
      their extortions, objects of great hatred. The Pharisees would
      have no intercourse with them (Matt.5:46, 47; 9:10, 11).
     
         A tax or tribute (q.v.) of half a shekel was annually paid by
      every adult Jew for the temple. It had to be paid in Jewish coin
      (Matt. 22:17-19; Mark 12:14, 15). Money-changers (q.v.) were
      necessary, to enable the Jews who came up to Jerusalem at the
      feasts to exchange their foreign coin for Jewish money; but as
      it was forbidden by the law to carry on such a traffic for
      emolument (Deut. 23:19, 20), our Lord drove them from the temple
      (Matt. 21:12: Mark 11:15).
     
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