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Superphosphate \Su`per*phos"phate\, n. (Chem.) An acid phosphate. {Superphosphate of lime} (Com. Chem.), a fertilizer obtained by trating bone dust, bone black, or phosphorite with sulphuric acid, whereby the insoluble neutral calcium phosphate, {Ca3(PO4)2}, is changed to the primary or acid calcium phosphate {Ca(H2PO4)2}, which is soluble and therefore available for the soil. | |
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Cab \Cab\ (k[acr]b), n. [Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.] 1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. [bd]A cab came clattering up.[b8] --Thackeray. Note: A cab may have two seats at right angles to the driver's seat, and a door behind; or one seat parallel to the driver's, with the entrance from the side or front. {Hansom cab}. See {Hansom}. 2. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station. --Knight. | |
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Cab \Cab\ (k[acr]b), n. [Heb. qab, fr. q[be]bab to hollow.] A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints. --W. H. Ward. --2 Kings vi. 25. | |
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d8Cabas \[d8]Ca*bas"\ (k[adot]*b[aum]"), n. [F.] A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; hence, a lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; -- often written {caba}. --C. Bront[82]. | |
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Cabiai \Cab"i*ai\ (k[acr]b"[icr]*[imac]), n. [Native South American name.] (Zo[94]l.) The capybara. See {Capybara}. | |
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Capybara \Ca`py*ba"ra\, n. [Sp. capibara, fr. the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A large South American rodent ({Hydroch[91]rus capybara}) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also {cabiai} and {water hog}. | |
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Cabiai \Cab"i*ai\ (k[acr]b"[icr]*[imac]), n. [Native South American name.] (Zo[94]l.) The capybara. See {Capybara}. | |
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Capybara \Ca`py*ba"ra\, n. [Sp. capibara, fr. the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A large South American rodent ({Hydroch[91]rus capybara}) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also {cabiai} and {water hog}. | |
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Fluoride \Flu"or*ide\ (? [or] ?; 104), n. [Cf. F. fluoride.] (Chem.) A binary compound of fluorine with another element or radical. {Calcium fluoride} (Min.), fluorite, {CaF2}. See {Fluorite}. | |
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Superphosphate \Su`per*phos"phate\, n. (Chem.) An acid phosphate. {Superphosphate of lime} (Com. Chem.), a fertilizer obtained by trating bone dust, bone black, or phosphorite with sulphuric acid, whereby the insoluble neutral calcium phosphate, {Ca3(PO4)2}, is changed to the primary or acid calcium phosphate {Ca(H2PO4)2}, which is soluble and therefore available for the soil. | |
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Regulation \Reg`u*la"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n. 1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated. The temper and regulation of our own minds. --Macaulay. 2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school. {Regulation sword}, {cap}, {uniform}, etc. (Mil.), a sword, cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by the official regulations. Syn: {Law}; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See {Law}. | |
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Cap \Cap\, n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[91]ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: [bd]Capa, quia quasi totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum.[b8] See 3d {Cape}, and cf. 1st {Cope}.] 1. A covering for the head; esp. (a) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys; (b) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants; (c) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal. 2. The top, or uppermost part; the chief. Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. --Shak. 3. A respectful uncovering of the head. He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks. --Fuller. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck. 5. Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as: (a) (Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate. (b) Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament. (c) (Naut.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope. (d) A percussion cap. See under {Percussion}. (e) (Mech.) The removable cover of a journal box. (f) (Geom.) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface. 6. A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap. {Cap of a cannon}, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry; -- now called an apron. {Cap in hand}, obsequiously; submissively. {Cap of liberty}. See {Liberty cap}, under {Liberty}. {Cap of maintenance}, a cap of state carried before the kings of England at the coronation. It is also carried before the mayors of some cities. {Cap money}, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox. {Cap paper}. (a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap, and legal cap. (b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold commodities. {Cap rock} (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore, generally of barren vein material. {Flat cap}, cap See {Foolscap}. {Forage cap}, the cloth undress head covering of an officer of soldier. {Legal cap}, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at the top or [bd]narrow edge.[b8] {To set one's cap}, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) --Chaucer. {To set one's cap for}, to try to win the favor of a man with a view to marriage. [Colloq.] | |
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Cap \Cap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Capped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Capping}.] 1. To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun. The bones next the joint are capped with a smooth cartilaginous substance. --Derham. 2. To deprive of cap. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity. 4. To salute by removing the cap. [Slang. Eng.] Tom . . . capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows. --Thackeray. 5. To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs. --Shak. Now I have him under girdle I'll cap verses with him to the end of the chapter. --Dryden. Note: In capping verses, when one quotes a verse another must cap it by quoting one beginning with the last letter of the first letter, or with the first letter of the last word, or ending with a rhyming word, or by applying any other arbitrary rule may be agreed upon. | |
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Cap \Cap\, v. i. To uncover the head respectfully. --Shak. | |
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Regulation \Reg`u*la"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n. 1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated. The temper and regulation of our own minds. --Macaulay. 2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government; prescription; a regulating principle; a governing direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society or a school. {Regulation sword}, {cap}, {uniform}, etc. (Mil.), a sword, cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by the official regulations. Syn: {Law}; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See {Law}. | |
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Cap \Cap\, n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[91]ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: [bd]Capa, quia quasi totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum.[b8] See 3d {Cape}, and cf. 1st {Cope}.] 1. A covering for the head; esp. (a) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys; (b) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants; (c) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal. 2. The top, or uppermost part; the chief. Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. --Shak. 3. A respectful uncovering of the head. He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks. --Fuller. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck. 5. Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as: (a) (Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate. (b) Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament. (c) (Naut.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope. (d) A percussion cap. See under {Percussion}. (e) (Mech.) The removable cover of a journal box. (f) (Geom.) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface. 6. A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap. {Cap of a cannon}, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry; -- now called an apron. {Cap in hand}, obsequiously; submissively. {Cap of liberty}. See {Liberty cap}, under {Liberty}. {Cap of maintenance}, a cap of state carried before the kings of England at the coronation. It is also carried before the mayors of some cities. {Cap money}, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox. {Cap paper}. (a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap, and legal cap. (b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold commodities. {Cap rock} (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore, generally of barren vein material. {Flat cap}, cap See {Foolscap}. {Forage cap}, the cloth undress head covering of an officer of soldier. {Legal cap}, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at the top or [bd]narrow edge.[b8] {To set one's cap}, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) --Chaucer. {To set one's cap for}, to try to win the favor of a man with a view to marriage. [Colloq.] | |
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Cap \Cap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Capped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Capping}.] 1. To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun. The bones next the joint are capped with a smooth cartilaginous substance. --Derham. 2. To deprive of cap. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity. 4. To salute by removing the cap. [Slang. Eng.] Tom . . . capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows. --Thackeray. 5. To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs. --Shak. Now I have him under girdle I'll cap verses with him to the end of the chapter. --Dryden. Note: In capping verses, when one quotes a verse another must cap it by quoting one beginning with the last letter of the first letter, or with the first letter of the last word, or ending with a rhyming word, or by applying any other arbitrary rule may be agreed upon. | |
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Cap \Cap\, v. i. To uncover the head respectfully. --Shak. | |
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Vandyke \Van*dyke"\ (v[acr]n*d[imac]k"), a. Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke. [bd]His Vandyke dress.[b8] --Macaulay. [Written also {Vandyck}.] {Vandyke brown} (Paint.), a pigment of a deep semitransparent brown color, supposed to be the color used by Vandyke in his pictures. {Vandyke collar} [or] {cape}, a broad collar or cape of linen and lace with a deep pointed or scalloped edge, worn lying on the shoulders; -- so called from its appearance in pictures by Vandyke. {Vandyke edge}, an edge having ornamental triangular points. | |
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Cape \Cape\, v. i. (Naut.) To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south. | |
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Cape \Cape\, n. [OE. Cape, fr. F. cape; cf. LL. cappa. See {Cap}, and cf. 1st {Cope}, {Chape}.] A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See {Cloak}. | |
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Cape \Cape\, v. i. [See {Gape}.] To gape. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Cape \Cape\ (k[amac]p), n. [F. cap, fr. It. capo head, cape, fr. L. caput heat, end, point. See {Chief}.] A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland. {Cape buffalo} (Zo[94]l.) a large and powerful buffalo of South Africa ({Bubalus Caffer}). It is said to be the most dangerous wild beast of Africa. See {Buffalo}, 2. {Cape jasmine}, {Cape jassamine}. See {Jasmine}. {Cape pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a petrel ({Daptium Capense}) common off the Cape of Good Hope. It is about the size of a pigeon. {Cape wine}, wine made in South Africa [Eng.] {The Cape}, the Cape of Good Hope, in the general sense of southern extremity of Africa. Also used of Cape Horn, and, in New England, of Cape Cod. | |
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Vandyke \Van*dyke"\ (v[acr]n*d[imac]k"), a. Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke. [bd]His Vandyke dress.[b8] --Macaulay. [Written also {Vandyck}.] {Vandyke brown} (Paint.), a pigment of a deep semitransparent brown color, supposed to be the color used by Vandyke in his pictures. {Vandyke collar} [or] {cape}, a broad collar or cape of linen and lace with a deep pointed or scalloped edge, worn lying on the shoulders; -- so called from its appearance in pictures by Vandyke. {Vandyke edge}, an edge having ornamental triangular points. | |
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Cape \Cape\, v. i. (Naut.) To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south. | |
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Cape \Cape\, n. [OE. Cape, fr. F. cape; cf. LL. cappa. See {Cap}, and cf. 1st {Cope}, {Chape}.] A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See {Cloak}. | |
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Cape \Cape\, v. i. [See {Gape}.] To gape. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Cape \Cape\ (k[amac]p), n. [F. cap, fr. It. capo head, cape, fr. L. caput heat, end, point. See {Chief}.] A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland. {Cape buffalo} (Zo[94]l.) a large and powerful buffalo of South Africa ({Bubalus Caffer}). It is said to be the most dangerous wild beast of Africa. See {Buffalo}, 2. {Cape jasmine}, {Cape jassamine}. See {Jasmine}. {Cape pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a petrel ({Daptium Capense}) common off the Cape of Good Hope. It is about the size of a pigeon. {Cape wine}, wine made in South Africa [Eng.] {The Cape}, the Cape of Good Hope, in the general sense of southern extremity of Africa. Also used of Cape Horn, and, in New England, of Cape Cod. | |
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Cauf \Cauf\, n. [Perh. akin to Celtic caff, cav, cau, L. cavus hollow, or to L. caphinus, Gr. [?] basket.] A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water. --Philips. | |
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Cave \Cave\, n. (Eng. Politics) A coalition or group of seceders from a political party, as from the Liberal party in England in 1866. See {Adullam}, {Cave of}, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. | |
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Cave \Cave\ (k[amac]v), n. [F. cave, L. cavus hollow, whence cavea cavity. Cf. {Cage}.] 1. A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den. 2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] [bd]The cave of the ear.[b8] --Bacon. {Cave bear} (Zo[94]l.), a very large fossil bear ({Ursus spel[91]us}) similar to the grizzly bear, but large; common in European caves. {Cave dweller}, a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling place was a cave. --Tylor. {Cave hyena} (Zo[94]l.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena. {Cave lion} (Zo[94]l.), a fossil lion found in the caves of Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African lion. {Bone cave}. See under {Bone}. | |
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Cave \Cave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caving}.] [Cf. F. caver. See {Cave}, n.] To make hollow; to scoop out. [Obs.] The mouldred earth cav'd the banke. --Spenser. | |
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Cave \Cave\, v. i. 1. To dwell in a cave. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. [See To cave in, below.] To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter. {To cave in}. [Flem. inkalven.] (a) To fall in and leave a hollow, as earth on the side of a well or pit. (b) To submit; to yield. [Slang] --H. Kingsley. | |
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Cavy \Ca"vy\, n.; pl. {Cavies}. [NL. cavia, fr. Brazilian cabiai: cf. F. cabiai.] (Zo[94]l.) A rodent of the genera {Cavia} and {Dolichotis}, as the guinea pig ({Cavia cobaya}). Cavies are natives of South America. {Water cavy} (Zo[94]l.), The capybara. | |
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Chab \Chab\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The red-bellied wood pecker ({Melanerpes Carolinus}). | |
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Chafe \Chafe\ (ch[amac]f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chafed} (ch[amac]ft); p pr. & vb. n. {Chafing}.] [OE. chaufen to warm, OF. chaufer, F. chauffer, fr. L. calefacere, calfacere, to make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make. See {Caldron}.] 1. To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin. --Spenser. 2. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. Her intercession chafed him. --Shak. 3. To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable. Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to prevent its being chafed. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame. | |
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Chafe \Chafe\, v. i. To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. Made its great boughs chafe together. --Longfellow. The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores. --Shak. 2. To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes. 3. To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. --Spenser. He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter. --Shak. | |
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Chafe \Chafe\, n. 1. Heat excited by friction. 2. Injury or wear caused by friction. 3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage. The cardinal in a chafe sent for him to Whitehall. --Camden. | |
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Chaff \Chaff\, n. [AC. ceaf; akin to D. kaf, G. kaff.] 1. The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc. So take the corn and leave the chaff behind. --Dryden. Old birds are not caught with caff. --Old Proverb. 2. Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything. The chaff and ruin of the times. --Shak. 3. Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle. By adding chaff to his corn, the horse must take more time to eat it. In this way chaff is very useful. --Ywatt. 4. Light jesting talk; banter; raillery. 5. (Bot.) The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Composit[91], as the sunflower. --Gray. {Chaff cutter}, a machine for cutting, up straw, etc., into [bd]chaff[b8] for the use of cattle. | |
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Chaff \Chaff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chaffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chaffing}.] To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter. | |
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Chaff \Chaff\, v. t. To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz. Morgan saw that his master was chaffing him. --Thackeray. A dozen honest fellows . . . chaffed each other about their sweethearts. --C. Kingsley. | |
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Chaffy \Chaff"y\, a. 1. Abounding in, or resembling, chaff. Chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail. --Coleridge. 2. Light or worthless as chaff. Slight and chaffy opinion. --Glanvill. 3. (Bot.) (a) Resembling chaff; composed of light dry scales. (b) Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers. | |
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Chap \Chap\ (ch[acr]p or ch[ocr]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chapped} (ch[acr]pt or ch[ocr]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chapping}.] [See {Chop} to cut.] 1. To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough. Then would unbalanced heat licentious reign, Crack the dry hill, and chap the russet plain. --Blackmore. Nor winter's blast chap her fair face. --Lyly. 2. To strike; to beat. [Scot.] | |
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Chap \Chap\, v. i. 1. To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap. 2. To strike; to knock; to rap. [Scot.] | |
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Chap \Chap\, n. [From {Chap}, v. t. & i.] 1. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin. 2. A division; a breach, as in a party. [Obs.] Many clefts and chaps in our council board. --T. Fuller. 3. A blow; a rap. [Scot.] | |
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Chap \Chap\ (ch[ocr]p), n. [OE. chaft; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel kjaptr jaw, Sw. K[84]ft, D. ki[91]ft; akin to G. kiefer, and E. jowl. Cf. {Chops}.] 1. One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; -- commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings. His chaps were all besmeared with crimson blood. --Cowley. He unseamed him [Macdonald] from the nave to the chaps. --Shak. 2. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc. | |
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Chap \Chap\ (ch[acr]p), n. [Perh. abbreviated fr. chapman, but used in a more general sense; or cf. Dan. ki[91]ft jaw, person, E. chap jaw.] 1. A buyer; a chapman. [Obs.] If you want to sell, here is your chap. --Steele. 2. A man or boy; a youth; a fellow. [Colloq.] | |
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Chap \Chap\, v. i. [See {Cheapen}.] To bargain; to buy. [Obs.] | |
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Chape \Chape\, n. [F., a churchman's cope, a cover, a chape, fr. L. cappa. See {Cap}.] 1. The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap. 2. The transverse guard of a sword or dagger. 3. The metal plate or tip which protects the end of a scabbard, belt, etc. --Knight. | |
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Chapeau \Cha`peau"\, n.; pl. {Chapeux}. [F., fr. OF. chapel hat. See {Chaplet}.] 1. A hat or covering for the head. 2. (Her.) A cap of maintenance. See {Maintenance}. {[d8]Chapeau bras}[F. chapeau hat + bras arm], a hat so made that it can be compressed and carried under the arm without injury. Such hats were particularly worn on dress occasions by gentlemen in the 18th century. A chapeau bras is now worn in the United States army by general and staff officers. | |
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Chappy \Chap"py\, Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open. | |
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Cheap \Cheap\, n. [AS. ce[a0]p bargain, sale, price; akin to D. Koop purchase, G. Kauf, ICel. kaup bargain. Cf. {Cheapen}, {Chapman}, {Chaffer}, {Cope}, v. i.] A bargain; a purchase; cheapness. [Obs.] The sack that thou hast drunk me would have bought me lights as good cheap at the dearest chandler's in Europe. --Shak. | |
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Cheap \Cheap\, a. [Abbrev. fr. [bd]good cheap[b8]: a good purchase or bargain; cf. F. bon march[82], [85] bon march[82]. See {Cheap}, n., {Cheapen}.] 1. Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value. Where there are a great sellers to a few buyers, there the thing to be sold will be cheap. --Locke. 2. Of comparatively small value; common; mean. You grow cheap in every subject's eye. --Dryden. {Dog cheap}, very cheap, -- a phrase formed probably by the catachrestical transposition of good cheap. [Colloq.] | |
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Cheap \Cheap\, v. i. To buy; to bargain. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Cheap \Cheap\, adv. Cheaply. --Milton. | |
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Cheep \Cheep\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cheeped}.] [Cf. {Chirp}]. To chirp, as a young bird. | |
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Cheep \Cheep\, v. t. To give expression to in a chirping tone. Cheep and twitter twenty million loves. --Tennyson. | |
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Cheep \Cheep\, n. A chirp, peep, or squeak, as of a young bird or mouse. | |
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Cheve \Cheve\ (ch[emac]v), v. i. [OF. chevir. See {Chievance}.] To come to an issue; to turn out; to succeed; as, to cheve well in a enterprise. [Prov. or Obs.] --Holland. | |
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Chevy \Chev"y\, n. [Written also {chivy}, and {chivvy}.] [Prob. fr. the ballad of Chevy Chase; cf. Prov. E. chevychase a noise, confusion, pursuit.] [Eng.] 1. A cry used in hunting. 2. A hunt; chase; pursuit. 3. The game of prisoners' base. See {Base}, n., 24. | |
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Chevy \Chev"y\, v. t. See {Chivy}, v. t. [Slang, Eng.] One poor fellow was chevied about among the casks in the storm for ten minutes. --London Times. | |
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Chief \Chief\ (ch[emac]n), n. [OE. chief, chef, OF. chief, F. chef, fr. L. caput head, possibly akin to E. head. Cf. {Captain}, {Chapter}] 1. The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the work of others; the principal actor or agent. 2. The principal part; the most valuable portion. The chief of the things which should be utterly destroyed. --1 Sam. xv. 21 3. (Her.) The upper third part of the field. It is supposed to be composed of the dexter, sinister, and middle chiefs. {In chief}. (a) At the head; as, a commander in chief. (b) (Eng. Law) From the king, or sovereign; as, tenure in chief, tenure directly from the king. Syn: Chieftain; captain; general; commander; leader; head; principal; sachem; sagamore; sheik. Usage: {Chief}, {chieftain}, {Commander}, {Leader}. These words fluctuate somewhat in their meaning according to circumstances, but agree in the general idea of rule and authority. The term chief is now more usually applied to one who is a head man, leader, or commander in civil or military affairs, or holds a hereditary or acquired rank in a tribe or clan; as, the chief of police; the chief of an Indian tribe. A chieftain is the chief of a clan or tribe, or a military leader. A commander directs the movements of or has control over a body of men, as a military or naval force. A leader is one whom men follow, as in a political party, a legislative body, a military or scientific expedition, etc., one who takes the command and gives direction in particular enterprises. | |
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Chief \Chief\, a. 1. Highest in office or rank; principal; head. [bd]Chief rulers.[b8] --John. xii. 42. 2. Principal or most eminent in any quality or action; most distinguished; having most influence; taking the lead; most important; as, the chief topic of conversation; the chief interest of man. 3. Very intimate, near, or close. [Obs.] A whisperer separateth chief friends. --Prov. xvi. 28. Syn: Principal; head; leading; main; paramount; supreme; prime; vital; especial; great; grand; eminent; master. | |
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Chieve \Chieve\, v. i. See {Cheve}, v. i. [Obs.] | |
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Chiffonier \Chif`fo*nier"\, fem. Chiffo \Chif`fo\-ni8are \ni[8a]re"\, n. [F. chiffonnier, fem. chiffonni[8a]re, fr. chiffon rag, fr. chiffe a rag, flimsy cloth.] 1. One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker. 2. A receptacle for rags or shreds. 3. A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers. --G. Eliot. | |
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Chip \Chip\ (ch[icr]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chipped} (ch[icr]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chipping}.] [Cf. G. kippen to cut off the edge, to clip, pare. Cf. {Chop} to cut.] 1. To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew. --Shak. 2. To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery. 3. To bet, as with chips in the game of poker. {To chip in}, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.] | |
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Chip \Chip\, v. i. To break or fly off in small pieces. | |
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Chip \Chip\, n. 1. A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument. 2. A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece. 3. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets. 4. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously. 5. One of the counters used in poker and other games. 6. (Naut.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line. {Buffalo chips}. See under {Buffalo}. {Chip ax}, a small ax for chipping timber into shape. {Chip bonnet}, {Chip hat}, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip. See {Chip}, n., 3. {A chip off the old block}, a child who resembles either of his parents. [Colloq.] --Milton. {Potato chips}, {Saratoga chips}, thin slices of raw potato fried crisp. | |
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Chippeways \Chip"pe*ways\, n. pl.; sing. {Chippeway}. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and western shores of Lake Superior; -- called also {Objibways}. | |
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Sparrow \Spar"row\, n. [OE. sparwe, AS. spearwa; akin to OHG. sparo, G. sperling, Icel. sp[94]rr, Dan. spurv, spurre, Sw. sparf, Goth. sparwa; -- originally, probably, the quiverer or flutterer, and akin to E. spurn. See {Spurn}, and cf. {Spavin}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family {Fringillig[91]}, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also {finches}, and {buntings}. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe ({Passer domesticus}) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See {House sparrow}, under {House}. Note: The following American species are well known; the {chipping sparrow}, or {chippy}, the {sage sparrow}, the {savanna sparrow}, the {song sparrow}, the {tree sparrow}, and the {white-throated sparrow} (see {Peabody bird}). See these terms under {Sage}, {Savanna}, etc. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under {Hedge}. He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age! --Shak. {Field sparrow}, {Fox sparrow}, etc. See under {Field}, {Fox}, etc. {Sparrow bill}, a small nail; a castiron shoe nail; a sparable. {Sparrow hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European hawk ({Accipiter nisus}) or any of the allied species. (b) A small American falcon ({Falco sparverius}). (c) The Australian collared sparrow hawk ({Accipiter torquatus}). Note: The name is applied to other small hawks, as the European kestrel and the New Zealand quail hawk. {Sparrow owl} (Zo[94]l.), a small owl ({Glaucidium passerinum}) found both in the Old World and the New. The name is also applied to other species of small owls. {Sparrow spear} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Chippy \Chip"py\, a. Abounding in, or resembling, chips; dry and tasteless. | |
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Chippy \Chip"py\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small American sparrow ({Spizella socialis}), very common near dwelling; -- also called {chipping bird} and {chipping sparrow}, from its simple note. | |
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Sparrow \Spar"row\, n. [OE. sparwe, AS. spearwa; akin to OHG. sparo, G. sperling, Icel. sp[94]rr, Dan. spurv, spurre, Sw. sparf, Goth. sparwa; -- originally, probably, the quiverer or flutterer, and akin to E. spurn. See {Spurn}, and cf. {Spavin}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of many species of small singing birds of the family {Fringillig[91]}, having conical bills, and feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also {finches}, and {buntings}. The common sparrow, or house sparrow, of Europe ({Passer domesticus}) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See {House sparrow}, under {House}. Note: The following American species are well known; the {chipping sparrow}, or {chippy}, the {sage sparrow}, the {savanna sparrow}, the {song sparrow}, the {tree sparrow}, and the {white-throated sparrow} (see {Peabody bird}). See these terms under {Sage}, {Savanna}, etc. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the European hedge sparrow. See under {Hedge}. He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age! --Shak. {Field sparrow}, {Fox sparrow}, etc. See under {Field}, {Fox}, etc. {Sparrow bill}, a small nail; a castiron shoe nail; a sparable. {Sparrow hawk}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European hawk ({Accipiter nisus}) or any of the allied species. (b) A small American falcon ({Falco sparverius}). (c) The Australian collared sparrow hawk ({Accipiter torquatus}). Note: The name is applied to other small hawks, as the European kestrel and the New Zealand quail hawk. {Sparrow owl} (Zo[94]l.), a small owl ({Glaucidium passerinum}) found both in the Old World and the New. The name is also applied to other species of small owls. {Sparrow spear} (Zo[94]l.), the female of the reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Chippy \Chip"py\, a. Abounding in, or resembling, chips; dry and tasteless. | |
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Chippy \Chip"py\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A small American sparrow ({Spizella socialis}), very common near dwelling; -- also called {chipping bird} and {chipping sparrow}, from its simple note. | |
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Chive \Chive\, n. (Bot.) A filament of a stamen. [Obs.] | |
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Chive \Chive\, n. [F. cive, fr. L. cepa, caepa, onion. Cf. {Cives}, {Cibol}.] (Bot.) A perennial plant ({Allium Sch[d2]noprasum}), allied to the onion. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc. [Written also {cive}.] | |
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Chevy \Chev"y\, n. [Written also {chivy}, and {chivvy}.] [Prob. fr. the ballad of Chevy Chase; cf. Prov. E. chevychase a noise, confusion, pursuit.] [Eng.] 1. A cry used in hunting. 2. A hunt; chase; pursuit. 3. The game of prisoners' base. See {Base}, n., 24. | |
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Chevy \Chev"y\, n. [Written also {chivy}, and {chivvy}.] [Prob. fr. the ballad of Chevy Chase; cf. Prov. E. chevychase a noise, confusion, pursuit.] [Eng.] 1. A cry used in hunting. 2. A hunt; chase; pursuit. 3. The game of prisoners' base. See {Base}, n., 24. | |
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Chivy \Chiv"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chivied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chivying}.] [Cf. {Chevy}.] To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch. [Slang, Eng.] --Dickens. | |
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Chevy \Chev"y\, n. [Written also {chivy}, and {chivvy}.] [Prob. fr. the ballad of Chevy Chase; cf. Prov. E. chevychase a noise, confusion, pursuit.] [Eng.] 1. A cry used in hunting. 2. A hunt; chase; pursuit. 3. The game of prisoners' base. See {Base}, n., 24. | |
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Chivy \Chiv"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chivied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chivying}.] [Cf. {Chevy}.] To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch. [Slang, Eng.] --Dickens. | |
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Chop \Chop\, v. t. & i. To crack. See {Chap}, v. t. & i. | |
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Chop \Chop\, n. A change; a vicissitude. --Marryat. | |
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Chop \Chop\, n. 1. The act of chopping; a stroke. 2. A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop. 3. A crack or cleft. See {Chap}. | |
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Chop \Chop\, n. [See {Chap}.] 1. A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See {Chops}. 2. A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise. 3. The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See {Chops}. | |
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Chop \Chop\, n. [Chin. & Hind. ch[be]p stamp, brand.] 1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop. 2. A permit or clearance. {Chop dollar}, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity. {chop of tea}, a number of boxes of the same make and quality of leaf. {Chowchow chop}. See under {Chowchow}. {Grand chop}, a ship's port clearance. --S. W. Williams. | |
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Chop \Chop\, v. i. 1. To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument. 2. To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize. Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance. --L'Estrange. 3. To interrupt; -- with in or out. This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in. --Latimer. | |
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Chop \Chop\, v. t. [Cf. D. koopen to buy. See {Cheapen}, v. t., and cf. {Chap}, v. i., to buy.] 1. To barter or truck. 2. To exchange; substitute one thing for another. We go on chopping and changing our friends. --L'Estrange. {To chop logic}, to dispute with an affected use of logical terms; to argue sophistically. | |
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Chop \Chop\, v. i. 1. To purchase by way of truck. 2. (Naut.) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about. 3. To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words. Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge. --Bacon. | |
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Chop \Chop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chopping}.] [Cf. LG. & D. kappen, Dan. kappe, Sw. kappa. Cf. {Chap} to crack.] 1. To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up. | |
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Choppy \Chop"py\, a. [Cf. {Chappy}.] 1. Full of cracks. [bd]Choppy finger.[b8] --Shak. 2. [Cf. {Chop} a change.] Rough, with short, tumultuous waves; as, a choppy sea. | |
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Chub \Chub\, n. [This word seems to signify a large or thick fish. Cf. Sw. kubb a short and thick piece of wood, and perh. F. chabot chub.] (Zo[94]l.) A species to fresh-water fish of the {Cyprinid[91]} or Carp family. The common European species is {Leuciscus cephalus}; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera {Semotilus}, {Squalius}, {Ceratichthys}, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the {tautog}, {black bass}, etc. {Chub mackerel} (Zo[94]l.), a species of mackerel ({Scomber colias}) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic coast, but absent in others; -- called also {bull mackerel}, {thimble-eye}, and {big-eye mackerel}. {Chub sucker} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water fish of the United States ({Erimyzon sucetta}); -- called also {creekfish}. | |
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Chubby \Chub"by\, a. Like a chub; plump, short, and thick. [bd]Chubby faces.[b8] --I. Taylor. | |
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Chuff \Chuff\, n. [Perh. a modification of chub: cf. W. cyff stock, stump.] A coarse or stupid fellow. --Shak. | |
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Chuff \Chuff\, a. Stupid; churlish. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. | |
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Chuffy \Chuff"y\, a. 1. Fat or puffed out in the cheeks. 2. Rough; clownish; surly. | |
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d8Cippus \[d8]Cip"pus\, n.; pl. {Cippi}. [L., stake, post.] A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc. --Gwilt. | |
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Chive \Chive\, n. [F. cive, fr. L. cepa, caepa, onion. Cf. {Cives}, {Cibol}.] (Bot.) A perennial plant ({Allium Sch[d2]noprasum}), allied to the onion. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc. [Written also {cive}.] | |
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Cive \Cive\, n. (Bot.) Same as {Chive}. | |
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Chive \Chive\, n. [F. cive, fr. L. cepa, caepa, onion. Cf. {Cives}, {Cibol}.] (Bot.) A perennial plant ({Allium Sch[d2]noprasum}), allied to the onion. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc. [Written also {cive}.] | |
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Cive \Cive\, n. (Bot.) Same as {Chive}. | |
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Cob \Cob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cobbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cobbing}.] 1. To strike [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. (Mining) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions. --Raymond. 3. (Naut.) To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like. | |
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Cob \Cob\, n. [Cf. AS. cop, copp, head, top, D. kop, G. kopf, kuppe, LL. cuppa cup (cf. E. brainpan), and also W. cob tuft, spider, cop, copa, top, summit, cobio to thump. Cf. {Cop} top, {Cup}, n.] 1. The top or head of anything. [Obs.] --W. Gifford. 2. A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person. [Obs.] All cobbing country chuffs, which make their bellies and their bags their god, are called rich cobs. --Nash. 3. The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow. [U. S.] 4. (Zo[94]l.) A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head. 5. (Zo[94]l.) A young herring. --B. Jonson. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A fish; -- also called {miller's thumb}. 7. A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the saddle. [Eng.] 8. (Zo[94]l.) A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull ({Larus marinus}). [Written also {cobb}.] 9. A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone. 10. A cobnut; as, Kentish cobs. See {Cobnut}. [Eng.] 11. Clay mixed with straw. [Prov. Eng.] The poor cottager contenteth himself with cob for his walls, and thatch for his covering. --R. Carew. 12. A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood. --Wright. 13. A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d. [Obs.] --Wright. {Cob coal}, coal in rounded lumps from the size of an egg to that of a football; -- called also {cobbles}. --Grose. {Cob loaf}, a crusty, uneven loaf, rounded at top. --Wright. {Cob money}, a kind of rudely coined gold and silver money of Spanish South America in the eighteenth century. The coins were of the weight of the piece of eight, or one of its aliquot parts. | |
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Carbonyl \Car"bon*yl\, n. [Carbon + -yl.] (Chem.) The radical {(CO)[b7][b7]}, occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc. Note: Though denoted by a formula identical with that of carbon monoxide, it is chemically distinct, as carbon seems to be divalent in carbon monoxide, but tetravalent in carbonyl compounds. {Carbonyl chloride} (Chem.), a colorless gas, {COCl2}, of offensive odor, and easily condensable to liquid. It is formed from chlorine and carbon monoxide, under the influence of light, and hence has been called {phosgene gas}; -- called also {carbon oxychloride}. | |
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Cob91a \Co*b[91]"a\ (k[osl]*b[emac]"[adot]), n. [Named after D. Cobo, a Spanish botanist.] A genus of climbing plants, native of Mexico and South America. {C. scandens} is a conservatory climber with large bell-shaped flowers. | |
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Mew \Mew\, n. [AS. m[?]w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m[94]we, OHG. m[?]h, Icel. m[be]r.] (Zo[94]l.) A gull, esp. the common British species ({Larus canus}); called also {sea mew}, {maa}, {mar}, {mow}, and {cobb}. | |
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Cob \Cob\, n. [Cf. AS. cop, copp, head, top, D. kop, G. kopf, kuppe, LL. cuppa cup (cf. E. brainpan), and also W. cob tuft, spider, cop, copa, top, summit, cobio to thump. Cf. {Cop} top, {Cup}, n.] 1. The top or head of anything. [Obs.] --W. Gifford. 2. A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person. [Obs.] All cobbing country chuffs, which make their bellies and their bags their god, are called rich cobs. --Nash. 3. The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow. [U. S.] 4. (Zo[94]l.) A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head. 5. (Zo[94]l.) A young herring. --B. Jonson. 6. (Zo[94]l.) A fish; -- also called {miller's thumb}. 7. A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the saddle. [Eng.] 8. (Zo[94]l.) A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull ({Larus marinus}). [Written also {cobb}.] 9. A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone. 10. A cobnut; as, Kentish cobs. See {Cobnut}. [Eng.] 11. Clay mixed with straw. [Prov. Eng.] The poor cottager contenteth himself with cob for his walls, and thatch for his covering. --R. Carew. 12. A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood. --Wright. 13. A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d. [Obs.] --Wright. {Cob coal}, coal in rounded lumps from the size of an egg to that of a football; -- called also {cobbles}. --Grose. {Cob loaf}, a crusty, uneven loaf, rounded at top. --Wright. {Cob money}, a kind of rudely coined gold and silver money of Spanish South America in the eighteenth century. The coins were of the weight of the piece of eight, or one of its aliquot parts. | |
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Cobby \Cob"by\, a. [From {Cob}, n.] 1. Headstrong; obstinate. [Obs.] --Brockett. 2. Stout; hearty; lively. [Obs.] | |
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Cobia \Co"bi*a\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An oceanic fish of large size ({Elacate canada}); the crabeater; -- called also {bonito}, {cubbyyew}, {coalfish}, and {sergeant fish}. | |
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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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Coif \Coif\ (koif), v. t. [Cf. F. coiffer.] To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif. And coif me, where I'm bald, with flowers. --J. G. Cooper. | |
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Coop \Coop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cooping}.] To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in. The Trojans cooped within their walls so long. --Dryden. The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. --Locke. 2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] [bd]Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped.[b8] --Holland. Syn: To crowd; confine; imprison. | |
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Coop \Coop\ (k[oomac]p), n. [Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub, Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub, LL. cupa, copa, cup. See {Cup}, and cf. {Keeve}.] 1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] --Johnson. 2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry. 3. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [Scotch] | |
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Coopee \Coo*pee"\, n. See {Coupe}. [Obs.] --Johnson. | |
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Cop \Cop\ (k[ocr]p), n. [AS. cop; cf. G. kopf head. Cf. {Cup}, {Cob}.] 1. The top of a thing; the head; a crest. [Obs.] Cop they used to call The tops of many hills. --Drayton. 2. A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc. 3. A tube or quill upon which silk is wound. 4. (Mil. Arch.) Same as {Merlon}. 5. A policeman. [Slang] {Cop waste}, a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly of remnants of cops from which the greater part of the yarn has been unwound. | |
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Cope \Cope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Coped} (k[omac]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coping}.] [OE. copen, coupen, to buy, bargain, prob. from D. koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See {Cheap}.] 1. To exchange or barter. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with. Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man As e'er my conversation coped withal. --Shak. 3. To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with. Host coped with host, dire was the din of war. --Philips. Their generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens. --Addison. | |
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Cope \Cope\ (k[omac]p), n. [A doublet of cape. See {Cape}, {Cap}.] 1. A covering for the head. [Obs.] --Johnson. 2. Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door. [bd]The starry cope of heaven.[b8] --Milton. 3. An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions. --Piers plowman. A hundred and sixty priests all in their copes. --Bp. Burnet. 4. An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England. 5. (Founding) The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold. --Knight. De Colange. | |
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Cope \Cope\, v. t. 1. To bargain for; to buy. [Obs.] 2. To make return for; to requite; to repay. [Obs.] three thousand ducats due unto the Jew, We freely cope your courteous pains withal. --Shak. 3. To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter. I love to cope him in these sullen fits. --Shak. They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down. --Shak. | |
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Cope \Cope\, v. i. To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. [Obs.] Some bending down and coping toward the earth. --Holland. | |
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Cope \Cope\, v. t. (Falconry) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). --J. H. Walsh. | |
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Copy \Cop"y\ (k[ocr]p"[ycr]), n.; pl. {Copies} (-[icr]z). [F. copie, fr. L. copia abundance, number, LL. also, a transcript; co- + the root of opes riches. See {Opulent}, and cf. {Copious}.] 1. An abundance or plenty of anything. [Obs.] She was blessed with no more copy of wit, but to serve his humor thus. --B. Jonson. 2. An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue. I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original. --Denham. 3. An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison. 4. That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation. Let him first learn to write, after a copy, all the letters. --Holder. 5. (print.) Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy. 6. A writing paper of a particular size. Same as {Bastard}. See under {Paper}. 7. Copyhold; tenure; lease. [Obs.] --Shak. {Copy book}, a book in which copies are written or printed for learners to imitate. {Examined copies} (Law), those which have been compared with the originals. {Exemplified copies}, those which are attested under seal of a court. {Certified [or] Office} {copies}, those which are made or attested by officers having charge of the originals, and authorized to give copies officially. --Abbot. Syn: Imitation; transcript; duplicate; counterfeit. | |
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Copy \Cop"y\, v. i. 1. To make a copy or copies; to imitate. 2. To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well. Some . . . never fail, when they copy, to follow the bad as well as the good things. --Dryden. | |
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Copy \Cop"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Copied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Copying}.] [Cf. F. copir, fr. LL. copiare. See {Copy}, n.] 1. To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off. I like the work well; ere it be demanded (As like enough it will), I'd have it copied. --Shak. Let this be copied out, And keep it safe for our remembrance. --Shak. 2. To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life. We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation. --Stewart. | |
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Coup \Coup\ v. i. To make a coup. Woe to the Sioux if the Northern Cheyennes get a chance to coup ! --F. Remington. | |
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Coupee \Cou*pee"\ (k??-p?"; F. k??`p?), n. [F. coup[82], n., properly p. p. of couper to cut. Cf. {Coup[82]}, {Coopee}.] A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent, and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made. --Chambers. | |
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Cove \Cove\, n. [A gypsy word, covo that man, covi that woman.] A boy or man of any age or station. [Slang] There's a gentry cove here. --Wit's Recreations (1654). Now, look to it, coves, that all the beef and drink Be not filched from us. --Mrs. Browning. | |
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Cove \Cove\ (k[omac]v), n. [AS. cofa room; akin to G. koben pigsty, orig., hut, Icel kofi hut, and perh. to E. cobalt.] 1. A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore. Vessels which were in readiness for him within secret coves and nooks. --Holland. 2. A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain. [U.S.] 3. (Arch.) (a) A concave molding. (b) A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight. | |
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Cove \Cove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coved} (k?vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coving}.] (Arch.) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove. The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs. --H. Swinburne. {Coved ceiling}, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail is constructed in a cove. {Coved vault}, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault. | |
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Cove \Cove\, v. t. [CF. F. couver, It. covare. See {Covey}.] To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs. [Obs.] Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel. --Holland. | |
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Covey \Cov"ey\, v. i. To brood; to incubate. [Obs.] [Tortoises] covey a whole year before they hatch. --Holland. | |
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Covey \Cov"ey\, n. A pantry. [Prov. Eng.] --Parker. | |
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Covey \Cov"ey\ (k?v"?), n. [OF. cov[?]e, F. couv[?]e, fr. cover, F. couver, to sit or brood on, fr. L. cubare to lie down; cf. E. incubate. See {Cubit}, and cf. {Cove} to brood.] 1. A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges. --Darwin. 2. A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls. --Addison. | |
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Cowboy \Cow"boy`\ (-boi`), n. 1. A cattle herder; a drover; specifically, one of an adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of the Western and Southwestern United States. 2. One of the marauders who, in the Revolutionary War infested the neutral ground between the American and British lines, and committed depredations on the Americans. | |
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Cowpea \Cow"pea`\, n. (Bot.) A leguminous plant ({Vigna Sinensis}, syn. {V. Catjang}) found throughout the tropics of the Old World. It is extensively cultivated in the Southern United States for fodder, and the seed is used as food for man. | |
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Cowpea \Cow"pea`\ (-p[emac]`), n. The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus {Dolichos}; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the southern part of the United States. | |
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d8Coypu \[d8]Coy"pu\ (koi"p??), n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A South American rodent ({Myopotamus coypus}), allied to the beaver. It produces a valuable fur called nutria. [Written also {coypou}.] | |
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Cub \Cub\ (k[ucr]b), n. [Cf. Ir. cuib cub, whelp, young dog, Ir. & Gael. cu dog; akin to E. hound.] 1. A young animal, esp. the young of the bear. 2. Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy. O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case? --Shak. | |
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Cub \Cub\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Cubbed} (k[ucr]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cubbing}.] To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons. [bd]Cubb'd in a cabin.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Cub \Cub\, n. [Cf. {Cub} a young animal.] 1. A stall for cattle. [Obs.] I would rather have such . . . .in cub or kennel than in my closet or at my table. --Landor. 2. A cupboard. [Obs.] --Laud. | |
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Cub \Cub\, v. t. To shut up or confine. [Obs.] --Burton. | |
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Cubby \Cub"by\ (k?b"b?), Cubbyhole \Cub"by*hole`\ (-h?l`), n. [See {Cub} a stall.] A snug or confined place. | |
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Cobia \Co"bi*a\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An oceanic fish of large size ({Elacate canada}); the crabeater; -- called also {bonito}, {cubbyyew}, {coalfish}, and {sergeant fish}. | |
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Cube \Cube\ (k?b), n. [F. cube, L. cubus, fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?] a cube, a cubical die.] 1. (Geom.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides. 2. (Math.) The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4. {Cube ore} (Min.), pharmacosiderite. It commonly crystallizes in cubes of a green color. {Cube root}. (Math.), the number or quantity which, multiplied into itself, and then into the product, produces the given cube; thus, 3 is the cube root of 27, for 3x3x3 = 27. {Cube spar} (Min.), anhydrite; anhydrous calcium sulphate. | |
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Cube \Cube\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cubed} (k?bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cubing}.] To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of. | |
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Cuff \Cuff\, v. i. To fight; to scuffle; to box. While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport. --Dryden. | |
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Cuff \Cuff\, n. A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap. Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies; Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff. --Spenser. Many a bitter kick and cuff. --Hudibras. | |
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Cuff \Cuff\, n. [Perh. from F. coiffe headdress, hood, or coif; as if the cuff were a cap for the hand. Cf. {Coif}.] 1. The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand. He would visit his mistress in a morning gown, band, short cuffs, and a peaked beard. --Arbuthnot. 2. Any ornamental appendage at the wrist, whether attached to the sleeve of the garment or separate; especially, in modern times, such an appendage of starched linen, or a substitute for it of paper, or the like. | |
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Cuff \Cuff\ (k?f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cuffed} (k[?]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cuffing}.] [Cf. Sw. kuffa to knock, push,kufva to check, subdue, and E. cow, v. t. ] 1. To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap. I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again. --Shak. They with their quills did all the hurt they could, And cuffed the tender chickens from their food. --Dryden. 2. To buffet. [bd]Cuffed by the gale.[b8] --Tennyson. | |
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Cuffy \Cuf"fy\ (k[?]f`f[?]), n. A name for a negro. [Slang] | |
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Grease cock \Grease cock\ [or] cup \cup\ . (Mach.) A cock or cup containing grease, to serve as a lubricator. | |
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Crater \Cra"ter\ (kr?t?r), n. [L. crater, cratera, a mixing vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath`r, fr. keranny`nai to mix; cf. Skr. [cced]r[imac] to mix, [cced]ir to cook, [cced]r[amac] to cook. Cf. {Grail}, in Holy Grail.] 1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. 2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the {Cup}. | |
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Cup \Cup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cupped} (k[ucr]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cupping}.] 1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.] Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak. 2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See {Cupping}. 3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cup \Cup\ (k[ucr]p), n. [AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa tub, cask; cf. also Gr. ky`ph hut, Skr. k[umac]pa pit, hollow, OSlav. kupa cup. Cf. {Coop}, {Cupola}, {Cowl} a water vessel, and {Cob}, {Coif}, {Cop}.] 1. A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like. 2. The contents of such a vessel; a cupful. Give me a cup of sack, boy. --Shak. 3. pl. Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry. Thence from cups to civil broils. --Milton. 4. That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion. O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. --Matt. xxvi. 39. 5. Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower. The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. --Shenstone. 6. (Med.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping. {Cup and ball}, a familiar toy of children, having a cup on the top of a piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the cup; bilboquet. --Milman. {Cup and can}, familiar companions. {Dry cup}, {Wet cup} (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet cupping. See under {Cupping}. {To be in one's cups}, to be drunk. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Grease cock \Grease cock\ [or] cup \cup\ . (Mach.) A cock or cup containing grease, to serve as a lubricator. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Crater \Cra"ter\ (kr?t?r), n. [L. crater, cratera, a mixing vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. krath`r, fr. keranny`nai to mix; cf. Skr. [cced]r[imac] to mix, [cced]ir to cook, [cced]r[amac] to cook. Cf. {Grail}, in Holy Grail.] 1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. 2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine. 3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the {Cup}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cup \Cup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cupped} (k[ucr]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cupping}.] 1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.] Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak. 2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See {Cupping}. 3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cup \Cup\ (k[ucr]p), n. [AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa tub, cask; cf. also Gr. ky`ph hut, Skr. k[umac]pa pit, hollow, OSlav. kupa cup. Cf. {Coop}, {Cupola}, {Cowl} a water vessel, and {Cob}, {Coif}, {Cop}.] 1. A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like. 2. The contents of such a vessel; a cupful. Give me a cup of sack, boy. --Shak. 3. pl. Repeated potations; social or excessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry. Thence from cups to civil broils. --Milton. 4. That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion. O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. --Matt. xxvi. 39. 5. Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower. The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. --Shenstone. 6. (Med.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping. {Cup and ball}, a familiar toy of children, having a cup on the top of a piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the cup; bilboquet. --Milman. {Cup and can}, familiar companions. {Dry cup}, {Wet cup} (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet cupping. See under {Cupping}. {To be in one's cups}, to be drunk. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cuppy \Cup"py\, a. 1. Hollow; cuplike; also, full of cups, or small depressions. 2. Characterized by cup shakes; -- said of timber. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Capay, CA Zip code(s): 95607 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cave, MO (town, FIPS 12079) Location: 39.02376 N, 91.04520 W Population (1990): 10 (5 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Ceiba, PR (comunidad, FIPS 16139) Location: 18.44492 N, 66.34661 W Population (1990): 3454 (1067 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chaffee, MO (city, FIPS 12988) Location: 37.18038 N, 89.66134 W Population (1990): 3059 (1363 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63740 Chaffee, ND Zip code(s): 58014 Chaffee, NY Zip code(s): 14030 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cobb, CA (CDP, FIPS 14302) Location: 38.83782 N, 122.72415 W Population (1990): 1477 (756 housing units) Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Cobb, GA Zip code(s): 31735 Cobb, WI (village, FIPS 15975) Location: 42.96527 N, 90.32935 W Population (1990): 440 (184 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53526 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Coffey, MO (town, FIPS 15274) Location: 40.10509 N, 94.00617 W Population (1990): 131 (68 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 64636 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cope, CO Zip code(s): 80812 Cope, SC (town, FIPS 16720) Location: 33.37820 N, 81.00684 W Population (1990): 124 (48 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29038 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cove, AR (town, FIPS 15700) Location: 34.43502 N, 94.40923 W Population (1990): 346 (170 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 71937 Cove, OR (city, FIPS 16250) Location: 45.29670 N, 117.80949 W Population (1990): 507 (201 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97824 Cove, TX (town, FIPS 17336) Location: 29.81322 N, 94.82491 W Population (1990): 402 (152 housing units) Area: 3.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cuba, AL (town, FIPS 18952) Location: 32.44060 N, 88.37426 W Population (1990): 390 (184 housing units) Area: 10.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36907 Cuba, IL (city, FIPS 17991) Location: 40.49338 N, 90.19319 W Population (1990): 1440 (614 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 61427 Cuba, KS (city, FIPS 16625) Location: 39.80222 N, 97.45681 W Population (1990): 242 (149 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66940 Cuba, MO (city, FIPS 17668) Location: 38.06297 N, 91.39988 W Population (1990): 2537 (1133 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65453 Cuba, NM (village, FIPS 19150) Location: 36.02248 N, 106.95425 W Population (1990): 760 (329 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 87013 Cuba, NY (village, FIPS 19356) Location: 42.21856 N, 78.27634 W Population (1990): 1690 (726 housing units) Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14727 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
CHOP /chop/ n. [IRC] See {channel op}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
cowboy n. [Sun, from William Gibson's {cyberpunk} SF] Synonym for {hacker}. It is reported that at Sun this word is often said with reverence. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
cube n. 1. [short for `cubicle'] A module in the open-plan offices used at many programming shops. "I've got the manuals in my cube." 2. A NeXT machine (which resembles a matte-black cube). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CAF {constant applicative form} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CAFE ["Job Control Languages: MAXIMOP and CAFE", J. Brandon, Proc BCS Symp on Job Control Languages--Past Present and Future, NCC, Manchester, England 1974]. (1994-10-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CAP 1. 2. 3. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CAPI 1. {Calendar Application Programming Interface}. 2. Interface}. 3. Interface}. (1998-09-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CAV {Constant Angular Velocity} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cb {C Beautifier} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CBV {call-by-value} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cbw {Crypt Breakers Workbench} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CCP 1. 2. {Command Control Processor}. (2001-11-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CCSP {Contextually Communicating Sequential Processes} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cf Republic. (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CFP 1. {Constraint Functional Programming}. 2. {Communicating Functional Processes}. 3. Call For Papers (for a conference). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CFP92 {SPEC CFP92} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CHAP {Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
chip {integrated circuit} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CHIP 1. A early system on the {IBM 1103} or 1103A. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1994-11-15) 2. {Constraint Handling In Prolog}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
chip {integrated circuit} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CHIP 1. A early system on the {IBM 1103} or 1103A. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1994-11-15) 2. {Constraint Handling In Prolog}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CHIP-48 A reimplementation of {CHIP-8} for the {HP-48} calculator by Andreas Gustafson Posted to {news:comp.sys.handhelds} in Sep 1990. {(ftp://vega.hut.fi/pub/misc/hp48sx/asap)}. (1994-12-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CHIP-8 high-level {machine code}) developed at {RCA} in the late 1970s for video games on computers using {RCA}'s {CDP1802} processor. It could also be used on the {DREAM 6800}. {Amiga interpreter (ftp://ftp.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/amiga/fish/f5/ff537/CHIP8.lzh)}. (2002-04-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CHOP {channel op} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Chop A {code generator} by Alan L. Wendt for the {lcc} {C} compiler {front end}. Version 0.6 is interfaced with Fraser and Hanson's {lcc} {front end}. The result is a {C} compiler with good code selection but no {global optimisation}. Chop can currently compile and run small test programs on the {VAX}. The {NS32k} and {68000} code generators are being upgraded for lcc compatibility. {(ftp://beethoven.cs.colostate.edu/pub/chop/0.6.tar.Z)}. ["Fast Code Generation Using Automatically-Generated Decision Trees", ACM SIGPLAN '90 PLDI]. (1993-04-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CHOP {channel op} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Chop A {code generator} by Alan L. Wendt for the {lcc} {C} compiler {front end}. Version 0.6 is interfaced with Fraser and Hanson's {lcc} {front end}. The result is a {C} compiler with good code selection but no {global optimisation}. Chop can currently compile and run small test programs on the {VAX}. The {NS32k} and {68000} code generators are being upgraded for lcc compatibility. {(ftp://beethoven.cs.colostate.edu/pub/chop/0.6.tar.Z)}. ["Fast Code Generation Using Automatically-Generated Decision Trees", ACM SIGPLAN '90 PLDI]. (1993-04-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CIF Caltech Intermediate Form. Geometry language for VLSI design, in which the primitives are coloured rectangles. ["Introduction to VLSI Systems", Mead & Conway, A-W 1980, Section 4.5]. (1995-01-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CJKV other three CJK languages, requires 16-bit {character encodings} but it does not use {Han characters}. ["CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing", Ken Lunde, pub. O'Reilly 1998, {(http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/cjkvinfo/)}]. (2001-03-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
COFF {Common Object File Format} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
COIF {Fortran} with interactive graphic extensions for circuit design, on {UNIVAC 1108}. ["An Interactive Software System for Computer-Aided Design: An Application to Circuit Projects", CACM 9(13) (Sep 1970)]. (1995-01-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cowboy [Sun, from William Gibson's {cyberpunk} SF] Synonym for {hacker}. It is reported that at Sun this word is often said with reverence. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CP A concurrent Prolog. "The Concurrent Logic Programming Language CP": Definition and Operational Semantics", V. Saraswat, 14th POPL, ACM 1987, pp.49-62. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CPE {Customer Premises Equipment} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CPI {Common Program Interface} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cpo {complete partial ordering} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cpp {C preprocessor}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cppp based on {Yacc} and outputs an {abstract syntax graph}. Version: 1.14. {(ftp://wilma.cs.brown.edu/pub/cppp.tar.Z)}. (1993-05-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CPU 2. Occasionally used (although less and less) to refer to the {system unit}. (2000-08-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CSP 1. 2. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CSP/80 Based on CSP. "CSP/80: A Language for Communicating Processes", M. Jazayeri et al, Proc Fall COMPCON80, IEEE pp.736-740 (Sept 1980). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CSV {comma separated values} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Cube Three-dimensional visual language for higher-order logic. "The Cube Language", M. Najork et al, 1991 IEEE Workshop on Visual Langs, Oct 1991, pp.218-224. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cube 1. [short for "cubicle"] A module in the open-plan offices used at many programming shops. "I've got the manuals in my cube." 2. A NeXT machine (which resembles a matte-black cube). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Cube Three-dimensional visual language for higher-order logic. "The Cube Language", M. Najork et al, 1991 IEEE Workshop on Visual Langs, Oct 1991, pp.218-224. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cube 1. [short for "cubicle"] A module in the open-plan offices used at many programming shops. "I've got the manuals in my cube." 2. A NeXT machine (which resembles a matte-black cube). | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cv (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CWeb programming} language. Version 3.1 by Levy, Knuth, and Marc van Leeuwen is writen in, and outputs, {ANSI C} and {C++}. {(ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/cweb/)}. (1993-12-16) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cab hollow (R.V., "kab"), occurs only in 2 Kings 6:25; a dry measure, the sixth part of a seah, and the eighteenth part of an ephah, equal to about two English quarts. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cave There are numerous natural caves among the limestone rocks of Syria, many of which have been artificially enlarged for various purposes. The first notice of a cave occurs in the history of Lot (Gen. 19:30). The next we read of is the cave of Machpelah (q.v.), which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth (Gen. 25:9, 10). It was the burying-place of Sarah and of Abraham himself, also of Isaac, Rebekah, Leah, and Jacob (Gen. 49:31; 50:13). The cave of Makkedah, into which the five Amorite kings retired after their defeat by Joshua (10:16, 27). The cave of Adullam (q.v.), an immense natural cavern, where David hid himself from Saul (1 Sam. 22:1, 2). The cave of Engedi (q.v.), now called 'Ain Jidy, i.e., the "Fountain of the Kid", where David cut off the skirt of Saul's robe (24:4). Here he also found a shelter for himself and his followers to the number of 600 (23:29; 24:1). "On all sides the country is full of caverns which might serve as lurking-places for David and his men, as they do for outlaws at the present day." The cave in which Obadiah hid the prophets (1 Kings 18:4) was probably in the north, but it cannot be identified. The cave of Elijah (1 Kings 19:9), and the "cleft" of Moses on Horeb (Ex. 33:22), cannot be determined. In the time of Gideon the Israelites took refuge from the Midianites in dens and caves, such as abounded in the mountain regions of Manasseh (Judg. 6:2). Caves were frequently used as dwelling-places (Num. 24:21; Cant. 2:14; Jer. 49:16; Obad. 1:3). "The excavations at Deir Dubban, on the south side of the wady leading to Santa Hanneh, are probably the dwellings of the Horites," the ancient inhabitants of Idumea Proper. The pits or cavities in rocks were also sometimes used as prisons (Isa. 24:22; 51:14; Zech. 9:11). Those which had niches in their sides were occupied as burying-places (Ezek. 32:23; John 11:38). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Chaff the refuse of winnowed corn. It was usually burned (Ex. 15:7; Isa. 5:24; Matt. 3:12). This word sometimes, however, means dried grass or hay (Isa. 5:24; 33:11). Chaff is used as a figure of abortive wickedness (Ps. 1:4; Matt. 3:12). False doctrines are also called chaff (Jer. 23:28), or more correctly rendered "chopped straw." The destruction of the wicked, and their powerlessness, are likened to the carrying away of chaff by the wind (Isa. 17:13; Hos. 13:3; Zeph. 2:2). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Chub the name of a people in alliance with Egypt in the time of Nebuchadnezzar. The word is found only in Ezek. 30:5. They were probably a people of Northern Africa, or of the lands near Egypt in the south. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cup a wine-cup (Gen. 40:11, 21), various forms of which are found on Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. All Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold (1 Kings 10: 21). The cups mentioned in the New Testament were made after Roman and Greek models, and were sometimes of gold (Rev. 17:4). The art of divining by means of a cup was practiced in Egypt (Gen. 44:2-17), and in the East generally. The "cup of salvation" (Ps. 116:13) is the cup of thanksgiving for the great salvation. The "cup of consolation" (Jer. 16:7) refers to the custom of friends sending viands and wine to console relatives in mourning (Prov. 31:6). In 1 Cor. 10:16, the "cup of blessing" is contrasted with the "cup of devils" (1 Cor. 10:21). The sacramental cup is the "cup of blessing," because of blessing pronounced over it (Matt. 26:27; Luke 22:17). The "portion of the cup" (Ps. 11:6; 16:5) denotes one's condition of life, prosperous or adverse. A "cup" is also a type of sensual allurement (Jer. 51:7; Prov. 23:31; Rev. 17:4). We read also of the "cup of astonishment," the "cup of trembling," and the "cup of God's wrath" (Ps. 75:8; Isa. 51:17; Jer. 25:15; Lam. 4:21; Ezek. 23:32; Rev. 16:19; comp. Matt. 26:39, 42; John 18:11). The cup is also the symbol of death (Matt. 16:28; Mark 9:1; Heb. 2:9). | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Cuba Cuba:Geography Location: Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Florida Map references: Central America and the Caribbean Area: total area: 110,860 sq km land area: 110,860 sq km comparative area: slightly smaller than Pennsylvania Land boundaries: total 29 km, US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay 29 km note: Guantanamo Naval Base is leased by the US and thus remains part of Cuba Coastline: 3,735 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay is leased to US and only mutual agreement or US abandonment of the area can terminate the lease Climate: tropical; moderated by trade winds; dry season (November to April); rainy season (May to October) Terrain: mostly flat to rolling plains with rugged hills and mountains in the southeast Natural resources: cobalt, nickel, iron ore, copper, manganese, salt, timber, silica, petroleum Land use: arable land: 23% permanent crops: 6% meadows and pastures: 23% forest and woodland: 17% other: 31% Irrigated land: 8,960 sq km (1989) Environment: current issues: pollution of Havana Bay; overhunting threatens wildlife populations; deforestation natural hazards: the east coast is subject to hurricanes from August to October (in general, the country averages about one hurricane every other year); droughts are common international agreements: party to - Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution; signed, but not ratified - Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Desertification, Marine Life Conservation Note: largest country in Caribbean Cuba:People Population: 10,937,635 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 22% (female 1,191,320; male 1,256,928) 15-64 years: 68% (female 3,732,434; male 3,751,464) 65 years and over: 10% (female 528,104; male 477,385) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 0.65% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 14.54 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 6.53 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: -1.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 8.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.05 years male: 74.86 years female: 79.37 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.63 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Cuban(s) adjective: Cuban Ethnic divisions: mulatto 51%, white 37%, black 11%, Chinese 1% Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 85% prior to Castro assuming power Languages: Spanish Literacy: age 15-49 and over can read and write (1981) total population: 98% Labor force: 4,620,800 economically active population (1988); 3,578,800 in state sector by occupation: services and government 30%, industry 22%, agriculture 20%, commerce 11%, construction 10%, transportation and communications 7% (June 1990) Cuba:Government Names: conventional long form: Republic of Cuba conventional short form: Cuba local long form: Republica de Cuba local short form: Cuba Digraph: CU Type: Communist state Capital: Havana Administrative divisions: 14 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 special municipality* (municipio especial); Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, Isla de la Juventud*, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara Independence: 20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898; administered by the US from 1898 to 1902) National holiday: Rebellion Day, 26 July (1953) Constitution: 24 February 1976 Legal system: based on Spanish and American law, with large elements of Communist legal theory; does not accept compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage: 16 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state and head of government: President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers Fidel CASTRO Ruz (Prime Minister from February 1959 until 24 February 1976 when office was abolished; President since 2 December 1976); First Vice President of the Council of State and First Vice President of the Council of Ministers Gen. Raul CASTRO Ruz (since 2 December 1976) cabinet: Council of Ministers; proposed by the president of the Council of State, appointed by the National Assembly Legislative branch: unicameral National Assembly of People's Power: (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular) elections last held February 1993 (next to be held NA); seats - 589 total, elected directly from slates approved by special candidacy commissions Judicial branch: People's Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo Popular) Political parties and leaders: only party - Cuban Communist Party (PCC), Fidel CASTRO Ruz, first secretary Member of: CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, ICAO, ICRM, IFAD, IFRCS, ILO, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA (observer), NAM, OAS (excluded from formal participation since 1962), PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Principal Officer Alfonso FRAGA PEREZ (since August 1992) represented by the Cuban Interests Section of the Swiss Embassy in Washington, DC chancery: 2630 and 2639 16th Street NW, Cuban Interests Section, Swiss Embassy, Washington, DC 20009 telephone: [1] (202) 797-8609, 8610, 8615 US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Principal Officer Joseph G. SULLIVAN US Interests Section: USINT, Swiss Embassy, Calzada Entre L Y M, Vedado Seccion, Havana mailing address: use street address telephone: 33-3551 through 3559, 33-3543 through 3547, 33-3700 (operator assistance required) FAX: Telex 512206 note: protecting power in Cuba is Switzerland - US Interests Section, Swiss Embassy Flag: five equal horizontal bands of blue (top and bottom) alternating with white; a red equilateral triangle based on the hoist side bears a white five-pointed star in the center Economy Overview: Cuba's heavily statist economy remains severely depressed as the result of its own inefficiencies and the loss of massive amounts of economic aid from the former Soviet Bloc. Total output in 1994 was only about half the output of 1989. The fall in output and in imports is reflected in the deterioration of food supplies, shortages of electricity, inability to get spare parts, and the replacement of motor-driven vehicles by bicycles and draft animals. Higher world market prices for sugar and nickel in 1994, however, resulted in a slight increase in export earnings for the first time in six years, despite lower production of both commodities. The growth of tourism slowed in late 1994 as a result of negative publicity surrounding the exodus of Cubans from the island and other international factors. The government continued its aggressive search for foreign investment and announced preliminary agreements to form large joint ventures with Mexican investors in telecommunications and oil refining. In mid-1994, the National Assembly began introducing several new taxes and price increases to stem growing excess liquidity and restore some of the peso's value as a monetary instrument. In October the government attempted to stimulate food production by permitting the sale of any surplus production (over state quotas) at unrestricted prices at designated markets. Similar but much smaller markets were also introduced for the sale of manufactured goods in December. The various government measures have influenced a remarkable appreciation of the black market value of the peso, from more than 100 pesos to the dollar in September 1994 to 40 pesos to the dollar in early 1995. Policy discussions continue in the bureaucracy over the proper pace and scope of economic reform. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $14 billion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 0.4% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $1,260 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA% Unemployment rate: NA% Budget: revenues: $9.3 billion expenditures: $12.5 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1994 est.) Exports: $1.6 billion (f.o.b., 1994 est.) commodities: sugar, nickel, shellfish, tobacco, medical products, citrus, coffee partners: Russia 15%, Canada 9%, China 8%, Egypt 6%, Spain 5%, Japan 4%, Morocco 4% (1994 est.) Imports: $1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1994 est.) commodities: petroleum, food, machinery, chemicals partners: Spain 17%, Mexico 10%, France 8%, China 8%, Venezuela 7%, Italy 4%, Canada 3%, (1994 est.) External debt: $10.8 billion (convertible currency, December 1993) Industrial production: growth rate NA% Electricity: capacity: 3,990,000 kW production: 12 billion kWh consumption per capita: 1,022 kWh (1993) Industries: sugar milling and refining, petroleum refining, food and tobacco processing, textiles, chemicals, paper and wood products, metals (particularly nickel), cement, fertilizers, consumer goods, agricultural machinery Agriculture: key commercial crops - sugarcane, tobacco, and citrus fruits; other products - coffee, rice, potatoes, meat, beans; world's largest sugar exporter; not self-sufficient in food (excluding sugar); sector hurt by persistent shortages of fuels and parts Economic aid: recipient: Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $710 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $18.5 billion Currency: 1 Cuban peso (Cu$) = 100 centavos Exchange rates: Cuban pesos (Cu$) per US$1 - 1.0000 (non-convertible, official rate, linked to the US dollar) Fiscal year: calendar year Cuba:Transportation Railroads: total: 12,623 km standard gauge: 4,881 km 1.435-m gauge (151.7 km electrified) other: 7,742 km 0.914- and 1.435-m gauge for sugar plantation lines Highways: total: 26,477 km paved: 14,477 km unpaved: gravel or earth 12,000 km (1989) Inland waterways: 240 km Ports: Cienfuegos, La Habana, Manzanillo, Mariel, Matanzas, Nuevitas, Santiago de Cuba Merchant marine: total: 48 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 278,103 GRT/396,138 DWT ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 22, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas tanker 4, oil tanker 10, passenger-cargo 1, refrigerated cargo 9 note: Cuba beneficially owns an additional 24 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 215,703 DWT under the registry of Panama, Cyprus, Malta, and Mauritius Airports: total: 181 with paved runways over 3,047 m: 7 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 13 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 10 with paved runways under 914 m: 106 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 36 Cuba:Communications Telephone system: 229,000 telephones; 20.7 telephones/1,000 persons; among the world's least developed telephone systems local: NA intercity: NA international: 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth station Radio: broadcast stations: AM 150, FM 5, shortwave 0 radios: 2.14 million Television: broadcast stations: 58 televisions: 1.53 million Cuba:Defense Forces Branches: Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) includes ground forces, Revolutionary Navy (MGR), Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR), Territorial Militia Troops (MTT), and Youth Labor Army (EJT); Interior Ministry Border Guards (TGF), Manpower availability: males age 15-49 3,065,751; females age 15-49 3,023,997; males fit for military service 1,909,901; females fit for military service 1,878,768; males reach military age (17) annually 72,582; females reach military age (17) annually 69,361 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - approx. $600 million, 4% of GSP (gross social product) in 1994 was for defense Note: Moscow, for decades the key military supporter and supplier of Cuba, cut off military aid by 1993 |