English Dictionary: covetous | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
C91spitose \C[91]s"pi*tose`\, a. Same as {Cespitose}. | |
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Cespitose \Ces"pi*tose`\, a. [L. caespes turf.] (Bot.) Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots. [Written also {c[91]spitose}.] | |
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C91spitose \C[91]s"pi*tose`\, a. Same as {Cespitose}. | |
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Cespitose \Ces"pi*tose`\, a. [L. caespes turf.] (Bot.) Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots. [Written also {c[91]spitose}.] | |
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Cabotage \Cab"o*tage\, n. [F. cabotage, fr. caboter to sail along the coast; cf. Sp. cabo cape.] (Naut.) Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage. | |
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Captious \Cap"tious\, a. [F. captieux, L. captiosus. See {Caption}.] 1. Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please. A captious and suspicious age. --Stillingfleet. I am sensible I have not disposed my materials to abide the test of a captious controversy. --Bwike. 2. Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome. Captious restraints on navigation. --Bancroft. Syn: Caviling, carping, fault-finding; censorious; hypercritical; peevish, fretful; perverse; troublesome. Usage: {Captious}, {caviling}, {Carping}. A captious person is one who has a fault-finding habit or manner, or is disposed to catch at faults, errors, etc., with quarrelsome intent; a caviling person is disposed to raise objections on frivolous grounds; carping implies that one is given to ill-natured, persistent, or unreasonable fault-finding, or picking up of the words or actions of others. Caviling is the carping of argument, carping the caviling of ill temper. --C. J. Smith. | |
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Captiously \Cap"tious*ly\, adv. In a captious manner. | |
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Captiousness \Cap"tious*ness\, n. Captious disposition or manner. | |
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Cavity \Cav"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Cavities}. [L. cavus hollow: cf. F. cavit[82].] 1. Hollowness. [Obs.] The cavity or hollowness of the place. --Goodwin. 2. A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity. An instrument with a small cavity, like a small spoon. --Arbuthnot. Abnormal spaces or excavations are frequently formed in the lungs, which are designated cavities or vomic[91]. --Quain. {Body cavity}, the c[d2]lum. See under {Body}. | |
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Civet \Civ"et\, n. [F. civette (cf. It. zibetto) civet, civet cat, fr. LGr. [?], fr. Ar. zub[?]d, zab[?]d, civet.] 1. A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet ({Viverra civetta}). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeable when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume. 2. (Zo[94]l) The animal that produces civet ({Viverra civetta}); -- called also {civet cat}. It is carnivorous, from two to three feet long, and of a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots on the body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The name is also applied to other species. | |
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Coptic \Cop"tic\ (k[ocr]p"t[icr]k), a. [Abbrev. from L. Aegyptius an Egyptian, Gr. [?], Ar. kibt[c6], pl. kibt.] Of or pertaining to the Copts. -- n. The language of the Copts. | |
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Coptic Church \Coptic Church\ The native church of Egypt or church of Alexandria, which in general organization and doctrines resembles the Roman Catholic Church, except that it holds to the Monophysitic doctrine which was condemned (a. d. 451) by the council of Chalcedon, and allows its priests to marry. The [bd]pope and patriarch[b8] has jurisdiction over the Abyssinian Church. Since the 7th century the Coptic Church has been so isolated from modifying influences that in many respects it is the most ancient monument of primitive Christian rites and ceremonies. But centuries of subjection to Moslem rule have weakened and degraded it. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Gold of pleasure}. [Name perhaps translated from Sp. oro-de-alegria.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Camelina}, bearing yellow flowers. {C. sativa} is sometimes cultivated for the oil of its seeds. {Gold shell}. (a) A composition of powdered gold or gold leaf, ground up with gum water and spread on shells, for artists' use; -- called also {gold paint}. (b) (Zo[94]l.) A bivalve shell ({Anomia glabra}) of the Atlantic coast; -- called also {jingle shell} and {silver shell}. See {Anomia}. {Gold size}, a composition used in applying gold leaf. {Gold solder}, a kind of solder, often containing twelve parts of gold, two of silver, and four of copper. {Gold stick}, the colonel of a regiment of English lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions; -- so called from the gilt rod presented to him by the sovereign when he receives his commission as colonel of the regiment. [Eng.] {Gold thread}. (a) A thread formed by twisting flatted gold over a thread of silk, with a wheel and iron bobbins; spun gold. --Ure. (b) (Bot.) A small evergreen plant ({Coptis trifolia}), so called from its fibrous yellow roots. It is common in marshy places in the United States. {Gold tissue}, a tissue fabric interwoven with gold thread. {Gold tooling}, the fixing of gold leaf by a hot tool upon book covers, or the ornamental impression so made. {Gold washings}, places where gold found in gravel is separated from lighter material by washing. {Gold worm}, a glowworm. [Obs.] {Jeweler's gold}, an alloy containing three parts of gold to one of copper. | |
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Copts \Copts\ (k[ocr]pts"), n. pl.; sing. {Copt}. [See {Coptic}.] (Etnol.) 1. An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians. 2. The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley of the Nile. Note: they belong to the Jacobite sect of Monophysite Christians, and for eleven centuries have had possession of the patriarchal chair of Alexandria. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Coup \[d8]Coup\ (k??), n. [F., fr.L. colaphus a cuff, Gr. [?][?][?][?].] A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force. {Coup de grace} (k[?][?]" de gr[?]s") [F.], the stroke of mercy with which an executioner ends by death the sufferings of the condemned; hence, a decisive, finishing stroke. {Coup de main} (k[?][?]` d[eit] m[?]n`) [F.] (Mil.), a sudden and unexpected movement or attack. {Coup de soleil} (k[?][?]` d s[?]-l[?]l [or] -l[?]"y') [F.] (Med.), a sunstroke. See {Sunstroke}. {Coup d'[82]tat} (k[?][?]" d[?]-t[?]") [F.] (Politics), a sudden, decisive exercise of power whereby the existing government is subverted without the consent of the people; an unexpected measure of state, more or less violent; a stroke of policy. {Coup d'[d2]il} (k[oomac]` d[etil]l"). [F.] (a) A single view; a rapid glance of the eye; a comprehensive view of a scene; as much as can be seen at one view. (b) The general effect of a picture. (c) (Mil.) The faculty or the act of comprehending at a glance the weakness or strength of a military position, of a certain arrangement of troops, the most advantageous position for a battlefield, etc. | |
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d8Coup \[d8]Coup\ (k??), n. [F., fr.L. colaphus a cuff, Gr. [?][?][?][?].] A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force. {Coup de grace} (k[?][?]" de gr[?]s") [F.], the stroke of mercy with which an executioner ends by death the sufferings of the condemned; hence, a decisive, finishing stroke. {Coup de main} (k[?][?]` d[eit] m[?]n`) [F.] (Mil.), a sudden and unexpected movement or attack. {Coup de soleil} (k[?][?]` d s[?]-l[?]l [or] -l[?]"y') [F.] (Med.), a sunstroke. See {Sunstroke}. {Coup d'[82]tat} (k[?][?]" d[?]-t[?]") [F.] (Politics), a sudden, decisive exercise of power whereby the existing government is subverted without the consent of the people; an unexpected measure of state, more or less violent; a stroke of policy. {Coup d'[d2]il} (k[oomac]` d[etil]l"). [F.] (a) A single view; a rapid glance of the eye; a comprehensive view of a scene; as much as can be seen at one view. (b) The general effect of a picture. (c) (Mil.) The faculty or the act of comprehending at a glance the weakness or strength of a military position, of a certain arrangement of troops, the most advantageous position for a battlefield, etc. | |
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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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Covetise \Cov"et*ise\ (-?s), n. [OF. coveitise, F. convoitise. See {Covet}, v. t. ] Avarice. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Covetous \Cov"et*ous\ (k?v"?t-?s), a. [OF. coveitos, F. convoiteux. See {Covet}, v. t.] 1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense. [Archaic] Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue. --Shak. Covetous death bereaved us all, To aggrandize one funeral. --Emerson. 2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense. The covetous person lives as if the world were madealtogether for him, and not he for the world. --South. Syn: Avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; misrely; niggardly. See {Avaricious}. | |
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Covetously \Cov"et*ous*ly\, adv. In a covetous manner. | |
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Covetousness \Cov"et*ous*ness\, n. 1. Strong desire. [R.] When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. --Shak. 2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense. Covetousness, by a greed of getting more, deprivess itself of the true end of getting. --Sprat. Syn: Avarice; cupidity; eagerness. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cappadocia the easternmost and the largest province of Asia Minor. Christianity very early penetrated into this country (1 Pet. 1:1). On the day of Pentecost there were Cappadocians at Jerusalem (Acts 2:9). | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Covetousness a strong desire after the possession of worldly things (Col. 3:5; Eph. 5:5; Heb. 13:5; 1 Tim. 6:9, 10; Matt. 6:20). It assumes sometimes the more aggravated form of avarice, which is the mark of cold-hearted worldliness. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Cappadocia, the same as Caphtor |