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-ancies
(gcide) | Discrepance \Dis*crep"ance\ (?; 277), Discrepancy
\Dis*crep"an*cy\, n.; pl. -ances, -ancies. [L. disrepantia:
cf. OF. discrepance. See Discrepant.]
The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement;
variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety.
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There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth
and age, men and women. --Sir T.
Elyot.
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There is no real discrepancy between these two
genealogies. --G. S. Faber.
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Buoyancies
(gcide) | Buoyancy \Buoy"an*cy\, n.; pl. Buoyancies.
1. The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in
a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which
is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal
volume of water.
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2. (Physics) The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body
by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body;
hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by
the volume of fluid displaced.
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Such are buoyancies or displacements of the
different classes of her majesty's ships. --Eng.
Cyc.
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3. Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the
opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.
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Extravagancies
(gcide) | Extravagancy \Ex*trav"a*gan*cy\, n.; pl. Extravagancies.
Extravagance.
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Fancies
(gcide) | Fancy \Fan"cy\ (f[a^]n"s[y^]), n.; pl. Fancies. [Contr. fr.
fantasy, OF. fantasie, fantaisie, F. fantaisie, L. phantasia,
fr. Gr. ???????? appearance, imagination, the power of
perception and presentation in the mind, fr. ???????? to make
visible, to place before one's mind, fr. ??????? to show;
akin to ????, ???, light, Skr. bh[=a]to shine. Cf. Fantasy,
Fantasia, Epiphany, Phantom.]
1. The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a
representation of anything perceived before; the power of
combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or
images; the power of readily and happily creating and
recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit,
or embellishment; imagination.
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In the soul
Are many lesser faculties, that serve
Reason as chief. Among these fancy next
Her office holds. --Milton.
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2. An image or representation of anything formed in the mind;
conception; thought; idea; conceit.
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How now, my lord ! why do you keep alone,
Of sorriest fancies your companoins making ? --Shak.
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3. An opinion or notion formed without much reflection;
caprice; whim; impression.
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I have always had a fancy that learning might be
made a play and recreation to children. --Locke.
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4. Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason;
as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of
inclination or liking.
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To fit your fancies to your father's will. --Shak.
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5. That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice
without much use or value.
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London pride is a pretty fancy for borders.
--Mortimer.
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6. A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad. [Obs.]
--Shak.
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The fancy, all of a class who exhibit and cultivate any
peculiar taste or fancy; hence, especially, sporting
characters taken collectively, or any specific class of
them, as jockeys, gamblers, prize fighters, etc.
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At a great book sale in London, which had
congregated all the fancy. --De Quincey.
Syn: Imagination; conceit; taste; humor; inclination; whim;
liking. See Imagination.
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Flagrancies
(gcide) | Flagrancy \Fla"gran*cy\, n.; pl. Flagrancies. [L. flagrantia a
burning. See Flagrant.]
1. A burning; great heat; inflammation. [Obs.]
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Lust causeth a flagrancy in the eyes. --Bacon.
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2. The condition or quality of being flagrant; atrocity;
heiniousness; enormity; excess. --Steele.
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Inelegancies
(gcide) | Inelegance \In*el"e*gance\, Inelegancy \In*el"e*gan*cy\, n.; pl.
Inelegances, Inelegancies. [L. inelegantia: cf. F.
in['e]l['e]gance.]
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1. The quality of being inelegant; lack of elegance or grace;
lack of refinement, beauty, or polish in language,
composition, or manners.
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The notorious inelegance of her figure. --T. Hook.
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2. Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary
composition.
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Intendancies
(gcide) | Intendancy \In*tend"an*cy\, n.; pl. Intendancies. [Cf. F.
intendance. See Intendant.]
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1. The office or employment of an intendant.
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2. A territorial district committed to the charge of an
intendant.
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Sergeancies
(gcide) | Sergeancy \Ser"gean*cy\, n.; pl. Sergeancies. [Cf.
Sergeanty.]
The office of a sergeant; sergeantship. [Written also
serjeancy.]
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Vacancies
(gcide) | Vacancy \Va"can*cy\, n.; pl. Vacancies. [Cf. F. vacance.]
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1. The quality or state of being vacant; emptiness; hence,
freedom from employment; intermission; leisure; idleness;
listlessness.
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All dispositions to idleness or vacancy, even before
they are habits, are dangerous. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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2. That which is vacant. Specifically:
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(a) Empty space; vacuity; vacuum.
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How is't with you,
That you do bend your eye on vacancy? --Shak.
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(b) An open or unoccupied space between bodies or things;
an interruption of continuity; chasm; gap; as, a
vacancy between buildings; a vacancy between sentences
or thoughts.
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(c) Unemployed time; interval of leisure; time of
intermission; vacation.
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Time lost partly in too oft idle vacancies given
both to schools and universities. --Milton.
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No interim, not a minute's vacancy. --Shak.
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Those little vacancies from toil are sweet.
--Dryden.
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(d) A place or post unfilled; an unoccupied office; as, a
vacancy in the senate, in a school, etc.
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