| slovo | definícia |
die
(mass) | die
- uhynúť, umierať, zomrieť |
Die
(gcide) | Die \Die\, n.; pl. in 1 and (usually) in 2, Dice (d[imac]s);
in 4 & 5, Dies (d[imac]z). [OE. dee, die, F. d['e], fr. L.
datus given, thrown, p. p. of dare to give, throw. See Date
a point of time.]
1. A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to
six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box
and thrown from it. See Dice.
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2. Any small cubical or square body.
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Words . . . pasted upon little flat tablets or dies.
--Watts.
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3. That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the
die; hazard; chance.
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Such is the die of war. --Spenser.
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4. (Arch.) That part of a pedestal included between base and
cornice; the dado.
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5. (Mach.)
(a) A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or
shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or
impress any desired device on, an object or surface,
by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals,
coining, striking up sheet metal, etc.
(b) A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in
connection with a punch, for punching holes, as
through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming
cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing.
(c) A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made
in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming
screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate
parts which make up such a tool.
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Cutting die (Mech.), a thin, deep steel frame, sharpened to
a cutting edge, for cutting out articles from leather,
cloth, paper, etc.
The die is cast, the hazard must be run; the step is taken,
and it is too late to draw back; the last chance is taken.
Diecian |
Die
(gcide) | Die \Die\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Died; p. pr. & vb. n. Dying.]
[OE. deyen, dien, of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deyja; akin to
Dan. d["o]e, Sw. d["o], Goth. diwan (cf. Goth. afd?jan to
harass), OFries. d?ia to kill, OS. doian to die, OHG. touwen,
OSlav. daviti to choke, Lith. dovyti to torment. Cf. Dead,
Death.]
1. To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to
live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of
the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish;
-- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by,
with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion
of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by
fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought.
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To die by the roadside of grief and hunger.
--Macaulay.
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She will die from want of care. --Tennyson.
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2. To suffer death; to lose life.
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In due time Christ died for the ungodly. --Rom. v.
6.
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3. To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or
extinct; to be extinguished.
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Letting the secret die within his own breast.
--Spectator.
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Great deeds can not die. --Tennyson.
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4. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness,
discouragement, love, etc.
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His heart died within, and he became as a stone. --1
Sam. xxv. 37.
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The young men acknowledged, in love letters, that
they died for Rebecca. --Tatler.
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5. To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die
to pleasure or to sin.
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6. To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to
vanish; -- often with out or away.
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Blemishes may die away and disappear amidst the
brightness. --Spectator.
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7. (Arch.) To disappear gradually in another surface, as
where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
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8. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
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To die in the last ditch, to fight till death; to die
rather than surrender.
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"There is one certain way," replied the Prince
[William of Orange] " by which I can be sure never
to see my country's ruin, -- I will die in the last
ditch." --Hume (Hist.
of Eng. ).
To die out, to cease gradually; as, the prejudice has died
out.
Syn: To expire; decease; perish; depart; vanish.
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Die
(gcide) | dice \dice\ (d[imac]s), n.; pl. of Die.
Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also,
the game played with dice. See Die, n.
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dice coal, a kind of coal easily splitting into cubical
fragments. --Brande & C.
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die
(vera) | DIE
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die
(devil) | DIE, n. The singular of "dice." We seldom hear the word, because
there is a prohibitory proverb, "Never say die." At long intervals,
however, some one says: "The die is cast," which is not true, for it
is cut. The word is found in an immortal couplet by that eminent poet
and domestic economist, Senator Depew:
A cube of cheese no larger than a die
May bait the trap to catch a nibbling mie.
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DIE
(bouvier) | DIET. An assembly held by persons having authority to manage the public
affairs of the nation. In Germany, such assemblies are known by this name:
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
ablebodied
(mass) | able-bodied
- schopný |
adient
(mass) | adient
- prijímaný |
adieux
(mass) | adieux
- zbohom |
ante meridiem
(mass) | ante meridiem
- dopoludnie |
audience
(mass) | audience
- obecenstvo, publikum, diváci, poslucháči |
bodied
(mass) | bodied
- predpokladaný |
bodies
(mass) | bodies
- tela |
die
(mass) | die
- uhynúť, umierať, zomrieť |
died
(mass) | died
- umrel, zomrel |
diesel
(mass) | diesel
- diesel |
diesel engine
(mass) | diesel engine
- diesel |
disobedient
(mass) | disobedient
- neposlušný |
embodies
(mass) | embodies
- obsahuje |
expediency
(mass) | expediency
- rýchlosť |
expedient
(mass) | expedient
- prostriedok |
fullbodied
(mass) | full-bodied
- šťavnatý |
goodie
(mass) | goodie
- cukrovinka, dobrota, lahôdka, pochúťka |
ingredient
(mass) | ingredient
- ingrediencia, prísada, zložka |
kiddie
(mass) | kiddie
- detský |
ladies
(mass) | ladies
- dámy |
obedient
(mass) | obedient
- poslušný |
per diem
(mass) | per diem
- denne |
post meridiem
(mass) | post meridiem
- večer, odpoludnie |
soldier
(mass) | soldier
- vojak |
studied
(mass) | studied
- študoval |
studies
(mass) | studies
- štúdie |
Able-bodied
(gcide) | Able-bodied \A`ble-bod"ied\, a.
Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.
"Able-bodied vagrant." --Froude. -- A`ble-bod"ied*ness, n..
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Able-bodiedness
(gcide) | Able-bodied \A`ble-bod"ied\, a.
Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust.
"Able-bodied vagrant." --Froude. -- A`ble-bod"ied*ness, n..
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Accidie
(gcide) | Accidie \Ac"ci*die\, n. [OF. accide, accidie, LL. accidia,
acedia, fr. Gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? care.]
Sloth; torpor. [Obs.] "The sin of accidie." --Chaucer.
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Adieu
(gcide) | Adieu \A*dieu"\, interj. & adv. [OE. also adew, adewe, adue, F.
? dieu, fr. L. ad to + deus God.]
Good-by; farewell; an expression of kind wishes at parting.
[1913 Webster]Adieu \A*dieu"\, n.; pl. Adieus.
A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting.
--Shak.
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Adieus
(gcide) | Adieu \A*dieu"\, n.; pl. Adieus.
A farewell; commendation to the care of God at parting.
--Shak.
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Aguardiente
(gcide) | Aguardiente \A`guar*di*en"te\, n. [Sp., contr. of agua ardiente
burning water (L. aqua water + ardens burning).]
1. A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal.
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2. A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque. [Mexico and
Spanish America.]
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Almadie
(gcide) | Almadia \Al`ma*di"a\, Almadie \Al"ma*die\, n. [F. almadie (cf.
Sp. & Pg. almadia), fr. Ar. alma'd[imac]yah a raft, float.]
(Naut.)
(a) A bark canoe used by the Africans.
(b) A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long,
and six or seven broad.
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Androdiecious
(gcide) | Androdioecious \An`dro*di*[oe]"cious\, Androdiecious
\An`dro*di*e"cious\, a. [Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + E.
di[oe]cious.] (Bot.)
Having perfect and staminate flowers on different plants. --
An`dro*di*[oe]"cism, -di*e"cism, n.
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audience
(gcide) | Court \Court\ (k[=o]rt), n. [OF. court, curt, cort, F. cour, LL.
cortis, fr. L. cohors, cors, chors, gen. cohortis, cortis,
chortis, an inclosure, court, thing inclosed, crowd, throng;
co- + a root akin to Gr. chorto`s inclosure, feeding place,
and to E. garden, yard, orchard. See Yard, and cf.
Cohort, Curtain.]
1. An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in
by the walls of a building, or by different building;
also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded
by houses; a blind alley.
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The courts of the house of our God. --Ps. cxxxv.
2.
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And round the cool green courts there ran a row
Of cloisters. --Tennyson.
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Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court.
--Macaulay.
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2. The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other
dignitary; a palace.
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Attends the emperor in his royal court. --Shak.
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This our court, infected with their manners,
Shows like a riotous inn. --Shak.
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3. The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a
sovereign or person high in authority; all the
surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
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My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door
would speak with you. --Shak.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove. --Sir. W.
Scott.
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4. Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as,
to hold a court.
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The princesses held their court within the fortress.
--Macaulay.
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5. Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or
address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners;
civility; compliment; flattery.
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No solace could her paramour intreat
Her once to show, ne court, nor dalliance.
--Spenser.
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I went to make my court to the Duke and Duchess of
Newcastle. --Evelyn.
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6. (Law)
(a) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is
administered.
(b) The persons officially assembled under authority of
law, at the appropriate time and place, for the
administration of justice; an official assembly,
legally met together for the transaction of judicial
business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or
trial of causes.
(c) A tribunal established for the administration of
justice.
(d) The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel
or jury, or both.
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Most heartily I do beseech the court
To give the judgment. --Shak.
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7. The session of a judicial assembly.
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8. Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
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9. A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one
of the divisions of a tennis court.
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Christian court, the English ecclesiastical courts in the
aggregate, or any one of them.
Court breeding, education acquired at court.
Court card. Same as Coat card.
Court circular, one or more paragraphs of news respecting
the sovereign and the royal family, together with the
proceedings or movements of the court generally, supplied
to the newspapers by an officer specially charged with
such duty. [Eng.] --Edwards.
Court of claims (Law), a court for settling claims against
a state or government; specif., a court of the United
States, created by act of Congress, and holding its
sessions at Washington. It is given jurisdiction over
claims on contracts against the government, and sometimes
may advise the government as to its liabilities. [Webster
1913 Suppl.]
Court day, a day on which a court sits to administer
justice.
Court dress, the dress prescribed for appearance at the
court of a sovereign.
Court fool, a buffoon or jester, formerly kept by princes
and nobles for their amusement.
Court guide, a directory of the names and adresses of the
nobility and gentry in a town.
Court hand, the hand or manner of writing used in records
and judicial proceedings. --Shak.
Court lands (Eng. Law), lands kept in demesne, -- that is,
for the use of the lord and his family.
Court marshal, one who acts as marshal for a court.
Court party, a party attached to the court.
Court rolls, the records of a court. SeeRoll.
Court in banc, or Court in bank, The full court sitting
at its regular terms for the hearing of arguments upon
questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi
prius.
Court of Arches, audience, etc. See under Arches,
Audience, etc.
Court of Chancery. See Chancery, n.
Court of Common pleas. (Law) See Common pleas, under
Common.
Court of Equity. See under Equity, and Chancery.
Court of Inquiry (Mil.), a court appointed to inquire into
and report on some military matter, as the conduct of an
officer.
Court of St. James, the usual designation of the British
Court; -- so called from the old palace of St. James,
which is used for the royal receptions, levees, and
drawing-rooms.
The court of the Lord, the temple at Jerusalem; hence, a
church, or Christian house of worship.
General Court, the legislature of a State; -- so called
from having had, in the colonial days, judicial power; as,
the General Court of Massachusetts. [U.S.]
To pay one's court, to seek to gain favor by attentions.
"Alcibiades was assiduous in paying his court to
Tissaphernes." --Jowett.
To put out of court, to refuse further judicial hearing.
[1913 Webster]Audience \Au"di*ence\, n. [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire
to hear. See Audible, a.]
1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds.
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Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend.
--Milton.
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2. Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a
sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or
the transaction of business.
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According to the fair play of the world,
Let me have audience: I am sent to speak. --Shak.
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3. An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by
authors to their readers.
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Fit audience find, though few. --Milton.
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He drew his audience upward to the sky. --Dryden.
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Court of audience, or Audience court (Eng.), a court long
since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury;
also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. --Mozley &
W.
In general (or open) audience, publicly.
To give audience, to listen; to admit to an interview.
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Audience
(gcide) | Court \Court\ (k[=o]rt), n. [OF. court, curt, cort, F. cour, LL.
cortis, fr. L. cohors, cors, chors, gen. cohortis, cortis,
chortis, an inclosure, court, thing inclosed, crowd, throng;
co- + a root akin to Gr. chorto`s inclosure, feeding place,
and to E. garden, yard, orchard. See Yard, and cf.
Cohort, Curtain.]
1. An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in
by the walls of a building, or by different building;
also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded
by houses; a blind alley.
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The courts of the house of our God. --Ps. cxxxv.
2.
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And round the cool green courts there ran a row
Of cloisters. --Tennyson.
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Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court.
--Macaulay.
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2. The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other
dignitary; a palace.
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Attends the emperor in his royal court. --Shak.
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This our court, infected with their manners,
Shows like a riotous inn. --Shak.
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3. The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a
sovereign or person high in authority; all the
surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
[1913 Webster]
My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door
would speak with you. --Shak.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove. --Sir. W.
Scott.
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4. Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as,
to hold a court.
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The princesses held their court within the fortress.
--Macaulay.
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5. Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or
address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners;
civility; compliment; flattery.
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No solace could her paramour intreat
Her once to show, ne court, nor dalliance.
--Spenser.
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I went to make my court to the Duke and Duchess of
Newcastle. --Evelyn.
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6. (Law)
(a) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is
administered.
(b) The persons officially assembled under authority of
law, at the appropriate time and place, for the
administration of justice; an official assembly,
legally met together for the transaction of judicial
business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or
trial of causes.
(c) A tribunal established for the administration of
justice.
(d) The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel
or jury, or both.
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Most heartily I do beseech the court
To give the judgment. --Shak.
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7. The session of a judicial assembly.
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8. Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
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9. A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one
of the divisions of a tennis court.
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Christian court, the English ecclesiastical courts in the
aggregate, or any one of them.
Court breeding, education acquired at court.
Court card. Same as Coat card.
Court circular, one or more paragraphs of news respecting
the sovereign and the royal family, together with the
proceedings or movements of the court generally, supplied
to the newspapers by an officer specially charged with
such duty. [Eng.] --Edwards.
Court of claims (Law), a court for settling claims against
a state or government; specif., a court of the United
States, created by act of Congress, and holding its
sessions at Washington. It is given jurisdiction over
claims on contracts against the government, and sometimes
may advise the government as to its liabilities. [Webster
1913 Suppl.]
Court day, a day on which a court sits to administer
justice.
Court dress, the dress prescribed for appearance at the
court of a sovereign.
Court fool, a buffoon or jester, formerly kept by princes
and nobles for their amusement.
Court guide, a directory of the names and adresses of the
nobility and gentry in a town.
Court hand, the hand or manner of writing used in records
and judicial proceedings. --Shak.
Court lands (Eng. Law), lands kept in demesne, -- that is,
for the use of the lord and his family.
Court marshal, one who acts as marshal for a court.
Court party, a party attached to the court.
Court rolls, the records of a court. SeeRoll.
Court in banc, or Court in bank, The full court sitting
at its regular terms for the hearing of arguments upon
questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi
prius.
Court of Arches, audience, etc. See under Arches,
Audience, etc.
Court of Chancery. See Chancery, n.
Court of Common pleas. (Law) See Common pleas, under
Common.
Court of Equity. See under Equity, and Chancery.
Court of Inquiry (Mil.), a court appointed to inquire into
and report on some military matter, as the conduct of an
officer.
Court of St. James, the usual designation of the British
Court; -- so called from the old palace of St. James,
which is used for the royal receptions, levees, and
drawing-rooms.
The court of the Lord, the temple at Jerusalem; hence, a
church, or Christian house of worship.
General Court, the legislature of a State; -- so called
from having had, in the colonial days, judicial power; as,
the General Court of Massachusetts. [U.S.]
To pay one's court, to seek to gain favor by attentions.
"Alcibiades was assiduous in paying his court to
Tissaphernes." --Jowett.
To put out of court, to refuse further judicial hearing.
[1913 Webster]Audience \Au"di*ence\, n. [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire
to hear. See Audible, a.]
1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds.
[1913 Webster]
Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a
sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or
the transaction of business.
[1913 Webster]
According to the fair play of the world,
Let me have audience: I am sent to speak. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by
authors to their readers.
[1913 Webster]
Fit audience find, though few. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
He drew his audience upward to the sky. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Court of audience, or Audience court (Eng.), a court long
since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury;
also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. --Mozley &
W.
In general (or open) audience, publicly.
To give audience, to listen; to admit to an interview.
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audience
(gcide) | Court \Court\ (k[=o]rt), n. [OF. court, curt, cort, F. cour, LL.
cortis, fr. L. cohors, cors, chors, gen. cohortis, cortis,
chortis, an inclosure, court, thing inclosed, crowd, throng;
co- + a root akin to Gr. chorto`s inclosure, feeding place,
and to E. garden, yard, orchard. See Yard, and cf.
Cohort, Curtain.]
1. An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in
by the walls of a building, or by different building;
also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded
by houses; a blind alley.
[1913 Webster]
The courts of the house of our God. --Ps. cxxxv.
2.
[1913 Webster]
And round the cool green courts there ran a row
Of cloisters. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
2. The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other
dignitary; a palace.
[1913 Webster]
Attends the emperor in his royal court. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
This our court, infected with their manners,
Shows like a riotous inn. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a
sovereign or person high in authority; all the
surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.
[1913 Webster]
My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door
would speak with you. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove. --Sir. W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
4. Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as,
to hold a court.
[1913 Webster]
The princesses held their court within the fortress.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
5. Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or
address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners;
civility; compliment; flattery.
[1913 Webster]
No solace could her paramour intreat
Her once to show, ne court, nor dalliance.
--Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
I went to make my court to the Duke and Duchess of
Newcastle. --Evelyn.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Law)
(a) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is
administered.
(b) The persons officially assembled under authority of
law, at the appropriate time and place, for the
administration of justice; an official assembly,
legally met together for the transaction of judicial
business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or
trial of causes.
(c) A tribunal established for the administration of
justice.
(d) The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel
or jury, or both.
[1913 Webster]
Most heartily I do beseech the court
To give the judgment. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
7. The session of a judicial assembly.
[1913 Webster]
8. Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.
[1913 Webster]
9. A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one
of the divisions of a tennis court.
[1913 Webster]
Christian court, the English ecclesiastical courts in the
aggregate, or any one of them.
Court breeding, education acquired at court.
Court card. Same as Coat card.
Court circular, one or more paragraphs of news respecting
the sovereign and the royal family, together with the
proceedings or movements of the court generally, supplied
to the newspapers by an officer specially charged with
such duty. [Eng.] --Edwards.
Court of claims (Law), a court for settling claims against
a state or government; specif., a court of the United
States, created by act of Congress, and holding its
sessions at Washington. It is given jurisdiction over
claims on contracts against the government, and sometimes
may advise the government as to its liabilities. [Webster
1913 Suppl.]
Court day, a day on which a court sits to administer
justice.
Court dress, the dress prescribed for appearance at the
court of a sovereign.
Court fool, a buffoon or jester, formerly kept by princes
and nobles for their amusement.
Court guide, a directory of the names and adresses of the
nobility and gentry in a town.
Court hand, the hand or manner of writing used in records
and judicial proceedings. --Shak.
Court lands (Eng. Law), lands kept in demesne, -- that is,
for the use of the lord and his family.
Court marshal, one who acts as marshal for a court.
Court party, a party attached to the court.
Court rolls, the records of a court. SeeRoll.
Court in banc, or Court in bank, The full court sitting
at its regular terms for the hearing of arguments upon
questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi
prius.
Court of Arches, audience, etc. See under Arches,
Audience, etc.
Court of Chancery. See Chancery, n.
Court of Common pleas. (Law) See Common pleas, under
Common.
Court of Equity. See under Equity, and Chancery.
Court of Inquiry (Mil.), a court appointed to inquire into
and report on some military matter, as the conduct of an
officer.
Court of St. James, the usual designation of the British
Court; -- so called from the old palace of St. James,
which is used for the royal receptions, levees, and
drawing-rooms.
The court of the Lord, the temple at Jerusalem; hence, a
church, or Christian house of worship.
General Court, the legislature of a State; -- so called
from having had, in the colonial days, judicial power; as,
the General Court of Massachusetts. [U.S.]
To pay one's court, to seek to gain favor by attentions.
"Alcibiades was assiduous in paying his court to
Tissaphernes." --Jowett.
To put out of court, to refuse further judicial hearing.
[1913 Webster]Audience \Au"di*ence\, n. [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire
to hear. See Audible, a.]
1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds.
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Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend.
--Milton.
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2. Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a
sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or
the transaction of business.
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According to the fair play of the world,
Let me have audience: I am sent to speak. --Shak.
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3. An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by
authors to their readers.
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Fit audience find, though few. --Milton.
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He drew his audience upward to the sky. --Dryden.
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Court of audience, or Audience court (Eng.), a court long
since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury;
also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. --Mozley &
W.
In general (or open) audience, publicly.
To give audience, to listen; to admit to an interview.
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Audience court
(gcide) | Audience \Au"di*ence\, n. [F. audience, L. audientia, fr. audire
to hear. See Audible, a.]
1. The act of hearing; attention to sounds.
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Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend.
--Milton.
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2. Admittance to a hearing; a formal interview, esp. with a
sovereign or the head of a government, for conference or
the transaction of business.
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According to the fair play of the world,
Let me have audience: I am sent to speak. --Shak.
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3. An auditory; an assembly of hearers. Also applied by
authors to their readers.
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Fit audience find, though few. --Milton.
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He drew his audience upward to the sky. --Dryden.
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Court of audience, or Audience court (Eng.), a court long
since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury;
also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. --Mozley &
W.
In general (or open) audience, publicly.
To give audience, to listen; to admit to an interview.
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Audient
(gcide) | Audient \Au"di*ent\, a. [L. audiens, p. pr. of audire. See
Audible, a.]
Listening; paying attention; as, audient souls. --Mrs.
Browning.
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A hearer; especially a catechumen in the early church. [Obs.]
--Shelton.
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Bandied
(gcide) | Bandy \Ban"dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bandied (b[a^]n"d[-e]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Bandying.]
1. To beat to and fro, as a ball in playing at bandy.
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Like tennis balls bandied and struck upon us . . .
by rackets from without. --Cudworth.
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2. To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. "To bandy
hasty words." --Shak.
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3. To toss about, as from person to person; to circulate
freely in a light manner; -- of ideas, facts, rumors, etc.
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Let not obvious and known truth be bandied about in
a disputation. --I. Watts.
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Bandies
(gcide) | Bandy \Ban"dy\, n.; pl. Bandies (-d[i^]z). [Cf. F. band['e],
p. p. of bander to bind, to bend (a bow), to bandy, fr.
bande. See Band, n.]
1. A club bent at the lower part for striking a ball at play;
a hockey stick. --Johnson.
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2. The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy
ball.
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Beardie
(gcide) | Beardie \Beard"ie\ (b[=e]rd"[y^]), n. [From Beard, n.] (Zool.)
The bearded loach (Nemachilus barbatus) of Europe. [Scot.]
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Birdie
(gcide) | Birdie \Bird"ie\, n.
A pretty or dear little bird; -- a pet name. --Tennyson.
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bloodied
(gcide) | bloodied \blood"ied\ adj.
Covered with blood.
Syn: gory, sanguinary.
[WordNet 1.5]Bloody \Blood"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bloodied; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bloodying.]
To stain with blood. --Overbury.
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Bloodied
(gcide) | bloodied \blood"ied\ adj.
Covered with blood.
Syn: gory, sanguinary.
[WordNet 1.5]Bloody \Blood"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bloodied; p. pr. & vb.
n. Bloodying.]
To stain with blood. --Overbury.
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Bodied
(gcide) | Bodied \Bod"ied\, a.
Having a body; -- usually in composition; as, able-bodied.
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A doe . . . not altogether so fat, but very good flesh
and good bodied. --Hakluyt.
[1913 Webster]Body \Bod"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bodied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Bodying.]
To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite
shape; to embody.
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To body forth, to give from or shape to mentally.
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Imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown. --Shak.
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bodieron
(gcide) | Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
rocc.]
1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
stone or crag. See Stone.
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Come one, come all! this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
clay, etc., when in natural beds.
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3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
support; a refuge.
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The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
2.
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4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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5. (Zool.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
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Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
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Rock alum. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
rock.] Same as Roche alum.
Rock barnacle (Zool.), a barnacle (Balanus balanoides)
very abundant on rocks washed by tides.
Rock bass. (Zool.)
(a) The stripped bass. See under Bass.
(b) The goggle-eye.
(c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
rock bass.
Rock builder (Zool.), any species of animal whose remains
contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the
corals and Foraminifera.
Rock butter (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
slate.
Rock candy, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
sugar which are very hard, whence the name.
Rock cavy. (Zool.) See Moco.
Rock cod (Zool.)
(a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
found about rocks andledges.
(b) A California rockfish.
Rock cook. (Zool.)
(a) A European wrasse (Centrolabrus exoletus).
(b) A rockling.
Rock cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.
Rock crab (Zool.), any one of several species of large
crabs of the genus C, as the two species of the New
England coast (Cancer irroratus and Cancer borealis).
See Illust. under Cancer.
Rock cress (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
kind found on rocks, as Arabis petraea, Arabis lyrata,
etc.
Rock crystal (Min.), limpid quartz. See Quartz, and under
Crystal.
Rock dove (Zool.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
doo}.
Rock drill, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
drilling holes for blasting, etc.
Rock duck (Zool.), the harlequin duck.
Rock eel. (Zool.) See Gunnel.
Rock goat (Zool.), a wild goat, or ibex.
Rock hopper (Zool.), a penguin of the genus Catarractes.
See under Penguin.
Rock kangaroo. (Zool.) See Kangaroo, and Petrogale.
Rock lobster (Zool.), any one of several species of large
spinose lobsters of the genera Panulirus and
Palinurus. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
lobster}, and sea crayfish.
Rock meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
occuring as an efflorescence.
Rock milk. (Min.) See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.
Rock moss, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See Cudbear.
Rock oil. See Petroleum.
Rock parrakeet (Zool.), a small Australian parrakeet
(Euphema petrophila), which nests in holes among the
rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
green.
Rock pigeon (Zool.), the wild pigeon (Columba livia) Of
Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
derived. See Illust. under Pigeon.
Rock pipit. (Zool.) See the Note under Pipit.
Rock plover. (Zool.)
(a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
(b) The rock snipe.
Rock ptarmigan (Zool.), an arctic American ptarmigan
(Lagopus rupestris), which in winter is white, with the
tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
patches on the back.
Rock rabbit (Zool.), the hyrax. See Cony, and Daman.
Rock ruby (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.
Rock salt (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
from sea water in large basins or cavities.
Rock seal (Zool.), the harbor seal. See Seal.
Rock shell (Zool.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
allied genera.
Rock snake (Zool.), any one of several large pythons; as,
the royal rock snake (Python regia) of Africa, and the
rock snake of India (Python molurus). The Australian
rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus Morelia.
Rock snipe (Zool.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}); -- called also rock bird, rock plover,
winter snipe.
Rock soap (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
feel, and adhering to the tongue.
Rock sparrow. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
the genus Petronia, as Petronia stulla, of Europe.
(b) A North American sparrow (Pucaea ruficeps).
Rock tar, petroleum.
Rock thrush (Zool.), any Old World thrush of the genus
Monticola, or Petrocossyphus; as, the European rock
thrush (Monticola saxatilis), and the blue rock thrush
of India (Monticola cyaneus), in which the male is blue
throughout.
Rock tripe (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
of extremity.
Rock trout (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Hexagrammus, family Chiradae,
native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea
trout}, boregat, bodieron, and starling.
Rock warbler (Zool.), a small Australian singing bird
(Origma rubricata) which frequents rocky ravines and
water courses; -- called also cataract bird.
Rock wren (Zool.), any one of several species of wrens of
the genus Salpinctes, native of the arid plains of Lower
California and Mexico.
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Bodies
(gcide) | Body \Bod"y\, n.; pl. Bodies. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to
OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. Bodice.]
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1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether
living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital
principle; the physical person.
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Absent in body, but present in spirit. --1 Cor. v. 3
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For of the soul the body form doth take.
For soul is form, and doth the body make. --Spenser.
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2. The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as
distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central,
or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc.
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Who set the body and the limbs
Of this great sport together? --Shak.
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The van of the king's army was led by the general; .
. . in the body was the king and the prince.
--Clarendon.
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Rivers that run up into the body of Italy.
--Addison.
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3. The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as
opposed to the shadow.
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Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body
is of Christ. --Col. ii. 17.
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4. A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as,
anybody, nobody.
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A dry, shrewd kind of a body. --W. Irving.
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5. A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as
united by some common tie, or as organized for some
purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation;
as, a legislative body; a clerical body.
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A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter.
--Prescott.
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6. A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a
general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of
laws or of divinity.
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7. Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from
others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an a["e]riform
body. "A body of cold air." --Huxley.
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By collision of two bodies, grind
The air attrite to fire. --Milton.
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8. Amount; quantity; extent.
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9. That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished
from the parts covering the limbs.
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10. The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is
placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body.
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11. (Print.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank
(by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on
an agate body.
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12. (Geom.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness;
any solid figure.
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13. Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this
color has body; wine of a good body.
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Note: Colors bear a body when they are capable of being
ground so fine, and of being mixed so entirely with
oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same
color.
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14. (A["e]ronautics) The central, longitudinal framework of a
flying machine, to which are attached the planes or
a["e]rocurves, passenger accommodations, controlling and
propelling apparatus, fuel tanks, etc. Also called
fuselage.
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After body (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat.
Body cavity (Anat.), the space between the walls of the
body and the inclosed viscera; the c[ae]lum; -- in
mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and
abdominal cavities.
Body of a church, the nave.
Body cloth; pl.
Body cloths, a cloth or blanket for covering horses.
Body clothes. (pl.)
1. Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing.
2. Body cloths for horses. [Obs.] --Addison.
Body coat, a gentleman's dress coat.
Body color (Paint.), a pigment that has consistency,
thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash.
Body of a law (Law), the main and operative part.
Body louse (Zool.), a species of louse ({Pediculus
vestimenti}), which sometimes infests the human body and
clothes. See Grayback.
Body plan (Shipbuilding), an end elevation, showing the
conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her
length.
Body politic, the collective body of a nation or state as
politically organized, or as exercising political
functions; also, a corporation. --Wharton.
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As to the persons who compose the body politic or
associate themselves, they take collectively the
name of "people", or "nation". --Bouvier.
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Body servant, a valet.
The bodies seven (Alchemy), the metals corresponding to the
planets. [Obs.]
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Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars
yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe,
Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper.
--Chaucer.
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Body snatcher, one who secretly removes without right or
authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a
resurrectionist.
Body snatching (Law), the unauthorized removal of a dead
body from the grave; usually for the purpose of
dissection.
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Bombardier
(gcide) | Bombardier \Bom`bar*dier"\, n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.)
(a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a
gunner. [Archaic]
(b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.
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Bombardier beetle (Zool.), a kind of beetle ({Brachinus
crepitans}), so called because, when disturbed, it makes
an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from
its anal glands. The name is applied to other related
species, as the Brachinus displosor, which can produce
ten or twelve explosions successively. The common American
species is Brachinus fumans.
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Bombardier beetle
(gcide) | Bombardier \Bom`bar*dier"\, n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.)
(a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a
gunner. [Archaic]
(b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.
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Bombardier beetle (Zool.), a kind of beetle ({Brachinus
crepitans}), so called because, when disturbed, it makes
an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from
its anal glands. The name is applied to other related
species, as the Brachinus displosor, which can produce
ten or twelve explosions successively. The common American
species is Brachinus fumans.
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Boulevardier
(gcide) | Boulevardier \Boule`var`dier"\, n. [F.]
A frequenter of a city boulevard, esp. in Paris. --F.
Harrison.
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Brandied
(gcide) | Brandied \Bran"died\, a.
Mingled with brandy; made stronger by the addition of brandy;
flavored or treated with brandy; as, brandied peaches.
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Brandies
(gcide) | Brandy \Bran"dy\, n.; pl. Brandies. [From older brandywine,
brandwine, fr. D. brandewijn, fr. p. p. of branden to burn,
distill + wijn wine, akin to G. branntwein. See Brand.]
A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is
also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the
United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In
northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from
grain.
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Brandy fruit, fruit preserved in brandy and sugar.
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brigadier
(gcide) | Brigadier general \Brig`a*dier" gen"er*al\ [F. brigadier, fr.
brigade.] (Mil.)
An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major
general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a
shortening of his title, simple a brigadier.
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Brigadier general
(gcide) | Brigadier general \Brig`a*dier" gen"er*al\ [F. brigadier, fr.
brigade.] (Mil.)
An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major
general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a
shortening of his title, simple a brigadier.
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buffalo soldier
(gcide) | buffalo soldier \buffalo soldier\
A black soldier of the United States army who served in the
American west in the late 1800's, often as an indian fighter,
and usually as part of an all-black troop; -- the name was
given by the indians due to their their kinky hair, and the
name was believed also to be a compliment on their courage.
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busybodied
(gcide) | busybodied \busybodied\ adj.
intruding unasked into the affairs of others.
Syn: interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy.
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Busybodies
(gcide) | Busybody \Bus"y*bod`y\ (-b[o^]d`[y^]), n.; pl. Busybodies
(-b[o^]d`[i^]z).
One who officiously concerns himself with the affairs of
others; a meddling person.
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And not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies,
speaking things which they ought not. --1 Tim. v.
13.
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butadiene
(gcide) | butadiene \butadiene\ n.
a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; -- it is used as a monomer unit
in making synthetic rubbers.
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Caddie
(gcide) | Caddie \Cad"die\, n. [Written also caddy, cadie, cady, and
cawdy.] [See Cadet.]
1. A cadet. [Obs. Scot.]
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2. A lad; young fellow. [Scot.] --Burns.
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3. One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.]
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4. An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his
ball, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Cadie \Cad"ie\, Caddie \Cad"die\, n.
A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [Written also
cady.]
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Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie.
--Macaulay.
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Caddies
(gcide) | Caddy \Cad"dy\, n.; pl. Caddies. [Earlier spelt catty, fr.
Malay kat[imac] a weight of 11/3 pounds. Cf. Catty.]
1. A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in, also called
tea caddy.
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2. a container to hold objects when not in use.
[PJC]
3. (Computers) a container to hold a compact disk, used in
some types of compact disk devices, which is inserted into
the CD player during playing, or in the case of recordable
CD-ROMS, during recording. It is approximately square and
thin, slightly larger than the compact disk. However, many
CD players have a drawer for the compact disk, requiring
no caddy.
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cadie
(gcide) | Caddie \Cad"die\, n. [Written also caddy, cadie, cady, and
cawdy.] [See Cadet.]
1. A cadet. [Obs. Scot.]
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2. A lad; young fellow. [Scot.] --Burns.
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3. One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.]
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4. An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his
ball, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Cadie \Cad"ie\, Caddie \Cad"die\, n.
A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [Written also
cady.]
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Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie.
--Macaulay.
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Cadie
(gcide) | Caddie \Cad"die\, n. [Written also caddy, cadie, cady, and
cawdy.] [See Cadet.]
1. A cadet. [Obs. Scot.]
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2. A lad; young fellow. [Scot.] --Burns.
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3. One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his
ball, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Cadie \Cad"ie\, Caddie \Cad"die\, n.
A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [Written also
cady.]
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Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie.
--Macaulay.
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Candied
(gcide) | Candy \Can"dy\ (k[a^]n"d[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Candied
(k[a^]n"d[=e]d); p. pr & vb. n. Candying.] [F. candir (cf.
It. candire, Sp. az['u]car cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers.
qand, fr. Skr. Kha[.n][dsdot]da piece, sugar in pieces or
lumps, fr. kha[.n][dsdot], kha[dsdot] to break.]
1. To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to
candy ginger.
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2. To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass
resembling candy; as, to candy sirup.
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3. To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which
resembles sugar or candy.
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Those frosts that winter brings
Which candy every green. --Drayson.
[1913 Webster]Candied \Can"died\, a. [From 1st Candy.]
1. Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike
substance; as, candied fruits.
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2.
(a) Converted wholly or partially into sugar or candy; as
candied sirup.
(b) Conted or more or less with sugar; as, candidied
raisins.
(c) Figuratively; Honeyed; sweet; flattering.
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Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp. --Shak.
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3. Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or
candy.
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Will the cold brook,
Candiedwith ice, caudle thy morning tast? --Shak.
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4. smoothly coated with crystals of sugar; -- used especially
of fruits; as, a candied apple.
Syn: candied, crystallized, glac['e], glac['e]ed.
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Canonical obedience
(gcide) | Obedience \O*be"di*ence\, n. [F. ob['e]dience, L. obedientia,
oboedientia. See Obedient, and cf. Obeisance.]
1. The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient;
compliance with that which is required by authority;
subjection to rightful restraint or control.
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Government must compel the obedience of individuals.
--Ames.
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2. Words or actions denoting submission to authority;
dutifulness. --Shak.
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3. (Eccl.)
(a) A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman
Catholic obedience, or the whole body of persons who
submit to the authority of the pope.
(b) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by
a prior.
(c) One of the three monastic vows. --Shipley.
(d) The written precept of a superior in a religious order
or congregation to a subject.
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Canonical obedience. See under Canonical.
Passive obedience. See under Passive.
[1913 Webster]canonic \ca*non"ic\ (k[.a]*n[o^]n"[i^]k), canonical
\ca*non"ic*al\ (k[.a]*n[o^]n"[i^]*kal), a. [L. canonicus, LL.
canonicalis, fr. L. canon: cf. F. canonique. See canon.]
Of or pertaining to a canon; established by, or according to,
a canon or canons. "The oath of canonical obedience."
--Hallam.
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2. Appearing in a Biblical canon; as, a canonical book of the
Christian New Testament.
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3. Accepted as authoritative; recognized.
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4. (Math.) In its standard form, usually also the simplest
form; -- of an equation or coordinate.
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5. (Linguistics) Reduced to the simplest and most significant
form possible without loss of generality; as, a canonical
syllable pattern. Opposite of nonstandard.
Syn: standard. [WordNet 1.5]
6. Pertaining to or resembling a musical canon.
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Canonical books, or Canonical Scriptures, those books
which are declared by the canons of the church to be of
divine inspiration; -- called collectively the canon.
The Roman Catholic Church holds as canonical several books
which Protestants reject as apocryphal.
Canonical epistles, an appellation given to the epistles
called also general or catholic. See Catholic epistles,
under Canholic.
Canonical form (Math.), the simples or most symmetrical
form to which all functions of the same class can be
reduced without lose of generality.
Canonical hours, certain stated times of the day, fixed by
ecclesiastical laws, and appropriated to the offices of
prayer and devotion; also, certain portions of the
Breviary, to be used at stated hours of the day. In
England, this name is also given to the hours from 8 a. m.
to 3 p. m. (formerly 8 a. m. to 12 m.) before and after
which marriage can not be legally performed in any parish
church.
Canonical letters, letters of several kinds, formerly given
by a bishop to traveling clergymen or laymen, to show that
they were entitled to receive the communion, and to
distinguish them from heretics.
Canonical life, the method or rule of living prescribed by
the ancient clergy who lived in community; a course of
living prescribed for the clergy, less rigid than the
monastic, and more restrained that the secular.
Canonical obedience, submission to the canons of a church,
especially the submission of the inferior clergy to their
bishops, and of other religious orders to their superiors.
Canonical punishments, such as the church may inflict, as
excommunication, degradation, penance, etc.
Canonical sins (Anc. Church.), those for which capital
punishment or public penance decreed by the canon was
inflicted, as idolatry, murder, adultery, heresy.
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Clairaudience
(gcide) | Clairaudience \Clair*au"di*ence\, n. [F. clair clear + F. & E.
audience a hearing. See Clear.]
Act of hearing, or the ability to hear, sounds not normally
audible; -- usually claimed as a special faculty of
spiritualistic mediums, or the like.
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Clairaudient
(gcide) | Clairaudient \Clair*au"di*ent\, a.
Pertaining to, or characterized by, clairaudience.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Clairaudient \Clair*au"di*ent\, n.
One alleged to have the power of clairaudience.
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