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-gies
(gcide) | Lethargy \Leth"ar*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. -gies (-j[i^]z). [F.
l['e]thargie, L. lethargia, Gr. lhqargi`a, fr. lh`qargos
forgetful, fr. lh`qh forgetfulness. See Lethe.]
1. Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which
a person can scarcely be awaked.
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2. A state of inaction or indifference.
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Europe lay then under a deep lethargy. --Atterbury.
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-gies
(gcide) | Martyrology \Mar`tyr*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. -gies. [Martyr +
-logy.]
A history or account of martyrs; a register of martyrs. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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anthologies
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strategies
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Amphibologies
(gcide) | Amphibology \Am`phi*bol"o*gy\ ([a^]m`f[i^]*b[-o]l"[-o]*j[y^]),
n.; pl. Amphibologies (-j[i^]z). [L. amphibologia, for
amphibolia, fr. Gr. 'amfiboli`a, with the ending -logia as if
fr. Gr. 'amfi`bolos ambiguous + lo`gos speech: cf. F.
amphibologie. See Amphiboly.]
A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two
interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs
from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a
single term.
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Analogies
(gcide) | Analogy \A*nal"o*gy\, n.; pl. Analogies. [L. analogia, Gr. ?,
fr. ?: cf. F. analogie. See Analogous.]
1. A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness
between things in some circumstances or effects, when the
things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning
enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light
is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before
hidden.
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Note: Followed by between, to, or with; as, there is an
analogy between these objects, or one thing has an
analogy to or with another.
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Note: Analogy is very commonly used to denote similarity or
essential resemblance; but its specific meaning is a
similarity of relations, and in this consists the
difference between the argument from example and that
from analogy. In the former, we argue from the mere
similarity of two things; in the latter, from the
similarity of their relations. --Karslake.
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2. (Biol.) A relation or correspondence in function, between
organs or parts which are decidedly different.
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3. (Geom.) Proportion; equality of ratios.
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4. (Gram.) Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or
general rules of a language; similarity of origin,
inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like,
as opposed to anomaly. --Johnson.
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Antilogies
(gcide) | Antilogy \An*til"o*gy\ ([a^]n*t[i^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n.; pl.
Antilogies (-j[i^]z). [Gr. 'antilogi`a, fr. 'anti`logos
contradictory; 'anti` against + le`gein to speak.]
A contradiction between any words or passages in an author.
--Sir W. Hamilton.
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Apologies
(gcide) | Apology \A*pol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Apologies. [L. apologia, Gr. ?;
? from + ?: cf. F. apologie. See Apologetic.]
1. Something said or written in defense or justification of
what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to
disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology
for Christianity.
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It is not my intention to make an apology for my
poem; some will think it needs no excuse, and others
will receive none. --Dryden.
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2. An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some
improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to
another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by
an expression of regret.
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3. Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
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He goes to work devising apologies for window
curtains. --Dickens.
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Syn: Excuse.
Usage: An apology, in the original sense of the word, was a
pleading off from some charge or imputation, by
explaining and defending one's principles or conduct.
It therefore amounted to a vindication. One who offers
an apology, admits himself to have been, at least
apparently, in the wrong, but brings forward some
palliating circumstance, or tenders a frank
acknowledgment, by way of reparation. We make an
apology for some breach of propriety or decorum (like
rude expressions, unbecoming conduct, etc.), or some
deficiency in what might be reasonably expected. We
offer an excuse when we have been guilty of some
breach or neglect of duty; and we do it by way of
extenuating our fault, and with a view to be forgiven.
When an excuse has been accepted, an apology may
still, in some cases, be necessary or appropriate. "An
excuse is not grounded on the claim of innocence, but
is rather an appeal for favor resting on some
collateral circumstance. An apology mostly respects
the conduct of individuals toward each other as
equals; it is a voluntary act produced by feelings of
decorum, or a desire for the good opinion of others."
--Crabb.
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bogies
(gcide) | Bogey \Bo"gey\, n.; pl. Bogeys. [Also bogie and bogy,
plural bogies.]
1. A goblin; a bugbear.
Syn: bogeyman.
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I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. --Wm.
Black.
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2. (Golf) a score one stroke over par for a hole; formerly,
the definition of bogey was the same as that now used for
par, i.e., an ideal score or number of strokes, for each
hole, against which players compete; -- it was said to be
so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary
first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. Now the standard
score is called par.
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3. (Mil.) an unidentified aircraft; in combat situations,
such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be
hostile.
[PJC]Bogy \Bo"gy\, n.; pl. Bogies. [See Bogle.]
A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear. "Death's heads and
bogies." --J. H. Newman. [Written also bogey.]
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There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing
bogy in the history of savages. --C. Kingsley.
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Bogies
(gcide) | Bogey \Bo"gey\, n.; pl. Bogeys. [Also bogie and bogy,
plural bogies.]
1. A goblin; a bugbear.
Syn: bogeyman.
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I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. --Wm.
Black.
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2. (Golf) a score one stroke over par for a hole; formerly,
the definition of bogey was the same as that now used for
par, i.e., an ideal score or number of strokes, for each
hole, against which players compete; -- it was said to be
so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary
first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. Now the standard
score is called par.
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3. (Mil.) an unidentified aircraft; in combat situations,
such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be
hostile.
[PJC]Bogy \Bo"gy\, n.; pl. Bogies. [See Bogle.]
A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear. "Death's heads and
bogies." --J. H. Newman. [Written also bogey.]
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There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing
bogy in the history of savages. --C. Kingsley.
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Buggies
(gcide) | Buggy \Bug"gy\, n.; pl. Buggies.
1. A light one horse two-wheeled vehicle. [Eng.]
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Villebeck prevailed upon Flora to drive with him to
the race in a buggy. --Beaconsfield.
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2. A light, four-wheeled vehicle, usually with one seat, and
with or without a calash top. [U.S.]
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Buggy cultivator, a cultivator with a seat for the driver.
Buggy plow, a plow, or set of plows, having a seat for the
driver; -- called also sulky plow.
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Chronologies
(gcide) | Chronology \Chro*nol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Chronologies. [Gr. ?; ?
time + ? discourse: cf. F. chronologie.]
The science which treats of measuring time by regular
divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or
transactions their proper dates.
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If history without chronology is dark and confused,
chronology without history is dry and insipid. --A.
Holmes.
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Dilogies
(gcide) | Dilogy \Dil"o*gy\, n.; pl. Dilogies. [L. dilogia, Gr. ?, fr. ?
doubtful; di- = di`s- twice + ? to speak.] (Rhet.)
An ambiguous speech; a figure in which a word is used an
equivocal sense. [R.]
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Dingiest
(gcide) | Dingy \Din"gy\ (d[i^]n"j[y^]), a. [Compar. Dingier; superl.
Dingiest.] [Prob. fr. dung. Cf. Dungy.]
Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.
"Scraps of dingy paper." --Macaulay.
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Doxologies
(gcide) | Doxology \Dox*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Doxologies. [LL. doxologia,
Gr. ?, fr. ? praising, giving glory; ? opinion, estimation,
glory, praise (from ? to think, imagine) + ? to speak: cf. F.
doxologie. See Dogma, and Legend.]
In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor to
God; a form of praise to God designed to be sung or chanted
by the choir or the congregation.
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David breaks forth into these triumphant praises and
doxologies. --South.
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Effigies
(gcide) | Effigies \Ef*fig"i*es\, n. [L.]
See Effigy. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Effigy \Ef"fi*gy\, n.; pl. Effigies. [L. effigies, fr.
effingere to form, fashion; ex + fingere to form, shape,
devise. See Feign.]
The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a
full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly
applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or
to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals,
sometimes applied to portraits.
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To burn in effigy, or To hang in effigy, to burn or to
hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public
odium.
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Elegies
(gcide) | Elegy \El"e*gy\, n.; pl. Elegies. [L. elegia, Gr. ?, fem.
sing. (cf. ?, prop., neut. pl. of ? a distich in elegiac
verse), fr. ? elegiac, fr. ? a song of mourning.]
A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of
lamentation. --Shak.
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Energies
(gcide) | Energy \En"er*gy\, n.; pl. Energies. [F. ['e]nergie, LL.
energia, fr. Gr.?, fr. ? active; ? in + ? work. See In, and
Work.]
1. Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating,
or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men
possessing energies may suffer them to lie inactive.
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The great energies of nature are known to us only by
their effects. --Paley.
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2. Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or
effectual operation; as, the energy of a magistrate.
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3. Strength of expression; force of utterance; power to
impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; --
said of speech, language, words, style; as, a style full
of energy.
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4. (Physics) Capacity for performing work.
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Note: The kinetic energy of a body is the energy it has in
virtue of being in motion. It is measured by one half
of the product of the mass of each element of the body
multiplied by the square of the velocity of the
element, relative to some given body or point. The
available kinetic energy of a material system
unconnected with any other system is that energy which
is due to the motions of the parts of the system
relative to its center of mass. The potential energy of
a body or system is that energy which is not kinetic;
-- energy due to configuration. Kinetic energy is
sometimes called actual energy. Kinetic energy is
exemplified in the vis viva of moving bodies, in heat,
electric currents, etc.; potential energy, in a bent
spring, or a body suspended a given distance above the
earth and acted on by gravity.
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Accumulation, Conservation, Correlation, & {Degradation
of energy}, etc. (Physics) See under Accumulation,
Conservation, Correlation, etc.
Syn: Force; power; potency; vigor; strength; spirit;
efficiency; resolution.
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Entomologies
(gcide) | Entomology \En`to*mol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Entomologies. [Gr.
'e`ntomon insect (so called because nearly cut in two, fr.
'e`ntomos cut in; 'en in + te`mnein to cut) + -logy: cf. F.
entomologie. See In, and Tome, and cf. Insect.]
1. That part of zo["o]logy which treats of insects.
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2. A treatise on the science of entomology.
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Etymologies
(gcide) | Etymology \Et`y*mol"o*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. Etymologies
(-j[i^]z). [L.etymologia, Gr. 'etymologi`a; 'e`tymon etymon +
lo`gos discourse, description: cf. F. ['e]tymologie. See
Etymon, and -logy.]
1. That branch of philological science which treats of the
history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive
significance, and changes of form and meaning.
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2. That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the
form of the words in a language; inflection.
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Eulogies
(gcide) | Eulogy \Eu"lo*gy\, n.; pl. Eulogies. [Gr. ?, from ? well
speaking; e'y^ well + ? to speak. Cf. Eulogium, and see
Legend.]
A speech or writing in commendation of the character or
services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth.
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Eulogies turn into elegies. --Spenser.
Syn: Encomium; praise; panegyric; applause.
Usage: Eulogy, Eulogium, Encomium, Panegyric. The
idea of praise is common to all these words. The word
encomium is used of both persons and things which are
the result of human action, and denotes warm praise.
Eulogium and eulogy apply only to persons and are more
studied and of greater length. A panegyric was
originally a set speech in a full assembly of the
people, and hence denotes a more formal eulogy,
couched in terms of warm and continuous praise,
especially as to personal character. We may bestow
encomiums on any work of art, on production of genius,
without reference to the performer; we bestow
eulogies, or pronounce a eulogium, upon some
individual distinguished for his merit public
services; we pronounce a panegyric before an assembly
gathered for the occasion.
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Foggiest
(gcide) | Foggy \Fog"gy\, a. [Compar. Foggier; superl. Foggiest.]
[From 4th Fog.]
1. Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations;
misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning. --Shak.
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2. Beclouded; dull; obscure; as, foggy ideas.
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Your coarse, foggy, drowsy conceit. --Hayward.
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Fogies
(gcide) | Fogy \Fo"gy\, n.; pl. Fogies.
1. A dull old fellow; a person behind the times,
over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old; an
old fogy. [Written also fogie and fogey.] [Colloq.]
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Notorious old bore; regular old fogy. --Thackeray.
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Note: The word is said to be connected with the German vogt,
a guard or protector. By others it is regarded as a
diminutive of folk (cf. D. volkje). It is defined by
Jamieson, in his Scottish Dictionary, as "an invalid or
garrison soldier," and is applied to the old soldiers
of the Royal Hospital at Dublin, which is called the
Fogies' Hospital. In the fixed habits of such persons
we see the origin of the present use of the term. --Sir
F. Head.
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2. (Mil.) In the United States service, extra pay granted to
officers for length of service. [Colloq.]
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Genealogies
(gcide) | Genealogy \Gen`e*al"o*gy\, n.; pl. Genealogies. [OE.
genealogi, genelogie, OF. genelogie, F. g['e]n['e]alogie, L.
genealogia, fr. Gr. ?; ? birth, race, descent (akin to L.
genus) + ? discourse.]
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1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family
from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their
children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree.
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2. Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor;
pedigree; lineage.
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Geologies
(gcide) | Geology \Ge*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Geologies. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the
earth + -logy: cf. F. g['e]ologie.]
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1. The science which treats:
(a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the
globe; structural geology.
(b) Of its history as regards rocks, minerals, rivers,
valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; historical
geology.
(c) Of the causes and methods by which its structure,
features, changes, and conditions have been produced;
dynamical geology. See Chart of {The Geological
Series}.
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2. A treatise on the science.
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Gieseckite
(gcide) | Gieseckite \Gie"seck*ite\, n. [Named after Karl Giesecke.]
(Min.)
A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having
a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after
el[ae]olite.
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haggies
(gcide) | Haggis \Hag"gis\ (-g[i^]s), n. [Scot. hag to hack, chop, E.
hack. Formed, perhaps, in imitation of the F. hachis (E.
hash), fr. hacher.]
A Scotch pudding made of the heart, liver, lights, etc., of a
sheep or lamb, minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, etc.,
highly seasoned, and boiled in the stomach of the same
animal; minced head and pluck. [Written also haggiss,
haggess, and haggies.]
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Line of syzygies
(gcide) | Syzygy \Syz"y*gy\ (s[i^]z"[i^]*j[y^]), n.; pl. Syzygies
(-j[i^]z). [L. syzygia a joining together, conjunction, Gr.
syzygi`a; sy`n with + zeygny`nai to join, zygo`n yoke: cf. F.
syzygie. See Yoke, n.]
1. (Astron.) The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a
planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; --
commonly used in the plural.
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2. (Gr. & L. Pros.) The coupling together of different feet;
as, in Greek verse, an iambic syzygy.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid
composed of two joints so closely united that the line
of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible
on the inner, side.
(b) The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm.
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4. The intimately united and apparently fused condition of
certain low organisms during conjugation.
Line of syzygies (Astron.), the straight line connecting
the earth, the sun, and the moon or a planet, when the
latter is in conjunction or opposition; -- used chiefly of
the moon.
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Liturgies
(gcide) | Liturgy \Lit"ur*gy\ (l[i^]t"[u^]r*j[y^]), n.; pl. Liturgies
(l[i^]t"[u^]r*j[i^]z). [F. liturgie, LL. liturgia, Gr.
leitoyrgi`a a public service, the public service of God,
public worship; (assumed) le`i:tos, lei^tos, belonging to the
people, public (fr. lao`s, lew`s, the people) + the root of
'e`rgon work. See Lay, a., and Work.]
An established formula for public worship, or the entire
ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed
forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the
Roman Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in
any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration
of Mass.
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mangiest
(gcide) | mangy \man"gy\, a. [Compar. mangier; superl. mangiest.] [F.
mang['e], p. p. of manger to eat. See Manger.]
1. Infected with the mange; scabby.
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2. Shabby; worn-out; seedy; run-down; squalid; as, a mangy
old coat; a mangy tavern.
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Menologies
(gcide) | Menologium \Men`o*lo"gi*um\, Menology \Me*nol"o*gy\, n.; pl. L.
Menologia, E. Menologies. [NL. menologium, fr. Gr. mh`n
month + lo`gos discourse : cf. F. m['e]nologe.]
1. A register of months. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
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2. (Gr. Church) A brief calendar of the lives of the saints
for each day in the year, or a simple remembrance of those
whose lives are not written.
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Mineralogies
(gcide) | Mineralogy \Min`er*al"o*gy\, n.; pl. Mineralogies. [Mineral +
-logy: cf. F. min['e]ralogie.]
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1. The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to
describe, distinguish, and classify them.
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2. A treatise or book on this science.
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Muggiest
(gcide) | Muggy \Mug"gy\ (m[u^]g"g[y^]), a. [Compar. Muggier
(m[u^]g"g[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Muggiest.] [Cf. Icel. mugga
mist, mugginess. Cf. 4th Mold.]
1. Moist; damp; moldy; as, muggy straw.
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2. Warm, damp, and windless; uncomfortably hot and humid;
sultry; as, muggy air, weather.
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Mythologies
(gcide) | Mythology \My*thol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Mythologies. [F. mythologie,
L. mythologia, Gr. myqologi`a; my^qos, fable, myth + lo`gos
speech, discourse.]
1. The science which treats of myths; a treatise on myths.
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2. A body of myths; esp., the collective myths which describe
the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the
Greeks.
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Necrologies
(gcide) | Necrology \Ne*crol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Necrologies. [Gr. nekro`s a
dead person + -logy: cf. F. n['e]crologie. See Necromancy.]
An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a
collection of obituary notices.
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Orgies
(gcide) | Orgy \Or"gy\, n.; pl. Orgies.
A frantic revel; drunken revelry. See Orgies
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pl., Gr. ?; akin to ? work. See Organ, and Work.]
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1. A sacrifice accompanied by certain ceremonies in honor of
some pagan deity; especially, the ceremonies observed by
the Greeks and Romans in the worship of Dionysus, or
Bacchus, which were characterized by wild and dissolute
revelry. Usually in the plural form.
Note: [The singular is rarely used in this sense.]
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As when, with crowned cups, unto the Elian god,
Those priests high orgies held. --Drayton.
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2. Wild, drunken, or licentious revelry; an uninhibited
carouse. --B. Jonson. --Tennyson.
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3. A series of sexual activities involving more than two
couples in a group.
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4. Hence: An event characterized by unrestrained indulgence
in passion; as, an orgy of buying of internet stocks.
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pathologies
(gcide) | pathology \pa*thol"o*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. pathologies
(-j[i^]z). [Gr. pa`qos a suffering, disease + -logy: cf. F.
pathologie.]
1. (Med.) The science which treats of diseases, their nature,
causes, progress, symptoms, etc.
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Note: Pathology is general or special, according as it treats
of disease or morbid processes in general, or of
particular diseases; it is also subdivided into
internal and external, or medical and surgical
pathology. Its departments are nosology,
[ae]tiology, morbid anatomy, symptomatology, and
therapeutics, which treat respectively of the
classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms,
and cure of diseases.
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2. (Med.) The condition of an organ, tissue, or fluid
produced by disease.
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Celluar pathology, a theory that gives prominence to the
vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased
functions of the body. --Virchow.
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Paugies
(gcide) | Paugie \Pau"gie\, Paugy \Pau"gy\, n.; pl. Paugies. [Corrupted
from Amer. Indian mishcuppauog. See Scup.] (Zool.)
The scup. See Porgy, and Scup.
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Physiologies
(gcide) | physiology \phys`i*ol"o*gy\ (f[i^]z`[i^]*[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]), n.;
pl. Physiologies. [L. physiologia, Gr. fysiologi`a; fy`sis
nature + lo`gos discourse: cf. F. physiologie.]
1. The science which treats of the phenomena of living
organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and
characteristic of, life.
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Note: It is divided into animal and vegetable physiology,
dealing with animal and vegetable life respectively.
When applied especially to a study of the functions of
the organs and tissues in man, it is called human
physiology.
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2. A treatise on physiology.
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Mental physiology, the science of the functions and
phenomena of the mind, as distinguished from a
philosophical explanation of the same.
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Porgies
(gcide) | Porgy \Por"gy\, n.; pl. Porgies. [See Paugie.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) The scup.
(b) The sailor's choice, or pinfish.
(c) The margate fish.
(d) The spadefish.
(e) Any one of several species of embiotocoids, or surf
fishes, of the Pacific coast. The name is also given
locally to several other fishes, as the bur fish.
[Written also porgee, porgie, and paugy.]
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2. (Zool.) Any one of numerous sparoid food fishes, as the
jolthead porgy, the sheepshead porgy (Calamus penna) of
the West Indies, the grass porgy (Calamus arctifrons) of
Florida, and the red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) of Europe.
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Prodigies
(gcide) | Prodigy \Prod"i*gy\, n.; pl. Prodigies. [ L. prodigium; pro
before + (perh.) a word appearing in adagium adage: cf. F.
prodige. Cf. Adage. ]
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1. Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of
nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as,
eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies.
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So many terrors, voices, prodigies,
May warn thee, as a sure foregoing sign. --Milton.
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2. Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or
astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning.
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3. A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal
development; a monster. --B. Jonson.
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Syn: Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster.
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Psychologies
(gcide) | Psychology \Psy*chol"o*gy\, n. pl. Psychologies. [Psycho- +
-logy: cf. F. psychologie. See Psychical.]
The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic
or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the
human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a
treatise on the human soul.
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Psychology, the science conversant about the phenomena
of the mind, or conscious subject, or self. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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Scraggiest
(gcide) | Scraggy \Scrag"gy\, a. [Compar. Scragger; superl.
Scraggiest.]
1. Rough with irregular points; scragged. "A scraggy rock."
--J. Philips.
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2. Lean and rough; scragged. "His sinewy, scraggy neck."
--Sir W. Scott.
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Shaggiest
(gcide) | Shaggy \Shag"gy\, a. [Compar. Shaggier; superl. Shaggiest.]
[From Shag, n.]
Rough with long hair or wool.
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About his shoulders hangs the shaggy skin. --Dryden.
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2. Rough; rugged; jaggy. --Milton.
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[A rill] that winds unseen beneath the shaggy fell.
--Keble.
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Soggiest
(gcide) | Soggy \Sog"gy\, a. [Compar. Soggier; superl. Soggiest.] [Cf.
Icel. s["o]ggr damp, wet, or E. soak.]
Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet;
as, soggy land or timber.
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Springiest
(gcide) | Springy \Spring"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Springier
(-[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Springiest.] [From Spring.]
1. Resembling, having the qualities of, or pertaining to, a
spring; elastic; as, springy steel; a springy step.
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Though her little frame was slight, it was firm and
springy. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as,
springy land.
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Stingiest
(gcide) | Stingy \Stin"gy\, a. [Compar. Stingier; superl. Stingiest.]
[Probably from sting, and meaning originally, stinging;
hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious;
or cf. E. skinch.]
Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly;
miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.
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A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of
choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it
began to be rotten. --L'estrange.
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Stogies
(gcide) | Stogy \Sto"gy\, n.; pl. Stogies. [Written also stogie.]
[Colloq.]
1. A stout, coarse boot or shoe; a brogan.
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2. A kind of cheap, but not necessary inferior, cigar made in
the form of a cylindrical roll.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Stogie \Sto"gie\, n.; pl. Stogies.
an inexpensive cigar; same as stogy.
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Syzygies
(gcide) | Syzygy \Syz"y*gy\ (s[i^]z"[i^]*j[y^]), n.; pl. Syzygies
(-j[i^]z). [L. syzygia a joining together, conjunction, Gr.
syzygi`a; sy`n with + zeygny`nai to join, zygo`n yoke: cf. F.
syzygie. See Yoke, n.]
1. (Astron.) The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a
planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; --
commonly used in the plural.
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2. (Gr. & L. Pros.) The coupling together of different feet;
as, in Greek verse, an iambic syzygy.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid
composed of two joints so closely united that the line
of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible
on the inner, side.
(b) The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm.
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4. The intimately united and apparently fused condition of
certain low organisms during conjugation.
Line of syzygies (Astron.), the straight line connecting
the earth, the sun, and the moon or a planet, when the
latter is in conjunction or opposition; -- used chiefly of
the moon.
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Theologies
(gcide) | Theology \The*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Theologies. [L. theologia, Gr.
?; ? God + ? discourse: cf. F. th['e]ologie. See Theism,
and Logic.]
The science of God or of religion; the science which treats
of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws
and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the
duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly
understood) "the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the
systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of
Christian faith and life."
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Many speak of theology as a science of religion
[instead of "science of God"] because they disbelieve
that there is any knowledge of God to be attained.
--Prof. R.
Flint (Enc.
Brit.).
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Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the
region of the intellect what religion represents in the
heart and life of man. --Gladstone.
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Ascetic theology, Natural theology. See Ascetic,
Natural.
Moral theology, that phase of theology which is concerned
with moral character and conduct.
Revealed theology, theology which is to be learned only
from revelation.
Scholastic theology, theology as taught by the scholastics,
or as prosecuted after their principles and methods.
Speculative theology, theology as founded upon, or
influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy.
Systematic theology, that branch of theology of which the
aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of
statements that together shall constitute an organized
whole. --E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.).
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Zoologies
(gcide) | Zoology \Zo*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Zoologies. [Zoo- + -logy: cf. F.
zoologie. See Zodiac.]
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1. That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom,
including the structure, embryology, evolution,
classification, habits, and distribution of all animals,
both living and extinct.
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2. A treatise on this science.
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