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-tos
(gcide) | Vigesimo-quarto \Vi*ges"i*mo-quar"to\, n.; pl. -tos.
A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into
twenty-four leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely
a size of book so made; -- usually written 24mo, or 24[deg].
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-tos
(gcide) | Anito \A*ni"to\, n.; pl. -tos. [Sp.]
In Guam and the Philippines, an idol, fetich, or spirit.
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tos
(vera) | TOS
Tape Operating System (OS, RCA Spectra 70)
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tos
(vera) | TOS
Teletype Operating System (OS, Microdata)
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tos
(vera) | TOS
The Operating System (Atari, OS)
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tos
(vera) | TOS
Tramiel Operating System (Atari, OS)
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tos
(vera) | TOS
Type Of Service (IP)
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asbestos
(mass) | asbestos
- azbest |
autostrada
(mass) | autostrada
- autostráda |
tosh
(mass) | tosh
- blbosť, nezmysel |
toss
(mass) | toss
- hod, hádzať, odhodiť, pohodiť, vyhodiť, prehadzovať, mrštiť,
zmietať |
toss in
(mass) | toss in
- dodať |
tossup
(mass) | toss-up
- nepredvídateľný fenomén |
pitch-and-toss
(encz) | pitch-and-toss,hra s mincemi Zdeněk Brož |
st-tos
(encz) | ST-TOS,Star Trek, The Original Series [zkr.] |
storm-tossed
(encz) | storm-tossed, adj: |
tempest-tossed
(encz) | tempest-tossed, adj: |
tempest-tost
(encz) | tempest-tost, adj: |
Acetose
(gcide) | Acetose \Ac"e*tose`\ ([a^]s"[-e]*t[=o]s`), a.
Sour like vinegar; acetous.
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Acetosity
(gcide) | Acetosity \Ac`e*tos"i*ty\, n. [LL. acetositas. See Acetous.]
The quality of being acetous; sourness.
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Aira caespitosa
(gcide) | Tussock \Tus"sock\, n. [From Tuz.] [Written also tussuck.]
1. A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially,
a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.
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Such laying of the hair in tussocks and tufts.
--Latimer.
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2. (Bot.) Same as Tussock grass, below.
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3. (Zool.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of
bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered
with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species
are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also
tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.
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Tussock grass. (Bot.)
(a) A tall, strong grass of the genus Dactylis
(Dactylis caespitosa), valuable for fodder,
introduced into Scotland from the Falkland Islands.
(b) A tufted grass (Aira caespitosa).
(c) Any kind of sedge (Carex) which forms dense tufts in
a wet meadow or boggy place.
Tussock moth (Zool.), the imago of any tussock caterpillar.
They belong to Orgyia, Halecidota, and allied genera.
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Altos
(gcide) | Alto \Al"to\, n.; pl. Altos. [It. alto high, fr. L. altus. Cf.
Alt.]
1. (Mus.) Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or
counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest
female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and
soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor.
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2. An alto singer.
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Alto clef (Mus.) the counter-tenor clef, or the C clef,
placed so that the two strokes include the middle line of
the staff. --Moore.
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Alto-stratus
(gcide) | altostratus \altostratus\, Alto-stratus \Al`to-stra"tus\, n. [L.
altus high + L. & E. stratus.] (Meteor.)
A cloud formation similar to cirro-stratus, but heavier and
at a lower level; a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude
of 2 or 3 miles.
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altostratus
(gcide) | altostratus \altostratus\, Alto-stratus \Al`to-stra"tus\, n. [L.
altus high + L. & E. stratus.] (Meteor.)
A cloud formation similar to cirro-stratus, but heavier and
at a lower level; a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude
of 2 or 3 miles.
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Amitosis
(gcide) | Amitosis \Am`i*to"sis\, n. [NL. See A- not, and Mitosis.]
(Biol.)
Cell division in which there is first a simple cleavage of
the nucleus without change in its structure (such as the
formation of chromosomes), followed by the division of the
cytoplasm; direct cell division; -- opposed to mitosis. It
is not the usual mode of division, and is believed by many to
occur chiefly in highly specialized cells which are incapable
of long-continued multiplication, in transitory structures,
and in those in early stages of degeneration.
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Antiptosis
(gcide) | Antiptosis \An`tip*to"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; 'anti` against +
? a falling, a case, ? to fall.] (Gram.)
The putting of one case for another.
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Apatosaurus
(gcide) | Apatosaurus \Apatosaurus\ n.
1. 1 a genus of extinct dinosaurs comprising the brontosaurs;
apatosaurs.
Syn: genus Apatosaurus.
[WordNet 1.5]brontosaur \bron`to*saur"\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder +
say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
a dinosaur of the genus Brontosaurus; an individual may
also be called a brontosaurus or an apatosaurus.
[PJC]Brontosaurus \Bron`to*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder
+ say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
A genus of large sauropod American dinosaurs of the jurassic
era, or an individual of that genus. A length of sixty feet
is believed to have been attained by these reptiles. The
genus is also called Apatosaurus, and individuals of the
genus are also called brontosaurs.
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apatosaurus
(gcide) | Apatosaurus \Apatosaurus\ n.
1. 1 a genus of extinct dinosaurs comprising the brontosaurs;
apatosaurs.
Syn: genus Apatosaurus.
[WordNet 1.5]brontosaur \bron`to*saur"\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder +
say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
a dinosaur of the genus Brontosaurus; an individual may
also be called a brontosaurus or an apatosaurus.
[PJC]Brontosaurus \Bron`to*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder
+ say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
A genus of large sauropod American dinosaurs of the jurassic
era, or an individual of that genus. A length of sixty feet
is believed to have been attained by these reptiles. The
genus is also called Apatosaurus, and individuals of the
genus are also called brontosaurs.
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Apatosaurus
(gcide) | Apatosaurus \Apatosaurus\ n.
1. 1 a genus of extinct dinosaurs comprising the brontosaurs;
apatosaurs.
Syn: genus Apatosaurus.
[WordNet 1.5]brontosaur \bron`to*saur"\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder +
say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
a dinosaur of the genus Brontosaurus; an individual may
also be called a brontosaurus or an apatosaurus.
[PJC]Brontosaurus \Bron`to*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder
+ say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
A genus of large sauropod American dinosaurs of the jurassic
era, or an individual of that genus. A length of sixty feet
is believed to have been attained by these reptiles. The
genus is also called Apatosaurus, and individuals of the
genus are also called brontosaurs.
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Aquila Chrysaetos
(gcide) | Golden \Gold"en\ (g[=o]ld"'n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden,
AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder.]
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1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
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2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
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3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently
auspicious; as, golden opinions.
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Golden age.
(a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of
manners in rural employments, followed by the {silver
age}, bronze age, and iron age. --Dryden.
(b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D.
14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when
Cicero, C[ae]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence:
(c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when
it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its
greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been
considered the golden age of English literature.
Golden balls, three gilt balls used as a sign of a
pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the
coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in
London having been Lombards.
Golden bull. See under Bull, an edict.
Golden chain (Bot.), the shrub Cytisus Laburnum, so named
from its long clusters of yellow blossoms.
Golden club (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium
aquaticum}), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow
flowers.
Golden cup (Bot.), the buttercup.
Golden eagle (Zool.), a large and powerful eagle ({Aquila
Chrysa["e]tos}) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North
America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of
the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is
called the royal eagle; the young in the second year is
the ring-tailed eagle.
Golden fleece.
(a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken
from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to
Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the
Argonautic expedition.
(b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by
Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also
Toison d'Or.
Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [Slang]
Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant
with golden yellow flowers, the Chrysocoma Coma-aurea.
Golden Horde (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who
overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th
century.
Golden Legend, a hagiology (the "Aurea Legenda") written by
James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th
century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and
partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus
entitled.
Golden marcasite tin. [Obs.]
Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes;
sufficiency without excess; moderation.
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Angels guard him in the golden mean. --Pope.
Golden mole (Zool), one of several South African
Insectivora of the family Chrysochlorid[ae], resembling
moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green,
purple, and gold.
Golden number (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the
lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and
is so called from having formerly been written in the
calendar in gold.
Golden oriole. (Zool.) See Oriole.
Golden pheasant. See under Pheasant.
Golden pippin, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color.
Golden plover (Zool.), one of several species of plovers,
of the genus Charadrius, esp. the European ({Charadrius
apricarius}, syn. Charadrius pluvialis; -- called also
yellow plover, black-breasted plover, hill plover,
and whistling plover. The common American species
(Charadrius dominicus) is also called frostbird, and
bullhead.
Golden robin. (Zool.) See Baltimore oriole, in Vocab.
Golden rose (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by
the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some
church or person in recognition of special services
rendered to the Holy See.
Golden rule.
(a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us.
Cf. --Luke vi. 31.
(b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three.
Golden samphire (Bot.), a composite plant ({Inula
crithmoides}), found on the seashore of Europe.
Golden saxifrage (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers
(Chrysosplenium oppositifolium), blossoming in wet
places in early spring.
Golden seal (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb
(Hydrastis Canadensis), with a thick knotted rootstock
and large rounded leaves.
Golden sulphide of antimony, or {Golden sulphuret of
antimony} (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or
orange yellow powder.
Golden warbler (Zool.), a common American wood warbler
(Dendroica [ae]stiva); -- called also {blue-eyed yellow
warbler}, garden warbler, and summer yellow bird.
Golden wasp (Zool.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect,
of the family Chrysidid[ae]. The colors are golden,
blue, and green.
Golden wedding. See under Wedding.
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Arctostaphylos
(gcide) | manzanita \man`za*ni"ta\ (m[a^]n`z[.a]*n[=e]"t[.a]), n. [Sp.,
dim. of manzana an apple.] (Bot.)
A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but
mostly to Arctostaphylos glauca and {Arctostaphylos
pungens}, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish
smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and
bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a
favorite food of the grizzly bear.
[1913 Webster]Arctostaphylos \Arctostaphylos\ n.
1. 1 a genus of plants including the bearberry; manzanita.
Syn: genus Arctostaphylos.
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Arctostaphylos glauca
(gcide) | manzanita \man`za*ni"ta\ (m[a^]n`z[.a]*n[=e]"t[.a]), n. [Sp.,
dim. of manzana an apple.] (Bot.)
A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but
mostly to Arctostaphylos glauca and {Arctostaphylos
pungens}, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish
smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and
bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a
favorite food of the grizzly bear.
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Arctostaphylos pungens
(gcide) | manzanita \man`za*ni"ta\ (m[a^]n`z[.a]*n[=e]"t[.a]), n. [Sp.,
dim. of manzana an apple.] (Bot.)
A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but
mostly to Arctostaphylos glauca and {Arctostaphylos
pungens}, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish
smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and
bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a
favorite food of the grizzly bear.
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
(gcide) | Bearberry \Bear"ber*ry\, n. (Bot.)
A trailing plant of the heath family ({Arctostaphylos
uva-ursi}), having leaves which are tonic and astringent, and
glossy red berries of which bears are said to be fond.
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Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi
(gcide) | Kinnikinic \Kin`ni*ki*nic"\, n. [Indian, literally, a mixture.]
Prepared leaves or bark of certain plants; -- used by the
Indians of the Northwest for smoking, either mixed with
tobacco or as a substitute for it. Also, a plant so used, as
the osier cornel (Cornus stolonijra), and the bearberry
(Arctostaphylus Uva-ursi). [Spelled also kinnickinnick
and killikinick.]
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Asbestos
(gcide) | Asbestus \As*bes"tus\, Asbestos \As*bes"tos\ (?; 277), n. [L.
asbestos (NL. asbestus) a kind of mineral unaffected by fire,
Gr. ? (prop. an adj.) inextinguishable; 'a priv. + ? to
extinguish.] (Min.)
A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and
delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a
white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a
similar variety of serpentine.
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Note: The finer varieties have been wrought into gloves and
cloth which are incombustible. The cloth was formerly
used as a shroud for dead bodies, and has been
recommended for firemen's clothes. Asbestus in also
employed in the manufacture of iron safes, for
fireproof roofing, and for lampwicks. Some varieties
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Athetosis
(gcide) | Athetosis \Ath`e*to"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? not fixed; 'a priv.
+ ? to set.] (Med.)
A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the
fingers and toes.
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Autoschediastic
(gcide) | Autoschediastic \Au`to*sche`di*as"tic\
([add]`t[-o]*sk[=e]`d[i^]*[a^]s"t[i^]k), Autoschediastical
\Au`to*sche`di*as"tic*al\ (-[a^]s"t[i^]*kal), a. [Auto- + Gr.
schedia`zein to do hastily. See Schediasm.]
Extemporary; offhand. [R.] --Dean Martin.
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Autoschediastical
(gcide) | Autoschediastic \Au`to*sche`di*as"tic\
([add]`t[-o]*sk[=e]`d[i^]*[a^]s"t[i^]k), Autoschediastical
\Au`to*sche`di*as"tic*al\ (-[a^]s"t[i^]*kal), a. [Auto- + Gr.
schedia`zein to do hastily. See Schediasm.]
Extemporary; offhand. [R.] --Dean Martin.
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Autos-da-f'e
(gcide) | auto-da-fe \auto-da-fe\, Auto-da-f'e \Au"to-da-f['e]"\, n.; pl.
Autos-da-f['e]. [Pg., act of the faith; auto act, fr. L.
actus + da of the + f['e] faith, fr. L. fides.]
1. A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal
condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious
offenses.
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2. An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp.
the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday,
and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms
and ceremonies.
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3. Hence: [Fig.] The public denunciation or punishment of a
person who has offended the prevailing authorities.
[PJC]
4. A session of the court of Inquisition.
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Autos-de-fe
(gcide) | Auto-de-fe \Au"to-de-fe"\, n.; pl. Autos-de-fe. [Sp., act of
faith.]
Same as Auto-da-f['e].
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Autostability
(gcide) | Autostability \Au`to*sta*bil"i*ty\, n. [Auto- + stability.]
(Mechanics)
Automatic stability; also, inherent stability. An
a["e]roplane is inherently stable if it keeps in steady poise
by virtue of its shape and proportions alone; it is
automatically stable if it keeps in steady poise by means of
self-operative mechanism.
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autostrada
(gcide) | autostrada \autostrada\ n.
1. an expressway in an Italian-speaking country.
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Autostylic
(gcide) | Autostylic \Au`to*styl"ic\, a. [Auto- + Gr. sty^los pillar.]
(Anat.)
Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the
cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia.
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Autosuggestion
(gcide) | Autosuggestion \Au`to*sug*ges"tion\, n. [Auto- + suggestion.]
(Med.)
1. Self-suggestion as distinguished from suggestion coming
from another, especially in hypnotism. Autosuggestion is
characteristic of certain mental conditions in which
expectant belief tends to produce disturbance of function
of one or more organs.
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2. hypnosis induced by oneself.
Syn: self-hypnosis, self-suggestion.
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Avicennia tomentosa
(gcide) | Mangrove \Man"grove\, n. [Malay manggi-manggi.]
1. (Bot.) The name of one or two trees of the genus
Rhizophora (Rhizophora Mangle, and {Rhizophora
mucronata}, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy
shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting
aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and
eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a
strong root while yet attached to the parent plant.
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Note: The fruit has a ruddy brown shell, and a delicate white
pulp which is sweet and eatable. The bark is
astringent, and is used for tanning leather. The black
and the white mangrove (Avicennia nitida and
Avicennia tomentosa) have much the same habit.
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2. (Zool.) The mango fish.
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Basutos
(gcide) | Basutos \Ba*su"tos\, n. pl.; sing. Basuto. (Ethnol.)
A warlike South African people of the Bantu stock, divided
into many tribes, at one time subjected by the English. They
formerly practiced cannibalism, but have now adopted many
European customs.
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Betoss
(gcide) | Betoss \Be*toss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betossed.]
To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss.
"My betossed soul." --Shak.
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Betossed
(gcide) | Betoss \Be*toss\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betossed.]
To put in violent motion; to agitate; to disturb; to toss.
"My betossed soul." --Shak.
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Bisetose
(gcide) | Bisetose \Bi*se"tose\, Bisetous \Bi*se"tous\, a. [Pref. bi- +
setose, setous.]
Having two bristles.
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blastosphere
(gcide) | Morula \Mor"u*la\, n.; pl. Morulae. [NL., dim. of L. morum a
mulberry.] (Biol.)
The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed by
the clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of its
development; -- called also mulberry mass, {segmentation
sphere}, and blastosphere. See Segmentation.
[1913 Webster]Blastosphere \Blas"to*sphere\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout + E.
sphere.] (Biol.)
The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the
blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum.
Note: [See Illust. of Invagination.]
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Blastosphere
(gcide) | Morula \Mor"u*la\, n.; pl. Morulae. [NL., dim. of L. morum a
mulberry.] (Biol.)
The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed by
the clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of its
development; -- called also mulberry mass, {segmentation
sphere}, and blastosphere. See Segmentation.
[1913 Webster]Blastosphere \Blas"to*sphere\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout + E.
sphere.] (Biol.)
The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the
blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum.
Note: [See Illust. of Invagination.]
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Blastostyle
(gcide) | Blastostyle \Blas"to*style\, n. [Gr. blasto`s sprout, bud + ? a
pillar.] (Zool.)
In certain hydroids, an imperfect zooid, whose special
function is to produce medusoid buds. See Hydroidea, and
Athecata.
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brontosaur
(gcide) | brontosaur \bron`to*saur"\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder +
say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
a dinosaur of the genus Brontosaurus; an individual may
also be called a brontosaurus or an apatosaurus.
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brontosaurs
(gcide) | Brontosaurus \Bron`to*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder
+ say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
A genus of large sauropod American dinosaurs of the jurassic
era, or an individual of that genus. A length of sixty feet
is believed to have been attained by these reptiles. The
genus is also called Apatosaurus, and individuals of the
genus are also called brontosaurs.
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brontosaurus
(gcide) | brontosaur \bron`to*saur"\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder +
say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
a dinosaur of the genus Brontosaurus; an individual may
also be called a brontosaurus or an apatosaurus.
[PJC]Brontosaurus \Bron`to*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder
+ say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
A genus of large sauropod American dinosaurs of the jurassic
era, or an individual of that genus. A length of sixty feet
is believed to have been attained by these reptiles. The
genus is also called Apatosaurus, and individuals of the
genus are also called brontosaurs.
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Brontosaurus
(gcide) | brontosaur \bron`to*saur"\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder +
say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
a dinosaur of the genus Brontosaurus; an individual may
also be called a brontosaurus or an apatosaurus.
[PJC]Brontosaurus \Bron`to*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. bronth` thunder
+ say^ros lizard.] (Paleon.)
A genus of large sauropod American dinosaurs of the jurassic
era, or an individual of that genus. A length of sixty feet
is believed to have been attained by these reptiles. The
genus is also called Apatosaurus, and individuals of the
genus are also called brontosaurs.
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Caespitose
(gcide) | Caespitose \C[ae]s"pi*tose`\, a.
Same as Cespitose.
[1913 Webster]Cespitose \Ces"pi*tose`\, a. [L. caespes turf.] (Bot.)
Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one
rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots.
[Written also c[ae]spitose.]
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caespitose
(gcide) | Caespitose \C[ae]s"pi*tose`\, a.
Same as Cespitose.
[1913 Webster]Cespitose \Ces"pi*tose`\, a. [L. caespes turf.] (Bot.)
Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one
rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots.
[Written also c[ae]spitose.]
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Camptosorus
(gcide) | Camptosorus \Camptosorus\ n.
a classification used in some esp. former systems for plants
usually placed in the genus Asplenium.
Syn: genus Camptosorus.
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Camptosorus rhizophyllus
(gcide) | Walking \Walk"ing\,
a. & n. from Walk, v.
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Walking beam. See Beam, 10.
Walking crane, a kind of traveling crane. See under
Crane.
Walking fern. (Bot.) See Walking leaf, below.
Walking fish (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
Asiatic fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, some of
which, as Ophiocephalus marulius, become over four feet
long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with
a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in
respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable
distances over the land at night, whence the name. They
construct a curious nest for their young. Called also
langya.
Walking gentleman (Theater), an actor who usually fills
subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance
but few words. [Cant]
Walking lady (Theater), an actress who usually fills such
parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage.
[Cant]
Walking leaf.
(a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus
rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper
into slender prolongations which often root at the apex,
thus producing new plants.
(b) (Zool.) A leaf insect. See under Leaf.
Walking papers, or Walking ticket, an order to leave;
dismissal, as from office; as, to get one's walking
papers, i. e. to be dismissed or fired. [Colloq.]
--Bartlett.
Walking stick.
(a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support
or amusement when walking; a cane.
(b) (Zool.) A stick insect; -- called also walking straw.
See Illust. of Stick insect, under Stick.
Walking wheel (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel
driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in
it or on it; a treadwheel.
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Cantos
(gcide) | Canto \Can"to\, n.; pl. Cantos. [It. canto, fr. L. cantus
singing, song. See Chant.]
1. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.
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2. (Mus.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral
music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano.
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Canto fermo[It.] (Mus.), the plain ecclesiastical chant in
cathedral service; the plain song.
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Carya tomentosa
(gcide) | mockernut \mockernut\, mocker nut \mocker nut\n.
1. (Bot.), A smooth-barked North American hickory ({Carya
tomentosa}) with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled
edible nut, which is far inferior to the true shagbark
hickory nut.
Syn: mockernut hickory, black hickory, white-heart hickory,
big-bud hickory, Carya tomentosa .
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2. The fruit of the mockernut[1].
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Catostomus Commersoni
(gcide) | Sucker \Suck"er\ (s[u^]k"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by
which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere
to other bodies.
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2. A suckling; a sucking animal. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a
pump basket. --Boyle.
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4. A pipe through which anything is drawn.
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5. A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string
attached to the center, which, when saturated with water
and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth
surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure,
with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be
thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a
plaything.
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6. (Bot.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of
a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment
from the body of the plant.
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7. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of North American
fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family
Catostomidae; so called because the lips are
protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of
little value as food. The most common species of the
Eastern United States are the northern sucker
(Catostomus Commersoni), the white sucker
(Catostomus teres), the hog sucker ({Catostomus
nigricans}), and the chub, or sweet sucker ({Erimyzon
sucetta}). Some of the large Western species are
called buffalo fish, red horse, black horse, and
suckerel.
(b) The remora.
(c) The lumpfish.
(d) The hagfish, or myxine.
(e) A California food fish (Menticirrus undulatus)
closely allied to the kingfish
(a); -- called also bagre.
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8. A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above.
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They who constantly converse with men far above
their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if
thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker,
no branch. --Fuller.
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9. A hard drinker; a soaker. [Slang]
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10. A greenhorn; someone easily cheated, gulled, or deceived.
[Slang, U.S.]
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11. A nickname applied to a native of Illinois. [U. S.]
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12. A person strongly attracted to something; -- usually used
with for; as, he's a sucker for tall blondes.
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11. Any thing or person; -- usually implying annoyance or
dislike; as, I went to change the blade and cut my finger
on the sucker. [Slang]
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Carp sucker, Cherry sucker, etc. See under Carp,
Cherry, etc.
Sucker fish. See Sucking fish, under Sucking.
Sucker rod, a pump rod. See under Pump.
Sucker tube (Zool.), one of the external ambulacral tubes
of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker and
used for locomotion. Called also sucker foot. See
Spatangoid.
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Catostomus nigricans
(gcide) | Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. &
OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,
Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a
pebble. [root]167. Cf. Steen.]
1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "Dumb as a
stone." --Chaucer.
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They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
mortar. --Gen. xi. 3.
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Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are
called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone
is much and widely used in the construction of
buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
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2. A precious stone; a gem. "Many a rich stone." --Chaucer.
"Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." --Shak.
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3. Something made of stone. Specifically:
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(a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]
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Lend me a looking-glass;
If that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
Why, then she lives. --Shak.
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(b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.
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Should some relenting eye
Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope.
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4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the
kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
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5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.
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6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
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7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]
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Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
lbs.
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8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
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I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.
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9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
imposing stone.
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Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some
adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
etc.
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Atlantic stone, ivory. [Obs.] "Citron tables, or Atlantic
stone." --Milton.
Bowing stone. Same as Cromlech. --Encyc. Brit.
Meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
after the explosion of a meteor.
Philosopher's stone. See under Philosopher.
Rocking stone. See Rocking-stone.
Stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
weapons and tools; -- called also flint age. The {bronze
age} succeeded to this.
Stone bass (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as
Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; --
called also sea perch.
Stone biter (Zool.), the wolf fish.
Stone boiling, a method of boiling water or milk by
dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
--Tylor.
Stone borer (Zool.), any animal that bores stones;
especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
in limestone. See Lithodomus, and Saxicava.
Stone bramble (Bot.), a European trailing species of
bramble (Rubus saxatilis).
Stone-break. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the
genus Saxifraga; saxifrage.
Stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
bruise by a stone.
Stone canal. (Zool.) Same as Sand canal, under Sand.
Stone cat (Zool.), any one of several species of small
fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus
Noturus. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they
inflict painful wounds.
Stone coal, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.
Stone coral (Zool.), any hard calcareous coral.
Stone crab. (Zool.)
(a) A large crab (Menippe mercenaria) found on the
southern coast of the United States and much used as
food.
(b) A European spider crab (Lithodes maia).
Stone crawfish (Zool.), a European crawfish ({Astacus
torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of
the common species (Astacus fluviatilis).
Stone curlew. (Zool.)
(a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus
crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also
thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee.
(b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
(c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]
Stone crush. Same as Stone bruise, above.
Stone eater. (Zool.) Same as Stone borer, above.
Stone falcon (Zool.), the merlin.
Stone fern (Bot.), a European fern (Asplenium Ceterach)
which grows on rocks and walls.
Stone fly (Zool.), any one of many species of
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Perla and allied
genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.
The larvae are aquatic.
Stone fruit (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.
Stone grig (Zool.), the mud lamprey, or pride.
Stone hammer, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
-- used for breaking stone.
Stone hawk (Zool.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit
of sitting on bare stones.
Stone jar, a jar made of stoneware.
Stone lily (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.
Stone lugger. (Zool.) See Stone roller, below.
Stone marten (Zool.), a European marten (Mustela foina)
allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; --
called also beech marten.
Stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone.
Stone-mortar (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used
in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
distances.
Stone oil, rock oil, petroleum.
Stone parsley (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli
Labanotis}). See under Parsley.
Stone pine. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under Pine,
and Pi[~n]on.
Stone pit, a quarry where stones are dug.
Stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch.
Stone plover. (Zool.)
(a) The European stone curlew.
(b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the
genus Esacus; as, the large stone plover ({Esacus
recurvirostris}).
(c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
(d) The ringed plover.
(e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to
other species of limicoline birds.
Stone roller. (Zool.)
(a) An American fresh-water fish (Catostomus nigricans)
of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,
often with dark blotches. Called also stone lugger,
stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet.
(b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma
anomalum}); -- called also stone lugger.
Stone's cast, or Stone's throw, the distance to which a
stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's
throw from each other.
Stone snipe (Zool.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
[Local, U.S.]
Stone toter. (Zool.)
(a) See Stone roller
(a), above.
(b) A cyprinoid fish (Exoglossum maxillingua) found in
the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a
three-lobed lower lip; -- called also cutlips.
To leave no stone unturned, to do everything that can be
done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
[1913 Webster]Sucker \Suck"er\ (s[u^]k"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by
which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere
to other bodies.
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2. A suckling; a sucking animal. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a
pump basket. --Boyle.
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4. A pipe through which anything is drawn.
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5. A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string
attached to the center, which, when saturated with water
and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth
surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure,
with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be
thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a
plaything.
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6. (Bot.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of
a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment
from the body of the plant.
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7. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of North American
fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family
Catostomidae; so called because the lips are
protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of
little value as food. The most common species of the
Eastern United States are the northern sucker
(Catostomus Commersoni), the white sucker
(Catostomus teres), the hog sucker ({Catostomus
nigricans}), and the chub, or sweet sucker ({Erimyzon
sucetta}). Some of the large Western species are
called buffalo fish, red horse, black horse, and
suckerel.
(b) The remora.
(c) The lumpfish.
(d) The hagfish, or myxine.
(e) A California food fish (Menticirrus undulatus)
closely allied to the kingfish
(a); -- called also bagre.
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8. A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above.
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They who constantly converse with men far above
their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if
thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker,
no branch. --Fuller.
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9. A hard drinker; a soaker. [Slang]
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10. A greenhorn; someone easily cheated, gulled, or deceived.
[Slang, U.S.]
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11. A nickname applied to a native of Illinois. [U. S.]
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12. A person strongly attracted to something; -- usually used
with for; as, he's a sucker for tall blondes.
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11. Any thing or person; -- usually implying annoyance or
dislike; as, I went to change the blade and cut my finger
on the sucker. [Slang]
[PJC]
Carp sucker, Cherry sucker, etc. See under Carp,
Cherry, etc.
Sucker fish. See Sucking fish, under Sucking.
Sucker rod, a pump rod. See under Pump.
Sucker tube (Zool.), one of the external ambulacral tubes
of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker and
used for locomotion. Called also sucker foot. See
Spatangoid.
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Catostomus teres
(gcide) | Sucker \Suck"er\ (s[u^]k"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by
which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere
to other bodies.
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2. A suckling; a sucking animal. --Beau. & Fl.
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3. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a
pump basket. --Boyle.
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4. A pipe through which anything is drawn.
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5. A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string
attached to the center, which, when saturated with water
and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth
surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure,
with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be
thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a
plaything.
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6. (Bot.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of
a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment
from the body of the plant.
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7. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of North American
fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family
Catostomidae; so called because the lips are
protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of
little value as food. The most common species of the
Eastern United States are the northern sucker
(Catostomus Commersoni), the white sucker
(Catostomus teres), the hog sucker ({Catostomus
nigricans}), and the chub, or sweet sucker ({Erimyzon
sucetta}). Some of the large Western species are
called buffalo fish, red horse, black horse, and
suckerel.
(b) The remora.
(c) The lumpfish.
(d) The hagfish, or myxine.
(e) A California food fish (Menticirrus undulatus)
closely allied to the kingfish
(a); -- called also bagre.
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8. A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above.
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They who constantly converse with men far above
their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if
thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker,
no branch. --Fuller.
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9. A hard drinker; a soaker. [Slang]
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10. A greenhorn; someone easily cheated, gulled, or deceived.
[Slang, U.S.]
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11. A nickname applied to a native of Illinois. [U. S.]
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12. A person strongly attracted to something; -- usually used
with for; as, he's a sucker for tall blondes.
[PJC]
11. Any thing or person; -- usually implying annoyance or
dislike; as, I went to change the blade and cut my finger
on the sucker. [Slang]
[PJC]
Carp sucker, Cherry sucker, etc. See under Carp,
Cherry, etc.
Sucker fish. See Sucking fish, under Sucking.
Sucker rod, a pump rod. See under Pump.
Sucker tube (Zool.), one of the external ambulacral tubes
of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker and
used for locomotion. Called also sucker foot. See
Spatangoid.
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Centos
(gcide) | Cento \Cen"to\, n.; pl. Centos. [L. cento a garment of several
pieces sewed together, patchwork, a poem made up of various
verses of another poem.]
A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from
different authors disposed in a new order.
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ceratosaur
(gcide) | ceratosaur \ceratosaur\ n. (Paleon.)
the ceratosaurus.
Syn: ceratosaurus.
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Ceratosaurus
(gcide) | Ceratosaurus \Cer`a*to*sau"rus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras a horn
+ ? lizard.] (Paleon.)
A swift-running bipedal carnivorous American Jurassic
dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was
nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony
short horn between the nostrils on the united nasal bones.
See Illustration in Appendix.
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Ceratospongiae
(gcide) | Ceratospongiae \Cer`a*to*spon"gi*[ae]\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr.
Gr. ke`ras, ke`ratos horn + ? sponge.] (Zool.)
An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny
fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges.
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Cespitose
(gcide) | Cespitose \Ces"pi*tose`\, a. [L. caespes turf.] (Bot.)
Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one
rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots.
[Written also c[ae]spitose.]
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Chromatoscope
(gcide) | Chromatoscope \Chro"ma*to*scope`\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, color +
-scope.] (Astron.)
A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate
eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star,
instead of a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of
the stars.
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Chromatosphere
(gcide) | Chromatosphere \Chro"ma*to*sphere`\, n.
A chromosphere. [R.]
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Comatose
(gcide) | Comatose \Co"ma*tose`\ (? or ?; 277), a. [From Coma lethargy.]
Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as,
comatose sleep; comatose fever.
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