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a/ux
(foldoc) | A/UX
(Apple's UniX) Apple's first version of
Unix for Macintosh computers. A/UX merges the {Macintosh
Finder} (GUI) with a Unix core, offering functions from both
systems. It will run on some late-model Motorola 68000
Macs, but not on the Power Mac.
A/UX is based on AT&T Unix System V.2.2 with numerous
extensions from V.3, V.4 and BSD 4.2/4.3. It also provides
full POSIX compliance.
A/UX 3.x.x incorporates System 7 for the Macintosh, thus
supporting the vast majority of Macintosh applications.
System 7 and Unix are fully integrated under A/UX 3.x.x with
the Unix file system being seen as a disk drive by the Finder.
{jagubox's A/UX Home Page
(http://jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov/aux/Info/FAQ.auxl)}.
(1997-12-13)
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aux
(vera) | AUX
Apple UniX (Apple, Unix), "A/UX"
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aux
(vera) | AUX
Auxiliary Power Unit (Airbus, A380)
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auxiliaries
(mass) | auxiliaries
- príslušenstvo |
bureaux
(mass) | bureaux
- kancelária |
Auxanometer
(gcide) | Auxanometer \Aux`a*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? to cause to increase +
-meter.]
An instrument to measure the growth of plants. --Goodale.
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auxenic
(gcide) | auxenic \auxenic\ adj.
of or pertaining to auxins.
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Auxesis
(gcide) | Auxesis \Aux*e"sis\, n. [NL., Gr. ? increase, fr. ?, ?, to
increase.] (Rhet.)
A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the
proper word; amplification; hyperbole.
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Auxetic
(gcide) | Auxetic \Aux*et"ic\, a. [Gr. ?.]
Pertaining to, or containing, auxesis; amplifying.
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Auxetophone
(gcide) | Auxetophone \Aux*e"to*phone\, n. [Gr. ? that may be increased +
? sound, voice.]
A pneumatic reproducer for a phonograph, controlled by the
recording stylus on the principle of the relay. It produces
much clearer and louder tones than does the ordinary
vibrating disk reproducer. [obsolescent]
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Auxiliar
(gcide) | Auxiliar \Aux*il"iar\ (?; 106), a. [L. auxiliaris: cf. F.
auxiliaire. See Auxiliary.]
Auxiliary. [Archaic]
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The auxiliar troops and Trojan hosts appear. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]Auxiliar \Aux*il"iar\, n.
An auxiliary. [Archaic] --Milton.
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Auxiliaries
(gcide) | Auxiliary \Aux*il"ia*ry\, n.; pl. Auxiliaries.
1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or
enterprise.
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2. (Mil.) pl. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at
war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or
subsidiary force.
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3. (Gram.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and
tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an {auxiliary
verb}; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will,
in English; [^e]tre and avoir, in French; avere and
essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.
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4. (Math.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of
simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in
equations or trigonometrical formul[ae]. --Math. Dict.
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Auxiliarly
(gcide) | Auxiliarly \Aux*il"iar*ly\, adv.
By way of help. --Harris.
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Auxiliary
(gcide) | Auxiliary \Aux*il"ia*ry\ (?; 106), a. [L. auxiliarius, fr.
auxilium help, aid, fr. augere to increase.]
Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting;
subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
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Auxiliary scales (Mus.), the scales of relative or
attendant keys. See under Attendant, a.
Auxiliary verbs (Gram.). See Auxiliary, n., 3.
[1913 Webster]Auxiliary \Aux*il"ia*ry\, n.; pl. Auxiliaries.
1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or
enterprise.
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2. (Mil.) pl. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at
war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or
subsidiary force.
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3. (Gram.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and
tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an {auxiliary
verb}; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will,
in English; [^e]tre and avoir, in French; avere and
essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.
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4. (Math.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of
simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in
equations or trigonometrical formul[ae]. --Math. Dict.
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auxiliary goods
(gcide) | Producer's goods \Pro*duc"er's goods\ (Polit. Econ.)
Goods that satisfy wants only indirectly as factors in the
production of other goods, such as tools and raw material; --
called also instrumental goods, auxiliary goods,
intermediate goods, or {goods of the second and higher
orders}, and disting. from consumers' goods.
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Auxiliary scales
(gcide) | Auxiliary \Aux*il"ia*ry\ (?; 106), a. [L. auxiliarius, fr.
auxilium help, aid, fr. augere to increase.]
Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting;
subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
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Auxiliary scales (Mus.), the scales of relative or
attendant keys. See under Attendant, a.
Auxiliary verbs (Gram.). See Auxiliary, n., 3.
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Auxiliary verb
(gcide) | Verb \Verb\, n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See Word.]
1. A word; a vocable. [Obs.] --South.
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2. (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of
some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being,
action, or the suffering of action.
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Note: A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind
[the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds
expression. --Earle.
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Active verb, Auxiliary verb, Neuter verb, etc. See
Active, Auxiliary, Neuter, etc.
[1913 Webster]Auxiliary \Aux*il"ia*ry\, n.; pl. Auxiliaries.
1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or
enterprise.
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2. (Mil.) pl. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at
war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or
subsidiary force.
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3. (Gram.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and
tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an {auxiliary
verb}; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will,
in English; [^e]tre and avoir, in French; avere and
essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.
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4. (Math.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of
simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in
equations or trigonometrical formul[ae]. --Math. Dict.
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auxiliary verb
(gcide) | Verb \Verb\, n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See Word.]
1. A word; a vocable. [Obs.] --South.
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2. (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of
some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being,
action, or the suffering of action.
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Note: A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind
[the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds
expression. --Earle.
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Active verb, Auxiliary verb, Neuter verb, etc. See
Active, Auxiliary, Neuter, etc.
[1913 Webster]Auxiliary \Aux*il"ia*ry\, n.; pl. Auxiliaries.
1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or
enterprise.
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2. (Mil.) pl. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at
war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or
subsidiary force.
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3. (Gram.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and
tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an {auxiliary
verb}; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will,
in English; [^e]tre and avoir, in French; avere and
essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.
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4. (Math.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of
simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in
equations or trigonometrical formul[ae]. --Math. Dict.
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Auxiliary verbs
(gcide) | Auxiliary \Aux*il"ia*ry\ (?; 106), a. [L. auxiliarius, fr.
auxilium help, aid, fr. augere to increase.]
Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting;
subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
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Auxiliary scales (Mus.), the scales of relative or
attendant keys. See under Attendant, a.
Auxiliary verbs (Gram.). See Auxiliary, n., 3.
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Auxiliatory
(gcide) | Auxiliatory \Aux*il"ia*to*ry\, a.
Auxiliary; helping. [Obs.]
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auxin
(gcide) | auxin \aux"in\ n.
1. a substance which, in small concentrations, promotes root
formation, bud growth, or certain other processes such as
fruit ripening or leaf drop in plants.
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auxins
(gcide) | Hormone \Hor"mone\ (h[^o]r"m[=o]n), n. [From Gr. "orma`ein to
excite.]
1. (Physiological Chem.) A chemical substance formed in one
organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on
which it exerts a specific effect on cells at a distance
from the producing cells; thus, pituitary hormones
produced in the brain may have effects on cells in distant
parts of the body..
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2. (Physiological Chem.) a chemical substance, whether
natural or synthetic, that functions like a hormone in a
living organism. Thus, synthetic steroid hormones may be
more effective than their natural counterparts.
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3. (Bot.) A substance that controls growth rate or
differentiation in plants; also called phytohormone. The
most well-known are the auxins that stimulate growth at
the growing tips of plants, and control root formation and
the dropping of leaves; and the gibberellins, which are
used in agriculture to promote plant growth.
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Auxis Rochei
(gcide) | Frigate \Frig"ate\, n. [F. fr['e]gate, It. fregata, prob.
contracted fr. L. fabricata something constructed or built.
See Fabricate.]
1. Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by
sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the
name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been
appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate
between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from
about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often,
a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes
as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to
navigation steam frigates of largely increased size and
power were built, and formed the main part of the navies
of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of
ironclads superseded them. [Formerly spelled frigat and
friggot.]
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2. Any small vessel on the water. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Frigate bird (Zool.), a web-footed rapacious bird, of the
genus Fregata; -- called also man-of-war bird, and
frigate pelican. Two species are known; that of the
Southern United States and West Indies is F. aquila.
They are remarkable for their long wings and powerful
flight. Their food consists of fish which they obtain by
robbing gulls, terns, and other birds, of their prey. They
are related to the pelicans.
Frigate mackerel (Zool.), an oceanic fish (Auxis Rochei)
of little or no value as food, often very abundant off the
coast of the United States.
Frigate pelican. (Zool.) Same as Frigate bird.
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Auxometer
(gcide) | Auxometer \Aux*om"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? to increase + -meter.]
(Optics)
An instrument for measuring the magnifying power of a lens or
system of lenses.
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auxospores
(gcide) | Spore \Spore\ (sp[=o]r), n. [Gr. ? a sowing, seed, from ? to
sow. Cf. Sperm.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) One of the minute grains in flowerless plants, which
are analogous to seeds, as serving to reproduce the
species.
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Note: Spores are produced differently in the different
classes of cryptogamous plants, and as regards their
nature are often so unlike that they have only their
minuteness in common. The peculiar spores of diatoms
(called auxospores) increase in size, and at length
acquire a siliceous coating, thus becoming new diatoms
of full size. Compare Macrospore, Microspore,
Oospore, Resting spore, Sphaerospore,
Swarmspore, Tetraspore, Zoospore, and
Zygospore.
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(b) An embryo sac or embryonal vesicle in the ovules of
flowering plants.
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2. (Biol.)
(a) A minute grain or germ; a small, round or ovoid body,
formed in certain organisms, and by germination giving
rise to a new organism; as, the reproductive spores of
bacteria, etc.
(b) One of the parts formed by fission in certain
Protozoa. See Spore formation, belw.
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Spore formation.
(a) (Biol) A mode of reproduction resembling multiple
fission, common among Protozoa, in which the organism
breaks up into a number of pieces, or spores, each of
which eventually develops into an organism like the
parent form. --Balfour.
(b) The formation of reproductive cells or spores, as in
the growth of bacilli.
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Bandeaux
(gcide) | Bandeau \Ban*deau"\ (b[a^]n*d[=o]"; b[a^]n"d[=o]), n.; pl.
Bandeaux (b[a^]n*d[=o]z"). [F.]
A narrow band or fillet, as for the hair, part of a
headdress, etc.
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Around the edge of this cap was a stiff bandeau of
leather. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Bandelet |
Bateaux
(gcide) | Bateau \Ba*teau"\, n.; pl. Bateaux. [F. bateau, LL. batellus,
fr. battus, batus, boat, which agrees with AS. b[=a]t boat:
cf. W. bad boat. See Boat, n.]
A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the
Canadian lakes and rivers. [Written also, but less properly,
batteau.]
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Bateau bridge, a floating bridge supported by bateaux.
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Bauxite
(gcide) | Bauxite \Baux"ite\, Beauxite \Beaux"ite\,n. [F., fr. Baux or
Beaux, near Arles.] (Min.)
A ferruginous hydrate of alumina. It is the most commonly
used ore for the preparation of aluminum and alumina. It is
also used for the lining of furnaces which are exposed to
intense heat.
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bauxitic
(gcide) | bauxitic \bauxitic\ adj.
Of or pertaining to bauxite.
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Beaux
(gcide) | Beau \Beau\ (b[=o]), n.; pl. F. Beaux (E. pron. b[=o]z), E.
Beaus (b[=o]z). [F., a fop, fr. beau fine, beautiful, fr.
L. bellus pretty, fine, for bonulus, dim. of bonus good. See
Bounty, and cf. Belle, Beauty.]
1. A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion;
a dandy.
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2. A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an
escort; a suitor or lover.
[1913 Webster]Beaux \Beaux\, n.,
pl. of Beau.
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Beaux-esprits
(gcide) | Bel-esprit \Bel"-es*prit"\, n.; pl. Beaux-esprits. [F., fine
wit.]
A fine genius, or man of wit. "A man of letters and a bel
esprit." --W. Irving.
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Beauxite
(gcide) | Beauxite \Beaux"ite\, n. (Min.)
See Bauxite.
[1913 Webster]Bauxite \Baux"ite\, Beauxite \Beaux"ite\,n. [F., fr. Baux or
Beaux, near Arles.] (Min.)
A ferruginous hydrate of alumina. It is the most commonly
used ore for the preparation of aluminum and alumina. It is
also used for the lining of furnaces which are exposed to
intense heat.
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Bordeaux
(gcide) | Bordeaux \Bor*deaux"\, a.
Pertaining to Bordeaux in the south of France. -- n. A claret
wine from Bordeaux.
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Bordeaux mixture
(gcide) | Bordeaux mixture \Bor*deaux" mix"ture\ (Hort.)
A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and
water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.;
lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 -- 50 gallons.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Bordel |
Bordereaux
(gcide) | Bordereau \Bor`de*reau"\, n.; pl. Bordereaux. [F.]
A note or memorandum, esp. one containing an enumeration of
documents.
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Boyaux
(gcide) | Boyau \Boy"au\, n.; pl. Boyaux or Boyaus. [F. boyau gut, a
long and narrow place, and (of trenches) a branch. See
Bowel.] (Fort.)
A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication
from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc.
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Bureaux
(gcide) | Bureau \Bu"reau\, n.; pl. E. Bureaus, F. Bureaux. [F. bureau
a writing table, desk, office, OF., drugget, with which a
writing table was often covered, equiv. to F. bure, and fr.
OF. buire dark brown, the stuff being named from its color,
fr. L. burrus red, fr. Gr. ? flame-colored, prob. fr. ? fire.
See Fire, n., and cf. Borel, n.]
1. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for
papers. --Swift.
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2. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where
business requiring writing is transacted.
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3. Hence: A department of public business requiring a force
of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor
under the direction of a chief.
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Note: On the continent of Europe, the highest departments, in
most countries, have the name of bureaux; as, the
Bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In England
and America, the term is confined to inferior and
subordinate departments; as, the "Pension Bureau," a
subdepartment of the Department of the Interior. [Obs.]
In Spanish, bureo denotes a court of justice for the
trial of persons belonging to the king's household.
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4. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an
ornamental piece of furniture. [U.S.]
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Bureau system. See Bureaucracy.
Bureau Veritas, an institution, in the interest of maritime
underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all
over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed
to Paris in 1830, and re["e]stablished in Brussels in
1870.
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Chevaux
(gcide) | Chevaux \Che*vaux"\ (she*v[=o]"), n. pl.
See Cheval.
[1913 Webster]Cheval \Che*val"\, n.; pl. Chevaux. [F. See Cavalcade.]
A horse; hence, a support or frame.
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Cheval glass, a mirror swinging in a frame, and large
enough to reflect the full length figure.
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Chevaux-de-frise
(gcide) | Cheval-de-frise \Che*val"-de-frise"\, n.; commonly used in the
pl. Chevaux-de-frise. [F.; cheval horse + Frise Friesland,
where it was first used.] (Mil.)
A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with
iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to
defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of
cavalry, etc.
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Obstructions of chain, boom, and cheval-de-frise. --W.
Irving.
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Coteaux
(gcide) | Coteau \Co`teau"\, n.; pl. Coteaux. [F., a hill.] [Canada & U.
S.]
1. A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys; a
divide.
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2. The side of a valley.
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Esquimaux
(gcide) | Esquimau \Es"qui*mau\, n.; pl. Esquimaux. [F.]
Same as Eskimo.
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It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau
can live, a civilized man can live also. --McClintock.
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Fabliaux
(gcide) | Fabliau \Fa`bli`au"\, n.; pl. Fabliaux (-[-o]"). [F., fr.
OF.fablel, dim. of fable a fable.] (Fr. Lit.)
One of the metrical tales of the Trouv[`e]res, or early poets
of the north of France.
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faux
(gcide) | faux \faux\ (f[add]ks), n.; pl. fauces (f[add]"s[=e]z). [L.]
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faux pas
(gcide) | faux pas \faux` pas"\ (f[=o]` p[.a]"). [F. See False, and
Pas.]
A false step; a mistake or wrong measure; especially, a slip
or misstep in social etiquette; a blunder in conduct or
manners that causes embarassment; as, he committed the faux
pas of mentioning John's former wife.
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Flambeaux
(gcide) | Flambeau \Flam"beau\; n.; pl. Flambeauxor Flambeaus. [F.,
fr. OF. flambe flame, for flamble, from L. flammula a little
flame, dim. of flamma flame. See Flame.]
A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number
of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance
(anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the
like); hence, any torch.
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Glaux maritima
(gcide) | Sea milkwort \Sea" milk"wort`\ (Bot.)
A low, fleshy perennial herb (Glaux maritima) found along
northern seashores.
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Heterauxesis
(gcide) | Heterauxesis \Het`e*raux*e"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the other +
? growth.] (Bot.)
Unequal growth of a cell, or of a part of a plant.
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heteroauxin
(gcide) | indoleacetic acid \in"dole*a*cet"ic ac"id\ ([i^]n"d[=o]l), n.
(Chem., Bot.)
A plant hormone (C10H9NO2) recognized as the principle
growth regulator in higher plants; called also heteroauxin.
Abbreviated IAA. Chemically it is 1H-indole-3-acetic acid.
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Manteaux
(gcide) | Manteau \Man`teau"\, n.; pl. F. Manteaux, E. Manteaus. [F.
See Mantle, n.]
1. A woman's cloak or mantle.
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2. A gown worn by women. [Obs.]
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modal auxiliary
(gcide) | modal auxiliary \mo"dal aux*il"iar*y\(Gram.), n.
Any one of the auxiliary verbs of English, such as can, may,
will, shall, must, might, could, would, or should, which are
used together with the infinitive form of another verb to
express distinctions of mood[2], such as uncertainty,
possibility, command, emphasis, and obligation.
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Noveaux riches
(gcide) | Nouveau riche \Nou`veau" riche"\, m., Nouvelle riche \Nou`velle"
riche"\, f.; pl. m. Noveaux riches, f. Nouvelles riches.
[F.]
A person newly rich. Contrasted with old money.
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Ourax pauxi
(gcide) | Pauxi \Paux"i\, n. [From the native name: cf. Sp. pauji.]
(Zool.)
A curassow (Ourax pauxi), which, in South America, is often
domesticated.
[1913 Webster]Curassow \Cu*ras"sow\ (k?-r?s"s?), n. [Native name in Brazil.]
(Zool.)
A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax,
Ourax, etc., of the family Cracid[ae].
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Note: The crested curassow (Crax alector) is black, and
about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile
crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to
Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird ({Ourax
Pauxi}) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow,
blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head.
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Ourax Pauxi
(gcide) | Pauxi \Paux"i\, n. [From the native name: cf. Sp. pauji.]
(Zool.)
A curassow (Ourax pauxi), which, in South America, is often
domesticated.
[1913 Webster]Curassow \Cu*ras"sow\ (k?-r?s"s?), n. [Native name in Brazil.]
(Zool.)
A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax,
Ourax, etc., of the family Cracid[ae].
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Note: The crested curassow (Crax alector) is black, and
about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile
crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to
Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird ({Ourax
Pauxi}) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow,
blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head.
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Pauxi
(gcide) | Pauxi \Paux"i\, n. [From the native name: cf. Sp. pauji.]
(Zool.)
A curassow (Ourax pauxi), which, in South America, is often
domesticated.
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Plateaux
(gcide) | Plateau \Pla*teau"\, n.; pl. F. Plateaux (F. ?; E. ?), E.
Plateaus. [F., fr. OF. platel, properly a little plate. See
Plate.]
1. A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area
of land; a table-land.
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2. An ornamental dish for the table; a tray or salver.
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Quercus Michauxii
(gcide) | Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D.
eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
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1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks
have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a
scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
rays, forming the silver grain.
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2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
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Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
Barren oak, or
Black-jack, Quercus nigra.
Basket oak, Quercus Michauxii.
Black oak, Quercus tinctoria; -- called also yellow oak
or quercitron oak.
Bur oak (see under Bur.), Quercus macrocarpa; -- called
also over-cup or mossy-cup oak.
Chestnut oak, Quercus Prinus and Quercus densiflora.
Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), {Quercus
prinoides}.
Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, of California; -- also
called enceno.
Live oak (see under Live), Quercus virens, the best of
all for shipbuilding; also, Quercus Chrysolepis, of
California.
Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak.
Post oak, Quercus obtusifolia.
Red oak, Quercus rubra.
Scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea.
Scrub oak, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus undulata, etc.
Shingle oak, Quercus imbricaria.
Spanish oak, Quercus falcata.
Swamp Spanish oak, or
Pin oak, Quercus palustris.
Swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor.
Water oak, Quercus aquatica.
Water white oak, Quercus lyrata.
Willow oak, Quercus Phellos.
[1913 Webster] Among the true oaks in Europe are:
Bitter oak, or
Turkey oak, Quercus Cerris (see Cerris).
Cork oak, Quercus Suber.
English white oak, Quercus Robur.
Evergreen oak,
Holly oak, or
Holm oak, Quercus Ilex.
Kermes oak, Quercus coccifera.
Nutgall oak, Quercus infectoria.
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Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
Quercus, are:
African oak, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
Africana}).
Australian oak or She oak, any tree of the genus
Casuarina (see Casuarina).
Indian oak, the teak tree (see Teak).
Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem.
New Zealand oak, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
excelsum}).
Poison oak, a shrub once not distinguished from poison ivy,
but now restricted to Rhus toxicodendron or {Rhus
diversiloba}.
Silky oak or Silk-bark oak, an Australian tree
(Grevillea robusta).
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Green oak, oak wood colored green by the growth of the
mycelium of certain fungi.
Oak apple, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the
leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips
confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young.
Oak beauty (Zool.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston
prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak.
Oak gall, a gall found on the oak. See 2d Gall.
Oak leather (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms
leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.
Oak pruner. (Zool.) See Pruner, the insect.
Oak spangle, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the
insect Diplolepis lenticularis.
Oak wart, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.
The Oaks, one of the three great annual English horse races
(the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was
instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called
from his estate.
To sport one's oak, to be "not at home to visitors,"
signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's
rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
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Rouleaux
(gcide) | Rouleau \Rou`leau"\, n.; pl. F. Rouleaux (F. ?; E. ?), E.
Rouleaus. [F., a roll, dim. fr. fr. r[^o]le, formerly also
spelt roulle. See Roll.]
A little roll; a roll of coins put up in paper, or something
resembling such a roll.
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Sauce aux hatelets
(gcide) | Atelets sauce \A`te*lets" sauce\or Sauce aux hatelets \Sauce`
aux ha`te*lets"\ [F. h[^a]telet skewer.]
A sauce (such as egg and bread crumbs) used for covering bits
of meat, small birds, or fish, strung on skewers for frying.
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Sceloglaux albifacies
(gcide) | Laughing \Laugh"ing\, a. & n.
from Laugh, v. i.
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Laughing falcon (Zool.), a South American hawk
(Herpetotheres cachinnans); -- so called from its notes,
which resemble a shrill laugh.
Laughing gas (Chem.), nitrous oxide, also called
hyponitrous oxide, or protoxide of nitrogen; -- so called
from the exhilaration and laughing which it sometimes
produces when inhaled. It has been much used as an
anaesthetic agent, though now its use is primarily in
dentistry
Laughing goose (Zool.), the European white-fronted goose.
Laughing gull. (Zool.)
(a) A common European gull (Xema ridibundus); -- called
also pewit, black cap, red-legged gull, and {sea
crow}.
(b) An American gull (Larus atricilla). In summer the head
is nearly black, the back slate color, and the five outer
primaries black.
Laughing hyena (Zool.), the spotted hyena. See Hyena.
Laughing jackass (Zool.), the great brown kingfisher
(Dacelo gigas), of Australia; -- called also {giant
kingfisher}, and gogobera.
Laughing owl (Zool.), a peculiar owl ({Sceloglaux
albifacies}) of New Zealand, said to be on the verge of
extinction. The name alludes to its notes.
[1913 Webster]Wekau \We"kau\, n. (Zool.)
A small New Zealand owl (Sceloglaux albifacies). It has
short wings and long legs, and lives chiefly on the ground.
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Tableaux
(gcide) | Tableau \Ta`bleau"\ (t[.a]`bl[=o]" E. t[a^]b"l[=o]`; 277), n.;
pl. Tableaux (t[.a]`bl[=o]" E. t[a^]b"l[=o]z`). [F., dim.
fr. L. tabula a painting. See Table.]
1. A striking and vivid representation; a picture.
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2. A representation of some scene by means of persons grouped
in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and
remaining silent and motionless.
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3. (Solitaire) The arrangement, or layout, of cards.
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Tableaux vivants
(gcide) | Tableau vivant \Ta`bleau" vi`vant"\ (t[.a]`bl[=o]"
v[-e]`v[aum]N"); pl. Tableaux vivants (t[.a]`bl[=o]"
v[-e]`v[aum]N"). [F.]
Same as Tableau, n., 2.
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Tonneaux
(gcide) | Tonneau \Ton`neau"\, n.; pl. Tonneaux. [F.]
1. In France, a light-wheeled vehicle with square or rounded
body and rear entrance.
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2. (Automobiles) Orig., the after part of the body with
entrance at the rear (as in vehicle in def. 1); now, one
with sides closing in the seat or seats and entered by a
door usually at the side, also, the entire body of an
automobile having such an after part.
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3. same as Tonne.
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a/ux
(foldoc) | A/UX
(Apple's UniX) Apple's first version of
Unix for Macintosh computers. A/UX merges the {Macintosh
Finder} (GUI) with a Unix core, offering functions from both
systems. It will run on some late-model Motorola 68000
Macs, but not on the Power Mac.
A/UX is based on AT&T Unix System V.2.2 with numerous
extensions from V.3, V.4 and BSD 4.2/4.3. It also provides
full POSIX compliance.
A/UX 3.x.x incorporates System 7 for the Macintosh, thus
supporting the vast majority of Macintosh applications.
System 7 and Unix are fully integrated under A/UX 3.x.x with
the Unix file system being seen as a disk drive by the Finder.
{jagubox's A/UX Home Page
(http://jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov/aux/Info/FAQ.auxl)}.
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aux
(vera) | AUX
Apple UniX (Apple, Unix), "A/UX"
AUX
Auxiliary Power Unit (Airbus, A380)
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FAUX
(bouvier) | FAUX, French law. A falsification or fraudulent alteration or suppression of
a thing by words, by writings, or by acts without either. Biret, Vocabulaire
des Six Codes.
2. The crimen falsi of the civil law. Toullier says, "Le faux s'entend
de trois manieres: dans le sons le plus etendre, c'est l'alteration de la
verite, avec ou sans mauvaises intentions; il est a peu pres synonyme de
mensonge; dans un sens moins etendu, c'est l'alteration de la verite,
accompagnee de dol, mutatio veritatis cum dolo facta; enfin, dans le sens
etroit, ou plutot legal du mot, quand il s'agit de savoir si le faux est un
crime, le faux est I'alteration frauduleuse de la verite, dans les
determines et punis par la loi." Tom. 9, n. 188. "Faux may be understood in
three ways: in its most extended sense, it is the alteration of truth, with
or without intention; it is nearly synonymous with lying; in a less extended
sense, it is the alteration of truth, accompanied with fraud, mutatio
veritatis cum dolo facta; and lastly, in a narrow, or rather the legal sense
of the word, when it is a question to know if the faux be a crime, it is the
fraudulent alteration of the truth, in those cases ascertained and punished
by the law." See Crimen Falsi.
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