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(gcide) | AE \[AE]\ or Ae \Ae\
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writers. It corresponds to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short
[ae] was generally replaced by a, the long [=ae] by e or ee.
In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly
superseded by e. For most words found with this initial
combination, the reader will therefore search under the
letter E.
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aeon
(mass) | aeon
- eón, éra, vek, večnosť |
aerobics
(mass) | aerobics
- aerobik |
aerodrome
(mass) | aerodrome
- letisko, aerodróm |
aeronautica
(mass) | aeronautica
- aviatika |
aeronautics
(mass) | aeronautics
- aviatika |
aeroplane
(mass) | aeroplane
- lietadlo |
aeroplanes
(mass) | aeroplanes
- lietadlá |
aestival
(mass) | aestival
- letný |
brae
(mass) | brae
- breh |
car aerial
(mass) | car aerial
- autoanténa |
chimaera
(mass) | chimaera
- prízrak, chiméra |
diaeresis
(mass) | diaeresis
- dvojbodka nad písmenom |
encyclopaedia
(mass) | encyclopaedia
- encyklopédia |
faerie
(mass) | faerie
- kúzelný, rozprávkové kráľovstvo, víla |
faeroese
(mass) | Faeroese
- Faersky jazyk |
faery
(mass) | faery
- ríša víl |
gaelic
(mass) | Gaelic
- gaelský, škótska keltština |
haemoglobin
(mass) | haemoglobin
- hemoglobín |
haemophilia
(mass) | haemophilia
- hemofília |
haemorrhage
(mass) | haemorrhage
- krvácanie |
hyaena
(mass) | hyaena
- hyena |
israel
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- Izrael |
israeli
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lacunae
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- medzera |
maestri
(mass) | maestri
- majster |
maestro
(mass) | maestro
- majster, majster |
mediaeval
(mass) | mediaeval
- stredoveký |
michael
(mass) | Michael
- Michal, Michal, Michal |
paedophilia
(mass) | paedophilia
- pedofília |
personae
(mass) | personae
- osobnosť |
retinae
(mass) | retinae
- sietnica |
stelae
(mass) | stelae
- stéla |
A Chamaepitys
(gcide) | ground \ground\ (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin
to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom,
Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust,
gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.]
1. The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or
some indefinite portion of it.
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There was not a man to till the ground. --Gen. ii.
5.
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The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix. 23.
Hence: A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the
earth.
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2. Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region;
territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or
resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place
of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground.
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From . . . old Euphrates, to the brook that parts
Egypt from Syrian ground. --Milton.
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3. Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens,
lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the
grounds of the estate are well kept.
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Thy next design is on thy neighbor's grounds.
--Dryden. 4.
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4. The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The
foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise,
reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of
existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as,
the ground of my hope.
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5. (Paint. & Decorative Art)
(a) That surface upon which the figures of a composition
are set, and which relieves them by its plainness,
being either of one tint or of tints but slightly
contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a
white ground. See Background, Foreground, and
Middle-ground.
(b) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are
raised in relief.
(c) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the
embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground.
See Brussels lace, under Brussels.
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6. (Etching) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a
metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except
where an opening is made by the needle.
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7. (Arch.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the
plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; --
usually in the plural.
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Note: Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering
floated flush with them.
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8. (Mus.)
(a) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few
bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to
a varying melody.
(b) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
--Moore (Encyc.).
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On that ground I'll build a holy descant.
--Shak.
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9. (Elec.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby
the earth is made part of an electrical circuit.
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10. pl. Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs;
lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.
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11. The pit of a theater. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Ground angling, angling with a weighted line without a
float.
Ground annual (Scots Law), an estate created in land by a
vassal who instead of selling his land outright reserves
an annual ground rent, which becomes a perpetual charge
upon the land.
Ground ash. (Bot.) See Groutweed.
Ground bailiff (Mining), a superintendent of mines.
--Simmonds.
Ground bait, bits of bread, boiled barley or worms, etc.,
thrown into the water to collect the fish, --Wallon.
Ground bass or Ground base (Mus.), fundamental base; a
fundamental base continually repeated to a varied melody.
Ground beetle (Zool.), one of numerous species of
carnivorous beetles of the family Carabid[ae], living
mostly in burrows or under stones, etc.
Ground chamber, a room on the ground floor.
Ground cherry. (Bot.)
(a) A genus (Physalis) of herbaceous plants having an
inflated calyx for a seed pod: esp., the strawberry
tomato (Physalis Alkekengi). See Alkekengl.
(b) A European shrub (Prunus Cham[ae]cerasus), with
small, very acid fruit.
Ground cuckoo. (Zool.) See Chaparral cock.
Ground cypress. (Bot.) See Lavender cotton.
Ground dove (Zool.), one of several small American pigeons
of the genus Columbigallina, esp. C. passerina of the
Southern United States, Mexico, etc. They live chiefly on
the ground.
Ground fish (Zool.), any fish which constantly lives on the
botton of the sea, as the sole, turbot, halibut.
Ground floor, the floor of a house most nearly on a level
with the ground; -- called also in America, but not in
England, the first floor.
Ground form (Gram.), the stem or basis of a word, to which
the other parts are added in declension or conjugation. It
is sometimes, but not always, the same as the root.
Ground furze (Bot.), a low slightly thorny, leguminous
shrub (Ononis arvensis) of Europe and Central Asia,; --
called also rest-harrow.
Ground game, hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from
winged game.
Ground hele (Bot.), a perennial herb ({Veronica
officinalis}) with small blue flowers, common in Europe
and America, formerly thought to have curative properties.
Ground of the heavens (Astron.), the surface of any part of
the celestial sphere upon which the stars may be regarded
as projected.
Ground hemlock (Bot.), the yew (Taxus baccata var.
Canadensisi) of eastern North America, distinguished from
that of Europe by its low, straggling stems.
Ground hog. (Zool.)
(a) The woodchuck or American marmot (Arctomys monax).
See Woodchuck.
(b) The aardvark.
Ground hold (Naut.), ground tackle. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Ground ice, ice formed at the bottom of a body of water
before it forms on the surface.
Ground ivy. (Bot.) A trailing plant; alehoof. See Gill.
Ground joist, a joist for a basement or ground floor; a.
sleeper.
Ground lark (Zool.), the European pipit. See Pipit.
Ground laurel (Bot.). See Trailing arbutus, under
Arbutus.
Ground line (Descriptive Geom.), the line of intersection
of the horizontal and vertical planes of projection.
Ground liverwort (Bot.), a flowerless plant with a broad
flat forking thallus and the fruit raised on peduncled and
radiated receptacles (Marchantia polymorpha).
Ground mail, in Scotland, the fee paid for interment in a
churchyard.
Ground mass (Geol.), the fine-grained or glassy base of a
rock, in which distinct crystals of its constituents are
embedded.
Ground parrakeet (Zool.), one of several Australian
parrakeets, of the genera Callipsittacus and
Geopsittacus, which live mainly upon the ground.
Ground pearl (Zool.), an insect of the family Coccid[ae]
(Margarodes formicarum), found in ants' nests in the
Bahamas, and having a shelly covering. They are strung
like beads, and made into necklaces by the natives.
Ground pig (Zool.), a large, burrowing, African rodent
(Aulacodus Swinderianus) about two feet long, allied to
the porcupines but with harsh, bristly hair, and no
spines; -- called also ground rat.
Ground pigeon (Zool.), one of numerous species of pigeons
which live largely upon the ground, as the tooth-billed
pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), of the Samoan
Islands, and the crowned pigeon, or goura. See Goura,
and Ground dove (above).
Ground pine. (Bot.)
(a) A blue-flowered herb of the genus Ajuga ({A.
Cham[ae]pitys}), formerly included in the genus
Teucrium or germander, and named from its resinous
smell. --Sir J. Hill.
(b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genus
Lycopodium (L. clavatum); -- called also {club
moss}.
(c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in
height, of the same genus (L. dendroideum) found in
moist, dark woods in the northern part of the United
States. --Gray.
Ground plan (Arch.), a plan of the ground floor of any
building, or of any floor, as distinguished from an
elevation or perpendicular section.
Ground plane, the horizontal plane of projection in
perspective drawing.
Ground plate.
(a) (Arch.) One of the chief pieces of framing of a
building; a timber laid horizontally on or near the
ground to support the uprights; a ground sill or
groundsel.
(b) (Railroads) A bed plate for sleepers or ties; a
mudsill.
(c) (Teleg.) A metallic plate buried in the earth to
conduct the electric current thereto. Connection to
the pipes of a gas or water main is usual in cities.
--Knight.
Ground plot, the ground upon which any structure is
erected; hence, any basis or foundation; also, a ground
plan.
Ground plum (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Astragalus
caryocarpus}) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Texas,
and having a succulent plum-shaped pod.
Ground rat. (Zool.) See Ground pig (above).
Ground rent, rent paid for the privilege of building on
another man's land.
Ground robin. (Zool.) See Chewink.
Ground room, a room on the ground floor; a lower room.
--Tatler.
Ground sea, the West Indian name for a swell of the ocean,
which occurs in calm weather and without obvious cause,
breaking on the shore in heavy roaring billows; -- called
also rollers, and in Jamaica, the North sea.
Ground sill. See Ground plate (a) (above).
Ground snake (Zool.), a small burrowing American snake
(Celuta am[oe]na). It is salmon colored, and has a blunt
tail.
Ground squirrel. (Zool.)
(a) One of numerous species of burrowing rodents of the
genera Tamias and Spermophilus, having cheek
pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern
striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western
species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or
striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied
Western species. See Chipmunk, and Gopher.
(b) Any species of the African genus Xerus, allied to
Tamias.
Ground story. Same as Ground floor (above).
Ground substance (Anat.), the intercellular substance, or
matrix, of tissues.
Ground swell.
(a) (Bot.) The plant groundsel. [Obs.] --Holland.
(b) A broad, deep swell or undulation of the ocean,
caused by a long continued gale, and felt even at a
remote distance after the gale has ceased.
Ground table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Ground tackle (Naut.), the tackle necessary to secure a
vessel at anchor. --Totten.
Ground thrush (Zool.), one of numerous species of
bright-colored Oriental birds of the family Pittid[ae].
See Pitta.
Ground tier.
(a) The lowest tier of water casks in a vessel's hold.
--Totten.
(b) The lowest line of articles of any kind stowed in a
vessel's hold.
(c) The lowest range of boxes in a theater.
Ground timbers (Shipbuilding) the timbers which lie on the
keel and are bolted to the keelson; floor timbers.
--Knight.
Ground tit. (Zool.) See Ground wren (below).
Ground wheel, that wheel of a harvester, mowing machine,
etc., which, rolling on the ground, drives the mechanism.
Ground wren (Zool.), a small California bird ({Cham[ae]a
fasciata}) allied to the wrens and titmice. It inhabits
the arid plains. Called also ground tit, and wren tit.
To bite the ground, To break ground. See under Bite,
Break.
To come to the ground, To fall to the ground, to come to
nothing; to fail; to miscarry.
To gain ground.
(a) To advance; to proceed forward in conflict; as, an
army in battle gains ground.
(b) To obtain an advantage; to have some success; as, the
army gains ground on the enemy.
(c) To gain credit; to become more prosperous or
influential.
To get ground, or To gather ground, to gain ground. [R.]
"Evening mist . . . gathers ground fast." --Milton.
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There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground
of them, but by bidding higher. --South.
To give ground, to recede; to yield advantage.
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These nine . . . began to give me ground. --Shak.
To lose ground, to retire; to retreat; to withdraw from the
position taken; hence, to lose advantage; to lose credit
or reputation; to decline.
To stand one's ground, to stand firm; to resist attack or
encroachment. --Atterbury.
To take the ground to touch bottom or become stranded; --
said of a ship.
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A Novae-Hollandiae
(gcide) | Goshawk \Gos"hawk`\, n. [AS. g[=o]shafuc, lit., goosehawk; or
Icel. g[=a]shaukr. See Goose, and Hawk the bird.] (Zool.)
Any large hawk of the genus Astur, of which many species
and varieties are known. The European (Astur palumbarius)
and the American (A. atricapillus) are the best known
species. They are noted for their powerful flight, activity,
and courage. The Australian goshawk ({A.
Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]}) is pure white.
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Abscissae
(gcide) | Abscissa \Ab*scis"sa\, n.; E. pl. Abscissas, L. pl.
Absciss[ae]. [L., fem. of abscissus, p. p. of absindere to
cut of. See Abscind.] (Geom.)
One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a
curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal
co["o]rdinate axes.
Note: When referred to two intersecting axes, one of them
called the axis of abscissas, or of X, and the other
the axis of ordinates, or of Y, the abscissa of the
point is the distance cut off from the axis of X by a
line drawn through it and parallel to the axis of Y.
When a point in space is referred to three axes having
a common intersection, the abscissa may be the distance
measured parallel to either of them, from the point to
the plane of the other two axes. Abscissas and
ordinates taken together are called co["o]rdinates. --
OX or PY is the abscissa of the point P of the curve,
OY or PX its ordinate, the intersecting lines OX and OY
being the axes of abscissas and ordinates respectively,
and the point O their origin.
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Abutilon Avicennae
(gcide) | Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus,
the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu,
name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus.
Cf. Hindu.]
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1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies,
or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
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2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of
America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.
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3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian
meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.]
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Indian bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree (Persea Indica).
Indian bean (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.
Indian berry. (Bot.) Same as Cocculus indicus.
Indian bread. (Bot.) Same as Cassava.
Indian club, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for
gymnastic exercise.
Indian cordage, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut
husk.
Indian cress (Bot.), nasturtium. See Nasturtium, 2.
Indian cucumber (Bot.), a plant of the genus Medeola
(Medeola Virginica), a common in woods in the United
States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.
Indian currant (Bot.), a plant of the genus
Symphoricarpus (Symphoricarpus vulgaris), bearing
small red berries.
Indian dye, the puccoon.
Indian fig. (Bot.)
(a) The banyan. See Banyan.
(b) The prickly pear.
Indian file, single file; arrangement of persons in a row
following one after another, the usual way among Indians
of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.
Indian fire, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter,
and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.
Indian grass (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon
nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United
States; wood grass. --Gray.
Indian hemp. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Apocynum ({Apocynum
cannabinum}), having a milky juice, and a tough,
fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in
medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in
properties.
(b) The variety of common hemp (Cannabis Indica), from
which hasheesh is obtained.
Indian mallow (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon
Avicenn[ae]}). See Abutilon.
Indian meal, ground corn or maize. [U.S.]
Indian millet (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum
vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom
corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It
is called also Guinea corn. See Durra.
Indian ox (Zool.), the zebu.
Indian paint. See Bloodroot.
Indian paper. See India paper, under India.
Indian physic (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus
Gillenia (Gillenia trifoliata, and {Gillenia
stipulacea}), common in the United States, the roots of
which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called
also American ipecac, and bowman's root. --Gray.
Indian pink. (Bot.)
(a) The Cypress vine (Ipom[oe]a Quamoclit); -- so called
in the West Indies.
(b) See China pink, under China.
Indian pipe (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa
uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having
scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole
plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.
Indian plantain (Bot.), a name given to several species of
the genus Cacalia, tall herbs with composite white
flowers, common through the United States in rich woods.
--Gray.
Indian poke (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white
hellebore} (Veratrum viride).
Indian pudding, a pudding of which the chief ingredients
are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.
Indian purple.
(a) A dull purple color.
(b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and
black.
Indian red.
(a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate
of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the
Persian Gulf. Called also Persian red.
(b) See Almagra.
Indian rice (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See Rice.
Indian shot (Bot.), a plant of the genus Canna ({Canna
Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot.
See Canna.
Indian summer, in the United States, a period of warm and
pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under
Summer.
Indian tobacco (Bot.), a species of Lobelia. See
Lobelia.
Indian turnip (Bot.), an American plant of the genus
Aris[ae]ma. Aris[ae]ma triphyllum has a wrinkled
farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a
very acrid juice. See Jack in the Pulpit, and
Wake-robin.
Indian wheat, maize or Indian corn.
Indian yellow.
(a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but
less pure than cadmium.
(b) See Euxanthin.
[1913 Webster]Velvetleaf \Vel"vet*leaf`\, n. (Bot.)
A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety
leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennae, the {Cissampelos
Pareira}, and the Lavatera arborea, and even the common
mullein.
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acaciae
(gcide) | acacia \a*ca"cia\ ([.a]*k[=a]"sh[.a] or [.a]*k[=a]"sh[i^]*[.a]),
n.; pl. E. acacias ([.a]*k[=a]"sh[.a]z), L. acaciae
([.a]*k[=a]"sh[i^]*[=e]). [L. from Gr. 'akaki`a; orig. the
name of a thorny tree found in Egypt; prob. fr. the root ak
to be sharp. See Acute.]
1. [capitalized] A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs.
Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have
terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of
the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America,
Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.
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2. (Med.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia;
-- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic. AS
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Acaena ovina
(gcide) | Sheep \Sheep\, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc?p,
sce['a]p; akin to OFries. sk?p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf,
OHG. sc[=a]f, Skr. ch[=a]ga. [root]295. Cf. Sheepherd.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the
genus Ovis, native of the higher mountains of both
hemispheres, but most numerous in Asia.
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Note: The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) varies much in size,
in the length and texture of its wool, the form and
size of its horns, the length of its tail, etc. It was
domesticated in prehistoric ages, and many distinct
breeds have been produced; as the merinos, celebrated
for their fine wool; the Cretan sheep, noted for their
long horns; the fat-tailed, or Turkish, sheep,
remarkable for the size and fatness of the tail, which
often has to be supported on trucks; the Southdowns, in
which the horns are lacking; and an Asiatic breed which
always has four horns.
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2. A weak, bashful, silly fellow. --Ainsworth.
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3. pl. Fig.: The people of God, as being under the government
and protection of Christ, the great Shepherd.
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Rocky mountain sheep.(Zool.) See Bighorn.
Maned sheep. (Zool.) See Aoudad.
Sheep bot (Zool.), the larva of the sheep botfly. See
Estrus.
Sheep dog (Zool.), a shepherd dog, or collie.
Sheep laurel (Bot.), a small North American shrub ({Kalmia
angustifolia}) with deep rose-colored flowers in corymbs.
Sheep pest (Bot.), an Australian plant (Acaena ovina)
related to the burnet. The fruit is covered with barbed
spines, by which it adheres to the wool of sheep.
Sheep run, an extensive tract of country where sheep range
and graze.
Sheep's beard (Bot.), a cichoraceous herb ({Urospermum
Dalechampii}) of Southern Europe; -- so called from the
conspicuous pappus of the achenes.
Sheep's bit (Bot.), a European herb (Jasione montana)
having much the appearance of scabious.
Sheep pox (Med.), a contagious disease of sheep,
characterixed by the development of vesicles or pocks upon
the skin.
Sheep scabious. (Bot.) Same as Sheep's bit.
Sheep shears, shears in which the blades form the two ends
of a steel bow, by the elasticity of which they open as
often as pressed together by the hand in cutting; -- so
called because used to cut off the wool of sheep.
Sheep sorrel. (Bot.), a prerennial herb ({Rumex
Acetosella}) growing naturally on poor, dry, gravelly
soil. Its leaves have a pleasant acid taste like sorrel.
Sheep's-wool (Zool.), the highest grade of Florida
commercial sponges (Spongia equina, variety gossypina).
Sheep tick (Zool.), a wingless parasitic insect
(Melophagus ovinus) belonging to the Diptera. It fixes
its proboscis in the skin of the sheep and sucks the
blood, leaving a swelling. Called also sheep pest, and
sheep louse.
Sheep walk, a pasture for sheep; a sheep run.
Wild sheep. (Zool.) See Argali, Mouflon, and Oorial.
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Acalephae
(gcide) | Acalephae \Ac`a*le"ph[ae]\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ?, a nettle.]
A group of C[oe]lenterata, including the Medus[ae] or
jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging
power they possess. Sometimes called sea nettles.
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Acanthuridae
(gcide) | Acanthuridae \Acanthuridae\ n.
1. 1 a family of fishes consisting of the surgeonfishes. fish
family
Syn: family Acanthuridae
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Acaridae
(gcide) | Acaridae \Acaridae\ n.
1. the family of arachnids of the order Acarina consisting
of mites.
Syn: family Acaridae.
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Accipitridae
(gcide) | Accipitridae \Accipitridae\ n.
1. 1 a family of birds consisting of the hawks; -- this
family includes the Old World vultures; kites; harriers;
and eagles.
Syn: family Accipitridae.
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Aceraceae
(gcide) | Aceraceae \Aceraceae\ n.
1. 1 the family of trees including the maples.
Syn: family Aceraceae, maple family
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Acetonaemia
(gcide) | Acetonaemia \Ac`e*to*n[ae]"mi*a\, Acetonemia \Ac`e*to*ne"mi*a\,
n. [NL. See Acetone; H[ae]ma-.] (Med.)
A morbid condition characterized by the presence of ketone
bodies (including acetone, acetoacetic acid and
beta-hydroxybutyric acid) in the blood, as in diabetes.
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Achaean
(gcide) | Achaean \A*ch[ae]"an\, Achaian \A*cha"ian\a. [L. Achaeus,
Achaius; Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian. -- n. A
native of Achaia; a Greek.
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achaenium
(gcide) | Achene \A*chene"\, Achenium \A*che"ni*um\n. [Gr. 'a priv. + ? to
gape.] (Bot.)
A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as
in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier
botanists. [Written also akene and ach[ae]nium.]
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Achatodes zeae
(gcide) | Spindleworm \Spin"dle*worm`\, n. (Zool.)
The larva of a noctuid moth (Achatodes zeae) which feeds
inside the stalks of corn (maize), sometimes causing much
damage. It is smooth, with a black head and tail and a row of
black dots across each segment.
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Aciculae
(gcide) | Acicula \A*cic"u*la\, n.; pl. Acicul[ae]. [L., a small needle,
dimin. of acus needle.] (Nat. Hist.)
One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of
some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.
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Acinetae
(gcide) | Acinetae \Ac`i*ne"t[ae]\ ([a^]s`[i^]*n[=e]"t[=e]), n. pl. [NL.,
fr. Gr. 'akinhtos immovable.] (Zool.)
A group of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage are
stationary. See Suctoria.
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Acipenseridae
(gcide) | Acipenseridae \Acipenseridae\ prop. n.
The natural family of fish including the sturgeons.
Syn: family Acipenseridae.
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Acmaea testudinalis
(gcide) | Limpet \Lim"pet\ (l[i^]m"p[e^]t), n. [Prob. through French fr.
L. lepas, -adis, Gr. lepa`s, -a`dos.] (Zool.)
1. In a general sense, any hatshaped, or conical, gastropod
shell.
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2. Any one of many species of marine shellfish of the order
Docoglossa, mostly found adhering to rocks, between
tides.
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Note: The common European limpets of the genus Patella
(esp. Patella vulgata) are extensively used as food.
The common New England species is {Acm[ae]a
testudinalis}. Numerous species of limpets occur on the
Pacific coast of America, some of them of large size.
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3. Hence: Somthing or someone that clings tenaciously to
another object or person; specifically a military
explosive device having magnets allowing it to cling to a
metallic target object, such as the hull of a ship.
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3. Any species of Siphonaria, a genus of limpet-shaped
Pulmonifera, living between tides, on rocks.
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4. A keyhole limpet. See Fissurella.
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Acrobates pygmaeus
(gcide) | Flying \Fly"ing\, a. [From Fly, v. i.]
Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or
rapidly; intended for rapid movement.
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Flying army (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in
motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy
in continual alarm. --Farrow.
Flying artillery (Mil.), artillery trained to rapid
evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to
spring upon the guns and caissons when they change
position.
Flying bridge, Flying camp. See under Bridge, and
Camp.
Flying buttress (Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the
thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by
ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of
masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid
pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The
word is generally applied only to the straight bar with
supporting arch.
Flying colors, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence:
To come off with flying colors, to be victorious; to
succeed thoroughly in an undertaking.
Flying doe (Zool.), a young female kangaroo.
Flying dragon.
(a) (Zool.) See Dragon, 6.
(b) A meteor. See under Dragon.
Flying Dutchman.
(a) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail
the seas till the day of judgment.
(b) A spectral ship.
Flying fish. (Zool.) See Flying fish, in the Vocabulary.
Flying fox (Zool.), see Flying fox in the vocabulary.
Flying frog (Zool.), either of two East Indian tree frogs
of the genus Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus nigrapalmatus
and Rhacophorus pardalis), having very large and broadly
webbed feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to
make very long leaps.
Flying gurnard (Zool.), a species of gurnard of the genus
Cephalacanthus or Dactylopterus, with very large
pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying
fish, but not for so great a distance.
Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is
Cephalacanthus volitans.
Flying jib (Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing
jib, on the flying-jib boom.
Flying-jib boom (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom.
Flying kites (Naut.), light sails carried only in fine
weather.
Flying lemur. (Zool.) See Colugo.
Flying level (Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over
the course of a projected road, canal, etc.
Flying lizard. (Zool.) See Dragon, n. 6.
Flying machine, any apparatus for navigating through the
air, especially a heavier-than-air machine. -- {Flying
mouse} (Zool.), the opossum mouse (Acrobates pygm[ae]us), a
marsupial of Australia. Called also feathertail glider.
Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying
squirrels, and a featherlike tail. -- Flying party
(Mil.), a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an
enemy. -- Flying phalanger (Zool.), one of several
species of small marsuupials of the genera Petaurus and
Belideus, of Australia and New Guinea, having lateral
folds like those of the flying squirrels. The sugar
squirrel (Belideus sciureus), and the ariel ({Belideus
ariel}), are the best known; -- called also {squirrel
petaurus} and flying squirrel. See Sugar squirrel. --
Flying pinion, the fly of a clock. -- Flying sap (Mil.),
the rapid construction of trenches (when the enemy's fire
of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching), by
means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with
earth. -- Flying shot, a shot fired at a moving object,
as a bird on the wing. -- Flying spider. (Zool.) See
Ballooning spider. -- Flying squid (Zool.), an oceanic
squid (Ommastrephes Bartramii syn. {Sthenoteuthis
Bartramii}), abundant in the Gulf Stream, which is able to
leap out of the water with such force that it often falls
on the deck of a vessel. -- Flying squirrel (Zool.) See
Flying squirrel, in the Vocabulary. -- Flying start, a
start in a sailing race in which the signal is given while
the vessels are under way. -- Flying torch (Mil.), a
torch attached to a long staff and used for signaling at
night.
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Actaea
(gcide) | Actaea \Actaea\ n.
1. 1 baneberry.
Syn: genus Actaea
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Actaea spicata
(gcide) | Herb \Herb\ ([~e]rb or h[~e]rb; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF.
herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh`
food, pasture, fe`rbein to feed.]
1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent,
but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
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Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower
the second season, and then die; perennial herbs
produce new stems year after year.
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2. Grass; herbage.
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And flocks
Grazing the tender herb. --Milton.
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Herb bennet. (Bot.) See Bennet.
Herb Christopher (Bot.), an herb (Act[ae]a spicata),
whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The
name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal
fern, the wood betony, etc.
Herb Gerard (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of
St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. --Dr.
Prior.
Herb grace, or Herb of grace. (Bot.) See Rue.
Herb Margaret (Bot.), the daisy. See Marguerite.
Herb Paris (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the
trillium (Paris quadrifolia), commonly reputed
poisonous.
Herb Robert (Bot.), a species of Geranium ({Geranium
Robertianum}.)
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Actiniae
(gcide) | Actinia \Ac*tin"i*a\, n.; pl. L. Actini[ae], E. Actinias.
[Latinized fr. Gr. ?, ?, ray.] (Zool.)
(a) An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family
Actinid[ae]. From a resemblance to flowers in form
and color, they are often called animal flowers and
sea anemones. [See Polyp.].
(b) A genus in the family Actinid[ae].
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Actinidiaceae
(gcide) | Actinidiaceae \Actinidiaceae\ n.
1. 1 tropical trees or shrubs or woody vines.
Syn: family Actinidiaceae
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Actinomyces israeli
(gcide) | Actinomycosis \Ac`ti*no*my*co"sis\
([a^]k`t[i^]*n[-o]*m[imac]*k[=o]"s[i^]s), n. [NL.] (Med.)
A chronic infectious disease of cattle and man due to
infection with actinomycetes, especially by {Actinomyces
bovis} in cattle and by Actinomyces israeli or {Arachnia
propionica} in man. It is characterized by hard swellings
usually in the mouth and jaw. In man the disease may also
affect the abdomen or thorax. In cattle it is called also
lumpy jaw or big jaw.
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Active hyperaemia
(gcide) | Hyperaemia \Hy`per*[ae]"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over +
a"i^ma blood.] (Med.)
A superabundance or congestion of blood in an organ or part
of the body.
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Active hyper[ae]mia, congestion due to increased flow of
blood to a part.
Passive hyper[ae]mia, interchange due to obstruction in the
return of blood from a part. -- Hy`per*[ae]"mic, a.
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AE
(gcide) | AE \[AE]\ or Ae \Ae\
A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon
writers. It corresponds to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short
[ae] was generally replaced by a, the long [=ae] by e or ee.
In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly
superseded by e. For most words found with this initial
combination, the reader will therefore search under the
letter E.
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Ae
(gcide) | AE \[AE]\ or Ae \Ae\
A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon
writers. It corresponds to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short
[ae] was generally replaced by a, the long [=ae] by e or ee.
In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly
superseded by e. For most words found with this initial
combination, the reader will therefore search under the
letter E.
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AEcidia
(gcide) | AEcidium \[AE]*cid"i*um\, n.; pl. [AE]cidia. [NL., dim. of Gr.
? injury.] (Bot.)
A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or
Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent
plants.
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AEcidium
(gcide) | AEcidium \[AE]*cid"i*um\, n.; pl. [AE]cidia. [NL., dim. of Gr.
? injury.] (Bot.)
A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or
Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent
plants.
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AEdile
(gcide) | AEdile \[AE]"dile\, n. [L. aedilis, fr. aedes temple, public
building. Cf. Edify.]
A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of
public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal
officer.
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AEdileship
(gcide) | AEdileship \[AE]"dile*ship\, n.
The office of an [ae]dile. --T. Arnold.
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Aega psora
(gcide) | Salve \Salve\ (?; 277), n. [AS. sealf ointment; akin to LG.
salwe, D. zalve, zalf, OHG. salba, Dan. salve, Sw. salfva,
Goth. salb[=o]n to anoint, and probably to Gr. (Hesychius) ?
oil, ? butter, Skr. sarpis clarified butter. [root]155, 291.]
1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to
wounds or sores; a healing ointment. --Chaucer.
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2. A soothing remedy or antidote.
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Counsel or consolation we may bring.
Salve to thy sores. --Milton.
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Salve bug (Zool.), a large, stout isopod crustacean ({Aega
psora}), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by
fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about
two inches in length.
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AEgean
(gcide) | AEgean \[AE]*ge"an\, a. [L. Aegeus; Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea,
east of Greece. See Archipelago.
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Aegeria exitiosa
(gcide) | Peach \Peach\ (p[=e]ch), n. [OE. peche, peshe, OF. pesche, F.
p[^e]che, fr. LL. persia, L. Persicum (sc. malum) a Persian
apple, a peach. Cf. Persian, and Parsee.]
1. (Bot.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing
one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone.
In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible.
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2. The tree (Prunus Persica syn. Amygdalus Persica) which
bears the peach fruit.
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3. The pale red color of the peach blossom, or the light
pinkish yellow of the peach fruit.
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Guinea peach, or Sierra Leone peach, the large edible
berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous
climbing shrub of west tropical Africa.
Palm peach, the fruit of a Venezuelan palm tree ({Bactris
speciosa}).
Peach color, the pale red color of the peach blossom.
Peach-tree borer (Zool.), the larva of a clearwing moth
(Aegeria exitiosa, or Sannina, exitiosa) of the family
Aegeriidae, which is very destructive to peach trees by
boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the
moth itself. See Illust. under Borer.
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Aegeria polistiformis
(gcide) | Vine \Vine\, n. [F. vigne, L. vinea a vineyard, vine from vineus
of or belonging to wine, vinum wine, grapes. See Wine, and
cf. Vignette.] (Bot.)
(a) Any woody climbing plant which bears grapes.
(b) Hence, a climbing or trailing plant; the long, slender
stem of any plant that trails on the ground, or climbs
by winding round a fixed object, or by seizing
anything with its tendrils, or claspers; a creeper;
as, the hop vine; the bean vine; the vines of melons,
squashes, pumpkins, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
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There shall be no grapes on the vine. --Jer.
viii. 13.
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And one went out into the field to gather herbs,
and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild
gourds. --2 Kings iv.
89.
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Vine apple (Bot.), a small kind of squash. --Roger
Williams.
Vine beetle (Zool.), any one of several species of beetles
which are injurious to the leaves or branches of the
grapevine. Among the more important species are the
grapevine fidia (see Fidia), the spotted Pelidnota
(Pelidnota punctata) (see Rutilian), the vine
fleabeetle (Graptodera chalybea), the rose beetle (see
under Rose), the vine weevil, and several species of
Colaspis and Anomala.
Vine borer. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae
bore in the wood or pith of the grapevine, especially
Sinoxylon basilare, a small species the larva of
which bores in the stems, and {Ampeloglypter
sesostris}, a small reddish brown weevil (called also
vine weevil), which produces knotlike galls on the
branches.
(b) A clearwing moth (Aegeria polistiformis), whose
larva bores in the roots of the grapevine and is often
destructive.
Vine dragon, an old and fruitless branch of a vine. [Obs.]
--Holland.
Vine forester (Zool.), any one of several species of moths
belonging to Alypia and allied genera, whose larvae feed
on the leaves of the grapevine.
Vine fretter (Zool.), a plant louse, esp. the phylloxera
that injuries the grapevine.
Vine grub (Zool.), any one of numerous species of insect
larvae that are injurious to the grapevine.
Vine hopper (Zool.), any one of several species of leaf
hoppers which suck the sap of the grapevine, especially
Erythroneura vitis. See Illust. of Grape hopper, under
Grape.
Vine inchworm (Zool.), the larva of any species of
geometrid moths which feed on the leaves of the grapevine,
especially Cidaria diversilineata.
Vine-leaf rooer (Zool.), a small moth (Desmia maculalis)
whose larva makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of the
grapevine. The moth is brownish black, spotted with white.
Vine louse (Zool.), the phylloxera.
Vine mildew (Bot.), a fungous growth which forms a white,
delicate, cottony layer upon the leaves, young shoots, and
fruit of the vine, causing brown spots upon the green
parts, and finally a hardening and destruction of the
vitality of the surface. The plant has been called {Oidium
Tuckeri}, but is now thought to be the conidia-producing
stage of an Erysiphe.
Vine of Sodom (Bot.), a plant named in the Bible (--Deut.
xxxii. 32), now thought to be identical with the apple of
Sodom. See Apple of Sodom, under Apple.
Vine sawfly (Zool.), a small black sawfiy ({Selandria
vitis}) whose larva feeds upon the leaves of the
grapevine. The larvae stand side by side in clusters while
feeding.
Vine slug (Zool.), the larva of the vine sawfly.
Vine sorrel (Bot.), a climbing plant (Cissus acida)
related to the grapevine, and having acid leaves. It is
found in Florida and the West Indies.
Vine sphinx (Zool.), any one of several species of hawk
moths. The larvae feed on grapevine leaves.
Vine weevil. (Zool.) See Vine borer
(a) above, and Wound gall, under Wound.
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AEgeria tipuliformis
(gcide) | Currant \Cur"rant\ (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de
Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the
city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried
grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving
the name from its resemblance to that grape.]
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1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant,
chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.
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2. The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common
red currant, or of its variety, the white currant.
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3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus
Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the
Ribes rubrum.
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Black currant,a shrub or bush (Ribes nigrum and {Ribes
floridum}) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit.
Cherry currant, a variety of the red currant, having a
strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry.
Currant borer (Zool.), the larva of an insect that bores
into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the
larvae of a small clearwing moth ({[AE]geria
tipuliformis}) and a longicorn beetle ({Psenocerus
supernotatus}).
Currant worm (Zool.), an insect larva which eats the leaves
or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the
currant sawfly (Nematus ventricosus), introduced from
Europe, and the spanworm (Eufitchia ribearia). The fruit
worms are the larva of a fly (Epochra Canadensis), and a
spanworm (Eupithecia).
Flowering currant, Missouri currant, a species of Ribes
(Ribes aureum), having showy yellow flowers.
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Aegialitis hiaticula
(gcide) | Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain
bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from
pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See
Float.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds
belonging to the family Charadrid[ae], and especially
those belonging to the subfamily Charadrins[ae]. They
are prized as game birds.
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2. (Zool.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,
the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola);
the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and
other species of sandpipers.
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Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied
plover} or blackbreasted plover ({Charadrius
squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also
gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, {sea
plover}, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under
Golden); the ring plover or ringed plover
(Aegialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The {piping
plover} (Aegialitis meloda); Wilson's plover
(Aegialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover
(Aegialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata), are all small American
species.
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Bastard plover (Zool.), the lapwing.
Long-legged plover, or yellow-legged plover. See
Tattler.
Plover's page, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Rock plover, or Stone plover, the black-bellied plover.
[Prov. Eng.]
Whistling plover.
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied plover.
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Aegialitis meloda
(gcide) | Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain
bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from
pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See
Float.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds
belonging to the family Charadrid[ae], and especially
those belonging to the subfamily Charadrins[ae]. They
are prized as game birds.
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2. (Zool.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,
the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola);
the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and
other species of sandpipers.
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Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied
plover} or blackbreasted plover ({Charadrius
squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also
gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, {sea
plover}, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under
Golden); the ring plover or ringed plover
(Aegialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The {piping
plover} (Aegialitis meloda); Wilson's plover
(Aegialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover
(Aegialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata), are all small American
species.
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Bastard plover (Zool.), the lapwing.
Long-legged plover, or yellow-legged plover. See
Tattler.
Plover's page, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Rock plover, or Stone plover, the black-bellied plover.
[Prov. Eng.]
Whistling plover.
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied plover.
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1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small plovers of the
genus Aegialitis, having a ring around the neck. The
ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in
winter. The semipalmated plover (Aegialitis semipalmata)
and the piping plover (Aegialitis meloda) are common
North American species. Called also ring plover, and
ring-necked plover.
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2. (Zool.) The ring-necked duck.
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Aegialitis montana
(gcide) | Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain
bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from
pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See
Float.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds
belonging to the family Charadrid[ae], and especially
those belonging to the subfamily Charadrins[ae]. They
are prized as game birds.
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2. (Zool.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,
the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola);
the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and
other species of sandpipers.
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Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied
plover} or blackbreasted plover ({Charadrius
squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also
gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, {sea
plover}, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under
Golden); the ring plover or ringed plover
(Aegialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The {piping
plover} (Aegialitis meloda); Wilson's plover
(Aegialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover
(Aegialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata), are all small American
species.
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Bastard plover (Zool.), the lapwing.
Long-legged plover, or yellow-legged plover. See
Tattler.
Plover's page, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Rock plover, or Stone plover, the black-bellied plover.
[Prov. Eng.]
Whistling plover.
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied plover.
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Aegialitis nivosa
(gcide) | Snowy \Snow"y\, a.
1. White like snow. "So shows a snowy dove trooping with
crows." --Shak.
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2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. "The snowy top of
cold Olympus." --Milton.
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3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
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There did he lose his snowy innocence. --J. Hall
(1646).
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Snowy heron (Zool.), a white heron, or egret ({Ardea
candidissima}), found in the Southern United States, and
southward to Chile; -- called also plume bird.
Snowy lemming (Zool.), the collared lemming ({Cuniculus
torquatus}), which turns white in winter.
Snowy owl (Zool.), a large arctic owl (Nyctea Scandiaca,
or Nyctea nivea) common all over the northern parts of
the United States and Europe in winter time. Its plumage
is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually more or
less marked with blackish spots. Called also white owl.
Snowy plover (Zool.), a small plover (Aegialitis nivosa)
of the western parts of the United States and Mexico. It
is light gray above, with the under parts and portions of
the head white.
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Aegialitis semipalmata
(gcide) | Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain
bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from
pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See
Float.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds
belonging to the family Charadrid[ae], and especially
those belonging to the subfamily Charadrins[ae]. They
are prized as game birds.
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2. (Zool.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,
the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola);
the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and
other species of sandpipers.
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Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied
plover} or blackbreasted plover ({Charadrius
squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also
gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, {sea
plover}, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under
Golden); the ring plover or ringed plover
(Aegialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The {piping
plover} (Aegialitis meloda); Wilson's plover
(Aegialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover
(Aegialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata), are all small American
species.
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Bastard plover (Zool.), the lapwing.
Long-legged plover, or yellow-legged plover. See
Tattler.
Plover's page, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Rock plover, or Stone plover, the black-bellied plover.
[Prov. Eng.]
Whistling plover.
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied plover.
[1913 Webster] PlowRing \Ring\, n. [AS. hring, hrinc; akin to Fries. hring, D. & G.
ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf.
Russ. krug'. Cf. Harangue, Rank a row,Rink.]
A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a
circular line or hoop.
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2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other
precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the
ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a
wedding ring.
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Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
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The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.
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3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports
are performed; an arena.
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Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring,
Where youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E.
Smith.
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4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,
figuratively, prize fighting. "The road was an
institution, the ring was an institution." --Thackeray.
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5. A circular group of persons.
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And hears the Muses in a ring
Aye round about Jove's alter sing. --Milton.
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6. (Geom.)
(a) The plane figure included between the circumferences
of two concentric circles.
(b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or
other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an
axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other
figure.
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7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for
taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring
suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through
which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the
graduated inner surface opposite.
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8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the
spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.
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9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a
selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
offices, obtain contracts, etc.
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The ruling ring at Constantinople. --E. A.
Freeman.
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Ring armor, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring
mail}, below, and Chain mail, under Chain.
Ring blackbird (Zool.), the ring ousel.
Ring canal (Zool.), the circular water tube which surrounds
the esophagus of echinoderms.
Ring dotterel, or Ringed dotterel. (Zool.) See
Dotterel, and Illust. of Pressiroster.
Ring dropper, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring
(dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy
it as valuable, it being worthless.
Ring fence. See under Fence.
Ring finger, the third finger of the left hand, or the next
the little finger, on which the ring is placed in
marriage.
Ring formula (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a
closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See
Illust. under Benzene.
Ring mail, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed
upon a garment of leather or of cloth.
Ring micrometer. (Astron.) See Circular micrometer, under
Micrometer.
Saturn's rings. See Saturn.
Ring ousel. (Zool.) See Ousel.
Ring parrot (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,
especially Palaeornis torquatus, common in India, and
Palaeornis Alexandri of Java.
Ring plover. (Zool.)
(a) The ringed dotterel.
(b) Any one of several small American plovers having a
dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata).
Ring snake (Zool.), a small harmless American snake
(Diadophis punctatus) having a white ring around the
neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of
an orange red.
Ring stopper. (Naut.) See under Stopper.
Ring thrush (Zool.), the ring ousel.
The prize ring, the ring in which prize fighters contend;
prize fighters, collectively.
The ring.
(a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races.
[Eng.]
(b) The prize ring.
[1913 Webster]Ringneck \Ring"neck`\, n.
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small plovers of the
genus Aegialitis, having a ring around the neck. The
ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in
winter. The semipalmated plover (Aegialitis semipalmata)
and the piping plover (Aegialitis meloda) are common
North American species. Called also ring plover, and
ring-necked plover.
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2. (Zool.) The ring-necked duck.
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Aegialitis vocifera
(gcide) | Killdee \Kill"dee`\, Killdeer \Kill"deer`\, n. [So named from
its notes.] (Zool.)
A small American plover (Charadrius vociferus, formerly
Aegialitis vocifera) of inland waters and fields having a
distinctive cry. The adult has two black bands around the
neck and upper breast, but the young chick has only the
breast band. It ranges from Canada to Mexico and the West
Indies.
Syn: kildeer, killdeer plover, Charadrius vociferus.
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Note: It is dark grayish brown above; the rump and upper tail
coverts are yellowish rufous; the belly, throat, and a
line over the eyes, white; a ring round the neck and
band across the breast, black.
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Aegialitis Wilsonia
(gcide) | Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain
bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from
pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See
Float.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds
belonging to the family Charadrid[ae], and especially
those belonging to the subfamily Charadrins[ae]. They
are prized as game birds.
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2. (Zool.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,
the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola);
the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and
other species of sandpipers.
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Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied
plover} or blackbreasted plover ({Charadrius
squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also
gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, {sea
plover}, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under
Golden); the ring plover or ringed plover
(Aegialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The {piping
plover} (Aegialitis meloda); Wilson's plover
(Aegialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover
(Aegialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata), are all small American
species.
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Bastard plover (Zool.), the lapwing.
Long-legged plover, or yellow-legged plover. See
Tattler.
Plover's page, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Rock plover, or Stone plover, the black-bellied plover.
[Prov. Eng.]
Whistling plover.
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied plover.
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