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acanthus
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Acanthus
(gcide) | Acanthus \A*can"thus\, n.; pl. E. Acanthuses, L. Acanthi.
[L., from Gr. ?. Cf. Acantha.]
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1. (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the
south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.
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2. (Arch.) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of
the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the
capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
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acanthus
(wn) | acanthus
n 1: any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves
and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to
Mediterranean region but widely cultivated |
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acanthus
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Acanthus mollis
(gcide) | Bear's-breech \Bear's"-breech`\, bear's-breeches
\bear's"-breech`es\, n.
1. (Bot.) The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium)
--Dr. Prior.
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2. a widely cultivated southern European acanthus ({Acanthus
mollis}) with whitish purple-veined flowers. See
Acanthus, n., 1.
Syn: bear's breech, bear's-breech, bear's breeches, sea
holly.
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Acanthus spinosus
(gcide) | Acanthus \A*can"thus\, n.; pl. E. Acanthuses, L. Acanthi.
[L., from Gr. ?. Cf. Acantha.]
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1. (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the
south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.
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2. (Arch.) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of
the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the
capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
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Acanthuses
(gcide) | Acanthus \A*can"thus\, n.; pl. E. Acanthuses, L. Acanthi.
[L., from Gr. ?. Cf. Acantha.]
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1. (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the
south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.
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2. (Arch.) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of
the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the
capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
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Astragalus Tragacanthus
(gcide) | Goat \Goat\ (g[=o]t), n. [OE goot, got, gat, AS. g[=a]t; akin to
D. geit, OHG. geiz, G. geiss, Icel. geit, Sw. get, Dan. ged,
Goth. gaits, L. haedus a young goat, kid.] (Zool.)
A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several
species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat ({Capra
hircus}), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.
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Note: The Cashmere and Angora varieties of the goat have
long, silky hair, used in the manufacture of textile
fabrics. The wild or bezoar goat (Capra [ae]gagrus),
of Asia Minor, noted for the bezoar stones found in its
stomach, is supposed to be one of the ancestral species
of the domestic goat. The Rocky Mountain goat
(Haplocercus montanus) is more nearly related to the
antelopes. See Mazame.
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Goat antelope (Zool), one of several species of antelopes,
which in some respects resemble a goat, having recurved
horns, a stout body, large hoofs, and a short, flat tail,
as the goral, thar, mazame, and chikara.
Goat fig (Bot.), the wild fig.
Goat house.
(a) A place for keeping goats.
(b) A brothel. [Obs.]
Goat moth (Zool.), any moth of the genus Cossus, esp. the
large European species (Cossus ligniperda), the larva of
which burrows in oak and willow trees, and requires three
years to mature. It exhales an odor like that of the
he-goat.
Goat weed (Bot.), a scrophulariaceous plant, of the genus
Capraria (Capraria biflora).
Goat's bane (Bot.), a poisonous plant ({Aconitum
Lucoctonum}), bearing pale yellow flowers, introduced from
Switzerland into England; wolfsbane.
Goat's foot (Bot.), a kind of wood sorrel ({Oxalis
caprina}) growing at the Cape of Good Hope.
Goat's rue (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Galega officinalis
of Europe, or Tephrosia Virginiana in the United
States).
Goat's thorn (Bot.), a thorny leguminous plant ({Astragalus
Tragacanthus}), found in the Levant.
Goat's wheat (Bot.), the genus Tragopyrum (now referred
to Atraphaxis).
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Cephalacanthus spinarella
(gcide) | Batfish \Bat"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
A name given to several species of fishes:
(a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast.
(b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic ({Cephalacanthus
spinarella}).
(c) The California batfish or sting ray ({Myliobatis
Californicus}.)
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Cephalacanthus volitans
(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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Gleditschia triacanthus
(gcide) | Locust tree \Lo"cust tree`\n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.)
A large North American tree of the genus Robinia ({Robinia
Pseudacacia}), producing large slender racemes of white,
fragrant, papilionaceous flowers, and often cultivated as an
ornamental tree. In England it is called acacia.
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Note: The name is also applied to other trees of different
genera, especially to those of the genus Hymen[ae]a,
of which Hymen[ae]a Courbaril is a lofty, spreading
tree of South America; also to the carob tree
(Ceratonia siliqua), a tree growing in the
Mediterranean region.
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Honey locust tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Gleditschia
) Gleditschia triacanthus), having pinnate leaves and
strong branching thorns; -- so called from a sweet pulp
found between the seeds in the pods. Called also simply
honey locust.
Water locust tree (Bot.), a small swamp tree ({Gleditschia
monosperma}), of the Southern United States.
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Gyracanthus
(gcide) | Gyracanthus \Gyr`a*can"thus\ (j[i^]r`[.a]*k[a^]n"th[u^]s), n.
[NL., fr. Gr. gyro`s round + 'a`kanqa spine.] (Paleon.)
A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous
strata; -- so named from their round, sculptured spines.
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Holacanthus tricolor
(gcide) | Black \Black\ (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to
Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[aum]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k,
OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not
akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.]
1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the
color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark
color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a
color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
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O night, with hue so black! --Shak.
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2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in
darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the
heavens black with clouds.
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I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.
--Shak.
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3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;
destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;
cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. "This day's black
fate." "Black villainy." "Arise, black vengeance." "Black
day." "Black despair." --Shak.
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4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;
foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
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Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;
as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,
black-visaged.
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Black act, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a
felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to
hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or
disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for
malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been
called black acts.
Black angel (Zool.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida
(Holacanthus tricolor), with the head and tail yellow,
and the middle of the body black.
Black antimony (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,
Sb2S3, used in pyrotechnics, etc.
Black bear (Zool.), the common American bear ({Ursus
Americanus}).
Black beast. See {B[^e]te noire}.
Black beetle (Zool.), the common large cockroach ({Blatta
orientalis}).
Black bonnet (Zool.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza
Sch[oe]niclus}) of Europe.
Black canker, a disease in turnips and other crops,
produced by a species of caterpillar.
Black cat (Zool.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America
allied to the sable, but larger. See Fisher.
Black cattle, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in
distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]
Black cherry. See under Cherry.
Black cockatoo (Zool.), the palm cockatoo. See Cockatoo.
Black copper. Same as Melaconite.
Black currant. (Bot.) See Currant.
Black diamond. (Min.) See Carbonado.
Black draught (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of
senna and magnesia.
Black drop (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation
consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.
Black earth, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.
Black flag, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a
skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.
Black flea (Zool.), a flea beetle (Haltica nemorum)
injurious to turnips.
Black flux, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,
obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of
niter. --Brande & C.
Black Forest [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in
Baden and W["u]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient
Hercynian forest.
Black game, or Black grouse. (Zool.) See Blackcock,
Grouse, and Heath grouse.
Black grass (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus
Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.
Black gum (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or
pepperidge. See Tupelo.
Black Hamburg (grape) (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of
dark purple or "black" grape.
Black horse (Zool.), a fish of the Mississippi valley
(Cycleptus elongatus), of the sucker family; the
Missouri sucker.
Black lemur (Zool.), the Lemurniger of Madagascar; the
acoumbo of the natives.
Black list, a list of persons who are for some reason
thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list
of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made
for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See
Blacklist, v. t.
Black manganese (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,
MnO2.
Black Maria, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried
to or from jail.
Black martin (Zool.), the chimney swift. See Swift.
Black moss (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the
southern United States. See Tillandsia.
Black oak. See under Oak.
Black ocher. See Wad.
Black pigment, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,
or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of
printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.
Black plate, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.
Black quarter, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a
shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.
Black rat (Zool.), one of the species of rats ({Mus
rattus}), commonly infesting houses.
Black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
Black rust, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist
matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.
Black sheep, one in a family or company who is unlike the
rest, and makes trouble.
Black silver. (Min.) See under Silver.
Black and tan, black mixed or spotted with tan color or
reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of
dogs.
Black tea. See under Tea.
Black tin (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,
stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form
of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.
Black walnut. See under Walnut.
Black warrior (Zool.), an American hawk (Buteo Harlani).
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Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;
Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Malacanthus plumieri
(gcide) | Matajuelo blanco \Ma`ta*jue"lo blan"co\
(m[aum]`t[.a]*hw[=a]"l[=o] bl[aum][ng]"k[=o]). [Sp. blanco
white.]
A West Indian food fish (Malacanthus plumieri) related to
the tilefish.
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Poronotus triacanthus
(gcide) | dollarfish \dollarfish\ n.
1. small food fish (Poronotus triacanthus) of the Atlantic
coast.
Syn: Poronotus triacanthus.
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2. any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat
bodies.
Syn: moonfish, Atlantic moonfish, horsefish, horsehead,
Selene setapinnis.
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Priacanthus arenatus
(gcide) | catalufa \catalufa\ n.
a type of brightly colored carnivorous fish ({Priacanthus
arenatus}) of the West Atlantic and West Indies waters.
Syn: Priacanthus arenatus.
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Stromateus triacanthus
(gcide) | dollar \dol"lar\, n. [D. daalder, LG. dahler, G. thaler, an
abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, i. e., a piece of money first
coined, about the year 1518, in the valley (G. thal) of St.
Joachim, in Bohemia. See Dale.]
1.
(a) A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25
grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is,
having a total weight of 412.5 grains.
(b) A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22
grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is,
having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths
fine. It is no longer coined.
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Note: Previous to 1837 the silver dollar had a larger amount
of alloy, but only the same amount of silver as now,
the total weight being 416 grains. The gold dollar as a
distinct coin was first made in 1849. The eagles, half
eagles, and quarter eagles coined before 1834 contained
24.75 grains of gold and 2.25 grains of alloy for each
dollar.
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2. A coin of the same general weight and value as the United
States silver dollar, though differing slightly in
different countries, formerly current in Mexico, Canada,
parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other
European countries.
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3. The value of a dollar; the unit of currency, differing in
value in different countries, commonly employed in the
United States and a number of other countries, including
Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, parts of the Carribbean,
Liberia, and several others.
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Chop dollar. See under 9th Chop.
Dollar fish (Zool.), a fish of the United States coast
(Stromateus triacanthus), having a flat, roundish form
and a bright silvery luster; -- called also butterfish,
and Lafayette. See Butterfish.
Trade dollar, a silver coin formerly made at the United
States mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at
home. It contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of
alloy.Butterfish \But"ter*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to
their slippery coating of mucus, as the {Stromateus
triacanthus} of the Atlantic coast, the {Epinephelus
punctatus} of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the
kelpfish of New Zealand.
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acanthus
(wn) | acanthus
n 1: any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves
and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to
Mediterranean region but widely cultivated |
acanthus family
(wn) | acanthus family
n 1: widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes
placed in the order Scrophulariales [syn: Acanthaceae,
family Acanthaceae, acanthus family] |
acanthus mollis
(wn) | Acanthus mollis
n 1: widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish
purple-veined flowers [syn: bear's breech, {bear's
breeches}, sea holly, Acanthus mollis] |
genus acanthus
(wn) | genus Acanthus
n 1: bear's breeches |
genus pomacanthus
(wn) | genus Pomacanthus
n 1: angelfishes [syn: Pomacanthus, genus Pomacanthus] |
genus priacanthus
(wn) | genus Priacanthus
n 1: type genus of the Priacanthidae [syn: Priacanthus, {genus
Priacanthus}] |
pomacanthus
(wn) | Pomacanthus
n 1: angelfishes [syn: Pomacanthus, genus Pomacanthus] |
poronotus triacanthus
(wn) | Poronotus triacanthus
n 1: small food fish of Atlantic coast [syn: dollarfish,
Poronotus triacanthus] |
priacanthus
(wn) | Priacanthus
n 1: type genus of the Priacanthidae [syn: Priacanthus, {genus
Priacanthus}] |
priacanthus arenatus
(wn) | Priacanthus arenatus
n 1: brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and
West Indies waters [syn: catalufa, {Priacanthus
arenatus}] |
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