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Agnus
(gcide) | Agnus \Ag"nus\, n.; pl. E. Agnuses; L. Agni. [L., a lamb.]
Agnus Dei.
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magnus hitch
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magnuson
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musculus adductor magnus
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serratus magnus
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magnuson
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Agnus castus
(gcide) | Agnus castus \Ag"nus cas"tus\ [Gr. ? a willowlike tree, used at
a religious festival; confused with ? holy, chaste.] (Bot.)
A species of Vitex (Vitex agnus castus); the chaste tree.
--Loudon.
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And wreaths of agnus castus others bore. --Dryden.
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Agnus Dei
(gcide) | Agnus Dei \Ag"nus De"i\ [L., lamb of God.] (R. C. Ch.)
(a) A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag.
(b) A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from
the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the
Pope.
(c) A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning
with the words "Agnus Dei."
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Agnus Scythicus
(gcide) | Agnus Scythicus \Ag"nus Scyth"i*cus\ [L., Scythian lamb.] (Bot.)
The Scythian lamb, a kind of woolly-skinned rootstock. See
Barometz.
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Agnuses
(gcide) | Agnus \Ag"nus\, n.; pl. E. Agnuses; L. Agni. [L., a lamb.]
Agnus Dei.
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Elaeagnus
(gcide) | Elaeagnus \E`l[ae]*ag"nus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a B[oe]otian
marsh plant; ? olive + ? sacred, pure.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs or small trees, having the foliage covered
with small silvery scales; oleaster.
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Elaeagnus angustifolia
(gcide) | Olive \Ol"ive\, n. [F., fr. L. oliva, akin to Gr. ?. See Oil.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A tree (Olea Europaea) with small oblong or
elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and
oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivated
for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches
are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown
and beautifully variegated.
(b) The fruit of the olive. It has been much improved by
cultivation, and is used for making pickles. Olive oil
is pressed from its flesh.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; --
so called from the form. See Oliva.
(b) The oyster catcher. [Prov. Eng.]
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3.
(a) The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish,
yellowish, or tawny green.
(b) One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and
green mixed in equal strength and proportion.
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4. (Anat.) An olivary body. See under Olivary.
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5. (Cookery) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and
cooked; as, olives of beef or veal.
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Note: Olive is sometimes used adjectively and in the
formation of self-explaining compounds; as, olive
brown, olive green, olive-colored, olive-skinned, olive
crown, olive garden, olive tree, olive yard, etc.
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Bohemian olive (Bot.), a species of Elaeagnus ({Elaeagnus
angustifolia}), the flowers of which are sometimes used in
Southern Europe as a remedy for fevers.
Olive branch.
(a) A branch of the olive tree, considered an emblem of
peace.
(b) (Fig.): A child.
to hold out an olive branch, to offer to make peace (with a
rival or enemy).
Olive brown, brown with a tinge of green.
Olive green, a dark brownish green, like the color of the
olive.
Olive oil, an oil expressed from the ripe fruit of the
olive, and much used as a salad oil, also in medicine and
the arts.
Olive ore (Min.), olivenite.
Wild olive (Bot.), a name given to the oleaster or wild
stock of the olive; also variously to several trees more
or less resembling the olive.
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Elaeagnus argentea
(gcide) | Silverberry \Sil"ver*ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
A tree or shrub (Elaeagnus argentea) with silvery foliage
and fruit. --Gray.
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Elaeagnus hortensis
(gcide) | Oleaster \O`le*as"ter\, n. [L., fr. olea olive tree. See
Olive, Oil.] (Bot.)
(a) The wild olive tree (Olea Europea, var. sylvestris).
(b) Any species of the genus Elaeagus. See Eleagnus. The
small silvery berries of the common species ({Elaeagnus
hortensis}) are called Trebizond dates, and are made
into cakes by the Arabs.
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Green salt of Magnus
(gcide) | Green \Green\ (gr[=e]n), a. [Compar. Greener (gr[=e]n"[~e]r);
superl. Greenest.] [OE. grene, AS. gr[=e]ne; akin to D.
groen, OS. gr[=o]ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr["u]n, Dan. & Sw.
gr["o]n, Icel. gr[ae]nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See
Grow.]
1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
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2. Having a sickly color; wan.
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To look so green and pale. --Shak.
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3. Full of life and vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
as, a green manhood; a green wound.
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As valid against such an old and beneficent
government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
--Burke.
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4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
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5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
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We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
Watts.
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6. Immature in age, judgment, or experience; inexperienced;
young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or
judgment.
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I might be angry with the officious zeal which
supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
gray hairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
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7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
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8. (Politics) Concerned especially with protection of the
enviroment; -- of political parties and political
philosophies; as, the European green parties.
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Green brier (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
United States; -- called also cat brier.
Green con (Zool.), the pollock.
Green crab (Zool.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
named joe-rocker.
Green crop, a crop used for food while in a growing or
unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
crop, etc.
Green diallage. (Min.)
(a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
(b) Smaragdite.
Green dragon (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
(Aris[ae]ma Dracontium), resembling the Indian turnip;
-- called also dragon root.
Green earth (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
as a pigment by artists; -- called also mountain green.
Green ebony.
(a) A south American tree (Jacaranda ovalifolia), having
a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
work, and in dyeing.
(b) The West Indian green ebony. See Ebony.
Green fire (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
to which the color of the flame is due.
Green fly (Zool.), any green species of plant lice or
aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
Green gage, (Bot.) See Greengage, in the Vocabulary.
Green gland (Zool.), one of a pair of large green glands in
Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their
outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[ae].
Green hand, a novice. [Colloq.]
Green heart (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
the West Indies and in South America, used for
shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
Guiana is the Nectandra Rodi[oe]i, that of Martinique is
the Colubrina ferruginosa.
Green iron ore (Min.) dufrenite.
Green laver (Bot.), an edible seaweed (Ulva latissima);
-- called also green sloke.
Green lead ore (Min.), pyromorphite.
Green linnet (Zool.), the greenfinch.
Green looper (Zool.), the cankerworm.
Green marble (Min.), serpentine.
Green mineral, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
See Greengill.
Green monkey (Zool.) a West African long-tailed monkey
(Cercopithecus callitrichus), very commonly tamed, and
trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
Indies early in the last century, and has become very
abundant there.
Green salt of Magnus (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
of platinum.
Green sand (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
Green sea (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
vessel's deck.
Green sickness (Med.), chlorosis.
Green snake (Zool.), one of two harmless American snakes
(Cyclophis vernalis, and C. [ae]stivus). They are
bright green in color.
Green turtle (Zool.), an edible marine turtle. See
Turtle.
Green vitriol.
(a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
(b) (Min.) Same as copperas, melanterite and {sulphate
of iron}.
Green ware, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
yet baked.
Green woodpecker (Zool.), a common European woodpecker
(Picus viridis); -- called also yaffle.
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magnus hitch
(gcide) | magnus hitch \magnus hitch\ n.
A rolling hitch similar to a clove hitch.
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Vitex agnus castus
(gcide) | Agnus castus \Ag"nus cas"tus\ [Gr. ? a willowlike tree, used at
a religious festival; confused with ? holy, chaste.] (Bot.)
A species of Vitex (Vitex agnus castus); the chaste tree.
--Loudon.
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And wreaths of agnus castus others bore. --Dryden.
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agnus dei
(wn) | Agnus Dei
n 1: figure of a lamb; emblematic of Christ [syn: Agnus Dei,
Paschal Lamb]
2: a liturgical prayer beginning with these Latin words |
elaeagnus
(wn) | Elaeagnus
n 1: oleaster [syn: Elaeagnus, genus Elaeagnus] |
elaeagnus augustifolia
(wn) | Elaeagnus augustifolia
n 1: deciduous shrubby tree of Europe and western Asia having
grey leaves and small yellow fruits covered in silvery
scales; sometimes spiny [syn: Russian olive, {silver
berry}, Elaeagnus augustifolia] |
elaeagnus commutata
(wn) | Elaeagnus commutata
n 1: deciduous unarmed North American shrub with silvery leaves
and fruits [syn: silverberry, silver berry,
silverbush, silver-bush, Elaeagnus commutata] |
elaeagnus latifolia
(wn) | Elaeagnus latifolia
n 1: erect shrub or climber of India and China with red
olivelike fruit [syn: wild olive, Elaeagnus latifolia] |
genus elaeagnus
(wn) | genus Elaeagnus
n 1: oleaster [syn: Elaeagnus, genus Elaeagnus] |
gnaeus pompeius magnus
(wn) | Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
n 1: Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and
fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC) [syn:
Pompey, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Pompey the Great] |
magnus hitch
(wn) | magnus hitch
n 1: a rolling hitch similar to a clove hitch |
musculus adductor magnus
(wn) | musculus adductor magnus
n 1: the muscle that adducts and extends the thigh [syn:
musculus adductor magnus, great adductor muscle] |
pluteus magnus
(wn) | Pluteus magnus
n 1: an edible agaric found in piles of hardwood sawdust; the
caps are black and coarsely wrinkled [syn: {Pluteus
magnus}, sawdust mushroom] |
serratus magnus
(wn) | serratus magnus
n 1: muscles that rotate the scapula and elevate the rib cage
[syn: anterior serratus muscle, serratus anterior,
musculus serratus anterior, serratus magnus] |
wernher magnus maximilian von braun
(wn) | Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun
n 1: United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he
designed a missile used against England); he led the United
States Army team that put the first American satellite into
space (1912-1977) [syn: Braun, von Braun, {Wernher von
Braun}, Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun] |
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