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Asper
(gcide) | Asper \As"per\ ([a^]s"p[~e]r), a. [OE. aspre, OF. aspre, F.
[^a]pre, fr. L. asper rough.]
Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. [Archaic] "An
asper sound." --Bacon.
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Asper
(gcide) | Asper \As"per\ ([a^]s"p[~e]r), n. [L. spiritus asper rough
breathing.] (Greek Gram.)
The rough breathing; a mark ([asper]) placed over an initial
vowel sound or over [rho] to show that it is aspirated, that
is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced h[=o]s,
"rh`twr, pronounced hr[=a]"t[=o]r.
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Asper
(gcide) | Asper \As"per\, n. [F. aspre or It. aspro, fr. MGr. 'a`spron,
'a`spros, white (prob. from the whiteness of new silver
coins).]
A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little
value; the 120th part of a piaster.
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asper
(wn) | asper
n 1: 20 aspers equal 1 kurus in Turkey |
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exasperating
(mass) | exasperating
- dráždiaci |
exasperation
(mass) | exasperation
- zlosť |
asperate
(encz) | asperate,drsný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
aspergilloma
(encz) | aspergilloma,aspergilom n: Jakub Sivek |
aspergillosis
(encz) | aspergillosis,aspergilóza Zdeněk Brož |
asperity
(encz) | asperity,přísnost n: Zdeněk Brožasperity,tvrdost n: Zdeněk Brož |
asperse
(encz) | asperse,kropit v: Zdeněk Brožasperse,pokropit v: Zdeněk Brožasperse,postříkat v: Zdeněk Brož |
aspersion
(encz) | aspersion,hanobení Pavel Cvrčekaspersion,pomluva n: Zdeněk Brož |
casper
(encz) | Casper,Kašpar n: [mužs. jméno] Rostislav Svoboda |
exasperate
(encz) | exasperate,podráždit v: Zdeněk Brož |
exasperated
(encz) | exasperated,podrážděný Jaroslav Šedivýexasperated,rozzlobený Zdeněk Brož |
exasperatedly
(encz) | exasperatedly,rozhořčeně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
exasperating
(encz) | exasperating, |
exasperatingly
(encz) | exasperatingly, adv: |
exasperation
(encz) | exasperation,podráždění n: Zdeněk Brožexasperation,zlost n: Zdeněk Brož |
gasper
(encz) | gasper,cigareta n: [brit.] [slang.] Jiří Dadák |
grasper
(encz) | grasper,chamtivec n: Zdeněk Brož |
jasper
(encz) | jasper,jaspis n: Zdeněk Brož |
jaspers
(encz) | Jaspers, |
order aspergillales
(encz) | order Aspergillales, n: |
rasper
(encz) | rasper,rašple n: Zdeněk Brožrasper,struhadlo Zdeněk Brož |
aspergilom
(czen) | aspergilom,aspergilloman: Jakub Sivek |
aspergilóza
(czen) | aspergilóza,aspergillosis Zdeněk Brož |
Aeschynomene aspera
(gcide) | Sola \So"la\, n. [Native name.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant (Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist
places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike
stem is used for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc. [Written
also solah, shola.]
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aggravating exacerbating exasperating
(gcide) | intensifying \intensifying\ adj.
increasing in strength or intensity. [Narrower terms:
{aggravating, exacerbating, exasperating ; {augmentative,
enhancive}; {deepening(prenominal), heightening(prenominal)
] moderating
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Asperate
(gcide) | Asperate \As"per*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Asperated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Asperating.] [L. asperatus, p. p. of asperare, fr.
asper rough.]
To make rough or uneven.
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The asperated part of its surface. --Boyle.
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Asperated
(gcide) | Asperate \As"per*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Asperated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Asperating.] [L. asperatus, p. p. of asperare, fr.
asper rough.]
To make rough or uneven.
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The asperated part of its surface. --Boyle.
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Asperating
(gcide) | Asperate \As"per*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Asperated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Asperating.] [L. asperatus, p. p. of asperare, fr.
asper rough.]
To make rough or uneven.
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The asperated part of its surface. --Boyle.
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Asperation
(gcide) | Asperation \As`per*a"tion\, n.
The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough. --Bailey.
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Asperges
(gcide) | Asperges \As*per"ges\, n. [L., Thou shalt sprinkle.] (R. C. Ch.)
(a) The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.
(b) The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an
aspergill.
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Aspergill
(gcide) | Aspergill \As"per*gill\, Aspergillum \As`per*gil"lum\, n. [LL.
aspergillum, fr. L. aspergere. See Asperse, v. t.]
1. The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling
holy water on the people. [Also written aspergillus.]
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2. (Zool.) See Wateringpot shell.
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Aspergilliform
(gcide) | Aspergilliform \As`per*gil"li*form\, a. [Aspergillum + -form.]
(Bot.)
Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform
stigma. --Gray.
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Aspergillum
(gcide) | Aspergill \As"per*gill\, Aspergillum \As`per*gil"lum\, n. [LL.
aspergillum, fr. L. aspergere. See Asperse, v. t.]
1. The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling
holy water on the people. [Also written aspergillus.]
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2. (Zool.) See Wateringpot shell.
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Aspergillus glaucus
(gcide) | Blue \Blue\ (bl[=u]), a. [Compar. Bluer (bl[=u]"[~e]r);
superl. Bluest.] [OE. bla, blo, blew, blue, livid, black,
fr. Icel.bl[=a]r livid; akin to Dan. blaa blue, Sw. bl[*a],
D. blauw, OHG. bl[=a]o, G. blau; but influenced in form by F.
bleu, from OHG. bl[=a]o.]
1. Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,
whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue
as a sapphire; blue violets. "The blue firmament."
--Milton.
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2. Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence,
of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence
of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air
was blue with oaths.
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3. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
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4. Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,
thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]
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5. Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour
religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals;
inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality;
as, blue laws.
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6. Literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of
bluestocking. [Colloq.]
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The ladies were very blue and well informed.
--Thackeray.
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Blue asbestus. See Crocidolite.
Blue black, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost
black.
Blue blood. See under Blood.
Blue buck (Zool.), a small South African antelope
(Cephalophus pygm[ae]us); also applied to a larger
species ([AE]goceras leucoph[ae]us); the blaubok.
Blue cod (Zool.), the buffalo cod.
Blue crab (Zool.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic
coast of the United States (Callinectes hastatus).
Blue curls (Bot.), a common plant ({Trichostema
dichotomum}), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also
bastard pennyroyal.
Blue devils, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons
suffering with delirium tremens; hence, very low
spirits. "Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils,
or lay them all in a red sea of claret?" --Thackeray.
Blue gage. See under Gage, a plum.
Blue gum, an Australian myrtaceous tree ({Eucalyptus
globulus}), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in
tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as
a protection against malaria. The essential oil is
beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very
useful. See Eucalyptus.
Blue jack, Blue stone, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
Blue jacket, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval
uniform.
Blue jaundice. See under Jaundice.
Blue laws, a name first used in the eighteenth century to
describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor
reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any
puritanical laws. [U. S.]
Blue light, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue
flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at
sea, and in military operations.
Blue mantle (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the
English college of arms; -- so called from the color of
his official robes.
Blue mass, a preparation of mercury from which is formed
the blue pill. --McElrath.
Blue mold or Blue mould, the blue fungus ({Aspergillus
glaucus}) which grows on cheese. --Brande & C.
Blue Monday,
(a) a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself
given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).
(b) a Monday considered as depressing because it is a
workday in contrast to the relaxation of the weekend.
Blue ointment (Med.), mercurial ointment.
Blue Peter (British Marine), a blue flag with a white
square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to
recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater,
one of the British signal flags.
Blue pill. (Med.)
(a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.
(b) Blue mass.
Blue ribbon.
(a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter;
-- hence, a member of that order.
(b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great
ambition; a distinction; a prize. "These
[scholarships] were the --blue ribbon of the college."
--Farrar.
(c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total
abstinence organizations, as of the --Blue ribbon
Army.
Blue ruin, utter ruin; also, gin. [Eng. Slang] --Carlyle.
Blue spar (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See Lazulite.
Blue thrush (Zool.), a European and Asiatic thrush
(Petrocossyphus cyaneas).
Blue verditer. See Verditer.
Blue vitriol (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue
crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico
printing, etc.
Blue water, the open ocean.
Big Blue, the International Business Machines corporation.
[Wall Street slang.] PJC
To look blue, to look disheartened or dejected.
True blue, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;
not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising
Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the
Covenanters.
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For his religion . . .
'T was Presbyterian, true blue. --Hudibras.
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Asperifoliate
(gcide) | Asperifoliate \As`per*i*fo"li*ate\, Asperifolious
\As`per*i*fo"li*ous\, a. [L. asper rough + folium leaf.] (Bot.)
Having rough leaves.
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Note: By some applied to the natural order now called
Boraginace[ae] or borageworts.
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Asperifolious
(gcide) | Asperifoliate \As`per*i*fo"li*ate\, Asperifolious
\As`per*i*fo"li*ous\, a. [L. asper rough + folium leaf.] (Bot.)
Having rough leaves.
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Note: By some applied to the natural order now called
Boraginace[ae] or borageworts.
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Asperities
(gcide) | Asperity \As*per"i*ty\, n.; pl. Asperities. [L. asperitas, fr.
asper rough: cf. F. asp['e]rit['e].]
1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to
smoothness. "The asperities of dry bodies." --Boyle.
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2. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates
upon the ear; raucity.
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3. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
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4. Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity;
crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.
"Asperity of character." --Landor.
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It is no very cynical asperity not to confess
obligations where no benefit has been received.
--Johnson.
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5. Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
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The acclivities and asperities of duty. --Barrow.
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Syn: Acrimony; moroseness; crabbedness; harshness; sourness;
tartness. See Acrimony.
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Asperity
(gcide) | Asperity \As*per"i*ty\, n.; pl. Asperities. [L. asperitas, fr.
asper rough: cf. F. asp['e]rit['e].]
1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to
smoothness. "The asperities of dry bodies." --Boyle.
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2. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates
upon the ear; raucity.
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3. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
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4. Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity;
crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.
"Asperity of character." --Landor.
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It is no very cynical asperity not to confess
obligations where no benefit has been received.
--Johnson.
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5. Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
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The acclivities and asperities of duty. --Barrow.
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Syn: Acrimony; moroseness; crabbedness; harshness; sourness;
tartness. See Acrimony.
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Aspermatous
(gcide) | Aspermatous \A*sper"ma*tous\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + ?, ?, seed.]
(Bot.)
Aspermous.
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Aspermous
(gcide) | Aspermous \A*sper"mous\, a. [Gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? seed.] (Bot.)
Destitute of seeds; aspermatous.
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Asperne
(gcide) | Asperne \A*sperne"\, v. t. [L. aspernari; a (ab) + spernari.]
To spurn; to despise. [Obs.] --Sir T. More.
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Asperous
(gcide) | Asperous \As"per*ous\, a. [See Asper, a.]
Rough; uneven. --Boyle.
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Asperse
(gcide) | Asperse \As*perse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aspersed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Aspersing.] [L. aspersus, p. p. of aspergere to
scatter, sprinkle; ad + spargere to strew. See Sparse.]
1. To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything,
or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
--Heywood.
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2. To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious
charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name;
to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his
writings; to asperse a man's character.
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With blackest crimes aspersed. --Cowper.
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Syn: To slander; defame; detract from; calumniate; vilify.
Usage: To Asperse, Defame, Slander, Calumniate. These
words have in common the idea of falsely assailing the
character of another. To asperse is figuratively to
cast upon a character hitherto unsullied the
imputation of blemishes or faults which render it
offensive or loathsome. To defame is to detract from a
man's honor and reputation by charges calculated to
load him with infamy. Slander (etymologically the same
as scandal) and calumniate, from the Latin, have in
common the sense of circulating reports to a man's
injury from unworthy or malicious motives. Men asperse
their neighbors by malignant insinuations; they defame
by advancing charges to blacken or sully their fair
fame; they slander or calumniate by spreading
injurious reports which are false, or by magnifying
slight faults into serious errors or crimes.
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Aspersed
(gcide) | Asperse \As*perse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aspersed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Aspersing.] [L. aspersus, p. p. of aspergere to
scatter, sprinkle; ad + spargere to strew. See Sparse.]
1. To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything,
or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
--Heywood.
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2. To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious
charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name;
to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his
writings; to asperse a man's character.
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With blackest crimes aspersed. --Cowper.
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Syn: To slander; defame; detract from; calumniate; vilify.
Usage: To Asperse, Defame, Slander, Calumniate. These
words have in common the idea of falsely assailing the
character of another. To asperse is figuratively to
cast upon a character hitherto unsullied the
imputation of blemishes or faults which render it
offensive or loathsome. To defame is to detract from a
man's honor and reputation by charges calculated to
load him with infamy. Slander (etymologically the same
as scandal) and calumniate, from the Latin, have in
common the sense of circulating reports to a man's
injury from unworthy or malicious motives. Men asperse
their neighbors by malignant insinuations; they defame
by advancing charges to blacken or sully their fair
fame; they slander or calumniate by spreading
injurious reports which are false, or by magnifying
slight faults into serious errors or crimes.
[1913 Webster]Aspersed \As*persed"\, a.
1. (Her.) Having an indefinite number of small charges
scattered or strewed over the surface. --Cussans.
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2. Bespattered; slandered; calumniated. --Motley.
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Asperser
(gcide) | Asperser \As*pers"er\, n.
One who asperses; especially, one who vilifies another.
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Aspersing
(gcide) | Asperse \As*perse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aspersed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Aspersing.] [L. aspersus, p. p. of aspergere to
scatter, sprinkle; ad + spargere to strew. See Sparse.]
1. To sprinkle, as water or dust, upon anybody or anything,
or to besprinkle any one with a liquid or with dust.
--Heywood.
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2. To bespatter with foul reports or false and injurious
charges; to tarnish in point of reputation or good name;
to slander or calumniate; as, to asperse a poet or his
writings; to asperse a man's character.
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With blackest crimes aspersed. --Cowper.
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Syn: To slander; defame; detract from; calumniate; vilify.
Usage: To Asperse, Defame, Slander, Calumniate. These
words have in common the idea of falsely assailing the
character of another. To asperse is figuratively to
cast upon a character hitherto unsullied the
imputation of blemishes or faults which render it
offensive or loathsome. To defame is to detract from a
man's honor and reputation by charges calculated to
load him with infamy. Slander (etymologically the same
as scandal) and calumniate, from the Latin, have in
common the sense of circulating reports to a man's
injury from unworthy or malicious motives. Men asperse
their neighbors by malignant insinuations; they defame
by advancing charges to blacken or sully their fair
fame; they slander or calumniate by spreading
injurious reports which are false, or by magnifying
slight faults into serious errors or crimes.
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Aspersion
(gcide) | Aspersion \As*per"sion\, n. [L. aspersio, fr. aspergere: cf. F.
aspersion.]
1. A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.
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Behold an immersion, not and aspersion. --Jer.
Taylor.
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2. The spreading of calumniations reports or charges which
tarnish reputation, like the bespattering of a body with
foul water; calumny.
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Every candid critic would be ashamed to cast
wholesale aspersions on the entire body of
professional teachers. --Grote.
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Who would by base aspersions blot thy virtue.
--Dryden.
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Aspersive
(gcide) | Aspersive \As*pers"ive\, a.
Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous. --
As*pers"ive*ly, adv.
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Aspersively
(gcide) | Aspersive \As*pers"ive\, a.
Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous. --
As*pers"ive*ly, adv.
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Aspersoir
(gcide) | Aspersoir \As`per`soir"\, n. [F.]
An aspergill.
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Aspersoria
(gcide) | Aspersorium \As`per*so"ri*um\, n.; pl. Aspersoria. [LL. See
Asperse.]
1. The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman
Catholic churches.
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2. A brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
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Aspersorium
(gcide) | Aspersorium \As`per*so"ri*um\, n.; pl. Aspersoria. [LL. See
Asperse.]
1. The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman
Catholic churches.
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2. A brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
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Asperugo procumbens
(gcide) | Bugloss \Bu"gloss\, n.; pl. Buglosses. [F. buglosse, L.
buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. ? oxtongue ? ox + ? tongue.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the {Anchusa
officinalis}, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.
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Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the
Lycopsis arvensis.
Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium.
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Asperula cynanchica
(gcide) | Squinance \Squin"ance\ (skw[i^]n"ans), Squinancy \Squin"an*cy\
(-an*s[y^]), n. [F. esquinancie, OF. squinance, esquinance.
See Quinsy.]
1. (Med.) The quinsy. See Quinsy. [Obs.]
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2. (Bot.) A European perennial herb (Asperula cynanchica)
with narrowly linear whorled leaves; -- formerly thought
to cure the quinsy. Also called quincewort.
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Squinancy berries, black currants; -- so called because
used to cure the quinsy. --Dr. Prior.
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Asperula odorata
(gcide) | Woodruff \Wood"ruff`\, Woodroof \Wood"roof`\, n. [AS. wudurofe.
See Wood, n., and cf. Ruff a plaited collar.] (Bot.)
A little European herb (Asperula odorata) having a pleasant
taste. It is sometimes used for flavoring wine. See Illust.
of Whorl.
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banded jasper
(gcide) | Jasper \Jas"per\, n. [OE. jaspre, jaspe, OF. jaspre, jaspe, F.
jaspe, L. iaspis, Gr. ?; cf. Per. yashp, yashf, Ar. yashb,
yasb, yasf, Heb. y[=a]shpheh. Cf. Diaper.] (Min.)
An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and
other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits
of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes,
etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called
striped jasper or banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a
brownish yellow jasper.
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Jasper opal, a yellow variety of opal resembling jasper.
Jasper ware, a delicate kind of earthenware invented by
Josiah Wedgwood. It is usually white, but is capable of
receiving color.
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Clasper
(gcide) | Clasper \Clasp"er\ (kl[.a]sp"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril. "The
claspers of vines." --Derham.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping
the female among many of the Crustacea.
(b) One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on
the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and
other elasmobranchs. See Illust. of Chim[ae]ra.
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Claspered
(gcide) | Claspered \Clasp"ered\, a.
Furnished with tendrils.
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Enneaspermous
(gcide) | Enneaspermous \En`ne*a*sper"mous\, a. [Gr. 'enne`a + spe`rma
seed.] (Bot.)
Having nine seeds; -- said of fruits. Enneatic |
Erysimum asperum
(gcide) | Wallflower \Wall"flow`er\, n.
1. (Bot.) A perennial, cruciferous plant ({Cheiranthus
Cheiri}), with sweet-scented flowers varying in color from
yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on
old walls.
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Note: The name is sometimes extended to other species of
Cheiranthus and of the related genus Erysimum,
especially the American Western wallflower ({Erysimum
asperum}), a biennial herb with orange-yellow flowers.
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2. A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not
asked to dance, remains a spectator. [Colloq.]
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3. (Bot.) In Australia, the desert poison bush ({Gastrolobium
grandiflorum}); -- called also native wallflower.
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Eurynome aspera
(gcide) | Strawberry \Straw"ber*ry\, n. [AS. stre['a]wberige; stre['a]w
straw + berie berry; perhaps from the resemblance of the
runners of the plant to straws.] (Bot.)
A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of
a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus Fragaria, of
which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the
fruit. The common American strawberry is {Fragaria
virginiana}; the European, Fragaria vesca. There are also
other less common species.
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Strawberry bass. (Zool.) See Calico bass, under Calico.
Strawberry blite. (Bot.) See under Blite.
Strawberry borer (Zool.), any one of several species of
insects whose larvae burrow in the crown or roots of the
strawberry vine. Especially:
(a) The root borer (Anarsia lineatella), a very small dark
gray moth whose larvae burrow both in the larger roots
and crown, often doing great damage.
(b) The crown borer (Tyloderma fragariae), a small brown
weevil whose larva burrows in the crown and kills the
plant.
Strawberry bush (Bot.), an American shrub ({Euonymus
Americanus}), a kind of spindle tree having crimson pods
and the seeds covered with a scarlet aril.
Strawberry crab (Zool.), a small European spider crab
(Eurynome aspera); -- so called because the back is
covered with pink tubercles.
Strawberry fish (Zool.), the amadavat.
Strawberry geranium (Bot.), a kind of saxifrage ({Saxifraga
sarmentosa}) having reniform leaves, and producing long
runners like those of the strawberry.
Strawberry leaf.
(a) The leaf of the strawberry.
(b) The symbol of the rank or estate of a duke, because the
ducal coronet is twined with strawberry leaves. "The
strawberry leaves on her chariot panels are engraved on
her ladyship's heart." --Thackeray.
Strawberry-leaf roller (Zool.), any one of several species
of moths whose larvae roll up, and feed upon, the leaves
of the strawberry vine; especially, {Phoxopteris
fragariae}, and Eccopsis permundana.
Strawberry moth (Zool.), any one of several species of moth
whose larvae feed on the strawberry vines; as:
(a) The smeared dagger (Apatela oblinita), whose large
hairy larva is velvety black with two rows of bright
yellow spots on each side.
(b) A geometrid (Angerona crocataria) which is yellow with
dusky spots on the wings. Called also currant moth.
Strawberry pear (Bot.), the red ovoid fruit of a West
Indian plant of the genus Cereus ({Cereus
triangularia}). It has a sweetish flavor, and is slightly
acid, pleasant, and cooling. Also, the plant bearing the
fruit.
Strawberry sawfly (Zool.), a small black sawfly ({Emphytus
maculatus}) whose larva eats the leaves of the strawberry
vine.
Strawberry tomato. (Bot.) See Alkekengi.
Strawberry tree. (Bot.) See Arbutus.
Strawberry vine (Bot.), the plant which yields the
strawberry.
Strawberry worm (Zool.), the larva of any moth which feeds
on the strawberry vine.
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Exasperate
(gcide) | Exasperate \Ex*as"per*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsasperated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Exasperating.]
1. To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to
excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a
person or his feelings.
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To exsasperate them against the king of France.
--Addison.
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2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to
aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.
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To exasperate the ways of death. --Sir T.
Browne.
Syn: To irritate; provoke. See Irritate.
[1913 Webster]Exasperate \Ex*as"per*ate\, a. [L. exasperatus, p. p. of
exsasperare to roughen, exasperate; ex out (intens.) +
asperare to make rough, asper rough. See Asperity.]
Exasperated; imbittered. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Like swallows which the exasperate dying year
Sets spinning. --Mrs.
Browning.
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Exasperater
(gcide) | Exasperater \Ex*as"per*a`ter\, n.
One who exasperates or inflames anger, enmity, or violence.
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Exasperating
(gcide) | Exasperate \Ex*as"per*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsasperated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Exasperating.]
1. To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to
excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a
person or his feelings.
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To exsasperate them against the king of France.
--Addison.
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2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to
aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.
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To exasperate the ways of death. --Sir T.
Browne.
Syn: To irritate; provoke. See Irritate.
[1913 Webster]exasperating \exasperating\ adj.
1. extremely annoying or displeasing.
Syn: annoying, infuriating, maddening, vexing.
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2. same as exacerbating.
Syn: aggravating, exacerbating.
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exasperating
(gcide) | Exasperate \Ex*as"per*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsasperated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Exasperating.]
1. To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to
excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a
person or his feelings.
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To exsasperate them against the king of France.
--Addison.
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2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to
aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.
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To exasperate the ways of death. --Sir T.
Browne.
Syn: To irritate; provoke. See Irritate.
[1913 Webster]exasperating \exasperating\ adj.
1. extremely annoying or displeasing.
Syn: annoying, infuriating, maddening, vexing.
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2. same as exacerbating.
Syn: aggravating, exacerbating.
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Exasperation
(gcide) | Exasperation \Ex*as`per*a"tion\, n. [L. exasperatio: cf. F.
exasp['e]ration.]
1. The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated;
irritation; keen or bitter anger.
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Extorted from him by the exasperation of his
spirits. --South.
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2. Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation;
exacerbation. "Exasperation of the fits." --Sir H. Wotton.
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Exsasperated
(gcide) | Exasperate \Ex*as"per*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exsasperated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Exasperating.]
1. To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to
excite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a
person or his feelings.
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To exsasperate them against the king of France.
--Addison.
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2. To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to
aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity.
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To exasperate the ways of death. --Sir T.
Browne.
Syn: To irritate; provoke. See Irritate.
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Gaspereau
(gcide) | Gaspereau \Gas"per*eau\, n. (Zool.)
The alewife. [Local, Canada]
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Grasper
(gcide) | Grasper \Grasp"er\, n.
One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds.
[1913 Webster]Grasp \Grasp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grasper; p. pr. & vb. n.
Qraspine.] [OE. graspen; prob. akin to LG. grupsen, or to
E. grope. Cf. Grab, Grope.]
1. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the
fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.
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Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. --Shak.
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2. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly
acquainted or conversant with; to comprehend.
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