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acacia
(mass) | acacia
- agát, akácia |
efficaciousness
(mass) | efficaciousness
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acacia
(encz) | acacia,akácie n: Petr Prášekacacia,akát n: Petr Prášekacacia,arabská guma n: Josef Kosekacacia,klovatina n: Josef Kosek |
cacique
(encz) | cacique,indiánský náčelník n: Zdeněk Brož |
delicacies
(encz) | delicacies,delikátnosti n: Zdeněk Broždelicacies,jemnosti n: Zdeněk Brož |
efficacious
(encz) | efficacious,efektivní adj: Zdeněk Brožefficacious,účinný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
efficaciously
(encz) | efficaciously, adv: |
efficaciousness
(encz) | efficaciousness,efektivnost n: Zdeněk Brožefficaciousness,působivost n: Zdeněk Brožefficaciousness,účinnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
gum acacia
(encz) | gum acacia, n: |
inefficacious
(encz) | inefficacious,nepůsobivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
inefficaciously
(encz) | inefficaciously, adv: |
inefficaciousness
(encz) | inefficaciousness, n: |
intricacies
(encz) | intricacies,komplikovanosti n: Zdeněk Brožintricacies,složitosti n: Zdeněk Brož |
perspicacious
(encz) | perspicacious,bystrý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
perspicaciously
(encz) | perspicaciously, |
perspicaciousness
(encz) | perspicaciousness, n: |
perspicacity
(encz) | perspicacity,bystrost n: Zdeněk Brožperspicacity,ostrovtip n: [kniž.] stonekvperspicacity,pronikavost n: Zdeněk Brožperspicacity,prozíravost n: Zdeněk Brož |
rose acacia
(encz) | rose acacia, n: |
sweet acacia
(encz) | sweet acacia, n: |
uricaciduria
(encz) | uricaciduria, n: |
acacia
(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.
[1913 Webster]Acacia \A*ca"ci*a\, n. (Antiq.)
A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors,
as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
[1913 Webster]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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Acacia
(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.
[1913 Webster]Acacia \A*ca"ci*a\, n. (Antiq.)
A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors,
as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
[1913 Webster]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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acacia
(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.
[1913 Webster]Acacia \A*ca"ci*a\, n. (Antiq.)
A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors,
as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
[1913 Webster]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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Acacia Adansonii
(gcide) | Gonakie \Go"na*kie\, n. (Bot.)
An African timber tree (Acacia Adansonii).
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Acacia Arabica
(gcide) | Babul \Ba*bul"\, Babool \Ba*bool"\, n. [See Bablah.] (Bot.)
Any one of several species of Acacia, esp. {Acacia
Arabica}, which yelds a gum used as a substitute for true gum
arabic.
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In place of Putney's golden gorse
The sickly babul blooms. --Kipling.
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Acacia catechu
(gcide) | Catechu \Cat"e*chu\, n. [See Cashoo.] (Chem.)
A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and
evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other
plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of
tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the
arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica,
cutch, gambier, etc. --Ure. --Dunglison.
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Acacia colletioides
(gcide) | Wait-a-while \Wait"-a-while`\, n.
(a) One of the Australian wattle trees ({Acacia
colletioides}), so called from the impenetrability of the
thicket which it makes.
(b) same as Wait-a-bit.
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Acacia Doratoxylon
(gcide) | Spearwood \Spear"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
An Australian tree (Acacia Doratoxylon), and its tough
wood, used by the natives for spears.
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Acacia Farnesiana
(gcide) | Sponge \Sponge\ (sp[u^]nj), n. [OF. esponge, F. ['e]ponge, L.
spongia, Gr. spoggia`, spo`ggos. Cf. Fungus, Spunk.]
[Formerly written also spunge.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or
Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
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2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny
Spongiae (Keratosa), used for many purposes, especially
the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable
sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea,
and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
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3. Fig.: One who lives upon others; a pertinacious and
indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
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4. Any spongelike substance. Specifically:
(a) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and
after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the
agency of the yeast or leaven.
(b) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
(c) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
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5. (Gun.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a
discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with
sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped
nap, and having a handle, or staff.
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6. (Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering
to the heel.
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Bath sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse
commercial sponges, especially Spongia equina.
Cup sponge, a toilet sponge growing in a cup-shaped form.
Glass sponge. See Glass-sponge, in the Vocabulary.
Glove sponge, a variety of commercial sponge ({Spongia
officinalis}, variety tubulifera), having very fine
fibers, native of Florida, and the West Indies.
Grass sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse
commercial sponges having the surface irregularly tufted,
as Spongia graminea, and Spongia equina, variety
cerebriformis, of Florida and the West Indies.
Horse sponge, a coarse commercial sponge, especially
Spongia equina.
Platinum sponge. (Chem.) See under Platinum.
Pyrotechnical sponge, a substance made of mushrooms or
fungi, which are boiled in water, dried, and beaten, then
put in a strong lye prepared with saltpeter, and again
dried in an oven. This makes the black match, or tinder,
brought from Germany.
Sheep's-wool sponge, a fine and durable commercial sponge
(Spongia equina, variety gossypina) found in Florida and
the West Indies. The surface is covered with larger and
smaller tufts, having the oscula between them.
Sponge cake, a kind of sweet cake which is light and
spongy.
Sponge lead, or Spongy lead (Chem.), metallic lead
brought to a spongy form by reduction of lead salts, or by
compressing finely divided lead; -- used in secondary
batteries and otherwise.
Sponge tree (Bot.), a tropical leguminous tree ({Acacia
Farnesiana}), with deliciously fragrant flowers, which are
used in perfumery.
Toilet sponge, a very fine and superior variety of
Mediterranean sponge (Spongia officinalis, variety
Mediterranea); -- called also Turkish sponge.
To set a sponge (Cookery), to leaven a small mass of flour,
to be used in leavening a larger quantity.
To throw up the sponge, to give up a contest; to
acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring,
the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds
throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat; -- now,
throw in the towel is more common, and has the same
origin and meaning. [Cant or Slang] "He was too brave a
man to throw up the sponge to fate." --Lowell.
Vegetable sponge. (Bot.) See Loof.
Velvet sponge, a fine, soft commercial sponge ({Spongia
equina}, variety meandriniformis) found in Florida and the
West Indies.
Vitreous sponge. See Glass-sponge.
Yellow sponge, a common and valuable commercial sponge
(Spongia agaricina, variety corlosia) found in Florida
and the West Indies.
[1913 Webster]cassie \cassie\ n.
a type of tropical American thorny shrub or small tree
(Acacia farnesiana); it bears fragrant yellow flowers used
in making perfumery.
Syn: huisache, mimosa bush, sweet wattle, sweet acacia,
scented wattle, flame tree, Acacia farnesiana.
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Acacia farnesiana
(gcide) | Sponge \Sponge\ (sp[u^]nj), n. [OF. esponge, F. ['e]ponge, L.
spongia, Gr. spoggia`, spo`ggos. Cf. Fungus, Spunk.]
[Formerly written also spunge.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or
Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
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2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny
Spongiae (Keratosa), used for many purposes, especially
the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable
sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea,
and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
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3. Fig.: One who lives upon others; a pertinacious and
indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
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4. Any spongelike substance. Specifically:
(a) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and
after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the
agency of the yeast or leaven.
(b) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
(c) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
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5. (Gun.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a
discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with
sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped
nap, and having a handle, or staff.
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6. (Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering
to the heel.
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Bath sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse
commercial sponges, especially Spongia equina.
Cup sponge, a toilet sponge growing in a cup-shaped form.
Glass sponge. See Glass-sponge, in the Vocabulary.
Glove sponge, a variety of commercial sponge ({Spongia
officinalis}, variety tubulifera), having very fine
fibers, native of Florida, and the West Indies.
Grass sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse
commercial sponges having the surface irregularly tufted,
as Spongia graminea, and Spongia equina, variety
cerebriformis, of Florida and the West Indies.
Horse sponge, a coarse commercial sponge, especially
Spongia equina.
Platinum sponge. (Chem.) See under Platinum.
Pyrotechnical sponge, a substance made of mushrooms or
fungi, which are boiled in water, dried, and beaten, then
put in a strong lye prepared with saltpeter, and again
dried in an oven. This makes the black match, or tinder,
brought from Germany.
Sheep's-wool sponge, a fine and durable commercial sponge
(Spongia equina, variety gossypina) found in Florida and
the West Indies. The surface is covered with larger and
smaller tufts, having the oscula between them.
Sponge cake, a kind of sweet cake which is light and
spongy.
Sponge lead, or Spongy lead (Chem.), metallic lead
brought to a spongy form by reduction of lead salts, or by
compressing finely divided lead; -- used in secondary
batteries and otherwise.
Sponge tree (Bot.), a tropical leguminous tree ({Acacia
Farnesiana}), with deliciously fragrant flowers, which are
used in perfumery.
Toilet sponge, a very fine and superior variety of
Mediterranean sponge (Spongia officinalis, variety
Mediterranea); -- called also Turkish sponge.
To set a sponge (Cookery), to leaven a small mass of flour,
to be used in leavening a larger quantity.
To throw up the sponge, to give up a contest; to
acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring,
the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds
throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat; -- now,
throw in the towel is more common, and has the same
origin and meaning. [Cant or Slang] "He was too brave a
man to throw up the sponge to fate." --Lowell.
Vegetable sponge. (Bot.) See Loof.
Velvet sponge, a fine, soft commercial sponge ({Spongia
equina}, variety meandriniformis) found in Florida and the
West Indies.
Vitreous sponge. See Glass-sponge.
Yellow sponge, a common and valuable commercial sponge
(Spongia agaricina, variety corlosia) found in Florida
and the West Indies.
[1913 Webster]cassie \cassie\ n.
a type of tropical American thorny shrub or small tree
(Acacia farnesiana); it bears fragrant yellow flowers used
in making perfumery.
Syn: huisache, mimosa bush, sweet wattle, sweet acacia,
scented wattle, flame tree, Acacia farnesiana.
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Acacia homolophylla
(gcide) | Myall wood \My*all" wood`\ (Bot.)
A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used
by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree
Acacia homolophylla.
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Acacia Seyal
(gcide) | Shittah \Shit"tah\, Shittah tree \Shit"tah tree`\, n. [Heb.
shitt[=a]h, pl. shitt[imac]m.]
A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark,
tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were
made; -- now believed to have been the wood of the {Acacia
Seyal}, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in
color.
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Acacia spadicigera
(gcide) | Myrmecophyte \Myr"me*co*phyte`\, n. [Gr. my`rmhx, my`rmhkos, ant
+ fyto`n plant.] (Bot.)
A plant that affords shelter and food to certain species of
ants which live in symbiotic relations with it. Special
adaptations for this purpose exist; thus, {Acacia
spadicigera} has large hollows thorns, and species of
Cecropia have stem cavities. -- Myr`me*co*phyt"ic, a.
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Acacia vera
(gcide) | Egyptian \E*gyp"tian\, a. [L. Aegyptius, Gr. ?, fr. ? (L.
Aegyptus) Egypt: cf. F. ['e]gyptien. Cf. Gypsy.]
Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa.
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Egyptian bean. (Bot.)
(a) The beanlike fruit of an aquatic plant ({Nelumbium
speciosum}), somewhat resembling the water lily.
(b) See under Bean, 1.
Egyptian cross. See Illust. (No. 6) of Cross.
Egyptian thorn (Bot.), a medium-sized tree (Acacia vera).
It is one of the chief sources of the best gum arabic.
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Acacia Verek
(gcide) | Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis,
fr. Gr. ?, prob. from an Egyptian form kam?; cf. It.
gomma.]
1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens
when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic;
gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with
less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water;
as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.
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2. (Bot.) See Gum tree, below.
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3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any
roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow
log. [Southern U. S.]
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4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.]
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Black gum, Blue gum, British gum, etc. See under
Black, Blue, etc.
Gum Acaroidea, the resinous gum of the Australian grass
tree (Xanlhorrh[oe]a).
Gum animal (Zool.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called
because it feeds on gums. See Galago.
Gum animi or anim['e]. See Anim['e].
Gum arabic, a gum yielded mostly by several species of
Acacia (chiefly A. vera and A. Arabica) growing in
Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also gum acacia.
East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange
family which bears the elephant apple.
Gum butea, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea
frondosa} and B. superba, and used locally in tanning
and in precipitating indigo.
Gum cistus, a plant of the genus Cistus ({Cistus
ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose.
Gum dragon. See Tragacanth.
Gum elastic, Elastic gum. See Caoutchouc.
Gum elemi. See Elemi.
Gum juniper. See Sandarac.
Gum kino. See under Kino.
Gum lac. See Lac.
Gum Ladanum, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental
species of Cistus or rock rose.
Gum passages, sap receptacles extending through the
parenchyma of certain plants (Amygdalace[ae],
Cactace[ae], etc.), and affording passage for gum.
Gum pot, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and
mixing other ingredients.
Gum resin, the milky juice of a plant solidified by
exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures
of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin
containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter.
Gum sandarac. See Sandarac.
Gum Senegal, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees
(Acacia Verek and A. Adansoni[aum]) growing in the
Senegal country, West Africa.
Gum tragacanth. See Tragacanth.
Gum water, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water.
Gum wood, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the
Eucalyptus piperita, of New South Wales.
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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
[1913 Webster] Acacin |
acacias
(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
[1913 Webster] Acacin |
Acacin
(gcide) | Acacin \Ac"a*cin\, Acacine \Ac"a*cine\, n.
Gum arabic.
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Acacine
(gcide) | Acacin \Ac"a*cin\, Acacine \Ac"a*cine\, n.
Gum arabic.
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Cacique
(gcide) | Cacique \Ca*cique"\, n. [Sp.]
See Cazique.
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Delicacies
(gcide) | Delicacy \Del"i*ca*cy\, n.; pl. Delicacies. [From Delicate,
a.]
1. The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to
the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of
odor, and the like.
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What choice to choose for delicacy best. --Milton.
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2. Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution;
softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence,
frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a
thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy
of the skin; delicacy of frame.
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3. Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or
tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and
hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great
delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness;
delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action.
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You know your mother's delicacy in this point.
--Cowper.
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4. Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence;
luxurious or voluptuous treatment.
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And to those dainty limbs which Nature lent
For gentle usage and soft delicacy? --Milton.
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5. Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical
niceness; fastidious accuracy.
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That Augustan delicacy of taste which is the boast
of the great public schools of England. --Macaulay.
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6. The state of being affected by slight causes;
sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance.
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7. That which is alluring, delicate, or refined; a luxury or
pleasure; something pleasant to the senses, especially to
the sense of taste; a dainty; as, delicacies of the table.
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The merchants of the earth are waxed rich through
the abundance of her delicacies. --Rev. xviii.
3.
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8. Pleasure; gratification; delight. [Obs.]
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He Rome brent for his delicacie. --Chaucer.
Syn: See Dainty.
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dicacious
(gcide) | dicacious \di*ca"cious\ (d[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. dicax,
dicacis, fr. dicere to say.]
Talkative; pert; saucy. [Obs.]
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dicacity
(gcide) | dicacity \di*cac"i*ty\ (d[i^]*k[a^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L.
dicacitas: cf. F. dicacit['e]. See Dicacious.]
Pertness; sauciness. [Obs.]
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Efficacious
(gcide) | Efficacious \Ef`fi*ca"cious\, a. [L. eficax, -acis, fr.
efficere. See Effect, n.]
Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or
powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious
law.
Syn: See Effectual. -- Ef`fi*ca"cious*ly, adv.
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Efficaciously
(gcide) | Efficacious \Ef`fi*ca"cious\, a. [L. eficax, -acis, fr.
efficere. See Effect, n.]
Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or
powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious
law.
Syn: See Effectual. -- Ef`fi*ca"cious*ly, adv.
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efficaciousness
(gcide) | efficaciousness \ef`fi*ca"cious*ness\ n.
the capacity or power to produce a desired effect.
Syn: efficacy.
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efficacity
(gcide) | efficacity \ef`fi*cac"i*ty\, n. [L. efficacitas: cf. F.
efficacit['e].]
Efficacy. [R.] --J. Fryth.
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gum acacia
(gcide) | Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis,
fr. Gr. ?, prob. from an Egyptian form kam?; cf. It.
gomma.]
1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens
when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic;
gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with
less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water;
as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.
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2. (Bot.) See Gum tree, below.
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3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any
roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow
log. [Southern U. S.]
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4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.]
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Black gum, Blue gum, British gum, etc. See under
Black, Blue, etc.
Gum Acaroidea, the resinous gum of the Australian grass
tree (Xanlhorrh[oe]a).
Gum animal (Zool.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called
because it feeds on gums. See Galago.
Gum animi or anim['e]. See Anim['e].
Gum arabic, a gum yielded mostly by several species of
Acacia (chiefly A. vera and A. Arabica) growing in
Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also gum acacia.
East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange
family which bears the elephant apple.
Gum butea, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea
frondosa} and B. superba, and used locally in tanning
and in precipitating indigo.
Gum cistus, a plant of the genus Cistus ({Cistus
ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose.
Gum dragon. See Tragacanth.
Gum elastic, Elastic gum. See Caoutchouc.
Gum elemi. See Elemi.
Gum juniper. See Sandarac.
Gum kino. See under Kino.
Gum lac. See Lac.
Gum Ladanum, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental
species of Cistus or rock rose.
Gum passages, sap receptacles extending through the
parenchyma of certain plants (Amygdalace[ae],
Cactace[ae], etc.), and affording passage for gum.
Gum pot, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and
mixing other ingredients.
Gum resin, the milky juice of a plant solidified by
exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures
of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin
containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter.
Gum sandarac. See Sandarac.
Gum Senegal, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees
(Acacia Verek and A. Adansoni[aum]) growing in the
Senegal country, West Africa.
Gum tragacanth. See Tragacanth.
Gum water, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water.
Gum wood, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the
Eucalyptus piperita, of New South Wales.
[1913 Webster]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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Indelicacies
(gcide) | Indelicacy \In*del"i*ca*cy\, n.; pl. Indelicacies. [From
Indelicate.]
The quality of being indelicate; lack of delicacy, or of a
nice sense of, or regard for, purity, propriety, or
refinement in manners, language, etc.; rudeness; coarseness;
also, that which is offensive to refined taste or purity of
mind.
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The indelicacy of English comedy. --Blair.
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Your papers would be chargeable with worse than
indelicacy; they would be immoral. --Addison.
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Inefficacious
(gcide) | Inefficacious \In*ef`fi*ca"cious\, a. [Pref. in- not +
efficacious: cf. F. inefficace, L. inefficax.]
Not efficacious; not having power to produce the effect
desired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient; impotent.
--Boyle.
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The authority of Parliament must become inefficacious .
. . to restrain the growth of disorders. --Burke.
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Note: Ineffectual, says Johnson, rather denotes an actual
failure, and inefficacious an habitual impotence to any
effect. But the distinction is not always observed, nor
can it be; for we can not always know whether means are
inefficacious till experiment has proved them
ineffectual. Inefficacious is therefore sometimes
synonymous with ineffectual.
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Inefficaciously
(gcide) | Inefficaciously \In*ef`fi*ca"cious*ly\, adv.
Without efficacy or effect.
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Inefficaciousness
(gcide) | Inefficaciousness \In*ef`fi*ca"cious*ness\, n.
Lack of effect, or of power to produce the effect;
inefficacy.
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Intricacies
(gcide) | Intricacy \In"tri*ca*cy\, n.; pl. Intricacies. [From
Intricate.]
The state or quality of being intricate or entangled;
perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which
is intricate or involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the
intricacy of accounts; the intricacy of a cause in
controversy; the intricacy of a plot.
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Freed from intricacies, taught to live
The easiest way. --Milton.
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Perspicacious
(gcide) | Perspicacious \Per`spi*ca"cious\ (p[~e]r`sp[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]s),
a. [L. perspicax, -acis, fr. perspicere to look through: cf.
F. perspicace. See Perspective.]
1. Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp
of sight.
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2. Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen.
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Per`spi*ca"cious*ness, n.
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Perspicaciously
(gcide) | Perspicacious \Per`spi*ca"cious\ (p[~e]r`sp[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]s),
a. [L. perspicax, -acis, fr. perspicere to look through: cf.
F. perspicace. See Perspective.]
1. Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp
of sight.
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2. Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen.
[1913 Webster] -- Per`spi*ca"cious*ly, adv. --
Per`spi*ca"cious*ness, n.
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Perspicaciousness
(gcide) | Perspicacious \Per`spi*ca"cious\ (p[~e]r`sp[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]s),
a. [L. perspicax, -acis, fr. perspicere to look through: cf.
F. perspicace. See Perspective.]
1. Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp
of sight.
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2. Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen.
[1913 Webster] -- Per`spi*ca"cious*ly, adv. --
Per`spi*ca"cious*ness, n.
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Perspicacity
(gcide) | Perspicacity \Per`spi*cac"i*ty\
(p[~e]r`sp[i^]*k[a^]s"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L. perspicacitas: cf.
F. perspicacit['e]. See Perspicacious.]
The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of
intelligence; acute discernment. --Sir T. Browne.
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Pervicacious
(gcide) | Pervicacious \Per`vi*ca"cious\, a. [L. pervicax, -acis.]
Obstinate; willful; refractory. [Obs.] --
Per`vi*ca"cious*ly, adv. -- Per`vi*ca"cious*ness, n.
[Obs.]
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Pervicaciously
(gcide) | Pervicacious \Per`vi*ca"cious\, a. [L. pervicax, -acis.]
Obstinate; willful; refractory. [Obs.] --
Per`vi*ca"cious*ly, adv. -- Per`vi*ca"cious*ness, n.
[Obs.]
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Pervicaciousness
(gcide) | Pervicacious \Per`vi*ca"cious\, a. [L. pervicax, -acis.]
Obstinate; willful; refractory. [Obs.] --
Per`vi*ca"cious*ly, adv. -- Per`vi*ca"cious*ness, n.
[Obs.]
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Pervicacity
(gcide) | Pervicacity \Per`vi*cac"i*ty\, n.
Obstinacy; pervicaciousness. [Obs.] --Bentley.
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