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ermine
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ermine
(encz) | ermine,hranostaj Zdeněk Brož |
Ermine
(gcide) | Ermine \Er"mine\, n. [OF. ermine, F. hermine, prob. of German
origin; cf. OHG. harmo, G. hermelin, akin to Lith. szarm?,
szarmonys, weasel, cf. AS. hearma; but cf. also LL.
armelinus, armellina, hermellina, and pellis Armenia, the fur
of the Armenian rat, mus Armenius, the animal being found
also in Armenia.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus
Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat.
It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and
America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes
white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.
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2. The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting
garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the
tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals
throughout the white.
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3. By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose
state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity
and honor without stain. --Chatham.
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4. (Her.) One of the furs. See Fur (Her.)
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Note: Ermine is represented by an argent field, tufted with
black. Ermines is the reverse of ermine, being black,
spotted or timbered with argent. Erminois is the same
as ermine, except that or is substituted for argent.
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Ermine moth (Zo["o]l.), a white moth with black spots (esp.
Yponomeuta padella of Europe); -- so called on account
of the resemblance of its covering to the fur of the
ermine; also applied to certain white bombycid moths of
America.
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Ermine
(gcide) | Ermine \Er"mine\, v. t.
To clothe with, or as with, ermine.
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The snows that have ermined it in the winter. --Lowell.
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ermine
(wn) | ermine
n 1: the expensive white fur of the ermine
2: mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat
[syn: ermine, shorttail weasel, Mustela erminea] |
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determine
(mass) | determine
- rozhodnúť, stanoviť, určiť, ukončiťdetermine
- rozhodnúť, udať, stanoviť, určiť, zistiť |
countermine
(encz) | countermine,podkop n: Zdeněk Brož |
determine
(encz) | determine,rozhodnout v: Zdeněk Broždetermine,stanovit v: determine,udat v: Zdeněk Broždetermine,udávat v: Zdeněk Broždetermine,určit v: determine,určovat determine,ustanovit determine,vymezit v: Zdeněk Brož |
determined
(encz) | determined,odhodlaný Pavel Machek; Gizadetermined,předurčený adj: Zdeněk Broždetermined,rozhodnutý adj: Zdeněk Broždetermined,rozhodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
determinedly
(encz) | determinedly,odhodlaně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
determiner
(encz) | determiner,determinant n: Pino |
determines
(encz) | determines,stanovuje v: Zdeněk Broždetermines,určuje v: Zdeněk Broždetermines,vymezuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
ermine
(encz) | ermine,hermelín n: kožešina Milan Svobodaermine,hranostaj Zdeněk Brož |
method of undetermined coefficients
(encz) | method of undetermined coefficients,metoda neurčitých
koeficientů [mat.] |
overdetermined
(encz) | overdetermined, |
predetermine
(encz) | predetermine,předurčit v: Zdeněk Brož |
predetermined
(encz) | predetermined,předurčený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
predeterminer
(encz) | predeterminer, |
redetermine
(encz) | redetermine, |
self-determined
(encz) | self-determined, |
undermine
(encz) | undermine,podemlít v: Zdeněk Brožundermine,podkopat v: Zdeněk Brožundermine,podrýt v: Zdeněk Brož |
undermined
(encz) | undermined,podrubaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
undetermined
(encz) | undetermined,neurčený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Countermine
(gcide) | Countermine \Coun"ter*mine`\ (koun"t[~e]r*m[imac]n`), n.
[Counter- + mine underground gallery: cf. F. contermine.]
1. (Mil.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and
destroy the mining of an enemy.
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2. A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project
is defeated.
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Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine
against contempt but terror. --Sir P.
Sidney.
[1913 Webster]Countermine \Coun`ter*mine"\ (koun`t[~e]r*m[imac]n"), v. t. [Cf.
F. contreminer.] [imp. & p. p. Countermined; p. pr. & vb.
n. Countermining.]
1. (Mil.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept
with a countermine.
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2. To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
[1913 Webster]Countermine \Coun`ter*mine"\, v. i.
To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly.
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'Tis hard for man to countermine with God. --Chapman.
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Countermined
(gcide) | Countermine \Coun`ter*mine"\ (koun`t[~e]r*m[imac]n"), v. t. [Cf.
F. contreminer.] [imp. & p. p. Countermined; p. pr. & vb.
n. Countermining.]
1. (Mil.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept
with a countermine.
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2. To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
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Determine
(gcide) | Determine \De*ter"mine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Determined; p.
pr. & vb. n. Determining.] [F. d['e]terminer, L.
determinare, determinatum; de + terminare limit, terminus
limit. See Term.]
1. To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
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[God] hath determined the times before appointed.
--Acts xvii.
26.
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2. To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit;
to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.
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The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined
by the view or sight. --Bacon.
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Now, where is he that will not stay so long
Till his friend sickness hath determined me? --Shak.
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3. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe
imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
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The character of the soul is determined by the
character of its God. --J. Edwards.
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Something divinely beautiful . . . that at some time
or other might influence or even determine her
course of life. --W. Black.
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4. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; -- with a
remoter object preceded by to; as, another's will
determined me to this course.
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5. To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific
character or name of; to assign to its true place in a
system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered
plant or its name.
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6. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to
settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as,
the court has determined the cause.
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7. To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to
cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as,
this determined him to go immediately.
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8. (Logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
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9. (Physical Sciences) To ascertain the presence, quantity,
or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine
the salt in sea water.
[1913 Webster]Determine \De*ter"mine\, v. i.
1. To come to an end; to end; to terminate. [Obs.]
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He who has vented a pernicious doctrine or published
an ill book must know that his life determine not
together. --South.
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Estates may determine on future contingencies.
--Blackstone.
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2. To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; -- often
with on. "Determine on some course." --Shak.
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He shall pay as the judges determine. --Ex. xxi. 22.
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Determined
(gcide) | Determine \De*ter"mine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Determined; p.
pr. & vb. n. Determining.] [F. d['e]terminer, L.
determinare, determinatum; de + terminare limit, terminus
limit. See Term.]
1. To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.
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[God] hath determined the times before appointed.
--Acts xvii.
26.
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2. To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit;
to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.
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The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined
by the view or sight. --Bacon.
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Now, where is he that will not stay so long
Till his friend sickness hath determined me? --Shak.
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3. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe
imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
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The character of the soul is determined by the
character of its God. --J. Edwards.
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Something divinely beautiful . . . that at some time
or other might influence or even determine her
course of life. --W. Black.
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4. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; -- with a
remoter object preceded by to; as, another's will
determined me to this course.
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5. To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific
character or name of; to assign to its true place in a
system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered
plant or its name.
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6. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to
settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as,
the court has determined the cause.
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7. To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to
cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as,
this determined him to go immediately.
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8. (Logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
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9. (Physical Sciences) To ascertain the presence, quantity,
or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine
the salt in sea water.
[1913 Webster]Determined \De*ter"mined\, a.
Decided; resolute. "Adetermined foe." --Sparks.
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Determinedly
(gcide) | Determinedly \De*ter"min*ed*ly\, adv.
In a determined manner; with determination.
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Determiner
(gcide) | Determiner \De*ter"min*er\, n.
One who, or that which, determines or decides.
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ermine moth
(gcide) | White \White\ (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. Whiter
(hw[imac]t"[~e]r); superl. Whitest.] [OE. whit, AS.
hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[imac]t, D. wit, G.
weiss, OHG. w[imac]z, hw[imac]z, Icel. hv[imac]tr, Sw. hvit,
Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to make bright,
Russ. sviet' light, Skr. [,c]v[=e]ta white, [,c]vit to be
bright. [root]42. Cf. Wheat, Whitsunday.]
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1. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum
combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or
their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; --
the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a
white skin. "Pearls white." --Chaucer.
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White as the whitest lily on a stream. --Longfellow.
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2. Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of
blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
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Or whispering with white lips, "The foe!
They come! they come!" --Byron.
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3. Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or
from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
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White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. --Dryden.
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No whiter page than Addison's remains. --Pope.
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4. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
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Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head
So old and white as this. --Shak.
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5. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the
like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
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On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as
one of the white days of his life. --Sir W.
Scott.
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6. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
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Come forth, my white spouse. --Chaucer.
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I am his white boy, and will not be gullet. --Ford.
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Note: White is used in many self-explaining compounds, as
white-backed, white-bearded, white-footed.
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White alder. (Bot.) See Sweet pepper bush, under
Pepper.
White ant (Zool.), any one of numerous species of social
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Termes. These
insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form
large and complex communities consisting of numerous
asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed
asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens
(or fertile females) often having the body enormously
distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous
winged males, together with the larvae and pupae of each
kind in various stages of development. Many of the species
construct large and complicated nests, sometimes in the
form of domelike structures rising several feet above the
ground and connected with extensive subterranean galleries
and chambers. In their social habits they closely resemble
the true ants. They feed upon animal and vegetable
substances of various kinds, including timber, and are
often very destructive to buildings and furniture.
White arsenic (Chem.), arsenious oxide, As2O3, a
substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine
luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. It is a
deadly poison.
White bass (Zool.), a fresh-water North American bass
(Roccus chrysops) found in the Great Likes.
White bear (Zool.), the polar bear. See under Polar.
White blood cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White brand (Zool.), the snow goose.
White brass, a white alloy of copper; white copper.
White campion. (Bot.)
(a) A kind of catchfly (Silene stellata) with white
flowers.
(b) A white-flowered Lychnis (Lychnis vespertina).
White canon (R. C. Ch.), a Premonstratensian.
White caps, the members of a secret organization in various
of the United States, who attempt to drive away or reform
obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. They appear masked
in white. Their actions resembled those of the Ku Klux
Klan in some ways but they were not formally affiliated
with the Klan, and their victims were often not black.
White cedar (Bot.), an evergreen tree of North America
(Thuja occidentalis), also the related {Cupressus
thyoides}, or Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea, a slender
evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar
swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much
valued for their durable timber. In California the name is
given to the Libocedrus decurrens, the timber of which
is also useful, though often subject to dry rot.
--Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc., is a
lofty tree (Icica altissima syn. Bursera altissima)
whose fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as
it is not attacked by insect.
White cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cell-blood (Med.), leucocythaemia.
White clover (Bot.), a species of small perennial clover
bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for
cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. See also
under Clover.
White copper, a whitish alloy of copper. See {German
silver}, under German.
White copperas (Min.), a native hydrous sulphate of iron;
coquimbite.
White coral (Zool.), an ornamental branched coral
(Amphihelia oculata) native of the Mediterranean.
White corpuscle. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cricket (Zool.), the tree cricket.
White crop, a crop of grain which loses its green color, or
becomes white, in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley, and
oats, as distinguished from a green crop, or a root crop.
White currant (Bot.), a variety of the common red currant,
having white berries.
White daisy (Bot.), the oxeye daisy. See under Daisy.
White damp, a kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal
mines. --Raymond.
White elephant (Zool.),
(a) a whitish, or albino, variety of the Asiatic elephant.
(b) see white elephant in the vocabulary.
White elm (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
wheels, and for other purposes.
White ensign. See Saint George's ensign, under Saint.
White feather, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
the white feather}, under Feather, n.
White fir (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
of the Pacific States, as Abies grandis, and {Abies
concolor}.
White flesher (Zool.), the ruffed grouse. See under
Ruffed. [Canada]
White frost. See Hoarfrost.
White game (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.
White garnet (Min.), leucite.
White grass (Bot.), an American grass (Leersia Virginica)
with greenish-white paleae.
White grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The white ptarmigan.
(b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
White grub (Zool.), the larva of the June bug and other
allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
other plants, and often do much damage.
White hake (Zool.), the squirrel hake. See under
Squirrel.
White hawk, or White kite (Zool.), the hen harrier.
White heat, the temperature at which bodies become
incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
they emit.
White hellebore (Bot.), a plant of the genus Veratrum
(Veratrum album) See Hellebore, 2.
White herring, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
White hoolet (Zool.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
White horses (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
The White House. See under House.
White ibis (Zool.), an American ibis (Guara alba) having
the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings,
which are black. It inhabits tropical America and the
Southern United States. Called also Spanish curlew.
White iron.
(a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
(b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
proportion of combined carbon.
White iron pyrites (Min.), marcasite.
White land, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
White lark (Zool.), the snow bunting.
White lead.
(a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
other purposes; ceruse.
(b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
White leather, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
salt.
White leg (Med.), milk leg. See under Milk.
White lettuce (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
Rattlesnake.
White lie. See under Lie.
White light.
(a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
same proportion as in the light coming directly from
the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
through a prism. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
(b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
illumination for signals, etc.
White lime, a solution or preparation of lime for
whitewashing; whitewash.
White line (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
on a printed page; a blank line.
White meat.
(a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
(b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
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Driving their cattle continually with them, and
feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
--Spenser.
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White merganser (Zool.), the smew.
White metal.
(a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
etc.
(b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
certain stage in copper smelting.
White miller. (Zool.)
(a) The common clothes moth.
(b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
spots; -- called also ermine moth, and {virgin
moth}. See Woolly bear, under Woolly.
White money, silver money.
White mouse (Zool.), the albino variety of the common
mouse.
White mullet (Zool.), a silvery mullet (Mugil curema)
ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
called also blue-back mullet, and liza.
White nun (Zool.), the smew; -- so called from the white
crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
head, which give the appearance of a hood.
White oak. (Bot.) See under Oak.
White owl. (Zool.)
(a) The snowy owl.
(b) The barn owl.
White partridge (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.
White perch. (Zool.)
(a) A North American fresh-water bass (Morone Americana)
valued as a food fish.
(b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
(c) Any California surf fish.
White pine. (Bot.) See the Note under Pine.
White poplar (Bot.), a European tree (Populus alba) often
cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
White poppy (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See Poppy.
White powder, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
[Obs.]
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A pistol charged with white powder. --Beau. & Fl.
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White precipitate. (Old Chem.) See under Precipitate.
White rabbit. (Zool.)
(a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
(b) An albino rabbit.
White rent,
(a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
opposed to black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
(b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
White rhinoceros. (Zool.)
(a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
Indicus}). See Rhinoceros.
(b) The umhofo.
White ribbon, the distinctive badge of certain
organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
White rope (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
White rot. (Bot.)
(a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
called rot in sheep.
(b) A disease of grapes. See White rot, under Rot.
White sage (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
fat}.
White salmon (Zool.), the silver salmon.
White salt, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
White scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus Nerii)
injurious to the orange tree. See Orange scale, under
Orange.
White shark (Zool.), a species of man-eating shark. See
under Shark.
White softening. (Med.) See Softening of the brain, under
Softening.
White spruce. (Bot.) See Spruce, n., 1.
White squall (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
the surface of the sea.
White staff, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
England. --Macaulay.
White stork (Zool.), the common European stork.
White sturgeon. (Zool.) See Shovelnose
(d) .
White sucker. (Zool.)
(a) The common sucker.
(b) The common red horse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum).
White swelling (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
White tombac. See Tombac.
White trout (Zool.), the white weakfish, or silver
squeteague (Cynoscion nothus), of the Southern United
States.
White vitriol (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
vitriol}, under Vitriol.
White wagtail (Zool.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
White wax, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
White whale (Zool.), the beluga.
White widgeon (Zool.), the smew.
White wine. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
Burgundy. "White wine of Lepe." --Chaucer.
White witch, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
White wolf. (Zool.)
(a) A light-colored wolf (Canis laniger) native of
Thibet; -- called also chanco, golden wolf, and
Thibetan wolf.
(b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
White wren (Zool.), the willow warbler; -- so called from
the color of the under parts.
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[1913 Webster]Ermine \Er"mine\, n. [OF. ermine, F. hermine, prob. of German
origin; cf. OHG. harmo, G. hermelin, akin to Lith. szarm?,
szarmonys, weasel, cf. AS. hearma; but cf. also LL.
armelinus, armellina, hermellina, and pellis Armenia, the fur
of the Armenian rat, mus Armenius, the animal being found
also in Armenia.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus
Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat.
It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and
America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes
white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.
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2. The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting
garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the
tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals
throughout the white.
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3. By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose
state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity
and honor without stain. --Chatham.
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4. (Her.) One of the furs. See Fur (Her.)
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Note: Ermine is represented by an argent field, tufted with
black. Ermines is the reverse of ermine, being black,
spotted or timbered with argent. Erminois is the same
as ermine, except that or is substituted for argent.
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Ermine moth (Zo["o]l.), a white moth with black spots (esp.
Yponomeuta padella of Europe); -- so called on account
of the resemblance of its covering to the fur of the
ermine; also applied to certain white bombycid moths of
America.
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Ermine moth
(gcide) | White \White\ (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. Whiter
(hw[imac]t"[~e]r); superl. Whitest.] [OE. whit, AS.
hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[imac]t, D. wit, G.
weiss, OHG. w[imac]z, hw[imac]z, Icel. hv[imac]tr, Sw. hvit,
Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to make bright,
Russ. sviet' light, Skr. [,c]v[=e]ta white, [,c]vit to be
bright. [root]42. Cf. Wheat, Whitsunday.]
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1. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum
combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or
their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; --
the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a
white skin. "Pearls white." --Chaucer.
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White as the whitest lily on a stream. --Longfellow.
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2. Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of
blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
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Or whispering with white lips, "The foe!
They come! they come!" --Byron.
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3. Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or
from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
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White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. --Dryden.
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No whiter page than Addison's remains. --Pope.
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4. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
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Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head
So old and white as this. --Shak.
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5. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the
like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
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On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as
one of the white days of his life. --Sir W.
Scott.
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6. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
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Come forth, my white spouse. --Chaucer.
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I am his white boy, and will not be gullet. --Ford.
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Note: White is used in many self-explaining compounds, as
white-backed, white-bearded, white-footed.
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White alder. (Bot.) See Sweet pepper bush, under
Pepper.
White ant (Zool.), any one of numerous species of social
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Termes. These
insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form
large and complex communities consisting of numerous
asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed
asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens
(or fertile females) often having the body enormously
distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous
winged males, together with the larvae and pupae of each
kind in various stages of development. Many of the species
construct large and complicated nests, sometimes in the
form of domelike structures rising several feet above the
ground and connected with extensive subterranean galleries
and chambers. In their social habits they closely resemble
the true ants. They feed upon animal and vegetable
substances of various kinds, including timber, and are
often very destructive to buildings and furniture.
White arsenic (Chem.), arsenious oxide, As2O3, a
substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine
luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. It is a
deadly poison.
White bass (Zool.), a fresh-water North American bass
(Roccus chrysops) found in the Great Likes.
White bear (Zool.), the polar bear. See under Polar.
White blood cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White brand (Zool.), the snow goose.
White brass, a white alloy of copper; white copper.
White campion. (Bot.)
(a) A kind of catchfly (Silene stellata) with white
flowers.
(b) A white-flowered Lychnis (Lychnis vespertina).
White canon (R. C. Ch.), a Premonstratensian.
White caps, the members of a secret organization in various
of the United States, who attempt to drive away or reform
obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. They appear masked
in white. Their actions resembled those of the Ku Klux
Klan in some ways but they were not formally affiliated
with the Klan, and their victims were often not black.
White cedar (Bot.), an evergreen tree of North America
(Thuja occidentalis), also the related {Cupressus
thyoides}, or Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea, a slender
evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar
swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much
valued for their durable timber. In California the name is
given to the Libocedrus decurrens, the timber of which
is also useful, though often subject to dry rot.
--Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc., is a
lofty tree (Icica altissima syn. Bursera altissima)
whose fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as
it is not attacked by insect.
White cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cell-blood (Med.), leucocythaemia.
White clover (Bot.), a species of small perennial clover
bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for
cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. See also
under Clover.
White copper, a whitish alloy of copper. See {German
silver}, under German.
White copperas (Min.), a native hydrous sulphate of iron;
coquimbite.
White coral (Zool.), an ornamental branched coral
(Amphihelia oculata) native of the Mediterranean.
White corpuscle. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.
White cricket (Zool.), the tree cricket.
White crop, a crop of grain which loses its green color, or
becomes white, in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley, and
oats, as distinguished from a green crop, or a root crop.
White currant (Bot.), a variety of the common red currant,
having white berries.
White daisy (Bot.), the oxeye daisy. See under Daisy.
White damp, a kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal
mines. --Raymond.
White elephant (Zool.),
(a) a whitish, or albino, variety of the Asiatic elephant.
(b) see white elephant in the vocabulary.
White elm (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
wheels, and for other purposes.
White ensign. See Saint George's ensign, under Saint.
White feather, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
the white feather}, under Feather, n.
White fir (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
of the Pacific States, as Abies grandis, and {Abies
concolor}.
White flesher (Zool.), the ruffed grouse. See under
Ruffed. [Canada]
White frost. See Hoarfrost.
White game (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.
White garnet (Min.), leucite.
White grass (Bot.), an American grass (Leersia Virginica)
with greenish-white paleae.
White grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The white ptarmigan.
(b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]
White grub (Zool.), the larva of the June bug and other
allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
other plants, and often do much damage.
White hake (Zool.), the squirrel hake. See under
Squirrel.
White hawk, or White kite (Zool.), the hen harrier.
White heat, the temperature at which bodies become
incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
they emit.
White hellebore (Bot.), a plant of the genus Veratrum
(Veratrum album) See Hellebore, 2.
White herring, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.
White hoolet (Zool.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]
White horses (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.
The White House. See under House.
White ibis (Zool.), an American ibis (Guara alba) having
the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings,
which are black. It inhabits tropical America and the
Southern United States. Called also Spanish curlew.
White iron.
(a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
(b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
proportion of combined carbon.
White iron pyrites (Min.), marcasite.
White land, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
but blackish after rain. [Eng.]
White lark (Zool.), the snow bunting.
White lead.
(a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
other purposes; ceruse.
(b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.
White leather, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
salt.
White leg (Med.), milk leg. See under Milk.
White lettuce (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
Rattlesnake.
White lie. See under Lie.
White light.
(a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
same proportion as in the light coming directly from
the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
through a prism. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
(b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
illumination for signals, etc.
White lime, a solution or preparation of lime for
whitewashing; whitewash.
White line (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
on a printed page; a blank line.
White meat.
(a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
(b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
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Driving their cattle continually with them, and
feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
--Spenser.
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White merganser (Zool.), the smew.
White metal.
(a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
etc.
(b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
certain stage in copper smelting.
White miller. (Zool.)
(a) The common clothes moth.
(b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
spots; -- called also ermine moth, and {virgin
moth}. See Woolly bear, under Woolly.
White money, silver money.
White mouse (Zool.), the albino variety of the common
mouse.
White mullet (Zool.), a silvery mullet (Mugil curema)
ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
called also blue-back mullet, and liza.
White nun (Zool.), the smew; -- so called from the white
crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
head, which give the appearance of a hood.
White oak. (Bot.) See under Oak.
White owl. (Zool.)
(a) The snowy owl.
(b) The barn owl.
White partridge (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.
White perch. (Zool.)
(a) A North American fresh-water bass (Morone Americana)
valued as a food fish.
(b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
(c) Any California surf fish.
White pine. (Bot.) See the Note under Pine.
White poplar (Bot.), a European tree (Populus alba) often
cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.
White poppy (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See Poppy.
White powder, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
[Obs.]
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A pistol charged with white powder. --Beau. & Fl.
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White precipitate. (Old Chem.) See under Precipitate.
White rabbit. (Zool.)
(a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
(b) An albino rabbit.
White rent,
(a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
opposed to black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
(b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]
White rhinoceros. (Zool.)
(a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
Indicus}). See Rhinoceros.
(b) The umhofo.
White ribbon, the distinctive badge of certain
organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.
White rope (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.
White rot. (Bot.)
(a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
called rot in sheep.
(b) A disease of grapes. See White rot, under Rot.
White sage (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
fat}.
White salmon (Zool.), the silver salmon.
White salt, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.
White scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus Nerii)
injurious to the orange tree. See Orange scale, under
Orange.
White shark (Zool.), a species of man-eating shark. See
under Shark.
White softening. (Med.) See Softening of the brain, under
Softening.
White spruce. (Bot.) See Spruce, n., 1.
White squall (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
the surface of the sea.
White staff, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
England. --Macaulay.
White stork (Zool.), the common European stork.
White sturgeon. (Zool.) See Shovelnose
(d) .
White sucker. (Zool.)
(a) The common sucker.
(b) The common red horse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum).
White swelling (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.
White tombac. See Tombac.
White trout (Zool.), the white weakfish, or silver
squeteague (Cynoscion nothus), of the Southern United
States.
White vitriol (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
vitriol}, under Vitriol.
White wagtail (Zool.), the common, or pied, wagtail.
White wax, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.
White whale (Zool.), the beluga.
White widgeon (Zool.), the smew.
White wine. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
Burgundy. "White wine of Lepe." --Chaucer.
White witch, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.
White wolf. (Zool.)
(a) A light-colored wolf (Canis laniger) native of
Thibet; -- called also chanco, golden wolf, and
Thibetan wolf.
(b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.
White wren (Zool.), the willow warbler; -- so called from
the color of the under parts.
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[1913 Webster]Ermine \Er"mine\, n. [OF. ermine, F. hermine, prob. of German
origin; cf. OHG. harmo, G. hermelin, akin to Lith. szarm?,
szarmonys, weasel, cf. AS. hearma; but cf. also LL.
armelinus, armellina, hermellina, and pellis Armenia, the fur
of the Armenian rat, mus Armenius, the animal being found
also in Armenia.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus
Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat.
It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and
America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes
white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.
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2. The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting
garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the
tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals
throughout the white.
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3. By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose
state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity
and honor without stain. --Chatham.
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4. (Her.) One of the furs. See Fur (Her.)
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Note: Ermine is represented by an argent field, tufted with
black. Ermines is the reverse of ermine, being black,
spotted or timbered with argent. Erminois is the same
as ermine, except that or is substituted for argent.
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Ermine moth (Zo["o]l.), a white moth with black spots (esp.
Yponomeuta padella of Europe); -- so called on account
of the resemblance of its covering to the fur of the
ermine; also applied to certain white bombycid moths of
America.
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Ermined
(gcide) | Ermined \Er"mined\, a.
Clothed or adorned with the fur of the ermine. --Pope.
Ermines |
Ermines
(gcide) | Ermines \Er"mines\, n., Erminois \Er"min*ois\, n.(Her.)
See Note under Ermine, n., 4.
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Extermine
(gcide) | Extermine \Ex*ter"mine\, v. t. [F. exterminer.]
To exterminate; to destroy. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Foredetermine
(gcide) | Foredetermine \Fore`de*ter"mine\, v. t.
To determine or decree beforehand. --Bp. Hopkins.
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Indetermined
(gcide) | Indetermined \In`de*ter"mined\, a.
Undetermined.
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Intermine
(gcide) | Intermine \In`ter*mine"\, v. t.
To intersect or penetrate with mines. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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M erminea
(gcide) | Ermine \Er"mine\, n. [OF. ermine, F. hermine, prob. of German
origin; cf. OHG. harmo, G. hermelin, akin to Lith. szarm?,
szarmonys, weasel, cf. AS. hearma; but cf. also LL.
armelinus, armellina, hermellina, and pellis Armenia, the fur
of the Armenian rat, mus Armenius, the animal being found
also in Armenia.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus
Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat.
It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and
America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes
white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.
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2. The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting
garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the
tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals
throughout the white.
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3. By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose
state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity
and honor without stain. --Chatham.
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4. (Her.) One of the furs. See Fur (Her.)
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Note: Ermine is represented by an argent field, tufted with
black. Ermines is the reverse of ermine, being black,
spotted or timbered with argent. Erminois is the same
as ermine, except that or is substituted for argent.
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Ermine moth (Zo["o]l.), a white moth with black spots (esp.
Yponomeuta padella of Europe); -- so called on account
of the resemblance of its covering to the fur of the
ermine; also applied to certain white bombycid moths of
America.
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Menispermine
(gcide) | Menispermine \Men`i*sper"mine\, n. [Cf. F. m['e]nispermine.]
(Chem.)
An alkaloid distinct from picrotoxin and obtained from the
cocculus indicus (the fruit of Anamirta Cocculus, formerly
Menispermum Cocculus) as a white, crystalline, tasteless
powder; -- called also menispermina.
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Oyer and terminer
(gcide) | Oyer \O"yer\, n. [Anglo F., a hearing, from OF. o["i]r, F.
ou["i]r, to hear, L. audire. See Audible.] (Law)
A hearing or an inspection, as of a deed, bond, etc., as when
a defendant in court prays oyer of a writing. --Blackstone.
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Oyer and terminer (Law), a term used in England in
commissions directed to judges of assize about to hold
court, directing them to hear and determine cases brought
before them. In the U.S. the phrase is used to designate
certain criminal courts.
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Predetermine
(gcide) | Predetermine \Pre`de*ter"mine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Predetermined; p. pr. & vb. n. Predermining.] [Pref. pre-
+ determine: cf. F. pr['e]d['e]terminer.]
1. To determine (something) beforehand. --Sir M. Hale.
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2. To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.
[1913 Webster]Predetermine \Pre`de*ter"mine\, v. i.
To determine beforehand.
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Predetermined
(gcide) | Predetermine \Pre`de*ter"mine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Predetermined; p. pr. & vb. n. Predermining.] [Pref. pre-
+ determine: cf. F. pr['e]d['e]terminer.]
1. To determine (something) beforehand. --Sir M. Hale.
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2. To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.
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Stenodermine
(gcide) | Stenodermine \Sten`o*der"mine\, a. (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the genus Stenoderma, which includes
several West Indian and South American nose-leaf bats.
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Termine
(gcide) | Termine \Ter"mine\, v. t. [Cf. F. terminer.]
To terminate. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Terminer
(gcide) | Terminer \Ter"mi*ner\, n. [F. terminer to bound, limit, end. See
Terminate.] (Law)
A determining; as, in oyer and terminer. See Oyer.
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Undermine
(gcide) | Undermine \Un`der*mine"\, v. t.
1. To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially
for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to
form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall.
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A vast rock undermined from one end to the other,
and a highway running through it. --Addison.
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2. Fig.: To remove the foundation or support of by
clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way; as, to
undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the
state.
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He should be warned who are like to undermine him.
--Locke.
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Underminer
(gcide) | Underminer \Un`der*min"er\, n.
One who undermines.
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Undetermined
(gcide) | Undetermined \Undetermined\
See determined. |
countermine
(wn) | countermine
n 1: (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the
enemy
v 1: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The
Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
[syn: sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract,
subvert, weaken]
2: destroy enemy mines with one's own mines; "We countermined
the banks of the river" |
determine
(wn) | determine
v 1: establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment,
survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The
physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel
Prize" [syn: determine, find, find out, ascertain]
2: shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often
determines ability"; "mold public opinion" [syn: determine,
shape, mold, influence, regulate]
3: fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" [syn:
determine, set]
4: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify
the parameters" [syn: specify, set, determine,
define, fix, limit]
5: reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We
finally decided after lengthy deliberations" [syn: decide,
make up one's mind, determine]
6: fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the
border of the property"
7: settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the
argument" [syn: settle, square off, square up,
determine]
8: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by
making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she
speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he
speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"
[syn: determine, check, find out, see, ascertain,
watch, learn] |
determined
(wn) | determined
adj 1: characterized by great determination; "a struggle against
a determined enemy"
2: having been learned or found or determined especially by
investigation [ant: undetermined]
3: devoting full strength and concentrated attention to; "made
continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy
headquarters"
4: determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and
place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of
surrender"; "the time set for the launching" [syn:
determined, dictated, set]
5: strongly motivated to succeed [syn: compulsive,
determined, driven] |
determinedly
(wn) | determinedly
adv 1: with determination; in a determined manner; "he clung to
the past determinedly" [syn: determinedly,
unfalteringly, unshakably]
2: with ambition; in an ambitious and energetic manner; "she
pursued her goals ambitiously" [syn: ambitiously,
determinedly] [ant: unambitiously] |
determiner
(wn) | determiner
n 1: an argument that is conclusive [syn: clincher,
determiner, determining factor]
2: one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the
referents of noun phrases [syn: determiner,
determinative]
3: a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an
important determinant of one's outlook on life" [syn:
determinant, determiner, determinative, {determining
factor}, causal factor] |
ermine
(wn) | ermine
n 1: the expensive white fur of the ermine
2: mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat
[syn: ermine, shorttail weasel, Mustela erminea] |
mustela erminea
(wn) | Mustela erminea
n 1: mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat
[syn: ermine, shorttail weasel, Mustela erminea] |
predetermine
(wn) | predetermine
v 1: determine beforehand
2: cause to be biased [syn: bias, predetermine] |
predetermined
(wn) | predetermined
adj 1: set in advance; "a preset plan of action"; "at a
predetermined time" [syn: preset, predetermined] |
redetermine
(wn) | redetermine
v 1: fix, find, or establish again; "the physicists redetermined
Planck's constant" |
undermine
(wn) | undermine
v 1: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The
Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
[syn: sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract,
subvert, weaken]
2: hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was
caving the banks" [syn: cave, undermine] |
undetermined
(wn) | undetermined
adj 1: not yet having been ascertained or determined; "of
undetermined species" [ant: determined]
2: not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known
in advance; "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large
indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the
influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate
future" [syn: indeterminate, undetermined] [ant:
determinate]
3: not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought; "an
open question"; "our position on this bill is still
undecided"; "our lawsuit is still undetermined" [syn: open,
undecided, undetermined, unresolved] |
OYER AND TERMINE
(bouvier) | OYER AND TERMINER. The name of a court authorized to hear and determine all
treasons, felonies and misdemeanors; and, generally, invested with other
power in relation to the punishment of offenders.
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