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nicu
(wn) | NICU
n 1: an intensive care unit designed with special equipment to
care for premature or seriously ill newborn [syn: {neonatal
intensive care unit}, NICU] |
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scomber japonicus
(mass) | Scomber japonicus
- makrela |
canicular
(encz) | canicular,kanikulární adj: Zdeněk Brož |
copernicus
(encz) | Copernicus,Koperník n: Zdeněk BrožCopernicus,polský astronom Zdeněk Brož |
corpus geniculatum laterale
(encz) | corpus geniculatum laterale, n: |
corpus geniculatum mediale
(encz) | corpus geniculatum mediale, n: |
funicular
(encz) | funicular,lanovka n: Zdeněk Brož |
funicular railway
(encz) | funicular railway, n: |
funiculitis
(encz) | funiculitis, n: |
funiculus
(encz) | funiculus, n: |
genicular vein
(encz) | genicular vein, n: |
geniculate
(encz) | geniculate,kolínkatý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
geniculate body
(encz) | geniculate body, n: |
granicus
(encz) | Granicus, |
lateral geniculate body
(encz) | lateral geniculate body, n: |
manicure
(encz) | manicure,dělat manikúru Zdeněk Brožmanicure,manikér n: Zdeněk Brožmanicure,manikérka n: Zdeněk Brožmanicure,manikúra n: Zdeněk Brož |
manicure set
(encz) | manicure set, n: |
manicured
(encz) | manicured,šlechtěný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
manicures
(encz) | manicures,manikúry pl. Zdeněk Brož |
manicuring
(encz) | manicuring,šlechtící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
manicurist
(encz) | manicurist,manikér n: Zdeněk Brož |
medial geniculate body
(encz) | medial geniculate body, n: |
nervus phrenicus
(encz) | nervus phrenicus, n: |
paniculate
(encz) | paniculate, adj: |
panicum
(encz) | panicum,proso n: lat. Panicum, rod trav z čeledi lipnicovitých Petr
Prášek |
unicurrency peg
(encz) | unicurrency peg, |
unicurrency pegging
(encz) | unicurrency pegging, |
unicuspid
(encz) | unicuspid, adj: |
viniculture
(encz) | viniculture,vinohradnictví n: Zdeněk Brož |
Abacus harmonicus
(gcide) | Abacus \Ab"a*cus\ ([a^]b"[.a]*k[u^]s), n.; E. pl. Abacuses; L.
pl. Abaci (-s[imac]). [L. abacus, abax, Gr. 'a`bax]
1. A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for
drawing, calculating, etc. [Obs.]
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2. A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing
arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or
counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units,
the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China.
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3. (Arch.)
(a) The uppermost member or division of the capital of a
column, immediately under the architrave. See
Column.
(b) A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or
mosaic work.
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4. A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated
compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a
kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.
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Abacus harmonicus (Mus.), an ancient diagram showing the
structure and disposition of the keys of an instrument.
--Crabb.
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Acer Pennsylvanicum
(gcide) | Moosewood \Moose"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) The striped maple (Acer Pennsylvanicum).
(b) Leatherwood.
[1913 Webster]Striped \Striped\, a.
Having stripes of different colors; streaked.
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Striped bass. (Zool.) See under Bass.
Striped maple (Bot.), a slender American tree ({Acer
Pennsylvanicum}) with finely striped bark. Called also
striped dogwood, and moosewood.
Striped mullet. (Zool.) See under Mullet, 2.
Striped snake (Zool.), the garter snake.
Striped squirrel (Zool.), the chipmunk.
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Adminicular
(gcide) | Adminicular \Ad`mi*nic"u*lar\, a.
Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory; as,
adminicular evidence. --H. Spencer.
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Adminiculary
(gcide) | Adminiculary \Ad`mi*nic"u*la*ry\, a.
Adminicular.
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Allium Ascalonicum
(gcide) | Scallion \Scal"lion\, n. [OF. escalone, eschaloingne, L. caepa
Ascalonia onion of Ascalon; caepa onion + Ascalonius of
Ascalon, fr. Ascalo Ascalon, a town in Palestine. Cf.
Shallot.]
1. (Bot.) A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum),
native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.
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2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a
thick stem like a leek. --Amer. Cyc.
[1913 Webster]Shallot \Shal*lot"\, n. [OF. eschalote (for escalone), F.
['e]chalote. See Scallion, and cf. Eschalot.] (Bot.)
A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in
clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or
eschalot.
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Anicut
(gcide) | Anicut \An"i*cut\, Annicut \An"ni*cut\, n. [Tamil anai kattu dam
building.]
A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose
of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. [India]
--Brande & C.
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Annicut
(gcide) | Anicut \An"i*cut\, Annicut \An"ni*cut\, n. [Tamil anai kattu dam
building.]
A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose
of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. [India]
--Brande & C.
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Anthus Pensilvanicus
(gcide) | Pipit \Pip"it\, n. [So named from its call note.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging
to Anthus and allied genera, of the family
Motacillid[ae]. They strongly resemble the true larks in
habits, colors, and the great length of the hind claw. They
are, therefore, often called titlarks, and pipit larks.
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Note: The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis); the {tree
pipit}, or tree lark (Anthus trivialis); and the
rock pipit, or sea lark (Anthus obscurus) are
well-known European species. The common American pipit,
or brown lark, is Anthus Pensilvanicus. The Western
species (Anthus Spraguei) is called the {American
skylark}, on account of its musical powers.
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Asarum virginicum
(gcide) | heartleaf \heartleaf\ n. (Bot.)
1. wild ginger (Asarum shuttleworthii) having persistent
heart-shaped pungent leaves, growing from Western Virginia
to Alabama.
Syn: Asarum shuttleworthii.
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2. (Bot.) An evergreen low-growing perennial ({Asarum
virginicum}) having mottled green and silvery-gray
heart-shaped pungent leaves, growing from Virginia to
South Carolina.
Syn: Asarum virginicum.
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Buteo Pennsylvanicus
(gcide) | Hawk \Hawk\ (h[add]k), n. [OE. hauk (prob. fr. Icel.), havek,
AS. hafoc, heafoc; akin to D. havik, OHG. habuh, G. habicht,
Icel. haukr, Sw. h["o]k, Dan. h["o]g, prob. from the root of
E. heave.] (Zool.)
One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the
family Falconid[ae]. They differ from the true falcons in
lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in
having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size
and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were
formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the
word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as
the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.
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Note: Among the common American species are the red-tailed
hawk (Buteo borealis); the red-shouldered ({Buteo
lineatus}); the broad-winged (Buteo Pennsylvanicus);
the rough-legged (Archibuteo lagopus); the
sharp-shinned (Accipiter fuscus). See Fishhawk,
Goshawk, Marsh hawk, under Marsh, Night hawk,
under Night.
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Bee hawk (Zool.), the honey buzzard.
Eagle hawk. See under Eagle.
Hawk eagle (Zool.), an Asiatic bird of the genus
Spiz[ae]tus, or Limn[ae]tus, intermediate between the
hawks and eagles. There are several species.
Hawk fly (Zool.), a voracious fly of the family
Asilid[ae]. See Hornet fly, under Hornet.
Hawk moth. (Zool.) See Hawk moth, in the Vocabulary.
Hawk owl. (Zool.)
(a) A northern owl (Surnia ulula) of Europe and America. It
flies by day, and in some respects resembles the hawks.
(b) An owl of India (Ninox scutellatus).
Hawk's bill (Horology), the pawl for the rack, in the
striking mechanism of a clock.
[1913 Webster]Buzzard \Buz"zard\ (b[u^]z"z[~e]rd), n.[O.E. busard, bosard, F.
busard, fr. buse, L. buteo, a kind of falcon or hawk.]
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1. (Zool.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to
the genus Buteo and related genera.
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2. (Zool.) In the United States, a term used for the {turkey
vulture} (Cathartes aura), and sometimes
indiscriminately to any vulture.
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Note: The Buteo vulgaris is the common buzzard of Europe.
The American species (of which the most common are
Buteo borealis, Buteo Pennsylvanicus, and {Buteo
lineatus}) are usually called hen hawks. -- The
rough-legged buzzard, or bee hawk, of Europe ({Pernis
apivorus}) feeds on bees and their larv[ae], with other
insects, and reptiles. -- The moor buzzard of Europe is
Circus [ae]ruginosus. See Turkey buzzard, and
Carrion buzzard.
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Bald buzzard, the fishhawk or osprey. See Fishhawk.
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2. A blockhead; a dunce.
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It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not
be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a
buzzard. --Goldsmith.
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Calcarius Lapponicus
(gcide) | Longspur \Long"spur`\, n. [So called from the length of the hind
claw.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genus
Calcarius (or Plectrophanes), and allied genera. The
Lapland longspur (Calcarius Lapponicus), the
chestnut-colored longspur (Calcarius ornatus), and other
species, inhabit the United States.
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Canicula
(gcide) | Dog Star \Dog" Star`\
Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the
Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; -- called
also Canicula, and, in astronomical charts, {[alpha] Canis
Majoris}. See Dog days.
[1913 Webster]Canicula \Ca*nic"u*la\, n. [L. canicula, lit., a little dog, a
diminutive of canis dog; cf. F. canicule.] (Astron.)
The Dog Star; Sirius.
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Canicular
(gcide) | Canicular \Ca*nic"u*lar\, a. [L. canicularis; cf. F.
caniculaire.]
Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.
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Canicular days, the dog days, See Dog days.
Canicular year, the Egyptian year, computed from one
heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another.
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Canicular days
(gcide) | Day \Day\ (d[=a]), n. [OE. day, dai, dei, AS. d[ae]g; akin to
OS., D., Dan., & Sw. dag, G. tag, Icel. dagr, Goth. dags; cf.
Skr. dah (for dhagh ?) to burn. [root]69. Cf. Dawn.]
1. The time of light, or interval between one night and the
next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to
darkness; hence, the light; sunshine; -- also called
daytime.
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2. The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. --
ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured
by the interval between two successive transits of a
celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a
specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the
sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits
of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a
solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is
the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day,
below.
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3. Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by
usage or law for work.
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4. A specified time or period; time, considered with
reference to the existence or prominence of a person or
thing; age; time.
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A man who was great among the Hellenes of his day.
--Jowett
(Thucyd. )
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If my debtors do not keep their day, . . .
I must with patience all the terms attend. --Dryden.
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5. (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of
contest, some anniversary, etc.
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The field of Agincourt,
Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus. --Shak.
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His name struck fear, his conduct won the day.
--Roscommon.
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Note: Day is much used in self-explaining compounds; as,
daybreak, daylight, workday, etc.
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Anniversary day. See Anniversary, n.
Astronomical day, a period equal to the mean solar day, but
beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four
hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day,
as that most used by astronomers.
Born days. See under Born.
Canicular days. See Dog day.
Civil day, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary
reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning
at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two
series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized
by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and
Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews
at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight.
Day blindness. (Med.) See Nyctalopia.
Day by day, or Day after day, daily; every day;
continually; without intermission of a day. See under
By. "Day by day we magnify thee." --Book of Common
Prayer.
Days in bank (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return
of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called
because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench,
or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. --Burrill.
Day in court, a day for the appearance of parties in a
suit.
Days of devotion (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which
devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. --Shipley.
Days of grace. See Grace.
Days of obligation (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is
obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. --Shipley.
Day owl, (Zool.), an owl that flies by day. See Hawk owl.
Day rule (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished)
allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go
beyond the prison limits for a single day.
Day school, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in
distinction from a boarding school.
Day sight. (Med.) See Hemeralopia.
Day's work (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's
course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon.
From day to day, as time passes; in the course of time; as,
he improves from day to day.
Jewish day, the time between sunset and sunset.
Mean solar day (Astron.), the mean or average of all the
apparent solar days of the year.
One day, One of these days, at an uncertain time, usually
of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. "Well,
niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband."
--Shak.
Only from day to day, without certainty of continuance;
temporarily. --Bacon.
Sidereal day, the interval between two successive transits
of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The
Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time.
To win the day, to gain the victory, to be successful. --S.
Butler.
Week day, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day.
Working day.
(a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction
from Sundays and legal holidays.
(b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom,
during which a workman, hired at a stated price per
day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay.
[1913 Webster]Canicular \Ca*nic"u*lar\, a. [L. canicularis; cf. F.
caniculaire.]
Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.
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Canicular days, the dog days, See Dog days.
Canicular year, the Egyptian year, computed from one
heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another.
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Canicular year
(gcide) | Year \Year\, n. [OE. yer, yeer, [yogh]er, AS. ge['a]r; akin to
OFries. i?r, g?r, D. jaar, OHG. j[=a]r, G. jahr, Icel. [=a]r,
Dan. aar, Sw. [*a]r, Goth. j?r, Gr. ? a season of the year,
springtime, a part of the day, an hour, ? a year, Zend
y[=a]re year. [root]4, 279. Cf. Hour, Yore.]
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1. The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the
ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its
revolution around the sun, called the astronomical year;
also, a period more or less nearly agreeing with this,
adopted by various nations as a measure of time, and
called the civil year; as, the common lunar year of 354
days, still in use among the Mohammedans; the year of 360
days, etc. In common usage, the year consists of 365 days,
and every fourth year (called bissextile, or leap year) of
366 days, a day being added to February on that year, on
account of the excess above 365 days (see Bissextile).
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Of twenty year of age he was, I guess. --Chaucer.
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Note: The civil, or legal, year, in England, formerly
commenced on the 25th of March. This practice continued
throughout the British dominions till the year 1752.
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2. The time in which any planet completes a revolution about
the sun; as, the year of Jupiter or of Saturn.
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3. pl. Age, or old age; as, a man in years. --Shak.
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Anomalistic year, the time of the earth's revolution from
perihelion to perihelion again, which is 365 days, 6
hours, 13 minutes, and 48 seconds.
A year's mind (Eccl.), a commemoration of a deceased
person, as by a Mass, a year after his death. Cf. {A
month's mind}, under Month.
Bissextile year. See Bissextile.
Canicular year. See under Canicular.
Civil year, the year adopted by any nation for the
computation of time.
Common lunar year, the period of 12 lunar months, or 354
days.
Common year, each year of 365 days, as distinguished from
leap year.
Embolismic year, or Intercalary lunar year, the period of
13 lunar months, or 384 days.
Fiscal year (Com.), the year by which accounts are
reckoned, or the year between one annual time of
settlement, or balancing of accounts, and another.
Great year. See Platonic year, under Platonic.
Gregorian year, Julian year. See under Gregorian, and
Julian.
Leap year. See Leap year, in the Vocabulary.
Lunar astronomical year, the period of 12 lunar synodical
months, or 354 days, 8 hours, 48 minutes, 36 seconds.
Lunisolar year. See under Lunisolar.
Periodical year. See Anomalistic year, above.
Platonic year, Sabbatical year. See under Platonic, and
Sabbatical.
Sidereal year, the time in which the sun, departing from
any fixed star, returns to the same. This is 365 days, 6
hours, 9 minutes, and 9.3 seconds.
Tropical year. See under Tropical.
Year and a day (O. Eng. Law), a time to be allowed for an
act or an event, in order that an entire year might be
secured beyond all question. --Abbott.
Year of grace, any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini;
A. D. or a. d.
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caniculaire.]
Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star.
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Canicular days, the dog days, See Dog days.
Canicular year, the Egyptian year, computed from one
heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another.
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Canicule
(gcide) | Canicule \Can"i*cule\, n.
Canicula. --Addison.
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Charadrius dominicus
(gcide) | Golden \Gold"en\ (g[=o]ld"'n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden,
AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder.]
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1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
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2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
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3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently
auspicious; as, golden opinions.
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Golden age.
(a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of
manners in rural employments, followed by the {silver
age}, bronze age, and iron age. --Dryden.
(b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D.
14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when
Cicero, C[ae]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence:
(c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when
it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its
greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been
considered the golden age of English literature.
Golden balls, three gilt balls used as a sign of a
pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the
coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in
London having been Lombards.
Golden bull. See under Bull, an edict.
Golden chain (Bot.), the shrub Cytisus Laburnum, so named
from its long clusters of yellow blossoms.
Golden club (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium
aquaticum}), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow
flowers.
Golden cup (Bot.), the buttercup.
Golden eagle (Zool.), a large and powerful eagle ({Aquila
Chrysa["e]tos}) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North
America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of
the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is
called the royal eagle; the young in the second year is
the ring-tailed eagle.
Golden fleece.
(a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken
from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to
Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the
Argonautic expedition.
(b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by
Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also
Toison d'Or.
Golden grease, a bribe; a fee. [Slang]
Golden hair (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant
with golden yellow flowers, the Chrysocoma Coma-aurea.
Golden Horde (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who
overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th
century.
Golden Legend, a hagiology (the "Aurea Legenda") written by
James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th
century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and
partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus
entitled.
Golden marcasite tin. [Obs.]
Golden mean, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes;
sufficiency without excess; moderation.
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Angels guard him in the golden mean. --Pope.
Golden mole (Zool), one of several South African
Insectivora of the family Chrysochlorid[ae], resembling
moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green,
purple, and gold.
Golden number (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the
lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and
is so called from having formerly been written in the
calendar in gold.
Golden oriole. (Zool.) See Oriole.
Golden pheasant. See under Pheasant.
Golden pippin, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color.
Golden plover (Zool.), one of several species of plovers,
of the genus Charadrius, esp. the European ({Charadrius
apricarius}, syn. Charadrius pluvialis; -- called also
yellow plover, black-breasted plover, hill plover,
and whistling plover. The common American species
(Charadrius dominicus) is also called frostbird, and
bullhead.
Golden robin. (Zool.) See Baltimore oriole, in Vocab.
Golden rose (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by
the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some
church or person in recognition of special services
rendered to the Holy See.
Golden rule.
(a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us.
Cf. --Luke vi. 31.
(b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three.
Golden samphire (Bot.), a composite plant ({Inula
crithmoides}), found on the seashore of Europe.
Golden saxifrage (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers
(Chrysosplenium oppositifolium), blossoming in wet
places in early spring.
Golden seal (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb
(Hydrastis Canadensis), with a thick knotted rootstock
and large rounded leaves.
Golden sulphide of antimony, or {Golden sulphuret of
antimony} (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or
orange yellow powder.
Golden warbler (Zool.), a common American wood warbler
(Dendroica [ae]stiva); -- called also {blue-eyed yellow
warbler}, garden warbler, and summer yellow bird.
Golden wasp (Zool.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect,
of the family Chrysidid[ae]. The colors are golden,
blue, and green.
Golden wedding. See under Wedding.
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Cinnamomum Zeylanicum
(gcide) | Cinnamon \Cin"na*mon\, n. [Heb. qinn[=a]m[=o]n; cf. Gr. ?, ?,
cinnamomum, cinnamon. The Heb. word itself seems to have been
borrowed from some other language; cf. Malay k[=a]j[=u]
m[=a]nis sweet wood.]
(a) The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum,
a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately
pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial,
carminative, and restorative spices.
(b) Cassia.
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Cinnamon stone (Min.), a variety of garnet, of a cinnamon
or hyacinth red color, sometimes used in jewelry.
Oil of cinnamon, a colorless aromatic oil obtained from
cinnamon and cassia, and consisting essentially of
cinnamic aldehyde, C6H5.C2H2.CHO.
Wild cinnamon. See Canella.
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Cnicus
(gcide) | Cnicus \Cnicus\ n.
a genus of plants having only one species, the blessed
thistle.
Syn: genus Cnicus.
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Cnicus arvensis
(gcide) | Thistle \This"tle\, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to
D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill,
Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.)
Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those
of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name
is often also applied to other prickly plants.
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Blessed thistle, Carduus benedictus, so named because it
was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of
venomous creatures.
Bull thistle, Cnicus lanceolatus, the common large
thistle of neglected pastures.
Canada thistle, Cnicus arvensis, a native of Europe, but
introduced into the United States from Canada.
Cotton thistle, Onopordon Acanthium.
Fuller's thistle, the teasel.
Globe thistle, Melon thistle, etc. See under Globe,
Melon, etc.
Pine thistle, Atractylis gummifera, a native of the
Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the
involucre.
Scotch thistle, either the cotton thistle, or the musk
thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national
emblems of Scotland.
Sow thistle, Sonchus oleraceus.
Spear thistle. Same as Bull thistle.
Star thistle, a species of Centaurea. See Centaurea.
Torch thistle, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus
Cereus. See Cereus.
Yellow thistle, Cincus horridulus.
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Thistle bird (Zool.), the American goldfinch, or
yellow-bird (Spinus tristis); -- so called on account of
its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under
Goldfinch.
Thistle butterfly (Zool.), a handsomely colored American
butterfly (Vanessa cardui) whose larva feeds upon
thistles; -- called also painted lady.
Thistle cock (Zool.), the corn bunting ({Emberiza
militaria}). [Prov. Eng.]
Thistle crown, a gold coin of England of the reign of James
I., worth four shillings.
Thistle finch (Zool.), the goldfinch; -- so called from its
fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.]
Thistle funnel, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring
mouth.
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Cnicus lanceolatus
(gcide) | Spear \Spear\, n. [OE. spere, AS. spere; akin to D. & G. speer,
OS. & OHS. sper, Icel. spj["o]r, pl., Dan. spaer, L. sparus.]
1. A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by
thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a
sharp head or blade; a lance.
Note: [See Illust. of Spearhead.] "A sharp ground spear."
--Chaucer.
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They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and
their spears into pruning hooks. --Micah iv. 3.
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2. Fig.: A spearman. --Sir W. Scott.
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3. A sharp-pointed instrument with barbs, used for stabbing
fish and other animals.
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4. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
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5. The feather of a horse. See Feather, n., 4.
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6. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is
attached; a pump rod.
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Spear foot, the off hind foot of a horse.
Spear grass. (Bot.)
(a) The common reed. See Reed, n., 1.
(b) meadow grass. See under Meadow.
Spear hand, the hand in which a horseman holds a spear; the
right hand. --Crabb.
Spear side, the male line of a family. --Lowell.
Spear thistle (Bot.), the common thistle ({Cnicus
lanceolatus}).
[1913 Webster]Thistle \This"tle\, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to
D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill,
Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.)
Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those
of the genera Cnicus, Craduus, and Onopordon. The name
is often also applied to other prickly plants.
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Blessed thistle, Carduus benedictus, so named because it
was formerly considered an antidote to the bite of
venomous creatures.
Bull thistle, Cnicus lanceolatus, the common large
thistle of neglected pastures.
Canada thistle, Cnicus arvensis, a native of Europe, but
introduced into the United States from Canada.
Cotton thistle, Onopordon Acanthium.
Fuller's thistle, the teasel.
Globe thistle, Melon thistle, etc. See under Globe,
Melon, etc.
Pine thistle, Atractylis gummifera, a native of the
Mediterranean region. A vicid gum resin flows from the
involucre.
Scotch thistle, either the cotton thistle, or the musk
thistle, or the spear thistle; -- all used national
emblems of Scotland.
Sow thistle, Sonchus oleraceus.
Spear thistle. Same as Bull thistle.
Star thistle, a species of Centaurea. See Centaurea.
Torch thistle, a candelabra-shaped plant of the genus
Cereus. See Cereus.
Yellow thistle, Cincus horridulus.
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Thistle bird (Zool.), the American goldfinch, or
yellow-bird (Spinus tristis); -- so called on account of
its feeding on the seeds of thistles. See Illust. under
Goldfinch.
Thistle butterfly (Zool.), a handsomely colored American
butterfly (Vanessa cardui) whose larva feeds upon
thistles; -- called also painted lady.
Thistle cock (Zool.), the corn bunting ({Emberiza
militaria}). [Prov. Eng.]
Thistle crown, a gold coin of England of the reign of James
I., worth four shillings.
Thistle finch (Zool.), the goldfinch; -- so called from its
fondness for thistle seeds. [Prov. Eng.]
Thistle funnel, a funnel having a bulging body and flaring
mouth.
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Cornicula
(gcide) | Corniculum \Cor*nic"u*lum\ (k?r-n?k"?-l?m), n.; pl. Cornicula
(-l?). [L. corniculum little horn.] (Anat.)
A small hornlike part or process.
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Cornicular
(gcide) | Cornicular \Cor*nic"u*lar\ (-l?r), n. [L. cornicularius.]
A secretary or clerk. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Corniculate
(gcide) | Corniculate \Cor*nic"u*late\ (k?r-n?k"?-l?t), a. [L.
corniculatus.]
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1. Horned; having horns. --Dr. H. More.
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2. (Bot.) Having processes resembling small horns.
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Corniculum
(gcide) | Corniculum \Cor*nic"u*lum\ (k?r-n?k"?-l?m), n.; pl. Cornicula
(-l?). [L. corniculum little horn.] (Anat.)
A small hornlike part or process.
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Crinicultural
(gcide) | Crinicultural \Crin`i*cul"tur*al\ (kr?n`?-k?l"t?r-al; 135), a.
[L. crinis hair + cultura.]
Relating to the growth of hair. [R.]
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Cuniculus paca
(gcide) | paca \pa"ca\ (Pg. p[aum]"k[.a]; E. p[=a]"k[.a]), n. [Pg., from
the native name.]
1. (Zool.) A large burrowing South American rodent ({Agouti
paca} syn. Cuniculus paca, formerly {C[oe]logenys
paca}), having blackish brown fur, with four parallel rows
of white spots along its sides; the spotted cavy. It is
closely allied to the agouti and the Guinea pig and is
highly esteemed as food.
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Cuniculus torquatus
(gcide) | Snowy \Snow"y\, a.
1. White like snow. "So shows a snowy dove trooping with
crows." --Shak.
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2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. "The snowy top of
cold Olympus." --Milton.
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3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless.
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There did he lose his snowy innocence. --J. Hall
(1646).
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Snowy heron (Zool.), a white heron, or egret ({Ardea
candidissima}), found in the Southern United States, and
southward to Chile; -- called also plume bird.
Snowy lemming (Zool.), the collared lemming ({Cuniculus
torquatus}), which turns white in winter.
Snowy owl (Zool.), a large arctic owl (Nyctea Scandiaca,
or Nyctea nivea) common all over the northern parts of
the United States and Europe in winter time. Its plumage
is sometimes nearly pure white, but it is usually more or
less marked with blackish spots. Called also white owl.
Snowy plover (Zool.), a small plover (Aegialitis nivosa)
of the western parts of the United States and Mexico. It
is light gray above, with the under parts and portions of
the head white.
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Cynoglossum Virginicum
(gcide) | Wild \Wild\, a. [Compar. Wilder; superl. Wildest.] [OE.
wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG.
wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild,
bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild
game, deer; of uncertain origin.]
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1. Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as
the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily
approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild
boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.
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Winter's not gone yet, if the wild geese fly that
way. --Shak.
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2. Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared
without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated;
brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not
domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild
strawberry, wild honey.
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The woods and desert caves,
With wild thyme and gadding vine o'ergrown.
--Milton.
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3. Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land. "To
trace the forests wild." --Shak.
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4. Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious;
rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.
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5. Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation;
turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious;
inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary;
visionary; crazy. "Valor grown wild by pride." --Prior. "A
wild, speculative project." --Swift.
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What are these
So withered and so wild in their attire ? --Shak.
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With mountains, as with weapons, armed; which makes
Wild work in heaven. --Milton.
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The wild winds howl. --Addison.
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Search then the ruling passion, there, alone
The wild are constant, and the cunning known.
--Pope.
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6. Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild
roadstead.
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7. Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or
?ewilderment; as, a wild look.
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8. (Naut.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.
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Note: Many plants are named by prefixing wild to the names of
other better known or cultivated plants to which they a
bear a real or fancied resemblance; as, wild allspice,
wild pink, etc. See the Phrases below.
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To run wild, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or
untamed; to live or grow without culture or training.
To sow one's wild oats. See under Oat.
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Wild allspice. (Bot.), spicewood.
Wild balsam apple (Bot.), an American climbing
cucurbitaceous plant (Echinocystis lobata).
Wild basil (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha
Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America.
Wild bean (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants,
mostly species of Phaseolus and Apios.
Wild bee (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee
when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest
in a hollow tree or among rocks.
Wild bergamot. (Bot.) See under Bergamot.
Wild boar (Zool.), the European wild hog (Sus scrofa),
from which the common domesticated swine is descended.
Wild brier (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See
Brier.
Wild bugloss (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant
(Lycopsis arvensis) with small blue flowers.
Wild camomile (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite
genus Matricaria, much resembling camomile.
Wild cat. (Zool.)
(a) A European carnivore (Felis catus) somewhat
resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and
having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller
domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and
the like.
(b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx.
(c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve
either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce.
Wild celery. (Bot.) See Tape grass, under Tape.
Wild cherry. (Bot.)
(a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild
red cherry is Prunus Pennsylvanica. The wild black
cherry is Prunus serotina, the wood of which is much
used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a
compact texture.
(b) The fruit of various species of Prunus.
Wild cinnamon. See the Note under Canella.
Wild comfrey (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum
Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly
leaves and small blue flowers.
Wild cumin (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant
(Lag[oe]cia cuminoides) native in the countries about
the Mediterranean.
Wild drake (Zool.) the mallard.
Wild elder (Bot.), an American plant (Aralia hispida) of
the Ginseng family.
Wild fowl (Zool.) any wild bird, especially any of those
considered as game birds.
Wild goose (Zool.), any one of several species of
undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta
Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag.
See Graylag, and Bean goose, under Bean.
Wild goose chase, the pursuit of something unattainable, or
of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose.
--Shak.
Wild honey, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in
trees, rocks, the like.
Wild hyacinth. (Bot.) See Hyacinth, 1
(b) .
Wild Irishman (Bot.), a thorny bush (Discaria Toumatou)
of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the
natives use the spines in tattooing.
Wild land.
(a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it
unfit for cultivation.
(b) Land which is not settled and cultivated.
Wild licorice. (Bot.) See under Licorice.
Wild mammee (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a
tropical American tree (Rheedia lateriflora); -- so
called in the West Indies.
Wild marjoram (Bot.), a labiate plant (Origanum vulgare)
much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic.
Wild oat. (Bot.)
(a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum
avenaceum}).
(b) See Wild oats, under Oat.
Wild pieplant (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex
hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid,
juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden
rhubarb.
Wild pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) The rock dove.
(b) The passenger pigeon.
Wild pink (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene
Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of
catchfly.
Wild plantain (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb
(Heliconia Bihai), much resembling the banana. Its
leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies
as coverings for packages of merchandise.
Wild plum. (Bot.)
(a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation.
(b) The South African prune. See under Prune.
Wild rice. (Bot.) See Indian rice, under Rice.
Wild rosemary (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda
polifolia}. See Marsh rosemary, under Rosemary.
Wild sage. (Bot.) See Sagebrush.
Wild sarsaparilla (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia
nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf.
Wild sensitive plant (Bot.), either one of two annual
leguminous herbs (Cassia Chamaecrista, and {Cassia
nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly
when the plant is disturbed.
Wild service.(Bot.) See Sorb.
Wild Spaniard (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous
plants of the genus Aciphylla, natives of New Zealand.
The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the
plants form an impenetrable thicket.
Wild turkey. (Zool.) See 2d Turkey.
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Dolichotis Patagonicus
(gcide) | Mara \Ma"ra\, n. (Zool.)
The Patagonian cavy, a hare-like rodent ({Dolichotis
patagonum} or Dolichotis Patagonicus) of the pampas of
Argentina.
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Doronicum acaule
(gcide) | leopard's bane \leop"ard's bane`\ (l[e^]p"[~e]rdz b[=a]n`) n.
(Bot.)
A name of several harmless plants, as Arnica montana
(Arnica acaulis syn. Doronicum acaule), {Senecio
Doronicum}, and Paris quadrifolia.
Syn: leopardbane, leopard's-bane.
[1913 Webster +PJC]leopardbane \leop"ard*bane\ (l[e^]p"[~e]rd*b[=a]n`), n.
Any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum (as {Doronicum
acaule} syn. Arnica acaulis) having alternate often
clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of
yellow flower heads. See leopard's bane.
Syn: leopard's-bane, leopard's bane.
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false" leop`ard*bane (f[add]ls" l[e^]p`[~e]rd*b[=a]n`), n.
Any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum, such as the
great false leopardbane (Doronicum pardalianches) of
North America and the oriental false leopardbane
(Doronicum orientale syn. Doronicum caucasicum).
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Doronicum caucasicum
(gcide) | leopardbane \leop"ard*bane\ (l[e^]p"[~e]rd*b[=a]n`), n.
Any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum (as {Doronicum
acaule} syn. Arnica acaulis) having alternate often
clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of
yellow flower heads. See leopard's bane.
Syn: leopard's-bane, leopard's bane.
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false" leop`ard*bane (f[add]ls" l[e^]p`[~e]rd*b[=a]n`), n.
Any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum, such as the
great false leopardbane (Doronicum pardalianches) of
North America and the oriental false leopardbane
(Doronicum orientale syn. Doronicum caucasicum).
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Doronicum orientale
(gcide) | leopardbane \leop"ard*bane\ (l[e^]p"[~e]rd*b[=a]n`), n.
Any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum (as {Doronicum
acaule} syn. Arnica acaulis) having alternate often
clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of
yellow flower heads. See leopard's bane.
Syn: leopard's-bane, leopard's bane.
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false" leop`ard*bane (f[add]ls" l[e^]p`[~e]rd*b[=a]n`), n.
Any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum, such as the
great false leopardbane (Doronicum pardalianches) of
North America and the oriental false leopardbane
(Doronicum orientale syn. Doronicum caucasicum).
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Doronicum pardalianches
(gcide) | leopardbane \leop"ard*bane\ (l[e^]p"[~e]rd*b[=a]n`), n.
Any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum (as {Doronicum
acaule} syn. Arnica acaulis) having alternate often
clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of
yellow flower heads. See leopard's bane.
Syn: leopard's-bane, leopard's bane.
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false" leop`ard*bane (f[add]ls" l[e^]p`[~e]rd*b[=a]n`), n.
Any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum, such as the
great false leopardbane (Doronicum pardalianches) of
North America and the oriental false leopardbane
(Doronicum orientale syn. Doronicum caucasicum).
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Exocoetus Californicus
(gcide) | Volador \Vo*la*dor"\, n. [Sp.] (Zool.)
(a) A flying fish of California (Exoc[oe]tus Californicus):
-- called also volator.
(b) The Atlantic flying gurnard. See under Flying.
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Exothea paniculata
(gcide) | Genip \Gen"ip\, n., or Genip tree \Genip tree\
1. Any tree or shrub of the genus Genipa.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. The West Indian sapindaceous tree Melicocca bijuga,
which yields the honeyberry; also, the related trees
Exothea paniculata and E. trifoliata; called also
ginep.
Syn: Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry,
mamoncillo, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus.
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Faeniculum dulce
(gcide) | Fennel \Fen"nel\ (f[e^]n"n[e^]l), n. [AS. fenol, finol, from L.
feniculum, faeniculum, dim. of fenum, faenum, hay: cf. F.
fenouil. Cf. Fenugreek. Finochio.] (Bot.)
A perennial plant of the genus F[ae]niculum ({F[ae]niculum
vulgare}), having very finely divided leaves. It is
cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of
its seeds.
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Smell of sweetest fennel. --Milton.
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A sprig of fennel was in fact the theological smelling
bottle of the tender sex. --S. G.
Goodrich.
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Azorean fennel, or Sweet fennel, (F[ae]niculum dulce).
It is a smaller and stouter plant than the common fennel,
and is used as a pot herb.
Dog's fennel (Anthemis Cotula), a foul-smelling European
weed; -- called also mayweed.
Fennel flower (Bot.), an herb (Nigella) of the Buttercup
family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the
fennel. Nigella Damascena is common in gardens. {Nigella
sativa} furnishes the fennel seed, used as a condiment,
etc., in India. These seeds are the "fitches" mentioned in
Isaiah (xxviii. 25).
Fennel water (Med.), the distilled water of fennel seed. It
is stimulant and carminative.
Giant fennel (Ferula communis), has stems full of pith,
which, it is said, were used to carry fire, first, by
Prometheus.
Hog's fennel, a European plant (Peucedanum officinale)
looking something like fennel.
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Faeniculum vulgare
(gcide) | Fennel \Fen"nel\ (f[e^]n"n[e^]l), n. [AS. fenol, finol, from L.
feniculum, faeniculum, dim. of fenum, faenum, hay: cf. F.
fenouil. Cf. Fenugreek. Finochio.] (Bot.)
A perennial plant of the genus F[ae]niculum ({F[ae]niculum
vulgare}), having very finely divided leaves. It is
cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of
its seeds.
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Smell of sweetest fennel. --Milton.
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A sprig of fennel was in fact the theological smelling
bottle of the tender sex. --S. G.
Goodrich.
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Azorean fennel, or Sweet fennel, (F[ae]niculum dulce).
It is a smaller and stouter plant than the common fennel,
and is used as a pot herb.
Dog's fennel (Anthemis Cotula), a foul-smelling European
weed; -- called also mayweed.
Fennel flower (Bot.), an herb (Nigella) of the Buttercup
family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the
fennel. Nigella Damascena is common in gardens. {Nigella
sativa} furnishes the fennel seed, used as a condiment,
etc., in India. These seeds are the "fitches" mentioned in
Isaiah (xxviii. 25).
Fennel water (Med.), the distilled water of fennel seed. It
is stimulant and carminative.
Giant fennel (Ferula communis), has stems full of pith,
which, it is said, were used to carry fire, first, by
Prometheus.
Hog's fennel, a European plant (Peucedanum officinale)
looking something like fennel.
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Foeniculum dulce
(gcide) | Finochio \Fi*no"chi*o\ (?; 277), n. [It. finocchio fennel, LL.
fenuclum. See Fennel.] (Bot.)
An umbelliferous plant (F[oe]niculum dulce) having a
somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are
used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable.
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Fratercula corniculata
(gcide) | Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
1. (Zool.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to
the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence
the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy,
coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and {sea
parrot}.
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Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
the horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata), the
tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill.
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Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under Manx.
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2. (Bot.) The puffball.
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3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
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Funicular
(gcide) | Funicular \Fu*nic"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. funiculaire.]
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1. Consisting of a small cord or fiber.
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2. Dependent on the tension of a cord.
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3. (Anat.) Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or
resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular
ligament.
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Funicular action (Mech.), the force or action exerted by a
rope in drawing together the supports to which its ends
are Fastened, when acted upon by forces applied in a
direction transverse to the rope, as in the archer's bow.
Funicular curve. Same as Catenary.
Funicular machine (Mech.), an apparatus for illustrating
certain principles in statics, consisting of a cord or
chain attached at one end to a fixed point, and having the
other passed over a pulley and sustaining a weight, while
one or more other weights are suspended from the cord at
points between the fixed support and the pulley.
Funicular polygon (Mech.), the polygonal figure assumed by
a cord fastened at its extremities, and sustaining weights
at different points.
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