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Pari-
(gcide) | Pari- \Par"i-\ [L. par, paris, equal.]
A combining form signifying equal; as, paridigitate,
paripinnate.
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apparition
(mass) | apparition
- prízrak, zjavenie |
comparing
(mass) | comparing
- porovnanie |
comparison
(mass) | comparison
- porovnanie |
comparisons
(mass) | comparisons
- porovnanie |
paris
(mass) | Paris
- Paríž |
parish
(mass) | parish
- farský, farnosť |
parish priest
(mass) | parish priest
- farár |
unsparing
(mass) | unsparing
- štedrý |
pari-mutuel
(encz) | pari-mutuel,systém sázek Zdeněk Brož |
pari-mutuel machine
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Aparithmesis
(gcide) | Aparithmesis \Ap`a*rith"me*sis\ (?; 277), n. [Gr. ?, from ? to
count off or over.] (Rhet.)
Enumeration of parts or particulars.
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Apparition
(gcide) | Apparition \Ap`pa*ri"tion\, n. [F. apparition, L. apparitio, fr.
apparere. See Appear.]
1. The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
--Milton.
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The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. --Prescott.
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The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much
speculation in that portion of the world. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
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Which apparition, it seems, was you. --Tatler.
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3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a
ghost; a specter; a phantom. "The heavenly bands . . . a
glorious apparition." --Milton.
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I think it is the weakness of mine eyes
That shapes this monstrous apparition. --Shak.
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4. (Astron.) The first appearance of a star or other luminary
after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to
occultation.
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Circle of perpetual apparition. See under Circle.
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Apparitional
(gcide) | Apparitional \Ap`pa*ri"tion*al\, a.
Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral. "An
apparitional soul." --Tylor.
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Apparitor
(gcide) | Apparitor \Ap*par"i*tor\, n. [L., fr. apparere. See Appear.]
1. Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges
to execute their orders.
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Before any of his apparitors could execute the
sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner
apparitor to the other world. --De Quincey.
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2. (Law) A messenger or officer who serves the process of an
ecclesiastical court. --Bouvier.
[1913 Webster]Beadle \Bea"dle\, n. [OE. bedel, bidel, budel, OF. bedel, F.
bedeau, fr. OHG. butil, putil, G. b["u]ttel, fr. OHG. biotan,
G. bieten, to bid, confused with AS. bydel, the same word as
OHG. butil. See. Bid, v.]
1. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites
or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an
apparitor or summoner.
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2. An officer in a university, who precedes public
processions of officers and students. [Eng.]
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Note: In this sense the archaic spellings bedel (Oxford) and
bedell (Cambridge) are preserved.
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3. An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of
duties, as the preservation of order in church service,
the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.
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apparitor
(gcide) | Apparitor \Ap*par"i*tor\, n. [L., fr. apparere. See Appear.]
1. Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges
to execute their orders.
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Before any of his apparitors could execute the
sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner
apparitor to the other world. --De Quincey.
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2. (Law) A messenger or officer who serves the process of an
ecclesiastical court. --Bouvier.
[1913 Webster]Beadle \Bea"dle\, n. [OE. bedel, bidel, budel, OF. bedel, F.
bedeau, fr. OHG. butil, putil, G. b["u]ttel, fr. OHG. biotan,
G. bieten, to bid, confused with AS. bydel, the same word as
OHG. butil. See. Bid, v.]
1. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites
or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an
apparitor or summoner.
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2. An officer in a university, who precedes public
processions of officers and students. [Eng.]
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Note: In this sense the archaic spellings bedel (Oxford) and
bedell (Cambridge) are preserved.
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3. An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of
duties, as the preservation of order in church service,
the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.
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Arvicola riparia
(gcide) | Meadow \Mead"ow\, a.
Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow;
produced, growing, or living in, a meadow. "Fat meadow
ground." --Milton.
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Note: For many names of plants compounded with meadow, see
the particular word in the Vocabulary.
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Meadow beauty. (Bot.) Same as Deergrass.
Meadow foxtail (Bot.), a valuable pasture grass
(Alopecurus pratensis) resembling timothy, but with
softer spikes.
Meadow hay, a coarse grass, or true sedge, growing in
uncultivated swamp or river meadow; -- used as fodder or
bedding for cattle, packing for ice, etc. [Local, U. S.]
Meadow hen. (Zool.)
(a) The American bittern. See Stake-driver.
(b) The American coot (Fulica).
(c) The clapper rail.
Meadow mouse (Zool.), any mouse of the genus Arvicola, as
the common American species Arvicola riparia; -- called
also field mouse, and field vole.
Meadow mussel (Zool.), an American ribbed mussel ({Modiola
plicatula}), very abundant in salt marshes.
Meadow ore (Min.), bog-iron ore, a kind of limonite.
Meadow parsnip. (Bot.) See under Parsnip.
Meadow pink. (Bot.) See under Pink.
Meadow pipit (Zool.), a small singing bird of the genus
Anthus, as Anthus pratensis, of Europe.
Meadow rue (Bot.), a delicate early plant, of the genus
Thalictrum, having compound leaves and numerous white
flowers. There are many species.
Meadow saffron. (Bot.) See under Saffron.
Meadow sage. (Bot.) See under Sage.
Meadow saxifrage (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant of Europe
(Silaus pratensis), somewhat resembling fennel.
Meadow snipe (Zool.), the common or jack snipe.
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Arvicola riparius
(gcide) | Vole \Vole\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to
Arvicola and allied genera of the subfamily Arvicolinae.
They have a thick head, short ears, and a short hairy tail.
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Note: The water vole, or water rat, of Europe ({Arvicola
amphibius}) is a common large aquatic species. The
short-tailed field vole (Arvicola agrestis) of
Northern and Central Europe, and Asia, the Southern
field vole (Arvicola arvalis), and the Siberian root
vole (Arvicola oeconomus), are important European
species. The common species of the Eastern United
States (Arvicola riparius) (called also {meadow
mouse}) and the prairie mouse (Arvicola austerus) are
abundant, and often injurious to vegetation. Other
species are found in Canada.
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Bassia scoparia
(gcide) | firebush \firebush\ n.
1. An evergreen South American shrub *{Streptosolen
jamesonii}) having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers;
grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
Syn: marmalade bush, Streptosolen jamesonii.
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2. A densely branched Eurasian plant (Bassia scoparia)
whose foliage turns purple-red in autumn; also called
burning bush.
Syn: summer cypress, burning bush, belvedere, {Bassia
scoparia}, Kochia scoparia.
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Beyond comparison
(gcide) | Comparison \Com*par"i*son\ (? or ?), n. [F. comparaison, L.
comparatio. See 1st Compare.]
1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more
objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or
differences; relative estimate.
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As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human
beings can bear comparison with them. --Macaulay.
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The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old
Testament afford many interesting points of
comparison. --Trench.
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2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a
state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared;
as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there
is no comparison between them.
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3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as
being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
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Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with
what comparison shall we compare it? --Mark iv. 30.
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4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise,
which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees
of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are
examples of comparison.
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5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared
to another, or the two are considered with regard to some
property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g.,
the lake sparkled like a jewel.
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6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is
supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
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Beyond comparison, so far superior as to have no likeness,
or so as to make comparison needless.
In comparison of, In comparison with, as compared with;
in proportion to. [Archaic] "So miserably unpeopled in
comparison of what it once was." --Addison.
Comparison of hands (Law), a mode of proving or disproving
the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it
with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to
ascertain whether both were written by the same person.
--Bouvier. --Burrill.
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Biparietal
(gcide) | Biparietal \Bi`pa*ri"e*tal\, a. [Pref. bi- + parietal.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the diameter of the cranium, from one
parietal fossa to the other.
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Caparison
(gcide) | Caparison \Ca*par"i*son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caparisonedp.
pr. & vb. n. Caparisoning.] [Cf. F capara[,c]onner.]
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1. To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out
with decorative trappings, as a horse.
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The steeds, caparisoned with purple, stand.
--Dryden.
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2. To adorn with rich dress; to dress.
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I am caparisoned like a man. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Caparison \Ca*par"i*son\, n. [F. capara[,c]on, fr. Sp. caparazon
a cover for a saddle, coach, etc.; capa cloak, cover (fr. LL.
capa, cf. LL. caparo also fr. capa) + the term. azon. See
Cap.]
1. An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness
or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, especially
when decorative.
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Their horses clothed with rich caparison. --Drylen.
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2. Gay or rich clothing.
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My heart groans beneath the gay caparison.
--Smollett.
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Caparisoned
(gcide) | Caparison \Ca*par"i*son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caparisonedp.
pr. & vb. n. Caparisoning.] [Cf. F capara[,c]onner.]
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1. To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out
with decorative trappings, as a horse.
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The steeds, caparisoned with purple, stand.
--Dryden.
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2. To adorn with rich dress; to dress.
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I am caparisoned like a man. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]clothed \clothed\ adj.
1. wearing clothing. [Narrower terms: {adorned(predicate),
bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked
out(predicate)}; {appareled, attired, clad, dressed,
garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed}; {arrayed,
panoplied}; breeched, pantalooned, trousered;
bundled-up; caparisoned; cassocked: costumed:
decent] [Narrower terms: dight] [Narrower terms:
{dressed-up, dressed to the nines(predicate), dressed to
kill(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up}]
[Narrower terms: gowned] [Narrower terms: habited]
[Narrower terms: heavy-coated] [Narrower terms:
overdressed] [Narrower terms: petticoated] [Narrower
terms: red-coated, lobster-backed] [Narrower terms:
surpliced] [Narrower terms: {togged dressed esp in smart
clothes)}] [Narrower terms: turned out] [Narrower terms:
underdressed] [Narrower terms: uniformed] [Narrower
terms: vestmented] Also See: adorned, decorated.
Antonym: unclothed.
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2. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
fog-cloaked meadows
Syn: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped.
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caparisoned
(gcide) | Caparison \Ca*par"i*son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caparisonedp.
pr. & vb. n. Caparisoning.] [Cf. F capara[,c]onner.]
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1. To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out
with decorative trappings, as a horse.
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The steeds, caparisoned with purple, stand.
--Dryden.
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2. To adorn with rich dress; to dress.
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I am caparisoned like a man. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]clothed \clothed\ adj.
1. wearing clothing. [Narrower terms: {adorned(predicate),
bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked
out(predicate)}; {appareled, attired, clad, dressed,
garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed}; {arrayed,
panoplied}; breeched, pantalooned, trousered;
bundled-up; caparisoned; cassocked: costumed:
decent] [Narrower terms: dight] [Narrower terms:
{dressed-up, dressed to the nines(predicate), dressed to
kill(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up}]
[Narrower terms: gowned] [Narrower terms: habited]
[Narrower terms: heavy-coated] [Narrower terms:
overdressed] [Narrower terms: petticoated] [Narrower
terms: red-coated, lobster-backed] [Narrower terms:
surpliced] [Narrower terms: {togged dressed esp in smart
clothes)}] [Narrower terms: turned out] [Narrower terms:
underdressed] [Narrower terms: uniformed] [Narrower
terms: vestmented] Also See: adorned, decorated.
Antonym: unclothed.
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2. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
fog-cloaked meadows
Syn: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped.
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Caparisoning
(gcide) | Caparison \Ca*par"i*son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caparisonedp.
pr. & vb. n. Caparisoning.] [Cf. F capara[,c]onner.]
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1. To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out
with decorative trappings, as a horse.
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The steeds, caparisoned with purple, stand.
--Dryden.
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2. To adorn with rich dress; to dress.
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I am caparisoned like a man. --Shak.
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Capparis sodada
(gcide) | Caper \Ca"per\, n. [F. c[^a]pre, fr. L. capparis, Gr. ?; cf. Ar.
& Per. al-kabar.]
1. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and
Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for
pickles.
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2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also
caper bush, caper tree.
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Note: The Capparis spinosa is a low prickly shrub of the
Mediterranean coasts, with trailing branches and
brilliant flowers; -- cultivated in the south of Europe
for its buds. The Capparis sodada is an almost
leafless spiny shrub of central Africa (Soudan),
Arabia, and southern India, with edible berries.
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Bean caper. See Bran caper, in the Vocabulary.
Caper sauce, a kind of sauce or catchup made of capers.
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Capparis sodado
(gcide) | Caperberry \Ca"per*ber`ry\, n.
1. The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental
caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment.
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2. The currantlike fruit of the African and Arabian caper
(Capparis sodado).
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Capparis spinosa
(gcide) | Hyssop \Hys"sop\, n. [OE. hysope, ysope, OF. ysope, F. hysope,
hyssope, L. hysopum, hyssopum, hyssopus, Gr. ?, ?, an
aromatic plant, fr. Heb. [=e]sov.]
A plant (Hyssopus officinalis). The leaves have an aromatic
smell, and a warm, pungent taste.
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Note: The hyssop of Scripture is supposed to be a species of
caper (Capparis spinosa), but probably the name was
used for several different plants.
[1913 Webster]Caper \Ca"per\, n. [F. c[^a]pre, fr. L. capparis, Gr. ?; cf. Ar.
& Per. al-kabar.]
1. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and
Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for
pickles.
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2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also
caper bush, caper tree.
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Note: The Capparis spinosa is a low prickly shrub of the
Mediterranean coasts, with trailing branches and
brilliant flowers; -- cultivated in the south of Europe
for its buds. The Capparis sodada is an almost
leafless spiny shrub of central Africa (Soudan),
Arabia, and southern India, with edible berries.
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Bean caper. See Bran caper, in the Vocabulary.
Caper sauce, a kind of sauce or catchup made of capers.
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Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea
(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]Cypress \Cy"press\ (s?"pr?s), n.; pl. Cypresses (-?z). [OE.
cipres, cipresse, OF. cipres, F. cypr?s, L. cupressus,
cyparissus (cf. the usual Lat. form cupressus), fr. Gr. ????,
perh. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. g?pher, Gen. vi. 14.] (Bot)
A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus. The species are
mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its
durability.
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Note: Among the trees called cypress are the common Oriental
cypress, Cupressus sempervirens, the evergreen
American cypress, Cupressus thyoides (now called
Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea), and the deciduous
American cypress, Taxodium distichum. As having
anciently been used at funerals, and to adorn tombs,
the Oriental species is an emblem of mourning and
sadness.
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Cypress vine (Bot.), a climbing plant with red or white
flowers (Ipot[oe]a Quamoclit, formerly {Quamoclit
vulgaris}).
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Chamoecyparis sphaeroidea
(gcide) | cedar \ce"dar\ (s[=e]"d[~e]r), n. [AS. ceder, fr. L. cedrus, Gr.
ke`dros.] (Bot.)
The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable
for its durability and fragrant odor.
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Note: The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani; the white
cedar (Cupressus thyoides) is now called
Cham[oe]cyparis sph[ae]roidea; American red cedar is
the Juniperus Virginiana; Spanish cedar, the West
Indian Cedrela odorata. Many other trees with
odoriferous wood are locally called cedar.
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Cheeseparing
(gcide) | Cheeseparing \Cheese"par`ing\, n.
A thin portion of the rind of a cheese. -- a. Scrimping;
mean; as, cheeseparing economy.
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Circle of perpetual apparition
(gcide) | Perpetual \Per*pet"u*al\, a. [OE. perpetuel, F. perp['e]tuel,
fr. L. perpetualis, fr. perpetuus continuing throughout,
continuous, fr. perpes, -etis, lasting throughout.]
Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time;
unfailing; everlasting; continuous.
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Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. --Shak.
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Perpetual feast of nectared sweets. --Milton.
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Circle of perpetual apparition, or {Circle of perpetual
occultation}. See under Circle.
Perpetual calendar, a calendar so devised that it may be
adjusted for any month or year.
Perpetual curacy (Ch. of Eng.), a curacy in which all the
tithes are appropriated, and no vicarage is endowed.
--Blackstone.
Perpetual motion. See under Motion.
Perpetual screw. See Endless screw, under Screw.
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Syn: Continual; unceasing; endless; everlasting; incessant;
constant; eternal. See Constant.
[1913 Webster]Apparition \Ap`pa*ri"tion\, n. [F. apparition, L. apparitio, fr.
apparere. See Appear.]
1. The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
--Milton.
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The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. --Prescott.
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The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much
speculation in that portion of the world. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
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Which apparition, it seems, was you. --Tatler.
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3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a
ghost; a specter; a phantom. "The heavenly bands . . . a
glorious apparition." --Milton.
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I think it is the weakness of mine eyes
That shapes this monstrous apparition. --Shak.
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4. (Astron.) The first appearance of a star or other luminary
after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to
occultation.
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Circle of perpetual apparition. See under Circle.
[1913 Webster]Circle \Cir"cle\ (s[~e]r"k'l), n. [OE. cercle, F. cercle, fr. L.
circulus (Whence also AS. circul), dim. of circus circle,
akin to Gr. kri`kos, ki`rkos, circle, ring. Cf. Circus,
Circum-.]
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1. A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its
circumference, every part of which is equally distant from
a point within it, called the center.
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2. The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a
ring.
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3. (Astron.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb
of which consists of an entire circle.
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Note: When it is fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is
called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope
on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a
meridian circle or transit circle; when involving
the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a
reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an
angle several times continuously along the graduated
limb, a repeating circle.
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4. A round body; a sphere; an orb.
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It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth.
--Is. xi. 22.
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5. Compass; circuit; inclosure.
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In the circle of this forest. --Shak.
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6. A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a
central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a
class or division of society; a coterie; a set.
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As his name gradually became known, the circle of
his acquaintance widened. --Macaulay.
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7. A circular group of persons; a ring.
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8. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
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Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain. --Dryden.
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9. (Logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved
statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive
reasoning.
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That heavy bodies descend by gravity; and, again,
that gravity is a quality whereby a heavy body
descends, is an impertinent circle and teaches
nothing. --Glanvill.
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10. Indirect form of words; circumlocution. [R.]
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Has he given the lie,
In circle, or oblique, or semicircle. --J.
Fletcher.
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11. A territorial division or district.
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Note:
The Circles of the Holy Roman Empire, ten in number, were
those principalities or provinces which had seats in the
German Diet.
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Azimuth circle. See under Azimuth.
Circle of altitude (Astron.), a circle parallel to the
horizon, having its pole in the zenith; an almucantar.
Circle of curvature. See Osculating circle of a curve
(Below).
Circle of declination. See under Declination.
Circle of latitude.
(a) (Astron.) A great circle perpendicular to the plane
of the ecliptic, passing through its poles.
(b) (Spherical Projection) A small circle of the sphere
whose plane is perpendicular to the axis.
Circles of longitude, lesser circles parallel to the
ecliptic, diminishing as they recede from it.
Circle of perpetual apparition, at any given place, the
boundary of that space around the elevated pole, within
which the stars never set. Its distance from the pole is
equal to the latitude of the place.
Circle of perpetual occultation, at any given place, the
boundary of the space around the depressed pole, within
which the stars never rise.
Circle of the sphere, a circle upon the surface of the
sphere, called a great circle when its plane passes
through the center of the sphere; in all other cases, a
small circle.
Diurnal circle. See under Diurnal.
Dress circle, a gallery in a theater, generally the one
containing the prominent and more expensive seats.
Druidical circles (Eng. Antiq.), a popular name for certain
ancient inclosures formed by rude stones circularly
arranged, as at Stonehenge, near Salisbury.
Family circle, a gallery in a theater, usually one
containing inexpensive seats.
Horary circles (Dialing), the lines on dials which show the
hours.
Osculating circle of a curve (Geom.), the circle which
touches the curve at some point in the curve, and close to
the point more nearly coincides with the curve than any
other circle. This circle is used as a measure of the
curvature of the curve at the point, and hence is called
circle of curvature.
Pitch circle. See under Pitch.
Vertical circle, an azimuth circle.
Voltaic circuit or Voltaic circle. See under Circuit.
To square the circle. See under Square.
Syn: Ring; circlet; compass; circuit; inclosure.
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Clivicola riparia
(gcide) | Bank \Bank\ (b[a^][ng]k), n. [OE. banke; akin to E. bench, and
prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. bakki. See Bench.]
1. A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the
surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or
ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.
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They cast up a bank against the city. --2 Sam. xx.
15.
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2. A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of
a ravine.
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3. The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a
lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or
other hollow.
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Tiber trembled underneath her banks. --Shak.
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4. An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal,
shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.
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5. (Mining)
(a) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
(b) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above
water level.
(c) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought
to bank.
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6. (A["e]ronautics) The lateral inclination of an
a["e]roplane as it rounds a curve; as, a bank of 45[deg]
is easy; a bank of 90[deg] is dangerous.
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7. A group or series of objects arranged near together; as, a
bank of electric lamps, etc.
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8. The tilt of a roadway or railroad, at a curve in the road,
designed to counteract centrifugal forces acting on
vehicles moving rapiudly around the curve, thus reducing
the danger of overturning during a turn.
[PJC]
Bank beaver (Zool.), the otter. [Local, U.S.]
Bank swallow, a small American and European swallow
(Clivicola riparia) that nests in a hole which it
excavates in a bank.
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Comparing
(gcide) | Compare \Com*pare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compared; p. pr. &
vb. n. Comparing.] [L.comparare, fr. compar like or equal
to another; com- + par equal: cf. F. comparer. See Pair,
Peer an equal, and cf. Compeer.]
1. To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or
more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering
their resemblances or differences; to bring into
comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.
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Compare dead happiness with living woe. --Shak.
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The place he found beyond expression bright,
Compared with aught on earth. --Milton.
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Compare our faces and be judge yourself. --Shak.
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To compare great things with small. --Milton.
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2. To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration;
to liken.
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Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators
and counselors to the winds; for that the sea would
be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it.
--Bacon.
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3. (Gram.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison;
to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of;
as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by
affixing "- er" and "-est" to the positive form; as,
black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable
are usually compared by prefixing "more" and "most", or
"less" and "least", to the positive; as, beautiful, more
beautiful, most beautiful.
Syn: To Compare, Compare with, Compare to.
Usage: Things are compared with each other in order to learn
their relative value or excellence. Thus we compare
Cicero with Demosthenes, for the sake of deciding
which was the greater orator. One thing is compared to
another because of a real or fanciful likeness or
similarity which exists between them. Thus it has been
common to compare the eloquence of Demosthenes to a
thunderbolt, on account of its force, and the
eloquence of Cicero to a conflagration, on account of
its splendor. Burke compares the parks of London to
the lungs of the human body.
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Comparison
(gcide) | Comparison \Com*par"i*son\ (? or ?), n. [F. comparaison, L.
comparatio. See 1st Compare.]
1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more
objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or
differences; relative estimate.
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As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human
beings can bear comparison with them. --Macaulay.
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The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old
Testament afford many interesting points of
comparison. --Trench.
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2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a
state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared;
as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there
is no comparison between them.
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3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as
being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
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Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with
what comparison shall we compare it? --Mark iv. 30.
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4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise,
which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees
of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are
examples of comparison.
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5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared
to another, or the two are considered with regard to some
property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g.,
the lake sparkled like a jewel.
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6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is
supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
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Beyond comparison, so far superior as to have no likeness,
or so as to make comparison needless.
In comparison of, In comparison with, as compared with;
in proportion to. [Archaic] "So miserably unpeopled in
comparison of what it once was." --Addison.
Comparison of hands (Law), a mode of proving or disproving
the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it
with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to
ascertain whether both were written by the same person.
--Bouvier. --Burrill.
[1913 Webster]Comparison \Com*par"i*son\, v. t.
To compare. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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Comparison of hands
(gcide) | Comparison \Com*par"i*son\ (? or ?), n. [F. comparaison, L.
comparatio. See 1st Compare.]
1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more
objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or
differences; relative estimate.
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As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human
beings can bear comparison with them. --Macaulay.
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The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old
Testament afford many interesting points of
comparison. --Trench.
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2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a
state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared;
as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there
is no comparison between them.
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3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as
being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
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Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with
what comparison shall we compare it? --Mark iv. 30.
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4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise,
which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees
of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are
examples of comparison.
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5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared
to another, or the two are considered with regard to some
property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g.,
the lake sparkled like a jewel.
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6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is
supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
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Beyond comparison, so far superior as to have no likeness,
or so as to make comparison needless.
In comparison of, In comparison with, as compared with;
in proportion to. [Archaic] "So miserably unpeopled in
comparison of what it once was." --Addison.
Comparison of hands (Law), a mode of proving or disproving
the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it
with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to
ascertain whether both were written by the same person.
--Bouvier. --Burrill.
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comparison-shop
(gcide) | comparison-shop \comparison-shop\ v. i.
to compare prices for a given item from different vendors; --
usually for the purpose of finding the lowest price.
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Cytisus scoparius
(gcide) | Scotch \Scotch\, a. [Cf. Scottish.]
Of or pertaining to Scotland, its language, or its
inhabitants; Scottish.
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Scotch broom (Bot.), the Cytisus scoparius. See Broom.
Scotch dipper, or Scotch duck (Zool.), the bufflehead; --
called also Scotch teal, and Scotchman.
Scotch fiddle, the itch. [Low] --Sir W. Scott.
Scotch mist, a coarse, dense mist, like fine rain.
Scotch nightingale (Zool.), the sedge warbler. [Prov. Eng.]
Scotch pebble. See under pebble.
Scotch pine (Bot.) See Riga fir.
Scotch thistle (Bot.), a species of thistle ({Onopordon
acanthium}); -- so called from its being the national
emblem of the Scotch.
[1913 Webster]Scoparin \Sco"pa*rin\, n. (Chem.)
A yellow gelatinous or crystalline substance found in broom
(Cytisus scoparius) accompanying sparteine.
[1913 Webster]Sparteine \Spar"te*ine\, n. (Chem.)
A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common
broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium),
as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very
bitter taste.
[1913 Webster]Broom \Broom\ (br[=oo]m), n. [OE. brom, brome, AS. br[=o]m; akin
to LG. bram, D. brem, OHG. br[=a]mo broom, thorn?bush, G.
brombeere blackberry. Cf. Bramble, n.]
1. (Bot.) A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to
sweep with when bound together; esp., the {Cytisus
scoparius} of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with
long, straight, green, angular branches, minute leaves,
and large yellow flowers.
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No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom.
--Wordsworth.
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2. An implement for sweeping floors, etc., commonly made of
the panicles or tops of broom corn, bound together or
attached to a long wooden handle; -- so called because
originally made of the twigs of the broom.
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Butcher's broom, a plant (Ruscus aculeatus) of the Smilax
family, used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks;
-- called also knee holly. See Cladophyll.
Dyer's broom, a species of mignonette (Reseda luteola),
used for dyeing yellow; dyer's weed; dyer's rocket.
Spanish broom. See under Spanish.
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Disparities
(gcide) | Disparity \Dis*par"i*ty\, n.; pl. Disparities. [LL.
disparitas, fr. L. dispar unlike, unequal; dis- + par equal:
cf. F. disparit['e]. See Par, Peer.]
Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or
excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as
to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to
color.
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The disparity between God and his intelligent
creatures. --I. Taylor.
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The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause
any uneasiness. --Macaulay.
Syn: Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion;
difference.
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Disparition
(gcide) | Disparition \Dis`pa*ri"tion\, n. [Cf. F. disparition.]
Act of disappearing; disappearance. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Disparity
(gcide) | Disparity \Dis*par"i*ty\, n.; pl. Disparities. [LL.
disparitas, fr. L. dispar unlike, unequal; dis- + par equal:
cf. F. disparit['e]. See Par, Peer.]
Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or
excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in, of, as
to, etc.; as, disparity in, or of, years; a disparity as to
color.
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The disparity between God and his intelligent
creatures. --I. Taylor.
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The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause
any uneasiness. --Macaulay.
Syn: Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion;
difference.
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Episcoparian
(gcide) | Episcoparian \E*pis`co*pa"ri*an\, a.
Episcopal. [R.] --Wood.
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Euphorbia cyparissias
(gcide) | Luteic \Lu*te"ic\, a. (Chem.)
(a) Pertaining to, or derived from, weld (Reseda luteola).
(b) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid resembling
luteolin, but obtained from the flowers of {Euphorbia
cyparissias}.
[1913 Webster]Tithymal \Tith"y*mal\, n. [L. tithymalus a plant with a milklike
sap, Gr. ?: cf. F. tithymale.] (Bot.)
Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias.
[1913 Webster]Welcome \Wel"come\, a. [OE. welcome, welcume, wilcume, AS.
wilcuma a welcome guest, from wil-, as a prefix, akin to
willa will + cuma a comer, fr. cuman to come; hence,
properly, one who comes so as to please another's will; cf.
Icel. velkominn welcome, G. willkommen. See Will, n., and
Come.]
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1. Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house,
entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor.
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When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest.
--Cowper.
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2. Producing gladness; grateful; as, a welcome present;
welcome news. "O, welcome hour!" --Milton.
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3. Free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to
the use of my library.
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Note: Welcome is used elliptically for you are welcome.
"Welcome, great monarch, to your own." --Dryden.
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Welcome-to-our-house (Bot.), a kind of spurge ({Euphorbia
Cyparissias}). --Dr. Prior.
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Euphorbia Cyparissias
(gcide) | Luteic \Lu*te"ic\, a. (Chem.)
(a) Pertaining to, or derived from, weld (Reseda luteola).
(b) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid resembling
luteolin, but obtained from the flowers of {Euphorbia
cyparissias}.
[1913 Webster]Tithymal \Tith"y*mal\, n. [L. tithymalus a plant with a milklike
sap, Gr. ?: cf. F. tithymale.] (Bot.)
Any kind of spurge, esp. Euphorbia Cyparissias.
[1913 Webster]Welcome \Wel"come\, a. [OE. welcome, welcume, wilcume, AS.
wilcuma a welcome guest, from wil-, as a prefix, akin to
willa will + cuma a comer, fr. cuman to come; hence,
properly, one who comes so as to please another's will; cf.
Icel. velkominn welcome, G. willkommen. See Will, n., and
Come.]
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1. Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house,
entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor.
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When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest.
--Cowper.
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2. Producing gladness; grateful; as, a welcome present;
welcome news. "O, welcome hour!" --Milton.
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3. Free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to
the use of my library.
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Note: Welcome is used elliptically for you are welcome.
"Welcome, great monarch, to your own." --Dryden.
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Welcome-to-our-house (Bot.), a kind of spurge ({Euphorbia
Cyparissias}). --Dr. Prior.
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Expariating
(gcide) | Expatiate \Ex*pa"ti*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Expatiated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Expariating.] [L. expatiatus, exspatiatus, p.
p. of expatiari, exspatiari, to expatiate; ex out + spatiari
to walk about spread out, fr. spatium space. See Space.]
1. To range at large, or without restraint.
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Bids his free soul expatiate in the skies. --Pope.
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2. To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in
argument or discussion; to descant.
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He expatiated on the inconveniences of trade.
--Addison.
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Fissiparism
(gcide) | Fissiparism \Fis*sip"a*rism\, n. [See Fissiparous.] (Biol.)
Reproduction by spontaneous fission.
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Fissiparity
(gcide) | Fissiparity \Fis`si*par"i*ty\, n. (Biol.)
Quality of being fissiparous; fissiparism.
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G Aparine
(gcide) | Goose \Goose\ (g[=oo]s), n.; pl. Geese (g[=e]s). [OE. gos, AS.
g[=o]s, pl. g[=e]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[=a]s, Dan.
gaas, Sw. g[*a]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for
hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[.m]sa. [root]233. Cf. Gander,
Gannet, Ganza, Gosling.] (Zool.)
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1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserin[ae],
and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several
allied genera. See Anseres.
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Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been
derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser
anser}). The bean goose (A. segetum), the American
wild or Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), and the
bernicle goose (Branta leucopsis) are well known
species. The American white or snow geese and the blue
goose belong to the genus Chen. See Bernicle,
Emperor goose, under Emperor, Snow goose, {Wild
goose}, Brant.
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2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the
common goose.
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Note: The Egyptian or fox goose (Alopochen Aegyptiaca) and
the African spur-winged geese (Plectropterus) belong
to the family Plectropterid[ae]. The Australian
semipalmated goose (Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape
Barren goose (Cereopsis Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]) are
very different from northern geese, and each is made
the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in
Australia.
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3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle,
which resembles the neck of a goose.
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4. A silly creature; a simpleton.
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5. A game played with counters on a board divided into
compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
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The pictures placed for ornament and use,
The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
--Goldsmith.
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A wild goose chase, an attempt to accomplish something
impossible or unlikely of attainment.
Fen goose. See under Fen.
Goose barnacle (Zool.), any pedunculated barnacle of the
genus Anatifa or Lepas; -- called also {duck
barnacle}. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia.
Goose cap, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & .
Goose corn (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus
squarrosus}).
Goose feast, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.]
Goose grass. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Galium (G. Aparine), a
favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and
cleavers.
(b) A species of knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
(c) The annual spear grass (Poa annua).
Goose neck, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved
like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook
connecting a spar with a mast.
Goose quill, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a
pen made from it.
Goose skin. See Goose flesh, above.
Goose tongue (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea
ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands.
Sea goose. (Zool.) See Phalarope.
Solan goose. (Zool.) See Gannet.
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Galipea cusparia
(gcide) | Angostura \An`gos*tu"ra\, Angostura bark \An`gos*tu"ra
bark"\([aum][ng]`g[o^]s*t[=oo]"r[.a] b[aum]rk`). [From
Angostura, in Venezuela.]
A bitter aromatic bark, obtained from a South American tree
of the rue family (Galipea cusparia, or {Galipea
officinalis}). It is used used as a tonic, in medicines,
liqueurs and bitters. --U. S. Disp.
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Galium Aparine
(gcide) | Cleavers \Cleav"ers\, n. [From Cleave to stick.] (Bot.)
A species of Galium (Galium Aparine), having a fruit set
with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in
contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed,
etc.
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Gemmiparity
(gcide) | Gemmiparity \Gem`mi*par"i*ty\, n. (Biol.)
Reproduction by budding; gemmation. See Budding.
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German sarsaparilla
(gcide) | German \Ger"man\, a. [L. Germanus. See German, n.]
Of or pertaining to Germany.
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German Baptists. See Dunker.
German bit, a wood-boring tool, having a long elliptical
pod and a scew point.
German carp (Zool.), the crucian carp.
German millet (Bot.), a kind of millet (Setaria Italica,
var.), whose seed is sometimes used for food.
German paste, a prepared food for caged birds.
German process (Metal.), the process of reducing copper ore
in a blast furnace, after roasting, if necessary.
--Raymond.
German sarsaparilla, a substitute for sarsaparilla extract.
German sausage, a polony, or gut stuffed with meat partly
cooked.
German silver (Chem.), a silver-white alloy, hard and
tough, but malleable and ductile, and quite permanent in
the air. It contains nickel, copper, and zinc in varying
proportions, and was originally made from old copper slag
at Henneberg. A small amount of iron is sometimes added to
make it whiter and harder. It is essentially identical
with the Chinese alloy packfong. It was formerly much
used for tableware, knife handles, frames, cases, bearings
of machinery, etc., but is now largely superseded by other
white alloys.
German steel (Metal.), a metal made from bog iron ore in a
forge, with charcoal for fuel.
German text (Typog.), a character resembling modern German
type, used in English printing for ornamental headings,
etc., as in the words,
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German tinder. See Amadou.
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Germiparity
(gcide) | Germiparity \Ger`mi*par"i*ty\, n. [Germ + L. parere to produce.]
(Biol.)
Reproduction by means of germs.
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Gossyparia mannipara
(gcide) | Manna \Man"na\ (m[a^]n"n[.a]), n. [L., fr. Gr. ma`nna, Heb.
m[=a]n; cf. Ar. mann, properly, gift (of heaven).]
1. (Script.) The food supplied to the Israelites in their
journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely
supplied food. --Ex. xvi. 15.
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2. (Bot.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora,
sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and
Africa, and gathered and used as food; called also {manna
lichen}.
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3. (Bot. & Med.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale
yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and
shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the
secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and {Fraxinus
rotundifolia}, the manna ashes of Southern Europe.
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Note: Persian manna is the secretion of the camel's thorn
(see Camel's thorn, under Camel); Tamarisk manna,
that of the Tamarisk mannifera, a shrub of Western
Asia; Australian, manna, that of certain species of
eucalyptus; Brian[,c]on manna, that of the European
larch.
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Manna insect (Zool), a scale insect ({Gossyparia
mannipara}), which causes the exudation of manna from the
Tamarix tree in Arabia.
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Herb Paris
(gcide) | Herb \Herb\ ([~e]rb or h[~e]rb; 277), n. [OE. herbe, erbe, OF.
herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh`
food, pasture, fe`rbein to feed.]
1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent,
but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.
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Note: Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower
the second season, and then die; perennial herbs
produce new stems year after year.
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2. Grass; herbage.
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And flocks
Grazing the tender herb. --Milton.
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Herb bennet. (Bot.) See Bennet.
Herb Christopher (Bot.), an herb (Act[ae]a spicata),
whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The
name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal
fern, the wood betony, etc.
Herb Gerard (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of
St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. --Dr.
Prior.
Herb grace, or Herb of grace. (Bot.) See Rue.
Herb Margaret (Bot.), the daisy. See Marguerite.
Herb Paris (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the
trillium (Paris quadrifolia), commonly reputed
poisonous.
Herb Robert (Bot.), a species of Geranium ({Geranium
Robertianum}.)
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Hipparion
(gcide) | Hipparion \Hip*pa"ri*on\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a pony, dim. of ? a
horse.] (Paleon.)
An extinct genus of Tertiary mammals allied to the horse, but
three-toed, having on each foot a small lateral hoof on each
side of the main central one. It is believed to be one of the
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Imparidigitate
(gcide) | Imparidigitate \Im*par`i*dig"i*tate\, a. [L. impar unequal +
digitus finger.] (Anat.)
Having an odd number of fingers or toes, either one, three,
or five, as in the horse, tapir, rhinoceros, etc.
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Imparipinnate
(gcide) | Imparipinnate \Im*par"i*pin"nate\, a. [L. impar unequal + E.
pinnate.] (Bot.)
Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet.
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Imparisyllabic
(gcide) | Imparisyllabic \Im*par"i*syl*lab"ic\, a. [L. impar unequal + E.
syllabic: cf. F. imparisyllabique.] (Gram.)
Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an
imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of
syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.
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Imparity
(gcide) | Imparity \Im*par"i*ty\, n. [Pref. im- + parity: cf. F.
imparit['e].]
1. Inequality; disparity; disproportion; difference of
degree, rank, excellence, number, etc. --Milton.
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2. Lack of comparison, correspondence, or suitableness;
incongruity.
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In this region of merely intellectual notion we are
at once encountered by the imparity of the object
and the faculty employed upon it. --I. Taylor.
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3. Indivisibility into equal parts; oddness. [R.]
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In comparison of
(gcide) | Comparison \Com*par"i*son\ (? or ?), n. [F. comparaison, L.
comparatio. See 1st Compare.]
1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more
objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or
differences; relative estimate.
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As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human
beings can bear comparison with them. --Macaulay.
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The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old
Testament afford many interesting points of
comparison. --Trench.
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2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a
state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared;
as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there
is no comparison between them.
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3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as
being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
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Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with
what comparison shall we compare it? --Mark iv. 30.
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4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise,
which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees
of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are
examples of comparison.
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5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared
to another, or the two are considered with regard to some
property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g.,
the lake sparkled like a jewel.
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6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is
supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
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Beyond comparison, so far superior as to have no likeness,
or so as to make comparison needless.
In comparison of, In comparison with, as compared with;
in proportion to. [Archaic] "So miserably unpeopled in
comparison of what it once was." --Addison.
Comparison of hands (Law), a mode of proving or disproving
the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it
with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to
ascertain whether both were written by the same person.
--Bouvier. --Burrill.
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In comparison with
(gcide) | Comparison \Com*par"i*son\ (? or ?), n. [F. comparaison, L.
comparatio. See 1st Compare.]
1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more
objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or
differences; relative estimate.
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As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human
beings can bear comparison with them. --Macaulay.
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The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old
Testament afford many interesting points of
comparison. --Trench.
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2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a
state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared;
as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there
is no comparison between them.
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3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as
being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
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Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with
what comparison shall we compare it? --Mark iv. 30.
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4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise,
which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees
of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are
examples of comparison.
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5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared
to another, or the two are considered with regard to some
property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g.,
the lake sparkled like a jewel.
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6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is
supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
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Beyond comparison, so far superior as to have no likeness,
or so as to make comparison needless.
In comparison of, In comparison with, as compared with;
in proportion to. [Archaic] "So miserably unpeopled in
comparison of what it once was." --Addison.
Comparison of hands (Law), a mode of proving or disproving
the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it
with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to
ascertain whether both were written by the same person.
--Bouvier. --Burrill.
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Intercomparison
(gcide) | Intercomparison \In`ter*com*par"i*son\, n.
Mutual comparison of corresponding parts. Intercondylar |
Interparietal
(gcide) | Interparietal \In`ter*pa*ri"e*tal\, a. (Anat.)
Between the parietal bones or cartilages; as, the
interparietal suture. -- n. The interparietal bone or
cartilage.
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interparietal suture
(gcide) | Sagittal \Sag"it*tal\, a. [L. sagitta an arrow: cf. F.
sagittal.]
1. Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow;
furnished with an arrowlike appendage.
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2. (Anat.)
(a) Of or pertaining to the sagittal suture; in the region
of the sagittal suture; rabdoidal; as, the sagittal
furrow, or groove, on the inner surface of the roof of
the skull.
(b) In the mesial plane; mesial; as, a sagittal section of
an animal.
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Sagittal suture (Anat.), the suture between the two
parietal bones in the top of the skull; -- called also
rabdoidal suture, and interparietal suture.
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