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precipitate
(mass) | precipitate
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precipitate
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precipitate
(encz) | precipitate,sedlina n: Zdeněk Brož |
precipitate
(encz) | precipitate,shodit v: Zdeněk Brož |
precipitate
(encz) | precipitate,srazit v: Zdeněk Brož |
precipitate
(encz) | precipitate,srázný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
precipitate
(encz) | precipitate,sraženina n: Zdeněk Brož |
precipitate
(encz) | precipitate,srážet v: Zdeněk Brož |
precipitate
(encz) | precipitate,ukvapený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
precipitate
(encz) | precipitate,urychlit v: Zdeněk Brož |
precipitate
(encz) | precipitate,usazenina n: Zdeněk Brož |
precipitate
(encz) | precipitate,usazovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
precipitate
(encz) | precipitate,uspíšit v: Zdeněk Brož |
precipitate
(encz) | precipitate,vyvolat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Precipitate
(gcide) | Precipitate \Pre*cip"i*tate\, a. [L. praecipitatus, p. p. of
praecipitare to precipitate, fr. praeceps headlong. See
Precipice.]
1. Overhasty; rash; as, the king was too precipitate in
declaring war. --Clarendon.
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2. Lacking due deliberation or care; hurried; said or done
before the time; as, a precipitate measure. "The rapidity
of our too precipitate course." --Landor.
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3. Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent;
headlong.
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Precipitate the furious torrent flows. --Prior.
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4. Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a
precipitate case of disease. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot.
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Precipitate
(gcide) | Precipitate \Pre*cip"i*tate\, n. [NL. praecipitatum: cf. F.
pr['e]cipit['e].] (Chem.)
An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a
concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the
solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The
precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be
diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the
surface.
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2. atmospheric moisture condensed as rain or snow, etc.; same
as precipitation[5].
[PJC]
Red precipitate (Old. Chem), mercuric oxide (HgO) a heavy
red crystalline powder obtained by heating mercuric
nitrate, or by heating mercury in the air. Prepared in the
latter manner, it was the precipitate per se of the
alchemists.
White precipitate (Old Chem.)
(a) A heavy white amorphous powder (NH2.HgCl) obtained
by adding ammonia to a solution of mercuric chloride
or corrosive sublimate; -- formerly called also
infusible white precipitate, and now {amido-mercuric
chloride}.
(b) A white crystalline substance obtained by adding a
solution of corrosive sublimate to a solution of sal
ammoniac (ammonium chloride); -- formerly called also
fusible white precipitate.
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Precipitate
(gcide) | Precipitate \Pre*cip"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Precipitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Precipitating.]
1. To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or
height.
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She and her horse had been precipitated to the
pebbled region of the river. --W. Irving.
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2. To urge or press on with eager haste or violence; to cause
to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon; as,
precipitate a journey, or a conflict.
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Back to his sight precipitates her steps. --Glover.
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If they be daring, it may precipitate their designs,
and prove dangerous. --Bacon.
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3. (Chem.) To separate from a solution, or other medium, in
the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor
when in solution with alcohol.
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The light vapor of the preceding evening had been
precipitated by the cold. --W. Irving.
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Precipitate
(gcide) | Precipitate \Pre*cip"i*tate\, v. i.
1. To dash or fall headlong. [R.]
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So many fathom down precipitating. --Shak.
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2. To hasten without preparation. [R.]
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3. (Chem.) To separate from a solution as a precipitate. See
Precipitate, n.
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precipitate
(wn) | precipitate
adj 1: done with very great haste and without due deliberation;
"hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty
makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes;
"rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for
reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather
precipitate in deposing the king" [syn: hasty,
overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous]
n 1: a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after
settling or filtering
v 1: bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's
revolution"
2: separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
3: fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling";
"Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on
Herculaneum" [syn: precipitate, come down, fall]
4: fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy
precipitated into complete ruin"
5: hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated
the train into the river below" |
precipitate
(devil) | PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial.
Precipitate in all, this sinner
Took action first, and then his dinner.
Judibras
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precipitate
(devil) | PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial.
Precipitate in all, this sinner
Took action first, and then his dinner.
Judibras
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precipitate
(mass) | precipitate
- urýchliť |
precipitate
(encz) | precipitate,překotný adj: Zdeněk Brožprecipitate,sedlina n: Zdeněk Brožprecipitate,shodit v: Zdeněk Brožprecipitate,srazit v: Zdeněk Brožprecipitate,srázný adj: Zdeněk Brožprecipitate,sraženina n: Zdeněk Brožprecipitate,srážet v: Zdeněk Brožprecipitate,ukvapený adj: Zdeněk Brožprecipitate,urychlit v: Zdeněk Brožprecipitate,usazenina n: Zdeněk Brožprecipitate,usazovat v: Zdeněk Brožprecipitate,uspíšit v: Zdeněk Brožprecipitate,vyvolat v: Zdeněk Brož |
precipitated
(encz) | precipitated,sražený adj: Jaroslav Šedivý |
precipitately
(encz) | precipitately,ukvapeně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
precipitateness
(encz) | precipitateness, |
fusible white precipitate
(gcide) | Precipitate \Pre*cip"i*tate\, n. [NL. praecipitatum: cf. F.
pr['e]cipit['e].] (Chem.)
An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a
concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the
solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The
precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be
diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the
surface.
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2. atmospheric moisture condensed as rain or snow, etc.; same
as precipitation[5].
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Red precipitate (Old. Chem), mercuric oxide (HgO) a heavy
red crystalline powder obtained by heating mercuric
nitrate, or by heating mercury in the air. Prepared in the
latter manner, it was the precipitate per se of the
alchemists.
White precipitate (Old Chem.)
(a) A heavy white amorphous powder (NH2.HgCl) obtained
by adding ammonia to a solution of mercuric chloride
or corrosive sublimate; -- formerly called also
infusible white precipitate, and now {amido-mercuric
chloride}.
(b) A white crystalline substance obtained by adding a
solution of corrosive sublimate to a solution of sal
ammoniac (ammonium chloride); -- formerly called also
fusible white precipitate.
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infusible white precipitate
(gcide) | Precipitate \Pre*cip"i*tate\, n. [NL. praecipitatum: cf. F.
pr['e]cipit['e].] (Chem.)
An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a
concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the
solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The
precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be
diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the
surface.
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2. atmospheric moisture condensed as rain or snow, etc.; same
as precipitation[5].
[PJC]
Red precipitate (Old. Chem), mercuric oxide (HgO) a heavy
red crystalline powder obtained by heating mercuric
nitrate, or by heating mercury in the air. Prepared in the
latter manner, it was the precipitate per se of the
alchemists.
White precipitate (Old Chem.)
(a) A heavy white amorphous powder (NH2.HgCl) obtained
by adding ammonia to a solution of mercuric chloride
or corrosive sublimate; -- formerly called also
infusible white precipitate, and now {amido-mercuric
chloride}.
(b) A white crystalline substance obtained by adding a
solution of corrosive sublimate to a solution of sal
ammoniac (ammonium chloride); -- formerly called also
fusible white precipitate.
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precipitate per se
(gcide) | Precipitate \Pre*cip"i*tate\, n. [NL. praecipitatum: cf. F.
pr['e]cipit['e].] (Chem.)
An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a
concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the
solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The
precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be
diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the
surface.
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2. atmospheric moisture condensed as rain or snow, etc.; same
as precipitation[5].
[PJC]
Red precipitate (Old. Chem), mercuric oxide (HgO) a heavy
red crystalline powder obtained by heating mercuric
nitrate, or by heating mercury in the air. Prepared in the
latter manner, it was the precipitate per se of the
alchemists.
White precipitate (Old Chem.)
(a) A heavy white amorphous powder (NH2.HgCl) obtained
by adding ammonia to a solution of mercuric chloride
or corrosive sublimate; -- formerly called also
infusible white precipitate, and now {amido-mercuric
chloride}.
(b) A white crystalline substance obtained by adding a
solution of corrosive sublimate to a solution of sal
ammoniac (ammonium chloride); -- formerly called also
fusible white precipitate.
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Precipitated
(gcide) | Precipitate \Pre*cip"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Precipitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Precipitating.]
1. To throw headlong; to cast down from a precipice or
height.
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She and her horse had been precipitated to the
pebbled region of the river. --W. Irving.
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2. To urge or press on with eager haste or violence; to cause
to happen, or come to a crisis, suddenly or too soon; as,
precipitate a journey, or a conflict.
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Back to his sight precipitates her steps. --Glover.
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If they be daring, it may precipitate their designs,
and prove dangerous. --Bacon.
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3. (Chem.) To separate from a solution, or other medium, in
the form of a precipitate; as, water precipitates camphor
when in solution with alcohol.
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The light vapor of the preceding evening had been
precipitated by the cold. --W. Irving.
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Precipitately
(gcide) | Precipitately \Pre*cip"i*tate*ly\, adv.
In a precipitate manner; headlong; hastily; rashly. --Swift.
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Red precipitate
(gcide) | Precipitate \Pre*cip"i*tate\, n. [NL. praecipitatum: cf. F.
pr['e]cipit['e].] (Chem.)
An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a
concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the
solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The
precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be
diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the
surface.
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2. atmospheric moisture condensed as rain or snow, etc.; same
as precipitation[5].
[PJC]
Red precipitate (Old. Chem), mercuric oxide (HgO) a heavy
red crystalline powder obtained by heating mercuric
nitrate, or by heating mercury in the air. Prepared in the
latter manner, it was the precipitate per se of the
alchemists.
White precipitate (Old Chem.)
(a) A heavy white amorphous powder (NH2.HgCl) obtained
by adding ammonia to a solution of mercuric chloride
or corrosive sublimate; -- formerly called also
infusible white precipitate, and now {amido-mercuric
chloride}.
(b) A white crystalline substance obtained by adding a
solution of corrosive sublimate to a solution of sal
ammoniac (ammonium chloride); -- formerly called also
fusible white precipitate.
[1913 Webster]Red \Red\, a. [Compar. Redder (-d?r); superl. Reddest.] [OE.
red, reed, AS. re['a]d, re['o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries.
r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw.
r["o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r['a]uds, W.
rhudd, Armor. ruz, Ir. & Gael. ruadh, L. ruber, rufus, Gr.
'eryqro`s, Skr. rudhira, rohita; cf. L. rutilus. [root]113.
Cf. Erysipelas, Rouge, Rubric, Ruby, Ruddy,
Russet, Rust.]
Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of
the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar
spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part. "Fresh
flowers, white and reede." --Chaucer.
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Your color, I warrant you, is as red as any rose.
--Shak.
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Note: Red is a general term, including many different shades
or hues, as scarlet, crimson, vermilion, orange red,
and the like.
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Note: Red is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, red-breasted, red-cheeked, red-faced,
red-haired, red-headed, red-skinned, red-tailed,
red-topped, red-whiskered, red-coasted.
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Red admiral (Zool.), a beautiful butterfly ({Vanessa
Atalanta}) common in both Europe and America. The front
wings are crossed by a broad orange red band. The larva
feeds on nettles. Called also Atalanta butterfly, and
nettle butterfly.
Red ant. (Zool.)
(a) A very small ant (Myrmica molesta) which often infests
houses.
(b) A larger reddish ant (Formica sanguinea), native of
Europe and America. It is one of the slave-making
species.
Red antimony (Min.), kermesite. See Kermes mineral
(b), under Kermes.
Red ash (Bot.), an American tree (Fraxinus pubescens),
smaller than the white ash, and less valuable for timber.
--Cray.
Red bass. (Zool.) See Redfish
(d) .
Red bay (Bot.), a tree (Persea Caroliniensis) having the
heartwood red, found in swamps in the Southern United
States.
Red beard (Zool.), a bright red sponge ({Microciona
prolifera}), common on oyster shells and stones. [Local,
U.S.]
Red birch (Bot.), a species of birch (Betula nigra)
having reddish brown bark, and compact, light-colored
wood. --Gray.
Red blindness. (Med.) See Daltonism.
Red book, a book containing the names of all the persons in
the service of the state. [Eng.]
Red book of the Exchequer, an ancient record in which are
registered the names of all that held lands per baroniam
in the time of Henry II. --Brande & C.
Red brass, an alloy containing eight parts of copper and
three of zinc.
Red bug. (Zool.)
(a) A very small mite which in Florida attacks man, and
produces great irritation by its bites.
(b) A red hemipterous insect of the genus Pyrrhocoris,
especially the European species (Pyrrhocoris apterus),
which is bright scarlet and lives in clusters on tree
trunks.
(c) See Cotton stainder, under Cotton.
Red cedar. (Bot.) An evergreen North American tree
(Juniperus Virginiana) having a fragrant red-colored
heartwood.
(b) A tree of India and Australia (Cedrela Toona) having
fragrant reddish wood; -- called also toon tree in
India.
Red horse. (Zool.)
(a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially
Moxostoma macrolepidotum and allied species.
(b) See the Note under Drumfish.
Red lead.
(Chem) See under Lead, and Minium.
Red-lead ore. (Min.) Same as Crocoite.
Red liquor (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of
aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of
dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used
originally for red dyestuffs. Called also red mordant.
Red maggot (Zool.), the larva of the wheat midge.
Red manganese. (Min.) Same as Rhodochrosite.
Red man, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his
color.
Red maple (Bot.), a species of maple (Acer rubrum). See
Maple.
Red mite. (Zool.) See Red spider, below.
Red mulberry (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple
color (Morus rubra).
Red mullet (Zool.), the surmullet. See Mullet.
Red ocher (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a
reddish color.
Red perch (Zool.), the rosefish.
Red phosphorus. (Chem.) See under Phosphorus.
Red pine (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus
resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark.
Red precipitate. See under Precipitate.
Red Republican (European Politics), originally, one who
maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, --
because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an
extreme radical in social reform. [Cant]
Red ribbon, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England.
Red sanders. (Bot.) See Sanders.
Red sandstone. (Geol.) See under Sandstone.
Red scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus aurantii)
very injurious to the orange tree in California and
Australia.
Red silver (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or
reddish black color. It includes proustite, or light red
silver, and pyrargyrite, or dark red silver.
Red snapper (Zool.), a large fish (Lutjanus aya syn.
Lutjanus Blackfordii) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and
about the Florida reefs.
Red snow, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga
(Protococcus nivalis) which produces large patches of
scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions.
Red softening (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which
the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to
infarction or inflammation.
Red spider (Zool.), a very small web-spinning mite
(Tetranychus telarius) which infests, and often
destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those
cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly
on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn
yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red.
Called also red mite.
Red squirrel (Zool.), the chickaree.
Red tape,
(a) the tape used in public offices for tying up documents,
etc. Hence,
(b) official formality and delay; excessive bureaucratic
paperwork.
Red underwing (Zool.), any species of noctuid moths
belonging to Catacola and allied genera. The numerous
species are mostly large and handsomely colored. The under
wings are commonly banded with bright red or orange.
Red water, a disease in cattle, so called from an
appearance like blood in the urine.
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White precipitate
(gcide) | Precipitate \Pre*cip"i*tate\, n. [NL. praecipitatum: cf. F.
pr['e]cipit['e].] (Chem.)
An insoluble substance separated from a solution in a
concrete state by the action of some reagent added to the
solution, or of some force, such as heat or cold. The
precipitate may fall to the bottom (whence the name), may be
diffused through the solution, or may float at or near the
surface.
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2. atmospheric moisture condensed as rain or snow, etc.; same
as precipitation[5].
[PJC]
Red precipitate (Old. Chem), mercuric oxide (HgO) a heavy
red crystalline powder obtained by heating mercuric
nitrate, or by heating mercury in the air. Prepared in the
latter manner, it was the precipitate per se of the
alchemists.
White precipitate (Old Chem.)
(a) A heavy white amorphous powder (NH2.HgCl) obtained
by adding ammonia to a solution of mercuric chloride
or corrosive sublimate; -- formerly called also
infusible white precipitate, and now {amido-mercuric
chloride}.
(b) A white crystalline substance obtained by adding a
solution of corrosive sublimate to a solution of sal
ammoniac (ammonium chloride); -- formerly called also
fusible white precipitate.
[1913 Webster]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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Yellow precipitate
(gcide) | Yellow \Yel"low\ (y[e^]l"l[-o]), a. [Compar. Yellower
(y[e^]l"l[-o]*[~e]r); superl. Yellowest.] [OE. yelow,
yelwe, [yogh]elow, [yogh]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D.
geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan.
guul, L. helvus light bay, Gr. chlo`n young verdure, chlwro`s
greenish yellow, Skr. hari tawny, yellowish. [root]49. Cf.
Chlorine, Gall a bitter liquid, Gold, Yolk.]
1. Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold
or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or
of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the
green.
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Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress.
--Chaucer.
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A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought
First fruits, the green ear and the yellow sheaf.
--Milton.
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The line of yellow light dies fast away. --Keble.
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2. Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he
has a yellow streak. [Slang]
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3. Sensational; -- said of some newspapers, their makers,
etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc. [Colloq.]
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Yellow atrophy (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in
which it undergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly
smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms
are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and
jaundice.
Yellow bark, calisaya bark.
Yellow bass (Zool.), a North American fresh-water bass
(Morone interrupta) native of the lower parts of the
Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with
several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called
also barfish.
Yellow berry. (Bot.) Same as Persian berry, under
Persian.
Yellow boy, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] --Arbuthnot.
Yellow brier. (Bot.) See under Brier.
Yellow bugle (Bot.), a European labiate plant ({Ajuga
Chamaepitys}).
Yellow bunting (Zool.), the European yellow-hammer.
Yellow cat (Zool.), a yellow catfish; especially, the
bashaw.
Yellow copperas (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; --
called also copiapite.
Yellow copper ore, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper
pyrites. See Chalcopyrite.
Yellow cress (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant
(Barbarea praecox), sometimes grown as a salad plant.
Yellow dock. (Bot.) See the Note under Dock.
Yellow earth, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes
used as a yellow pigment.
Yellow fever (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile
disease of warm climates, attended with jaundice,
producing a yellow color of the skin, and with the black
vomit. See Black vomit, in the Vocabulary.
Yellow flag, the quarantine flag. See under Quarantine,
and 3d Flag.
Yellow jack.
(a) The yellow fever. See under 2d Jack.
(b) The quarantine flag. See under Quarantine.
Yellow jacket (Zool.), any one of several species of
American social wasps of the genus Vespa, in which the
color of the body is partly bright yellow. These wasps are
noted for their irritability, and for their painful
stings.
Yellow lead ore (Min.), wulfenite.
Yellow lemur (Zool.), the kinkajou.
Yellow macauco (Zool.), the kinkajou.
Yellow mackerel (Zool.), the jurel.
Yellow metal. Same as Muntz metal, under Metal.
Yellow ocher (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown
iron ore, which is used as a pigment.
Yellow oxeye (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant
(Chrysanthemum segetum) closely related to the oxeye
daisy.
Yellow perch (Zool.), the common American perch. See
Perch.
Yellow pike (Zool.), the wall-eye.
Yellow pine (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also,
their yellowish and generally durable timber. Among the
most common are valuable species are Pinus mitis and
Pinus palustris of the Eastern and Southern States, and
Pinus ponderosa and Pinus Arizonica of the Rocky
Mountains and Pacific States.
Yellow plover (Zool.), the golden plover.
Yellow precipitate (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which
is thrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding
corrosive sublimate to limewater.
Yellow puccoon. (Bot.) Same as Orangeroot.
Yellow rail (Zool.), a small American rail ({Porzana
Noveboracensis}) in which the lower parts are dull yellow,
darkest on the breast. The back is streaked with brownish
yellow and with black, and spotted with white. Called also
yellow crake.
Yellow rattle, Yellow rocket. (Bot.) See under Rattle,
and Rocket.
Yellow Sally (Zool.), a greenish or yellowish European
stone fly of the genus Chloroperla; -- so called by
anglers.
Yellow sculpin (Zool.), the dragonet.
Yellow snake (Zool.), a West Indian boa ({Chilobothrus
inornatus}) common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to
ten long. The body is yellowish or yellowish green, mixed
with black, and anteriorly with black lines.
Yellow spot.
(a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a central pit, the
fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where
vision is most accurate. See Eye.
(b) (Zool.) A small American butterfly (Polites Peckius)
of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, with a
large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the
hind wings, most conspicuous beneath. Called also
Peck's skipper. See Illust. under Skipper, n., 5.
Yellow tit (Zool.), any one of several species of crested
titmice of the genus Machlolophus, native of India. The
predominating colors of the plumage are yellow and green.
Yellow viper (Zool.), the fer-de-lance.
Yellow warbler (Zool.), any one of several species of
American warblers of the genus Dendroica in which the
predominant color is yellow, especially {Dendroica
aestiva}, which is a very abundant and familiar species;
-- called also garden warbler, golden warbler, {summer
yellowbird}, summer warbler, and yellow-poll warbler.
Yellow wash (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in
water, -- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate
to limewater.
Yellow wren (Zool.)
(a) The European willow warbler.
(b) The European wood warbler.
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precipitate
(wn) | precipitate
adj 1: done with very great haste and without due deliberation;
"hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty
makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes;
"rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for
reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather
precipitate in deposing the king" [syn: hasty,
overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous]
n 1: a precipitated solid substance in suspension or after
settling or filtering
v 1: bring about abruptly; "The crisis precipitated by Russia's
revolution"
2: separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
3: fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling";
"Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on
Herculaneum" [syn: precipitate, come down, fall]
4: fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy
precipitated into complete ruin"
5: hurl or throw violently; "The bridge broke and precipitated
the train into the river below" |
precipitately
(wn) | precipitately
adv 1: at breakneck speed; "burst headlong through the gate"
[syn: headlong, precipitately] |
precipitateness
(wn) | precipitateness
n 1: the quality of happening with headlong haste or without
warning [syn: abruptness, precipitateness,
precipitousness, precipitance, precipitancy,
suddenness] |
precipitate
(devil) | PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial.
Precipitate in all, this sinner
Took action first, and then his dinner.
Judibras
PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial.
Precipitate in all, this sinner
Took action first, and then his dinner.
Judibras
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