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Thar
(gcide) | Thar \Thar\, n. (Zool.)
A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas.
It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The
hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very
long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow, and imo.
[Written also thaar, and tahr.]
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Thar
(gcide) | Thar \Thar\, v. impersonal, pres. [OE. thar, [thorn]arf, AS.
[thorn]earf, infin. [thorn]urfan to need; akin to OHG.
durfan, G. d["u]rfen to be allowed, Icel. [thorn]urfa to
need, Goth. [thorn]a['u]rban.]
It needs; need. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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What thar thee reck or care? --Chaucer.
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lethargy
(mass) | lethargy
- ľahostajnosť |
catharses
(encz) | catharses,očisty Jiří Šmoldas |
catharsis
(encz) | catharsis,katarze Jiří Šmoldascatharsis,očista Jiří Šmoldascatharsis,pročišťování [med.] Jiří Šmoldas |
cathartic
(encz) | cathartic,čistící adj: Jiří Šmoldascathartic,čistící lék n: [med.] Jiří Šmoldascathartic,očistný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
cathartid
(encz) | cathartid, n: |
encephalitis lethargica
(encz) | encephalitis lethargica, n: |
katharevusa
(encz) | Katharevusa, |
katharine
(encz) | Katharine,Kateřina 2 8 n: [female] [jmén.] |
katharobe
(encz) | katharobe, n: |
katharobic
(encz) | katharobic, adj: |
katharometer
(encz) | katharometer, n: |
katharsis
(encz) | katharsis, n: |
lethargic
(encz) | lethargic,apatický adj: Zdeněk Brožlethargic,letargický adj: Zdeněk Brožlethargic,otupělý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
lethargic encephalitis
(encz) | lethargic encephalitis, n: |
lethargically
(encz) | lethargically,apaticky Pavel Macheklethargically,letargicky adv: Zdeněk Brožlethargically,lhostejně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
lethargy
(encz) | lethargy,apatie n: Zdeněk Brožlethargy,letargie n: Zdeněk Brožlethargy,lhostejnost n: Zdeněk Brožlethargy,netečnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
lothario
(encz) | lothario,svůdce Zdeněk Brožlothario,zpustlík n: Zdeněk BrožLothario, |
metharbital
(encz) | metharbital, n: |
restharrow
(encz) | restharrow, n: |
Acantharchum pomotis
(gcide) | Mud \Mud\ (m[u^]d), n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder
mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf.
Mother a scum on liquors.]
Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
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Mud bass (Zool.), a fresh-water fish ({Acantharchum
pomotis} or Acantharchus pomotis) of the Eastern United
States. It produces a deep grunting note.
Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in
mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for
disease.
Mud boat, a large flatboat used in dredging.
Mud cat. See mud cat in the vocabulary.
Mud crab (Zool.), any one of several American marine crabs
of the genus Panopeus.
Mud dab (Zool.), the winter flounder. See Flounder, and
Dab.
Mud dauber (Zool.), a mud wasp; the mud-dauber.
Mud devil (Zool.), the fellbender.
Mud drum (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into
which sediment and mud in the water can settle for
removal.
Mud eel (Zool.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian ({Siren
lacertina}), found in the Southern United States. It has
persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of
legs. See Siren.
Mud frog (Zool.), a European frog (Pelobates fuscus).
Mud hen. (Zool.)
(a) The American coot (Fulica Americana).
(b) The clapper rail.
Mud lark, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud.
[Slang]
Mud minnow (Zool.), any small American fresh-water fish of
the genus Umbra, as Umbra limi. The genus is allied to
the pickerels.
Mud plug, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler.
Mud puppy (Zool.), the menobranchus.
Mud scow, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat.
[U.S.]
Mud turtle, Mud tortoise (Zool.), any one of numerous
species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States.
Mud wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to Pepaeus, and allied
genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached,
side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings,
etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with
spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve
as food for the larva. Called also mud dauber.
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Acantharchus pomotis
(gcide) | Mud \Mud\ (m[u^]d), n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder
mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf.
Mother a scum on liquors.]
Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive.
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Mud bass (Zool.), a fresh-water fish ({Acantharchum
pomotis} or Acantharchus pomotis) of the Eastern United
States. It produces a deep grunting note.
Mud bath, an immersion of the body, or some part of it, in
mud charged with medicinal agents, as a remedy for
disease.
Mud boat, a large flatboat used in dredging.
Mud cat. See mud cat in the vocabulary.
Mud crab (Zool.), any one of several American marine crabs
of the genus Panopeus.
Mud dab (Zool.), the winter flounder. See Flounder, and
Dab.
Mud dauber (Zool.), a mud wasp; the mud-dauber.
Mud devil (Zool.), the fellbender.
Mud drum (Steam Boilers), a drum beneath a boiler, into
which sediment and mud in the water can settle for
removal.
Mud eel (Zool.), a long, slender, aquatic amphibian ({Siren
lacertina}), found in the Southern United States. It has
persistent external gills and only the anterior pair of
legs. See Siren.
Mud frog (Zool.), a European frog (Pelobates fuscus).
Mud hen. (Zool.)
(a) The American coot (Fulica Americana).
(b) The clapper rail.
Mud lark, a person who cleans sewers, or delves in mud.
[Slang]
Mud minnow (Zool.), any small American fresh-water fish of
the genus Umbra, as Umbra limi. The genus is allied to
the pickerels.
Mud plug, a plug for stopping the mudhole of a boiler.
Mud puppy (Zool.), the menobranchus.
Mud scow, a heavy scow, used in dredging; a mud boat.
[U.S.]
Mud turtle, Mud tortoise (Zool.), any one of numerous
species of fresh-water tortoises of the United States.
Mud wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to Pepaeus, and allied
genera, which construct groups of mud cells, attached,
side by side, to stones or to the woodwork of buildings,
etc. The female places an egg in each cell, together with
spiders or other insects, paralyzed by a sting, to serve
as food for the larva. Called also mud dauber.
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anacathartic
(gcide) | anacathartic \an`a*ca*thar"tic\
([a^]n`[.a]*k[.a]*th[aum]r"t[i^]k), a. [Gr. 'anakaqartiko`s,
fr. 'anakaqai`rein to cleanse upward, i. e., by vomiting;
'ana` + kaqai`rein. See Cathartic.]
1. (Med.) Producing vomiting or expectoration. [archaic]
[1913 Webster + AS]anacathartic \an`a*ca*thar"tic\
([a^]n`[.a]*k[.a]*th[aum]r"t[i^]k), n. (Med.)
An anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic.
[archaic]
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athar
(gcide) | athar \athar\ n.
1. essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
Syn: attar, atar, ottar, otto
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Atharva-Veda
(gcide) | Veda \Ve"da\ (v[=a]"d[.a]or v[=e]"d[.a]; 277), n. [Skr. v[=e]da,
properly, knowledge, from vid to know. See Wit.]
The ancient sacred literature of the Hindus; also, one of the
four collections, called Rig-Veda, Yajur-Veda,
Sama-Veda, and Atharva-Veda, constituting the most
ancient portions of that literature.
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Note: The language of the Vedas is usually called
Vedic Sanskrit, as distinguished from the later and more
settled form called
classical Sanskrit.
[1913 Webster]Atharva-Veda \Atharva-Veda\ n.
1. (Hinduism) a collection of mantras and formulas.
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Bright-harnessed
(gcide) | Bright-harnessed \Bright"-har`nessed\, a.
Having glittering armor. [Poetic] --Milton.
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Cantharellus cibrius
(gcide) | Chanterelle \Chan`te*relle"\, n. [F.] (Bot.)
A name for several species of mushroom, of which one
(Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed
poisonous.
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Cantharidal
(gcide) | Cantharidal \Can*thar"*i*dal\ (k[a^]n*th[a^]r"[i^]*dal), a.
Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as,
cantharidal plaster.
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Cantharides
(gcide) | Cantharides \Can*thar"i*des\ (k[a^]n*th[a^]r"[i^]*d[=e]z), n.
pl.
See Cantharis.
[1913 Webster]Cantharis \Can"tha*ris\ (k[a^]n"th[.a]*r[i^]s), n.; pl.
Cantharides (k[a^]n*th[a^]r"[i^]*d[=e]z). [L., a kind of
beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr. kanqari`s.] (Zool.)
A beetle (Lytta vesicatoria, syn. Cantharis vesicatoria),
having an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green
color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister
beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many
other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the
same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural
form in usually applied to the dried insects used in
medicine.
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Cantharidin
(gcide) | Cantharidin \Can*thar"i*din\ (k[a^]n*th[a^]r"[i^]*d[i^]n), n.
(Chem.)
The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a
volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided
prisms.
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Cantharis
(gcide) | Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same
root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.]
1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum,
whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a
vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a
bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.
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And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.
--Grainger.
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2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,
as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the
surface, as on steel.
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3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter,
applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.
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Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the
Lytta vesicatoria (or Cantharis vesicatoria), called
Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See
Cantharis.
Blister fly, a blister beetle.
Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; --
usually made of Spanish flies.
Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by
cementation; -- so called because of its blistered
surface. Called also blistered steel.
Blood blister. See under Blood.
[1913 Webster]Cantharis \Can"tha*ris\ (k[a^]n"th[.a]*r[i^]s), n.; pl.
Cantharides (k[a^]n*th[a^]r"[i^]*d[=e]z). [L., a kind of
beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr. kanqari`s.] (Zool.)
A beetle (Lytta vesicatoria, syn. Cantharis vesicatoria),
having an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green
color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister
beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many
other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the
same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural
form in usually applied to the dried insects used in
medicine.
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Cantharis vesicatoria
(gcide) | Blister \Blis"ter\, n. [OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same
root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind.]
1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum,
whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a
vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a
bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.
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And painful blisters swelled my tender hands.
--Grainger.
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2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin,
as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the
surface, as on steel.
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3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter,
applied to raise a blister. --Dunglison.
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Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the
Lytta vesicatoria (or Cantharis vesicatoria), called
Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See
Cantharis.
Blister fly, a blister beetle.
Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; --
usually made of Spanish flies.
Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by
cementation; -- so called because of its blistered
surface. Called also blistered steel.
Blood blister. See under Blood.
[1913 Webster]Cantharis \Can"tha*ris\ (k[a^]n"th[.a]*r[i^]s), n.; pl.
Cantharides (k[a^]n*th[a^]r"[i^]*d[=e]z). [L., a kind of
beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr. kanqari`s.] (Zool.)
A beetle (Lytta vesicatoria, syn. Cantharis vesicatoria),
having an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green
color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister
beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many
other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the
same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural
form in usually applied to the dried insects used in
medicine.
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Cantharus lineatus
(gcide) | Sea bream \Sea" bream`\ (Zool.)
Any one of several species of sparoid fishes, especially the
common European species (Pagellus centrodontus), the
Spanish (Pagellus Oweni), and the black sea bream
(Cantharus lineatus); -- called also old wife.
[1913 Webster]oldwife \oldwife\ n.
1. (Zool.) The local name of various fishes, as the European
black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the American
alewife, etc.
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2. (Zool.) A tropical Atlantic fish (Bessy cerca). [WordNet
sense 1]
Syn: queen triggerfish, Bessy cerca, oldwench, {Balistes
vetula}.
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3. (Zool.) A common long-tailed sea duck ({Clangula
hyemalis}) of the northern parts of the US; also called
old squaw. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: old squaw, Clangula hyemalis.
[WordNet 1.5]Old \Old\, a. [Compar. Older; superl. Oldest.] [OE. old,
ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald,
old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up,
Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish.
Cf. Adult, Alderman, Aliment, Auld, Elder.]
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1. Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived
till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an
old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.
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Let not old age disgrace my high desire. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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The melancholy news that we grow old. --Young.
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2. Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having
existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.
"An old acquaintance." --Camden.
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3. Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding;
original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.
"The old schools of Greece." --Milton. "The character of
the old Ligurians." --Addison.
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4. Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence;
having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the
age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a
cathedral centuries old.
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And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
--Cen. xlvii.
8.
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Note: In this use old regularly follows the noun that
designates the age; as, she was eight years old.
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5. Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as,
an old offender; old in vice.
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Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old.
--Milton.
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6. Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to
new land, that is, to land lately cleared.
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7. Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness;
as, old shoes; old clothes.
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8. More than enough; abundant. [Obs.]
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If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have
old turning the key. --Shak.
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9. Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or
other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly
as a term of reproach.
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10. Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good
old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
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11. Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and
familiarity. "Go thy ways, old lad." --Shak.
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Old age, advanced years; the latter period of life.
Old bachelor. See Bachelor, 1.
Old Catholics. See under Catholic.
Old English. See under English. n., 2.
Old Nick, Old Scratch, the devil.
Old lady (Zool.), a large European noctuid moth ({Mormo
maura}).
Old maid.
(a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never
been married; a spinster.
(b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered
periwinkle (Vinca rosea).
(c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The
person with whom the odd card is left is the old
maid.
Old man's beard. (Bot.)
(a) The traveler's joy (Clematis Vitalba). So named
from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit.
(b) The Tillandsia usneoides. See Tillandsia.
Old man's head (Bot.), a columnar cactus ({Pilocereus
senilis}), native of Mexico, covered towards the top with
long white hairs.
Old red sandstone (Geol.), a series of red sandstone rocks
situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and
comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and
conglomerates. See Sandstone, and the Chart of
Geology.
Old school, a school or party belonging to a former time,
or preserving the character, manner, or opinions of a
former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; -- used
also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians.
Old sledge, an old and well-known game of cards, called
also all fours, and high, low, Jack, and the game.
Old squaw (Zool.), a duck (Clangula hyemalis) inhabiting
the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is
varied with black and white and is remarkable for the
length of its tail. Called also longtailed duck, {south
southerly}, callow, hareld, and old wife.
Old style. (Chron.) See the Note under Style.
Old Testament. See Old Testament under Testament, and
see tanak.
Old wife. [In the senses
b and
c written also oldwife.]
(a) A prating old woman; a gossip.
Refuse profane and old wives' fables. --1 Tim.
iv. 7.
(b) (Zool.) The local name of various fishes, as the
European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the
American alewife, etc.
(c) (Zool.) A duck; the old squaw.
Old World, the Eastern Hemisphere.
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Syn: Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated;
old-fashioned; obsolete. See Ancient.
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Catharanthus roseus
(gcide) | madagascar periwinkle \madagascar periwinkle\ n. (Bot.)
A commonly cultivated Old World woody herb (Vinca rosea)
having large pinkish to red flowers.
Syn: periwinkle, rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old
maid, Cape periwinkle, red periwinkle, cayenne jasmine,
Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea.
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Catharical
(gcide) | Cathartic \Ca*thar"tic\, Catharical \Ca*thar"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?,
fr. ? to cleanse, fr. ? pure; akin to F. chaste.]
1. (Med.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by
stool; purgative.
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2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as
cathartic acid.
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Catharine wheel
(gcide) | Catharine wheel \Cath"a*rine wheel`\
See catherine wheel.
[1913 Webster]Catherine wheel \Cath"er*ine wheel`\ [So called from St.
Catherine of Alexandria, who is represented with a wheel, in
allusion to her martyrdom.]
1. (Geoth.Arth.) Same as Rose window and Wheel window.
Called also Catherine-wheel window.
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2. (Pyrotechny) A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in
form the window of the same name. [Written also {Catharine
wheel}.]
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Catharist
(gcide) | Catharist \Cath"a*rist\, n. [LL. catharista, fr. Gr. ? clean,
pure.]
One aiming at or pretending to a greater purity of like than
others about him; -- applied to persons of various sects. See
Albigenses.
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Catharista atrata
(gcide) | Urubu \U*ru*bu"\, n. [Cf. Pg. urub['u] a certain Brazilian
bird.] (Zool.)
The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from the
Southern United States to South America. See Vulture.
[1913 Webster]Vulture \Vul"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. vultur, L. vultur: cf. OF.
voltour, F. vautour.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to
Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera
of the family Vulturidae.
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Note: In most of the species the head and neck are naked or
nearly so. They feed chiefly on carrion. The condor,
king vulture, turkey buzzard, and black vulture
(Catharista atrata) are well known American species.
The griffin, lammergeir, and Pharaoh's chicken, or
Egyptian vulture, are common Old World vultures.
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Cat-harpin
(gcide) | Cat-harpin \Cat"-harp`in\, n.
See Cat-harping.
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Cat-harping
(gcide) | Cat-harping \Cat"-harp`ing\ n. (Naut.)
One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the
shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the
yards.
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catharsis
(gcide) | katharsis \katharsis\ n.
purging of emotional tensions; -- usually spelled
catharsis.
Syn: catharsis, abreaction.
[WordNet 1.5]Catharsis \Ca*thar"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See Cathartic.]
(Med.)
1. A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of
the mouth, bowels, etc.
2. (Psychotherapy) The process of relieving an abnormal
excitement by re["e]stablishing the association of the
emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first
caused it, and of eliminating it by complete expression
(called the abreaction).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Cathartic |
Catharsis
(gcide) | katharsis \katharsis\ n.
purging of emotional tensions; -- usually spelled
catharsis.
Syn: catharsis, abreaction.
[WordNet 1.5]Catharsis \Ca*thar"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See Cathartic.]
(Med.)
1. A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of
the mouth, bowels, etc.
2. (Psychotherapy) The process of relieving an abnormal
excitement by re["e]stablishing the association of the
emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first
caused it, and of eliminating it by complete expression
(called the abreaction).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Cathartic |
Cathartes aura
(gcide) | Turkey \Tur"key\ (t[^u]r"k[=e]), n.; pl. Turkeys. [So called
because it was formerly erroneously believed that it came
originally from Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See Turk.]
(Zool.)
Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus
Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey
(Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was
probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been
domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of
America.
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Note: The Mexican wild turkey is now considered a variety of
the northern species (var. Mexicana). Its tail feathers
and coverts are tipped with white instead of brownish
chestnut, and its flesh is white. The Central American,
or ocellated, turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is more
elegantly colored than the common species. See under
Ocellated. The Australian, or native, turkey is a
bustard (Choriotis australis). See under Native.
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Turkey beard (Bot.), a name of certain American perennial
liliaceous herbs of the genus Xerophyllum. They have a
dense tuft of hard, narrowly linear radical leaves, and a
long raceme of small whitish flowers. Also called
turkey's beard.
Turkey berry (Bot.), a West Indian name for the fruit of
certain kinds of nightshade (Solanum mammosum, and
Solanum torvum).
Turkey bird (Zool.), the wryneck. So called because it
erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when
disturbed. [Prov. Eng.]
Turkey buzzard (Zool.), a black or nearly black buzzard
(Cathartes aura), abundant in the Southern United
States. It is so called because its naked and warty head
and neck resemble those of a turkey. It is noted for its
high and graceful flight. Called also turkey vulture.
Turkey cock (Zool.), a male turkey.
Turkey hen (Zool.), a female turkey.
Turkey pout (Zool.), a young turkey. [R.]
Turkey vulture (Zool.), the turkey buzzard.
[1913 Webster]Buzzard \Buz"zard\ (b[u^]z"z[~e]rd), n.[O.E. busard, bosard, F.
busard, fr. buse, L. buteo, a kind of falcon or hawk.]
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1. (Zool.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to
the genus Buteo and related genera.
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2. (Zool.) In the United States, a term used for the {turkey
vulture} (Cathartes aura), and sometimes
indiscriminately to any vulture.
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Note: The Buteo vulgaris is the common buzzard of Europe.
The American species (of which the most common are
Buteo borealis, Buteo Pennsylvanicus, and {Buteo
lineatus}) are usually called hen hawks. -- The
rough-legged buzzard, or bee hawk, of Europe ({Pernis
apivorus}) feeds on bees and their larv[ae], with other
insects, and reptiles. -- The moor buzzard of Europe is
Circus [ae]ruginosus. See Turkey buzzard, and
Carrion buzzard.
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Bald buzzard, the fishhawk or osprey. See Fishhawk.
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2. A blockhead; a dunce.
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It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not
be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a
buzzard. --Goldsmith.
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Cathartic
(gcide) | Cathartic \Ca*thar"tic\, Catharical \Ca*thar"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?,
fr. ? to cleanse, fr. ? pure; akin to F. chaste.]
1. (Med.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by
stool; purgative.
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2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as
cathartic acid.
[1913 Webster]Cathartic \Ca*thar"tic\, n. [Gr. ?.] (Med.)
A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a
purgative of moderate activity.
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Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action
that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency
to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint
that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated,
and watery evacuations. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ly, adv. --
Ca*thar"tic*al*ness, n.
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cathartic acid
(gcide) | cathartin \ca*thar"tin\, n. (Chem.)
The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside
with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also {cathartic
acid}, and cathartina.
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Cathartically
(gcide) | Cathartic \Ca*thar"tic\, n. [Gr. ?.] (Med.)
A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a
purgative of moderate activity.
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Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action
that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency
to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint
that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated,
and watery evacuations. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ly, adv. --
Ca*thar"tic*al*ness, n.
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Catharticalness
(gcide) | Cathartic \Ca*thar"tic\, n. [Gr. ?.] (Med.)
A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a
purgative of moderate activity.
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Note: The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action
that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency
to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint
that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated,
and watery evacuations. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ly, adv. --
Ca*thar"tic*al*ness, n.
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cathartin
(gcide) | cathartin \ca*thar"tin\, n. (Chem.)
The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside
with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also {cathartic
acid}, and cathartina.
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cathartina
(gcide) | cathartin \ca*thar"tin\, n. (Chem.)
The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside
with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also {cathartic
acid}, and cathartina.
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Cato-cathartic
(gcide) | Cato-cathartic \Cat`o-ca*thar"tic\, n. [Gr. ? down + ? serving
to purge. See Cathartic.] (Med.)
A remedy that purges by alvine discharges.
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Cithara
(gcide) | Cithara \Cith"a*ra\, n. [L. Cf. Cittern, Guitar.] (Mus.)
An ancient stringed musical instrument resembling the harp.
[Also spelled kithara.]
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Citharistic
(gcide) | Citharistic \Cith`a*ris"tic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? cithara.]
Pertaining, or adapted, to the cithara.
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colcothar
(gcide) | Crocus \Cro"cus\ (kr[=o]"k[u^]s), n. [L., saffron, fr. Gr.
kro`kos; cf. Heb. kark[=o]m, Ar. kurkum, Skr. ku[.n]kuma.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms
rising separately from the bulb or corm. Crocus vernus
is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; {Crocus
sativus} produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.
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2. (Chem.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal
calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of
iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from
salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder.
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Crocus of Venus (Old Chem.), oxide of copper.
[1913 Webster]Colcothar \Col"co*thar\ (k[o^]l"k[-o]*th[~e]r), n. [NL.
colcothar vitrioli, fr. Ar. qolqo[.t]ar.] (Chem.)
Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in
polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also
crocus Martis.
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Colcothar
(gcide) | Crocus \Cro"cus\ (kr[=o]"k[u^]s), n. [L., saffron, fr. Gr.
kro`kos; cf. Heb. kark[=o]m, Ar. kurkum, Skr. ku[.n]kuma.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms
rising separately from the bulb or corm. Crocus vernus
is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; {Crocus
sativus} produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.
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2. (Chem.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal
calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of
iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from
salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder.
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Crocus of Venus (Old Chem.), oxide of copper.
[1913 Webster]Colcothar \Col"co*thar\ (k[o^]l"k[-o]*th[~e]r), n. [NL.
colcothar vitrioli, fr. Ar. qolqo[.t]ar.] (Chem.)
Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in
polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also
crocus Martis.
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