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voluta
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voluta
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Voluta
(gcide) | Voluta \Vo*lu"ta\, n.; pl. E. Volutas, L. Volutae. [L., a
spiral scroll. See Volute.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine
gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.
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evoluta
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voluta
(czen) | voluta,scrolln: Zdeněk Brožvoluta,voluten: Zdeněk Brož |
Cycas revoluta
(gcide) | Sago \Sa"go\ (s[=a]"g[-o]), n. [Malay. s[=a]gu.]
A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much
used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the
sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is
prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan
palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from
several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, {Zamia
integrifolia}, etc.).
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Portland sago, a kind of sago prepared from the corms of
the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).
Sago palm. (Bot.)
(a) A palm tree which yields sago.
(b) A species of Cycas (Cycas revoluta).
Sago spleen (Med.), a morbid condition of the spleen,
produced by amyloid degeneration of the organ, in which a
cross section shows scattered gray translucent bodies
looking like grains of sago.
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Selaginella convoluta
(gcide) | Resurrection \Res`ur*rec"tion\, n. [F. r['e]surrection, L.
resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref.
re- re- + surgere to rise. See Source.]
1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor.
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2. Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption
of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ;
the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of
Judgment.
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Nor after resurrection shall he stay
Longer on earth. --Milton.
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3. State of being risen from the dead; future state.
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In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given
in marriage. --Matt. xxii.
30.
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4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead.
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I am the resurrection, and the life. --John xi. 25.
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Cross of the resurrection, a slender cross with a pennant
floating from the junction of the bars.
Resurrection plant (Bot.), a name given to several species
of Selaginella (as Selaginella convoluta and
Selaginella lepidophylla), flowerless plants which, when
dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive
and expand again when moistened. The name is sometimes
also given to the rose of Jericho. See under Rose.
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Voluta musica
(gcide) | Music \Mu"sic\, n. [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr. ? (sc. ?),
any art over which the Muses presided, especially music,
lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to Muses
or fine arts, fr. ? Muse.]
1. The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i.
e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform
and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various
degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which
treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties,
dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art
of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.
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Note: Not all sounds are tones. Sounds may be unmusical and
yet please the ear. Music deals with tones, and with no
other sounds. See Tone.
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2.
(a) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable
succession of tones.
(b) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous
tones.
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3. The written and printed notation of a musical composition;
the score.
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4. Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
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The man that hath no music in himself
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak.
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5. (Zool.) A more or less musical sound made by many of the
lower animals. See Stridulation.
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Magic music, a game in which a person is guided in finding
a hidden article, or in doing a specific art required, by
music which is made more loud or rapid as he approaches
success, and slower as he recedes. --Tennyson.
Music box. See Musical box, under Musical.
Music hall, a place for public musical entertainments.
Music loft, a gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room
or a church.
Music of the spheres, the harmony supposed to be produced
by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres.
Music paper, paper ruled with the musical staff, for the
use of composers and copyists.
Music pen, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of
the musical staff.
Music shell (Zool.), a handsomely colored marine gastropod
shell (Voluta musica) found in the East Indies; -- so
called because the color markings often resemble printed
music. Sometimes applied to other shells similarly marked.
To face the music, to meet any disagreeable necessity, such
as a reprimand for an error or misdeed, without flinching.
[Colloq. or Slang]
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Volutae
(gcide) | Voluta \Vo*lu"ta\, n.; pl. E. Volutas, L. Volutae. [L., a
spiral scroll. See Volute.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine
gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.
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Volutas
(gcide) | Voluta \Vo*lu"ta\, n.; pl. E. Volutas, L. Volutae. [L., a
spiral scroll. See Volute.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine
gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.
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Volutation
(gcide) | Volutation \Vol`u*ta"tion\, n. [L. volutatio, from volutare to
roll, wallow, verb freq. volvere, volutum, to roll.]
A rolling of a body; a wallowing. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
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cycas revoluta
(wn) | Cycas revoluta
n 1: dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago [syn: {sago
palm}, Cycas revoluta] |
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