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Excel
(gcide) | Excel \Ex*cel"\, v. i.
To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or
acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to
excel in mathematics, or classics.
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Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. --Gen. xlix.
4.
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Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel. --Pope.
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Excel
(gcide) | Excel \Ex*cel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Excelling.] [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found
in culmen height, top; cf. F. exceller. See Culminate,
Column.]
1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable
deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.
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Excelling others, these were great;
Thou, greater still, must these excel. --Prior.
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I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light
excelleth darkness. --Eccl. ii.
13.
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2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.
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She opened; but to shut
Excelled her power; the gates wide open stood.
--Milton.
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excel
(wn) | excel
v 1: distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" [syn: excel,
stand out, surpass] |
excel
(foldoc) | Microsoft Excel
Excel
A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their
Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for {Microsoft
Windows} and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely
used spreadsheet in the world.
(http://microsoft.com/msexcel/).
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(1997-01-14)
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Abies excelsa
(gcide) | Frankincense \Frank"in*cense\, n. [OF. franc free, pure + encens
incense.]
A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an
incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The
best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus
Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce ({Abies
excelsa}) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the
ancient Jews is still unidentified.
[1913 Webster]Burgundy \Bur"gun*dy\, n.
1. An old province of France (in the eastern central part).
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2. A richly flavored wine, mostly red, made in Burgundy,
France.
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Burgundy pitch, a resinous substance prepared from the
exudation of the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) by
melting in hot water and straining through cloth. The
genuine Burgundy pitch, supposed to have been first
prepared in Burgundy, is rare, but there are many
imitations. It has a yellowish brown color, is translucent
and hard, but viscous. It is used in medicinal plasters.
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Alectryon excelsum
(gcide) | Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D.
eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
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1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks
have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a
scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
rays, forming the silver grain.
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2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
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Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
Barren oak, or
Black-jack, Quercus nigra.
Basket oak, Quercus Michauxii.
Black oak, Quercus tinctoria; -- called also yellow oak
or quercitron oak.
Bur oak (see under Bur.), Quercus macrocarpa; -- called
also over-cup or mossy-cup oak.
Chestnut oak, Quercus Prinus and Quercus densiflora.
Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), {Quercus
prinoides}.
Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, of California; -- also
called enceno.
Live oak (see under Live), Quercus virens, the best of
all for shipbuilding; also, Quercus Chrysolepis, of
California.
Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak.
Post oak, Quercus obtusifolia.
Red oak, Quercus rubra.
Scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea.
Scrub oak, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus undulata, etc.
Shingle oak, Quercus imbricaria.
Spanish oak, Quercus falcata.
Swamp Spanish oak, or
Pin oak, Quercus palustris.
Swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor.
Water oak, Quercus aquatica.
Water white oak, Quercus lyrata.
Willow oak, Quercus Phellos.
[1913 Webster] Among the true oaks in Europe are:
Bitter oak, or
Turkey oak, Quercus Cerris (see Cerris).
Cork oak, Quercus Suber.
English white oak, Quercus Robur.
Evergreen oak,
Holly oak, or
Holm oak, Quercus Ilex.
Kermes oak, Quercus coccifera.
Nutgall oak, Quercus infectoria.
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Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
Quercus, are:
African oak, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
Africana}).
Australian oak or She oak, any tree of the genus
Casuarina (see Casuarina).
Indian oak, the teak tree (see Teak).
Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem.
New Zealand oak, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
excelsum}).
Poison oak, a shrub once not distinguished from poison ivy,
but now restricted to Rhus toxicodendron or {Rhus
diversiloba}.
Silky oak or Silk-bark oak, an Australian tree
(Grevillea robusta).
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Green oak, oak wood colored green by the growth of the
mycelium of certain fungi.
Oak apple, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the
leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips
confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young.
Oak beauty (Zool.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston
prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak.
Oak gall, a gall found on the oak. See 2d Gall.
Oak leather (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms
leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.
Oak pruner. (Zool.) See Pruner, the insect.
Oak spangle, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the
insect Diplolepis lenticularis.
Oak wart, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.
The Oaks, one of the three great annual English horse races
(the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was
instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called
from his estate.
To sport one's oak, to be "not at home to visitors,"
signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's
rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
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Araucaria excelsa
(gcide) | Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[imac]n, L. pinus.]
1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See
Pinus.
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Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
States, of which the white pine (Pinus Strobus),
the Georgia pine (Pinus australis), the red pine
(Pinus resinosa), and the great West Coast {sugar
pine} (Pinus Lambertiana) are among the most
valuable. The Scotch pine or fir, also called
Norway or Riga pine (Pinus sylvestris), is the
only British species. The nut pine is any pine tree,
or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See
Pinon.
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cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now
commonly assigned to other genera.
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2. The wood of the pine tree.
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3. A pineapple.
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Ground pine. (Bot.) See under Ground.
Norfolk Island pine (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
the Araucaria excelsa.
Pine barren, a tract of infertile land which is covered
with pines. [Southern U.S.]
Pine borer (Zool.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
pine trees.
Pine finch. (Zool.) See Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary.
Pine grosbeak (Zool.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
red.
Pine lizard (Zool.), a small, very active, mottled gray
lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle
States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and
alligator.
Pine marten. (Zool.)
(a) A European weasel (Mustela martes), called also
sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten.
(b) The American sable. See Sable.
Pine moth (Zool.), any one of several species of small
tortricid moths of the genus Retinia, whose larv[ae]
burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
doing great damage.
Pine mouse (Zool.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
forests.
Pine needle (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
of a pine tree. See Pinus.
Pine-needle wool. See Pine wool (below).
Pine oil, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
Pine snake (Zool.), a large harmless North American snake
(Pituophis melanoleucus). It is whitish, covered with
brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull
snake}. The Western pine snake (Pituophis Sayi) is
chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
Pine tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine.
Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the
seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
figure of a pine tree. The most noted variety is the {pine
tree shilling}.
Pine weevil (Zool.), any one of numerous species of weevils
whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several
species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to
the genera Pissodes, Hylobius, etc.
Pine wool, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
arts; -- called also pine-needle wool, and {pine-wood
wool}.
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Aspidosperma excelsum
(gcide) | Paddlewood \Pad"dle*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree
of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks.
[1913 Webster]Wheel \Wheel\ (hw[=e]l), n. [OE. wheel, hweol, AS. hwe['o]l,
hweogul, hweowol; akin to D. wiel, Icel. hv[=e]l, Gr.
ky`klos, Skr. cakra; cf. Icel. hj[=o]l, Dan. hiul, Sw. hjul.
[root]218. Cf. Cycle, Cyclopedia.]
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1. A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk,
whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes
or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted
the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles,
in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a
wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc.
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The gasping charioteer beneath the wheel
Of his own car. --Dryden.
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2. Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting
of, a wheel. Specifically:
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(a) A spinning wheel. See under Spinning.
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(b) An instrument of torture formerly used.
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His examination is like that which is made by
the rack and wheel. --Addison.
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Note: This mode of torture is said to have been first
employed in Germany, in the fourteenth century. The
criminal was laid on a cart wheel with his legs and
arms extended, and his limbs in that posture were
fractured with an iron bar. In France, where its use
was restricted to the most atrocious crimes, the
criminal was first laid on a frame of wood in the form
of a St. Andrew's cross, with grooves cut transversely
in it above and below the knees and elbows, and the
executioner struck eight blows with an iron bar, so as
to break the limbs in those places, sometimes finishing
by two or three blows on the chest or stomach, which
usually put an end to the life of the criminal, and
were hence called coups-de-grace -- blows of mercy. The
criminal was then unbound, and laid on a small wheel,
with his face upward, and his arms and legs doubled
under him, there to expire, if he had survived the
previous treatment. --Brande.
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(c) (Naut.) A circular frame having handles on the
periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the
tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder
for the purpose of steering.
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(d) (Pottery) A potter's wheel. See under Potter.
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Then I went down to the potter's house, and,
behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. --Jer.
xviii. 3.
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Turn, turn, my wheel! This earthen jar
A touch can make, a touch can mar. --Longfellow.
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(e) (Pyrotechny) A firework which, while burning, is
caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the
escaping gases.
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(f) (Poetry) The burden or refrain of a song.
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Note: "This meaning has a low degree of authority, but is
supposed from the context in the few cases where the
word is found." --Nares.
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You must sing a-down a-down,
An you call him a-down-a.
O, how the wheel becomes it! --Shak.
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3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.
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4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form;
a disk; an orb. --Milton.
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5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass.
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According to the common vicissitude and wheel of
things, the proud and the insolent, after long
trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled
upon themselves. --South.
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[He] throws his steep flight in many an aery wheel.
--Milton.
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A wheel within a wheel, or Wheels within wheels, a
complication of circumstances, motives, etc.
Balance wheel. See in the Vocab.
Bevel wheel, Brake wheel, Cam wheel, Fifth wheel,
Overshot wheel, Spinning wheel, etc. See under Bevel,
Brake, etc.
Core wheel. (Mach.)
(a) A mortise gear.
(b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden
cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear.
Measuring wheel, an odometer, or perambulator.
Wheel and axle (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or
mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle,
and used for raising great weights, by applying the power
to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the
weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called
also axis in peritrochio, and perpetual lever, -- the
principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the
lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical
powers}, under Mechanical.
Wheel animal, or Wheel animalcule (Zool.), any one of
numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the
anterior end.
Wheel barometer. (Physics) See under Barometer.
Wheel boat, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water
or upon inclined planes or railways.
Wheel bug (Zool.), a large North American hemipterous
insect (Prionidus cristatus) which sucks the blood of
other insects. So named from the curious shape of the
prothorax.
Wheel carriage, a carriage moving on wheels.
Wheel chains, or Wheel ropes (Naut.), the chains or ropes
connecting the wheel and rudder.
Wheel cutter, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear
wheels; a gear cutter.
Wheel horse, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as
opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also
wheeler.
Wheel lathe, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels.
Wheel lock.
(a) A letter lock. See under Letter.
(b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a
flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel.
(c) A kind of brake a carriage.
Wheel ore (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the
shape of its twin crystals. See Bournonite.
Wheel pit (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the
lower part of the fly wheel runs.
Wheel plow, or Wheel plough, a plow having one or two
wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate
the depth of the furrow.
Wheel press, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced
on, or off, their axles.
Wheel race, the place in which a water wheel is set.
Wheel rope (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under Tiller.
Wheel stitch (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's
web, worked into the material, and not over an open space.
--Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).
Wheel tree (Bot.), a tree (Aspidosperma excelsum) of
Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a
transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a
coarsely made wheel. See Paddlewood.
Wheel urchin (Zool.), any sea urchin of the genus Rotula
having a round, flat shell.
Wheel window (Arch.), a circular window having radiating
mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose
window}, under Rose.
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Bertholetia excelsa
(gcide) | Juvia \Ju"vi*a\, n. (Bot.)
A Brazilian name for the lofty myrtaceous tree ({Bertholetia
excelsa}) which produces the large seeds known as {Brazil
nuts}.
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Bertholletia excelsa
(gcide) | Brazil nut \Bra*zil" nut`\ (br[.a]*z[i^]l" n[u^]t`). (Bot.)
An oily, three-sided nut, the seed of the {Bertholletia
excelsa}; the cream nut.
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Note: From eighteen to twenty-four of the seeds or "nuts"
grow in a hard and nearly globular shell.
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Dimorphandra excelsa
(gcide) | Mora \Mo"ra\, n. (Bot.)
A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad ({Dimorphandra
excelsa}); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making
furniture.
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Excel
(gcide) | Excel \Ex*cel"\, v. i.
To surpass others in good qualities, laudable actions, or
acquirements; to be distinguished by superiority; as, to
excel in mathematics, or classics.
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Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. --Gen. xlix.
4.
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Then peers grew proud in horsemanship t' excel. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]Excel \Ex*cel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Excelling.] [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found
in culmen height, top; cf. F. exceller. See Culminate,
Column.]
1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable
deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.
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Excelling others, these were great;
Thou, greater still, must these excel. --Prior.
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I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light
excelleth darkness. --Eccl. ii.
13.
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2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.
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She opened; but to shut
Excelled her power; the gates wide open stood.
--Milton.
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Excelled
(gcide) | Excel \Ex*cel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Excelling.] [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found
in culmen height, top; cf. F. exceller. See Culminate,
Column.]
1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable
deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.
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Excelling others, these were great;
Thou, greater still, must these excel. --Prior.
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I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light
excelleth darkness. --Eccl. ii.
13.
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2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.
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She opened; but to shut
Excelled her power; the gates wide open stood.
--Milton.
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Excellence
(gcide) | Excellence \Ex"cel*lence\, n. [F. excellence, L. excellentia.]
1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good
qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority
in virtue.
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Consider first that great
Or bright infers not excellence. --Milton.
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2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one
excels or is eminent; a virtue.
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With every excellence refined. --Beattie.
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3. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form
excellency.
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I do greet your excellence
With letters of commission from the king. --Shak.
Syn: Superiority; pre["e]minence; perfection; worth;
goodness; purity; greatness.
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Excellencies
(gcide) | Excellency \Ex"cel*len*cy\, n.; pl. Excellencies.
1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
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His excellency is over Israel. --Ps. lxviii.
34.
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Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency.
--Hooker.
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2. A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp.
to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English
colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given
to kings and princes.
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Excellency
(gcide) | Excellency \Ex"cel*len*cy\, n.; pl. Excellencies.
1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
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His excellency is over Israel. --Ps. lxviii.
34.
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Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency.
--Hooker.
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2. A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp.
to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English
colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given
to kings and princes.
[1913 Webster]Excellence \Ex"cel*lence\, n. [F. excellence, L. excellentia.]
1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good
qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority
in virtue.
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Consider first that great
Or bright infers not excellence. --Milton.
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2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one
excels or is eminent; a virtue.
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With every excellence refined. --Beattie.
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3. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form
excellency.
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I do greet your excellence
With letters of commission from the king. --Shak.
Syn: Superiority; pre["e]minence; perfection; worth;
goodness; purity; greatness.
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excellency
(gcide) | Excellency \Ex"cel*len*cy\, n.; pl. Excellencies.
1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
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His excellency is over Israel. --Ps. lxviii.
34.
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Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency.
--Hooker.
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2. A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp.
to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English
colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given
to kings and princes.
[1913 Webster]Excellence \Ex"cel*lence\, n. [F. excellence, L. excellentia.]
1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good
qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority
in virtue.
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Consider first that great
Or bright infers not excellence. --Milton.
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2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one
excels or is eminent; a virtue.
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With every excellence refined. --Beattie.
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3. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form
excellency.
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I do greet your excellence
With letters of commission from the king. --Shak.
Syn: Superiority; pre["e]minence; perfection; worth;
goodness; purity; greatness.
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Excellent
(gcide) | Excellent \Ex"cel*lent\, a. [F. excellent, L. excellens, -entis,
p. pr. of excellere. See Excel.]
1. Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the
sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good
sense; superior; as, an excellent man, artist, citizen,
husband, discourse, book, song, etc.; excellent breeding,
principles, aims, action.
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To love . . .
What I see excellent in good or fair. --Milton.
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2. Superior in kind or degree, irrespective of moral quality;
-- used with words of a bad significance. [Obs. or
Ironical] "An excellent hypocrite." --Hume.
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Their sorrows are most excellent. --Beau. & Fl.
Syn: Worthy; choice; prime; valuable; select; exquisite;
transcendent; admirable; worthy.
[1913 Webster]Excellent \Ex"cel*lent\, adv.
Excellently; eminently; exceedingly. [Obs.] "This comes off
well and excellent." --Shak.
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Excellently
(gcide) | Excellently \Ex"cel*lent*ly\, adv.
1. In an excellent manner; well in a high degree.
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2. In a high or superior degree; -- in this literal use, not
implying worthiness. [Obs.]
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When the whole heart is excellently sorry. --J.
Fletcher.
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Excelling
(gcide) | Excel \Ex*cel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Excelling.] [L. excellere, excelsum; ex out + a root found
in culmen height, top; cf. F. exceller. See Culminate,
Column.]
1. To go beyond or surpass in good qualities or laudable
deeds; to outdo or outgo, in a good sense.
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Excelling others, these were great;
Thou, greater still, must these excel. --Prior.
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I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light
excelleth darkness. --Eccl. ii.
13.
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2. To exceed or go beyond; to surpass.
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She opened; but to shut
Excelled her power; the gates wide open stood.
--Milton.
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Excelsior
(gcide) | Excelsior \Ex*cel"si*or\, n.
A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses,
etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for
curled hair.
[1913 Webster]Excelsior \Ex*cel"si*or\, a. [L., compar. of excelsus elevated,
lofty, p. p. of excellere. See Excel, v. t.]
More lofty; still higher; ever upward.
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Fraxinus excelsior
(gcide) | Fraxinus \Frax"i*nus\, prop. n. [L., the ash tree.] (Bot.)
A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north
temperate zone, and including the true ash trees.
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Note: Fraxinus excelsior is the European ash; {Fraxinus
Americana}, the white ash; Fraxinus sambucifolia, the
black ash or water ash.
[1913 Webster]Ash \Ash\ ([a^]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [ae]sc; akin to OHG.
asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having
opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing
valuable timber, as the European ash ({Fraxinus
excelsior}) and the white ash (Fraxinus Americana).
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Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash
(Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families,
somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.
Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain.
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2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
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Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
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Parinarium excelsum
(gcide) | Guinea \Guin"ea\ (g[i^]n"[-e]), n.
1. A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for
its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea
fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named.
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2. A gold coin of England current for twenty-one shillings
sterling, or about five dollars, but not coined since the
issue of sovereigns in 1817.
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The guinea, so called from the Guinea gold out of
which it
was first struck, was proclaimed in 1663, and to go
for twenty shillings; but it never went for less
than twenty-one shillings. --Pinkerton.
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Guinea corn. (Bot.) See Durra.
Guinea Current (Geog.), a current in the Atlantic Ocean
setting southwardly into the Bay of Benin on the coast of
Guinea.
Guinea dropper one who cheats by dropping counterfeit
guineas. [Obs.] --Gay.
Guinea fowl, Guinea hen (Zool.), an African gallinaceous
bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the pheasants. The
common domesticated species (Numida meleagris), has a
colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a
dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The
crested Guinea fowl (Numida cristata) is a finer
species.
Guinea grains (Bot.), grains of Paradise, or amomum. See
Amomum.
Guinea grass (Bot.), a tall strong forage grass ({Panicum
jumentorum}) introduced. from Africa into the West Indies
and Southern United States.
Guinea-hen flower (Bot.), a liliaceous flower ({Fritillaria
Meleagris}) with petals spotted like the feathers of the
Guinea hen.
Guinea peach. See under Peach.
Guinea pepper (Bot.), the pods of the Xylopia aromatica,
a tree of the order Anonace[ae], found in tropical West
Africa. They are also sold under the name of {Piper
aethiopicum}.
Guinea plum (Bot.), the fruit of Parinarium excelsum, a
large West African tree of the order Chrysobalane[ae],
having a scarcely edible fruit somewhat resembling a plum,
which is also called gray plum and rough-skin plum.
Guinea worm (Zool.), a long and slender African nematoid
worm (Filaria Medinensis) of a white color. It lives in
the cellular tissue of man, beneath the skin, and produces
painful sores.
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Picea excelsa
(gcide) | Spruce \Spruce\ (spr[udd]s), n. [OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia,
Prussian. So named because it was first known as a native of
Prussia, or because its sprouts were used for making, spruce
beer. Cf. Spruce beer, below, Spruce, a.]
1. (Bot.) Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the
Norway spruce (Picea excelsa), and the white and black
spruces of America (Picea alba and Picea nigra),
besides several others in the far Northwest. See Picea.
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2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree.
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3. Prussia leather; pruce. [Obs.]
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Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for
Prussia leather. --E. Phillips.
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Douglas spruce (Bot.), a valuable timber tree ({Pseudotsuga
Douglasii}) of Northwestern America.
Essence of spruce, a thick, dark-colored, bitterish, and
acidulous liquid made by evaporating a decoction of the
young branches of spruce.
Hemlock spruce (Bot.), a graceful coniferous tree ({Tsuga
Canadensis}) of North America. Its timber is valuable, and
the bark is largely used in tanning leather.
Spruce beer. [G. sprossenbier; sprosse sprout, shoot (akin
to E. sprout, n.) + bier beer. The word was changed into
spruce beer because the beer came from Prussia (OE.
Spruce), or because it was made from the sprouts of the
spruce. See Sprout, n., Beer, and cf. Spruce, n.] A
kind of beer which is tinctured or flavored with spruce,
either by means of the extract or by decoction.
Spruce grouse. (Zool.) Same as Spruce partridge, below.
Spruce leather. See Spruce, n., 3.
Spruce partridge (Zool.), a handsome American grouse
(Dendragapus Canadensis) found in Canada and the
Northern United States; -- called also Canada grouse.
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Picraena excelsa
(gcide) | Quassia \Quas"si*a\, n. [NL. From the name of a negro, Quassy,
or Quash, who prescribed this article as a specific.]
The wood of several tropical American trees of the order
Simarube[ae], as Quassia amara, Picr[ae]na excelsa, and
Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in
medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making
beer.
[1913 Webster]Bitterwood \Bit"ter*wood`\, n.
A West Indian tree (Picr[ae]na excelsa) from the wood of
which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.
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Superexcellence
(gcide) | Superexcellence \Su`per*ex"cel*lence\, n.
Superior excellence; extraordinary excellence.
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Superexcellent
(gcide) | Superexcellent \Su`per*ex"cel*lent\, a. [Pref. super- +
excellent: cf. L. superexcellens.]
Excellent in an uncommon degree; very excellent. --Drayton.
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Unexcelled
(gcide) | Unexcelled \Unexcelled\
See excelled. |
apatosaurus excelsus
(wn) | Apatosaurus excelsus
n 1: huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North
America in the late Jurassic [syn: apatosaur,
apatosaurus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, {thunder
lizard}, Apatosaurus excelsus] |
araucaria excelsa
(wn) | Araucaria excelsa
n 1: evergreen of Australia and Norfolk Island in the South
Pacific [syn: norfolk island pine, {Araucaria
heterophylla}, Araucaria excelsa] |
bertholletia excelsa
(wn) | Bertholletia excelsa
n 1: tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts [syn: {brazil
nut}, brazil-nut tree, Bertholletia excelsa] |
excel at
(wn) | excel at
v 1: be good at; "She shines at math" [syn: shine at, {excel
at}] |
excellence
(wn) | excellence
n 1: the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high
degree
2: an outstanding feature; something in which something or
someone excels; "a center of manufacturing excellence"; "the
use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine"
[syn: excellence, excellency] |
excellency
(wn) | Excellency
n 1: a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or
governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her';
"Your Excellency"
2: an outstanding feature; something in which something or
someone excels; "a center of manufacturing excellence"; "the
use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine"
[syn: excellence, excellency] |
excellent
(wn) | excellent
adj 1: very good;of the highest quality; "made an excellent
speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-
class mind" [syn: excellent, first-class,
fantabulous, splendid] |
excellently
(wn) | excellently
adv 1: extremely well; "he did splendidly in the exam"; "we got
along famously" [syn: excellently, magnificently,
splendidly, famously] |
excelsior
(wn) | excelsior
n 1: thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing [syn:
excelsior, wood shavings] |
fraxinus excelsior
(wn) | Fraxinus excelsior
n 1: tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny
dark-green above and pale downy beneath [syn: {European
ash}, common European ash, Fraxinus excelsior] |
moral excellence
(wn) | moral excellence
n 1: the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is
wrong [syn: virtue, virtuousness, moral excellence] |
orites excelsa
(wn) | Orites excelsa
n 1: Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young
they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender
axillary spikes of white flowers [syn: prickly ash,
Orites excelsa] |
par excellence
(wn) | par excellence
adv 1: to a degree of excellence; "he is the honest politician
par excellence" |
picrasma excelsa
(wn) | Picrasma excelsa
n 1: West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia [syn:
Jamaica quassia, bitterwood, Picrasma excelsa,
Picrasma excelsum] |
picrasma excelsum
(wn) | Picrasma excelsum
n 1: West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia [syn:
Jamaica quassia, bitterwood, Picrasma excelsa,
Picrasma excelsum] |
rhapis excelsa
(wn) | Rhapis excelsa
n 1: small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases
clothed with loose coarse fibers [syn: {miniature fan
palm}, bamboo palm, fern rhapis, Rhapis excelsa] |
unexcelled
(wn) | unexcelled
adj 1: not capable of being improved on [syn: unexcelled,
unexceeded, unsurpassed] |
excelan
(foldoc) | Excelan
Manufacturers of intelligent Ethernet cards. Software and
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