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slovo definícia Quercus (gcide) Quercus \Quer"cus\, n. [L., an oak.] (Bot.) A genus of trees constituted by the oak. See Oak. [1913 Webster] quercus (wn) Quercus n 1: oaks [syn: Quercus, genus Quercus]

podobné slovo definícia Quercus (gcide) Quercus \Quer"cus\, n. [L., an oak.] (Bot.) A genus of trees constituted by the oak. See Oak. [1913 Webster] Quercus agrifolia (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Quercus aquatica (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Quercus bicolor (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv["o]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. [1913 Webster] Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards, Words). [1913 Webster] Swamp blackbird. (Zool.) See Redwing (b) . Swamp cabbage (Bot.), skunk cabbage. Swamp deer (Zool.), an Asiatic deer (Rucervus Duvaucelli) of India. Swamp hen. (Zool.) (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird (Porphyrio bellus); -- called also goollema. (b) An Australian water crake, or rail (Porzana Tabuensis); -- called also little swamp hen. (c) The European purple gallinule. Swamp honeysuckle (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea viscosa} syn. Rhododendron viscosa or {Rhododendron viscosum}) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called also swamp pink and white swamp honeysuckle. Swamp hook, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs. Cf. Cant hook. Swamp itch. (Med.) See Prairie itch, under Prairie. Swamp laurel (Bot.), a shrub (Kalmia glauca) having small leaves with the lower surface glaucous. Swamp maple (Bot.), red maple. See Maple. Swamp oak (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak (Quercus palustris), swamp white oak ({Quercus bicolor}), swamp post oak (Quercus lyrata). Swamp ore (Min.), bog ore; limonite. Swamp partridge (Zool.), any one of several Australian game birds of the genera Synoicus and Excalfatoria, allied to the European partridges. Swamp robin (Zool.), the chewink. Swamp sassafras (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genus Magnolia (Magnolia glauca) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet bay}. Swamp sparrow (Zool.), a common North American sparrow (Melospiza Georgiana, or Melospiza palustris), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places. Swamp willow. (Bot.) See Pussy willow, under Pussy. [1913 Webster] Quercus Catesbaei (gcide) Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), n. 1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. "A sorry scrub." --Bunyan. [1913 Webster] We should go there in as proper a manner as possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 2. Something small and mean. [1913 Webster] 3. A worn-out brush. --Ainsworth. [1913 Webster] 4. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc. [1913 Webster] 5. (Stock Breeding) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] 6. Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush; -- called also scrub brush. See Brush, above. [Australia & South Africa] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 7. (Forestry) A low, straggling tree of inferior quality. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Scrub bird (Zool.), an Australian passerine bird of the family Atrichornithidae, as Atrichia clamosa; -- called also brush bird. Scrub oak (Bot.), the popular name of several dwarfish species of oak. The scrub oak of New England and the Middle States is Quercus ilicifolia, a scraggy shrub; that of the Southern States is a small tree ({Quercus Catesbaei}); that of the Rocky Mountain region is {Quercus undulata}, var. Gambelii. Scrub robin (Zool.), an Australian singing bird of the genus Drymodes. [1913 Webster] Quercus Cerris (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]Cerris \Cer"ris\, n. [L. cerrus.] (Bot.) A species of oak (Quercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; -- called also bitter oak and {Turkey oak}. [1913 Webster] Quercus cerris (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]Cerris \Cer"ris\, n. [L. cerrus.] (Bot.) A species of oak (Quercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; -- called also bitter oak and {Turkey oak}. [1913 Webster] Quercus Chrysolepis (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]Live \Live\ (l[imac]v), a. [Abbreviated from alive. See Alive, Life.] 1. Having life; alive; living; not dead. [1913 Webster] If one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it. --Ex. xxi. 35. [1913 Webster] 2. Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers. " The live ether." --Thomson. [1913 Webster] 3. Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator. [1913 Webster] 4. Vivid; bright. " The live carnation." --Thomson. [1913 Webster] 5. (Engin.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe; live steam. [1913 Webster] 6. (Elec.) Connected to a voltage source; as, a live wire. [PJC] 7. (Broadcasting) Being transmitted instantaneously, as events occur, in contrast to recorded. [PJC] 8. (Sport) Still in active play; -- of a ball being used in a game; as, a live ball. [PJC] 9. Pertaining to an entertainment event which was performed (and possibly recorded) in front of an audience; contrasted to performances recorded in a studio without an audience. [PJC] Live birth, the condition of being born in such a state that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of the whole body. --Dunglison. Live box, a cell for holding living objects under microscopical examination. --P. H. Gosse. Live feathers, feathers which have been plucked from the living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic. Live gang. (Sawing) See under Gang. Live grass (Bot.), a grass of the genus Eragrostis. Live load (Engin.), a suddenly applied load; a varying load; a moving load; as a moving train of cars on a bridge, or wind pressure on a roof. Live oak (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus virens), growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and highly esteemed for ship timber. In California the Quercus chrysolepis and some other species are also called live oaks. Live ring (Engin.), a circular train of rollers upon which a swing bridge, or turntable, rests, and which travels around a circular track when the bridge or table turns. Live steam, steam direct from the boiler, used for any purpose, in distinction from exhaust steam. Live stock, horses, cattle, and other domestic animals kept on a farm. whole body. live wire (a) (Elec.) a wire connected to a power source, having a voltage potential; -- used esp. of a power line with a high potential relative to ground, capable of harming a person who touches it. (b) (Fig.) a person who is unusually active, alert, or aggressive. [1913 Webster +PJC] Quercus chrysolepis (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]Live \Live\ (l[imac]v), a. [Abbreviated from alive. See Alive, Life.] 1. Having life; alive; living; not dead. [1913 Webster] If one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it. --Ex. xxi. 35. [1913 Webster] 2. Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers. " The live ether." --Thomson. [1913 Webster] 3. Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator. [1913 Webster] 4. Vivid; bright. " The live carnation." --Thomson. [1913 Webster] 5. (Engin.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe; live steam. [1913 Webster] 6. (Elec.) Connected to a voltage source; as, a live wire. [PJC] 7. (Broadcasting) Being transmitted instantaneously, as events occur, in contrast to recorded. [PJC] 8. (Sport) Still in active play; -- of a ball being used in a game; as, a live ball. [PJC] 9. Pertaining to an entertainment event which was performed (and possibly recorded) in front of an audience; contrasted to performances recorded in a studio without an audience. [PJC] Live birth, the condition of being born in such a state that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of the whole body. --Dunglison. Live box, a cell for holding living objects under microscopical examination. --P. H. Gosse. Live feathers, feathers which have been plucked from the living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic. Live gang. (Sawing) See under Gang. Live grass (Bot.), a grass of the genus Eragrostis. Live load (Engin.), a suddenly applied load; a varying load; a moving load; as a moving train of cars on a bridge, or wind pressure on a roof. Live oak (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus virens), growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and highly esteemed for ship timber. In California the Quercus chrysolepis and some other species are also called live oaks. Live ring (Engin.), a circular train of rollers upon which a swing bridge, or turntable, rests, and which travels around a circular track when the bridge or table turns. Live steam, steam direct from the boiler, used for any purpose, in distinction from exhaust steam. Live stock, horses, cattle, and other domestic animals kept on a farm. whole body. live wire (a) (Elec.) a wire connected to a power source, having a voltage potential; -- used esp. of a power line with a high potential relative to ground, capable of harming a person who touches it. (b) (Fig.) a person who is unusually active, alert, or aggressive. [1913 Webster +PJC] Quercus coccifera (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]Kermes \Ker"mes\, n. [Ar. & Per. girmiz. See Crimson, and cf. Alkermes.] 1. (Zool.) The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect (Kermes ilices formerly Coccus ilicis), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several species of oak near the Mediterranean; also, the dye obtained from them. They are round, about the size of a pea, contain coloring matter analogous to carmine, and are used in dyeing. They were anciently thought to be of a vegetable nature, and were used in medicine. [Written also chermes.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A small European evergreen oak ({Quercus coccifera}) on which the kermes insect (Kermes ilices, formerly Coccus ilicis) feeds. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) [NL.] A genus of scale insects including many species that feed on oaks. The adult female resembles a small gall. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Kermes mineral. (a) (Old Chem.) An artificial amorphous trisulphide of antimony; -- so called on account of its red color. (b) (Med. Chem.) A compound of the trioxide and trisulphide of antimony, used in medicine. This substance occurs in nature as the mineral kermesite. [1913 Webster]Cochineal \Coch"i*neal\ (k[o^]ch"[i^]*n[=e]l; 277), [Sp. cochinilla, dim. from L. coccineus, coccinus, scarlet, fr. coccum the kermes berry, G. ko`kkos berry, especially the kermes insect, used to dye scarlet, as the cochineal was formerly supposed to be the grain or seed of a plant, and this word was formerly defined to be the grain of the Quercus coccifera; but cf. also Sp. cochinilla wood louse, dim. of cochina sow, akin to F. cochon pig.] A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. {Opuntia cochinellifera}. [1913 Webster] Note: These insects are gathered from the plant, killed by the application of heat, and exposed to the sun to dry. When dried they resemble small, rough berries or seeds, of a brown or purple color, and form the cochineal of the shops, which is used for making carmine, and also as a red dye. [1913 Webster] Note: Cochineal contains as its essential coloring matter carminic acid, a purple red amorphous substance which yields carmine red. [1913 Webster] Quercus coccinea (gcide) Scarlet \Scar"let\, a. Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread. [1913 Webster] Scarlet admiral (Zool.), the red admiral. See under Red. -- Scarlet bean (Bot.), a kind of bean ({Phaseolus multiflorus}) having scarlet flowers; scarlet runner. Scarlet fever (Med.), a contagious febrile disease characterized by inflammation of the fauces and a scarlet rash, appearing usually on the second day, and ending in desquamation about the sixth or seventh day. Scarlet fish (Zool.), the telescope fish; -- so called from its red color. See under Telescope. Scarlet ibis (Zool.) See under Ibis. Scarlet maple (Bot.), the red maple. See Maple. Scarlet mite (Zool.), any one of numerous species of bright red carnivorous mites found among grass and moss, especially Thombidium holosericeum and allied species. The young are parasitic upon spiders and insects. Scarlet oak (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus coccinea) of the United States; -- so called from the scarlet color of its leaves in autumn. Scarlet runner (Bot.), the scarlet bean. Scarlet tanager. (Zool.) See under Tanager. [1913 Webster]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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Quercus densiflora (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Quercus falcata (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Quercus Ilex (gcide) Holm \Holm\ (h[=o]m; 277), n. [OE., prob. from AS. holen holly; as the holly is also called holm. See Holly.] (Bot.) A common evergreen oak, of Europe (Quercus Ilex); -- called also ilex, and holly. [1913 Webster]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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]Ilex \I"lex\, n. [L., holm oak.] (Bot.) (a) The holm oak (Quercus Ilex). (b) A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs, including the common holly. [1913 Webster] Quercus ilicifolia (gcide) Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), n. 1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. "A sorry scrub." --Bunyan. [1913 Webster] We should go there in as proper a manner as possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 2. Something small and mean. [1913 Webster] 3. A worn-out brush. --Ainsworth. [1913 Webster] 4. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc. [1913 Webster] 5. (Stock Breeding) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] 6. Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush; -- called also scrub brush. See Brush, above. [Australia & South Africa] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 7. (Forestry) A low, straggling tree of inferior quality. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Scrub bird (Zool.), an Australian passerine bird of the family Atrichornithidae, as Atrichia clamosa; -- called also brush bird. Scrub oak (Bot.), the popular name of several dwarfish species of oak. The scrub oak of New England and the Middle States is Quercus ilicifolia, a scraggy shrub; that of the Southern States is a small tree ({Quercus Catesbaei}); that of the Rocky Mountain region is {Quercus undulata}, var. Gambelii. Scrub robin (Zool.), an Australian singing bird of the genus Drymodes. [1913 Webster]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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Quercus imbricaria (gcide) Shingle \Shin"gle\, n. [OE. shingle, shindle, fr. L. scindula, scandula; cf. scindere to cleave, to split, E. shed, v. t., Gr. ???, ???, shingle, ??? to slit.] 1. A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, -- used in covering buildings, especially roofs, the thick ends of one row overlapping the thin ends of the row below. [1913 Webster] I reached St. Asaph, . . . where there is a very poor cathedral church covered with shingles or tiles. --Ray. [1913 Webster] 2. A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle. [Jocose, U. S.] [1913 Webster] Shingle oak (Bot.), a kind of oak (Quercus imbricaria) used in the Western States for making shingles. [1913 Webster]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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Quercus infectoria (gcide) Gall \Gall\ (g[add]l), n. [F. galle, noix de galle, fr. L. galla.] (Zool.) An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls. Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut. [1913 Webster] Note: The galls, or gallnuts, of commerce are produced by insects of the genus Cynips, chiefly on an oak (Quercus infectoria syn. Quercus Lusitanica) of Western Asia and Southern Europe. They contain much tannin, and are used in the manufacture of that article and for making ink and a black dye, as well as in medicine. [1913 Webster] Gall insect (Zool.), any insect that produces galls. Gall midge (Zool.), any small dipterous insect that produces galls. Gall oak, the oak (Quercus infectoria) which yields the galls of commerce. Gall of glass, the neutral salt skimmed off from the surface of melted crown glass;- called also glass gall and sandiver. --Ure. Gall wasp. (Zool.) See Gallfly. [1913 Webster]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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Quercus lobata (gcide) Roble \Ro"ble\, n. [Sp., oak.] (Bot.) The California white oak (Quercus lobata). [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Quercus Lusitanica (gcide) Gall \Gall\ (g[add]l), n. [F. galle, noix de galle, fr. L. galla.] (Zool.) An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls. Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut. [1913 Webster] Note: The galls, or gallnuts, of commerce are produced by insects of the genus Cynips, chiefly on an oak (Quercus infectoria syn. Quercus Lusitanica) of Western Asia and Southern Europe. They contain much tannin, and are used in the manufacture of that article and for making ink and a black dye, as well as in medicine. [1913 Webster] Gall insect (Zool.), any insect that produces galls. Gall midge (Zool.), any small dipterous insect that produces galls. Gall oak, the oak (Quercus infectoria) which yields the galls of commerce. Gall of glass, the neutral salt skimmed off from the surface of melted crown glass;- called also glass gall and sandiver. --Ure. Gall wasp. (Zool.) See Gallfly. [1913 Webster] Quercus lyrata (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv["o]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. [1913 Webster] Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards, Words). [1913 Webster] Swamp blackbird. (Zool.) See Redwing (b) . Swamp cabbage (Bot.), skunk cabbage. Swamp deer (Zool.), an Asiatic deer (Rucervus Duvaucelli) of India. Swamp hen. (Zool.) (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird (Porphyrio bellus); -- called also goollema. (b) An Australian water crake, or rail (Porzana Tabuensis); -- called also little swamp hen. (c) The European purple gallinule. Swamp honeysuckle (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea viscosa} syn. Rhododendron viscosa or {Rhododendron viscosum}) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called also swamp pink and white swamp honeysuckle. Swamp hook, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs. Cf. Cant hook. Swamp itch. (Med.) See Prairie itch, under Prairie. Swamp laurel (Bot.), a shrub (Kalmia glauca) having small leaves with the lower surface glaucous. Swamp maple (Bot.), red maple. See Maple. Swamp oak (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak (Quercus palustris), swamp white oak ({Quercus bicolor}), swamp post oak (Quercus lyrata). Swamp ore (Min.), bog ore; limonite. Swamp partridge (Zool.), any one of several Australian game birds of the genera Synoicus and Excalfatoria, allied to the European partridges. Swamp robin (Zool.), the chewink. Swamp sassafras (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genus Magnolia (Magnolia glauca) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet bay}. Swamp sparrow (Zool.), a common North American sparrow (Melospiza Georgiana, or Melospiza palustris), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places. Swamp willow. (Bot.) See Pussy willow, under Pussy. [1913 Webster] Quercus macrocarpa (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]Bur \Bur\, Burr \Burr\ (b[^u]r), n. [OE. burre burdock; cf. Dan. borre, OSw. borra, burdock, thistle; perh. akin to E. bristle (burr- for burz-), or perh. to F. bourre hair, wool, stuff; also, according to Cotgrave, "the downe, or hairie coat, wherewith divers herbes, fruits, and flowers, are covered," fr. L. burrae trifles, LL. reburrus rough.] 1. (Bot.) Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock; a seed vessel having hooks or prickles. Also, any weed which bears burs. [1913 Webster] Amongst rude burs and thistles. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Bur and brake and brier. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2. [1913 Webster] 3. A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4. [1913 Webster] 4. The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5. [1913 Webster] 5. The sweetbread. [1913 Webster] 6. A clinker; a partially vitrified brick. [1913 Webster] 7. (Mech.) (a) A small circular saw. (b) A triangular chisel. (c) A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- especially a small drill bit used by dentists. [1913 Webster] 8. [Cf. Gael. borr, borra, a knob, bunch.] (Zool.) The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head. [Commonly written burr.] [1913 Webster] Bur oak (Bot.), a useful and ornamental species of oak (Quercus macrocarpa) with ovoid acorns inclosed in deep cups imbricated with pointed scales. It grows in the Middle and Western United States, and its wood is tough, close-grained, and durable. Bur reed (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sparganium, having long ribbonlike leaves. [1913 Webster] Quercus macrolepis (gcide) Valonia \Va*lo"ni*a\, n. [It. vallonia, vallonea, fr. NGr. balania`, balanidia`, the holm oak, bala`ni, balani`di, an acorn, Gr. ba`lanos.] [1913 Webster] 1. The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Quercus vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains an abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers. [1913 Webster] 2. [Perhaps named from its resemblance to an acorn.] (Bot.) A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length. [1913 Webster] Quercus Michauxii (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Quercus nigra (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]Black-jack \Black"-jack`\, n. 1. (Min.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende. [1913 Webster] 2. Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. A large leather vessel for beer, etc. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 4. (Bot.) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak. [1913 Webster] 5. The ensign of a pirate. [1913 Webster] Quercus obtusifolia (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Quercus palustris (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]Swamp \Swamp\, n. [Cf. AS. swam a fungus, OD. swam a sponge, D. zwam a fungus, G. schwamm a sponge, Icel. sv["o]ppr, Dan. & Sw. swamp, Goth. swamms, Gr. somfo`s porous, spongy.] Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore. [1913 Webster] Gray swamps and pools, waste places of the hern. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] A swamp differs from a bog and a marsh in producing trees and shrubs, while the latter produce only herbage, plants, and mosses. --Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards, Words). [1913 Webster] Swamp blackbird. (Zool.) See Redwing (b) . Swamp cabbage (Bot.), skunk cabbage. Swamp deer (Zool.), an Asiatic deer (Rucervus Duvaucelli) of India. Swamp hen. (Zool.) (a) An Australian azure-breasted bird (Porphyrio bellus); -- called also goollema. (b) An Australian water crake, or rail (Porzana Tabuensis); -- called also little swamp hen. (c) The European purple gallinule. Swamp honeysuckle (Bot.), an American shrub ({Azalea viscosa} syn. Rhododendron viscosa or {Rhododendron viscosum}) growing in swampy places, with fragrant flowers of a white color, or white tinged with rose; -- called also swamp pink and white swamp honeysuckle. Swamp hook, a hook and chain used by lumbermen in handling logs. Cf. Cant hook. Swamp itch. (Med.) See Prairie itch, under Prairie. Swamp laurel (Bot.), a shrub (Kalmia glauca) having small leaves with the lower surface glaucous. Swamp maple (Bot.), red maple. See Maple. Swamp oak (Bot.), a name given to several kinds of oak which grow in swampy places, as swamp Spanish oak (Quercus palustris), swamp white oak ({Quercus bicolor}), swamp post oak (Quercus lyrata). Swamp ore (Min.), bog ore; limonite. Swamp partridge (Zool.), any one of several Australian game birds of the genera Synoicus and Excalfatoria, allied to the European partridges. Swamp robin (Zool.), the chewink. Swamp sassafras (Bot.), a small North American tree of the genus Magnolia (Magnolia glauca) with aromatic leaves and fragrant creamy-white blossoms; -- called also {sweet bay}. Swamp sparrow (Zool.), a common North American sparrow (Melospiza Georgiana, or Melospiza palustris), closely resembling the song sparrow. It lives in low, swampy places. Swamp willow. (Bot.) See Pussy willow, under Pussy. [1913 Webster] Quercus Phellos (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Quercus prinoides (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]Chinquapin \Chin"qua*pin\, n. (Bot.) A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat. [Written also chincapin and chinkapin.] [1913 Webster] Chinquapin oak, a small shrubby oak (Quercus prinoides) of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns. Western Chinquapin, an evergreen shrub or tree ({Castanopes chrysophylla}) of the Pacific coast. In California it is a shrub; in Oregon a tree 30 to 125 feet high. [1913 Webster] Quercus Prinus (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Quercus Robur (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Quercus rubra (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Quercus Suber (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]Cork \Cork\ (k[^o]rk), n. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. kork, D. kurk; all fr. Sp. corcho, fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind. Cf. Cortex.] 1. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree ({Quercus Suber}), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose. [1913 Webster] 2. A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork. [1913 Webster] 3. A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance. [1913 Webster] Note: Cork is sometimes used wrongly for calk, calker; calkin, a sharp piece of iron on the shoe of a horse or ox. [1913 Webster] Cork jackets, a jacket having thin pieces of cork inclosed within canvas, and used to aid in swimming. Cork tree (Bot.), the species of oak (Quercus Suber of Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of commerce. [1913 Webster] Quercus tinctoria (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]Quercitron \Quer"cit*ron\, n. [F. quercitron, the name of the name of tree; L. quercus an oak + citrus the citron tree.] 1. The yellow inner bark of the Quercus tinctoria, the American black oak, yellow oak, dyer's oak, or quercitron oak, a large forest tree growing from Maine to eastern Texas. [1913 Webster] 2. Quercitrin, used as a pigment. See Quercitrin. [1913 Webster] Quercus undulata (gcide) Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), n. 1. One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow. "A sorry scrub." --Bunyan. [1913 Webster] We should go there in as proper a manner as possible; nor altogether like the scrubs about us. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 2. Something small and mean. [1913 Webster] 3. A worn-out brush. --Ainsworth. [1913 Webster] 4. A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc. [1913 Webster] 5. (Stock Breeding) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] 6. Vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush; -- called also scrub brush. See Brush, above. [Australia & South Africa] [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] 7. (Forestry) A low, straggling tree of inferior quality. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Scrub bird (Zool.), an Australian passerine bird of the family Atrichornithidae, as Atrichia clamosa; -- called also brush bird. Scrub oak (Bot.), the popular name of several dwarfish species of oak. The scrub oak of New England and the Middle States is Quercus ilicifolia, a scraggy shrub; that of the Southern States is a small tree ({Quercus Catesbaei}); that of the Rocky Mountain region is {Quercus undulata}, var. Gambelii. Scrub robin (Zool.), an Australian singing bird of the genus Drymodes. [1913 Webster]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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] Quercus vallonea (gcide) Valonia \Va*lo"ni*a\, n. [It. vallonia, vallonea, fr. NGr. balania`, balanidia`, the holm oak, bala`ni, balani`di, an acorn, Gr. ba`lanos.] [1913 Webster] 1. The acorn cup of two kinds of oak (Quercus macrolepis, and Quercus vallonea) found in Eastern Europe. It contains an abundance of tannin, and is much used by tanners and dyers. [1913 Webster] 2. [Perhaps named from its resemblance to an acorn.] (Bot.) A genus of marine green algae, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length. [1913 Webster] Quercus virens (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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The strong wood or timber of the oak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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). [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster]Live \Live\ (l[imac]v), a. [Abbreviated from alive. See Alive, Life.] 1. Having life; alive; living; not dead. [1913 Webster] If one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it. --Ex. xxi. 35. [1913 Webster] 2. Being in a state of ignition; burning; having active properties; as, a live coal; live embers. " The live ether." --Thomson. [1913 Webster] 3. Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing; as, a live man, or orator. [1913 Webster] 4. Vivid; bright. " The live carnation." --Thomson. [1913 Webster] 5. (Engin.) Imparting power; having motion; as, the live spindle of a lathe; live steam. [1913 Webster] 6. (Elec.) Connected to a voltage source; as, a live wire. [PJC] 7. (Broadcasting) Being transmitted instantaneously, as events occur, in contrast to recorded. [PJC] 8. (Sport) Still in active play; -- of a ball being used in a game; as, a live ball. [PJC] 9. Pertaining to an entertainment event which was performed (and possibly recorded) in front of an audience; contrasted to performances recorded in a studio without an audience. [PJC] Live birth, the condition of being born in such a state that acts of life are manifested after the extrusion of the whole body. --Dunglison. Live box, a cell for holding living objects under microscopical examination. --P. H. Gosse. Live feathers, feathers which have been plucked from the living bird, and are therefore stronger and more elastic. Live gang. (Sawing) See under Gang. Live grass (Bot.), a grass of the genus Eragrostis. Live load (Engin.), a suddenly applied load; a varying load; a moving load; as a moving train of cars on a bridge, or wind pressure on a roof. Live oak (Bot.), a species of oak (Quercus virens), growing in the Southern States, of great durability, and highly esteemed for ship timber. In California the Quercus chrysolepis and some other species are also called live oaks. Live ring (Engin.), a circular train of rollers upon which a swing bridge, or turntable, rests, and which travels around a circular track when the bridge or table turns. Live steam, steam direct from the boiler, used for any purpose, in distinction from exhaust steam. Live stock, horses, cattle, and other domestic animals kept on a farm. whole body. live wire (a) (Elec.) a wire connected to a power source, having a voltage potential; -- used esp. of a power line with a high potential relative to ground, capable of harming a person who touches it. (b) (Fig.) a person who is unusually active, alert, or aggressive. [1913 Webster +PJC] genus quercus (wn) genus Quercus n 1: oaks [syn: Quercus, genus Quercus] quercus agrifolia (wn) Quercus agrifolia n 1: highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny- toothed dark-green leaves [syn: coast live oak, California live oak, Quercus agrifolia] quercus alba (wn) Quercus alba n 1: large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood [syn: American white oak, Quercus alba] quercus arizonica (wn) Quercus arizonica n 1: semi-evergreen shrub or small tree of Arizona and New Mexico having acorns with hemispherical cups [syn: {Arizona white oak}, Quercus arizonica] quercus bicolor (wn) Quercus bicolor n 1: large deciduous oak of the eastern United States with a flaky bark and leaves that have fewer lobes than other white oaks; yields heavy strong wood used in construction; thrives in wet soil [syn: swamp white oak, swamp oak, Quercus bicolor] quercus borealis (wn) Quercus borealis n 1: large symmetrical deciduous tree with rounded crown widely distributed in eastern North America; has large leaves with triangular spiny tipped lobes and coarse-grained wood less durable than that of white oaks [syn: northern red oak, Quercus rubra, Quercus borealis] quercus cerris (wn) Quercus cerris n 1: large deciduous tree of central and southern Europe and Asia Minor having lanceolate leaves with spiked lobes [syn: European turkey oak, turkey oak, Quercus cerris] quercus chrysolepis (wn) Quercus chrysolepis n 1: medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves [syn: canyon oak, canyon live oak, maul oak, iron oak, Quercus chrysolepis] quercus coccinea (wn) Quercus coccinea n 1: medium-large deciduous tree with a thick trunk found in the eastern United States and southern Canada and having close- grained wood and deeply seven-lobed leaves turning scarlet in autumn [syn: scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea] quercus ellipsoidalis (wn) Quercus ellipsoidalis n 1: small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America; leaves have sharply pointed lobes [syn: {jack oak}, northern pin oak, Quercus ellipsoidalis] quercus falcata (wn) Quercus falcata n 1: large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward [syn: southern red oak, {swamp red oak}, turkey oak, Quercus falcata] quercus garryana (wn) Quercus garryana n 1: small deciduous tree of western North America with crooked branches and pale grey bark [syn: Oregon white oak, Oregon oak, Garry oak, Quercus garryana] quercus grosseserrata (wn) Quercus grosseserrata n 1: oak with moderately light fine-grained wood; Japan [syn: Japanese oak, Quercus mongolica, {Quercus grosseserrata}] quercus ilex (wn) Quercus ilex n 1: evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood [syn: {holm oak}, holm tree, holly-leaved oak, evergreen oak, Quercus ilex] quercus ilicifolia (wn) Quercus ilicifolia n 1: shrubby oak of southeastern United States usually forming dense thickets [syn: bear oak, Quercus ilicifolia] quercus imbricaria (wn) Quercus imbricaria n 1: small deciduous tree of eastern and central United States having leaves that shine like laurel; wood is used in western states for shingles [syn: shingle oak, {laurel oak}, Quercus imbricaria] quercus incana (wn) Quercus incana n 1: small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point [syn: bluejack oak, {turkey oak}, Quercus incana] quercus kelloggii (wn) Quercus kelloggii n 1: large deciduous tree of the Pacific coast having deeply parted bristle-tipped leaves [syn: California black oak, Quercus kelloggii] quercus laevis (wn) Quercus laevis n 1: small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes [syn: American turkey oak, turkey oak, Quercus laevis] quercus laurifolia (wn) Quercus laurifolia n 1: large nearly semi-evergreen oak of southeastern United States; thrives in damp soil [syn: laurel oak, pin oak, Quercus laurifolia] quercus lobata (wn) Quercus lobata n 1: tall graceful deciduous California oak having leathery leaves and slender pointed acorns [syn: {California white oak}, valley oak, valley white oak, roble, {Quercus lobata}] quercus lyrata (wn) Quercus lyrata n 1: medium-large deciduous timber tree of central and southern United States; acorns deeply immersed in the cup and mature in first year [syn: overcup oak, Quercus lyrata] quercus macrocarpa (wn) Quercus macrocarpa n 1: medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood [syn: bur oak, burr oak, mossy-cup oak, mossycup oak, {Quercus macrocarpa}]

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