| slovo | definícia |
ux.
(wn) | ux.
n 1: (legal terminology) the Latin word for wife [syn: uxor,
ux.] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
adieux
(mass) | adieux
- zbohom |
auxiliaries
(mass) | auxiliaries
- príslušenstvo |
bureaux
(mass) | bureaux
- kancelária |
de luxe
(mass) | de luxe
- luxusný |
deluxe
(mass) | deluxe
- luxusný |
juxtapose
(mass) | juxtapose
- klásť |
linux documentation project
(mass) | Linux Documentation Project
- Dokumentačný projekt Linuxu |
lux
(mass) | LUX
- Luxembursko |
luxembourg
(mass) | Luxembourg
- Luxembursko |
luxurious
(mass) | luxurious
- luxusný |
luxury
(mass) | luxury
- luxusný |
Adfluxion
(gcide) | Adfluxion \Ad*flux"ion\, n.
See Affluxion.
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Afflux
(gcide) | Afflux \Af"flux`\, n. [L. affluxum, p. p. of affluere: cf. F.
afflux. See Affluence.]
A flowing towards; that which flows to; as, an afflux of
blood to the head.
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Affluxion
(gcide) | Affluxion \Af*flux"ion\, n.
The act of flowing towards; afflux. --Sir T. Browne.
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Arquifoux
(gcide) | Arquifoux \Ar"qui*foux\, n.
Same as Alquifou.
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Ascyrum Crux-Andreae
(gcide) | Saint \Saint\ (s[=a]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly
p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to
appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. Sacred,
Sanctity, Sanctum, Sanctus.]
1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent
for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being
redeemed and consecrated to God.
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Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to
be saints. --1 Cor. i. 2.
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2. One of the blessed in heaven.
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Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure
Far separate, circling thy holy mount,
Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. --Milton.
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3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.]
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Saint Andrew's cross.
(a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under
Cross.
(b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum
Crux-Andreae}, the petals of which have the form of a
Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray.
Saint Anthony's cross, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6,
under Cross.
Saint Anthony's fire, the erysipelas; -- popularly so
called because it was supposed to have been cured by the
intercession of Saint Anthony.
Saint Anthony's nut (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium
flexuosum}); -- so called because swine feed on it, and
St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior.
Saint Anthony's turnip (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a
favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior.
Saint Barnaby's thistle (Bot.), a kind of knapweed
(Centaurea solstitialis) flowering on St. Barnabas's
Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior.
Saint Bernard (Zool.), a breed of large, handsome dogs
celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred
chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but
now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the
smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under
Dog.
Saint Catharine's flower (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist.
See under Love.
Saint Cuthbert's beads (Paleon.), the fossil joints of
crinoid stems.
Saint Dabeoc's heath (Bot.), a heatherlike plant ({Daboecia
polifolia}), named from an Irish saint.
Saint Distaff's Day. See under Distaff.
Saint Elmo's fire, a luminous, flamelike appearance,
sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some
prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead
and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and
is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or
pointed objects. A single flame is called a Helena, or a
Corposant; a double, or twin, flame is called a {Castor
and Pollux}, or a double Corposant. It takes its name
from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors.
Saint George's cross (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a
field argent, the field being represented by a narrow
fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great
Britain.
Saint George's ensign, a red cross on a white field with a
union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the
distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of
England; -- called also the white ensign. --Brande & C.
Saint George's flag, a smaller flag resembling the ensign,
but without the union jack; used as the sign of the
presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C.
Saint Gobain glass (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime
plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it
was manufactured.
Saint Ignatius's bean (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the
Philippines (Strychnos Ignatia), of properties similar
to the nux vomica.
Saint James's shell (Zool.), a pecten (Vola Jacobaeus)
worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under
Scallop.
Saint James's-wort (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio
Jacobaea}).
Saint John's bread. (Bot.) See Carob.
Saint John's-wort (Bot.), any plant of the genus
Hypericum, most species of which have yellow flowers; --
called also John's-wort.
Saint Leger, the name of a race for three-year-old horses
run annually in September at Doncaster, England; --
instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger.
Saint Martin's herb (Bot.), a small tropical American
violaceous plant (Sauvagesia erecta). It is very
mucilaginous and is used in medicine.
Saint Martin's summer, a season of mild, damp weather
frequently prevailing during late autumn in England and
the Mediterranean countries; -- so called from St.
Martin's Festival, occurring on November 11. It
corresponds to the Indian summer in America. --Shak.
--Whittier.
Saint Patrick's cross. See Illust. 4, under Cross.
Saint Patrick's Day, the 17th of March, anniversary of the
death (about 466) of St. Patrick, the apostle and patron
saint of Ireland.
Saint Peter's fish. (Zool.) See John Dory, under John.
Saint Peter's-wort (Bot.), a name of several plants, as
Hypericum Ascyron, Hypericum quadrangulum, {Ascyrum
stans}, etc.
Saint Peter's wreath (Bot.), a shrubby kind of Spiraea
(Spiraea hypericifolia), having long slender branches
covered with clusters of small white blossoms in spring.
Saint's bell. See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.
Saint Vitus's dance (Med.), chorea; -- so called from the
supposed cures wrought on intercession to this saint.
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Auxanometer
(gcide) | Auxanometer \Aux`a*nom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? to cause to increase +
-meter.]
An instrument to measure the growth of plants. --Goodale.
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auxenic
(gcide) | auxenic \auxenic\ adj.
of or pertaining to auxins.
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Auxesis
(gcide) | Auxesis \Aux*e"sis\, n. [NL., Gr. ? increase, fr. ?, ?, to
increase.] (Rhet.)
A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the
proper word; amplification; hyperbole.
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Auxetic
(gcide) | Auxetic \Aux*et"ic\, a. [Gr. ?.]
Pertaining to, or containing, auxesis; amplifying.
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Auxetophone
(gcide) | Auxetophone \Aux*e"to*phone\, n. [Gr. ? that may be increased +
? sound, voice.]
A pneumatic reproducer for a phonograph, controlled by the
recording stylus on the principle of the relay. It produces
much clearer and louder tones than does the ordinary
vibrating disk reproducer. [obsolescent]
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Auxiliar
(gcide) | Auxiliar \Aux*il"iar\ (?; 106), a. [L. auxiliaris: cf. F.
auxiliaire. See Auxiliary.]
Auxiliary. [Archaic]
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The auxiliar troops and Trojan hosts appear. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]Auxiliar \Aux*il"iar\, n.
An auxiliary. [Archaic] --Milton.
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Auxiliaries
(gcide) | Auxiliary \Aux*il"ia*ry\, n.; pl. Auxiliaries.
1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or
enterprise.
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2. (Mil.) pl. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at
war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or
subsidiary force.
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3. (Gram.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and
tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an {auxiliary
verb}; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will,
in English; [^e]tre and avoir, in French; avere and
essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.
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4. (Math.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of
simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in
equations or trigonometrical formul[ae]. --Math. Dict.
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Auxiliarly
(gcide) | Auxiliarly \Aux*il"iar*ly\, adv.
By way of help. --Harris.
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Auxiliary
(gcide) | Auxiliary \Aux*il"ia*ry\ (?; 106), a. [L. auxiliarius, fr.
auxilium help, aid, fr. augere to increase.]
Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting;
subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
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Auxiliary scales (Mus.), the scales of relative or
attendant keys. See under Attendant, a.
Auxiliary verbs (Gram.). See Auxiliary, n., 3.
[1913 Webster]Auxiliary \Aux*il"ia*ry\, n.; pl. Auxiliaries.
1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or
enterprise.
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2. (Mil.) pl. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at
war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or
subsidiary force.
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3. (Gram.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and
tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an {auxiliary
verb}; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will,
in English; [^e]tre and avoir, in French; avere and
essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.
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4. (Math.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of
simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in
equations or trigonometrical formul[ae]. --Math. Dict.
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auxiliary goods
(gcide) | Producer's goods \Pro*duc"er's goods\ (Polit. Econ.)
Goods that satisfy wants only indirectly as factors in the
production of other goods, such as tools and raw material; --
called also instrumental goods, auxiliary goods,
intermediate goods, or {goods of the second and higher
orders}, and disting. from consumers' goods.
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Auxiliary scales
(gcide) | Auxiliary \Aux*il"ia*ry\ (?; 106), a. [L. auxiliarius, fr.
auxilium help, aid, fr. augere to increase.]
Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting;
subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
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Auxiliary scales (Mus.), the scales of relative or
attendant keys. See under Attendant, a.
Auxiliary verbs (Gram.). See Auxiliary, n., 3.
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Auxiliary verb
(gcide) | Verb \Verb\, n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See Word.]
1. A word; a vocable. [Obs.] --South.
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2. (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of
some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being,
action, or the suffering of action.
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Note: A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind
[the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds
expression. --Earle.
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Active verb, Auxiliary verb, Neuter verb, etc. See
Active, Auxiliary, Neuter, etc.
[1913 Webster]Auxiliary \Aux*il"ia*ry\, n.; pl. Auxiliaries.
1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or
enterprise.
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2. (Mil.) pl. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at
war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or
subsidiary force.
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3. (Gram.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and
tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an {auxiliary
verb}; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will,
in English; [^e]tre and avoir, in French; avere and
essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.
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4. (Math.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of
simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in
equations or trigonometrical formul[ae]. --Math. Dict.
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auxiliary verb
(gcide) | Verb \Verb\, n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See Word.]
1. A word; a vocable. [Obs.] --South.
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2. (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of
some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being,
action, or the suffering of action.
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Note: A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind
[the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds
expression. --Earle.
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Active verb, Auxiliary verb, Neuter verb, etc. See
Active, Auxiliary, Neuter, etc.
[1913 Webster]Auxiliary \Aux*il"ia*ry\, n.; pl. Auxiliaries.
1. A helper; an assistant; a confederate in some action or
enterprise.
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2. (Mil.) pl. Foreign troops in the service of a nation at
war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or
subsidiary force.
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3. (Gram.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and
tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an {auxiliary
verb}; as, have, be, may, can, do, must, shall, and will,
in English; [^e]tre and avoir, in French; avere and
essere, in Italian; estar and haber, in Spanish.
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4. (Math.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of
simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in
equations or trigonometrical formul[ae]. --Math. Dict.
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Auxiliary verbs
(gcide) | Auxiliary \Aux*il"ia*ry\ (?; 106), a. [L. auxiliarius, fr.
auxilium help, aid, fr. augere to increase.]
Conferring aid or help; helping; aiding; assisting;
subsidiary; as auxiliary troops.
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Auxiliary scales (Mus.), the scales of relative or
attendant keys. See under Attendant, a.
Auxiliary verbs (Gram.). See Auxiliary, n., 3.
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Auxiliatory
(gcide) | Auxiliatory \Aux*il"ia*to*ry\, a.
Auxiliary; helping. [Obs.]
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auxin
(gcide) | auxin \aux"in\ n.
1. a substance which, in small concentrations, promotes root
formation, bud growth, or certain other processes such as
fruit ripening or leaf drop in plants.
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auxins
(gcide) | Hormone \Hor"mone\ (h[^o]r"m[=o]n), n. [From Gr. "orma`ein to
excite.]
1. (Physiological Chem.) A chemical substance formed in one
organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on
which it exerts a specific effect on cells at a distance
from the producing cells; thus, pituitary hormones
produced in the brain may have effects on cells in distant
parts of the body..
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2. (Physiological Chem.) a chemical substance, whether
natural or synthetic, that functions like a hormone in a
living organism. Thus, synthetic steroid hormones may be
more effective than their natural counterparts.
[PJC]
3. (Bot.) A substance that controls growth rate or
differentiation in plants; also called phytohormone. The
most well-known are the auxins that stimulate growth at
the growing tips of plants, and control root formation and
the dropping of leaves; and the gibberellins, which are
used in agriculture to promote plant growth.
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Auxis Rochei
(gcide) | Frigate \Frig"ate\, n. [F. fr['e]gate, It. fregata, prob.
contracted fr. L. fabricata something constructed or built.
See Fabricate.]
1. Originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by
sails and by oars. The French, about 1650, transferred the
name to larger vessels, and by 1750 it had been
appropriated for a class of war vessels intermediate
between corvettes and ships of the line. Frigates, from
about 1750 to 1850, had one full battery deck and, often,
a spar deck with a lighter battery. They carried sometimes
as many as fifty guns. After the application of steam to
navigation steam frigates of largely increased size and
power were built, and formed the main part of the navies
of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of
ironclads superseded them. [Formerly spelled frigat and
friggot.]
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2. Any small vessel on the water. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Frigate bird (Zool.), a web-footed rapacious bird, of the
genus Fregata; -- called also man-of-war bird, and
frigate pelican. Two species are known; that of the
Southern United States and West Indies is F. aquila.
They are remarkable for their long wings and powerful
flight. Their food consists of fish which they obtain by
robbing gulls, terns, and other birds, of their prey. They
are related to the pelicans.
Frigate mackerel (Zool.), an oceanic fish (Auxis Rochei)
of little or no value as food, often very abundant off the
coast of the United States.
Frigate pelican. (Zool.) Same as Frigate bird.
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Auxometer
(gcide) | Auxometer \Aux*om"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? to increase + -meter.]
(Optics)
An instrument for measuring the magnifying power of a lens or
system of lenses.
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auxospores
(gcide) | Spore \Spore\ (sp[=o]r), n. [Gr. ? a sowing, seed, from ? to
sow. Cf. Sperm.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) One of the minute grains in flowerless plants, which
are analogous to seeds, as serving to reproduce the
species.
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Note: Spores are produced differently in the different
classes of cryptogamous plants, and as regards their
nature are often so unlike that they have only their
minuteness in common. The peculiar spores of diatoms
(called auxospores) increase in size, and at length
acquire a siliceous coating, thus becoming new diatoms
of full size. Compare Macrospore, Microspore,
Oospore, Resting spore, Sphaerospore,
Swarmspore, Tetraspore, Zoospore, and
Zygospore.
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(b) An embryo sac or embryonal vesicle in the ovules of
flowering plants.
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2. (Biol.)
(a) A minute grain or germ; a small, round or ovoid body,
formed in certain organisms, and by germination giving
rise to a new organism; as, the reproductive spores of
bacteria, etc.
(b) One of the parts formed by fission in certain
Protozoa. See Spore formation, belw.
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Spore formation.
(a) (Biol) A mode of reproduction resembling multiple
fission, common among Protozoa, in which the organism
breaks up into a number of pieces, or spores, each of
which eventually develops into an organism like the
parent form. --Balfour.
(b) The formation of reproductive cells or spores, as in
the growth of bacilli.
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Bandeaux
(gcide) | Bandeau \Ban*deau"\ (b[a^]n*d[=o]"; b[a^]n"d[=o]), n.; pl.
Bandeaux (b[a^]n*d[=o]z"). [F.]
A narrow band or fillet, as for the hair, part of a
headdress, etc.
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Around the edge of this cap was a stiff bandeau of
leather. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Bateaux
(gcide) | Bateau \Ba*teau"\, n.; pl. Bateaux. [F. bateau, LL. batellus,
fr. battus, batus, boat, which agrees with AS. b[=a]t boat:
cf. W. bad boat. See Boat, n.]
A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the
Canadian lakes and rivers. [Written also, but less properly,
batteau.]
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Bateau bridge, a floating bridge supported by bateaux.
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Bauxite
(gcide) | Bauxite \Baux"ite\, Beauxite \Beaux"ite\,n. [F., fr. Baux or
Beaux, near Arles.] (Min.)
A ferruginous hydrate of alumina. It is the most commonly
used ore for the preparation of aluminum and alumina. It is
also used for the lining of furnaces which are exposed to
intense heat.
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bauxitic
(gcide) | bauxitic \bauxitic\ adj.
Of or pertaining to bauxite.
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Bayeux tapestry
(gcide) | Bayeux tapestry \Ba`yeux" tap"es*try\
A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long,
covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William
the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town
museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th
century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the
Conqueror's wife.
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Beaux
(gcide) | Beau \Beau\ (b[=o]), n.; pl. F. Beaux (E. pron. b[=o]z), E.
Beaus (b[=o]z). [F., a fop, fr. beau fine, beautiful, fr.
L. bellus pretty, fine, for bonulus, dim. of bonus good. See
Bounty, and cf. Belle, Beauty.]
1. A man who takes great care to dress in the latest fashion;
a dandy.
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2. A man who escorts, or pays attentions to, a lady; an
escort; a suitor or lover.
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pl. of Beau.
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Beaux-esprits
(gcide) | Bel-esprit \Bel"-es*prit"\, n.; pl. Beaux-esprits. [F., fine
wit.]
A fine genius, or man of wit. "A man of letters and a bel
esprit." --W. Irving.
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Beauxite
(gcide) | Beauxite \Beaux"ite\, n. (Min.)
See Bauxite.
[1913 Webster]Bauxite \Baux"ite\, Beauxite \Beaux"ite\,n. [F., fr. Baux or
Beaux, near Arles.] (Min.)
A ferruginous hydrate of alumina. It is the most commonly
used ore for the preparation of aluminum and alumina. It is
also used for the lining of furnaces which are exposed to
intense heat.
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Betelgeux
(gcide) | Betelguese \Bet"el*guese\ (b[e^]t"[e^]l*j[=e]z), n. [F.
B['e]telgeuse, of Arabic origin.] (Astron.)
A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of
Orion. [Written also Betelgeux and Betelgeuse.]
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Bijoux
(gcide) | Bijou \Bi*jou"\, n.; pl. Bijoux. [F.; of uncertain origin.]
A trinket; a jewel; -- a word applied to anything small and
of elegant workmanship.
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Billet-doux
(gcide) | Billet-doux \Bil`let-doux"\ (b[i^]l`l[asl]*d[=oo]"), n.; pl.
Billets-doux (b[i^]l`l[asl]*d[=oo]z"). [F. billet note +
doux sweet, L. dulcis.]
A love letter or note.
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A lover chanting out a billet-doux. --Spectator.
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Billets-doux
(gcide) | Billet-doux \Bil`let-doux"\ (b[i^]l`l[asl]*d[=oo]"), n.; pl.
Billets-doux (b[i^]l`l[asl]*d[=oo]z"). [F. billet note +
doux sweet, L. dulcis.]
A love letter or note.
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A lover chanting out a billet-doux. --Spectator.
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Black flux
(gcide) | Flux \Flux\ (fl[u^]ks), n. [L. fluxus, fr. fluere, fluxum, to
flow: cf.F. flux. See Fluent, and cf. 1st & 2d Floss,
Flush, n., 6.]
1. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by,
as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change.
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By the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part
of them is thrown out of the body. --Arbuthnot.
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Her image has escaped the flux of things,
And that same infant beauty that she wore
Is fixed upon her now forevermore. --Trench.
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Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux.
--Felton.
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2. The setting in of the tide toward the shore, -- the ebb
being called the reflux.
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3. The state of being liquid through heat; fusion.
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4. (Chem. & Metal.) Any substance or mixture used to promote
the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax,
lime, fluorite.
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Note: White flux is the residuum of the combustion of a
mixture of equal parts of niter and tartar. It consists
chiefly of the carbonate of potassium, and is white. --
Black flux is the ressiduum of the combustion of one
part of niter and two of tartar, and consists
essentially of a mixture of potassium carbonate and
charcoal.
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5. (Med.)
(a) A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part;
especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the
bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux.
(b) The matter thus discharged.
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6. (Physics) The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area
of a given surface in a unit of time.
[1913 Webster]Black \Black\ (bl[a^]k), a. [OE. blak, AS. bl[ae]c; akin to
Icel. blakkr dark, swarthy, Sw. bl[aum]ck ink, Dan. bl[ae]k,
OHG. blach, LG. & D. blaken to burn with a black smoke. Not
akin to AS. bl[=a]c, E. bleak pallid. [root]98.]
1. Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the
color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark
color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a
color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
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O night, with hue so black! --Shak.
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2. In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in
darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the
heavens black with clouds.
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I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud.
--Shak.
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3. Fig.: Dismal, gloomy, or forbidding, like darkness;
destitute of moral light or goodness; atrociously wicked;
cruel; mournful; calamitous; horrible. "This day's black
fate." "Black villainy." "Arise, black vengeance." "Black
day." "Black despair." --Shak.
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4. Expressing menace, or discontent; threatening; sullen;
foreboding; as, to regard one with black looks.
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Note: Black is often used in self-explaining compound words;
as, black-eyed, black-faced, black-haired,
black-visaged.
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Black act, the English statute 9 George I, which makes it a
felony to appear armed in any park or warren, etc., or to
hunt or steal deer, etc., with the face blackened or
disguised. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for
malicious injuries to cattle and machinery have been
called black acts.
Black angel (Zool.), a fish of the West Indies and Florida
(Holacanthus tricolor), with the head and tail yellow,
and the middle of the body black.
Black antimony (Chem.), the black sulphide of antimony,
Sb2S3, used in pyrotechnics, etc.
Black bear (Zool.), the common American bear ({Ursus
Americanus}).
Black beast. See {B[^e]te noire}.
Black beetle (Zool.), the common large cockroach ({Blatta
orientalis}).
Black bonnet (Zool.), the black-headed bunting ({Embriza
Sch[oe]niclus}) of Europe.
Black canker, a disease in turnips and other crops,
produced by a species of caterpillar.
Black cat (Zool.), the fisher, a quadruped of North America
allied to the sable, but larger. See Fisher.
Black cattle, any bovine cattle reared for slaughter, in
distinction from dairy cattle. [Eng.]
Black cherry. See under Cherry.
Black cockatoo (Zool.), the palm cockatoo. See Cockatoo.
Black copper. Same as Melaconite.
Black currant. (Bot.) See Currant.
Black diamond. (Min.) See Carbonado.
Black draught (Med.), a cathartic medicine, composed of
senna and magnesia.
Black drop (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation
consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.
Black earth, mold; earth of a dark color. --Woodward.
Black flag, the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a
skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.
Black flea (Zool.), a flea beetle (Haltica nemorum)
injurious to turnips.
Black flux, a mixture of carbonate of potash and charcoal,
obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of
niter. --Brande & C.
Black Forest [a translation of G. Schwarzwald], a forest in
Baden and W["u]rtemburg, in Germany; a part of the ancient
Hercynian forest.
Black game, or Black grouse. (Zool.) See Blackcock,
Grouse, and Heath grouse.
Black grass (Bot.), a grasslike rush of the species {Juncus
Gerardi}, growing on salt marshes, and making good hay.
Black gum (Bot.), an American tree, the tupelo or
pepperidge. See Tupelo.
Black Hamburg (grape) (Bot.), a sweet and juicy variety of
dark purple or "black" grape.
Black horse (Zool.), a fish of the Mississippi valley
(Cycleptus elongatus), of the sucker family; the
Missouri sucker.
Black lemur (Zool.), the Lemurniger of Madagascar; the
acoumbo of the natives.
Black list, a list of persons who are for some reason
thought deserving of censure or punishment; -- esp. a list
of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, made
for the protection of tradesmen or employers. See
Blacklist, v. t.
Black manganese (Chem.), the black oxide of manganese,
MnO2.
Black Maria, the close wagon in which prisoners are carried
to or from jail.
Black martin (Zool.), the chimney swift. See Swift.
Black moss (Bot.), the common so-called long moss of the
southern United States. See Tillandsia.
Black oak. See under Oak.
Black ocher. See Wad.
Black pigment, a very fine, light carbonaceous substance,
or lampblack, prepared chiefly for the manufacture of
printers' ink. It is obtained by burning common coal tar.
Black plate, sheet iron before it is tinned. --Knight.
Black quarter, malignant anthrax with engorgement of a
shoulder or quarter, etc., as of an ox.
Black rat (Zool.), one of the species of rats ({Mus
rattus}), commonly infesting houses.
Black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
Black rust, a disease of wheat, in which a black, moist
matter is deposited in the fissures of the grain.
Black sheep, one in a family or company who is unlike the
rest, and makes trouble.
Black silver. (Min.) See under Silver.
Black and tan, black mixed or spotted with tan color or
reddish brown; -- used in describing certain breeds of
dogs.
Black tea. See under Tea.
Black tin (Mining), tin ore (cassiterite), when dressed,
stamped and washed, ready for smelting. It is in the form
of a black powder, like fine sand. --Knight.
Black walnut. See under Walnut.
Black warrior (Zool.), an American hawk (Buteo Harlani).
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Syn: Dark; murky; pitchy; inky; somber; dusky; gloomy; swart;
Cimmerian; ebon; atrocious.
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Bloody flux
(gcide) | Bloody flux \Blood"y flux`\
The dysentery, a disease in which the flux or discharge from
the bowels has a mixture of blood. --Arbuthnot.
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Bordeaux
(gcide) | Bordeaux \Bor*deaux"\, a.
Pertaining to Bordeaux in the south of France. -- n. A claret
wine from Bordeaux.
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Bordeaux mixture
(gcide) | Bordeaux mixture \Bor*deaux" mix"ture\ (Hort.)
A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and
water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.;
lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 -- 50 gallons.
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Bordereaux
(gcide) | Bordereau \Bor`de*reau"\, n.; pl. Bordereaux. [F.]
A note or memorandum, esp. one containing an enumeration of
documents.
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Boyaux
(gcide) | Boyau \Boy"au\, n.; pl. Boyaux or Boyaus. [F. boyau gut, a
long and narrow place, and (of trenches) a branch. See
Bowel.] (Fort.)
A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication
from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc.
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Bureaux
(gcide) | Bureau \Bu"reau\, n.; pl. E. Bureaus, F. Bureaux. [F. bureau
a writing table, desk, office, OF., drugget, with which a
writing table was often covered, equiv. to F. bure, and fr.
OF. buire dark brown, the stuff being named from its color,
fr. L. burrus red, fr. Gr. ? flame-colored, prob. fr. ? fire.
See Fire, n., and cf. Borel, n.]
1. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for
papers. --Swift.
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2. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where
business requiring writing is transacted.
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3. Hence: A department of public business requiring a force
of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor
under the direction of a chief.
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Note: On the continent of Europe, the highest departments, in
most countries, have the name of bureaux; as, the
Bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In England
and America, the term is confined to inferior and
subordinate departments; as, the "Pension Bureau," a
subdepartment of the Department of the Interior. [Obs.]
In Spanish, bureo denotes a court of justice for the
trial of persons belonging to the king's household.
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4. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an
ornamental piece of furniture. [U.S.]
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Bureau system. See Bureaucracy.
Bureau Veritas, an institution, in the interest of maritime
underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all
over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed
to Paris in 1830, and re["e]stablished in Brussels in
1870.
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Buxeous
(gcide) | Buxeous \Bux"e*ous\, a. [L. buxeus, fr. buxus the box tree.]
Belonging to the box tree.
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buxina
(gcide) | Buxine \Bux"ine\, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid obtained from the Buxus sempervirens, or common
box tree. It is identical with bebeerine; -- called also
buxina.
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Buxine
(gcide) | Buxine \Bux"ine\, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid obtained from the Buxus sempervirens, or common
box tree. It is identical with bebeerine; -- called also
buxina.
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Buxom
(gcide) | Buxom \Bux"om\, a. [OE. buxum, boxom, buhsum, pliable, obedient,
AS. b[=o]csum, b[=u]hsum (akin to D. buigzaam blexible, G.
biegsam); b[=u]gan to bow, bend + -sum, E. -some. See Bow
to bend, and -some.]
1. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient;
tractable; docile; meek; humble. [Obs.]
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So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be,
And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. --Spenser.
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I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to
be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it.
--Foxe.
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2. Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and
comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and
rosy; jolly; frolicsome.
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A daughter fair,
So buxom, blithe, and debonair. --Milton.
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A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing,
singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long.
--Tatler.
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3. having a pronounced womanly shape. [chiefly dialect]
Syn: bosomy, curvaceous, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy,
voluptuous.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] -- Bux"om*ly, adv. --
Bux"om*ness, n.
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Buxomly
(gcide) | Buxom \Bux"om\, a. [OE. buxum, boxom, buhsum, pliable, obedient,
AS. b[=o]csum, b[=u]hsum (akin to D. buigzaam blexible, G.
biegsam); b[=u]gan to bow, bend + -sum, E. -some. See Bow
to bend, and -some.]
1. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient;
tractable; docile; meek; humble. [Obs.]
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So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be,
And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. --Spenser.
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I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to
be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it.
--Foxe.
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2. Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and
comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and
rosy; jolly; frolicsome.
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A daughter fair,
So buxom, blithe, and debonair. --Milton.
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A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing,
singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long.
--Tatler.
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3. having a pronounced womanly shape. [chiefly dialect]
Syn: bosomy, curvaceous, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy,
voluptuous.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] -- Bux"om*ly, adv. --
Bux"om*ness, n.
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Buxomness
(gcide) | Buxom \Bux"om\, a. [OE. buxum, boxom, buhsum, pliable, obedient,
AS. b[=o]csum, b[=u]hsum (akin to D. buigzaam blexible, G.
biegsam); b[=u]gan to bow, bend + -sum, E. -some. See Bow
to bend, and -some.]
1. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient;
tractable; docile; meek; humble. [Obs.]
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So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be,
And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. --Spenser.
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I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to
be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it.
--Foxe.
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2. Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and
comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and
rosy; jolly; frolicsome.
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A daughter fair,
So buxom, blithe, and debonair. --Milton.
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A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing,
singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long.
--Tatler.
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3. having a pronounced womanly shape. [chiefly dialect]
Syn: bosomy, curvaceous, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy,
voluptuous.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] -- Bux"om*ly, adv. --
Bux"om*ness, n.
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Buxus
(gcide) | Buxus \Buxus\ n.
the type genus of the Buxaceae.
Syn: genus Buxus.
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Buxus sempervirens
(gcide) | Box \Box\ (b[o^]ks), n. [As. box, L. buxus, fr. Gr. ?. See Box
a case.] (Bot.)
A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world.
The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one
of which, the dwarf box (Buxus suffruticosa), is much used
for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being
very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by
turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc.
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Box elder, the ash-leaved maple (Negundo aceroides), of
North America.
Box holly, the butcher's broom (Russus aculeatus).
Box thorn, a shrub (Lycium barbarum).
Box tree, the tree variety of the common box.
[1913 Webster]Buxine \Bux"ine\, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid obtained from the Buxus sempervirens, or common
box tree. It is identical with bebeerine; -- called also
buxina.
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Buxus suffruticosa
(gcide) | Box \Box\ (b[o^]ks), n. [As. box, L. buxus, fr. Gr. ?. See Box
a case.] (Bot.)
A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world.
The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one
of which, the dwarf box (Buxus suffruticosa), is much used
for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being
very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by
turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc.
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Box elder, the ash-leaved maple (Negundo aceroides), of
North America.
Box holly, the butcher's broom (Russus aculeatus).
Box thorn, a shrub (Lycium barbarum).
Box tree, the tree variety of the common box.
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Castor and Pollux
(gcide) | Saint \Saint\ (s[=a]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly
p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to
appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. Sacred,
Sanctity, Sanctum, Sanctus.]
1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent
for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being
redeemed and consecrated to God.
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Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to
be saints. --1 Cor. i. 2.
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2. One of the blessed in heaven.
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Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure
Far separate, circling thy holy mount,
Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. --Milton.
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3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.]
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Saint Andrew's cross.
(a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under
Cross.
(b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum
Crux-Andreae}, the petals of which have the form of a
Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray.
Saint Anthony's cross, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6,
under Cross.
Saint Anthony's fire, the erysipelas; -- popularly so
called because it was supposed to have been cured by the
intercession of Saint Anthony.
Saint Anthony's nut (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium
flexuosum}); -- so called because swine feed on it, and
St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior.
Saint Anthony's turnip (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a
favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior.
Saint Barnaby's thistle (Bot.), a kind of knapweed
(Centaurea solstitialis) flowering on St. Barnabas's
Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior.
Saint Bernard (Zool.), a breed of large, handsome dogs
celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred
chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but
now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the
smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under
Dog.
Saint Catharine's flower (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist.
See under Love.
Saint Cuthbert's beads (Paleon.), the fossil joints of
crinoid stems.
Saint Dabeoc's heath (Bot.), a heatherlike plant ({Daboecia
polifolia}), named from an Irish saint.
Saint Distaff's Day. See under Distaff.
Saint Elmo's fire, a luminous, flamelike appearance,
sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some
prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead
and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and
is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or
pointed objects. A single flame is called a Helena, or a
Corposant; a double, or twin, flame is called a {Castor
and Pollux}, or a double Corposant. It takes its name
from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors.
Saint George's cross (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a
field argent, the field being represented by a narrow
fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great
Britain.
Saint George's ensign, a red cross on a white field with a
union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the
distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of
England; -- called also the white ensign. --Brande & C.
Saint George's flag, a smaller flag resembling the ensign,
but without the union jack; used as the sign of the
presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C.
Saint Gobain glass (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime
plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it
was manufactured.
Saint Ignatius's bean (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the
Philippines (Strychnos Ignatia), of properties similar
to the nux vomica.
Saint James's shell (Zool.), a pecten (Vola Jacobaeus)
worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under
Scallop.
Saint James's-wort (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio
Jacobaea}).
Saint John's bread. (Bot.) See Carob.
Saint John's-wort (Bot.), any plant of the genus
Hypericum, most species of which have yellow flowers; --
called also John's-wort.
Saint Leger, the name of a race for three-year-old horses
run annually in September at Doncaster, England; --
instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger.
Saint Martin's herb (Bot.), a small tropical American
violaceous plant (Sauvagesia erecta). It is very
mucilaginous and is used in medicine.
Saint Martin's summer, a season of mild, damp weather
frequently prevailing during late autumn in England and
the Mediterranean countries; -- so called from St.
Martin's Festival, occurring on November 11. It
corresponds to the Indian summer in America. --Shak.
--Whittier.
Saint Patrick's cross. See Illust. 4, under Cross.
Saint Patrick's Day, the 17th of March, anniversary of the
death (about 466) of St. Patrick, the apostle and patron
saint of Ireland.
Saint Peter's fish. (Zool.) See John Dory, under John.
Saint Peter's-wort (Bot.), a name of several plants, as
Hypericum Ascyron, Hypericum quadrangulum, {Ascyrum
stans}, etc.
Saint Peter's wreath (Bot.), a shrubby kind of Spiraea
(Spiraea hypericifolia), having long slender branches
covered with clusters of small white blossoms in spring.
Saint's bell. See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.
Saint Vitus's dance (Med.), chorea; -- so called from the
supposed cures wrought on intercession to this saint.
[1913 Webster]Castor and Pollux \Cas"tor and Pol"lux\ [Castor and Pollux were
twin sons of Jupiter and Leda.] (Naut.)
See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint.
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Chapeux
(gcide) | Chapeau \Cha`peau"\, n.; pl. Chapeux. [F., fr. OF. chapel hat.
See Chaplet.]
1. A hat or covering for the head.
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2. (Her.) A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance.
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Chapeau bras[F. chapeau hat + bras arm], a hat so made that
it can be compressed and carried under the arm without
injury. Such hats were particularly worn on dress
occasions by gentlemen in the 18th century. A chapeau bras
is now worn in the United States army by general and staff
officers.
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Chartreux
(gcide) | Chartreux \Char`treux"\, n. [F.]
A Carthusian.
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Chateux
(gcide) | Chateau \Cha`teau"\, n.; pl. Chateux. [F. ch[^a]teau a castle.
See Castle.]
1. A castle or a fortress in France.
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2. A manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a
gentleman's country seat; also, particularly, a royal
residence; as, the chateau of the Louvre; the chateau of
the Luxembourg.
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Note: The distinctive, French term for a fortified castle of
the middle ages is ch[^a]teau-fort.
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Chevaux
(gcide) | Chevaux \Che*vaux"\ (she*v[=o]"), n. pl.
See Cheval.
[1913 Webster]Cheval \Che*val"\, n.; pl. Chevaux. [F. See Cavalcade.]
A horse; hence, a support or frame.
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Cheval glass, a mirror swinging in a frame, and large
enough to reflect the full length figure.
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Chevaux-de-frise
(gcide) | Cheval-de-frise \Che*val"-de-frise"\, n.; commonly used in the
pl. Chevaux-de-frise. [F.; cheval horse + Frise Friesland,
where it was first used.] (Mil.)
A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with
iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to
defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of
cavalry, etc.
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Obstructions of chain, boom, and cheval-de-frise. --W.
Irving.
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Choux
(gcide) | Chou \Chou\, n.; pl. Choux. [F., fr. L. caulis stalk.]
1. A cabbage.
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2. A kind of light pastry, usually in the form of a small
round cake, and with a filling, as of jelly or cream.
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3. A bunch, knot, or rosette of ribbon or other material,
used as an ornament in women's dress.
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