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Withal
(gcide) | Withal \With*al"\, adv. [With + all.]
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1. With this; with that. [Obs.]
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He will scarce be pleased withal. --Shak.
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2. Together with this; likewise; at the same time; in
addition; also. [Archaic]
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Fy on possession
But if a man be virtuous withal. --Chaucer.
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If you choose that, then I am yours withal. --Shak.
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How modest in exception, and withal
How terrible in constant resolution. --Shak.
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Withal
(gcide) | Withal \With*al"\, prep.
With; -- put after its object, at the end of sentence or
clause in which it stands. [Obs.]
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This diamond he greets your wife withal. --Shak.
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Whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be
defiled withal. --Lev. v. 3.
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withal
(wn) | withal
adv 1: despite anything to the contrary (usually following a
concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd
like to try it"; "while we disliked each other,
nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair
master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I
still want to go" [syn: however, nevertheless,
withal, still, yet, all the same, even so,
nonetheless, notwithstanding]
2: together with this |
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therewithal
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wherewithal
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Jack-with-a-lantern
(gcide) | Ignis fatuus \Ig"nis fat"u*us\; pl. Ignes fatui. [L. ignis
fire + fatuus foolish. So called in allusion to its tendency
to mislead travelers.]
1. A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over
marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the
decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by
some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also
Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and
Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern. It is thought
by some to be caused by phosphine, PH3, a sponaneously
combustible gas.
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Will o'the Wisp -- which also rejoices in the names
of Ignis Fatuus or Jack o'Lantern -- is not, as some
of you may think, a cartoon character. In mediaeval
times this chemical phenomenon struck terror into
travellers and, very likely, lured some of them to
their deaths in a stinking and marshy grave.
I have never seen this Will o'the Wisp; nor am I
likely to do so. It is a flickering flame seen over
marshes; marshes are not now common in London, nor
indeed anywhere else in Britain. In any case the
ephemeral nature of the phenomenon and the enormous
amount of ambient light [ldqo]pollution[rdqo] found
in most areas means that most of us will never see
it.
What is this Will o'the Wisp? Popular chemical lore
has it that it is marsh gas, or methane, which
catches fire when it hits the air because of the
presence of either phosphine (PH3) or diphosphine
(P2H4) in the gas, both of which are spontaneously
flammable in air. Methane is certainly formed in
marshes, and bubbles up if the mud is disturbed in a
pond, say. It is the same reaction that enables
organic materials to produce biogas, methane from
the decomposition of sewage, which can be profitably
used. But is it this that is burning in Will o'the
Wisp?
Almost certainly not. At this point I will say that
I have thought for some years off and on as to how
one might set up an experiment to test the
hypotheses, since the sporadic and rare nature of
the natural version renders its investigation a
highly intractable problem. However: the combustion
of methane under the conditions in a marsh would
give a yellow flame, and heat.
Will o'the Wisp is not like this, so it is said.
Firstly the flame is bluish, not yellow, and it is
said to be a cold flame. The colour and the
temperature suggests some sort of phosphorescence;
since organic material contain phosphorus, the
production of phosphine or diphosphine is scarcely
impossible, and maybe it does oxidise via a mainly
chemiluminescent reaction. The exact nature of the
Will o'the Wisp reaction nevertheless remains, to me
at any rate, a mystery. Similar phenomena have been
reported in graveyards and are known as corpse
candles. If anyone knows anything more, I would love
to hear of it. A warning that if you look for it on
the Web, you will get a great deal of bizarre stuff.
You will also get the delightful picture from a
Canadian artist which decorates the top of this page
(http://www.rod.beavon.clara.net/willo.htm), and a
couple of poems at least. One is also by a Canadian,
Annie Campbell Huestis, the other by the prolific
fantasy poet Walter de la Mare.
The preparation of phosphine in the laboratory (by
the teacher!) is fun, and perfectly safe in a fume
cupboard. White phosphorus is boiled with aqueous
sodium hydroxide solution in an apparatus from which
all air must have been removed by purging with, say,
natural gas. The phosphine will form marvellous
smoke rings if allowed to bubble up through water in
a pneumatic trough. This is an experiment for the
teacher, needless to say. The experiment is
described in Partington J.R., [ldqo]A Textbook of
Inorganic Chemistry[rdqo], 6th ed, Macmillan 1957, p
572. (So, inter alia, is a great deal of other
interesting chemistry.)
Dr. Rod Beavon
17 Dean's Yard London SW1P 3PB
e-mail: rod.beavon@westminster.org.uk
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2. Fig.: A misleading influence; a decoy.
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Scared and guided by the ignis fatuus of popular
superstition. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]Jack-o'-lantern \Jack"-o'-lan`tern\, Jack-with-a-lantern
\Jack"-with-a-lan`tern\, n.
1. (Biol.) A large orange-colored luminescent mushroom,
Clitocybe illudens, also classified as {Omphalotus
olearius}. It is poisonous and is sometimes found on
hardwood tree stumps. [WordNet sense 1]
Syn: jack-a-lantern, Clitocybe illudens.
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2. a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground;
an ignis fatuus; a will-o'-the-wisp. [WordNet sense
2]"[Newspaper speculations] supplying so many more
jack-o'-lanterns to the future historian." --Lowell.
Syn: friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp.
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3. A lantern carved from a hollowed-out pumpkin, with holes
cut in the rind and so shaped that when it is illuminated
by a candle inside, the features of a human face, cat's
face, etc. appear in a glowing yellow color. It is used
mostly as a decoration at Halloween.
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Therewithal
(gcide) | Therewithal \There`with*al"\, adv.
1. Over and above; besides; moreover. [Obs.] --Daniel.
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And therewithal it was full poor and bad. --Chaucer.
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2. With that or this; therewith; at the same time.
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Thy slanders I forgive; and therewithal
Remit thy other forfeits. --Shak.
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And therewithal one came and seized on her,
And Enid started waking. --Tennyson.
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To do withal
(gcide) | Do \Do\, v. i.
1. To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self.
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They fear not the Lord, neither do they after . . .
the law and commandment. -- 2 Kings
xvii. 34.
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2. To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how
he did; how do you do to-day?
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3. [Perh. a different word. OE. dugen, dowen, to avail, be of
use, AS. dugan. See Doughty.] To succeed; to avail; to
answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be
found, he will make this do.
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You would do well to prefer a bill against all kings
and parliaments since the Conquest; and if that
won't do; challenge the crown. -- Collier.
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To do by. See under By.
To do for.
(a) To answer for; to serve as; to suit.
(b) To put an end to; to ruin; to baffle completely; as, a
goblet is done for when it is broken. [Colloq.]
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Some folks are happy and easy in mind when their
victim is stabbed and done for. --Thackeray.
To do withal, to help or prevent it. [Obs.] "I could not do
withal." --Shak.
To do without, to get along without; to dispense with.
To have done, to have made an end or conclusion; to have
finished; to be quit; to desist.
To have done with, to have completed; to be through with;
to have no further concern with.
Well to do, in easy circumstances.
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Wherewithal
(gcide) | Wherewithal \Where`with*al"\, adv. & n.
Wherewith. "Wherewithal shall we be clothed?" --Matt. vi. 31.
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Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? --Ps.
cxix. 9.
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[The builders of Babel], still with vain design,
New Babels, had they wherewithal, would build.
--Milton.
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Withal
(gcide) | Withal \With*al"\, adv. [With + all.]
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1. With this; with that. [Obs.]
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He will scarce be pleased withal. --Shak.
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2. Together with this; likewise; at the same time; in
addition; also. [Archaic]
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Fy on possession
But if a man be virtuous withal. --Chaucer.
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If you choose that, then I am yours withal. --Shak.
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How modest in exception, and withal
How terrible in constant resolution. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Withal \With*al"\, prep.
With; -- put after its object, at the end of sentence or
clause in which it stands. [Obs.]
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This diamond he greets your wife withal. --Shak.
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Whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be
defiled withal. --Lev. v. 3.
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therewithal
(wn) | therewithal
adv 1: together with all that; besides; "thy slanders I forgive;
and therewithal remit thy other forfeits"- Shakespeare |
wherewithal
(wn) | wherewithal
n 1: the necessary means (especially financial means) |
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