71
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abdicant |
[.] AB'DICANT, a. [See Abdicate.] Abdicating; renouncing. |
327
|
acanaceous |
[.] ACANA'CEOUS, a acana'shus. [Gr. a prickly shrub.] [.] Armed with prickles. A class of plants are called acanaceae. |
328
|
acantha |
[.] ACANTH'A, n. [Gr. a spine or thorn.] [.] In botany, a prickle; in zoology, a spine or prickly fin; an acute process of the vertebers. |
329
|
acanthaceous |
[.] ACANTHA'CEOUS, a. Armed with prickles, as a plant. |
330
|
acantharis |
[.] ACAN'THARIS, n. In entomology, a species of Cimex, with a spinous thorax, and a ciliated abdomen, with spines; found in Jamaica. |
331
|
acanthine |
[.] ACANTH'INE, a [See acanthus.] [.] Pertaining to the plant, acanthus. The acanthine garments of the ancients were made of the down of thistles, or embroidered in imitation of the acanthus. |
332
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acanthopterygious |
[.] ACANTHOPTERYG'IOUS, a [Gr. a thorn, and a little feather, from a feather.] [.] In zoology, having back fins which are hard, bony and pricky, a term applied to certain fishes. |
333
|
acanthus |
[.] ACANTH'US, n. [G. and L. acanthus, from a prickle or thorn. See acantha.] [.] 1. The plant bear's breech or brank ursine; a genus of several species, receiving their name from their prickles. [.] 2. In architecture, an ornament resembling the foliage or leaves ... |
334
|
acanticone |
[.] ACAN'TICONE, n. See Pistacite. |
1210
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african |
[.] AF'RICAN, a. Pertaining to Africa. [.] AF'RICAN, n. A native of Africa. [.] This name is given also to the African marygold. |
1547
|
alcanna |
[.] ALCAN'NA, n. A plant; and a powder, prepared from the leaves of the Egyptian privet, used by the Turkish females to give a golden color to the nails and hair. Infused in water it forms a yellow color; with vinegar, it forms a red. From the berries is extracted an ... |
1901
|
almacantar |
[.] AL'MACANTAR, n. [See almucantar.] |
1928
|
almucantar |
[.] AL'MUCANTAR, n. A series of circles of the sphere passing through the center of the sun, or of a star, parallel to the horizon. It is synonymous with a parallel of altitude, whose common zenith is the vertical point. |
2177
|
american |
[.] AMER'ICAN, a. Pertaining to America. [.] AMER'ICAN, n. A native of America; originally applied to the aboriginals, or copper-colored races, found here by the Europeans; but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America. [.] The name American must ... |
2178
|
americanism |
[.] AMER'ICANISM, n. The love which American citizens have to their own country, or the preference of its interests. Analogically, an American idiom. |
2179
|
americanize |
[.] AMER'ICANIZE, v.t. To render American; to naturalize in America. |
2515
|
anglican |
[.] AN'GLICAN, a. [L. icus, in publicus, and all similar adjectives. From ing, was formed Angles, the English, to which is added this common affix, ic. Ing is annexed to many English names, as Reading, Basing, Kittering, towns situated on flat land.] [.] English; pertaining ... |
2717
|
antelucan |
[.] ANTELU'CAN, a. [L. antelucanus, of ante, before, and lux, light.] [.] Being before light; a word applied to assemblies of christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the morning. |
2780
|
antiamerican |
[.] ANTIAMER'ICAN, a. Opposed to America, or to the true interests or government of the United States; opposed to the revolution in America. |
2784
|
antibasilican |
[.] ANTIBASIL'ICAN, a. s as z. [Gr. a palace; L. royal, a hall of justice.] Opposed to royal state and magnificence. |
3217
|
applicant |
[.] AP'PLICANT, n. One who applies; one who makes request; a petitioner. [.] The applicant for a cup of water declares himself to be the Messias. [.] The court require the applicant to appear in person. |
3370
|
araucanian |
[.] ARAUCA'NIAN, a Pertaining to the Araucanians, a tribe of aboriginals, inhabiting Arauco, in Chili. |
3405
|
arcane |
[.] ARCA'NE, a. [L. arcanus.] Hidden, secret. [Not much used.] |
3406
|
arcanum |
[.] ARCA'NUM, n. [L.] A secret; generally used in the plural, arcana, secret things, mysteries. |
3507
|
archpublican |
[.] ARCHPUB'LICAN, n. The distinguished publican. |
3674
|
armorican |
[.] ARMOR'ICAN, a. [.] Designating the northwestern part of France, formerly called Armorica, afterward Bretague, or Britanny. This part of France is peopled by inhabitants who speak a dialect of the Celtic. It is usually supposed their ancestors were refugees or ... |
5075
|
barracan |
[.] BAR'RACAN, n. A thick, strong stuff, something like camelot; used for clokes, surtouts,and other outer garments. |
5298
|
bbarbacan |
[.] B'BARBACAN, n. [.] 1. A fortification or outer defense to a city or castle, consisting of an elevation of earth about three feet high, along the foot of the rampart. [.] 2. A fortress at the end of a bridge, or at the outlet of a city, having a double wall with ... |
7575
|
bucaneer |
[.] BUCANEE'R, |
7576
|
bucanier |
[.] BUCANIE'R, n. Primarily, a buccaneer is said to one who dries and smokes flesh or fish after the manner of the Indians. The name was first given to the French settlers in Haiti or Hispaniola, whose business was to hunt wild cattle and swine. It was afterwards applied ... |
8223
|
can |
[.] CAN, n. A cup or vessel for liquors, in modern times made of metal; as a can of ale. [.] CAN, v.i. pret. could, which is from another root. [See Could.] [.] 1. To be able; to have sufficient strength or physical power. One man can lift a weight which another ... |
8224
|
can-buoy |
[.] CAN-BUOY, n. In seamanship, a buoy in form of a cone, made large, and sometimes painted, as a mark to designate shoals, &c. |
8225
|
can-hook |
[.] CAN-HOOK, n. An instrument to sling a cask by the ends of its staves, formed by reeving a piece of rope through two flat hooks, and splicing its ends together. |
8226
|
canadian |
[.] CANADIAN, a. Pertaining to Canada, an extensive country on the north of the United States. [.] CANADIAN, n. An inhabitant or native of Canada. |
8227
|
canail |
[.] CANAIL, n. The coarser part of meal; hence, the lowest people; less; dregs; offscouring. |
8228
|
canakin |
[.] CANAKIN, n. A little can or cup. |
8229
|
canal |
[.] CANAL, n. [.] 1. A passage for water; a water course; properly, a long trench or excavation in the earth for conducting water, and confining it to narrow limits; but the term may be applied to other water courses. It is chiefly applied to artificial cuts or passages ... |
8230
|
canal-coal |
[.] CANAL-COAL. [See Cannel-coal.] |
8231
|
canaliculate |
[.] CANALICULATE, |
8232
|
canaliculated |
[.] CANALICULATED, a. Channelled; furrowed. In botany, having a deep longitudinal groove above, and convex underneath; applied to the stem, leaf, or petiole of plants. |
8233
|
canary |
[.] CANARY, n. [.] 1. Wine made in the Canary isles. [.] 2. An old dance. Shakespeare has used the word as a verb in a kind of cant phrase. |
8234
|
canary-bird |
[.] CANARY-BIRD, n. A singing bird from the Canary isles, a species of Fringilla. The bill is conical and straight; the body is yellowish white; the prime feathers of the wings and tail are greenish. These birds are now bred in other countries. |
8235
|
canary-grass |
[.] CANARY-GRASS, n. A plant, the Phalaris, whose seed are collected for canary-birds. |
8236
|
cancel |
[.] CANCEL, v.t. [.] 1. To cross the lines of a writing, and deface them; to blot out or obliterate. [.] 2. To annul, or destroy; as, to cancel an obligation or a debt. |
8237
|
cancelated |
[.] CANCELATED, a. Cross-barred; marked with cross lines. |
8238
|
cancelation |
[.] CANCELATION, n. The act of defacing by cross lines; a canceling. |
8239
|
canceled |
[.] CANCELED, pp. Crossed; obliterated; annulled. |
8240
|
canceling |
[.] CANCELING, ppr. Crossing; obliterating; annulling. |
8241
|
cancer |
[.] CANCER, n. [.] 1. The crab or crab-fish. This genus of animals have generally eight legs, and two claws which serve as hands; two distant eyes, supported by a kind of peduncles, and they are elongated and movable. They have also two clawed palpi, and the tail ... |
8242
|
cancerate |
[.] CANCERATE, v.i. To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous. |
8243
|
canceration |
[.] CANCERATION, n. A growing cancerous, or into a cancer. |
8244
|
cancerous |
[.] CANCEROUS, a. Like a cancer; having the qualities of a cancer. |
8245
|
cancerousness |
[.] CANCEROUSNESS, n. The state of being cancerous. |
8246
|
cancriform |
[.] CANCRIFORM, a. [.] 1. Cancerous. [.] 2. Having the form of a cancer or crab. |
8247
|
cancrine |
[.] CANCRINE, a. Having the qualities of a crab. |
8248
|
cancrite |
[.] CANCRITE, n. A fossil or petrified crab. |
8249
|
candent |
[.] CANDENT, a. Very hot; heated to whiteness; glowing with heat. |
8250
|
candicant |
[.] CANDICANT, a. Growing white. |
8251
|
candid |
[.] CANDID, a. [.] 1. White. [.] 2. Fair; open; frank; ingenuous; free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; applied to persons. [.] 3. Fair; just; impartial; applied to things; as a candid ... |
8252
|
candidate |
[.] CANDIDATE, n. [.] 1. A man who seeks or aspires to an office; one who offers himself, or is proposed fro preferment, by election or appointment; usually followed by for; as a candidate for the office of sheriff. [.] 2. One who is in contemplation for an office, ... |
8253
|
candidly |
[.] CANDIDLY, adv. Openly; frankly; without trick or disguise; ingenuously. |
8254
|
candidness |
[.] CANDIDNESS, n. Openness of mind; frankness; fairness; ingenuousness. |
8255
|
candied |
[.] CANDIED, pp. or a. Preserved with sugar, or incrusted with it; covered with crystals of sugar or ice, or with matter resembling them; as candied raisins. |
8256
|
candle |
[.] CANDLE, n. [.] 1. A long, but small cylindrical body of tallow, wax or spermaceti, formed on a wick composed of linen or cotton threads, twisted loosely; used for a portable light of domestic use. [.] 2. A light. [.] 3. A light; a luminary. In scripture, ... |
8257
|
candle-bomb |
[.] CANDLE-BOMB, n. A small glass bubble, filled with water, place in the wick of a candle, where it bursts with a report. |
8258
|
candle-coal |
[.] CANNEL-COAL or CANDLE-COAL, n. A hard, opake, inflammable fossil coal of a black color, sufficiently solid to be cut and polished. On fire it decrepitates and breaks into angular fragments. It is sometimes used for inkholders and toys. |
8259
|
candle-holder |
[.] CANDLE-HOLDER, n. A person that holds a candle. Hence, one that remotely assists another, but is otherwise not of importance. |
8260
|
candle-light |
[.] CANDLE-LIGHT, n. The light of a candle; the necessary candles for use. |
8261
|
candle-stick |
[.] CANDLE-STICK, n. An instrument or utensil to hold a candle, made in different forms and of different materials; originally a stick or piece of wood. |
8262
|
candle-stuff |
[.] CANDLE-STUFF, n. A material of which candles are made, as tallow, wax, &c. |
8263
|
candlemas |
[.] CANDLEMAS, n. The feast of the church celebrated on the second day of February, in honor of the purification of the Virgin Mary; so called from the great number of lights used on that occasion. This feast is supposed to have originated in the declaration of Simeon, ... |
8264
|
candles-ends |
[.] CANDLES-ENDS, n. Scraps; fragments. |
8265
|
candoc |
[.] CANDOC, n. A plant or weed tha grows in rivers. |
8266
|
candor |
[.] CANDOR, n. Openness of heart; frankness; ingenuousness of mind; a disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from tricks or disguise; sincerity. |
8267
|
candy |
[.] CANDY, v.t. [.] 1. To conserve or dress with sugar; to boil in sugar. [.] 2. To from into congelations or crystals. [.] 3. To cover or incrust with congelations, or crystals of ice. [.] CANDY, v.i. To from into crystals, or become congealed; to take on ... |
8268
|
candy-tufts |
[.] CANDY-TUFTS, n. [.] 1. A plant, the Iberis. [.] 2. A Cretan flower. |
8269
|
candying |
[.] CANDYING, ppr. Conserving with sugar. [.] CANDYING, n. The act of preserving simples in substance, by boiling them in sugar. |
8270
|
cane |
[.] CANE, n. [.] 1. In botany, this term is applied to several species of plants belonging to several species of plants belonging to different genera, such as Arundo, Calamus, Saccharum, &c. Among these is the bamboo of the East Indies, with a strong stem, which serves ... |
8271
|
cane-brake |
[.] CANE-BRAKE, n. A thicket of canes. |
8272
|
cane-hole |
[.] CANE-HOLE, n. A hole or trench for planting the cuttings of cane, on sugar plantations. |
8273
|
cane-trash |
[.] CANE-TRASH, n. Refuse of canes, or macerated rinds of cane, reserved for fuel to boil the cane-juice. |
8274
|
canescent |
[.] CANESCENT, a. Growing white or hoary. |
8275
|
canicula |
[.] CANICULA, |
8276
|
canicular |
[.] CANICULAR, a. Pertaining to the dog-star. |
8277
|
canicule |
[.] CANICULE, n. A star in the constellation of Canis Major, called also the dog-star, or Sirius; a star of the first magnitude, and the largest and brightest of all the fixed stars. From the rising of this heliacally, or at its emersion from the suns rays, the ancients ... |
8278
|
canine |
[.] CANINE, a. Pertaining to dogs; having the properties or qualities of a dog; as a canine appetite, insatiable hunger; canine madness, or hydrophobia. [.] Canine teeth are two sharp pointed teeth in each jaw of an animal, one on each side, between the incisors and ... |
8279
|
caning |
[.] CANING, n. A beating with a stick or cane. |
8280
|
canister |
[.] CANISTER, n. Properly, a small basket, as in Dryden; but more generally, a small box or case, for tea, coffee, &c. |
8281
|
canker |
[.] CANKER, n. [.] 1. A disease incident to trees, which causes the bark to rot and fall. [.] 2. A popular name of certain small eroding ulcers in the mouth, particularly of children. They are generally covered with a whitish slough. [.] 3. A virulent, corroding ... |
8282
|
canker-fly |
[.] CANKER-FLY, n. A fly that preys on fruit. |
8283
|
canker-like |
[.] CANKER-LIKE, a. Eating or corrupting like a canker. |
8284
|
canker-worm |
[.] CANKER-WORM, n. A worm, destructive to trees or plants. In America, this name is given to a worm that, in some years, destroys the leaves and fruit of apple trees. This animal springs from an egg deposited by a miller, that issues from the ground. |
8285
|
cankerbit |
[.] CANKERBIT, a. Bitten with a cankered or envenomed tooth. |
8286
|
cankered |
[.] CANKERED, pp. [.] 1. Corrupted. [.] 2. a. Crabbed; uncivil. |
8287
|
cankeredly |
[.] CANKEREDLY, adv. Crossly; adversely. |
8288
|
cankerous |
[.] CANKEROUS, a. Corroding like a canker. |
8289
|
cankery |
[.] CANKERY, a. Rusty |
8290
|
cannabine |
[.] CANNABINE, a. Pertaining to hemp; hempen. |
8291
|
cannel-coal |
[.] CANNEL-COAL or CANDLE-COAL, n. A hard, opake, inflammable fossil coal of a black color, sufficiently solid to be cut and polished. On fire it decrepitates and breaks into angular fragments. It is sometimes used for inkholders and toys. |
8292
|
cannequin |
[.] CANNEQUIN, n. White cotton cloth from the East Indies, suitable for the Guinea trade. |
8293
|
cannibal |
[.] CANNIBAL, n. A human being that east human flesh; a man-eater, or anthropophagite. |
8294
|
cannibalism |
[.] CANNIBALISM, n. [.] 1. The act or practice of eating human flesh, by mankind. [.] 2. Murderous cruelty; barbarity. |
8295
|
cannibally |
[.] CANNIBALLY, adv. In the manner of a cannibal. |
8296
|
cannon |
[.] CANNON, n. A large military engine for throwing balls, and other instruments of death, by the force of gun powder. Guns of this kind are made of iron or brass and of different sizes, carrying balls from three or four pounds, to forty eight pounds weight. In some ... |
8297
|
cannon-ball |
[.] CANNON-BALL, n. A ball, usually made of cast iron, to be thrown from cannon. Cannon bullet, of the like signification, is not now used. Cannon balls were originally of stone. |
8298
|
cannon-proof |
[.] CANNON-PROOF, a. Proof against cannon shot. |
8299
|
cannon-shot |
[.] CANNON-SHOT, n. A ball for cannon; also, the range or distance a cannon will throw a ball. |
8300
|
cannonade |
[.] CANNONADE, n. The act of discharging cannon and throwing balls, for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship or fort. The term usually implies an attack of some continuance. [.] CANNONADE, v.t. To attack with heavy artillery; to throw balls, ... |
8301
|
cannoneer |
[.] CANNONEER, |
8302
|
cannot |
[.] CANNOT, [can and not.] These words are usually united, but perhaps without good reason; canst and not are never united. |
8303
|
cannular |
[.] CANNULAR, a. Tubular; having the form of a tube. |
8304
|
canoe |
[.] CANOE,n. [.] 1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of the body or trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting or burning, into a suitable shape. Similar boats are now used by civilized men, for fishing and other purposes. It is impelled by a paddle, instead of an oar. [.] 2. ... |
8305
|
canon |
[.] CANON, n. [.] 1. In ecclesiastical affairs, a law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the sovereign; a decision of matters in religion, or a regulation of policy or discipline, by a general or provincial council. |
8306
|
canon-bit |
[.] CANON-BIT, n. That part of a bit let into a horses mouth. |
8307
|
canoness |
[.] CANONESS, n. A woman who enjoys a prebend, affixed, by the foundation, to maids, without obliging them to make any vows or renounce the world. |
8308
|
canonical |
[.] CANONICAL, a. Pertaining to a canon; according to the canon or rule. [.] Canonical books or canonical scriptures, are those books of the scriptures which are admitted by the canons of the church, to be of divine origin. The Roman catholic church admits the Apocryphal ... |
8309
|
canonically |
[.] CANONICALLY, adv. In a manner agreeable to the canon. |
8310
|
canonicalness |
[.] CANONICALNESS, n. The quality of being canonical. |
8311
|
canonicals |
[.] CANONICALS, n. plu. The full dress of the clergy, worn when they officiate. |
8312
|
canonicate |
[.] CANONICATE, n. The office of a canon. |
8313
|
canonist |
[.] CANONIST, n. A professor of cannon law; one skilled in the study and practice of ecclesiastical law. |
8314
|
canonistic |
[.] CANONISTIC, a. Having the knowledge of a canonist. |
8315
|
canonization |
[.] CANONIZATION, n. [See Canonize.] [.] 1. The act of declaring a man a saint, or rather the act of ranking a deceased person in the catalogue of saints, called a canon. This act is preceded by beatification, and by an examination into the life and miracles of the ... |
8316
|
canonize |
[.] CANONIZE, v.t. [from canon.] To declare a man a saint and rank him in the catalogue, called a canon. |
8317
|
canonry |
[.] CANONRY, |
8318
|
canonship |
[.] CANONSHIP, n. An ecclesiastical benefice, in a cathedral or collegiate church, which has a prebend or stated allowance out of the revenues of the church commonly annexed to it. The benifice filled by a canon. A prebend may subsist without a canonry; but a canonicate ... |
8319
|
canopied |
[.] CANOPIED, a. [See Canopy.] Covered with a canopy. |
8320
|
canopy |
[.] CANOPY, n. [.] 1. A covering over a throne, or over a bed; more generally, a covering over the head. So the sky is called a canopy, and a canopy is borne over the head in processions. [.] 2. In architecture and sculpture, a magnificent decoration serving to ... |
8321
|
canorous |
[.] CANOROUS, a. Musical; tuneful. |
8322
|
canorousness |
[.] CANOROUSNESS, n. Musicalness. |
8323
|
cant |
[.] CANT, v.t. [.] 1. In popular usage, to turn about, or to turn over, by a sudden push or thrust; as, to cant over a pail or a cask. [.] 2. To toss; as, to cant a ball. [.] 3. To speak with a whining voice, or an affected singing tone. [.] [.] [In this sense, ... |
8324
|
cantabrian |
[.] CANTABRIAN, a. Pertaining to Cantabria, on the Bay of Biscay, in Spain. |
8325
|
cantaliver |
[.] CANTALIVER, n. [cantle and eaves.] In architecture, a piece of wood, framed into the front or side of a house, to suspend the moldings and eaves over it. |
8326
|
cantar |
[.] CANTAR, |
8327
|
cantaro |
[.] CANTARO, n. An eastern weight; at Acra in Turkey, 603 pounds; at Tunis and Tripoli, 114 pounds, In Egypt, it consists of 100 or 150 rotolos; at Naples, it is 25 pounds; at Genoa, 150; at Leghorn, 150, 151, 0r 160. [.] At Alicant in Spain, the cantaro is a liquid ... |
8328
|
cantata |
[.] CANTATA, n. A poem set to music; a composition or song, intermixed with recitatives and airs, chiefly intended for a single voice. |
8329
|
cantation |
[.] CANTATION, a. A singing. |
8330
|
canteen |
[.] CANTEEN, n. A tin vessel used by soldiers for carrying liquor for drink. |
8331
|
canteleup |
[.] CANTELEUP, n. A variety of muskmelon. |
8332
|
canter |
[.] CANTER, v.i. To move as a horse in a moderate gallop, raising the two fore feet nearly at the same time, with a leap or spring. [.] CANTER, v.t. To ride upon a canter. [.] CANTER, n. [.] 1. A moderate gallop. [.] 2. One who cants or whines. |
8333
|
cantering |
[.] CANTERING, ppr. Moving or riding with a slow gallop. |
8334
|
cantharidin |
[.] CANTHARIDIN, n. That peculiar substance existing in the Meloe vesicatorius, or cantharides, which causes vesication. |
8335
|
cantharis |
[.] CANTHARIS or plu. CANTHARIDES, n. Spanish flies; a species of Meloe. This fly is nine or ten lines in length, of a shining green color, mixed with azure, and has a nauseous smell. It feeds upon the leaves of trees and shrubs, preferring the ash. These flies, ... |
8336
|
canthus |
[.] CANTHUS, n. An angle of the eye; a cavity at the extremities of the eyelids; the greater is next to the nose; the lesser, near the temple. |
8337
|
canticle |
[.] CANTICLE, n. [.] 1. A song. In the plural, canticles, the Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament. [.] 2. A canto; a division of a song. |
8338
|
cantillate |
[.] CANTILLATE, v.t. To chant; to recite with musical tones. |
8339
|
cantillation |
[.] CANTILLATION, n. A chanting; recitation with musical modulations. |
8340
|
canting |
[.] CANTING, ppr. [.] 1. Throwing with a sudden jerk; tossing. [.] 2. Speaking with a whine or song-like tone. |
8341
|
cantingly |
[.] CANTINGLY, adv. With a cant. |
8342
|
cantion |
[.] CANTION, n. A song or verses. |
8343
|
cantle |
[.] CANTLE, n. A fragment; a piece; a portion. [.] CANTLE, v.t. To cut into pieces; to cut out a piece. |
8344
|
cantlet |
[.] CANTLET, n. A piece; a little corner; a fragment. |
8345
|
canto |
[.] CANTO, n. A part or division of a poem, answering to what in prose is called a book. In Italian, canto is a song, and it signifies also the treble part, first treble, or highest vocal part. |
8346
|
canton |
[.] CANTON, n. [.] 1. A small portion of land, or division of territory; originally, a portion of territory on a border; also, the inhabitants of a canton. [.] 2. A small portion or district of territory, constituting a distinct state or government; as in Switzerland. [.] 3. ... |
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cantonal |
[.] CANTONAL, a. Pertaining to a canton; divided into cantons. |
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cantoned |
[.] CANTONED, pp. Divided into distinct parts, or quarters; lodged in distinct quarters, as troops. |
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cantoning |
[.] CANTONING, ppr. Dividing into distinct districts; allotting separate quarters to each regiment. |
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cantonize |
[.] CANTONIZE, v.t. To canton, or divide into small districts. |
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cantonment |
[.] CANTONMENT, n. A part or division of a town or village, assigned to a particular regiment of troops; separate quarters. |
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cantred |
[.] CANTRED, |
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cantref |
[.] CANTREF, n. A hundred villages, as in Wales. |
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canvas |
[.] CANVAS, n. [.] 1. A coarse cloth made of hemp, or flax, used for tents, sails of ships, painting and other purposes. [.] 2. A clear unbleached cloth, wove regularly in little squares, used for working tapestry with the needle. [.] 3. Among the French, the ... |
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canvas-climber |
[.] CANVAS-CLIMBER, n. A sailor that goes aloft to handle sails. |
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canvass |
[.] CANVASS, v.t. [.] 1. To discuss; literally, to beat or shake out, to open by beating or shaking, like the L. Discutio. This is the common use of the word, as to canvass a subject, or the policy of a measure. [.] 2. To examine returns of votes; to search or scrutinize; ... |
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canvassed |
[.] CANVASSED, pp. Discussed; examined. |
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canvasser |
[.] CANVASSER, n. [.] 1. One who solicits votes, or goes about to make interest. [.] 2. One who examines the returns of votes for a public officer. |
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canvassing |
[.] CANVASSING, ppr. Discussing; examining; sifting; seeking. [.] CANVASSING, n. The act of discussing, examining, or making interest. |
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cany |
[.] CANY, a. [from cane.] Consisting of cane, or abounding with canes. |
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canzone |
[.] CANZONE, n. A song or air in two or three parts, with passages of fugue and imitation; or a poem to which music may be composed in the style of a cantata. When set to a piece of instrumental music, it signifies much the same as cantata; and when set to a sonata, it ... |
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canzonet |
[.] CANZONET, n. A little or short song, in one, two or three parts. It sometimes consists of two strains, each of which is sung twice. Sometimes it is a species of jig. |
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carcanet |
[.] CARCANET, n. A chain or collar of jewels. |
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chicane |
[.] CHICANE, n. [.] 1. In law, shift; turn; trick; cavil; an abuse of judiciary proceedings, by artifices, unfair practices, or idle objections, which tend to perplex a cause, puzzle the judge, or impose on a party, and thus to delay or pervert justice. [.] 2. In ... |
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chicaner |
[.] CHICANER, n. One who uses shifts, turns, evasions or undue artifices, in litigation or disputes; a caviller; a sophister; an unfair disputant. |
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chicanery |
[.] CHICANERY, n. Sophistry; mean or unfair artifices to perplex a cause and obscure the truth. |
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claudicant |
[.] CLAUDICANT, a. Halting; limping. |
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co-secant |
[.] CO-SECANT, n. [See Secant.] In geometry, the secant of an arc which is the complement of another to ninety degrees. |
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communicant |
[.] COMMUNICANT, n. One who communes at the Lords table; one who is entitled to partake of the sacrament, at the celebration of the Lords supper. |
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contraindicant |
[.] CONTRAINDICANT, n. A symptom that forbids to treat a disorder in the usual way. |
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copernican |
[.] COPERNICAN, a. Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth, who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system. |
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coruscant |
[.] CORUSCANT, a. [see Coruscate.] Flashing; glittering by flashes. |
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decanal |
[.] DEC'ANAL, a. Pertaining to a deanery. [.] [.] [.] DECAN'DER, n. [Gr., ten and a male.] In botany, a plant having ten stamens. [.] [.] |
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decander |
[.] DECAN'DER, n. [Gr., ten and a male.] In botany, a plant having ten stamens. [.] [.] |
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decangular |
[.] DECAN'GULAR, a. [Gr., ten and angular.] Having ten angles. [.] [.] [.] DECANT', v.t. [L., to sing; literally, to throw.] To pour off gently, as liquor from its sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine. [.] [.] [.] DECANTA'TION, ... |
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decant |
[.] DECANT', v.t. [L., to sing; literally, to throw.] To pour off gently, as liquor from its sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine. [.] [.] [.] DECANTA'TION, n. The act of pouring liquor gently from its lees or sediment, ... |
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decantation |
[.] DECANTA'TION, n. The act of pouring liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another. [.] [.] [.] DECANT'ED, pp. Poured off, or from one vessel into another. [.] [.] [.] DECANT'ER, n. |
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decanted |
[.] DECANT'ED, pp. Poured off, or from one vessel into another. [.] [.] [.] DECANT'ER, n. |
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decanter |
[.] DECANT'ER, n. |
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decanting |
[.] DECANT'ING, ppr. Pouring off, as liquor from its lees, or from one vessel to another. [.] [.] [.] DECAP'ITATE, v.t. [L., head.] To behead; to cut off the head. [.] [.] [.] DECAPITA'TION, n. The act of beheading. [.] [.] [.] DECAPH'YLLOUS, ... |
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demi-cannon |
[.] DEMI-CANNON, n. A cannon of different sizes; the lowest carries a ball of thirty pounds weight, and six inches diameter; the ordinary is twelve feet long, and carries a shot of six inches and one-sixth diameter, and thirty two pounds weight; that of the greatest size ... |
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descant |
[.] DESCANT, n. [.] 1. A song or tune composed in parts. [.] 2. A song or tune with various modulations. [.] [.] The wakeful nightingale [.] All night long her amourous descant sung. [.] 3. A discourse; discussion; disputation; animadversion, comment, or a ... |
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descanting |
[.] DESCANTING, ppr. Singing in parts or with various modulations; discoursing freely; commenting. [.] DESCANTING, n. Remark; conjecture. |
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desiccant |
[.] DESICCANT, a. Drying. [.] DESICCANT, n. A medicine or application that dries a sore. |
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discandy |
[.] DISCANDY, v.i. [dis and candy.] To melt; to dissolve. |
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dodecander |
[.] DODECANDER, n. [Gr., twelve; a male.] In botany, a plant having twelve stamens; one of the class dodecandria. But this class includes all plants that have any number of stamens from twelve to nineteen inclusive. |
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dodecandrian |
[.] DODECANDRIAN, a. Pertaining to the plants or class of plants that have twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen. |
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dominican |
[.] DOMINICAN, a. or n. The Dominicans, or Dominican Friars, are an order of religious or monks, called also Jacobins, or Predicants, preaching friars; an order founded about the year 1215. |
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edificant |
[.] ED'IFICANT, a. [infra.] Building. [Little used.] |
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encanker |
[.] ENCANK'ER, v.t. To corrode; to canker. |
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excandescence |
[.] EXCANDES'CENCE, n. [L. excandescentia, excandesco; ex and candesco, candeo, to glow or be hot, from caneo, to be white, to shine.] [.] 1. A growing hot; or a white heat; glowing heat. [.] 2. Heat of passion; violent anger; or a growing angry. |
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excandescent |
[.] EXCANDES'CENT, a. White with heat. |
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excantation |
[.] EXCANTA'TION, n. [L. excanto, but with an opposite signification.] [.] Disenchantment by a countercharm. [Little used.] |
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exsiccant |
[.] EXSIC'CANT, a. [See Exsiccate.] Drying; evaporating moisture; having the quality of drying. |
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franciscan |
[.] FRANCIS'CAN, a. Belonging to the order of St. Francis. [.] FRANCIS'CAN, n. One of the order of St. Francis; an order of monks founded by him in 1209. They are called also Gray Friars. |
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fruticant |
[.] FRU'TICANT, a. Full of shoots. |
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gallican |
[.] GAL'LICAN, a. [L. gallicus, from Gallia, Gaul.] Pertaining to Gaul or France; as the Gallican church or clergy. |
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gum-tragacanth |
[.] GUM-TRAG'ACANTH, n. The gum of a thorny shrub of that name, in Crete, Asia and Greece. |
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hurricane |
[.] HUR'RICANE, n. [L. furio, furo, to rage.] [.] 1. A most violent storm of wind, occurring often in the West Indies,and sometimes in higher northern latitudes, and on the coast of the United States, as far north as New England. A hurricane is distinguished from every ... |
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impeccancy |
[.] IMPEC'CANCY, n. [See Impeccable.] The quality of not being liable to sin; exemption from sin, error or offense. |
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incandescence |
[.] INCANDES'CENCE, n. [L. incandescens, incandesco; in and candesco; candeo, caneo, to be white, to shine; canus, white.] [.] A white heat; or the glowing whiteness of a body caused by intense heat. We say, a metal is heated to incandescence. |
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incandescent |
[.] INCANDES'CENT, a. White or glowing with heat. |
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incantation |
[.] INCANTA'TION, n. [L. incantatio, incanto; in and canto, to sing.] [.] The act of enchanting; enchantment; the act of using certain formulas of words and ceremonies, for the purpose of raising spirits. |
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incantatory |
[.] INCANT'ATORY, a. Dealing by enchantment; magical. |
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incanting |
[.] INCANT'ING, a. Enchanting. [Not used.] |
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incanton |
[.] INCAN'TON, v.t. [in and canton.] To unite to a canton or separate community. |
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indicant |
[.] IN'DICANT, n. [L. indicans; in and dico, to show.] [.] Showing; pointing out what is to be done for the cure of disease. |
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insignificance |
[.] INSIGNIF'ICANCE |
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insignificancy |
... [.] INSIGNIF'ICANCY, ... |
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insignificant |
[.] INSIGNIF'ICANT, a. [in and significant.] [.] 1. Void of signification; destitute of meaning; as insignificant words. [.] 2. Unimportant; answering no purpose; having no weight or effect; as insignificant rites. [.] 3. Without weight of character; mean; contemptible; ... |
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insignificantly |
[.] INSIGNIF'ICANTLY, adv. Without meaning, as words. [.] 1. Without importance or effect; to no purpose. |
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intersecant |
[.] INTERSE'CANT, a. [L. intersecans, interseco; inter and seco, to cut.] Dividing into parts; crossing. |
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lubricant |
[.] LU'BRICANT, n. [See Lubricate.] That which lubricates. |
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lycanthropy |
[.] LYCAN'THROPY, n. [Gr. a wolf, and man.] [.] A kind of erratic melancholy. |
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maracan |
[.] MAR'ACAN, n. A species of parrot in Brazil. |
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mechoacan |
[.] MECHO'ACAN, n. White jalap, the root of an American species of Convolvulus, from Mechoacan, in Mexico; a purgative of slow operation, but safe. |
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mendicancy |
[.] MEND'ICANCY, a. [L. medicans.] Beggary; a state of begging. |
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mendicant |
[.] MEND'ICANT, a. [L. mendicans, from mendico, to beg; allied to L.mando, to command, demand.] [.] 1. Begging; poor to a state of beggary; as reduced to a mendicant state. [.] 2. Practicing beggary; as a mendicant friar. [.] MEND'ICANT, n. A beggar; one that ... |
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mercantante |
[.] MERCANTAN'TE, n. A foreign trader. [Not in use.] |
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mercantile |
[.] MER'CANTILE, a. [L. mercans, mercor, to buy.] [.] 1. Trading; commercial; carrying on commerce; as mercantile nations; the mercantile class of men. [.] 2. Pertaining or relating to commerce or trade; as mercantile business. |
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molluscan |
[.] MOLLUS'CAN |
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mordicancy |
[.] MOR'DICANCY, n. A biting quality; corrosiveness. |
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mordicant |
[.] MOR'DICANT, a. [L. mordeo, to bite.] Biting; acrid; as the mordicant quality of a body. |
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multiplicand |
[.] MULTIPLICAND', n. [L. multiplicandus. See Multiply.] [.] In arithmetic, the number to be multiplied by another, which is called the multiplier. |
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outcant |
[.] OUTCANT', v.t. To surpass in canting. |
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overcanopy |
[.] OVERCAN'OPY, v.t. To cover as with a canopy. |
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paccan |
[.] PACCAN, n. An American tree and its nut. |
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peccancy |
[.] PEC'CANCY, n. [from peccant.] Bad quality; as the peccancy of the humors. [.] 1. Offense. |
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peccant |
[.] PEC'CANT, a. [L. peccans. See Peccable.] [.] 1. Sinning; guilty of sin or transgression; criminal; as peccant angels. [.] 2. Morbid; bad; corrupt; not healthy; as peccant humors. [.] 3. Wrong; bad; defective; informal; as a peccant citation. [Not used.] [.] PEC'CANT, ... |
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pelican |
[.] PEL'ICAN, n. [Low L. pelicanus.] [.] 1. A fowl of the genus Pelicanus. It is larger than the swan, and remarkable for its enormous bill, to the lower edges of the under chop of which is attached a pouch or bag, capable of being distended so as to hold many quarts ... |
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predicant |
[.] PRED'ICANT, n. [L. proedicans, proedico.] [.] One that affirms any thing. |
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pseudo-volcanic |
[.] PSEUDO-VOLCAN'IC, a. Pertaining to or produced by a pseudo-volcano. |
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pseudo-volcano |
[.] PSEUDO-VOLCA'NO, n. A volcano that emits smoke and sometimes flame, but no lava; also, a burning mine of coal. |
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publican |
[.] PUB'LICAN, n. [L.publicanus, from publicus.] [.] 1. A collector of toll or tribute. Among the Romans, a publican was a farmer of the taxes and public revenues,and the inferior officers of this class were deemed oppressive. [.] [.] As Jesus sat at meat in the ... |
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pyracanth |
[.] PYR'ACANTH, n. [Gr. fiery thorn.] A plant; a kind of thorn of the genus Mespilus. |
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radicant |
[.] RAD'ICANT, a. [L. radicans.] In botany, rooting; as a radicant stem or leaf. |
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recant |
[.] RECANT', v.t. [L. recanto; re and canto. See Cant.] [.] To retract; to recall; to contradict a former declaration. [.] How soon would ease recant vows made in pain, as violent as void. [.] RECANT', v.i. To recall words; to revoke a declaration or proposition; ... |
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recantation |
[.] RECANTA'TION, n. The act of recalling; retraction; a declaration that contradicts a former one. |
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recanted |
[.] RECANT'ED, pp. Recalled; retracted. |
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recanter |
[.] RECANT'ER, n. One that recants. |
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recanting |
[.] RECANT'ING, ppr. Recalling; retracting. |
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republican |
[.] REPUB'LICAN, a. [.] 1. Pertaining to a republic; consisting of a commonwealth; as a republican constitution or government. [.] 2. Consonant to the principles of a republic; as republican sentiments or opinions; republican manners. [.] REPUB'LICAN, n. One ... |
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republicanism |
[.] REPUB'LICANISM, n. [.] 1. A republican form or system of government. [.] 2. Attachment to a republican form of government. |
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republicanize |
[.] REPUB'LICANIZE, v.t. To convert to republican principles; as, to republicanize the rising generation. |
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rubican |
[.] RU'BICAN, a. [L. rubeo, to be red.] [.] Rubican color of a horse, is a bay, sorrel or black, with a light gray or white upon the flanks, but the gray or white not predominant there. |
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rush-candle |
[.] RUSH-CANDLE, n. A small blinking taper made by stripping a rush, except one small strip of the bark which holds the pith together, and dipping it in tallow. |
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sacrificant |
[.] SACRIF'ICANT, n. [L. sacrificans.] One that offers a sacrifice. |
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scan |
[.] SCAN, v.t. [L. ascendo. See Ascend.] [.] 1. To examine with critical care; to scrutinize. [.] The actions of men in high stations are all conspicuous, and liable to be scanned and sifted. [.] 2. To examine a verse by counting the feet; or according to modern ... |
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scandal |
[.] SCAN'DAL, n. [L. scandalum; Gr. In Greek, this word signifies a stumbling block, something against which a person impinges, or which causes him to fall.] [.] 1. Offense given by the faults of another. [.] His lustful orgies he enlarg'd even to the hill of scandal. [.] [In ... |
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scandalize |
[.] SCAN'DALIZE, v.t. [Gr. L. scandalizo.] [.] 1. To offend by some action supposed criminal. [.] I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things? [.] 2. To reproach; to disgrace; to defame; as a scandalizing libeler. |
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scandalized |
[.] SCAN'DALIZED, pp. Offended; defamed; disgraced. |
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scandalizing |
[.] SCAN'DALIZING, ppr. Giving offense to; disgracing. |
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scandalous |
[.] SCAN'DALOUS, a. [.] 1. Giving offense. [.] Nothing scandalous or offensive to any. [.] 2. Opprobrious; disgraceful to reputation; that brings shame or infamy; as a scandalous crime or vice. How perverted must be the mind that considers seduction or dueling ... |
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scandalously |
[.] SCAN'DALOUSLY, adv. [.] 1. Shamefully; in a manner to give offense. [.] His discourse at table was scandalously unbecoming the dignity of his station. [.] 2. Censoriously; with a disposition to find fault; as a critic scandalously nice. |
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scandalousness |
[.] SCAN'DALOUSNESS, n. The quality of being scandalous; the quality of giving offense, or of being disgraceful. [.] Scandalum magnatum, in law, a defamatory speech or writing made or published to the injury of a person of dignity. |
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scandent |
[.] SCAND'ENT, a. [L. scandens, scando, to climb.] [.] Climbing, either with spiral tendrils for its support, or by adhesive fibers, as a stalk; climbing; performing the office of a tendril, as a petiole. |
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scanned |
[.] SCAN'NED, pp. Critically sifted or examined; resolved into feet in recital. |
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scanning |
[.] SCAN'NING, ppr. Critically examining; resolving into feet, as verse. |
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scansion |
[.] SCAN'SION, n. The act of scanning. |
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scant |
[.] SCANT, v.t. [.] To limit; to straiten; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries; to scant a garment in cloth. [.] I am scanted in the pleasure of dwelling on your actions. [.] SCANT, v.i. To fail or become less; as, the ... |
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scantily |
[.] SCANT'ILY, adv. [from scanty.] [.] 1. Not fully; not plentifully. the troops were scantily supplied with flour. [.] 2. Sparingly; niggardly; as, to speak scantily of one. [Unusual.] |
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scantiness |
[.] SCANT'INESS, n. [.] 1. Narrowness; want of space or compass; as the scantiness of our heroic verse. [.] 2. Want of amplitude, greatness or abundance; limited extent. [.] Alexander was much troubled at the scantiness of nature itself. [.] 3. Want of fullness; ... |
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scantle |
[.] SCANT'LE, v.t. To be deficient; to fail. [.] SCANT'LE, v.i. To divide into thin or small pieces; to shiver. |
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scantlet |
[.] SCANT'LET, n. [See Scantling.] A small pattern; a small quantity. [Not in use.] |
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scantling |
[.] SCANT'LING, n. [.] 1. A pattern; a quantity cut for a particular purpose. [.] 2. A small quantity; as a scantling of wit. [.] 3. A certain proportion or quantity. [.] 4. In the United States, timber sawed or cut into pieces of a small size, as for studs, ... |
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scantly |
[.] SCANT'LY, adv. [.] 1. Scarcely; hardly. Obs. [.] 2. Not fully or sufficiently; narrowly; penuriously; without amplitude. |
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scantness |
[.] SCANT'NESS, n. [from scant.] Narrowness; smallness; as the scantness of our capacities. |
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scanty |
[.] SCANT'Y, a. [from scant, and having the same signification.] [.] 1. Narrow; small; wanting amplitude or extent. [.] His dominions were very narrow and scanty. [.] Now scantier limits the proud arch confine. [.] 2. Poor; not copious or full; not ample; hardly ... |
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secant |
[.] SE'CANT, a. [L. secans, seco, to cut or cut off, coinciding with Eng. saw.] Cutting; dividing into two parts. [.] SE'CANT, n. [.] 1. In geometry, a line that cuts another, or divides it into parts. The secant of a circle ... |
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significance |
[.] SIGNIF'ICANCE, SIGNIF'ICANCY, n. [L. significans. See Signify.] [.] 1. Meaning; import; that which is intended to be expressed; as the significance of a nod, or of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression. [.] 2. Force; energy; power of impressing the ... |
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significancy |
[.] SIGNIF'ICANCE, SIGNIF'ICANCY, n. [L. significans. See Signify.] [.] 1. Meaning; import; that which is intended to be expressed; as the significance of a nod, or of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression. [.] 2. Force; energy; power of impressing the ... |
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significant |
[.] SIGNIF'ICANT, a. [L. signigicans.] [.] 1. Expressive of something beyond the external mark. [.] 2. Bearing a meaning; expressing or containing signification of sense; as a significant word or sound; a significant look. [.] 3. Betokening something; standing ... |
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significantly |
[.] SIGNIF'ICANTLY, adv. [.] 1. With meaning. [.] 2. With force of expression. |
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sugar-candy |
[.] SUGAR-CANDY, n. [sugar and candy.] Sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized, in which state it becomes transparent. |
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sugar-cane |
[.] SUG'AR-CANE, n. [sugar and cane.] The cane or plant from whose juice sugar is obtained. |
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supervacaneous |
[.] SUPERVACA'NEOUS, a. [L. supervacaneus; super and vaco, to make void.] Superfluous; unnecessary; needless; serving no purpose. |
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supervacaneously |
[.] SUPERVACA'NEOUSLY, adv. Needlessly. |
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supervacaneousness |
[.] SUPERVACA'NEOUSNESS, n. Needlessness. |
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supplicant |
[.] SUP'PLICANT, a. [L. supplicans.] Entreating; asking submissively. [.] SUP'PLICANT, n. One that entreats; a petitioner who asks earnestly and submissively. [.] [.] The wise supplicant--left the event to God. |
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tallow-candle |
[.] TAL'LOW-CANDLE, n. A candle made of tallow. |
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tea-canister |
[.] TE'A-CANISTER, n. [tea and canister.] A canister or box in which tea is kept. |
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toucan |
[.] TOU'CAN, n. A fowl of the genus Ramphastos; also, a constellation of nine small stars. |
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tragacanth |
[.] TRAG'ACANTH, n. [L. tragacanthum; Gr. a goat, and thorn.] [.] 1. Goat's thorn; a plant of the genus Astragalus, of several species, growing in Syria, Candia, &c. almost all of which were included by Linne in the tragacanthas, and all of which produce the gum tragacanth. [.] 2. ... |
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tuscan |
[.] TUS'CAN, a. Pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; an epithet given to one of the orders of columns, the most ancient and simple. [.] TUS'CAN, n. An order of columns. |
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uncanceled |
[.] UNCAN'CELED, a. Not canceled; not erased; not abrogated or annulled. |
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uncandid |
[.] UNCAN'DID, a. Not candid; not frank or sincere; not fair or impartial. |
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uncanonical |
[.] UNCANON'ICAL, a. Not agreeable to the canons; not acknowledged as authentic. |
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uncanonicalness |
[.] UNCANON'ICALNESS, n. The state of being uncanonical. |
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uncanopied |
[.] UNCAN'OPIED, a. Not covered by a canopy. |
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unmercantile |
[.] UNMER'CANTILE, a. Not according to the customs and rules of commerce. |
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unscanned |
[.] UNSCAN'NED, a. Not measured; not computed. |
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unsignificant |
[.] UNSIGNIF'ICANT, a. Having no meaning. Obs. [See Insignificant.] |
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vacancy |
[.] VA'CANCY, n. [L. vacans, from vaco, to be empty; Heb. to empty.] [.] 1. Empty space; vacuity. [In this sense, vacuity is now generally used.] [.] 2. Chasm; void space between bodies or objects; as a vacancy between two beams or boards in a building; a vacancy ... |
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vacant |
[.] VA'CANT, a. [L. vacans.] [.] 1. Empty; not filled; void of every substance except air; as a vacant space between houses; vacant room. [.] 2. Empty; exhausted of air; as a vacant receiver. [.] 3. Free; unincumbered; unengaged with business or care. [.] Philosophy ... |
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vatican |
[.] VAT'ICAN, n. In Rome, the celebrated church of St. Peter; and also, a magnificent palace of the pope; situated at the foot of one of the seven hills on which Rome was built. Hence the phrase, the thunders of the Vatican, meaning the anathemas or denunciations of the ... |
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vesicant |
[.] VES'ICANT, n. [infra.] A blistering application; an epispastic. |
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volcanic |
[.] VOLCAN'IC, a. [from volcano.] [.] 1. Pertaining to volcanoes; as volcanic heat. [.] 2. Produced by a volcano; as volcanic tufa. [.] 3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano. |
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volcanist |
[.] VOL'CANIST, n. [from volcano.] [.] 1. One versed in the history and phenomena of volcanoes. [.] 2. One who believes in the effects of eruptions of fire in the formation of mountains. |
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volcanite |
[.] VOL'CANITE, n. A mineral, otherwise called augite. |
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volcanity |
[.] VOLCAN'ITY, n. The state of being volcanic or of volcanic origin. |
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volcanization |
[.] VOLCANIZA'TION, n. [from volcanize.] The process of undergoing volcanic heat and being affected by it. |
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volcanize |
[.] VOL'CANIZE, v.t. To subject to or cause to undergo volcanic heat and to be affected by its action. |
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volcanized |
[.] VOL'CANIZED, pp. Affected by volcanic heat. |
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volcano |
... in the surface of the earth or in a mountain, from which smoke, flames, stones, lava or other substances are ejected. Such are seen in Etna and Vesuvius in Sicily and Italy, and Hecla in Iceland. It is vulgarly called a burning mountain. Herschel has discovered a volcano ... |
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vulcanist |
[.] VULCANIST. [See Volcanist.] |
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vulcano |
[.] VULCANO. [See Volcano.] |
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wax-candle |
[.] WAX-CANDLE, n. [wax and candle.] A candle made of wax. |