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@@ -505,14 +505,14 @@ Your sad tires in a mile-<qex>a</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><sn>2.</sn> <def><org>Alcoholics Anonymous</org>.</def> <mark>[Acronym.]</mark><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Aam</hw> <pr>(<add/m <it>or</it> <aum/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>aam</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>ama</ets>; cf. L. <ets>hama</ets> a water bucket, Gr. <?/]</ety> <def>A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36\'ab, at Hamburg 38\'ac.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Aum</asp> and <asp>Awm</asp>.]</altsp><br/

+<p><hw>Aam</hw> <pr>(<add/m <it>or</it> <aum/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D. <ets>aam</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>ama</ets>; cf. L. <ets>hama</ets> a water bucket, Gr. <?/]</ety> <def>A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36\'ab, at Hamburg 38\'ac.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Aum</asp> and <asp>Awm</asp>.]</altsp><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>aard"vark`</hw> <pr>(<aum/rd"v<aum/rk`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D., earth-pig.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An edentate mammal, of the genus <gen>Orycteropus</gen> (<spn>Orycteropus afer</spn>), somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa.  It is a nocturnal <isa>ungulate</isa>, burrows in the ground with its powerful claws, and feeds entirely on ants and termites, which it catches with its long, extensile, slimy tongue.  It is the sole extant representative of the order <ord>Tubulidentata</ord>.</def>  <altsp>[Spelled also <asp>Aard-vark</asp>.]</altsp> <br/

+<p><hw>aard"vark`</hw> <pr>(<aum/rd"v<aum/rk`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D., earth-pig.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An edentate mammal, of the genus <gen>Orycteropus</gen> (<spn>Orycteropus afer</spn>), somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa.  It is a nocturnal <isa>ungulate</isa>, burrows in the ground with its powerful claws, and feeds entirely on ants and termites, which it catches with its long, extensile, slimy tongue.  It is the sole extant representative of the order <ord>Tubulidentata</ord>.</def>  <altsp>[Spelled also <asp>Aard-vark</asp>.]</altsp> <br/

 <syn><b>Syn. --</b>ant bear, anteater, <spn>Orycteropus afer</spn>, oryctere, orycterope</syn><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Aard"-wolf`</hw> <pr>(<aum/rd"w<oocr/lf)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D, earth-wolf]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A carnivorous, striped, quadruped mammal (<spn>Proteles cristata</spn>, formerly <spn>Proteles Lalandii</spn>), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. It feeds chiefly on insects. See <er>Proteles</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Aard"-wolf`</hw> <pr>(<aum/rd"w<oocr/lf)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[D, earth-wolf]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A carnivorous, striped, quadruped mammal (<spn>Proteles cristata</spn>, formerly <spn>Proteles Lalandii</spn>), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. It feeds chiefly on insects. See <er>Proteles</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw>{ <hw>Aa*ron"ic</hw> <pr>(<asl/*r<ocr/n"<icr/k)</pr>, <hw>Aa*ron"ic*al</hw> <pr>(-<icr/*k<ait/l)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews.</def><br/

@@ -537,10 +537,10 @@ Your sad tires in a mile-<qex>a</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>Ab-</hw> <pr>(<acr/b)</pr>. <ety>[Latin prep., etymologically the same as E. <ets>of</ets>, <ets>off</ets>. See <er>Of</er>.]</ety> <def>A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies <xex>from</xex>, <xex>away</xex> , <xex>separating</xex>, or <xex>departure</xex>, as in <xex>ab</xex>duct, <xex>abs</xex>tract, <xex>abs</xex>cond. See <er>A-</er>(6).</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ab</hw> <pr>(<acr/b)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Of Syriac origin.]</ety> <def>The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August.</def>  <rj><au>W. Smith.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>Ab</hw> <pr>(<acr/b)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Of Syriac origin.]</ety> <def>The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August.</def>  <rj><au>W. Smith.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ab"a*ca</hw> <pr>(<acr/b"<adot/*k<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[The native name.]</ety> <def>The Manila-hemp plant (<spn>Musa textilis</spn>); also, its fiber. See <cref>Manila hemp</cref> under <er>Manila</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ab"a*ca</hw> <pr>(<acr/b"<adot/*k<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[The native name.]</ety> <def>The Manila-hemp plant (<spn>Musa textilis</spn>); also, its fiber. See <cref>Manila hemp</cref> under <er>Manila</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*bac"i*nate</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/s"<icr/*n<amac/t)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>abacinatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>abacinare</ets>; <ets>ab</ets> off + <ets>bacinus</ets> a basin.]</ety> <def>To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/

@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ Your sad tires in a mile-<qex>a</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>A*bac`i*na"tion</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/s`<icr/*n<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The act of abacinating.</def>  <mark>[R.]</mark><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ab`a*cis"cus</hw> <pr>(<acr/b`<adot/*s<icr/s"k<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'abaki`skos</grk>, dim of <grk>'a`bax</grk>. See <er>Abacus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ab`a*cis"cus</hw> <pr>(<acr/b`<adot/*s<icr/s"k<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'abaki`skos</grk>, dim of <grk>'a`bax</grk>. See <er>Abacus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ab"a*cist</hw> <pr>(<acr/b"<adot/*s<icr/st)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL <ets>abacista</ets>, fr. <ets>abacus</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.</def><br/

@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ Your sad tires in a mile-<qex>a</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>Ab*ac"tor</hw> <pr>(-t<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>abigere</ets> to drive away; <ets>ab</ets> + <ets>agere</ets> to drive.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*bac"u*lus</hw> <pr>(<adot/b*<acr/k"<usl/*l<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Abaculi</plw> <pr>(-l<imac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., dim. of <ets>abacus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.</def>  <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>A*bac"u*lus</hw> <pr>(<adot/b*<acr/k"<usl/*l<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Abaculi</plw> <pr>(-l<imac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., dim. of <ets>abacus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.</def>  <rj><au>Fairholt.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>Ab"a*cus</hw> <pr>(<acr/b"<adot/*k<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; E. <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Abacuses</plw> ; L. pl. <plw>Abaci</plw> <pr>(-s<imac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>abacus</ets>, <ets>abax</ets>, Gr. <grk>'a`bax</grk>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ Thy bold attempt.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>Ab*al`ien*a"tion</hw> <pr>(-<amac/l`y<eit/n*<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>abalienatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>abali\'82nation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ab`a*lo"ne</hw> <pr>(<acr/b`<adot/*l<omac/"n<esl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A univalve mollusk of the genus <gen>Haliotis</gen>. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ab`a*lo"ne</hw> <pr>(<acr/b`<adot/*l<omac/"n<esl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A univalve mollusk of the genus <gen>Haliotis</gen>. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>abampere</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fr>1</fr> <fld>(Electricity)</fld>  <def>a unit of electrical current equal to 10 amperes.</def><br/

@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ Thy bold attempt.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>A*ban"don</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>abandon</ets>. fr. <ets>abandonner</ets>. See <er>Abandon</er>, <pos>v.</pos>]</ety> <def>Abandonment; relinquishment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A`ban`don"</hw> <pr>(<adot/`b<aum/N`d<ocir/N")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Abandon</er>.]</ety> <def>A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A`ban`don"</hw> <pr>(<adot/`b<aum/N`d<ocir/N")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Abandon</er>.]</ety> <def>A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*ban"doned</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/n"d<ucr/nd)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Forsaken, deserted.</def> \'bdYour <xex>abandoned</xex> streams.\'b8  <rj><au>Thomson.</au></rj><br/

@@ -727,13 +727,13 @@ Thy bold attempt.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><sn>4.</sn> <def>Careless freedom or ease; abandon.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*ban"dum</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/n"d<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. See <er>Abandon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Anything forfeited or confiscated.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*ban"dum</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/n"d<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. See <er>Abandon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Anything forfeited or confiscated.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ab"a*net</hw> <pr>(<acr/b"<adot/*n<ecr/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Abnet</er>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*ban"ga</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/<nsm/"g<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Name given by the negroes in the island of St. Thomas.]</ety> <def>A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*ban"ga</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/<nsm/"g<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Name given by the negroes in the island of St. Thomas.]</ety> <def>A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw>{ <hw>Ab`an*na"tion</hw> <pr>(<acr/b`<acr/n*n<amac/"sh<ucr/n)</pr>, <hw>Ab`an*nition</hw> <pr>(<acr/b`<acr/n*n<icr/sh"<ucr/n)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>abannatio</ets>; <ets>ad</ets> + LL. <ets>bannire</ets> to banish.]</ety> <fld>(Old Law)</fld> <def>Banishment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bailey.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>A*bash"ment</hw> <pr>(-m<eit/nt)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82bahissement</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*ba"si*a</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<amac/"zh<icr/*<adot/; -z<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.; Gr. <grk>'a-</grk> not + <grk>ba`sis</grk> a step.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inability to co\'94rdinate muscular actions properly in walking.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>A*ba"sic</wf> <pr>(<adot/*b<amac/"s<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/

+<p><hw>A*ba"si*a</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<amac/"zh<icr/*<adot/; -z<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.; Gr. <grk>'a-</grk> not + <grk>ba`sis</grk> a step.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inability to co\'94rdinate muscular actions properly in walking.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>A*ba"sic</wf> <pr>(<adot/*b<amac/"s<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/

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-<p><mhw>{ \'d8<hw>A*bas"si</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/s"s<icr/)</pr>, \'d8<hw>A*bas"sis</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/s"s<icr/s)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. & Per. <ets>ab\'bes\'c6</ets>, belonging to Abas (a king of Persia).]</ety> <def>A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents.</def><br/

+<p><mhw>{ <hw>A*bas"si</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/s"s<icr/)</pr>, <hw>A*bas"sis</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<acr/s"s<icr/s)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. & Per. <ets>ab\'bes\'c6</ets>, belonging to Abas (a king of Persia).]</ety> <def>A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*bat"a*ble</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<amac/t"<adot/*b'l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Capable of being abated; <as>as, an <ex>abatable</ex> writ or nuisance</as>.</def><br/

@@ -888,13 +888,13 @@ Awhile as mute, <qex>confounded</qex> what to say.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></r
 <p><hw>A*ba"tor</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<amac/t"<etil/r)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One who abates a nuisance.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.</def>  <rj><au>Blackstone.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A`bat`toir"</hw> <pr>(<adot/`b<adot/t`tw<aum/r")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Abattoirs</plw> <pr>(-tw<aum/rz")</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>abattre</ets> to beat down. See <er>Abate</er>.]</ety> <def>A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A`bat`toir"</hw> <pr>(<adot/`b<adot/t`tw<aum/r")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Abattoirs</plw> <pr>(-tw<aum/rz")</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>abattre</ets> to beat down. See <er>Abate</er>.]</ety> <def>A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ab"a*ture</hw> <pr>(<adot/b"<adot/*t<usl/r; 135)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>abatture</ets>, fr. <ets>abattre</ets>. See <er>Abate</er>.]</ety> <def>Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.</def>  <rj><au>Crabb.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A`bat`voix"</hw> <pr>(<adot/`b<adot/`vw<aum/")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>abattre</ets> to beat down + <ets>voix</ets> voice.]</ety> <def>The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A`bat`voix"</hw> <pr>(<adot/`b<adot/`vw<aum/")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>abattre</ets> to beat down + <ets>voix</ets> voice.]</ety> <def>The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ab*awed"</hw> <pr>(<acr/b*<add/d")</pr>, <pos>p. p.</pos> <ety>[Perh. p. p. of a verb fr. OF. <ets>abaubir</ets> to frighten, disconcert, fr. L. <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>balbus</ets> stammering.]</ety> <def>Astonished; abashed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/

@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ Awhile as mute, <qex>confounded</qex> what to say.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></r
 <p><hw>Ab*bat"ic*al</hw> <pr>(<acr/b*b<acr/t"<icr/*k<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Abbatial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ab"b\'82`</hw> <pr>(<adot/b"b<asl/`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>abb\'82</ets>. See <er>Abbot</er>.]</ety> <def>The French word answering to the English <xex>abbot</xex>, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ab"b\'82`</hw> <pr>(<adot/b"b<asl/`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>abb\'82</ets>. See <er>Abbot</er>.]</ety> <def>The French word answering to the English <xex>abbot</xex>, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.</def><br/

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 <p><note><hand/ After the 16th century, the name was given, in social parlance, to candidates for some priory or abbey in the gift of the crown. Many of these aspirants became well known in literary and fashionable life. By further extension, the name came to be applied to unbeneficed secular ecclesiastics generally.</note>  <rj><au>Littr\'82.</au></rj><br/

@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ Awhile as mute, <qex>confounded</qex> what to say.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></r
 <p><cs><col><b>A B C book</b></col>, <cd>a primer.</cd>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj></cs><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ab"dal</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>bad\'c6l</ets>, pl. <ets>abd\'bel</ets>, a substitute, a good, religious man, saint, fr. <ets>badala</ets> to change, substitute.]</ety> <def>A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ab"dal</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>bad\'c6l</ets>, pl. <ets>abd\'bel</ets>, a substitute, a good, religious man, saint, fr. <ets>badala</ets> to change, substitute.]</ety> <def>A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ab*de"ri*an</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Abdera</ets>, a town in Thrace, of which place Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher, was a native.]</ety> <def>Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.</def><br/

@@ -1118,10 +1118,10 @@ Awhile as mute, <qex>confounded</qex> what to say.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></r
 <p><hw>Ab*dom"i*nal</hw>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu>E. pl. <plw>Abdominals</plw>, L. pl. <plw>Abdominales</plw>.</plu> <def>A fish of the group Abdominales.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ab*dom`i*na"les</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., masc. pl.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ab*dom`i*na"les</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., masc. pl.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ab*dom`i*na"li*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., neut. pl.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ab*dom`i*na"li*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., neut. pl.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ab*dom`i*nos"co*py</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>abdomen</ets> + Gr. <?/ to examine.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease.</def><br/

@@ -1371,10 +1371,10 @@ Who rashly thus exposed his wealth?</q> <rj><qau>Gay.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>A*bey"ant</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Being in a state of abeyance.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ab"ge*ord`ne*ten*haus`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[G.]</ety> <def>See <er>Legislature</er>, <xex>Austria</xex>, <xex>Prussia</xex>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ab"ge*ord`ne*ten*haus`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[G.]</ety> <def>See <er>Legislature</er>, <xex>Austria</xex>, <xex>Prussia</xex>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ab"hal</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ab"hal</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The berries of a species of cypress in the East Indies.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ab*hom"i*na*ble</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Abominable.</def> <note>[A false orthography anciently used; <xex>h</xex> was foisted into various words; hence <xex>abholish</xex>, for <xex>abolish</xex>, etc.]</note><br/

@@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@ I spurn <qex>abhorrent</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Clover.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Object of abhorrence.</def>  <rj><au>Isa. lxvi. 24.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A"bib</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>ab\'c6b</ets>, lit. an ear of corn. The month was so called from barley being at that time in ear.]</ety> <def>The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called <altname>Nisan</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Kitto.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>A"bib</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>ab\'c6b</ets>, lit. an ear of corn. The month was so called from barley being at that time in ear.]</ety> <def>The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called <altname>Nisan</altname>.</def>  <rj><au>Kitto.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>A*bid"ance</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (<xex>with</xex>).</def><br/

@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ I spurn <qex>abhorrent</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Clover.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>A*bid"ing*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Permanently.</def>  <rj><au>Carlyle.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A"bi*es</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fir tree.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A"bi*es</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fir tree.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ab"i*e*tene</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>abies</ets>, <ets>abietis</ets>, a fir tree.]</ety> <def>A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (<spn>Pinus sabiniana</spn>) of California.</def><br/

@@ -1756,7 +1756,7 @@ And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown<br/
 <p><cs><col><b>ablative absolute</b></col>, <cd>a construction in Latin, in which a noun in the ablative case has a participle (either expressed or implied), agreeing with it in gender, number, and case, both words forming a clause by themselves and being unconnected, grammatically, with the rest of the sentence; as, <xex>Tarquinio regnante</xex>, Pythagoras venit, <it>i. e.</it>, Tarquinius reigning, Pythagoras came.</cd></cs><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ab"laut</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ger., off-sound; <ets>ab</ets> off + <ets>laut</ets> sound.]</ety> <fld>(Philol.)</fld> <def>The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, <xex>get</xex>, <xex>gat</xex>, <xex>got</xex>; <xex>sing</xex>, <xex>song</xex>; <xex>hang</xex>, <xex>hung</xex>.</def>  <rj><au>Earle.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>Ab"laut</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ger., off-sound; <ets>ab</ets> off + <ets>laut</ets> sound.]</ety> <fld>(Philol.)</fld> <def>The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, <xex>get</xex>, <xex>gat</xex>, <xex>got</xex>; <xex>sing</xex>, <xex>song</xex>; <xex>hang</xex>, <xex>hung</xex>.</def>  <rj><au>Earle.</au></rj><br/

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@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ And broken chariot wheels; so thick bestrown<br/
 <p><hw>Ab"ne*ga`tor</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who abnegates, denies, or rejects anything.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ab"net</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb.]</ety> <def>The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ab"net</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb.]</ety> <def>The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ab"no*date</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>abnodatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>abnodare</ets>; <ets>ab</ets> + <ets>nodus</ets> knot.]</ety> <def>To clear (tress) from knots.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Blount.</au></rj><br/

@@ -2036,10 +2036,10 @@ Caught at the hilt, as to <qex>abolish</qex> him.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></
 <p><hw>Ab`o*li`tion*ize</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To imbue with the principles of abolitionism.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bartlett.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*bo"ma</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large South American serpent (<spn>Boa aboma</spn>).</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*bo"ma</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large South American serpent (<spn>Boa aboma</spn>).</def><br/

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-<p><mhw>{ \'d8<hw>Ab`o*ma"sum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, \'d8<hw>Ab`o*ma"sus</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>ab</ets> + <ets>omasum</ets> (a Celtic word).]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach <xex>omasum</xex>. See <er>Ruminantia</er>.</def><br/

+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ab`o*ma"sum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Ab`o*ma"sus</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>ab</ets> + <ets>omasum</ets> (a Celtic word).]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach <xex>omasum</xex>. See <er>Ruminantia</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*bom"i*na*ble</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>abominable</ets>. L. <ets>abominalis</ets>. See <er>Abominate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.</def><br/

@@ -2094,7 +2094,7 @@ Caught at the hilt, as to <qex>abolish</qex> him.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></
 <p><hw>Ab*o"ral</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ab</ets>. + E. <ets>oral</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*bord"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Manner of approaching or accosting; address.</def>  <rj><au>Chesterfield.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>A*bord"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Manner of approaching or accosting; address.</def>  <rj><au>Chesterfield.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>A*bord"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>aborder</ets>, <ets>\'85</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + <ets>bord</ets> rim, brim, or side of a vessel. See <er>Border</er>, <er>Board</er>.]</ety> <def>To approach; to accost.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Digby.</au></rj><br/

@@ -2407,7 +2407,7 @@ Caught at the hilt, as to <qex>abolish</qex> him.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></
 <p><hw>A*box"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv. & a.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Braced aback.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A"bra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp., a bay, valley, fissure.]</ety> <def>A narrow pass or defile; a break in a mesa; the mouth of a ca\'a4on.</def> <mark>[Southwestern U. S.]</mark><br/

+<p><hw>A"bra</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp., a bay, valley, fissure.]</ety> <def>A narrow pass or defile; a break in a mesa; the mouth of a ca\'a4on.</def> <mark>[Southwestern U. S.]</mark><br/

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 <p><hw>Ab`ra*ca*dab"ra</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. Of unknown origin.]</ety> <def>A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.</def><br/

@@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ Caught at the hilt, as to <qex>abolish</qex> him.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></
 <p><hw>A*bran"chi*al</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Abranchiate.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*bran`chi*a"ta</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/, pl., the gills of fishes.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*bran`chi*a"ta</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/, pl., the gills of fishes.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*bran"chi*ate</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Without gills.</def><br/

@@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ Caught at the hilt, as to <qex>abolish</qex> him.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></
 <p><mhw><hw>A*braum"</hw> <it>or</it> <hw>A*braum" salts</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ger., fr. <ets>abr\'84umen</ets> to remove.]</ety> <def>A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*brax"as</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[A name adopted by the Egyptian Gnostic Basilides, containing the Greek letters <alpha/, <beta/, <rho/, <alpha/, <xi/, <alpha/, <sigma/, which, as numerals, amounted to 365. It was used to signify the supreme deity as ruler of the 365 heavens of his system.]</ety> <def>A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*brax"as</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[A name adopted by the Egyptian Gnostic Basilides, containing the Greek letters <alpha/, <beta/, <rho/, <alpha/, <xi/, <alpha/, <sigma/, which, as numerals, amounted to 365. It was used to signify the supreme deity as ruler of the 365 heavens of his system.]</ety> <def>A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*bray"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v.</pos> <ety>[A false form from the preterit <ets>abraid</ets>, <ets>abrayde</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Abraid</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/

@@ -2512,7 +2512,7 @@ Caught at the hilt, as to <qex>abolish</qex> him.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></
 <p><hw>Ab*rep"tion</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>abreptus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>abripere</ets> to snatch away; <ets>ab</ets> + <ets>rapere</ets> to snatch.]</ety> <def>A snatching away.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A`breu`voir"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., a watering place.]</ety> <fld>(Masonry)</fld> <def>The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.</def>  <rj><au>Gwilt.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>A`breu`voir"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., a watering place.]</ety> <fld>(Masonry)</fld> <def>The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.</def>  <rj><au>Gwilt.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>A"bri*cock</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Apricot</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

@@ -3142,7 +3142,7 @@ My other cares?</q> <rj><qau>Addison.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>Ab*squat"u*late</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <def>To take one's self off; to decamp.</def> <mark>[A jocular word. U. S.]</mark><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Abs"que hoc</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L., without this.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Abs"que hoc</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L., without this.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ab*stain"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Abstained</conjf> <pr>(<?/)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Abstaining</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>absteynen</ets>, <ets>abstenen</ets>, OF. <ets>astenir</ets>, <ets>abstenir</ets>, F. <ets>abstenir</ets>, fr. L. <ets>abstinere</ets>, <ets>abstentum</ets>, v. t. & v. i., to keep from; <ets>ab</ets>, <ets>abs</ets> + <ets>tenere</ets> to hold. See <er>Tenable</er>.]</ety> <def>To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with <xex>from</xex>.</def><br/

@@ -3507,7 +3507,7 @@ Of Heaven hath modeled.</q> <rj><qau>Ford.</qau></rj><br/
 <syn><b>Syn. --</b> aboulic</syn><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*bu"na</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<oomac/"n<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Eth. and Ar., our father.]</ety> <def>The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*bu"na</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<oomac/"n<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Eth. and Ar., our father.]</ety> <def>The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*bun"dance</hw> <pr>(<adot/*b<ucr/n"d<ait/ns)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>(h)abundaunce</ets>, <ets>abundance</ets>, F. <ets>abondance</ets>, L. <ets>abundantia</ets>, fr. <ets>abundare</ets>. See <er>Abound</er>.]</ety> <def>An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number.</def><br/

@@ -3841,13 +3841,13 @@ Profaneness, filthiness, <qex>abusiveness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Herbert.</qau></rj
 <p><cs><col><b>Acadian epoch</b></col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>an epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American rocks known to be fossiliferous. See <er>Geology</er>.</cd> -- <col><b>Acadian owl</b></col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small North American owl (<spn>Nyctule Acadica</spn>); the saw-whet.</cd></cs><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac"a*jou</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Cashew</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See <er>Cashew</er>.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The mahogany tree; also, its timber.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac"a*jou</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Cashew</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See <er>Cashew</er>.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The mahogany tree; also, its timber.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw>{ <hw>Ac"a*leph</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Ac`a*le"phan</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr> }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Acalephs</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <plw>Acalephans</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[See <er>Acaleph\'91</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Acaleph\'91.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`a*le"ph\'91</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/, a nettle.]</ety> <def>A group of C\'d2lenterata, including the Medus\'91 or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called <altname>sea nettles</altname>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`a*le"ph\'91</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/, a nettle.]</ety> <def>A group of C\'d2lenterata, including the Medus\'91 or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. Sometimes called <altname>sea nettles</altname>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac`ale"phoid</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Acaleph</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Belonging to or resembling the Acaleph\'91 or jellyfishes.</def><br/

@@ -3859,7 +3859,7 @@ Profaneness, filthiness, <qex>abusiveness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Herbert.</qau></rj
 <p><hw>A*canth"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Acanthus</er>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*can"tha</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ thorn, fr. <?/ point. See <er>Acute</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A prickle.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*can"tha</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ thorn, fr. <?/ point. See <er>Acute</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A prickle.</def><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A spine or prickly fin.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*can`tho*car"pous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ thorn + <?/ fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the fruit covered with spines.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*can`tho*ceph"a*la</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ a spine, thorn + <?/ head.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*can`tho*ceph"a*la</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ a spine, thorn + <?/ head.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*can`tho*ceph"a*lous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.</def><br/

@@ -3902,7 +3902,7 @@ Profaneness, filthiness, <qex>abusiveness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Herbert.</qau></rj
 <p><hw>A*can`tho*po"di*ous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ thorn + <?/, <?/, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having spinous petioles.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`an*thop"ter*i</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ thorn + <?/ wing, fin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See <er>Acanthopterygii</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`an*thop"ter*i</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ thorn + <?/ wing, fin.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See <er>Acanthopterygii</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac`an*thop"ter*ous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ spine + <?/ wing.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Spiny-winged.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*an</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch.</def>  -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A spiny-finned fish.</def></def2><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*i</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ thorn + <?/ fin, dim. fr. <?/ wing.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*i</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ thorn + <?/ fin, dim. fr. <?/ wing.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*ous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A cap*pel"la</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[It. See <er>Chapel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; <as>as, a mass <ex>a capella</ex>, i. e., a mass purely vocal</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A time indication, equivalent to <xex>alla breve</xex>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A cap*pel"la</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[It. See <er>Chapel</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; <as>as, a mass <ex>a capella</ex>, i. e., a mass purely vocal</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A time indication, equivalent to <xex>alla breve</xex>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*cap"su*lar</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> not + <ets>capsular</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having no capsule.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*car"i*dan</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Acarus</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of a group of arachnids, including the mites and ticks.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`a*ri"na</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ a mite.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`a*ri"na</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ a mite.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac"a*rine</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Of or caused by <xex>acari</xex> or mites; <as>as, <ex>acarine</ex> diseases</as>.</def><br/

@@ -3975,7 +3975,7 @@ Profaneness, filthiness, <qex>abusiveness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Herbert.</qau></rj
 <p><hw>A*car"pous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ fruit.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Not producing fruit; unfruitful.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac"a*rus</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Acari</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ the cheese mite, tick.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus including many species of small mites.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac"a*rus</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Acari</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ the cheese mite, tick.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus including many species of small mites.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*cat`a*lec"tic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>acatalecticus</ets>, Gr. <?/, not defective at the end; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ to cease.]</ety> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>Not defective; complete; <as>as, an <ex>acatalectic</ex> verse</as>.</def>  -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables.</def></def2><br/

@@ -4041,7 +4041,7 @@ Profaneness, filthiness, <qex>abusiveness</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Herbert.</qau></rj
 <p><hw>Ac*ced"er</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who accedes.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac*cel`er*an"do</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Gradually accelerating the movement.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac*cel`er*an"do</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Gradually accelerating the movement.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac*cel"er*ate</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Accelerated</conjf> <pr>(<?/)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Accelerating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>acceleratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>accelerare</ets>; <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>celerare</ets> to hasten; <ets>celer</ets> quick. See <er>Celerity</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to <ant>retard</ant>.</def><br/

@@ -4486,7 +4486,7 @@ His <qex>access</qex> to me.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Abettor; accomplice; ally; coadjutor. See <er>Abettor</er>.</syn><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac*ciac`ca*tu"ra</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It., from <ets>acciaccare</ets> to crush.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short <xex>appoggiatura</xex>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac*ciac`ca*tu"ra</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[It., from <ets>acciaccare</ets> to crush.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short <xex>appoggiatura</xex>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac"ci*dence</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[A corruption of Eng. <ets>accidents</ets>, pl. of <ets>accident</ets>. See <er>Accident</er>, 2.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/

@@ -4571,7 +4571,7 @@ It is the very place God meant for thee.</q> <rj><qau>Trench.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>Ac*cip"i*ent</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>accipiens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>accipere</ets>. See <er>Accept</er>.]</ety> <def>A receiver.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bailey</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac*cip"i*ter</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Accipiters</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. L. <plw>Accipitres</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., hawk.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac*cip"i*ter</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Accipiters</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. L. <plw>Accipitres</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., hawk.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.</def><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.</def><br/

@@ -4580,7 +4580,7 @@ It is the very place God meant for thee.</q> <rj><qau>Trench.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>Ac*cip"i*tral</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike.</def>  <rj><au>Lowell.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac*cip"i*tres</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., hawks.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac*cip"i*tres</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., hawks.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Accipitridae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fr>1</fr> <def>a family of birds consisting of the hawks; -- this family includes the Old World vultures; kites; harriers; and eagles.</def><br/

@@ -4594,7 +4594,7 @@ It is the very place God meant for thee.</q> <rj><qau>Trench.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>Ac*cip"i*trine</hw> <pr>(#; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>accipitrin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac*cis"mus</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>Affected refusal; coyness.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac*cis"mus</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>Affected refusal; coyness.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac*cite"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>accitus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>accire</ets>, <ets>accere</ets>, to call for; <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>ciere</ets> to move, call. See <er>Cite</er>.]</ety> <def>To cite; to summon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

@@ -5114,13 +5114,13 @@ And wisdom falls before exterior grace.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>Ac*cost"ed</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac*couche"ment</hw> <pr>(#; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>accoucher</ets> to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery, OF. <ets>acouchier</ets> orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L. <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>collocare</ets> to lay, put, place. See <er>Collate</er>.]</ety> <def>Delivery in childbed</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac*couche"ment</hw> <pr>(#; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>accoucher</ets> to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery, OF. <ets>acouchier</ets> orig. to lay down, put to bed, go to bed; L. <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>collocare</ets> to lay, put, place. See <er>Collate</er>.]</ety> <def>Delivery in childbed</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac*cou*cheur"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>accoucher</ets>. See <er>Accouchement</er>.]</ety> <def>A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac*cou*cheur"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>accoucher</ets>. See <er>Accouchement</er>.]</ety> <def>A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac*cou*cheuse"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.., fem. of <ets>accoucher</ets>.]</ety> <def>A midwife.</def> <mark>[Recent]</mark>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>Ac*cou*cheuse"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.., fem. of <ets>accoucher</ets>.]</ety> <def>A midwife.</def> <mark>[Recent]</mark>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac*count"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>acount</ets>, <ets>account</ets>, <ets>accompt</ets>, OF. <ets>acont</ets>, fr. <ets>aconter</ets>. See <er>Account</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos>, <er>Count</er>, <pos>n.</pos>, 1.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; <as>as, the Julian <ex>account</ex> of time</as>.</def><br/

@@ -5757,7 +5757,7 @@ To taint that honor every good tongue blesses.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>Ac"e*phal</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ head: cf. F. <ets>ac\'82phale</ets>, LL. <ets>acephalus</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Acephala.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*ceph"a*la</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, adj. neut. pl., headless. See <er>Acephal</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See <er>Mollusca</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*ceph"a*la</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, adj. neut. pl., headless. See <er>Acephal</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See <er>Mollusca</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*ceph"a*lan</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Acephal</er>.</def><br/

@@ -5766,7 +5766,7 @@ To taint that honor every good tongue blesses.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>A*ceph"a*lan</hw>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Belonging to the Acephala.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*ceph"a*li</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[LL., pl. of <ets>acephalus</ets>. See <er>Acephal</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*ceph"a*li</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[LL., pl. of <ets>acephalus</ets>. See <er>Acephal</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.</def><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A Christian sect without a leader.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.</def><br/

@@ -5891,7 +5891,7 @@ To taint that honor every good tongue blesses.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>Ac`e*tab"u*lar</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped; acetabuliform.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`e*tab`u*lif"e*ra</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Acetabuliferous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See <er>Cephalopoda</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`e*tab`u*lif"e*ra</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Acetabuliferous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See <er>Cephalopoda</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac`e*tab`u*lif"er*ous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L.  <ets>acetablum</ets> a little cup + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac`e*tab"u*li*form</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>acetabulum</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Shaped like a shallow cup; saucer-shaped; <as>as, an <ex>acetabuliform</ex> calyx</as>.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`e*tab"u*lum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a little saucer for vinegar, fr. <ets>acetum</ets> vinegar, fr. <ets>acere</ets> to be sour.]</ety><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`e*tab"u*lum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a little saucer for vinegar, fr. <ets>acetum</ets> vinegar, fr. <ets>acere</ets> to be sour.]</ety><br/

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 <p><sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Rom. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac`e*tom"e*ter</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Acetimeter</er>.</def>  <rj><au>Brande & C.</au></rj><br/

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-<p><mhw>\'d8<hw>Ac`e*to*n\'91"mi*a</hw>, <hw>-ne"mi*a</hw></mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Acetone</er>; <er>H<ae/ma-</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid condition characterized by the presence of acetone in the blood, as in diabetes.</def><br/

+<p><mhw><hw>Ac`e*to*n\'91"mi*a</hw>, <hw>-ne"mi*a</hw></mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Acetone</er>; <er>H<ae/ma-</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid condition characterized by the presence of acetone in the blood, as in diabetes.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac"e*tone</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Acetic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac`e*ton"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of or pertaining to acetone; <as>as, <ex>acetonic</ex> bodies</as>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`e*to*nu"ri*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Acetone</er>; <er>Urine</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Excess of acetone in the urine, as in starvation or diabetes; -- a form of <isa>ketonuria</isa>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`e*to*nu"ri*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>Acetone</er>; <er>Urine</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Excess of acetone in the urine, as in starvation or diabetes; -- a form of <isa>ketonuria</isa>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>acetophenetidin</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fr>1</fr>  <def>a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw>{ <hw>A*ch\'91"an</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>A*cha"ian</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr> }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Achaeus</ets>, <ets>Achaius</ets>; Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian.</def>  -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A native of Achaia; a Greek.</def></def2><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*char"ne*ment</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Savage fierceness; ferocity.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*char"ne*ment</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Savage fierceness; ferocity.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ach"ate</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An agate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Evelyn.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Provisions. Same as <er>Cates</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ach`a*ti"na</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ agate.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ach`a*ti"na</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ agate.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*cha*tour"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Cater</er>.]</ety> <def>Purveyor; acater.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/

@@ -6100,7 +6100,7 @@ To taint that honor every good tongue blesses.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
 <syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus Acheta</syn><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A` che*val"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[F., lit., on horseback.]</ety> <def>Astride; with a part on each side; -- used specif. in designating the position of an army with the wings separated by some line of demarcation, as a river or road.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A` che*val"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[F., lit., on horseback.]</ety> <def>Astride; with a part on each side; -- used specif. in designating the position of an army with the wings separated by some line of demarcation, as a river or road.</def><br/

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 <p><q>A position <qex>\'85 cheval</qex> on a river is not one which a general willingly assumes.</q>  <rj><qau>Swinton.</qau></rj><br/

@@ -6187,7 +6187,7 @@ That paragons description.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><q>The <qex>aching</qex> heart, the <qex>aching</qex> head.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A`chi*o"te</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>achiote</ets>, fr. Indian <ets>achiotl</ets>.]</ety> <def>Seeds of the annotto tree; also, the coloring matter, annotto.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A`chi*o"te</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>achiote</ets>, fr. Indian <ets>achiotl</ets>.]</ety> <def>Seeds of the annotto tree; also, the coloring matter, annotto.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*chlam"y*date</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/. <?/. a short cloak.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Not possessing a mantle; -- said of certain gastropods.</def><br/

@@ -6196,7 +6196,7 @@ That paragons description.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>Ach`la*myd"e*ous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Naked; having no floral envelope, neither calyx nor corolla.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*cho"li*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ bile.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Deficiency or lack of bile.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*cho"li*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ bile.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Deficiency or lack of bile.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ach"o*lous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Lacking bile.</def><br/

@@ -6279,7 +6279,7 @@ That paragons description.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>A*chy"mous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ without juice.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Without chyme.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*cic"u*la</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Acicul\'91</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a small needle, dimin. of <ets>acus</ets> needle.]</ety> <fld>(Nat. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*cic"u*la</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Acicul\'91</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a small needle, dimin. of <ets>acus</ets> needle.]</ety> <fld>(Nat. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*cic"u*lar</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needles.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac"i*na"ceous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>acinus</ets> a grape, grapestone.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*cin"a*ces</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., from Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Anc. Hist.)</fld> <def>A short sword or saber.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*cin"a*ces</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., from Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Anc. Hist.)</fld> <def>A short sword or saber.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac`i*nac"i*form</hw> <pr>(<acr/s`<icr/*n<acr/s"<icr/*f<ocir/rm)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>acinaces</ets> a short sword + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>acinaciforme</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Scimeter-shaped; <as>as, an <ex>acinaciform</ex> leaf</as>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`i*ne"si*a</hw> <pr>(<acr/s`<icr/*n<emac/"s<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Akinesia</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`i*ne"si*a</hw> <pr>(<acr/s`<icr/*n<emac/"s<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Akinesia</er>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`i*ne"t\'91</hw> <pr>(<acr/s`<icr/*n<emac/"t<emac/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'akinhtos</grk> immovable.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage are stationary. See <er>Suctoria</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`i*ne"t\'91</hw> <pr>(<acr/s`<icr/*n<emac/"t<emac/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'akinhtos</grk> immovable.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of suctorial Infusoria, which in the adult stage are stationary. See <er>Suctoria</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac`i*net"i*form</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Acinet\'91</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Resembling the Acinet\'91.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac"i*nus</hw> <pr>(<acr/s"<icr/*n<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Acini</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., grape, grapestone.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A grapestone.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac"i*nus</hw> <pr>(<acr/s"<icr/*n<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Acini</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., grape, grapestone.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A grapestone.</def><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.</def>  <rj><au>Quain.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`i*pen"ser</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[L., the name of a fish.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See <er>Sturgeon</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`i*pen"ser</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[L., the name of a fish.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See <er>Sturgeon</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Acipenseridae</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos>  <def>The natural family of fish including the sturgeons.</def><br/

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 <p><cs><col><b>Winter aconite</b></col>, <cd>a plant (<spn>Eranthis hyemalis</spn>) allied to the aconites.</cd></cs><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`o*ni"ti*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Aconitine</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`o*ni"ti*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Aconitine</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac`o*nit"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to aconite.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*con"i*tine</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`o*ni"tum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. See <er>Aconite</er>.]</ety> <def>The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`o*ni"tum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. See <er>Aconite</er>.]</ety> <def>The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.</def><br/

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 <p><q>Strong<br/

 As <qex>aconitum</qex> or rash gunpowder.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*con"ti*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ a little dart.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (<xex>cnid\'91</xex>), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actini\'91 when irritated.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*con"ti*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ a little dart.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (<xex>cnid\'91</xex>), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actini\'91 when irritated.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*con"ti*as</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/, fr. <?/, dim. <?/ dart.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Anciently, a snake, called <altname>dart snake</altname>; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*con"ti*as</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/, fr. <?/, dim. <?/ dart.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Anciently, a snake, called <altname>dart snake</altname>; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*cop"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> priv. + <?/ striking. weariness, <?/ to strike.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Relieving weariness; restorative.</def><br/

@@ -6970,7 +6970,7 @@ For such a sum, from special officers.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>Ac*quit"ter</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who acquits or releases.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*cra"ni*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ skull.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Partial or total absence of the skull.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*cra"ni*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ skull.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Partial or total absence of the skull.</def><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.</def><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <def>To impair; to destroy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hacket.</au></rj><br/

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-<p><mhw>{ \'d8<hw>A*cra"si*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Ac"ra*sy</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr> }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>akrasia</grk>.]</ety> <def>Excess; intemperance.</def> <mark>[Obs. except in <xex>Med</xex>.]</mark>  <rj><au>Farindon.</au></rj><br/

+<p><mhw>{ <hw>A*cra"si*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Ac"ra*sy</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr> }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>akrasia</grk>.]</ety> <def>Excess; intemperance.</def> <mark>[Obs. except in <xex>Med</xex>.]</mark>  <rj><au>Farindon.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*cras"pe*da</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ border.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*cras"pe*da</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ border.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A"cre</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>aker</ets>, AS. <ets>\'91cer</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>accar</ets>, OHG. <ets>achar</ets>, Ger. <ets>acker</ets>, Icel. <ets>akr</ets>, Sw. <ets>\'86ker</ets>, Dan. <ets>ager</ets>, Goth. <ets>akrs</ets>, L. <ets>ager</ets>, Gr. <?/, Skr. <ets>ajra</ets>. \'fb2, 206.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Any field of arable or pasture land.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

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 <p><q>A just reverence of mankind prevents the growth of <qex>harshness</qex> and brutality.</q> <rj><qau>Shaftesbury.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p><mhw>{ \'d8<hw>A*cris"i*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Ac"ri*sy</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>acrisia</ets>, Gr. <?/; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ to separate, to decide.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Inability to judge.</def><br/

+<p><mhw>{ <hw>A*cris"i*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Ac"ri*sy</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>acrisia</ets>, Gr. <?/; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ to separate, to decide.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Inability to judge.</def><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Undecided character of a disease.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac"ri*ta</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ indiscernible; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ to distinguish.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac"ri*ta</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ indiscernible; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ to distinguish.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac"ri*tan</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Acrita.</def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>An individual of the Acrita.</def></def2><br/

@@ -7158,7 +7158,7 @@ The burial ground, <qex>God's acre</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br
 <syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus Acrocomia</syn><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`ro*dac"tyl*um</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ topmost + <?/ finger.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The upper surface of the toes, individually.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`ro*dac"tyl*um</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ topmost + <?/ finger.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The upper surface of the toes, individually.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac"ro*dont</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'a`kros</grk> summit + <grk>'odoy`s</grk>, <grk>'odo`ntos</grk>, a tooth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.</def> -- <def2><pos>a.</pos>  <def>Of or pertaining to the acrodonts.</def></def2><br/

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 <p><hw>A*cro"mi*al</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>acromial</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the acromion.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*cro"mi*on</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <grk>'a`kros</grk> extreme + <?/ shoulder: cf. F. <ets>acromion</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*cro"mi*on</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <grk>'a`kros</grk> extreme + <?/ shoulder: cf. F. <ets>acromion</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The outer extremity of the shoulder blade.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac`ro*mon`o*gram*mat"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'a`kros</grk> extreme + <?/ alone + <?/ a letter.]</ety> <def>Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`ro*po"di*um</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'a`kros</grk> topmost + <grk>poy`s</grk>, <grk>podo`s</grk>, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The entire upper surface of the foot.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`ro*po"di*um</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'a`kros</grk> topmost + <grk>poy`s</grk>, <grk>podo`s</grk>, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The entire upper surface of the foot.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*crop"o*lis</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'akro`polis</grk>; <grk>'a`kros</grk> extreme + <grk>po`lis</grk> city.]</ety> <def>The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`ro*tar"si*um</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ topmost + <?/ tarsus.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The instep or front of the tarsus.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`ro*tar"si*um</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ topmost + <?/ tarsus.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The instep or front of the tarsus.</def><br/

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@@ -7288,7 +7288,7 @@ The burial ground, <qex>God's acre</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Longfellow.</qau></rj><br
 <p><hw>Ac`ro*te"ri*al</hw> <pr>(<acr/k`r<osl/*t<emac/"r<icr/*<ait/l)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to an acroterium; <as>as, <ex>acroterial</ex> ornaments</as>.</def>  <rj><au>P. Cyc.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`ro*te`ri*um</hw> <pr>(-<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Acroteria</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <grk>'akrwth`rion</grk> summit, fr. <grk>'a`kros</grk> topmost.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture.</def> <au>J. H. Parker.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`ro*te`ri*um</hw> <pr>(-<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Acroteria</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <grk>'akrwth`rion</grk> summit, fr. <grk>'a`kros</grk> topmost.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture.</def> <au>J. H. Parker.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*crot"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ an extreme, fr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to or affecting the surface.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`ti*na"ri*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/, <?/, ray.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`ti*na"ri*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/, <?/, ray.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Act"ing</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Operating in any way.</def><br/

@@ -7434,7 +7434,7 @@ Could <qex>act</qex> extortion and the worst of crimes.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qa
 <p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Doing duty for another; officiating; <as>as, an   <ex>acting</ex> superintendent</as>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac*tin"i*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Actini\'91</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, E. <plw>Actinias</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Latinized fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, ray.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family <fam>Actinid\'91</fam>.  From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called <altname>animal flowers</altname> and <altname>sea anemones</altname>. [See <er>Polyp</er>.].</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A genus in the family <fam>Actinid\'91</fam>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac*tin"i*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> L. <plw>Actini\'91</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, E. <plw>Actinias</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Latinized fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, ray.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family <fam>Actinid\'91</fam>.  From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called <altname>animal flowers</altname> and <altname>sea anemones</altname>. [See <er>Polyp</er>.].</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A genus in the family <fam>Actinid\'91</fam>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>actinian</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>any sea anemone or related animal.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac*tin"o*stome</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, a ray + <?/ mouth.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The mouth or anterior opening of a c\'d2lenterate animal.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac`ti*not"ro*cha</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.; Gr. <?/, <?/, a ray + <?/ a ring.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A peculiar larval form of <gen>Phoronis</gen>, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac`ti*not"ro*cha</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.; Gr. <?/, <?/, a ray + <?/ a ring.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A peculiar larval form of <gen>Phoronis</gen>, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac"ti*no*zo"a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, ray + <grk>zw^,on</grk> animal.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of C\'d2lenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac"ti*no*zo"a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, ray + <grk>zw^,on</grk> animal.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of C\'d2lenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac`ti*no*zo"al</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac"ti*no*zo"\'94n</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Actinozoa.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac"ti*no*zo"\'94n</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Actinozoa.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ac*tin"u*la</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, a ray.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (<gen>Tubularia</gen>), having a stellate form.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ac*tin"u*la</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, a ray.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (<gen>Tubularia</gen>), having a stellate form.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac"tion</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>action</ets>, L. <ets>actio</ets>, fr. <ets>agere</ets> to do. See <er>Act</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another; the effect of power exerted on one body by another; agency; activity; operation; <as>as, the <ex>action</ex> of heat; a man of <ex>action</ex>.</as></def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*cu"le*ous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Aculeate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <au>Sir T. Browne.</au><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*cu"le*us</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Aculei</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., dim. of <ets>acus</ets> needle.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.</def>  <rj><au>Lindley.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>A*cu"le*us</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Aculei</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., dim. of <ets>acus</ets> needle.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.</def>  <rj><au>Lindley.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A sting.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ac"yl</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Ac</ets>id + <ets>-yl</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Org. Chem.)</fld> <def>An acid radical, as acetyl, malonyl, or benzoyl.  An acyl radical can be depicted as <chform>R-CO-</chform>, where <chform>-CO-</chform> is the carbonyl group, and R is the group that characterizes the acyl moiety.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad-</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[A Latin preposition, signifying <ets>to</ets>. See <er>At</er>.]</ety> <def>As a prefix <xex>ad-</xex> assumes the forms <xex>ac-</xex>, <xex>af-</xex>, <xex>ag-</xex>, <xex>al-</xex>, <xex>an-</xex>, <xex>ap-</xex>, <xex>ar-</xex>, <xex>as-</xex>, <xex>at-</xex>, assimilating the <it>d</it> with the first letter of the word to which <xex>ad-</xex> is prefixed. It remains unchanged before vowels, and before <it>d</it>, <it>h</it>, <it>j</it>, <it>m</it>, <it>v</it>. Examples: <xex>ad</xex>duce, <xex>ad</xex>here, <xex>ad</xex>jacent, <xex>ad</xex>mit, <xex>ad</xex>vent, <xex>ac</xex>cord, <xex>af</xex>fect, <xex>ag</xex>gregate, <xex>al</xex>lude, <xex>an</xex>nex, <xex>ap</xex>pear, etc. It becomes <xex>ac-</xex> before <it>qu</it>, as in <xex>ac</xex>quiesce.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad-</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[A Latin preposition, signifying <ets>to</ets>. See <er>At</er>.]</ety> <def>As a prefix <xex>ad-</xex> assumes the forms <xex>ac-</xex>, <xex>af-</xex>, <xex>ag-</xex>, <xex>al-</xex>, <xex>an-</xex>, <xex>ap-</xex>, <xex>ar-</xex>, <xex>as-</xex>, <xex>at-</xex>, assimilating the <it>d</it> with the first letter of the word to which <xex>ad-</xex> is prefixed. It remains unchanged before vowels, and before <it>d</it>, <it>h</it>, <it>j</it>, <it>m</it>, <it>v</it>. Examples: <xex>ad</xex>duce, <xex>ad</xex>here, <xex>ad</xex>jacent, <xex>ad</xex>mit, <xex>ad</xex>vent, <xex>ac</xex>cord, <xex>af</xex>fect, <xex>ag</xex>gregate, <xex>al</xex>lude, <xex>an</xex>nex, <xex>ap</xex>pear, etc. It becomes <xex>ac-</xex> before <it>qu</it>, as in <xex>ac</xex>quiesce.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ad*act"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>adactus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>adigere</ets>.]</ety> <def>To compel; to drive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fotherby.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>A*da"gi*al</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to an adage; proverbial.</def> \'bd<xex>Adagial</xex> verse.\'b8  <rj><au>Barrow.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*da"gio</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>adagio</ets>; <ets>ad</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) at + <ets>agio</ets> convenience, leisure, ease. See <er>Agio</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, <xex>adagio</xex>, <xex>adagio</xex>, it directs the movement to be very slow.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*da"gio</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>adagio</ets>; <ets>ad</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) at + <ets>agio</ets> convenience, leisure, ease. See <er>Agio</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, <xex>adagio</xex>, <xex>adagio</xex>, it directs the movement to be very slow.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*da"gio</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A piece of music in <xex>adagio</xex> time; a slow movement; <as>as, an <ex>adagio</ex> of Haydn</as>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*da"gio</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A piece of music in <xex>adagio</xex> time; a slow movement; <as>as, an <ex>adagio</ex> of Haydn</as>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ad"am</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*dan"gle</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Dangling.</def>  <rj><au>Browning.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad`an*so"ni*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Adanson</ets>, a French botanist.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of great trees related to the Bombax.  There are two species, <spn>Adansonia digitata</spn>, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and <spn>Adansonia Gregorii</spn>, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia.  Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head.  The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp.  The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth.</def>  <rj><au>D. C. Eaton.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>Ad`an*so"ni*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Adanson</ets>, a French botanist.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of great trees related to the Bombax.  There are two species, <spn>Adansonia digitata</spn>, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and <spn>Adansonia Gregorii</spn>, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia.  Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head.  The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp.  The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth.</def>  <rj><au>D. C. Eaton.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Adapa</hw> <ety>[Babylonian.]</ety> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a demigod or first man: "seed of mankind"; sometimes identified with Adam.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Adapa</hw> <ety>[Babylonian.]</ety> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a demigod or first man: "seed of mankind"; sometimes identified with Adam.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Adapid</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fr>1</fr>  <def>extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs and lorises; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins.</def><br/

@@ -8217,13 +8217,13 @@ To your decays <qex>adapts</qex> my sight.</q> <rj><qau>Swift.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>Ad`ap*to"ri*al</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Adaptive.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A"dar</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>ad\'84r</ets>.]</ety> <def>The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A"dar</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>ad\'84r</ets>.]</ety> <def>The twelfth month of the Hebrew ecclesiastical year, and the sixth of the civil. It corresponded nearly with March.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*dar"ce</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>adarce</ets>, <ets>adarca</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy.</def>  <rj><au>Dana.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>A*dar"ce</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>adarce</ets>, <ets>adarca</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy.</def>  <rj><au>Dana.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad"a*tis</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fine cotton cloth of India.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad"a*tis</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A fine cotton cloth of India.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*daunt"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>adaunten</ets> to overpower, OF. <ets>adonter</ets>; <ets>\'85</ets> (L. <ets>ad</ets>) + <ets>donter</ets>, F. <ets>dompter</ets>. See <er>Daunt</er>.]</ety> <def>To daunt; to subdue; to mitigate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Skelton.</au></rj><br/

@@ -8247,7 +8247,7 @@ Till that he be <qex>adawed</qex> verily.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>A*days"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> (for <ets>on</ets>) + <ets>day</ets>; the final <it>s</it> was orig. a genitive ending, afterwards forming adverbs.]</ety> <def>By day, or every day; in the daytime.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Fielding.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad cap*tan"dum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L., for catching.]</ety> <def>A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad cap*tan"dum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L., for catching.]</ety> <def>A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Add</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Added</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Adding</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[L. <ets>addere</ets>; <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>dare</ets> to give, put. Cf. <er>Date</er>, <er>Do</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To give by way of increased possession (<xex>to</xex> any one); to bestow (<xex>on</xex>).</def><br/

@@ -8301,7 +8301,7 @@ False fugitive, and to thy speed <qex>add</qex> wings.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau
 <p><hw>addend</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a number that is added to another number.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad*den"dum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Addenda</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>addere</ets> to add.]</ety> <def>A thing to be added; an appendix or addition.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad*den"dum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Addenda</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>addere</ets> to add.]</ety> <def>A thing to be added; an appendix or addition.</def><br/

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 <p><cs><col><b>Addendum circle</b></col> <fld>(Mech.)</fld>, <cd>the circle which may be described around a circular spur wheel or gear wheel, touching the crests or tips of the teeth.</cd>  <rj><au>Rankine.</au></rj></cs><br/

@@ -8629,13 +8629,13 @@ False fugitive, and to thy speed <qex>add</qex> wings.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau
 <p><hw>A*deem"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>adimere</ets>. See <er>Ademption</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A`de*lan`ta*dil"lo</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A`de*lan`ta*dil"lo</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>A Spanish red wine made of the first ripe grapes.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A`de*lan*ta"do</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp., prop. p. of <ets>adelantar</ets> to advance, to promote.]</ety> <def>A governor of a province; a commander.</def>  <rj><au>Prescott.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>A`de*lan*ta"do</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp., prop. p. of <ets>adelantar</ets> to advance, to promote.]</ety> <def>A governor of a province; a commander.</def>  <rj><au>Prescott.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad*e*las"ter</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ not manifest + <?/ a star.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad*e*las"ter</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ not manifest + <?/ a star.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ad"el*ing</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Atheling</er>.</def><br/

@@ -8647,7 +8647,7 @@ False fugitive, and to thy speed <qex>add</qex> wings.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau
 <p><hw>A*del"o*pod</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ invisible + <?/, <?/, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An animal having feet that are not apparent.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*del"phi*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'adelfo`s</grk> brother.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A \'bdbrotherhood,\'b8 or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- <as>used in composition, as in the class names, Mon<ex>adelphia</ex>, Di<ex>adelphia</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/

+<p><hw>A*del"phi*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'adelfo`s</grk> brother.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A \'bdbrotherhood,\'b8 or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- <as>used in composition, as in the class names, Mon<ex>adelphia</ex>, Di<ex>adelphia</ex>, etc.</as></def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*del"phous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'adelfo`s</grk> brother.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; <as>as, <ex>adelphous</ex> stamens</as>. Usually in composition; <as>as, mon<ex>adelphous</ex></as>.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/

@@ -8666,13 +8666,13 @@ False fugitive, and to thy speed <qex>add</qex> wings.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau
 <p><mhw><hw>Aden-</hw> or <hw>Adeno-</hw>.</mhw> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, gland.]</ety> <def>Combining forms of the Greek word for <xex>gland</xex>; -- used in words relating to the structure, diseases, etc., of the glands.</def><br/

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-<p><mhw>{ \'d8<hw>Ad`e*nal"gi*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Ad"e*nal`gy</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ pain.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Pain in a gland.</def><br/

+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ad`e*nal"gi*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Ad"e*nal`gy</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <?/ pain.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Pain in a gland.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*den"i*form</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Aden-</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Shaped like a gland; adenoid.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad`e*ni"tis</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Aden-</ets> + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Glandular inflammation.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>Ad`e*ni"tis</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Aden-</ets> + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Glandular inflammation.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>Ad`e*no*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Pertaining to adenography.</def><br/

@@ -8693,7 +8693,7 @@ False fugitive, and to thy speed <qex>add</qex> wings.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau
 <p><hw>Ad`e*nol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Adeno-</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The part of physiology that treats of the glands.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad`e*no"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>L. pl.</it> <plw>-mata</plw> <pr>(#)</pr></plu>. <ety>[NL.; <ets>adeno-</ets> + <ets>-oma</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A benign tumor of a glandlike structure; morbid enlargement of a gland.</def> <wordforms>-- <wf>Ad`e*nom"a*tous</wf> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/

+<p><hw>Ad`e*no"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>L. pl.</it> <plw>-mata</plw> <pr>(#)</pr></plu>. <ety>[NL.; <ets>adeno-</ets> + <ets>-oma</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A benign tumor of a glandlike structure; morbid enlargement of a gland.</def> <wordforms>-- <wf>Ad`e*nom"a*tous</wf> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/

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 <p><hw>Ad"e*nop"a*thy</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>Adeno-</ets> + Gr. <?/ suffering, <?/ to suffer.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Disease of a gland.</def><br/

@@ -8705,7 +8705,7 @@ False fugitive, and to thy speed <qex>add</qex> wings.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau
 <p><hw>Ad`e*noph"yl*lous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Adeno-</ets> + Gr. <?/ leaf.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having glands on the leaves.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad"e*no*scle*ro"sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.; <ets>adeno-</ets> + <ets>sclerosis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The hardening of a gland.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad"e*no*scle*ro"sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.; <ets>adeno-</ets> + <ets>sclerosis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The hardening of a gland.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ad"e*nose`</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Like a gland; full of glands; glandulous; adenous.</def><br/

@@ -8723,7 +8723,7 @@ False fugitive, and to thy speed <qex>add</qex> wings.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau
 <p><hw>A"den ul"cer</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[So named after <etsep>Aden</etsep>, a seaport in Southern Arabia, where it occurs.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease endemic in various parts of tropical Asia, due to a specific micro\'94rganism which produces chronic ulcers on the limbs. It is often fatal. Called also <altname>Cochin China ulcer</altname>, <altname>Persian ulcer</altname>, <altname>tropical ulcer</altname>, etc.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad"eps</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Animal fat; lard.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad"eps</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Animal fat; lard.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*dept"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>adeptus</ets> obtained (sc. <ets>artem</ets>), <?/he who has obtained an art, p. p. of <ets>adipsci</ets> to arrive <?/at, to obtain; <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>apisci</ets> to pursue. See <er>Apt</er>, and cf. <er>Adapt</er>.]</ety> <def>One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; <as>as, <ex>adepts</ex> in philosophy</as>.</def><br/

@@ -8906,7 +8906,7 @@ False fugitive, and to thy speed <qex>add</qex> wings.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau
 <p><hw>Ad`hi*bi"tion</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>adhibitio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of adhibiting; application; use.</def>  <rj><au>Whitaker.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad hom"i*nem</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L., to the man.]</ety> <def>A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad hom"i*nem</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L., to the man.]</ety> <def>A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ad*hort"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>adhortari</ets>. See <er>Adhortation</er>.]</ety> <def>To exhort; to advise.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Feltham.</au></rj><br/

@@ -8930,7 +8930,7 @@ False fugitive, and to thy speed <qex>add</qex> wings.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau
 <p><hw>Ad`i*ac*tin"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> not + <ets>diactinic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Not transmitting the actinic rays.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad`i*an"tum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, maidenhair; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ to wet.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad`i*an"tum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, maidenhair; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ to wet.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ad`i*aph"o*rism</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Religious indifference.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*dight"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>p. p.</pos> <conjf>Adight</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> (intensive) + OE. <ets>dihten</ets>. See <er>Dight</er>.]</ety> <def>To set in order; to array; to attire; to deck, to dress.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad in`fi*ni"tum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L., to infinity.]</ety> <def>Without limit; endlessly.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad in`fi*ni"tum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L., to infinity.]</ety> <def>Without limit; endlessly.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad in"ter*im</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Meanwhile; temporary.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad in"ter*im</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Meanwhile; temporary.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A`dios"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[Sp., fr. L. <ets>ad</ets> to + <ets>deus</ets> god. Cf. <er>Adieu</er>.]</ety> <def>Adieu; farewell; good-by; -- chiefly used among Spanish-speaking people.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A`dios"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[Sp., fr. L. <ets>ad</ets> to + <ets>deus</ets> god. Cf. <er>Adieu</er>.]</ety> <def>Adieu; farewell; good-by; -- chiefly used among Spanish-speaking people.</def><br/

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 <p><note><hand/ This word is often pronounced <pr>\'86*d<emac/"<osl/s</pr>, but the Spanish accent, though weak, is on the final syllable.</note><br/

@@ -9005,13 +9005,13 @@ False fugitive, and to thy speed <qex>add</qex> wings.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau
 <p><hw>Ad`i*pog"e*nous</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Adipose</er>; <er>-genous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Producing fat.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad`i*pol"y*sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.; L. <ets>adeps</ets>, <ets>adipis</ets>, fat + Gr. <?/ a loosing.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The digestion of fats.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad`i*pol"y*sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.; L. <ets>adeps</ets>, <ets>adipis</ets>, fat + Gr. <?/ a loosing.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The digestion of fats.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ad`i*po*lyt"ic</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>adeps</ets>, <ets>adipis</ets>, fat + Gr. <?/ to loose.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Hydrolyzing fats; converting neutral fats into glycerin and free fatty acids, esp. by the action of an enzyme; <as>as, <ex>adipolytic</ex> action</as>.  Contrast <er>saponify</er>, to hydrolyze fat by the action of an alkali.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad`i*po"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>L. pl.</it> <plw>-mata</plw> <pr>(#)</pr></plu>. <ety>[NL. See <er>Adipose</er>; <er>-oma</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ad`i*pom"a*tous</wf> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/

+<p><hw>Ad`i*po"ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>L. pl.</it> <plw>-mata</plw> <pr>(#)</pr></plu>. <ety>[NL. See <er>Adipose</er>; <er>-oma</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ad`i*pom"a*tous</wf> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/

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 <p><hw>Ad"i*pose`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue, composed mainly of varying mixtures of tripalmitin, tristearin, and triolein. It solidifies after death.</def><br/

@@ -9441,7 +9441,7 @@ For want of well pronouncing Shibboleth.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>Ad`le*ga"tion</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>adlegatio</ets>, <ets>allegatio</ets>, a sending away; fr. <ets>adlegare</ets>, <ets>allegare</ets>, to send away with a commission; <ets>ad</ets> in addition + <ets>legare</ets> to send as ambassador. Cf. <er>Allegation</er>.]</ety> <def>A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.</def>  <rj><au>Encyc. Brit.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad lib"i*tum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <def>At one's pleasure; as one wishes.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad lib"i*tum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <def>At one's pleasure; as one wishes.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ad`lo*cu"tion</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Allocution</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

@@ -9803,7 +9803,7 @@ Whate'er is best <qex>administered</qex> is best.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><
 <p><hw>Ad*mit"tance</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Elec.)</fld> <def>The reciprocal of impedance.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad`mit*ta"tur</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., let him be admitted.]</ety> <def>The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad`mit*ta"tur</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., let him be admitted.]</ety> <def>The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ad*mit"ted</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Received as true or valid; acknowledged.</def>  -- <def2><hw>Ad*mit"ted*ly</hw> <pos>adv.</pos> <def>Confessedly.</def></def2><br/

@@ -9931,7 +9931,7 @@ The danger, and the lurking enemy.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><q>Let's follow to see the end of this <qex>ado</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*do"be</hw> <pr>(<adot/*d<omac/"b<asl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, <as>as, an <ex>adobe</ex> house, in Texas or New Mexico</as>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*do"be</hw> <pr>(<adot/*d<omac/"b<asl/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, <as>as, an <ex>adobe</ex> house, in Texas or New Mexico</as>.</def><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <def>Earth from which unburnt bricks are made.</def> <mark>[Western U. S.]</mark><br/

@@ -9965,7 +9965,7 @@ Detain their <qex>adolescent</qex> charge too long.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></
 <p><hw>Ad`o*les"cent</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A youth.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad`o*na"i</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>ad<omac/n\'bei</ets>, lit., my lord.]</ety> <def>A Hebrew name for God, usually translated in the Old Testament by the word \'bdLord\'b8.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad`o*na"i</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Heb. <ets>ad<omac/n\'bei</ets>, lit., my lord.]</ety> <def>A Hebrew name for God, usually translated in the Old Testament by the word \'bdLord\'b8.</def><br/

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 <p><note><hand/ The later Jews used its vowel points to fill out the tetragrammaton <er>Yhvh</er>, or <er>Ihvh</er>, \'bdthe incommunicable name,\'b8 and in reading substituted \'bdAdonai\'b8.</note><br/

@@ -9980,7 +9980,7 @@ Detain their <qex>adolescent</qex> charge too long.</q> <rj><qau>Cowper.</qau></
 <p><cs><col><b>Adonic verse</b></col>, <cd>a verse consisting of a dactyl and spondee (-- \'de \'de | -- --).</cd></cs><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*do"nis</hw> <pr>(<adot/*d<omac/"n<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., gr. Gr. <grk>'A`dwnis</grk>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Gr. Myth.)</fld> <def>A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*do"nis</hw> <pr>(<adot/*d<omac/"n<icr/s)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., gr. Gr. <grk>'A`dwnis</grk>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Gr. Myth.)</fld> <def>A youth beloved by Venus for his beauty. He was killed in the chase by a wild boar.</def><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A pre\'89minently beautiful young man; a dandy.</def><br/

@@ -10291,7 +10291,7 @@ His looks <qex>adorned</qex> the venerable place.</q> <rj><qau>Goldsmith.</qau><
 <p><hw>Ad*su"ki bean</hw> <pr>(<acr/d*s<oomac/"k<icr/; <acr/d*z<oomac/"k<icr/)</pr>. <ety>[Jap. <ets>adzuki</ets>.]</ety> <def>A cultivated variety of the Asiatic gram, now introduced into the United States.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad`u*la"ri*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Adula</ets>, a mountain peak in Switzerland, where fine specimens are found.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries <xex>moonstone</xex>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad`u*la"ri*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Adula</ets>, a mountain peak in Switzerland, where fine specimens are found.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries <xex>moonstone</xex>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ad"u*late</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>adulatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>adulari</ets>.]</ety> <def>To flatter in a servile way.</def>  <rj><au>Byron.</au></rj><br/

@@ -10524,7 +10524,7 @@ With titles blown from <qex>adulation</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>Cauterization.</def>  <rj><au>Buchanan.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad va*lo"rem</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L., according to the value.]</ety> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; <as>as, an <ex>ad valorem</ex> duty of twenty per cent</as>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad va*lo"rem</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L., according to the value.]</ety> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in opposition to a specific sum upon a given quantity or number; <as>as, an <ex>ad valorem</ex> duty of twenty per cent</as>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ad*vance"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Advanced</conjf> <pr>(<?/)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Advancing</conjf> <pr>(<?/)</pr>(#).]</vmorph> <ety>[OE. <ets>avancen</ets>, <ets>avauncen</ets>, F. <ets>avancer</ets>, fr. a supposed LL. <ets>abantiare</ets>; <ets>ab</ets> + <ets>ante</ets> (F. <ets>avant</ets>) before. The spelling with <it>d</it> was a mistake, <ets>a-</ets> being supposed to be fr. L. <ets>ad</ets>. See <er>Avaunt</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.</def><br/

@@ -10903,7 +10903,7 @@ With titles blown from <qex>adulation</qex>?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>Ad*ver"bi*al*ly</hw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In the manner of an adverb.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad`ver*sa"ri*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>adversaria</ets> (sc. <ets>scripta</ets>), neut. pl. of <ets>adversarius</ets>.]</ety> <def>A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad`ver*sa"ri*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>adversaria</ets> (sc. <ets>scripta</ets>), neut. pl. of <ets>adversarius</ets>.]</ety> <def>A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.</def><br/

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 <p><q>These parchments are supposed to have been St. Paul's <qex>adversaria</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Bp. Bull.</qau></rj><br/

@@ -11268,7 +11268,7 @@ That thus without <qex>advice</qex> begin to love her?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau><
 <p><hw>Ad*ward"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Award.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Spenser.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad`y*na"mi*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>adynamia</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ lack of strength; <?/ priv + <?/ power, strength.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>Ad`y*na"mi*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>adynamia</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ lack of strength; <?/ priv + <?/ power, strength.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever.</def>  <rj><au>Dunglison.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>Ad`y*nam"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>adynamique</ets>. See <er>Adynamy</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or characterized by, debility of the vital powers; weak.</def><br/

@@ -11283,7 +11283,7 @@ That thus without <qex>advice</qex> begin to love her?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau><
 <p><hw>A*dyn"a*my</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Adynamia.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Morin.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ad"y*tum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <plu><plw>Adyta</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, n., fr. <?/, a., not to be entered; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ to enter.]</ety> <def>The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ad"y*tum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <plu><plw>Adyta</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, n., fr. <?/, a., not to be entered; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ to enter.]</ety> <def>The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw>{ <hw>Adz</hw>, <hw>Adze</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>adese</ets>, <ets>adis</ets>, <ets>adse</ets>, AS. <ets>adesa</ets>, <ets>adese</ets>, ax, hatchet.]</ety> <def>A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.</def><br/

@@ -11295,7 +11295,7 @@ That thus without <qex>advice</qex> begin to love her?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau><
 <p><mhw><hw>\'92</hw> or <hw>Ae</hw></mhw>. <def>A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. <grk>ai</grk>. The Anglo-Saxon short <it>\'91</it> was generally replaced by <xex>a</xex>, the long <aemac/ by <it>e</it> or <it>ee</it>.  In derivatives from Latin words with <it>ae</it>, it is mostly superseded by <it>e</it>. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>\'92*cid"i*um</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>\'92cidia</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., dim. of Gr. <?/ injury.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.</def><br/

+<p><hw>\'92*cid"i*um</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>\'92cidia</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL., dim. of Gr. <?/ injury.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>\'92"dile</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>aedilis</ets>, fr. <ets>aedes</ets> temple, public building. Cf. <er>Edify</er>.]</ety> <def>A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.</def><br/

@@ -11307,7 +11307,7 @@ That thus without <qex>advice</qex> begin to love her?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau><
 <p><hw>\'92*ge"an</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Aegeus</ets>; Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See <er>Archipelago</er>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>\'92`gi*cra"ni*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, goat + <?/, n. pl., heads.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.</def><br/

+<p><hw>\'92`gi*cra"ni*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/, goat + <?/, n. pl., heads.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>\'92g"i*lops</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>aegilopis</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/, gen. <?/, goat + <?/ eye.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.</def><br/

@@ -11316,13 +11316,13 @@ That thus without <qex>advice</qex> begin to love her?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau><
 <p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The great wild-oat grass or other cornfield weed.</def> <au>Crabb.</au> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A genus of plants, called also <altname>hardgrass</altname>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>\'92"gis</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>aegis</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ a goat skin, a shield, <?/ goat, or fr. <?/ to rush.]</ety> <def>A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.</def><br/

+<p><hw>\'92"gis</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>aegis</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ a goat skin, a shield, <?/ goat, or fr. <?/ to rush.]</ety> <def>A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>\'92*goph"o*ny</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Egophony</er>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>\'92*gro"tat</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., he is sick.]</ety> <fld>(Camb. Univ.)</fld> <def>A medical certificate that a student is ill.</def><br/

+<p><hw>\'92*gro"tat</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., he is sick.]</ety> <fld>(Camb. Univ.)</fld> <def>A medical certificate that a student is ill.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Aegyptopithecus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>an extinct primate of about 38 million years ago; -- fossils were found in <etsep>Egypt</etsep>.</def><br/

@@ -11415,7 +11415,7 @@ That thus without <qex>advice</qex> begin to love her?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau><
 <syn><b>Syn. --</b> order Aepyorniformes</syn><br/

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-<p><mhw><hw>aepyornis</hw>, \'d8<hw>\'92`py*or"nis</hw></mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ high + <?/ bird.]</ety> <def>A gigantic (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird, of which fossils were found in Madagascar.</def><br/

+<p><mhw><hw>aepyornis</hw>, <hw>\'92`py*or"nis</hw></mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ high + <?/ bird.]</ety> <def>A gigantic (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird, of which fossils were found in Madagascar.</def><br/

 <syn><b>Syn. --</b> elephant bird</syn><br/

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@@ -11467,7 +11467,7 @@ That thus without <qex>advice</qex> begin to love her?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau><
 <p><sn>2.</sn> <def>an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage).</def><br/

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-<p><mhw>{ <hw>A"\'89r*en`chym</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>,  \'d8<hw>A`\'89r*en"chy*ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>a\'89renchyma</ets>. See <er>A\'89ro-</er>; <er>Enchyma</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A secondary respiratory tissue or modified periderm, found in many aquatic plants and distinguished by the large intercellular spaces.</def><br/

+<p><mhw>{ <hw>A"\'89r*en`chym</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>,  <hw>A`\'89r*en"chy*ma</hw> <pr>(?)</pr> }</mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. <ets>a\'89renchyma</ets>. See <er>A\'89ro-</er>; <er>Enchyma</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A secondary respiratory tissue or modified periderm, found in many aquatic plants and distinguished by the large intercellular spaces.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw><hw>aerial</hw>, <hw>A*\'89"ri*al</hw></mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>a\'89rius</ets>. See <er>Air</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; <as>as, <ex>a\'89rial</ex> regions or currents; the <ex>a\'89rial</ex> maneuvers of a fighter plane</as>.</def> \'bd<xex>A\'89rial</xex> spirits.\'b8 <au>Milton.</au> \'bd<xex>A\'89rial</xex> voyages.\'b8 <au>Darwin.</au><br/

@@ -11689,7 +11689,7 @@ That thus without <qex>advice</qex> begin to love her?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau><
 <p><hw>A`\'89r*o*naut"ics</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; a\'89rial navigation; ballooning.</def><br/

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-<p><mhw>{ \'d8<hw>A`\'89r*o*pho"bi*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>A`\'89r*oph"o*by</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>A\'89ro-</ets> + Gr. <?/ fear: cf. F. <ets>a\'82rophobie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Dread of a current of air.</def><br/

+<p><mhw>{ <hw>A`\'89r*o*pho"bi*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>A`\'89r*oph"o*by</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>A\'89ro-</ets> + Gr. <?/ fear: cf. F. <ets>a\'82rophobie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Dread of a current of air.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A"\'89r*o*phone`</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>A\'89ro-</ets> + Gr. <?/ voice.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A form of combined speaking and ear trumpet.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An instrument, proposed by Edison, for greatly intensifying speech. It consists of a phonograph diaphragm so arranged that its action opens and closes valves, producing synchronous air blasts sufficient to operate a larger diaphragm with greater amplitude of vibration.</def><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The science of weighing air; a\'89rostatics.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A"\'89r*o*tax`is</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>A\'89ro-</er>; <er>Taxis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bacteriology)</fld> <def>The positive or negative stimulus exerted by oxygen on a\'89robic and ana\'89robic bacteria.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>A`\'89r*o*tac"tic</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/

+<p><hw>A"\'89r*o*tax`is</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL. See <er>A\'89ro-</er>; <er>Taxis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bacteriology)</fld> <def>The positive or negative stimulus exerted by oxygen on a\'89robic and ana\'89robic bacteria.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>A`\'89r*o*tac"tic</wf> <pr>(#)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos></wordforms><br/

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 <p><hw>A`\'89r*o*ther`a*peu"tics</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>  <ety>[<ets>A\'89ro-</ets> + <ets>therapeutics</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>\'92*ru"gi*nous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>aeruginosus</ets>, fr. <ets>aerugo</ets> rust of copper, fr. <ets>aes</ets> copper: cf. F. <ets>\'82rugineux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of the nature or color of verdigris, or the rust of copper.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>\'92*ru"go</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>aes</ets> brass, copper.]</ety> <def>The rust of any metal, esp. of brass or copper; verdigris.</def><br/

+<p><hw>\'92*ru"go</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>aes</ets> brass, copper.]</ety> <def>The rust of any metal, esp. of brass or copper; verdigris.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ae"ry</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>An aerie.</def><br/

@@ -11786,7 +11786,7 @@ That thus without <qex>advice</qex> begin to love her?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau><
 <p><hw>\'92s"cu*lin</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Esculin</er>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>\'92"sir</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Icel., pl. of <ets>\'bess</ets> god.]</ety> <def>In the old Norse mythology, the gods Odin, Thor, Loki, Balder, Frigg, and the others. Their home was called Asgard.</def><br/

+<p><hw>\'92"sir</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[Icel., pl. of <ets>\'bess</ets> god.]</ety> <def>In the old Norse mythology, the gods Odin, Thor, Loki, Balder, Frigg, and the others. Their home was called Asgard.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>\'92*so"pi*an</hw>, <hw>E*so"pi*an</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Aesopius</ets>, from Gr. <?/, fr. the famous Greek fabulist \'92sop <pr>(<?/)</pr>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to \'92sop, or in his manner.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw><hw>\'92*sop"ic</hw>, <hw>E*sop"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Aesopicus</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>\'92sopian</er>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>\'92s*the"si*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ sensation, fr. <?/ to perceive.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of <xex>an\'91sthesia</xex>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>\'92s*the"si*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ sensation, fr. <?/ to perceive.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of <xex>an\'91sthesia</xex>.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw><hw>\'92s*the`si*om"e*ter</hw>, <hw>Es*the`si*om"e*ter</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ (see <er>\'92sthesia</er>) + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument to measure the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>\'92s*the""sis</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Sensuous perception.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ruskin.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>\'92s*the""sis</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Sensuous perception.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Ruskin.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>\'92s`the*sod"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ sensation + <?/ a way; cf. F. <ets>esth\'82sodique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Conveying sensory or afferent impulses; \'d0 said of nerves.</def><br/

@@ -11879,7 +11879,7 @@ That thus without <qex>advice</qex> begin to love her?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau><
 <p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The assignment of a cause.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A`\'89*ti"tes</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/) stone, fr. <?/ eagle.]</ety> <def>See <er>Eaglestone</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A`\'89*ti"tes</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/) stone, fr. <?/ eagle.]</ety> <def>See <er>Eaglestone</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*far"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> (for <ets>on</ets> or <ets>of</ets>) + <ets>far</ets>.]</ety> <def>At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with <xex>from</xex> preceding, or <xex>off</xex> following; <as>as, he was seen from <ex>afar</ex>; I saw him <ex>afar</ex> off.</as></def><br/

@@ -11894,7 +11894,7 @@ That thus without <qex>advice</qex> begin to love her?</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau><
 <p><q>Be not <qex>afeard</qex>; the isle is full of noises.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A"fer</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>The southwest wind.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>A"fer</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>The southwest wind.</def>  <rj><au>Milton.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>Af`fa*bil"i*ty</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>affabilitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>affabilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior.</def><br/

@@ -12233,7 +12233,7 @@ That to <qex>affections</qex> does the bridle lend.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau><
 <p><hw>Af"fer*ent</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>afferens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>afferre</ets>; <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to <ant>efferent</ant>; <as>as, <ex>afferent</ex> vessels; <ex>afferent</ex> nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.</as></def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Af*fet`tu*o"so</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>With feeling.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Af*fet`tu*o"so</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>With feeling.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Af*fi"ance</hw> <pr>(<acr/f*f<imac/"<ait/ns)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>afiaunce</ets> trust, confidence, OF. <ets>afiance</ets>, fr. <ets>afier</ets> to trust, fr. LL. <ets>affidare</ets> to trust; <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>fidare</ets> to trust, fr. L. <ets>fides</ets> faith. See <er>Faith</er>, and cf. <er>Affidavit</er>, <er>Affy</er>, <er>Confidence</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.</def> <mark>[archaic]</mark><br/

@@ -12267,7 +12267,7 @@ Most joy and most <qex>affiance</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Tennyson.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><syn><b>Syn.</b> -- Deponent. See <er>Deponent</er>.</syn><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Af`fiche"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>afficher</ets> to affix.]</ety> <def>A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Af`fiche"</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>afficher</ets> to affix.]</ety> <def>A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Af`fi*da"vit</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>affidavit</ets> he has made oath, perfect tense of <ets>affidare</ets>. See <er>Affiance</er>, <er>Affy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate.</def>  <rj><au>Bouvier.</au>  <au>Burrill.</au></rj><br/

@@ -13044,7 +13044,7 @@ On hostile ground, none daring my <qex>affront</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau>
 <p><hw>A*fore"time`</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <def>In time past; formerly.</def> \'bdHe prayed . . . as he did <xex>aforetime</xex>.\'b8  <rj><au>Dan. vi. 10.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A for`ti*o"ri</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Logic & Math.)</fld> <def>With stronger reason.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A for`ti*o"ri</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Logic & Math.)</fld> <def>With stronger reason.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*foul"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv. & a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>foul</ets>.]</ety> <def>In collision; entangled.</def>  <rj><au>Totten.</au></rj><br/

@@ -13351,7 +13351,7 @@ On hostile ground, none daring my <qex>affront</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau>
 <p><hw>Aft"ward</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Toward the stern.</def><br/

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-<p><mhw>\'d8<hw>A*ga"</hw> or \'d8<hw>A*gha"</hw> <pr>(<adot/*g<aum/" <it>or</it> <amac/"g<adot/)</pr></mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Turk. <ets>agh\'be</ets> a great lord, chief master.]</ety> <def>In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect.</def><br/

+<p><mhw><hw>A*ga"</hw> or <hw>A*gha"</hw> <pr>(<adot/*g<aum/" <it>or</it> <amac/"g<adot/)</pr></mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Turk. <ets>agh\'be</ets> a great lord, chief master.]</ety> <def>In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*gain"</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>agein</ets>, <ets>agayn</ets>, AS. <ets>ongegn</ets>, <ets>onge\'a0n</ets>, against, again; <ets>on</ets> + <ets>ge\'a0n</ets>, akin to Ger. <ets>gegewn</ets> against, Icel. <ets>gegn</ets>. Cf. <er>Gainsay</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In return, back; <as>as, bring us word <ex>again</ex></as>.</def><br/

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-<p><mhw>{ \'d8<hw>Ag`a*lac"ti*a</hw> <pr>(<acr/g`<adot/*l<acr/k"t<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <hw>Ag"a*lax`y</hw> <pr>(<acr/g"<adot/*l<acr/k`s<ycr/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'agalakti`a</grk>; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <grk>ga`la</grk>, <grk>gala`ktos</grk>]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth.</def><br/

+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ag`a*lac"ti*a</hw> <pr>(<acr/g`<adot/*l<acr/k"t<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <hw>Ag"a*lax`y</hw> <pr>(<acr/g"<adot/*l<acr/k`s<ycr/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'agalakti`a</grk>; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <grk>ga`la</grk>, <grk>gala`ktos</grk>]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ag`a*lac"tous</hw> <pr>(<acr/g`<adot/*l<acr/k"t<ucr/s)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Lacking milk to suckle with.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A`gal-a"gal</hw> <pr>(<aum/`g<acr/l*<aum/"g<acr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Agar-agar</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A`gal-a"gal</hw> <pr>(<aum/`g<acr/l*<aum/"g<acr/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Agar-agar</er>.</def><br/

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-<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ag"al*loch</hw> <pr>(<acr/g"<acr/l*l<ocr/k)</pr>, \'d8<hw>A*gal"lo*chum</hw> <pr>(<adot/*g<acr/l"l<osl/*k<ucr/m)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>a`ga`llochon</grk>, of Eastern origin: cf. Skr. <ets>aguru</ets>, Heb. pl. <ets>ah\'bel\'c6m</ets>.]</ety> <def>A soft, resinous wood (<spn>Aquilaria Agallocha</spn>) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume.  It is called also <altname>agalwood</altname> and <altname>aloes wood</altname>.  The name is also given to some other species.</def><br/

+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Ag"al*loch</hw> <pr>(<acr/g"<acr/l*l<ocr/k)</pr>, <hw>A*gal"lo*chum</hw> <pr>(<adot/*g<acr/l"l<osl/*k<ucr/m)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>a`ga`llochon</grk>, of Eastern origin: cf. Skr. <ets>aguru</ets>, Heb. pl. <ets>ah\'bel\'c6m</ets>.]</ety> <def>A soft, resinous wood (<spn>Aquilaria Agallocha</spn>) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume.  It is called also <altname>agalwood</altname> and <altname>aloes wood</altname>.  The name is also given to some other species.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ag`al*mat"o*lite</hw> <pr>(<acr/g`<acr/l*m<acr/t"<osl/*l<imac/t)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'a`galma</grk>, <grk>'a`galmatos</grk>, image, statue + <ets>-lite</ets>: cf. F. <ets>agalmatolithe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called <altname>figure stone</altname>, and <altname>pagodite</altname>. It is probably a variety of pinite.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ag"a*ma</hw> <pr>(<acr/g"<adot/*m<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <er>Agamas</er> <pr>(<acr/g"<adot/*m<adot/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[From the Caribbean name of a species of lizard.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ag"a*ma</hw> <pr>(<acr/g"<adot/*m<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <er>Agamas</er> <pr>(<acr/g"<adot/*m<adot/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[From the Caribbean name of a species of lizard.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ag"a*mi</hw> <pr>(<acr/g"<adot/*m<emac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Agamis</plw> <pr>(<acr/g"<adot/*m<emac/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ex>agami</ex>, fr. the native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A South American bird (<spn>Psophia crepitans</spn>), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the <altname>gold-breasted trumpeter</altname>. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See <er>Trumpeter</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ag"a*mi</hw> <pr>(<acr/g"<adot/*m<emac/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Agamis</plw> <pr>(<acr/g"<adot/*m<emac/z)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ex>agami</ex>, fr. the native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A South American bird (<spn>Psophia crepitans</spn>), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the <altname>gold-breasted trumpeter</altname>. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See <er>Trumpeter</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*gam"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[<er>Agamous</er>.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Produced without sexual union; <as>as, <ex>agamic</ex> or unfertilized eggs</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.</def><br/

@@ -13461,7 +13461,7 @@ On hostile ground, none daring my <qex>affront</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau>
 <p><hw>Ag"a*mist</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Agamous</er>.]</ety> <def>An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage.</def>  <rj><au>Foxe.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ag`a*mo*gen"e*sis</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ unmarried (<grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ marriage) + <?/ reproduction.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ag`a*mo*gen"e*sis</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ unmarried (<grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ marriage) + <?/ reproduction.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ag`a*mo*ge*net"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Reproducing or produced without sexual union.</def>  -- <wordforms><wf>Ag`a*mo*ge*net"ic*al*ly</wf> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos></wordforms><br/

@@ -13482,7 +13482,7 @@ On hostile ground, none daring my <qex>affront</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau>
 <p><q>Dazzles the crowd and sets them all <qex>agape</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ag"a*pe</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Agap\'91</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'aga`ph</grk> love, pl. <grk>'aga`pai</grk>.]</ety> <def>The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ag"a*pe</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Agap\'91</plw> <pr>(#)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'aga`ph</grk> love, pl. <grk>'aga`pai</grk>.]</ety> <def>The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>a"gar</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>agar-agar</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>common shortened form of <er>agar-agar{2}</er>.</def><br/

@@ -13493,7 +13493,7 @@ On hostile ground, none daring my <qex>affront</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau>
 <syn><b>Syn. --</b> nutrient agar</syn><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A`gar-a"gar</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ceylonese local name.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (<spn>Gracilaria lichenoides</spn>).</def><br/

+<p><hw>A`gar-a"gar</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ceylonese local name.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (<spn>Gracilaria lichenoides</spn>).</def><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A gelatinlike substance, or a solution of it, prepared from certain seaweeds containing gelose (such as Ceylon moss, <spn>Gracilaria lichenoides</spn> or other seaweeds of the genera <gen>Gelidium</gen>, <gen>Ceramium</gen>, <gen>Pterocladia</gen>, and <gen>Eucheuma</gen>), and used for solidifying growth media in the artificial cultivation of bacteria, or as a gelling agent in foods; -- usually called simply <altname>agar</altname>, by abbreviation.</def>  <note>In composition it is predominantly a polysaccharide, and is not degraded by most bacteria.  It thus almost completely replaced the earlier protein-based gelatins used for fixing bacterial colonies on culture plates, as the gelatins were often dissolved by the proteolytic enzymes common in bacteria.</note><br/

@@ -13748,7 +13748,7 @@ Holds its warped mirror to a gaping <qex>age</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>C. Sprague.</qa
 <syn><b>Syn. --</b> goal, hidden motive, secret motive, hidden agenda.</syn><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*gen"dum</hw> <pr>(<adot/*j<ecr/n"d<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Agenda</plw> <pr>(<adot/*j<ecr/n"d<adot/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., neut. of the gerundive of <ets>agere</ets> to act.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Something to be done; in the <pluf>pl.</pluf>, a memorandum book; also, a list of items to be considered.  See <er>agenda</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*gen"dum</hw> <pr>(<adot/*j<ecr/n"d<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Agenda</plw> <pr>(<adot/*j<ecr/n"d<adot/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., neut. of the gerundive of <ets>agere</ets> to act.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Something to be done; in the <pluf>pl.</pluf>, a memorandum book; also, a list of items to be considered.  See <er>agenda</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually <xex>Agenda</xex>.]</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ag`e*nes"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Agensis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Characterized by sterility; infecund.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*gen"e*sis</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ birth.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*gen"e*sis</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ birth.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ag`en*ne"sis</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ an engendering.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Impotence; sterility.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ag`en*ne"sis</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ an engendering.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Impotence; sterility.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A"gent</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>agens</ets>, <ets>agentis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>agere</ets> to act; akin to Gr. <?/ to lead, Icel. <ets>aka</ets> to drive, Skr. <ets>aj</ets>. <root/2.]</ety> <def>Acting; -- opposed to <ant>patient</ant>, or sustaining, action.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> \'bdThe body <xex>agent</xex>.\'b8  <rj><au>Bacon.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*ger"a*tum</hw> <pr>(<adot/*j<ecr/r"<adot/*t<ucr/m <it>or</it> <acr/j`<etil/r*<amac/"t<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'agh`raton</grk> a sort of plant; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <grk>gh`ras</grk> old age.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants, one species of which (<spn>Ageratum Mexicanum</spn>) has lavender-blue flowers in dense clusters.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*ger"a*tum</hw> <pr>(<adot/*j<ecr/r"<adot/*t<ucr/m <it>or</it> <acr/j`<etil/r*<amac/"t<ucr/m)</pr>, <pos>prop. n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <grk>'agh`raton</grk> a sort of plant; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <grk>gh`ras</grk> old age.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants, one species of which (<spn>Ageratum Mexicanum</spn>) has lavender-blue flowers in dense clusters.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ag*gen`er*a"tion</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>aggenerare</ets> to beget in addition. See <er>Generate</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of producing in addition.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>T. Stanley.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ag"ger</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a mound, fr. <ets>aggerere</ets> to bear to a place, heap up; <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>gerere</ets> to bear.]</ety> <def>An earthwork; a mound; a raised work.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hearne.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>Ag"ger</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., a mound, fr. <ets>aggerere</ets> to bear to a place, heap up; <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>gerere</ets> to bear.]</ety> <def>An earthwork; a mound; a raised work.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hearne.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>Ag"ger*ate</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>aggeratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>aggerare</ets>. See <er>Agger</er>.]</ety> <def>To heap up.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Foxe.</au></rj><br/

@@ -14152,7 +14152,7 @@ Holds its warped mirror to a gaping <qex>age</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>C. Sprague.</qa
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-<p><mhw>\'d8<hw>Ag"gry</hw>, \'d8<hw>Ag"gri</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Applied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture; <as>as, <ex>aggry</ex> beads are found in Ashantee and Fantee in Africa</as>.</def><br/

+<p><mhw><hw>Ag"gry</hw>, <hw>Ag"gri</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></mhw>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Applied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture; <as>as, <ex>aggry</ex> beads are found in Ashantee and Fantee in Africa</as>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*ghast"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>See <er>Agast</er>, <pos>v. t.</pos></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

@@ -14296,7 +14296,7 @@ Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj>
 <p><hw>Ag"i*ta*tive</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Tending to agitate.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A`gi*ta"to</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[It., agitated.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Sung or played in a restless, hurried, and spasmodic manner.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A`gi*ta"to</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[It., agitated.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Sung or played in a restless, hurried, and spasmodic manner.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ag"i*ta`tor</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>One who agitates; one who stirs up or excites others; <as>as, political reformers and <ex>agitators</ex></as>.</def><br/

@@ -14413,7 +14413,7 @@ Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj>
 <p><hw>Ag`noi*ol"o*gy</hw> <pr>(<acr/g`noi*<ocr/l"<osl/*j<ycr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'a`gnoia</grk> ignorance + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld> <def>The doctrine concerning those things of which we are necessarily ignorant.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ag*no"men</hw> <pr>(<acr/g*n<omac/"m<ecr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.; <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>nomen</ets> name.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; <as>as, Publius Caius Scipio <examp>Africanus</examp></as>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ag*no"men</hw> <pr>(<acr/g*n<omac/"m<ecr/n)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.; <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>nomen</ets> name.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; <as>as, Publius Caius Scipio <examp>Africanus</examp></as>.</def><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; <as>as, Aristides <examp>the Just</examp></as>.</def><br/

@@ -14441,19 +14441,19 @@ Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj>
 <p><hw>Ag*nos"ti*cism</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies.</def>  <specif>Specifically:</specif> <fld>(Theol.)</fld> <def>The doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert Spencer); -- opposed alike dogmatic skepticism and to dogmatic theism.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ag"nus</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Agnuses</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>; L. <plw>Agni</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a lamb.]</ety> <def>Agnus Dei.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ag"nus</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> E. <plw>Agnuses</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>; L. <plw>Agni</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a lamb.]</ety> <def>Agnus Dei.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ag"nus cas"tus</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[Gr. <?/ a willowlike tree, used at a religious festival; confused with <?/ holy, chaste.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of <gen>Vitex</gen> (<spn>Vitex agnus castus</spn>); the chaste tree.</def>  <rj><au>Loudon.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>Ag"nus cas"tus</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[Gr. <?/ a willowlike tree, used at a religious festival; confused with <?/ holy, chaste.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of <gen>Vitex</gen> (<spn>Vitex agnus castus</spn>); the chaste tree.</def>  <rj><au>Loudon.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><q>And wreaths of <qex>agnus castus</qex> others bore.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ag"nus De"i</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L., lamb of God.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words \'bd<xex>Agnus Dei</xex>.\'b8</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ag"nus De"i</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L., lamb of God.]</ety> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words \'bd<xex>Agnus Dei</xex>.\'b8</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ag"nus Scyth"i*cus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L., Scythian lamb.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The Scythian lamb, a kind of woolly-skinned rootstock. See <er>Barometz</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ag"nus Scyth"i*cus</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>. <ety>[L., Scythian lamb.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The Scythian lamb, a kind of woolly-skinned rootstock. See <er>Barometz</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*go"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>ago</ets>, <ets>agon</ets>, p. p. of <ets>agon</ets> to go away, pass by, AS. <ets>\'beg\'ben</ets> to pass away; <ets>\'be-</ets> (cf. Goth. <ets>us-</ets>, Ger. <ets>er-</ets>, orig. meaning <ets>out</ets>) + <ets>g\'ben</ets> to go. See <er>Go</er>.]</ety> <def>Past; gone by; since; <as>as, ten years <ex>ago</ex>; gone long <ex>ago</ex>.</as></def><br/

@@ -14468,7 +14468,7 @@ Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj>
 <p><hw>A*go"ing</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + p. pr. of <ets>go</ets>.]</ety> <def>In motion; in the act of going; <as>as, to set a mill <ex>agoing</ex></as>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ag"on</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Agones</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to lead.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A contest for a prize at the public games.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ag"on</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Agones</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to lead.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A contest for a prize at the public games.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*gone"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a. & adv.</pos> <def>Ago.</def> <mark>[Archaic & Poet.]</mark><br/

@@ -14562,13 +14562,13 @@ Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj>
 <p><hw>A*good</hw> <pr>(<adot/*g<oocr/d")</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>good</ets>.]</ety> <def>In earnest; heartily.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> \'bdI made her weep <xex>agood</xex>.\'b8  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ag"o*ra</hw> <pr>(<acr/g"<osl/*r<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'agora`</grk>.]</ety> <def>An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ag"o*ra</hw> <pr>(<acr/g"<osl/*r<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'agora`</grk>.]</ety> <def>An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*gou"a*ra</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The crab-eating raccoon (<spn>Procyon cancrivorus</spn>), found in the tropical parts of America.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*gou"a*ra</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The crab-eating raccoon (<spn>Procyon cancrivorus</spn>), found in the tropical parts of America.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*gou"ta</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small insectivorous mammal (<spn>Solenodon paradoxus</spn>), allied to the moles, found only in Haiti.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*gou"ta</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small insectivorous mammal (<spn>Solenodon paradoxus</spn>), allied to the moles, found only in Haiti.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw>{ <hw>A*gou"ti</hw>, <hw>A*gou"ty</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(<adot/*g<oomac/"t<icr/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>agouti</ets>, <ets>acouti</ets>, Sp. <ets>aguti</ets>, fr. native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A rodent of the genus <gen>Dasyprocta</gen>, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the <spn>Dasyprocta agouti</spn>.</def><br/

@@ -14592,7 +14592,7 @@ Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj>
 <p><hw>A*gram"ma*tist</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ illiterate; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ letters, fr. <?/ to write.]</ety> <def>A illiterate person.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Bailey.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*graph"i*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ to write.]</ety> <def>The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*graph"i*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ to write.]</ety> <def>The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Characterized by agraphia.</def><br/

@@ -14843,7 +14843,7 @@ Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj>
 <p><hw>agrology</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the science of soils in relation to crops.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A"grom</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A"grom</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw>{ <hw>Ag`ro*nom"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Ag`ro*nom"ic*al</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>agronomique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to agronomy, of the management of farms.</def><br/

@@ -14868,7 +14868,7 @@ Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj>
 <syn><b>Syn. --</b> genus <gen>Agrostemma</gen>.</syn><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*gros"tis</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>A genus of grasses, including species called in common language <xex>bent grass</xex>. Some of them, as redtop (<spn>Agrostis vulgaris</spn>), are valuable pasture grasses.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*gros"tis</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>A genus of grasses, including species called in common language <xex>bent grass</xex>. Some of them, as redtop (<spn>Agrostis vulgaris</spn>), are valuable pasture grasses.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw>{ <hw>A*gros`to*graph"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>A*gros`to*graph"ic*al</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>agrostographique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to agrostography.</def><br/

@@ -14895,7 +14895,7 @@ Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj>
 <p><hw>Ag`ryp*not"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ sleepless; <?/ to chase, search for + <?/ sleep: cf. F. <ets>agrypnotique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A`guar*di*en"te</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp., contr. of <ets>agua ardiente</ets> burning water (L. <ets>aqua</ets> water + <ets>ardens</ets> burning).]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A`guar*di*en"te</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp., contr. of <ets>agua ardiente</ets> burning water (L. <ets>aqua</ets> water + <ets>ardens</ets> burning).]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal.</def><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque.</def> <mark>[Mexico and Spanish America.]</mark><br/

@@ -15005,10 +15005,10 @@ Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread.</q> <rj><qau>Dryden.</qau></rj>
 <p><hw>A*hoy"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[OE. a, interj. + <ets>hoy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A term used in hailing; <as>as, \'bdShip <ex>ahoy</ex></as>.\'b8</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ah"ri*man</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Per.]</ety> <def>The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to <xex>Ormuzd</xex>, the King of Light.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ah"ri*man</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Per.]</ety> <def>The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to <xex>Ormuzd</xex>, the King of Light.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A"hu</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Asiatic gazelle.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A"hu</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Asiatic gazelle.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*hull"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>hull</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See <er>Hull</er>, <pos>n.</pos></def><br/

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-<p><mhw>\'d8<hw>Ai"blins</hw>, <hw>A"blins</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></mhw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Able</er>.]</ety> <def>Perhaps; possibly.</def> <mark>[Scotch]</mark>  <rj><au>Burns.</au></rj><br/

+<p><mhw><hw>Ai"blins</hw>, <hw>A"blins</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></mhw>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Able</er>.]</ety> <def>Perhaps; possibly.</def> <mark>[Scotch]</mark>  <rj><au>Burns.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>Aich's met"al</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <def>A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ai"gre</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[F. See <er>Eager</er>.]</ety> <def>Sour.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ai"gre*more</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. origin unknown.]</ety> <def>Charcoal prepared for making powder.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ai"gre*more</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. origin unknown.]</ety> <def>Charcoal prepared for making powder.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw>{ <hw>Ai"gret</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Ai*grette</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., a sort of white heron, with a tuft of feathers on its head; a tuft of feathers; dim. of the same word as <ets>heron</ets>. See <er>Heron</er>, and cf. <er>Egret</er>, <er>Egrette</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The small white European heron. See <er>Egret</er>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ai`guille"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., a needle. See <er>Aglet</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A needle-shaped peak.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ai`guille"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., a needle. See <er>Aglet</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A needle-shaped peak.</def><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <def>An instrument for boring holes, used in blasting.</def><br/

@@ -15161,7 +15161,7 @@ Appear and <qex>aid</qex> me in this enterprise.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><b
 <p><hw>Ail"ment</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.</def> \'bdLittle <xex>ailments</xex>.\'b8  <rj><au>Landsdowne.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ai`lu*roid"e*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ cat + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Ai`lu*roid"e*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ cat + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ailuropodidae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fr>1</fr>  <def>in some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas.</def><br/

@@ -15729,13 +15729,13 @@ Appear and <qex>aid</qex> me in this enterprise.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><b
 <p><hw>A*jar"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>jar</ets>.]</ety> <def>In a state of discord; out of harmony; <as>as, he is <ex>ajar</ex> with the world</as>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Aj"a*va</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ajouan</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Aj"a*va</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Ajouan</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*jog"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>jog</ets>.]</ety> <def>On the jog.</def><br/

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-<p><mhw>{ \'d8<hw>Aj"ou*an</hw>  \'d8<hw>Aj"ow*an</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ajwain</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Prob. native name.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The fruit of <spn>Ammi Copticum</spn>, syn. <spn>Carum Ajowan</spn>, used both as a medicine and as a condiment. An oil containing thymol is extracted from it. Called also <altname>Javanee seed</altname>, <altname>Javanese seed</altname>, and <altname>ajava</altname>.</def><br/

+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Aj"ou*an</hw>  <hw>Aj"ow*an</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <altsp>[Written also <asp>ajwain</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[Prob. native name.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The fruit of <spn>Ammi Copticum</spn>, syn. <spn>Carum Ajowan</spn>, used both as a medicine and as a condiment. An oil containing thymol is extracted from it. Called also <altname>Javanee seed</altname>, <altname>Javanese seed</altname>, and <altname>ajava</altname>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>a`jour`</hw> <pr>(<adot/`zh<oocr/r`)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets><agrave/ jour</ets>, open to day.]</ety> <def>of or pertaining to objects which are pierced or decorated with an openwork pattern.</def> <au>RHUD 1.3</au><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Ak`i*ne"si*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ quiescence; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ motion.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement.</def>  <rj><au>Foster.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>Ak`i*ne"si*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ quiescence; <grk>'a</grk> priv. + <?/ motion.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement.</def>  <rj><au>Foster.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>Ak`i*ne"sic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to akinesia.</def><br/

@@ -15811,7 +15811,7 @@ Appear and <qex>aid</qex> me in this enterprise.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><b
 <p><hw>al-</hw>. <pos>prefix.</pos> <sd>(a)</sd> <ety>[AS. <ets>eal</ets>.]</ety> <def>All; wholly; completely; <as>as, <ex>al</ex>mighty, <ex>al</ex>most</as>.</def>  <sd>(b)</sd> <ety>[L. <ets>ad</ets>.]</ety> <def>To; at; on; -- in OF. shortened to <xex>a-</xex>. See <er>ad-</er>.</def>  <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The Arabic definite article answering to the English <it>the</it>; <as>as, <ex>Al</ex>koran, <it>the</it> Koran or <it>the</it> Book; <ex>al</ex>chemy, <it>the</it> chemistry.</as></def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>a"la</hw> <pr>(<amac/"l<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Al\'91</plw> <pr>(<amac/"l<emac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a wing.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A winglike organ, or part.</def><br/

+<p><hw>a"la</hw> <pr>(<amac/"l<adot/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Al\'91</plw> <pr>(<amac/"l<emac/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., a wing.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>A winglike organ, or part.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Alabaman</hw> <pos>prop. n.</pos> <def>A native or resident of Alabama.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al`a*bas"trine</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; <as>as <ex>alabastrine</ex> limbs</as>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`a*bas"trum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Alabastra</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A flower bud.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>Al`a*bas"trum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Alabastra</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A flower bud.</def>  <rj><au>Gray.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>A*lack"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>interj.</pos> <ety>[Prob. from <ets>ah! lack!</ets> OE. <ets>lak</ets> loss, failure, misfortune. See <er>Lack</er>.]</ety> <def>An exclamation expressive of sorrow.</def> <mark>[Archaic. or Poet.]</mark>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/

@@ -15874,13 +15874,13 @@ Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><hw>A*lad"in*ist</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <etsep>Aladin</etsep>, for Ala Eddin, <it>i. e.</it>, height of religion, a learned divine under Mohammed II. and Bajazet II.]</ety> <def>One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*la"li*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ a talking; cf. <?/ speechless.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inability to utter articulate sounds, due either to paralysis of the larynx or to that form of aphasia, called <xex>motor</xex>, or <xex>ataxis</xex>, <xex>aphasia</xex>, due to loss of control of the muscles of speech.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*la"li*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ a talking; cf. <?/ speechless.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Inability to utter articulate sounds, due either to paralysis of the larynx or to that form of aphasia, called <xex>motor</xex>, or <xex>ataxis</xex>, <xex>aphasia</xex>, due to loss of control of the muscles of speech.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw><hw>Al`a*lon"ga</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, or <hw>Al`i*lon"ghi</hw></mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The tunny. See <er>Albicore</er>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A`la*mi"re</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Compounded of <ets>a la mi re</ets>, names of notes in the musical scale.]</ety> <def>The lowest note but one in Guido Aretino's scale of music.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A`la*mi"re</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Compounded of <ets>a la mi re</ets>, names of notes in the musical scale.]</ety> <def>The lowest note but one in Guido Aretino's scale of music.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al`a*mo*dal"i*ty</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The quality of being <xex>\'85 la mode</xex>; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Southey.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><mhw>{ <hw>A"late</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>A"la*ted</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>alatus</ets>, from <ets>ala</ets> wing.]</ety> <def>Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.</def><br/

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-<p><mhw>{ <hw>Al"a*tern</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, \'d8<hw>Al`a*ter"nus</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ala</ets> wing + <ets>terni</ets> three each.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An ornamental evergreen shrub (<spn>Rhamnus alaternus</spn>) belonging to the buckthorns.</def><br/

+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Al"a*tern</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Al`a*ter"nus</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>ala</ets> wing + <ets>terni</ets> three each.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An ornamental evergreen shrub (<spn>Rhamnus alaternus</spn>) belonging to the buckthorns.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*la"tion</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>alatus</ets> winged.]</ety> <def>The state of being winged.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*ba"ta</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>albatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>albare</ets> to make white, fr. <ets>albus</ets> white.]</ety> <def>A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc.   British plate or German silver. See <cref>German silver</cref>, under <er>German</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al*ba"ta</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>albatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>albare</ets> to make white, fr. <ets>albus</ets> white.]</ety> <def>A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc.   British plate or German silver. See <cref>German silver</cref>, under <er>German</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al"ba*tross</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Corrupt. fr. Pg. <ets>alcatraz</ets> cormorant, albatross, or Sp. <ets>alcatraz</ets> a pelican: cf. Pg. <ets>alcatruz</ets>, Sp. <ets>arcaduz</ets>, a bucket, fr. Ar. <ets>al-q\'bedus</ets> the bucket, fr. Gr. <grk>ka`dos</grk>, a water vessel. So an Arabic term for <ets>pelican</ets> is <ets>water-carrier</ets>, as a bird carrying water in its pouch.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A web-footed bird, of the genus <gen>Diomedea</gen>, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere.</def><br/

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 <p><q><qex>Albe</qex> Clarissa were their chiefest founderess.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*be"do</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>albus</ets> white.]</ety> <def>Whiteness.</def> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al*be"do</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>albus</ets> white.]</ety> <def>Whiteness.</def> <specif>Specifically:</specif> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al`be"it</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>conj.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>al be</ets> although it be, where <ets>al</ets> is our <ets>all</ets>. Cf. <er>Although</er>.]</ety> <def>Even though; although; notwithstanding.</def>  <rj><au>Chaucer.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>Al`bi*fi*ca"tion</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>albification</ets>: L. <ets>albus</ets> white + <ets>ficare</ets> (only in comp.), <ets>facere</ets>, to make.]</ety> <def>The act or process of making white.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

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-<p><mhw>{ <hw>Al`bi*gen"ses</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, \'d8<hw>Al`bi`geois"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Albi</ets> and <ets>Albigeois</ets>, a town and its district in the south of France, in which the sect abounded.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries.</def><br/

+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Al`bi*gen"ses</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Al`bi`geois"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>Albi</ets> and <ets>Albigeois</ets>, a town and its district in the south of France, in which the sect abounded.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries.</def><br/

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 <p><note>The Albigenses were a branch of the <xex>Catharists</xex> (the pure). They were exterminated by crusades and the Inquisition. They were distinct from the Waldenses.</note><br/

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 <p><hw>Al"bo*lith</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>albus</ets> white + <ets>-lith</ets>.]</ety> <def>A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also <altname>albolite</altname>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al"bo*rak</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>al-bur\'beq</ets>, fr. <ets>baraqa</ets> to flash, shine.]</ety> <def>The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al"bo*rak</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>al-bur\'beq</ets>, fr. <ets>baraqa</ets> to flash, shine.]</ety> <def>The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Alb Sunday</hw>. <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>The first Sunday after Easter Sunday, properly <altname>Albless Sunday</altname>, because in the early church those who had been baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the following Saturday their white albs which had been put on after baptism.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al`bu*gin"e*ous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Albugo</er>.]</ety> <def>Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*bu"go</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Albugines</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., whiteness, fr. <ets>albus</ets> white.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Leucoma</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al*bu"go</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Albugines</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., whiteness, fr. <ets>albus</ets> white.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Leucoma</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Albula</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fr>1</fr>  <def>a genus of fish, the type and sole genus of the family <fam>Albulidae</fam>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al*bu"men*ize</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Albumenized</conjf> <pr>(<?/)</pr>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Albumenizing</conjf>.]</vmorph> <def>To cover or saturate with albumen; to coat or treat with an albuminous solution; <as>as, to <ex>albumenize</ex> paper</as>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al"bum Gr\'91"cum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L., Greek white.]</ety> <def>Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al"bum Gr\'91"cum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L., Greek white.]</ety> <def>Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al*bu"min</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A thick, viscous nitrogenous substance, which is the chief and characteristic constituent of white of eggs and of the serum of blood, and is found in other animal substances, both fluid and solid, also in many plants. It is soluble in water and is coagulated by heat and by certain chemical reagents.</def><-- = protein --><br/

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 <p><hw>Al*bu"mi*nose`</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See <er>Peptone</er>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*bu`mi*no"sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. E. <ets>albumin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid condition due to excessive increase of albuminous elements in the blood.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al*bu`mi*no"sis</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. E. <ets>albumin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid condition due to excessive increase of albuminous elements in the blood.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*bu`mi*nu"ri*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>albumen</ets> + Gr. <?/ urine.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al*bu`mi*nu"ri*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>albumen</ets> + Gr. <?/ urine.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al"bu*mose`</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[From <ets>albumin</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound or class of compounds formed from albumin by dilute acids or by an acid solution of pepsin. Used also in combination, as anti<xex>albumose</xex>, hemi<xex>albumose</xex>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al*ca"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>Alca\'8bcus</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to Alc\'91us, a lyric poet of Mitylene, about 6000 <sc>b. c.</sc></def> -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A kind of verse, so called from Alc\'91us. One variety consists of five feet, a spondee or iambic, an iambic, a long syllable, and two dactyls.</def></def2><br/

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-<p><mhw>\'d8<hw>Al*caid"</hw>, <hw>Al*cayde"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>alcaide</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>al-q\'be\'c6d</ets> governor, fr. <ets>q\'beda</ets> to lead, govern.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors.</def><br/

+<p><mhw><hw>Al*caid"</hw>, <hw>Al*cayde"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>alcaide</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>al-q\'be\'c6d</ets> governor, fr. <ets>q\'beda</ets> to lead, govern.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors.</def><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <def>The warden, or keeper of a jail.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*cal"de</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>alcalde</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>al-q\'bed\'c6</ets> judge, fr. <ets>qada</ets> to decide, judge. Hence, the <ets>cadi</ets> of the Turks. Cf. <er>Cadi</er>.]</ety> <def>A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc.</def>  <rj><au>Prescott.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>Al*cal"de</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>alcalde</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>al-q\'bed\'c6</ets> judge, fr. <ets>qada</ets> to decide, judge. Hence, the <ets>cadi</ets> of the Turks. Cf. <er>Cadi</er>.]</ety> <def>A magistrate or judge in Spain and in Spanish America, etc.</def>  <rj><au>Prescott.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><note><hand/ Sometimes confounded with <er>Alcaid</er>.</note><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`cal*di"a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>Alcald\'a1a</ets>.]</ety> <def>The jurisdiction or office of an alcalde; also, the building or chamber in which he conducts the business of his office.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al`cal*di"a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>Alcald\'a1a</ets>.]</ety> <def>The jurisdiction or office of an alcalde; also, the building or chamber in which he conducts the business of his office.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al`ca*lim"e*ter</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Alkalimeter</er>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*can"na</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>alcana</ets>, <ets>alhe<?/a</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>al-hinn\'be</ets>. See <er>Henna</er>, and cf. <er>Alkanet</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An oriental shrub (<spn>Lawsonia inermis</spn>) from which henna is obtained.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al*can"na</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>alcana</ets>, <ets>alhe<?/a</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>al-hinn\'be</ets>. See <er>Henna</er>, and cf. <er>Alkanet</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An oriental shrub (<spn>Lawsonia inermis</spn>) from which henna is obtained.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`car*ra"za</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Alcarrazas</plw>. <pr>(<?/)</pr></plu> <ety>[Sp., from Ar. <ets>al-kurr\'bez</ets> earthen vessel.]</ety> <def>A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al`car*ra"za</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Alcarrazas</plw>. <pr>(<?/)</pr></plu> <ety>[Sp., from Ar. <ets>al-kurr\'bez</ets> earthen vessel.]</ety> <def>A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*cayde"</hw> <pr>(<acr/l*k<amac/d")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Alcaid</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al*cayde"</hw> <pr>(<acr/l*k<amac/d")</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Alcaid</er>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*ca"zar</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[ fr. Ar. <ets>al</ets> the + <ets>qacr</ets> (in pl.) a castle.]</ety> <def>A fortress; also, a royal palace.</def>  <rj><au>Prescott.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>Al*ca"zar</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[ fr. Ar. <ets>al</ets> the + <ets>qacr</ets> (in pl.) a castle.]</ety> <def>A fortress; also, a royal palace.</def>  <rj><au>Prescott.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*ce"do</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., equiv. to Gr. <?/. See <er>Halcyon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher (<spn>Alcedo ispida</spn>). See <er>Halcyon</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al*ce"do</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., equiv. to Gr. <?/. See <er>Halcyon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher (<spn>Alcedo ispida</spn>). See <er>Halcyon</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Alces</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fr>1</fr>  <def>a genus of elk or moose.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw><hw>Al*chym"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>, <hw>Al"chy*mist</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>, <hw>Al`chy*mis"tic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos>, <hw>Al"chy*my</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos></mhw> <def>See <er>Alchemic</er>, <er>Alchemist</er>, <er>Alchemistic</er>, <er>Alchemy</er>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al"co</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small South American dog, domesticated by the aborigines.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al"co</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A small South American dog, domesticated by the aborigines.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw>{ <hw>Al"co*ate</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Al"co*hate</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>Shortened forms of <er>Alcoholate</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al"cy*on</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Halcyon</er>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`cy*o*na"ce*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of soft-bodied <ord>Alcyonaria</ord>, of which <gen>Alcyonium</gen> is the type. See <xex>Illust.</xex> under <er>Alcyonaria</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al`cy*o*na"ce*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of soft-bodied <ord>Alcyonaria</ord>, of which <gen>Alcyonium</gen> is the type. See <xex>Illust.</xex> under <er>Alcyonaria</er>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`cy*o*na"ri*a</hw> <pr>(acr/l`s<icr/*<ocr/*n<amac/"r<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al`cy*o*na"ri*a</hw> <pr>(acr/l`s<icr/*<ocr/*n<amac/"r<icr/*<adot/)</pr>, <pos>prop. n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*cy"o*nes</hw> <pr>(<acr/l*s<icr/*<ocr/*n<emac/z)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., pl. of <er>Alcyon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The kingfishers.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al*cy"o*nes</hw> <pr>(<acr/l*s<icr/*<ocr/*n<emac/z)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[L., pl. of <er>Alcyon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The kingfishers.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al`cy*on"ic</hw> <pr>(<acr/l`s<icr/*<ocr/n"<icr/k)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the <ord>Alcyonaria</ord>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`cy*o"ni*um</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a zo\'94phyte, so called from being like the halcyon's nest.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al`cy*o"ni*um</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a zo\'94phyte, so called from being like the halcyon's nest.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al"cy*o*noid</hw> <pr>(<acr/l"s<icr/*<osl/*noid)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <grk>'alkyo`nion</grk> + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like or pertaining to the <ord>Alcyonaria</ord>.</def>  -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A zo\'94phyte of the order <ord>Alcyonaria</ord>.</def></def2><br/

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 <p><hw>Ale"cost`</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Ale</ets> + L. <ets>costus</ets> an aromatic plant: cf. <er>Costmary</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`ec*tor"i*des</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a cock.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al`ec*tor"i*des</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a cock.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*lec`to*rom"a*chy</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ cock + <?/ fight.]</ety> <def>Cockfighting.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Ale"-knight`</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A pot companion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al"em</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Turk. <ets>'alem</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>'alam</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The imperial standard of the Turkish Empire.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al"em</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Turk. <ets>'alem</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>'alam</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The imperial standard of the Turkish Empire.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al`e*man"nic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes.</def><br/

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 That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A*lex"i*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.; <ets>a-</ets> not + Gr. <?/ speech, fr. <?/ to speak, confused with L. <ets>legere</ets> to read.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>As used by some, inability to read aloud, due to brain disease.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>More commonly, inability, due to brain disease, to understand written or printed symbols although they can be seen, as in case of word blindness.</def><br/

+<p><hw>A*lex"i*a</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[NL.; <ets>a-</ets> not + Gr. <?/ speech, fr. <?/ to speak, confused with L. <ets>legere</ets> to read.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>As used by some, inability to read aloud, due to brain disease.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>More commonly, inability, due to brain disease, to understand written or printed symbols although they can be seen, as in case of word blindness.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw>{ <hw>A*lex`i*phar"mac</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>A*lex`i*phar"ma*cal</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a. & n.</pos> <ety>[See <er>Alexipharmic</er>.]</ety> <def>Alexipharmic.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

@@ -16803,7 +16803,7 @@ That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau
 <p><hw>A*lex`i*ter"ic</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a remedy, an amulet: cf. F. <ets>alexit\'8are</ets>, LL. <ets>alexiterium</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general.</def>  <rj><au>Brande & C.</au></rj><br/

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-<p><mhw>\'d8<hw>Al"fa</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr> or <hw>Al"fa grass"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A plant (<spn>Macrochloa tenacissima</spn>) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.</def><br/

+<p><mhw><hw>Al"fa</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr> or <hw>Al"fa grass"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr></mhw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>A plant (<spn>Macrochloa tenacissima</spn>) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al*fal"fa</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The lucern (<spn>Medicago sativa</spn>), a leguminous plant having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, and cultivated for fodder; -- so called in California, Texas, etc.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al"fe*nide</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*fe"res</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp., fr. Ar. <ets>al-f\'bers</ets> knight.]</ety> <def>An ensign; a standard bearer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>J. Fletcher.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>Al*fe"res</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp., fr. Ar. <ets>al-f\'bers</ets> knight.]</ety> <def>An ensign; a standard bearer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>J. Fletcher.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>Al"fet</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>alfetum</ets>, fr. AS. <ets>\'belf\'91t</ets> a pot to boil in; <ets>\'bel</ets> burning + <ets>f\'91t</ets> vat.]</ety> <def>A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*fil`a*ri"a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The pin grass (<spn>Erodium cicutarium</spn>), a weed in California.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al*fil`a*ri"a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The pin grass (<spn>Erodium cicutarium</spn>), a weed in California.</def><br/

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-<p><mhw>{ \'d8<hw>Al*fil`e*ri"a</hw> ,  \'d8<hw>Al*fil`e*ril"la</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Mex. Sp., fr. Sp. <ets>alfiler</ets> pin.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Alfilaria</er>.</def><br/

+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Al*fil`e*ri"a</hw> ,  <hw>Al*fil`e*ril"la</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Mex. Sp., fr. Sp. <ets>alfiler</ets> pin.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Alfilaria</er>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`fi*o"ne</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An edible marine fish of California (<spn>Rhacochilus toxotes</spn>).</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al`fi*o"ne</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An edible marine fish of California (<spn>Rhacochilus toxotes</spn>).</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*for"ja</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Also <ets>alfarga</ets>, <ets>alforge</ets>.]</ety> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>A saddlebag.</def> <mark>[Sp. Amer.]</mark><br/

+<p><hw>Al*for"ja</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Also <ets>alfarga</ets>, <ets>alforge</ets>.]</ety> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>A saddlebag.</def> <mark>[Sp. Amer.]</mark><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*fres"co</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv. & a.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>al fresco</ets> in or on the fresh.]</ety> <def>In the open-air.</def>  <rj><au>Smollett.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>Al*fres"co</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv. & a.</pos> <ety>[It. <ets>al fresco</ets> in or on the fresh.]</ety> <def>In the open-air.</def>  <rj><au>Smollett.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al"ga</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Alg\'91</plw> or <plw>algae</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., seaweed.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of seaweed; <pluf>pl.</pluf> the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water conferv\'91, etc.  The algae are primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al"ga</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos>; <plu><it>pl.</it> <plw>Alg\'91</plw> or <plw>algae</plw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>.</plu> <ety>[L., seaweed.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of seaweed; <pluf>pl.</pluf> the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water conferv\'91, etc.  The algae are primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>algae</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>plural of <er>alga</er>.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`ga*ro"ba</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>algarroba</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>al-kharr<?/bah</ets>. Cf. <er>Carob</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called <altname>St. John's bread</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The Honey mesquite (<spn>Prosopis juliflora</spn>), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al`ga*ro"ba</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>algarroba</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>al-kharr<?/bah</ets>. Cf. <er>Carob</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called <altname>St. John's bread</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The Honey mesquite (<spn>Prosopis juliflora</spn>), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw>{ <hw>Al"ga*rot</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Al"ga*roth</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>algaroth</ets>, fr. the name of the inventor, <ets>Algarotti</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`ga*ro*vil"la</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (<spn>Inga Marth\'91</spn>). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al`ga*ro*vil"la</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (<spn>Inga Marth\'91</spn>). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw>{ <hw>Al"gate</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Al"gates</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[<ets>All</ets> + <ets>gate</ets> way. The s is an adverbial ending. See <er>Gate</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Always; wholly; everywhere.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

@@ -16951,7 +16951,7 @@ That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau
 <p><mhw>{ <hw>Al*gon"quin</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Al*gon"kin</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al"gor</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Cold; chilliness.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al"gor</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Cold; chilliness.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw>{ <hw>Al"go*rism</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Al"go*rithm</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>algorism</ets>, <ets>algrim</ets>, <ets>augrim</ets>, OF. <ets>algorisme</ets>, F. <ets>algorithme</ets> (cf. Sp. <ets>algoritmo</ets>, OSp. <ets>alguarismo</ets>, LL. <ets>algorismus</ets>), fr. the Ar. <ets>al-Khow\'berezm\'c6</ets> of Khow\'berezm, the modern Khiwa, surname of Abu Ja'far Mohammed ben Mus\'be, author of a work on arithmetic early in the 9th century, which was translated into Latin, such books bearing the name <ets>algorismus</ets>. The spelling with <ets>th</ets> is due to a supposed connection with Gr. <?/ number.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>The art of calculating by nine figures and zero; computation with Arabic figures.</def><br/

@@ -16978,7 +16978,7 @@ That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau
 <p><hw>Al"gous</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>algosus</ets>, fr. <ets>alga</ets> seaweed.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the alg\'91, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`gua*zil"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>alguacil</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>alwaz\'c6r</ets> the vizier. Cf. <er>Vizier</er>.]</ety> <def>An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable.</def>  <rj><au>Prescott.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>Al`gua*zil"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>alguacil</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>alwaz\'c6r</ets> the vizier. Cf. <er>Vizier</er>.]</ety> <def>An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable.</def>  <rj><au>Prescott.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>Al"gum</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Almug</er> (and etymologically preferable).</def>  <rj><au>2 Chron. ii. 8.</au></rj><br/

@@ -16990,7 +16990,7 @@ That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau
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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*hen"na</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Henna</er>.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al*hen"na</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Henna</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>A"li*as</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv.</pos> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>alius</ets>. See <er>Else</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; <as>as, Smith, <ex>alias</ex> Simpson</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>At another time.</def><br/

@@ -17302,7 +17302,7 @@ That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau
 <p><hw>Al`i*tur"gic*al</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>liturgical</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered.</def>  <rj><au>Shipley.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A`li*un"de</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv. & a.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>From another source; from elsewhere; <as>as, a case proved <ex>aliunde</ex>; evidence <ex>aliunde</ex>.</as></def><br/

+<p><hw>A`li*un"de</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>adv. & a.</pos> <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>From another source; from elsewhere; <as>as, a case proved <ex>aliunde</ex>; evidence <ex>aliunde</ex>.</as></def><br/

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 <p><hw>A*live"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[OE. <ets>on live</ets>, AS. <ets>on l\'c6fe</ets> in life; <ets>l\'c6fe</ets> being dat. of <ets>l\'c6f</ets> life. See <er>Life</er>, and cf. <er>Live</er>, <pos>a.</pos>]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>Having life, in opposition to <xex>dead</xex>; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; <as>as, an animal or a plant which is <ex>alive</ex></as>.</def><br/

@@ -17346,7 +17346,7 @@ That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.</q> <rj><qau>Pope.</qau
 <syn><b>Syn. --</b> animateness, liveness</syn><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>A`li*za"ri</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Perh. fr. Ar. <ets>'a<cced/\'berah</ets> juice extracted from a plant, fr. <ets>'a<cced/ara</ets> to press.]</ety> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>The madder of the Levant.</def>  <rj><au>Brande & C.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>A`li*za"ri</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Perh. fr. Ar. <ets>'a<cced/\'berah</ets> juice extracted from a plant, fr. <ets>'a<cced/ara</ets> to press.]</ety> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>The madder of the Levant.</def>  <rj><au>Brande & C.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><mhw><hw>A*liz"a*rin</hw>, <hw>A*liz"a*rine</hw></mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>alizarine</ets>, fr. <ets>alizari</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A coloring principle, <chform>C14H6O2(OH)2</chform>, found in madder, and now produced artificially as an an orange-red crystalline compound from anthracene. It is used in making red pigments (such as the Turkish reds), and in dyeing.</def><br/

@@ -17574,10 +17574,10 @@ Forever.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></rj><br/
 <p><q><qex>All</qex> they were wondrous loth.</q> <rj><qau>Spenser.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`la bre"ve</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[It., according to the <ets>breve</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Church Music)</fld> <def>With one <xex>breve</xex>, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the time signature by <?/.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al`la bre"ve</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[It., according to the <ets>breve</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Church Music)</fld> <def>With one <xex>breve</xex>, or four minims, to measure, and sung faster like four crotchets; in quick common time; -- indicated in the time signature by <?/.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al"lah</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[ contr. fr. the article <ets>al</ets> the + <ets>ilah</ets> God.]</ety> <def>The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al"lah</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[ contr. fr. the article <ets>al</ets> the + <ets>ilah</ets> God.]</ety> <def>The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>All`-a-mort"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>See <er>Alamort</er>.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw>{ <hw>Al*lan"toid</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Al`lan*toid"al</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ shaped like a sausage; <?/ sausage + <grk>e'i^dos</grk> form.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the allantois.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`lan*toid"e*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al`lan*toid"e*a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n. pl.</pos> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al*lan"to*in</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; -- formerly called <xex>allantoic acid</xex> and <xex>amniotic acid</xex>.</def><br/

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-<p><mhw>{  \'d8<hw>Al*lan"to*is</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Al*lan"toid</hw></mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, } <pos>n.</pos>. <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.</def><br/

+<p><mhw>{  <hw>Al*lan"to*is</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Al*lan"toid</hw></mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, } <pos>n.</pos>. <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al"la*trate</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. i.</pos> <ety>[L. <ets>allatrare</ets>. See <er>Latrate</er>.]</ety> <def>To bark as a dog.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Stubbes.</au></rj><br/

@@ -17783,13 +17783,13 @@ His <qex>loyalty</qex> he kept, his love, his zeal.</q> <rj><qau>Milton.</qau></
 <p><note>An <xex>allegory</xex> is a prolonged metaphor. Bunyan's \'bdPilgrim's Progress\'b8 and Spenser's \'bdFa\'89rie Queene\'b8 are celebrated examples of the <xex>allegory</xex>.</note><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`le`gresse"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>all\'82gresse</ets>, fr. L. <ets>alacer</ets> sprightly.]</ety> <def>Joy; gladsomeness.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al`le`gresse"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>all\'82gresse</ets>, fr. L. <ets>alacer</ets> sprightly.]</ety> <def>Joy; gladsomeness.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`le*gret"to</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[It., dim. of <ets>allegro</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Quicker than <xex>andante</xex>, but not so quick as <xex>allegro</xex>.</def>  -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A movement in this time.</def></def2><br/

+<p><hw>Al`le*gret"to</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[It., dim. of <ets>allegro</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Quicker than <xex>andante</xex>, but not so quick as <xex>allegro</xex>.</def>  -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>A movement in this time.</def></def2><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*le"gro</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[It., merry, gay, fr. L. <ets>alacer</ets> lively. Cf. <er>Aleger</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Brisk, lively.</def>  -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>An allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece.</def></def2><br/

+<p><hw>Al*le"gro</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <ety>[It., merry, gay, fr. L. <ets>alacer</ets> lively. Cf. <er>Aleger</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Brisk, lively.</def>  -- <def2><pos>n.</pos> <def>An allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece.</def></def2><br/

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 <p><hw>al*lele"</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <fr>1</fr> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that can have the same place on homologous chromosomes and are responsible for alternative traits.</def><br/

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 <p><q>I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, <qex>Alleluia</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Rev. xix. 1.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al"le*mande"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>allemand</ets> German.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al"le*mande"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>allemand</ets> German.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.</def><br/

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 <p><sn>2.</sn> <def>A figure in dancing.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*le"ri*on</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>al\'82rion</ets>, LL. <ets>alario</ets> a sort of eagle; of uncertain origin.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Am eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings.</def>  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/

+<p><hw>Al*le"ri*on</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>al\'82rion</ets>, LL. <ets>alario</ets> a sort of eagle; of uncertain origin.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Am eagle without beak or feet, with expanded wings.</def>  <rj><au>Burke.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>Al*le"vi*ate</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <vmorph>[<pos>imp. & p. p.</pos> <conjf>Alleviated</conjf>; <pos>p. pr. & vb. n.</pos> <conjf>Alleviating</conjf>.]</vmorph> <ety>[LL. <ets>alleviare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>levis</ets> light. See <er>Alegge</er>, <er>Levity</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

@@ -18134,7 +18134,7 @@ I <qex>sh</qex>ope me in <qex>sh</qex>roudes as I a <qex>sh</qex>epe were.</q> <
 <p><hw>Al*lit"er*a`tor</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>One who alliterates.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al"li*um</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., garlic.]</ety> <fld>(bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al"li*um</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[L., garlic.]</ety> <fld>(bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>all-knowing</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>knowing everything.</def><br/

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 <p><sn>3.</sn> <def>The admission of an item in an account, or an allowance made upon an account; -- a term used in the English exchequer.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`lo*ca"tur</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL., it is allowed, fr. <ets>allocare</ets> to allow.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>\'bdAllowed.\'b8 The word <xex>allocatur</xex> expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al`lo*ca"tur</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL., it is allowed, fr. <ets>allocare</ets> to allow.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>\'bdAllowed.\'b8 The word <xex>allocatur</xex> expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al`lo*chro"ic</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>a.</pos> <def>Changeable in color.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al*lude"</hw>, <pos>v. t.</pos> <def>To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Wither.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`lu`mette</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., from <ets>allumer</ets> to light.]</ety> <def>A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al`lu`mette</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F., from <ets>allumer</ets> to light.]</ety> <def>A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al*lu"mi*nor</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>alumineor</ets>, fr. L. <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>liminare</ets>. See <er>Luminate</er>.]</ety> <def>An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>  <rj><au>Cowell.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>Al*lure"</hw>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Allurement.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>  <rj><au>Hayward.</au></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`lure"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.; <ets>aller</ets> to go.]</ety> <def>Gait; bearing.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al`lure"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F.; <ets>aller</ets> to go.]</ety> <def>Gait; bearing.</def><br/

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 <p><q>The swing, the gait, the pose, the <qex>allure</qex> of these men.</q> <rj><qau>Harper's Mag.</qau></rj><br/

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 <p><hw>Al`ma*can"tar</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Same as <er>Almucantar</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See <er>Almucantar</er>.</def><br/

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-<p><mhw>{ \'d8<hw>Al`ma*di"a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, \'d8<hw>Al"ma*die</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>almadie</ets> (cf. Sp. & Pg. <ets>almadia</ets>), fr. Ar. <ets>alma'd\'c6yah</ets> a raft, float.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A bark canoe used by the Africans.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.</def><br/

+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Al`ma*di"a</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <hw>Al"ma*die</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>almadie</ets> (cf. Sp. & Pg. <ets>almadia</ets>), fr. Ar. <ets>alma'd\'c6yah</ets> a raft, float.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A bark canoe used by the Africans.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al"ma*gest</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[F. <ets>almageste</ets>, LL. <ets>almageste</ets>, Ar. <ets>al-majist\'c6</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/), the greatest composition.]</ety> <def>The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*ma"gra</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>almagra</ets>, <ets>almagre</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>al</ets>-<ets>maghrah</ets> red clay or earth.]</ety> <def>A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the <altname>sil atticum</altname> of the ancients. Under the name of <altname>Indian red</altname> it is used for polishing glass and silver.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al*ma"gra</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp. <ets>almagra</ets>, <ets>almagre</ets>, fr. Ar. <ets>al</ets>-<ets>maghrah</ets> red clay or earth.]</ety> <def>A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the <altname>sil atticum</altname> of the ancients. Under the name of <altname>Indian red</altname> it is used for polishing glass and silver.</def><br/

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 <p><mhw>{ <hw>Al"main</hw> <pr>(<acr/l"m<amac/n)</pr>, <hw>Al"mayne</hw> <pr>(-m<amac/n)</pr>, <hw>Al"man</hw> <pr>(-m<ait/n)</pr>, }</mhw> <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[OF. <ets>Aleman</ets>, F. <ets>Allemand</ets>, fr. L. <ets>Alemanni</ets>, ancient Ger. tribes.]</ety> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sn>1.</sn> <def>A German.</def> <specif>Also</specif> <def2><pos>adj.</pos>, <def>German.</def></def2>  <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/

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 <p><cs><mcol><col><b>Almain rivets</b></col>, <col><b>Almayne rivets</b></col>, or <col><b>Alman rivets</b></col></mcol>, <cd>a sort of light armor from Germany, characterized by overlapping plates, arranged to slide on rivets, and thus afford great flexibility.</cd></cs><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al"ma Ma"ter</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L., fostering mother.]</ety> <def>A college or seminary where one is educated.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al"ma Ma"ter</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>. <ety>[L., fostering mother.]</ety> <def>A college or seminary where one is educated.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al"ma*nac</hw> <pr>(?; 277)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>almanac</ets>, <ets>almanach</ets>: cf. F. <ets>almanach</ets>, Sp. <ets>almanaque</ets>, It. <ets>almanacco</ets>, all of uncertain origin.]</ety> <def>A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al"man*dine</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[LL. <ets>almandina</ets>, <ets>alamandina</ets>, for L. <ets>alabandina</ets> a precious stone, named after <etsep>Alabanda</etsep>, a town in Caria, where it was first and chiefly found: cf. F. <ets>almandine</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>The common red variety of garnet.</def><br/

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-<p><mhw>{ \'d8<hw>Al"me</hw>, \'d8<hw>Al"meh</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>'almah</ets> (fem.) learned, fr. <ets>'alama</ets> to know: cf. F. <ets>alm\'82e</ets>.]</ety> <def>An Egyptian dancing girl; an Alma.</def><br/

+<p><mhw>{ <hw>Al"me</hw>, <hw>Al"meh</hw>  }</mhw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Ar. <ets>'almah</ets> (fem.) learned, fr. <ets>'alama</ets> to know: cf. F. <ets>alm\'82e</ets>.]</ety> <def>An Egyptian dancing girl; an Alma.</def><br/

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 <p><q>The <qex>Almehs</qex> lift their arms in dance.</q> <rj><qau>Bayard Taylor.</qau></rj><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al`men*dron"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp., fr. <ets>almendra</ets> almond.]</ety> <def>The lofty Brazil-nut tree.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al`men*dron"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Sp., fr. <ets>almendra</ets> almond.]</ety> <def>The lofty Brazil-nut tree.</def><br/

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 <p><hw>Al"mer*y</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>See <er>Ambry</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark><br/

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 <p><hw>Al"muce</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <def>Same as <er>Amice</er>, a hood or cape.</def><br/

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-<p>\'d8<hw>Al*mude"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Pg. <ets>almude</ets>, or Sp. <ets>almud</ets>, a measure of grain or dry fruit, fr. Ar. <ets>al-mudd</ets> a dry measure.]</ety> <def>A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure.  In Turkey the \'bdalmud\'b8 is about 1.4 gallons.</def><br/

+<p><hw>Al*mude"</hw> <pr>(<?/)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Pg. <ets>almude</ets>, or Sp. <ets>almud</ets>, a measure of grain or dry fruit, fr. Ar. <ets>al-mudd</ets> a dry measure.]</ety> <def>A measure for liquids in several countries. In Portugal the Lisbon almude is about 4.4, and the Oporto almude about 6.6, gallons U. S. measure.  In Turkey the \'bdalmud\'b8 is about 1.4 gallons.</def><br/

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