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Syrt \Syrt\, n. [L. syrtis a sand bank in the sea, Gr. ?: cf. F. syrte.] A quicksand; a bog. [R.]
--Young.

Allocatur \Al`lo*ca"tur\, n. [LL., it is allowed, fr. allocare to allow.] (Law) ``Allowed.'' The word allocatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.

Metacetone \Me*tac"e*tone\, n. [Pref. met- + acetone.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid of an agreeable odor, C6H10O, obtained by distilling a mixture of sugar and lime; -- so called because formerly regarded as a polymeric modification of acetone.

Fabulous \Fab"u*lous\ (f[a^]b"[-u]*l[u^]s), a. [L. fabulosus; cf. F. fabuleux. See Fable.]

1. Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero.

   The fabulous birth of Minerva.
   --Chesterfield.

2. beyond belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price.
   --Macaulay.

   Fabulous age, that period in the history of a nation of which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends; as, the fabulous age of Greece and Rome. -- Fab"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Fab"u*lous*ness, n.

Crab \Crab\ (kr[a^]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. Crawfish.]

1. (Zo["o]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body.

   Note: The name is applied to all the Brachyura, and to certain Anomura, as the hermit crabs. Formerly, it was sometimes applied to Crustacea in general. Many species are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being one of the most esteemed. The large European edible crab is Cancer padurus. Soft-shelled crabs are blue crabs that have recently cast their shells. See Cancer; also, Box crab, Fiddler crab, Hermit crab, Spider crab, etc., under Box, Fiddler. etc.

2. The zodiacal constellation Cancer.

3. [See Crab, a.] (Bot.) A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste.

   When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl.
   --Shak.

4. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. [Obs.]
   --Garrick.

5. (Mech.)

   1. A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.

   2. A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.

   3. A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.

   4. A claw for anchoring a portable machine. Calling crab. (Zo["o]l.) See Fiddler., n., 2. Crab apple, a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also, the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple ( Pyrus Malus var. sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple ( Pyrus baccata); and the American ( Pyrus coronaria). Crab grass. (Bot.)

      1. A grass ( Digitaria sanguinalis syn. Panicum sanguinalis); -- called also finger grass.

      2. A grass of the genus Eleusine ( Eleusine Indica); -- called also dog's-tail grass, wire grass, etc. Crab louse (Zo["o]l.), a species of louse ( Phthirius pubis), sometimes infesting the human body. Crab plover (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic plover ( Dromas ardeola). Crab's eyes, or Crab's stones, masses of calcareous matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths. Crab spider (Zo["o]l.), one of a group of spiders ( Laterigrad[ae]); -- called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab. Crab tree, the tree that bears crab applies. Crab wood, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which takes a high polish. --McElrath. To catch a crab (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower:

         1. when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water;

         2. when he misses the water altogether in making a stroke.

Watch \Watch\ (w[o^]ch), n. [OE. wacche, AS. w[ae]cce, fr. wacian to wake; akin to D. wacht, waak, G. wacht, wache.

1. The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night.

   Shepherds keeping watch by night.
   --Milton.

   All the long night their mournful watch they keep.
   --Addison.

   Note: Watch was formerly distinguished from ward, the former signifying a watching or guarding by night, and the latter a watching, guarding, or protecting by day Hence, they were not unfrequently used together, especially in the phrase to keep watch and ward, to denote continuous and uninterrupted vigilance or protection, or both watching and guarding. This distinction is now rarely recognized, watch being used to signify a watching or guarding both by night and by day, and ward, which is now rarely used, having simply the meaning of guard, or protection, without reference to time.

   Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward.
   --Spenser.

   Ward, guard, or custodia, is chiefly applied to the daytime, in order to apprehend rioters, and robbers on the highway . . . Watch, is properly applicable to the night only, . . . and it begins when ward ends, and ends when that begins.
   --Blackstone.

2. One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.

   Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
   --Matt. xxvii. 65.

3. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.

   He upbraids Iago, that he made him Brave me upon the watch.
   --Shak.

4. The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night.

   I did stand my watch upon the hill.
   --Shak.

   Might we but hear . . . Or whistle from the lodge, or village cock Count the night watches to his feathery dames.
   --Milton.

5. A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.

   Note: Watches are often distinguished by the kind of escapement used, as an anchor watch, a lever watch, a chronometer watch, etc. (see the Note under Escapement, n., 3); also, by the kind of case, as a gold or silver watch, an open-faced watch, a hunting watch, or hunter, etc.

6. (Naut.)

   1. An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.

   2. That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch. Anchor watch (Naut.), a detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck when a vessel is at anchor. To be on the watch, to be looking steadily for some event. Watch and ward (Law), the charge or care of certain officers to keep a watch by night and a guard by day in towns, cities, and other districts, for the preservation of the public peace. --Wharton. --Burrill. Watch and watch (Naut.), the regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided. Watch barrel, the brass box in a watch, containing the mainspring. Watch bell (Naut.), a bell struck when the half-hour glass is run out, or at the end of each half hour. --Craig. Watch bill (Naut.), a list of the officers and crew of a ship as divided into watches, with their stations. --Totten. Watch case, the case, or outside covering, of a watch; also, a case for holding a watch, or in which it is kept. Watch chain. Same as watch guard, below. Watch clock, a watchman's clock; see under Watchman. Watch fire, a fire lighted at night, as a signal, or for the use of a watch or guard. Watch glass.

      1. A concavo-convex glass for covering the face, or dial, of a watch; -- also called watch crystal.

      2. (Naut.) A half-hour glass used to measure the time of a watch on deck.

         Watch guard, a chain or cord by which a watch is attached to the person.

         Watch gun (Naut.), a gun sometimes fired on shipboard at 8 p. m., when the night watch begins.

         Watch light, a low-burning lamp used by watchers at night; formerly, a candle having a rush wick.

         Watch night, The last night of the year; -- so called by the Methodists, Moravians, and others, who observe it by holding religious meetings lasting until after midnight.

         Watch paper, an old-fashioned ornament for the inside of a watch case, made of paper cut in some fanciful design, as a vase with flowers, etc.

         Watch tackle (Naut.), a small, handy purchase, consisting of a tailed double block, and a single block with a hook.

Lynde \Lynde\, Lynden \Lyn"den\, n. See Linden.

guilt-ridden \guilt-ridden\ adj. mentally anguished due to feelings of guilt[3].

Syn: guilt-sick.

face-harden \face-harden\ v. t. to harden (steel) by adding carbon.

Misteach \Mis*teach"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mistaught; p. pr. & vb. n. Misteaching.] [AS. mist[=ae]can.] To teach wrongly; to instruct erroneously.

Satisfiable \Sat"is*fi`a*ble\, a. That may be satisfied.

Alloo \Al*loo"\, v. t. & i. [See Halloo.] To incite dogs by a call; to halloo. [Obs.]

a. (context zoology English) Resembling ''Trebouxia'' algae.

a. flavour with hot spices. n. An unglazed earthenware casserole dish.

Etymology 1 n. A kind of elevated flatland in Russia and Central Asia. Etymology 2

n. A quicksand or bog.

n. (context mathematics English) A point in the domain of a mathematical function at which the second derivative of the function is either zero or undefined.

n. (context legal English) The allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.

n. (plural of phoenicopterid English)

n. An antiparkinsonian agent of the anticholinergic type.

n. (context chemistry English) C₆H₁₀O, a colourless liquid obtained by distilling a mixture of sugar and lime.

adv. 1 In a fabulous manner. 2 In fables.

n. A set of intercommunicating community

n. A hardy British grass ((taxlink Cynosurus cristatus species)); goldseed.

n. (plural of eristic English)

n. (obsolete form of inventor English)

n. (plural of fuseway English)

vb. (present participle of freck English)

n. An electronic device used to open a garage door.

alt. (context medicine English) An abnormally high level of cholesterol in the blood n. (context medicine English) An abnormally high level of cholesterol in the blood

n. (alternative spelling of hyperlipidemia English)

a. Having a strong sense of guilt.

n. (context mineral English) potassium fluoride, a rare, soft, colourless cubic mineral.

n. (collateral science English)

alt. An excess of ketones in the blood, sometimes associated with lipolysis. n. An excess of ketones in the blood, sometimes associated with lipolysis.

n. A particular histamine 2 receptor antagonist.

n. The third largest city in Ecuador, capital of Azuay province.

n. (plural of betacism English)

vb. To teach incorrectly.

a. Capable of being satisfy.

n. (plural of riding crop English)

n. an area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it; slash and burn vb. to clear an area of land by cutting and burning

vb. (context Scotland English) To allow.