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Wele \Wele\, n. [See Weal prosperity.] Prosperity; happiness; well-being; weal. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Cumene \Cu"mene\ (k?"m?n), n. [From Cumin.] (Chem.) A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C6H5.C3H7, obtained by the distillation of cuminic acid; -- called also cumol.

Green \Green\ (gr[=e]n), n.

1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.

2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage; as, the village green.

   O'er the smooth enameled green.
   --Milton.

3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths; -- usually in the plural.

   In that soft season when descending showers Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers.
   --Pope.

4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets, etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.

5. Any substance or pigment of a green color. Alkali green (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green; -- called also Helvetia green. Berlin green. (Chem.) See under Berlin. Brilliant green (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald green in composition. Brunswick green, an oxychloride of copper. Chrome green. See under Chrome. Emerald green. (Chem.)

   1. A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a brilliant green; -- called also aldehyde green, acid green, malachite green, Victoria green, solid green, etc. It is usually found as a double chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate.

   2. See Paris green (below).

      Gaignet's green (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially of a basic hydrate of chromium.

      Methyl green (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff, obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow luster; -- called also light-green.

      Mineral green. See under Mineral.

      Mountain green. See Green earth, under Green, a.

      Paris green (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato bug; -- called also Schweinfurth green, imperial green, Vienna green, emerald qreen, and mitis green.

      Scheele's green (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called also Swedish green. It may enter into various pigments called parrot green, pickel green, Brunswick green, nereid green, or emerald green.

Green \Green\ (gr[=e]n), a. [Compar. Greener (gr[=e]n"[~e]r); superl. Greenest.] [OE. grene, AS. gr[=e]ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr[=o]ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr["u]n, Dan. & Sw. gr["o]n, Icel. gr[ae]nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See Grow.]

1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing; resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.

2. Having a sickly color; wan.

   To look so green and pale.
   --Shak.

3. Full of life and vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent; as, a green manhood; a green wound.

   As valid against such an old and beneficent government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
   --Burke.

4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.

5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]

   We say the meat is green when half roasted.
   --L. Watts.

6. Immature in age, judgment, or experience; inexperienced; young; raw; not trained; awkward; as, green in years or judgment.

   I might be angry with the officious zeal which supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my gray hairs.
   --Sir W. Scott.

7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as, green wood, timber, etc.
   --Shak.

8. (Politics) Concerned especially with protection of the enviroment; -- of political parties and political philosophies; as, the European green parties. Green brier (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ( Emilaz rotundifolia) having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the United States; -- called also cat brier. Green con (Zo["o]l.), the pollock. Green crab (Zo["o]l.), an edible, shore crab ( Carcinus menas) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally named joe-rocker. Green crop, a crop used for food while in a growing or unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root crop, etc. Green diallage. (Min.)

   1. Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.

   2. Smaragdite. Green dragon (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant ( Aris[ae]ma Dracontium), resembling the Indian turnip; -- called also dragon root. Green earth (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used as a pigment by artists; -- called also mountain green. Green ebony.

      1. A south American tree ( Jacaranda ovalifolia), having a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid work, and in dyeing.

      2. The West Indian green ebony. See Ebony. Green fire (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate), to which the color of the flame is due. Green fly (Zo["o]l.), any green species of plant lice or aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants. Green gage, (Bot.) See Greengage, in the Vocabulary. Green gland (Zo["o]l.), one of a pair of large green glands in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[ae]. Green hand, a novice. [Colloq.] Green heart (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in the West Indies and in South America, used for shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and Guiana is the Nectandra Rodi[oe]i, that of Martinique is the Colubrina ferruginosa. Green iron ore (Min.) dufrenite. Green laver (Bot.), an edible seaweed ( Ulva latissima); -- called also green sloke. Green lead ore (Min.), pyromorphite. Green linnet (Zo["o]l.), the greenfinch. Green looper (Zo["o]l.), the cankerworm. Green marble (Min.), serpentine. Green mineral, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment. See Greengill. Green monkey (Zo["o]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey ( Cercopithecus callitrichus), very commonly tamed, and trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West Indies early in the last century, and has become very abundant there. Green salt of Magnus (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides of platinum. Green sand (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made. Green sea (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a vessel's deck. Green sickness (Med.), chlorosis. Green snake (Zo["o]l.), one of two harmless American snakes ( Cyclophis vernalis, and C. [ae]stivus). They are bright green in color. Green turtle (Zo["o]l.), an edible marine turtle. See Turtle. Green vitriol.

         1. (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline substance, very extensively used in the preparation of inks, dyes, mordants, etc.

         2. (Min.) Same as copperas, melanterite and sulphate of iron.

            Green ware, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not yet baked.

            Green woodpecker (Zo["o]l.), a common European woodpecker ( Picus viridis); -- called also yaffle.

Green \Green\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greened (great): p. pr. & vb. n. Greening.] To make green.

Great spring before Greened all the year.
--Thomson.

Green \Green\, v. i. To become or grow green.
--Tennyson.

By greening slope and singing flood.
--Whittier.

Laemodipoda \L[ae]`mo*dip"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? throat + ? twice + ?, ?, foot.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples.

Ribbing \Rib"bing\, n. An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like.

Rib \Rib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ribbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Ribbing.]

1. To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth.

2. To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.

   It [lead] were too gross To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.
   --Shak.

   To rib land, to leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in plowing.

Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.]

1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.

   That finer matter, called sand, is no other than very small pebbles.
   --Woodward.

2. A single particle of such stone. [R.]
   --Shak.

3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.

   The sands are numbered that make up my life.
   --Shak.

4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide. ``The Libyan sands.''
   --Milton. ``The sands o' Dee.''
   --C. Kingsley.

5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang] Sand badger (Zo["o]l.), the Japanese badger ( Meles ankuma). Sand bag.

   1. A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc.

   2. A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by assassins. Sand ball, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use at the toilet. Sand bath.

      1. (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed.

      2. A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand. Sand bed, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a reducing furnace. Sand birds (Zo["o]l.), a collective name for numerous species of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers, tattlers, and many others; -- called also shore birds. Sand blast, a process of engraving and cutting glass and other hard substances by driving sand against them by a steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the process. Sand box.

         1. A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling paper with sand.

         2. A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent slipping. Sand-box tree (Bot.), a tropical American tree ( Hura crepitans). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of Regma. Sand bug (Zo["o]l.), an American anomuran crustacean ( Hippa talpoidea) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under Anomura. Sand canal (Zo["o]l.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in function. Sand cock (Zo["o]l.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.] Sand collar. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Sand saucer, below. Sand crab. (Zo["o]l.)

            1. The lady crab.

            2. A land crab, or ocypodian. Sand crack (Far.), a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness. Sand cricket (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus Stenophelmatus and allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western United States. Sand cusk (Zo["o]l.), any ophidioid fish. See Illust. under Ophidioid. Sand dab (Zo["o]l.), a small American flounder ( Limanda ferruginea); -- called also rusty dab. The name is also applied locally to other allied species. Sand darter (Zo["o]l.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio valley ( Ammocrypta pellucida). Sand dollar (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms, especially Echinarachnius parma of the American coast. Sand drift, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted sand. Sand eel. (Zo["o]l.)

               1. A lant, or launce.

               2. A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus Gonorhynchus, having barbels about the mouth. Sand flag, sandstone which splits up into flagstones. Sand flea. (Zo["o]l.)

                  1. Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea.

                  2. The chigoe.

   3. Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See Beach flea, under Beach. Sand flood, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind. --James Bruce. Sand fluke. (Zo["o]l.)

      1. The sandnecker.

      2. The European smooth dab ( Pleuronectes microcephalus); -- called also kitt, marysole, smear dab, town dab. Sand fly (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small dipterous flies of the genus Simulium, abounding on sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United States. They are very troublesome on account of their biting habits. Called also no-see-um, punky, and midge. Sand gall. (Geol.) See Sand pipe, below. Sand grass (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in sand; especially, a tufted grass ( Triplasis purpurea) with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves, growing on the Atlantic coast. Sand grouse (Zo["o]l.), any one of many species of Old World birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also rock grouse, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species ( P. exustus). The large sand grouse ( P. arenarius), the painted sand grouse ( P. fasciatus), and the pintail sand grouse ( P. alchata) are also found in India. See Illust. under Pterocletes. Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune. Sand-hill crane (Zo["o]l.), the American brown crane ( Grus Mexicana). Sand hopper (Zo["o]l.), a beach flea; an orchestian. Sand hornet (Zo["o]l.), a sand wasp. Sand lark. (Zo["o]l.)

         1. A small lark ( Alaudala raytal), native of India.

         2. A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.

      3. The Australian red-capped dotterel ( [AE]gialophilus ruficapillus); -- called also red-necked plover. Sand launce (Zo["o]l.), a lant, or launce. Sand lizard (Zo["o]l.), a common European lizard ( Lacerta agilis). Sand martin (Zo["o]l.), the bank swallow. Sand mole (Zo["o]l.), the coast rat. Sand monitor (Zo["o]l.), a large Egyptian lizard ( Monitor arenarius) which inhabits dry localities. Sand mouse (Zo["o]l.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.] Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle. Sand partridge (Zo["o]l.), either of two small Asiatic partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long and the tarsus is spurless. One species ( A. Heeji) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species ( A. Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called also seesee partridge, and teehoo. Sand picture, a picture made by putting sand of different colors on an adhesive surface. Sand pike. (Zo["o]l.)

         1. The sauger.

         2. The lizard fish. Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the Sahara and Mongolia. Sand pipe (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called also sand gall. Sand pride (Zo["o]l.), a small British lamprey now considered to be the young of larger species; -- called also sand prey. Sand pump, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well. Sand rat (Zo["o]l.), the pocket gopher. Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand. Sand runner (Zo["o]l.), the turnstone. Sand saucer (Zo["o]l.), the mass of egg capsules, or o["o]thec[ae], of any mollusk of the genus Natica and allied genera. It has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with fine sand; -- called also sand collar. Sand screw (Zo["o]l.), an amphipod crustacean ( Lepidactylis arenarius), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of Europe and America. Sand shark (Zo["o]l.), an American shark ( Odontaspis littoralis) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern United States; -- called also gray shark, and dogfish shark. See Illust. under Remora. Sand skink (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the ocellated sand skink ( Seps ocellatus) of Southern Europe. Sand skipper (Zo["o]l.), a beach flea, or orchestian. Sand smelt (Zo["o]l.), a silverside. Sand snake. (Zo["o]l.)

            1. Any one of several species of harmless burrowing snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially E. jaculus of India and E. Johnii, used by snake charmers.

            2. Any innocuous South African snake of the genus Psammophis, especially P. sibilans. Sand snipe (Zo["o]l.), the sandpiper. Sand star (Zo["o]l.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy sea bottoms; a brittle star. Sand storm, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind. Sand sucker, the sandnecker. Sand swallow (Zo["o]l.), the bank swallow. See under Bank. Sand trap, (Golf) a shallow pit on a golf course having a layer of sand in it, usually located near a green, and designed to function as a hazard, due to the difficulty of hitting balls effectively from such a position. Sand tube, a tube made of sand. Especially:

               1. A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of lightning; a fulgurite.

               2. (Zo["o]l.) Any tube made of cemented sand.

         3. (Zo["o]l.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous particles in its wall, which connects the oral water tube with the madreporic plate.

            Sand viper. (Zo["o]l.) See Hognose snake.

            Sand wasp (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families Pompilid[ae] and Spherid[ae], which dig burrows in sand. The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food for her young.

Lift \Lift\, n.

1. Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.

2. The space or distance through which anything is lifted; as, a long lift.
   --Bacon.

3. Help; assistance, as by lifting. Hence: A ride in a vehicle, given by the vehicle's owner to another person as a favor -- usually in ``give a lift'' or ``got a lift''; as, to give one a lift in a wagon; Jack gave me a lift into town. [Colloq.]

   The goat gives the fox a lift.
   --L'Estrange.

4. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted; as:

   1. A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.

   2. An exercising machine.

5. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in canals.

6. A lift gate. See Lift gate, below. [Prov. Eng.]

7. (Naut.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

8. (Mach.) One of the steps of a cone pulley.

9. (Shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel.

10. (Horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
    --Saunier.

11. A brightening of the spirits; encouragement; as, the campaign workers got a lift from the President's endorsement.

    Dead lift. See under Dead.
    --Swift.

    Lift bridge, a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside.

    Lift gate, a gate that is opened by lifting.

    Lift hammer. See Tilt hammer.

    Lift lock, a canal lock.

    Lift pump, a lifting pump.

    Lift tenter (Windmills), a governor for regulating the speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action of grinding machinery according to the speed.

    Lift wall (Canal Lock), the cross wall at the head of the lock.

Sterelmintha \Ster`el*min"tha\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. stereo`s solid + ? a worm.] (Zo["o]l.) Same as Platyelminthes.

Sheth \Sheth\, n. The part of a plow which projects downward beneath the beam, for holding the share and other working parts; -- also called standard, or post.

Trilinear \Tri*lin"e*ar\, a. (Math.) Of, pertaining to, or included by, three lines; as, trilinear co["o]rdinates.

Bouget \Bou"get\, n. [Cf. F. bougette sack, bag. Cf. Budget.] (Her.) A charge representing a leather vessel for carrying water; -- also called water bouget.

Career \Ca*reer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Careered 3; p. pr. & vb. n. Careering] To move or run rapidly.

Careering gayly over the curling waves.
--W. Irving.

Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG. witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. & Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]

1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; -- frequently used in the plural.

   Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood.
   --Shak.

2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. ``To worship their own work in wood and stone for gods.''
   --Milton.

3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain.

   Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.

4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses. Wood acid, Wood vinegar (Chem.), a complex acid liquid obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically, acetic acid. Formerly called pyroligneous acid. Wood anemone (Bot.), a delicate flower ( Anemone nemorosa) of early spring; -- also called windflower. See Illust. of Anemone. Wood ant (Zo["o]l.), a large ant ( Formica rufa) which lives in woods and forests, and constructs large nests. Wood apple (Bot.). See Elephant apple, under Elephant. Wood baboon (Zo["o]l.), the drill. Wood betony. (Bot.)

   1. Same as Betony.

   2. The common American lousewort ( Pedicularis Canadensis), a low perennial herb with yellowish or purplish flowers. Wood borer. (Zo["o]l.)

      1. The larva of any one of numerous species of boring beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles, buprestidans, and certain weevils. See Apple borer, under Apple, and Pine weevil, under Pine.

      2. The larva of any one of various species of lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under Peach), and of the goat moths.

   3. The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the tribe Urocerata. See Tremex.

   4. Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood, as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.

   5. Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the Limnoria, and the boring amphipod ( Chelura terebrans). Wood carpet, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth. --Knight. Wood cell (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the principal constituent of woody fiber. Wood choir, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods. [Poetic] --Coleridge. Wood coal, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal. Wood cricket (Zo["o]l.), a small European cricket ( Nemobius sylvestris). Wood culver (Zo["o]l.), the wood pigeon. Wood cut, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an engraving. Wood dove (Zo["o]l.), the stockdove. Wood drink, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods. Wood duck (Zo["o]l.)

      1. A very beautiful American duck ( Aix sponsa). The male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its nest in trees, whence the name. Called also bridal duck, summer duck, and wood widgeon.

      2. The hooded merganser.

      3. The Australian maned goose ( Chlamydochen jubata). Wood echo, an echo from the wood. Wood engraver.

         1. An engraver on wood.

         2. (Zo["o]l.) Any of several species of small beetles whose larv[ae] bore beneath the bark of trees, and excavate furrows in the wood often more or less resembling coarse engravings; especially, Xyleborus xylographus. Wood engraving.

            1. The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.

            2. An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from such an engraving. Wood fern. (Bot.) See Shield fern, under Shield. Wood fiber.

               1. (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.

               2. Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty mass. Wood fretter (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of beetles whose larv[ae] bore in the wood, or beneath the bark, of trees. Wood frog (Zo["o]l.), a common North American frog ( Rana sylvatica) which lives chiefly in the woods, except during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown, with a black stripe on each side of the head. Wood germander. (Bot.) See under Germander. Wood god, a fabled sylvan deity. Wood grass. (Bot.) See under Grass. Wood grouse. (Zo["o]l.)

                  1. The capercailzie.

                  2. The spruce partridge. See under Spruce. Wood guest (Zo["o]l.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.] Wood hen. (Zo["o]l.)

                     1. Any one of several species of Old World short-winged rails of the genus Ocydromus, including the weka and allied species.

                     2. The American woodcock. Wood hoopoe (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of Old World arboreal birds belonging to Irrisor and allied genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but have a curved beak, and a longer tail. Wood ibis (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of large, long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus Tantalus. The head and neck are naked or scantily covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ( Tantalus loculator) is common in Florida. Wood lark (Zo["o]l.), a small European lark ( Alauda arborea), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on trees. Wood laurel (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ( Daphne Laureola). Wood leopard (Zo["o]l.), a European spotted moth ( Zeuzera [ae]sculi) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit trees. Wood lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley. Wood lock (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the pintle, to keep the rudder from rising. Wood louse (Zo["o]l.)

                        1. Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod Crustacea belonging to Oniscus, Armadillo, and related genera. See Sow bug, under Sow, and Pill bug, under Pill.

                        2. Any one of several species of small, wingless, pseudoneuropterous insects of the family Psocid[ae], which live in the crevices of walls and among old books and papers. Some of the species are called also book lice, and deathticks, or deathwatches. Wood mite (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous small mites of the family Oribatid[ae]. They are found chiefly in woods, on tree trunks and stones. Wood mote. (Eng. Law)

                           1. Formerly, the forest court.

                           2. The court of attachment. Wood nettle. (Bot.) See under Nettle. Wood nightshade (Bot.), woody nightshade. Wood nut (Bot.), the filbert. Wood nymph.

                              1. A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled goddess of the woods; a dryad. ``The wood nymphs, decked with daisies trim.''
                                 --Milton.

                              2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored moths belonging to the genus Eudryas. The larv[ae] are bright-colored, and some of the species, as Eudryas grata, and Eudryas unio, feed on the leaves of the grapevine.

         3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of handsomely colored South American humming birds belonging to the genus Thalurania. The males are bright blue, or green and blue. Wood offering, wood burnt on the altar. We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh. x. 34. Wood oil (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus, having properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See Gurjun. Wood opal (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having some resemblance to wood. Wood paper, paper made of wood pulp. See Wood pulp, below. Wood pewee (Zo["o]l.), a North American tyrant flycatcher ( Contopus virens). It closely resembles the pewee, but is smaller. Wood pie (Zo["o]l.), any black and white woodpecker, especially the European great spotted woodpecker. Wood pigeon. (Zo["o]l.)

            1. Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons belonging to Palumbus and allied genera of the family Columbid[ae].

            2. The ringdove. Wood puceron (Zo["o]l.), a plant louse. Wood pulp (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale. Wood quail (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of East Indian crested quails belonging to Rollulus and allied genera, as the red-crested wood quail ( Rollulus roulroul), the male of which is bright green, with a long crest of red hairlike feathers. Wood rabbit (Zo["o]l.), the cottontail. Wood rat (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of American wild rats of the genus Neotoma found in the Southern United States; -- called also bush rat. The Florida wood rat ( Neotoma Floridana) is the best-known species. Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall grass ( Cinna arundinacea) growing in moist woods. Wood reeve, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.] Wood rush (Bot.), any plant of the genus Luzula, differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule. Wood sage (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of the genus Teucrium. See Germander. Wood screw, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood. Wood sheldrake (Zo["o]l.), the hooded merganser. Wood shock (Zo["o]l.), the fisher. See Fisher, 2. Wood shrike (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of Old World singing birds belonging to Grallina, Collyricincla, Prionops, and allied genera, common in India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes, but feed upon both insects and berries. Wood snipe. (Zo["o]l.)

               1. The American woodcock.

               2. An Asiatic snipe ( Gallinago nemoricola). Wood soot, soot from burnt wood. Wood sore. (Zo["o]l.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo. Wood sorrel (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ( Oxalis Acetosella), having an acid taste. See Illust.

                  1. of Shamrock.

                     Wood spirit. (Chem.) See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.

                     Wood stamp, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood, for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.

                     Wood star (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small South American humming birds belonging to the genus Calothorax. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue, purple, and other colors.

                     Wood sucker (Zo["o]l.), the yaffle.

                     Wood swallow (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of Old World passerine birds belonging to the genus Artamus and allied genera of the family Artamid[ae]. They are common in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white beneath.

                     Wood tapper (Zo["o]l.), any woodpecker.

                     Wood tar. See under Tar.

                     Wood thrush, (Zo["o]l.) (a) An American thrush ( Turdus mustelinus) noted for the sweetness of its song. See under Thrush.

                  2. The missel thrush. Wood tick. See in Vocabulary. Wood tin. (Min.). See Cassiterite. Wood titmouse (Zo["o]l.), the goldcgest. Wood tortoise (Zo["o]l.), the sculptured tortoise. See under Sculptured. Wood vine (Bot.), the white bryony. Wood vinegar. See Wood acid, above. Wood warbler. (Zo["o]l.)

                     1. Any one of numerous species of American warblers of the genus Dendroica. See Warbler.

                     2. A European warbler ( Phylloscopus sibilatrix); -- called also green wren, wood wren, and yellow wren. Wood worm (Zo["o]l.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood borer. Wood wren. (Zo["o]l.)

                        1. The wood warbler.

                        2. The willow warbler.

differentiated \differentiated\ adj.

1. made different (especially in the course of development) or shown to be different; as, the differentiated markings of butterflies; the regionally differentiated results. Opposite of undifferentiated.

2. (Biol.) exhibiting biological specialization; adapted during development to a specific function or environment; as, differentiated cells.

In \In\, adv.

1. Not out; within; inside. In, the preposition, becomes an adverb by omission of its object, leaving it as the representative of an adverbial phrase, the context indicating what the omitted object is; as, he takes in the situation (i. e., he comprehends it in his mind); the Republicans were in (i. e., in office); in at one ear and out at the other (i. e., in or into the head); his side was in (i. e., in the turn at the bat); he came in (i. e., into the house).

   Their vacation . . . falls in so pat with ours.
   --Lamb.

   Note: The sails of a vessel are said, in nautical language, to be in when they are furled, or when stowed. In certain cases in has an adjectival sense; as, the in train (i. e., the incoming train); compare up grade, down grade, undertow, afterthought, etc.

2. (Law) With privilege or possession; -- used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband.
   --Burrill.

   In and in breeding. See under Breeding.

   In and out (Naut.), through and through; -- said of a through bolt in a ship's side.
   --Knight.

   To be in, to be at home; as, Mrs. A. is in.

   To come in. See under Come.

Breeding \Breed"ing\, n.

1. The act or process of generating or bearing.

2. The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.

3. Nurture; education; formation of manners.

   She had her breeding at my father's charge.
   --Shak.

4. Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of society.

   Delicacy of breeding, or that polite deference and respect which civility obliges us either to express or counterfeit towards the persons with whom we converse.
   --Hume.

5. Descent; pedigree; extraction. [Obs.]

   Honest gentlemen, I know not your breeding.
   --Shak.

   Close breeding, In and in breeding, breeding from a male and female from the same parentage.

   Cross breeding, breeding from a male and female of different lineage.

   Good breeding, politeness; genteel deportment.

   Syn: Education; instruction; nurture; training; manners. See Education.

Pressurage \Pres"sur*age\, n. [F.]

1. Pressure.

2. The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press.

Dish \Dish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dished; p. pr. & vb. n. Dishing.]

1. To put in a dish, ready for the table.

2. To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.

3. To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [Low]

4. to talk about (a person) in a disparaging manner; to gossip about (a person); as, the secretaries spent their break time dishing the newest employee. [slang] To dish out.

   1. To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table.

   2. (Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood.

      2. to dispense freely; -- also used figuratively; as, to dish out punishment; to dish out abuse or insult.

      To dish up, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table.

Humor \Hu"mor\, n. [OE. humour, OF. humor, umor, F. humeur, L. humor, umor, moisture, fluid, fr. humere, umere, to be moist. See Humid.] [Written also humour.]

1. Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the eye, etc.

   Note: The ancient physicians believed that there were four humors (the blood, phlegm, yellow bile or choler, and black bile or melancholy), on the relative proportion of which the temperament and health depended.

2. (Med.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin. ``A body full of humors.''
   --Sir W. Temple.

3. State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids of the body); disposition; temper; mood; as, good humor; ill humor.

   Examine how your humor is inclined, And which the ruling passion of your mind.
   --Roscommon.

   A prince of a pleasant humor.
   --Bacon.

   I like not the humor of lying.
   --Shak.

4. pl. Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices; freaks; vagaries; whims.

   Is my friend all perfection, all virtue and discretion? Has he not humors to be endured?
   --South.

5. That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness.

   For thy sake I admit That a Scot may have humor, I'd almost said wit.
   --Goldsmith.

   A great deal of excellent humor was expended on the perplexities of mine host.
   --W. Irving.

   Aqueous humor, Crystalline humor or Crystalline lens, Vitreous humor. (Anat.) See Eye.

   Out of humor, dissatisfied; displeased; in an unpleasant frame of mind.

   Syn: Wit; satire; pleasantry; temper; disposition; mood; frame; whim; fancy; caprice. See Wit.

What \What\, pron., a., & adv. [AS. hw[ae]t, neuter of hw[=a] who; akin to OS. hwat what, OFries. hwet, D. & LG. wat, G. was, OHG. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, Sw. & Dan. hvad, Goth. hwa.

1. As an interrogative pronoun, used in asking questions regarding either persons or things; as, what is this? what did you say? what poem is this? what child is lost?

   What see'st thou in the ground?
   --Shak.

   What is man, that thou art mindful of him?
   --Ps. viii. 4.

   What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
   --Matt. viii. 27.

   Note: Originally, what, when, where, which, who, why, etc., were interrogatives only, and it is often difficult to determine whether they are used as interrogatives or relatives. [1913 Webster] What in this sense, when it refers to things, may be used either substantively or adjectively; when it refers to persons, it is used only adjectively with a noun expressed, who being the pronoun used substantively.

2. As an exclamatory word:

   1. Used absolutely or independently; -- often with a question following. ``What welcome be thou.''
      --Chaucer.

      What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
      --Matt. xxvi. 40.

   2. Used adjectively, meaning how remarkable, or how great; as, what folly! what eloquence! what courage!

      What a piece of work is man!
      --Shak.

      O what a riddle of absurdity!
      --Young.

      Note: What in this use has a or an between itself and its noun if the qualitative or quantitative importance of the object is emphasized.

   3. Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to how; as, what happy boys!

      What partial judges are our love and hate!
      --Dryden.

3. As a relative pronoun:

   1. Used substantively with the antecedent suppressed, equivalent to that which, or those [persons] who, or those [things] which; -- called a compound relative.

      With joy beyond what victory bestows.
      --Cowper.

      I'm thinking Captain Lawton will count the noses of what are left before they see their whaleboats.
      --Cooper.

      What followed was in perfect harmony with this beginning.
      --Macaulay.

      I know well . . . how little you will be disposed to criticise what comes to you from me.
      --J. H. Newman.

   2. Used adjectively, equivalent to the . . . which; the sort or kind of . . . which; rarely, the . . . on, or at, which.

      See what natures accompany what colors.
      --Bacon.

      To restrain what power either the devil or any earthly enemy hath to work us woe.
      --Milton.

      We know what master laid thy keel, What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel.
      --Longfellow.

   3. Used adverbially in a sense corresponding to the adjectival use; as, he picked what good fruit he saw.

4. Whatever; whatsoever; what thing soever; -- used indefinitely. ``What after so befall.''
   --Chaucer.

   Whether it were the shortness of his foresight, the strength of his will, . . . or what it was.
   --Bacon.

5. Used adverbially, in part; partly; somewhat; -- with a following preposition, especially, with, and commonly with repetition.

   What for lust [pleasure] and what for lore.
   --Chaucer.

   Thus, what with the war, what with the sweat, what with the gallows, and what with poverty, I am custom shrunk.
   --Shak.

   The year before he had so used the matter that what by force, what by policy, he had taken from the Christians above thirty small castles.
   --Knolles.

   Note: In such phrases as I tell you what, what anticipates the following statement, being elliptical for what I think, what it is, how it is, etc. ``I tell thee what, corporal Bardolph, I could tear her.''
   --Shak. Here what relates to the last clause, ``I could tear her;'' this is what I tell you. [1913 Webster] What not is often used at the close of an enumeration of several particulars or articles, it being an abbreviated clause, the verb of which, being either the same as that of the principal clause or a general word, as be, say, mention, enumerate, etc., is omitted. ``Men hunt, hawk, and what not.''
   --Becon. ``Some dead puppy, or log, or what not.''
   --C. Kingsley. ``Battles, tournaments, hunts, and what not.''
   --De Quincey. Hence, the words are often used in a general sense with the force of a substantive, equivalent to anything you please, a miscellany, a variety, etc. From this arises the name whatnot, applied to an ['e]tag[`e]re, as being a piece of furniture intended for receiving miscellaneous articles of use or ornament. [1913 Webster] But what is used for but that, usually after a negative, and excludes everything contrary to the assertion in the following sentence. ``Her needle is not so absolutely perfect in tent and cross stitch but what my superintendence is advisable.''
   --Sir W. Scott. ``Never fear but what our kite shall fly as high.''
   --Ld. Lytton.

   What ho! an exclamation of calling.

   What if, what will it matter if; what willhappen or be the result if. ``What if it be apoison?''
   --Shak.

   What of this? What of that? What of it? etc., what follows from this, that, it, etc., often with the implication that it is of no consequence. ``All this is so; but what of this, my lord?''
   --Shak. ``The night is spent, why, what of that?''
   --Shak.

   What though, even granting that; allowing that; supposing it true that. ``What though the rose have prickles, yet't is plucked.''
   --Shak.

   What time, or What time as, when. [Obs. or Archaic] ``What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.''
   --Ps. lvi. 3.

   What time the morn mysterious visions brings.
   --Pope.

Modulus \Mod"u*lus\, n.; pl. Moduli. [L., a small measure. See Module, n.] (Math., Mech., & Physics) A quantity or coefficient, or constant, which expresses the measure of some specified force, property, or quality, as of elasticity, strength, efficiency, etc.; a parameter. Modulus of a machine, a formula expressing the work which a given machine can perform under the conditions involved in its construction; the relation between the work done upon a machine by the moving power, and that yielded at the working points, either constantly, if its motion be uniform, or in the interval of time which it occupies in passing from any given velocity to the same velocity again, if its motion be variable; -- called also the efficiency of the machine. --Mosley. --Rankine. Modulus of a system of logarithms (Math.), a number by which all the Napierian logarithms must be multiplied to obtain the logarithms in another system. Modulus of elasticity.

1. The measure of the elastic force of any substance, expressed by the ratio of a stress on a given unit of the substance to the accompanying distortion, or strain.

2. An expression of the force (usually in terms of the height in feet or weight in pounds of a column of the same body) which would be necessary to elongate a prismatic body of a transverse section equal to a given unit, as a square inch or foot, to double, or to compress it to half, its original length, were that degree of elongation or compression possible, or within the limits of elasticity; -- called also Young's modulus.

   Modulus of rupture, the measure of the force necessary to break a given substance across, as a beam, expressed by eighteen times the load which is required to break a bar of one inch square, supported flatwise at two points one foot apart, and loaded in the middle between the points of support.
   --Rankine.

Work \Work\ (w[^u]rk), v. t.

1. To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor.

   He could have told them of two or three gold mines, and a silver mine, and given the reason why they forbare to work them at that time.
   --Sir W. Raleigh.

2. To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth.

   Each herb he knew, that works or good or ill.
   --Harte.

3. To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring gradually into any state by action or motion. ``Sidelong he works his way.''
   --Milton.

   So the pure, limpid stream, when foul with stains Of rushing torrents and descending rains, Works itself clear, and as it runs, refines, Till by degrees the floating mirror shines.
   --Addison.

4. To influence by acting upon; to prevail upon; to manage; to lead. ``Work your royal father to his ruin.''
   --Philips.

5. To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider; as, to work muslin.

6. To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine.

   Knowledge in building and working ships.
   --Arbuthnot.

   Now, Marcus, thy virtue's the proof; Put forth thy utmost strength, work every nerve.
   --Addison.

   The mariners all 'gan work the ropes, Where they were wont to do.
   --Coleridge.

7. To cause to ferment, as liquor. To work a passage (Naut.), to pay for a passage by doing work. To work double tides (Naut.), to perform the labor of three days in two; -- a phrase which alludes to a practice of working by the night tide as well as by the day. To work in, to insert, introduce, mingle, or interweave by labor or skill. To work into, to force, urge, or insinuate into; as, to work one's self into favor or confidence. To work off, to remove gradually, as by labor, or a gradual process; as, beer works off impurities in fermenting. To work out.

   1. To effect by labor and exertion. ``Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.''
      --Phil. ii. 12.

   2. To erase; to efface. [R.]

      Tears of joy for your returning spilt, Work out and expiate our former guilt.
      --Dryden.

   3. To solve, as a problem.

   4. To exhaust, as a mine, by working. To work up.

      1. To raise; to excite; to stir up; as, to work up the passions to rage.

         The sun, that rolls his chariot o'er their heads, Works up more fire and color in their cheeks.
         --Addison.

      2. To expend in any work, as materials; as, they have worked up all the stock.

      3. (Naut.) To make over or into something else, as yarns drawn from old rigging, made into spun yarn, foxes, sennit, and the like; also, to keep constantly at work upon needless matters, as a crew in order to punish them.
         --R. H. Dana, Jr.

firework \fire"work`\ (f[imac]r"w[^u]rk`), n.

1. A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner, as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various salts; also called a pyrotechnic device. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material. A number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a great variety of figures in fire, often variously colored. The skyrocket is a common form of firework. The art of designing fireworks for purposes of entertainment is called pyrotechnics. The name firework is also given to various combustible preparations used in war.

2. pl. A pyrotechnic exhibition; an entertainment consisting of the discharge of fireworks[1]. [Obs. in the sing.]

   Night before last, the Duke of Richmond gave a firework.
   --Walpole.

depicted \depicted\ adj. represented graphically by sketch or design or lines.

Syn: pictured, portrayed.

Budge \Budge\ (b[u^]j), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Budged (b[u^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Budging.] [F. bouger to stir, move (akin to Pr. bojar, bolegar, to stir, move, It. bulicare to boil, bubble), fr. L. bullire. See Boil, v. i.] To move off; to stir; to walk away.

I'll not budge an inch, boy.
--Shak.

The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge From rascals worse than they.
--Shak.

Budge \Budge\, a. [See Budge, v.] Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.]
--South.

Budge \Budge\, n. [OE. bouge bag, OF. boge, bouge, fr. L. bulga a leathern bag or knapsack; a Gallic word; cf. OIr. bolc, Gael. bolg. Cf. Budge, n.] A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits.

Budge \Budge\, a.

1. Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. ``Budge gowns.''
   --Milton.

2. Austere or stiff, like scholastics.

   Those budge doctors of the stoic fur.
   --Milton.

   Budge bachelor, one of a company of men clothed in long gowns lined with budge, who formerly accompanied the lord mayor of London in his inaugural procession.

   Budge barrel (Mil.), a small copper-hooped barrel with only one head, the other end being closed by a piece of leather, which is drawn together with strings like a purse. It is used for carrying powder from the magazine to the battery, in siege or seacoast service.

Big Bend State \Big Bend State\ Tennessee; -- a nickname.

Nuclear device \Nu"cle*ar dev"ice\, n. an explosive device, whether used as a weapon or for other purposes, which depends for most of its explosive power on the release of energy from within atomic nuclei. A fission device or a fusion device.

Electrify \E*lec"tri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Electrified; p. pr. & vb. n. Electrifying .] [Electric + -fy.]

1. To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.

2. To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body.

3. To excite suddenly and violently, esp. by something highly delightful or inspiriting; to thrill; as, this patriotic sentiment electrified the audience.

   If the sovereign were now to immure a subject in defiance of the writ of habeas corpus . . . the whole nation would be instantly electrified by the news.
   --Macaulay.

   Try whether she could electrify Mr. Grandcourt by mentioning it to him at table.
   --G. Eliot.

4. To equip for employment of electric power; to modify (a device) so that it uses electrical power as the main source of energy; as, to electrify a railroad.

Shift \Shift\ (sh[i^]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shifting.] [OE. shiften, schiften, to divide, change, remove. AS. sciftan to divide; akin to LG. & D. schiften to divide, distinguish, part Icel. skipta to divide, to part, to shift, to change, Dan skifte, Sw. skifta, and probably to Icel. sk[=i]fa to cut into slices, as n., a slice, and to E. shive, sheave, n., shiver, n.]

1. To divide; to distribute; to apportion. [Obs.]

   To which God of his bounty would shift Crowns two of flowers well smelling.
   --Chaucer.

2. To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame.

   Hastily he schifte him[self].
   --Piers Plowman.

   Pare saffron between the two St. Mary's days, Or set or go shift it that knowest the ways.
   --Tusser.

3. To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails.

   Carrying the oar loose, [they] shift it hither and thither at pleasure.
   --Sir W. Raleigh.

4. To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to shift the clothes; to shift the scenes.

   I would advise you to shift a shirt.
   --Shak.

5. To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively. [Obs.]

   As it were to ride day and night; and . . . not to have patience to shift me.
   --Shak.

6. To put off or out of the way by some expedient. ``I shifted him away.''
   --Shak.

   To shift off, to delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside.

   To shift the scene, to change the locality or the surroundings, as in a play or a story.

   Shift the scene for half an hour; Time and place are in thy power.
   --Swift.

Burring machine \Burr"ing ma*chine"\ A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.

OEdema \[OE]*de"ma\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a swelling, tumor, fr. ? to swell.] (Med.) A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue. [Written also edema.]

Prescript \Pre"script\, a. [L. praescriptus, p. p. of praescribere: cf. F. prescrit. See Prescribe.] Directed; prescribed. `` A prescript from of words.''
--Jer. Taylor.

Prescript \Pre"script\, n. [L. praescriptum: cf. OF. prescript.]

1. Direction; precept; model prescribed.
   --Milton.

2. A medical prescription. [Obs.]
   --Bp. Fell.

Chronicle \Chron"i*cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chronicled; p. pr. & vb. n. Chronicling.] To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register.
--Shak.

Chronicle \Chron"i*cle\, n. [OE. cronicle, fr. cronique, OF. cronique, F. chronique, L. chronica, fr. Gr. ?, neut. pl. of ?. See Chronic.]

1. An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time.

2. A narrative of events; a history; a record.

3. pl. The two canonical books of the Old Testament in which immediately follow 2 Kings.

   Syn: Syn. - Register; record; annals. See History.

Allot \Al*lot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Allotting.] [OF. aloter, F. allotir; a (L. ad) + lot lot. See Lot.]

1. To distribute by lot.

2. To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as one's share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let every man be contented with that which Providence allots him.

   Ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge.
   --Johnson.

Borneol \Bor"ne*ol\, n. [Borneo + -ol.] (Chem.) A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra ( Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol.

Camphor \Cam"phor\ (k[a^]m"f[~e]r), n. [OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It. canfora, Sp. camfora, alcanfor, LL. canfora, camphora, NGr. kafoyra`), fr. Ar. k[=a]f[=u]r, prob. fr. Skr. karp[=u]ra.]

1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphora of Linn[ae]us.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.

2. originally, a gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree ( Dryobalanops aromatica formerly Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; now applied to its main constituent, a terpene alcohol obtainable as a white solid C10H18O, called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, Malayan camphor, camphor of Borneo, Sumatra camphor, bornyl alcohol, camphol, and borneol. The isomer from Dryobalanops is dextrorotatory; the levoratatory form is obtainable from other species of plants, and the racemic mixture may be obtained by reduction of camphor. It is used in perfumery, and for manufacture of its esters. See Borneol.

   Note: The name camphor is also applied to a number of bodies of similar appearance and properties, as cedar camphor, obtained from the red or pencil cedar ( Juniperus Virginiana), and peppermint camphor, or menthol, obtained from the oil of peppermint.

   Camphor oil (Chem.), name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree.

   Camphor tree, a large evergreen tree ( Cinnamomum Camphora) with lax, smooth branches and shining triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China, but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood and subliming the product.

behaviourist \behaviourist\ n. same as behaviorist.

Syn: behaviorist.

Artificiality \Ar`ti*fi`ci*al"i*ty\, n. The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.

Interposit \In`ter*pos"it\, n. [From L. interpositus, p. p. of interponere. See Interposition.] An intermediate depot or station between one commercial city or country and another.
--Mitford.

Omniferous \Om*nif"er*ous\, a. [L. omnifer; omnis all + ferre to bear.] All-bearing; producing all kinds.

Mute \Mute\, n.

1. One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause. Specifically:

   1. One who, from deafness, either congenital or from early life, is unable to use articulate language; a deaf-mute.

   2. A person employed by undertakers at a funeral.

   3. A person whose part in a play does not require him to speak.

   4. Among the Turks, an officer or attendant who is selected for his place because he can not speak.

2. (Phon.) A letter which represents no sound; a silent letter; also, a close articulation; an element of speech formed by a position of the mouth organs which stops the passage of the breath; as, p, b, d, k, t.

3. (Mus.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone.

Surgeon \Sur"geon\, n. [OE. surgien, OF. surgien, contr. fr. chirurgien. See Chirurgeon.]

1. One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of ch[ae]todont fishes of the family Teuthid[ae], or Acanthurid[ae], which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon. Surgeon apothecary, one who unites the practice of surgery with that of the apothecary. --Dunglison. Surgeon dentist, a dental surgeon; a dentist. Surgeon fish. See def. 2, above. Surgeon general.

   1. In the United States army, the chief of the medical department.

   2. In the British army, a surgeon ranking next below the chief of the medical department.

low-level \low-level\ adj.

1. weak; not intense; as, low-level radiation.

2. lower in rank or importance. [Narrower terms: adjunct, assistant; associate(prenominal) ; {buck ; {deputy(prenominal), proxy(prenominal) ; {subject, dependent ; {subservient ] [Narrower terms: {under(prenominal) ; {ruled ; {secondary ] Also See {inferior, s ubordinate. Antonym: dominant.

   Syn: subordinate.

3. at a low level in rank or importance; as, a low-level job; low-level discussions.

4. occurring at a relatively low altitude; as, a low-level strafing run; low-level bombing.

Parnassian \Par*nas"sian\, n. [See Parnassus.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to the genus Parnassius. They inhabit the mountains, both in the Old World and in America.

Parnassian \Par*nas"sian\, a. [L. Parnassius.] Of or pertaining to Parnassus.

Parnassian \Par*nas"sian\, n. [F. parnassien.] One of a school of French poets of the Second Empire (1852-70) who emphasized metrical form and made little use of emotion as poetic material; -- so called from the name (Parnasse contemporain) of the volume in which their first poems were collected in 1866.

Visualize \Vis"u*al*ize\, v. t.

1. To make visual, or visible. [Written also visualise.]

2. to see in the imagination; to form a mental image of.

   No one who has not seen them [glaciers] can possibly visualize them.
   --Lubbock.

Visualize \Vis"u*al*ize\, v. i. To form a mental image of something not present before the eye at the time.

Tubing \Tub"ing\, n.

1. The act of making tubes.

2. A series of tubes; tubes, collectively; a length or piece of a tube; material for tubes; as, leather tubing.

Tube \Tube\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tubed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tubing.] To furnish with a tube; as, to tube a well.

leather \leath"er\, a. Of, pertaining to or made of leather; consisting of leather; as, a black leather jacket.

Promover \Pro*mov"er\, n. A promoter. [Obs.]

Elvan \Elv"an\, Elvanite \Elv"an*ite\, n. The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan course.