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Filefish \File"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of sandpaper.

Cuttle bone \Cut"tle bone`\ (b[=o]n`). The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, etc.

Least \Least\ (l[=e]st), a. [OE. last, lest, AS. l[=ae]sast, l[=ae]sest, superl. of l[=ae]ssa less. See Less, a.] [Used as the superlative of little.] Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.

Note: Least is often used with the, as if a noun.

I am the least of the apostles.
--1 Cor. xv. 9.

At least, or At the least, at the least estimate, consideration, chance, etc.; being no less than; hence, at any rate; at all events; even. See However.

He who tempts, though in vain, at least asperses The tempted with dishonor.
--Milton.

Upon the mast they saw a young man, at least if he were a man, who sat as on horseback.
--Sir P. Sidney.

In least, or In the least, in the least degree, manner, etc. ``He that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.''
--Luke xvi. 10.

Least squares (Math.), a method of deducing from a number of carefully made yet slightly discordant observations of a phenomenon the most probable values of the unknown quantities.

Note: It takes as its fundamental principle that the most probable values are those which make the sum of the squares of the residual errors of the observation a minimum.

Vinculum \Vin"cu*lum\, n.; pl. L. Vincula, E. Vinculums.

1. A bond of union; a tie.

2. (Math.) A straight, horizontal mark placed over two or more members of a compound quantity, which are to be subjected to the same operation, as in the expression x^ 2 + y^ 2 - vinc x + y.

3. (Anat.) A band or bundle of fibers; a fr[ae]num.

4. (Zo["o]l.) A commissure uniting the two main tendons in the foot of certain birds.

Monad \Mon"ad\, n. [L. monas, -adis, a unit, Gr. ?, ?, fr. mo`nos alone.]

1. An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.

2. (Philos. of Leibnitz) The elementary and indestructible units which were conceived of as endowed with the power to produce all the changes they undergo, and thus determine all physical and spiritual phenomena.

3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the smallest flagellate Infusoria; esp., the species of the genus Monas, and allied genera.

4. (Biol.) A simple, minute organism; a primary cell, germ, or plastid.

5. (Chem.) An atom or radical whose valence is one, or which can combine with, be replaced by, or exchanged for, one atom of hydrogen.

   Monad deme (Biol.), in tectology, a unit of the first order of individuality.

Simple \Sim"ple\, a. [Compar. Simpler; superl. Simplest.] [F., fr. L. simplus, or simplex, gen. simplicis. The first part of the Latin words is probably akin to E. same, and the sense, one, one and the same; cf. L. semel once, singuli one to each, single. Cg. Single, a., Same, a., and for the last part of the word cf. Double, Complex.]

1. Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.

2. Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress. ``Simple truth.''
   --Spenser. ``His simple story.''
   --Burns.

3. Mere; not other than; being only.

   A medicine . . . whose simple touch Is powerful to araise King Pepin.
   --Shak.

4. Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.

   Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them.
   --Marston.

   Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue?
   --Byron.

   To be simple is to be great.
   --Emerson.

5. Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.

   In simple manners all the secret lies.
   --Young.

6. Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.

7. Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly. ``You have simple wits.''
   --Shak.

   The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
   --Prov. xiv. 15.

8. Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.

   Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights.
   --Cowper.

9. Humble; lowly; undistinguished.

   A simple husbandman in garments gray.
   --Spenser.

   Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire.
   --Fuller.

10. (BOt.) Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.

11. (Chem.) Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a.

    Note: A simple body is one that has not as yet been decomposed. There are indications that many of our simple elements are still compound bodies, though their actual decomposition into anything simpler may never be accomplished.

12. (Min.) Homogenous.

13. (Zo["o]l.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.

    Simple contract (Law), any contract, whether verbal or written, which is not of record or under seal.
    --J. W. Smith.
    --Chitty.

    Simple equation (Alg.), an equation containing but one unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first degree.

    Simple eye (Zo["o]l.), an eye having a single lens; -- opposed to compound eye.

    Simple interest. See under Interest.

    Simple larceny. (Law) See under Larceny.

    Simple obligation (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not depend for its execution upon any event provided for by the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of any such event.
    --Burrill.

    Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere; uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere; harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected; inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish; shallow; unwise.

    Usage: Simple, Silly. One who is simple is sincere, unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense. Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness, or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right purpose, a defect of character as well as of education.

    I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose your cunning.
    --Shak.

    He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion.
    --Law.

Simple \Sim"ple\, v. i. To gather simples, or medicinal plants.

As simpling on the flowery hills she [Circe] strayed.
--Garth.

Simple \Sim"ple\, n. [F. See Simple, a.]

1. Something not mixed or compounded. ``Compounded of many simples.''
   --Shak.

2. (Med.) A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.

   What virtue is in this remedy lies in the naked simple itself as it comes over from the Indies.
   --Sir W. Temple.

3. (Weaving)

   1. A drawloom.

   2. A part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.

4. (R. C. Ch.) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.

Tendril \Ten"dril\, n. [Shortened fr. OF. tendrillon, fr. F. tendre tender; hence, properly, the tender branch or spring of a plant: cf. F. tendrille. See Tender, a., and cf. Tendron.] (Bot.) A slender, leafless portion of a plant by which it becomes attached to a supporting body, after which the tendril usually contracts by coiling spirally.

Note: Tendrils may represent the end of a stem, as in the grapevine; an axillary branch, as in the passion flower; stipules, as in the genus Smilax; or the end of a leaf, as in the pea.

Tendril \Ten"dril\, a. Clasping; climbing as a tendril. [R.]
--Dyer.

Monsel's solution \Mon"sel's so*lu"tion\ [See Monsel's salt.] (Med.) An aqueous solution of Monsel's salt, having valuable styptic properties.

Yogi \Yo"gi\, n. [Skr. y[=o]gin.] A follower of the yoga philosophy; an ascetic. [Spelt also yokin.]
--Whitworth.

Provocative \Pro*vo"ca*tive\, a. [L. provocativus: cf. OF. provocatif.] Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting.

Provocative \Pro*vo"ca*tive\, n. Anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative of appetite.

Gill \Gill\ (g[i^]l), n. [Dan. gi[ae]lle, gelle; akin to Sw. g["a]l, Icel. gj["o]lnar gills; cf. AS. geagl, geahl, jaw.]

1. (Anat.) An organ for aquatic respiration; a branchia.

   Fishes perform respiration under water by the gills.
   --Ray.

   Note: Gills are usually lamellar or filamentous appendages, through which the blood circulates, and in which it is exposed to the action of the air contained in the water. In vertebrates they are appendages of the visceral arches on either side of the neck. In invertebrates they occupy various situations.

2. pl. (Bot.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom.

3. (Zo["o]l.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.

4. The flesh under or about the chin.
   --Swift.

5. (Spinning) One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments. [Prob. so called from F. aiguilles, needles.
   --Ure.]

   Gill arches, Gill bars. (Anat.) Same as Branchial arches.

   Gill clefts. (Anat.) Same as Branchial clefts. See under Branchial.

   Gill cover, Gill lid. See Operculum.

   Gill frame, or Gill head (Flax Manuf.), a spreader; a machine for subjecting flax to the action of gills.
   --Knight.

   Gill net, a flat net so suspended in the water that its meshes allow the heads of fish to pass, but catch in the gills when they seek to extricate themselves.

   Gill opening, or Gill slit (Anat.), an opening behind and below the head of most fishes, and some amphibians, by which the water from the gills is discharged. In most fishes there is a single opening on each side, but in the sharks and rays there are five, or more, on each side.

   Gill rakes, or Gill rakers (Anat.), horny filaments, or progresses, on the inside of the branchial arches of fishes, which help to prevent solid substances from being carried into gill cavities.

Gill \Gill\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber. [Prov. Eng.]

Gill \Gill\, n. A leech. [Also gell.] [Scot.]
--Jameison.

Gill \Gill\, n. [Icel. gil.] A woody glen; a narrow valley containing a stream. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Gill \Gill\, n. [OF. gille, gelle, a sort of measure for wine, LL. gillo, gello., Cf. Gallon.] A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint.

Gill \Gill\, n. [Abbrev. from Gillian.]

1. A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl. ``Each Jack with his Gill.''
   --B. Jonson.

2. (Bot.) The ground ivy ( Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also gill over the ground, and other like names.

3. Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy. Gill ale.

   1. Ale flavored with ground ivy.

   2. (Bot.) Alehoof.

Thankworthiness \Thank"wor`thi*ness\, n. The quality or state of being thankworthy.

Boll \Boll\, n. [OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See Bowl a vessel.]

1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.

2. A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels.

Boll \Boll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bolled.] To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.

The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
--Ex. ix. 31.

Noious \Noi"ous\, a. Annoying; troublesome. [Obs.]