The Collaborative International Dictionary
Osprey \Os"prey\, Ospray \Os"pray\, n. [Through OF. fr. L. ossifraga (orig., the bone breaker); prob. influenced by oripelargus (mountain stork, a kind of eagle, Gr. ?); cf. OF. orpres, and F. orfraie. See Ossifrage.] (Zo["o]l.) The fishhawk ( Pandion haliaetus).
Santonate \San"to*nate\, n. (Chem.) A salt of santonic acid.
Tosspot \Toss"pot`\, n.
A toper; one habitually given to strong drink; a drunkard.
--Shak.
Duty \Du"ty\, n.; pl. Duties. [From Due.]
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That which is due; payment. [Obs. as signifying a material thing.]
When thou receivest money for thy labor or ware, thou receivest thy duty.
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That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory.
Forgetting his duty toward God, his sovereign lord, and his country.
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Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty.
With records sweet of duties done.
--Keble.To employ him on the hardest and most imperative duty.
--Hallam.Duty is a graver term than obligation. A duty hardly exists to do trivial things; but there may be an obligation to do them.
--C. J. Smith. Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors.
--Shak.Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage. ``My duty to you.''
--Shak.(Engin.) The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).
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(Com.) Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods.
Note: An impost on land or other real estate, and on the stock of farmers, is not called a duty, but a direct tax. [U.S.]
Ad valorem duty, a duty which is graded according to the cost, or market value, of the article taxed. See Ad valorem.
Specific duty, a duty of a specific sum assessed on an article without reference to its value or market.
On duty, actually engaged in the performance of one's assigned task. [1913 Webster] ||
Sea eagle \Sea" ea"gle\
(Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of fish-eating eagles of the genus Hali[ae]etus and allied genera, as the North Pacific sea eagle ( H. pelagicus), which has white shoulders, head, rump, and tail; the European white-tailed eagle ( H. albicilla); and the Indian white-tailed sea eagle, or fishing eagle ( Polioa["e]tus ichthya["e]tus). The bald eagle and the osprey are also sometimes classed as sea eagles.
(Zo["o]l.) The eagle ray. See under Ray.
Noctidial \Noc*tid"i*al\, a. [L. nox, noctos, night + dies day.]
Comprising a night and a day; as, a noctidial day. [R.]
--Holder.
Squirarchy \Squir"arch*y\ (-[y^]), n. [Squire + -archy.] The gentlemen, or gentry, of a country, collectively.
Emendicate \E*men"di*cate\, v. t. [L. emendicatus, p. p. of
emendicare to obtain by begging. See Mendicate.]
To beg. [Obs.]
--Cockeram.
Blusterer \Blus"ter*er\, n. One who, or that which, blusters; a noisy swaggerer.
Vower \Vow"er\, n.
One who makes a vow.
--Bale.
Quicken \Quick"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. quickened; p. pr. & vb. n. Quickening.] [AS. cwician. See Quick, a.]
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To make alive; to vivify; to revive or resuscitate, as from death or an inanimate state; hence, to excite; to, stimulate; to incite.
The mistress which I serve quickens what's dead.
--Shak.Like a fruitful garden without an hedge, that quickens the appetite to enjoy so tempting a prize. -- South.
To make lively, active, or sprightly; to impart additional energy to; to stimulate; to make quick or rapid; to hasten; to accelerate; as, to quicken one's steps or thoughts; to quicken one's departure or speed.
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(Shipbuilding) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced.
Syn: To revive; resuscitate; animate; reinvigorate; vivify; refresh; stimulate; sharpen; incite; hasten; accelerate; expedite; dispatch; speed.
Wiktionary
a. Partially, but not wholly, divine
n. (plural of phonogram English)
n. 1 A bird of prey (''Pandion haliaetus'') that feeds on fish and has white underparts and long, narrow wings each ending in four finger-like extensions. 2 aigrette (ornamental feather)
n. (plural of plurale nodot=t English), used as part of set phrases such as (term: pluralia tantum). plurals.
n. One who takes part in cosplay.
a. Of or relating to spondylolisthesis.
n. (context informal English) political science
n. The use and management of information in pursuit of an advantage over an opponent, such as propaganda, disinformation, and gathering assurances that one's own information is accurate.
n. (context chemistry English) A salt of santonic acid.
a. Without a moustache.
n. (plural of shehe English)
n. A machine that removes foreign material from textile fibre before carding it vb. To remove foreign material from textile fibre before carding it
n. 1 (context colloquial now rare English) A drunkard, one who drinks alcohol frequently. 2 (context UK slang English) A fool, prat; an idiot.
n. 1 (context chiefly historical countable English) A poorhouse, workhouse, welfare office, charity hostel, etc. 2 (context Canada slang uncountable often with ''the'' English) Government financial assistance, particularly employment insurance.
n. (duty English)
a. Comprising a night and a day.
n. As much as a cabinet will hold.
n. A work that can be considered to be of practical use, such as software, encyclopedias, dictionary and textbooks; having no point of view and non-fiction in nature.
n. An academic field that deals with processes of communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols over distances in space and time.
n. (alternative form of squirearchy English)
n. A robot that can be controlled remotely; a telerobotic system.
n. (plural of cyclobutanol English)
a. Having few bacillus
n. Any form of body piercing involving the lips
n. A crop circle.
n. The state or quality of being abandoned.
vb. (present participle of miscommunicate English)
n. (context mineralogy English) A hydroxy fluoride mineral of aluminium that forms colourless, transparent crystals.
vb. (context obsolete English) To beg.
n. A person who blusters.
a. Resembling or characteristic of a spray.
n. (context organic compound English) A pterocarpan isolated from the stems of ''Erythrina subumbrans''.
n. One who is not a critic.
n. One who makes a vow.
n. A scatter rug
vb. (en-past of: quicken)
Usage examples of "quickened".
His wheezing breath, quickened with the exertion of rising from the chair, filled the room with an aroma of stale rum, leeks, and fish.
Her breathtaking beauty quickened his very soul, stirring his mind with imaginings of what loveliness lay hidden from view.
He had of yesteryear considered his blood to be aged and thin, but now it quickened with the fervor of youth as he imagined the wealth of new markets that waited a knowing hand in the colonies.
West, quickened by him, they now saw with new eyes, heard with new ears, and relished their world exquisitely.
And now, quickened by his memory of past distress, his imagination feels the full weight of future pain and sorrow.
The sight quickened their steps, and they now flew, rather than ran, along the arched passage.
Notwithstanding his public duties, his pulses quickened as the prisoner dwelt on the different chances of the lovers, and when their final union was proclaimed, he felt his heart bound with delight.
She thought at first it was courage, for her heart quickened and her grip tightened, and something hard and excited came alive in her chest.
Once her mouth would have watered at the aroma of blackening fat, and her pace would have quickened to meet the day, but here and now she felt nothing but the hard sense of duty that had become her life.
It was with quickened speed that he trudged on toward the village, over a rutted dirt road.
His pulse-beat quickened, the body not knowing it was useless, that biology no longer had the last word in mating.
He quickened his pace, instinctively knowing what she needed and giving it to her.
He quickened his strokes and let out a muffled cry as she bit down gently on his tongue.
The thought quickened his pulse as he inhaled the spicy scent of the flowers.
Breathing quickened and hands roamed until her back was pressed against a tree, his body pinning hers with the greatest intimacy achievable while still dressed.