Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to;leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used wheneverdeparture, setting out, commencement of action, being, state,occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc.,are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the pointof space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded assetting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, thecause, the occasion, out of which anything proceeds; -- thearitithesis and correlative of to; as, it, is one hundred miles fromBoston to Springfield; he took his sword from his side; lightproceeds from the sun; separate the coarse wool from the fine; menhave all sprung from Adam, and often go from good to bad, and frombad to worse; the merit of an action depends on the principle fromwhich it proceeds; men judge of facts from personal knowledge, orfrom testimony.Experience from the time past to the time present. Bacon.The song began from Jove. Drpden.From high Mæonia's rocky shores I came. Addison.If the wind blow any way from shore. Shak.
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A suffix denoting that which does a thing; an act or process;the result of an act or process; state or condition; as, aliment,that which nourishes, ornament, increment; fragment, piece broken,segment; abridgment, act of abridging, imprisonment, movement,adjournment; amazement, state of being amazed, astonishment.
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Brunonian
Pertaining to, or invented by, Brown; -- a term applied to asystem of medicine promulgated in the 18th century by John Brown, ofScotland, the fundamental doctrine of which was, that life is a stateof excitation produced by the normal action of external agents uponthe body, and that disease consists in excess or deficiency ofexcitation.
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Cissoid
A curve invented by Diocles, for the purpose of solving twocelebrated problems of the higher geometry; viz., to trisect a planeangle, and to construct two geometrical means between two givenstraight lines.
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Sheeling
A hut or small cottage in an expessed or a retired place (as ona mountain or at the seaside) such as is used by shepherds,fishermen, sportsmen, etc.; a summer cottage; also, a shed. [Writtenalso sheel, shealing, sheiling, etc.] [Scot.]
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Elevated
Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevatedthoughts. Elevated railway, one in which the track is raisedconsiderably above the ground, especially a city railway above theline of street travel.
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Improperia
A series of antiphons and responses, expressing the sorrowfulremonstrance of our Lord with his people; -- sung on the morning ofthe Good Friday in place of the usual daily Mass of the Roman ritual.Grove.
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Fulminuric
Pertaining to fulminic and cyanuric acids, and designating anacid so called. Fulminuric acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline,explosive subatance, H3C3N3O3, forming well known salts, and obtainedfrom the fulnunates. It is isomeric with cyanuric acid, and hence isalso called isocyanuric acid.
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Torrens system
A system of registration of titles to land (as distinct fromregistration of deeds) introduced into South Australia by the RealProperty (or Torrens) Act (act 15 of 1857-58), drafted by Sir RobertTorrens (1814-84). Its essential feature is the guaranty by thegovernment of properly registered titles. The system has beengenerally adopted in Australia and British Columbia, and in itsoriginal or a modified form in some other countries, including someStates of the United States. Hence Torrens title, etc.
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Vainglory
Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; emptypride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness.He had nothing of vainglory. Bacon.The man's undone forever; for if Hector break not his neck i' thecombat, he'll break't himself in vainglory. Shak.
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Baroscope
Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of theatmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquidholding in suspension some substance which rises and falls withatmospheric changes.
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Conch
A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to thoseof the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the largepink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs areof the genus Cassis. See Cameo.
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Ester
An ethereal salt, or compound ether, consisting of an organicradical united with the residue of any oxygen acid, organic orinorganic; thus the natural fats are esters of glycerin and the fattyacids, oleic, etc.
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Safe
A place for keeping things in safety. Specifically:(a) A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel,etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for money, valuable papers,or the like.(b) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securingprovisions from noxious animals or insects.
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Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold orbrass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solarspectrum, which is between the orange and the green.Her yellow hair was browded [braided] in a tress. Chaucer.A sweaty reaper from his tillage brought First fruits, the green earand the yellow sheaf. Milton.The line of yellow light dies fast away. Keble.Yellow atrophy (Med.), a fatal affection of the liver, in which itundergoes fatty degeneration, and becomes rapidly smaller and of adeep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium,convulsions, coma, and jaundice.-- Yellow bark, calisaya bark.-- Yellow bass (Zoöl.), a North American fresh-water bass (Moroneinterrupta) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and itstributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken blackstripes or bars. Called also barfish.-- Yellow berry. (Bot.) Same as Persian berry, under Persian.-- Yellow boy, a gold coin, as a guinea. [Slang] Arbuthnot.-- Yellow brier. (Bot.) See under Brier.-- Yellow bugle (Bot.), a European labiate plant (Ajuga Chamæpitys).-- Yellow bunting (Zoöl.), the European yellow-hammer.-- Yellow cat (Zoöl.), a yellow catfish; especially, the bashaw.-- Yellow copperas (Min.), a hydrous sulphate of iron; -- calledalso copiapite.-- Yellow copper ore, a sulphide of copper and iron; copper pyrites.See Chalcopyrite.-- Yellow cress (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant(Barbarea præcox), sometimes grown as a salad plant.-- Yellow dock. (Bot.) See the Note under Dock.-- Yellow earth, a yellowish clay, colored by iron, sometimes usedas a yellow pigment.-- Yellow fever (Med.), a malignant, contagious, febrile disease ofwarm climates, attended with jaundice, producing a yellow color ofthe skin, and with the black vomit. See Black vomit, in theVocabulary.-- Yellow flag, the quarantine flag. See under Quarantine, and 3dFlag.-- Yellow jack. (a) The yellow fever. See under 2d Jack. (b) Thequarantine flag. See under Quarantine.-- Yellow jacket (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Americansocial wasps of the genus Vespa, in which the color of the body ispartly bright yellow. These wasps are noted for their irritability,and for their painful stings.-- Yellow lead ore (Min.), wulfenite.-- Yellow lemur (Zoöl.), the kinkajou.-- Yellow macauco (Zoöl.), the kinkajou.-- Yellow mackerel (Zoöl.), the jurel.-- Yellow metal. Same as Muntz metal, under Metal.-- Yellow ocher (Min.), an impure, earthy variety of brown iron ore,which is used as a pigment.-- Yellow oxeye (Bot.), a yellow-flowered plant (Chrysanthemumsegetum) closely related to the oxeye daisy.-- Yellow perch (Zoöl.), the common American perch. See Perch.-- Yellow pike (Zoöl.), the wall-eye.-- Yellow pine (Bot.), any of several kinds of pine; also, theiryellowish and generally durable timber. Among the most common arevaluable species are Pinus mitis and P. palustris of the Eastern andSouthern States, and P. ponderosa and P. Arizonica of the RockyMountains and Pacific States.-- Yellow plover (Zoöl.), the golden plover.-- Yellow precipitate (Med. Chem.), an oxide of mercury which isthrown down as an amorphous yellow powder on adding corrosivesublimate to limewater.-- Yellow puccoon. (Bot.) Same as Orangeroot.-- Yellow rail (Zoöl.), a small American rail (PorzanaNoveboracensis) in which the lower parts are dull yellow, darkest onthe breast. The back is streaked with brownish yellow and with black,and spotted with white. Called also yellow crake.-- Yellow rattle, Yellow rocket. (Bot.) See under Rattle, andRocket.-- Yellow Sally (Zoöl.), a greenish or yellowish European stone flyof the genus Chloroperla; -- so called by anglers.-- Yellow sculpin (Zoöl.), the dragonet.-- Yellow snake (Zoöl.), a West Indian boa (Chilobothrus inornatus)common in Jamaica. It becomes from eight to ten long. The body isyellowish or yellowish green, mixed with black, and anteriorly withblack lines.-- Yellow spot. (a) (Anat.) A small yellowish spot with a centralpit, the fovea centralis, in the center of the retina where vision ismost accurate. See Eye. (b) (Zoöl.) A small American butterfly(Polites Peckius) of the Skipper family. Its wings are brownish, witha large, irregular, bright yellow spot on each of the hind wings,most conspicuous beneath. Called also Peck's skipper. See Illust.under Skipper, n., 5.-- Yellow t*t (Zoöl.), any one of several species of crested titmiceof the genus Machlolophus, native of India. The predominating colorsof the plumage are yellow and green.-- Yellow viper (Zoöl.), the fer-de-lance.-- Yellow warbler (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Americanwarblers of the genus Dendroica in which the predominant color isyellow, especially D. æstiva, which is a very abundant and familiarspecies; -- called also garden warbler, golden warbler, summeryellowbird, summer warbler, and yellow-poll warbler.-- Yellow wash (Pharm.), yellow oxide of mercury suspended in water,-- a mixture prepared by adding corrosive sublimate to limewater.-- Yellow wren (Zoöl.) (a) The European willow warbler. (b) TheEuropean wood warbler.
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Coherer
Any device in which an imperfectly conducting contact betweenpieces of metal or other conductors loosely resting against eachother is materially improved in conductivity by the influence ofHertzian waves; -- so called by Sir O. J. Lodge in 1894 on theassumption that the impact of the electic waves caused the looselyconnected parts to cohere, or weld together, a condition easilydestroyed by tapping. A common form of coherer as used in wirelesstelegraphy consists of a tube containing filings (usually a pinch ofnickel and silver filings in equal parts) between terminal wires orplugs (called conductor plugs).
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Pratique
Primarily, liberty of converse; intercourse; hence, acertificate, given after compliance with quarantine regulations,permitting a ship to land passengers and crew; -- a term usedparticularly in the south of Europe.
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Gramophone
An instrument for recording, preserving, and reproducingsounds, the record being a tracing of a phonautograph etched in somesolid material. Reproduction is accomplished by means of a systemattached to an elastic diaphragm.
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Numb
To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion;to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. Dryden.Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. Tennyson.
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Tanist
In Ireland, a lord or proprietor of a tract of land or of acastle, elected by a family, under the system of tanistry.This family [the O'Hanlons] were tanists of a large territory withinthe present county of Armagh. M. A. Lower.