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ZDL-EWO-000001 | A | null | null | Shortened form of an. AS. an one. See One. ; Originally the preposition a (an, on). | An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and signifying one or any, but less emphatically. / "At a birth"; "In a word"; "At a blow". Shak. / In each; to or for each; as, "twenty leagues a day", "a hundred pounds a year", "a dollar a yard", etc. |
ZDL-EWO-000002 | A | null | null | From AS. of off, from. See Of. | Of. [Obs.] "The name of John a Gaunt." "What time a day is it " Shak. "It's six a clock." B. Jonson. |
ZDL-EWO-000003 | Aam | n. | null | D. aam, fr. LL. ama; cf. L. hama a water bucket, Gr. | A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36½, at Hamburg 38¼. [Written also Aum and Awm.] |
ZDL-EWO-000004 | Aard-Vark | n. | Zoöl. | D., earth-pig. | An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue. |
ZDL-EWO-000005 | Aard-Wolf | n. | Zoöl. | D, earth-wolf | A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles. |
ZDL-EWO-000006 | Aaron's Rod | null | Arch. | See Exodus vii. 9 and Numbers xvii. 8 | A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two. / A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod. |
ZDL-EWO-000007 | Ab- | prep. | null | Latin prep., etymologically the same as E. of, off. See
Of. | A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A- (6). |
ZDL-EWO-000008 | Ab | n. | null | Of Syriac origin. | The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August. W. Smith. |
ZDL-EWO-000009 | Abaca | n. | null | The native name. | The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila. |
ZDL-EWO-000010 | Abacinate | v.t. | null | LL. abacinatus, p.p. of abacinare; ab off +
bacinus a basin. | To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes. [R.] |
ZDL-EWO-000011 | Abaciscus | n. | Arch. | Gr.Abacus. | One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus. |
ZDL-EWO-000012 | Abacist | n. | null | LL abacista, fr. abacus. | One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator. |
ZDL-EWO-000013 | Aback | adv. | Naut. | Pref. a- + back; AS. on bæc at, on, or toward
the back. See Back. | Backward against the mast;-said of the sails when pressed by the wind. Totten. To be taken aback. (a) To be driven backward against the mast; -- said of the sails, also of the ship when the sails are thus driven. (b) To be suddenly checked, baffled, or discomfited. Dickens. |
ZDL-EWO-000014 | Abactinal | a. | Zoöl. | L. ab + E. actinal. | Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal. "The aboral or abactinal area." L. Agassiz. |
ZDL-EWO-000015 | Abactor | n. | Law | L., fr. abigere to drive away; ab+agere to
drive. | One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves. [Obs.] |
ZDL-EWO-000016 | Abaculus | pl. | Arch. | L., dim. of abacus. | A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements. Fairholt. |
ZDL-EWO-000017 | Abada | n. | null | Pg., the female rhinoceros. | The rhinoceros. [Obs.] Purchas. |
ZDL-EWO-000018 | Abaft | prep. | Naut. | Pref. a-on + OE. baft, baften, biaften, AS.
beæftan; be by + æftan behind. See After, Aft, By. | Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse. Abaft the beam. See under Beam. |
ZDL-EWO-000019 | Abaisance | n. | null | For obeisance; confused with F. abaisser, E.
abase | Obeisance. [Obs.] Jonson. |
ZDL-EWO-000020 | Abalienate | v.t. | Civil Law | L. abalienatus, p.p. of abalienare; ab +
alienus foreign, alien. See Alien. | To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate. |
ZDL-EWO-000021 | Abalienation | n. | null | L. abalienatio: cf. F. abalianation. | The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement. [Obs.] |
ZDL-EWO-000022 | Abandon | v.t. | L. ad | OF. abandoner, F.abandonner; a (L. ad)+bandon permission,
authority, LL. bandum, bannum, public proclamation, interdiction,
bannire to proclaim, summon: of Germanic origin; cf. Goth. bandwjan
to show by signs, to designate OHG. banproclamation. The word meant
to proclaim, put under a ban, put under control; hence, as i... | To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against. |
ZDL-EWO-000023 | Abandon | n. | null | F. abandon. fr. abandonner. See Abandon, v. | Abandonment; relinquishment. [Obs.] |
ZDL-EWO-000024 | Abandon | n. | null | F. See Abandon. | A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease. |
ZDL-EWO-000025 | Abandonment | n. | Mar. Law | Cf. F. abandonnement. | The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against. / (a) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege, as to mill site, etc. (b) The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife,... |
ZDL-EWO-000026 | Abandum | n. | Law | LL. See Abandon. | Anything forfeited or confiscated. |
ZDL-EWO-000027 | Abanga | n. | null | Name given by the negroes in the island of St.
Thomas. | A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest. |
ZDL-EWO-000028 | Abannation; Abannition | n. | Old Law | LL. abannatio; ad + LL.
bannire to banish. | Banishment. [Obs.] Bailey. |
ZDL-EWO-000029 | Abarticulation | n. | Anat. | L. ab + E. articulation : cf. F.
abarticulation. See Article. | Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis. Coxe. |
ZDL-EWO-000030 | Abased | a. | Her. | F. abaissé. | Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield. |
ZDL-EWO-000031 | Abasement | n. | null | Cf. F. abaissement. | The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation. |
ZDL-EWO-000032 | Abash | v.t. | null | OE. abaissen, abaisshen, abashen, OF.esbahir, F. ébahir, to
astonish, fr. L. ex + the interjection bah, expressing astonishment.
In OE. somewhat confused with abase. Cf. Finish. | To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit. Abashed, the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is. Milton. He was a man whom no check could abash. Macaulay. |
ZDL-EWO-000033 | Abashment | n. | null | Cf. F. ébahissement. | The state of being abashed; confusion from shame. |
ZDL-EWO-000034 | Abassi; Abassis | n. | null | Ar.& Per. abasi, belonging to Abas (a
king of Persia). | A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents. |
ZDL-EWO-000035 | Abate | v.t. | Law | OF.
abatre to beat down, F. abattre, LL. abatere; ab or ad + batere,
battere (popular form for L. batuere to beat). Cf. Bate, Batter. | (a) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ. (b) (Eng. Law) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets. To abate a tax, to remit it either wholly or in part. |
ZDL-EWO-000036 | Abatement | n. | Her. | OF. abatement, F. abattement. | A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon. / The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. Blackstone. Defense in abatement, Plea in abatement, (Law), plea to the effect that from some formal defect (e.g. misnomer, want of jurisdiction) the proceedi... |
ZDL-EWO-000037 | Abatis; Abattis | n. | Fort. | F. abatis, abattis, mass of things
beaten or cut down, fr. abattre. See Abate. | A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy. |
ZDL-EWO-000038 | Abattoir | pl. | null | F., fr. abattre to beat down.
See Abate. | A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. |
ZDL-EWO-000039 | Abature | n. | null | F. abatture, fr. abattre. See Abate. | Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them. Crabb. |
ZDL-EWO-000040 | Abatvoix | n. | null | F. abattre to beat down + voix voice. | The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum. |
ZDL-EWO-000041 | Abawed | null | null | Perh. p.p. of a verb fr. OF. abaubir to
frighten, disconcert, fr. L. ad + balbus stammering. | Astonished; abashed. [Obs.] Chaucer. |
ZDL-EWO-000042 | Abaxial; Abaxile | a. | Bot. | L. ab + axis axle. | Away from the axis or central line; eccentric. Balfour. |
ZDL-EWO-000043 | Abay | n. | null | OF. abay barking. | Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay. [Obs.] |
ZDL-EWO-000044 | Abb | n. | null | AS. aweb, ab; pref. a- + web. See Web. | Among weaves, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb. |
ZDL-EWO-000045 | Abba | n. | null | Syriac abba father. See Abbot. | Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch. |
ZDL-EWO-000046 | Abbacy | pl. | null | L. abbatia, fr. abbas, abbatis,
abbot. See Abbey. | The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot. |
ZDL-EWO-000047 | Abbatial | a. | null | LL. abbatialis : cf. F. abbatial. | Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights. |
ZDL-EWO-000048 | Abbe | null | null | F. abbé. See Abbot. | The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress. |
ZDL-EWO-000049 | Abbess | n. | null | OF.abaesse, abeesse, F. abbesse, L. abbatissa,
fem. of abbas, abbatis, abbot. See Abbot. | A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey. |
ZDL-EWO-000050 | Abbotship | n. | null | Abbot + -ship. | The state or office of an abbot. |
ZDL-EWO-000051 | Abbreviate | v.t. | Math. | L. abbreviatus, p.p. of abbreviare; ad +
breviare to shorten, fr. brevis short. See Abridge. | To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction. |
ZDL-EWO-000052 | Abbreviate | a. | Biol. | L. abbreviatus, p.p. | Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type. |
ZDL-EWO-000053 | Abbreviation | n. | Mus. | LL. abbreviatio: cf. F. abbréviation. | One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers. Moore. |
ZDL-EWO-000054 | Abdal | n. | null | Ar. badil, pl. abdal, a substitute, a good,
religious man, saint, fr. badala to change, substitute. | A religious devotee or dervish in Persia. |
ZDL-EWO-000055 | Abderian | a. | null | From Abdera, a town in Thrace, of which place
Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher, was a native. | Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment. |
ZDL-EWO-000056 | Abdest | n. | null | Per. abdast; ab water + dast hand. | Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite. Heyse. |
ZDL-EWO-000057 | Abdicant | a. | null | L. abdicans, p.pr. of abdicare. | Abdicating; renouncing; -- followed by of. Monks abdicant of their orders. Whitlock. |
ZDL-EWO-000058 | Abdicate | v.t. | Civil Law | L. abdicatus, p.p. of abdicare; ab + dicare to proclaim, akin
to dicere to say. See Diction. | To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. |
ZDL-EWO-000059 | Abdication | n. | null | L. abdicatio: cf. F. abdication. | The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority. |
ZDL-EWO-000060 | Abdicative | a. | null | L. abdicativus. | Causing, or implying, abdication. [R.] Bailey. |
ZDL-EWO-000061 | Abditive | a. | null | L. abditivus, fr. abdere to hide. | Having the quality of hiding. [R.] Bailey. |
ZDL-EWO-000062 | Abditory | n. | null | L. abditorium. | A place for hiding or preserving articles of value. Cowell. |
ZDL-EWO-000063 | Abdomen | n. | Anat. | L. abdomen (a word of uncertain etymol.): cf. F.
abdomen. | The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvi... |
ZDL-EWO-000064 | Abdominal | a. | Zoöl. | Cf. F. abdominal. | Having abdominal fins; belonging to the Abdominales; as, abdominal fishes. Abdominal ring (Anat.), a fancied ringlike opening on each side of the abdomen, external and superior to the pubes; -- called also inguinal ring. |
ZDL-EWO-000065 | Abdominales | n. | Zoöl. | NL., masc. pl. | A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals. |
ZDL-EWO-000066 | Abdominalia | n. | Zoöl. | NL., neut. pl. | A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages. |
ZDL-EWO-000067 | Abduce | v.t. | null | L. abducere to lead away; ab + ducere to lead. See Duke, and cf.
Abduct. | To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part. [Obs.] If we abduce the eye unto either corner, the object will not duplicate. Sir T. Browne. |
ZDL-EWO-000068 | Abduction | n. | Physiol. | L. abductio: cf. F. abduction. | The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. / The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being; as, the abduction of a child, the abduction of an heiress. / A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probabl... |
ZDL-EWO-000069 | Abductor | n. | Anat. | NL. | A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward. |
ZDL-EWO-000070 | Abeam | adv. | Naut. | Pref. a- + beam. | On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side. |
ZDL-EWO-000071 | Abele | n. | null | D. abeel (abeel-boom), OF. abel, aubel, fr. a dim.
of L. albus white. | The white polar (Populus alba). Six abeles i' the churchyard grow. Mrs. Browning. |
ZDL-EWO-000072 | Abelmosk | n. | Bot. | NL. abelmoschus, fr. Ar. abu-l-misk father of
musk, i.e., producing musk. See Musk. | An evergreen shrub (Hibiscus -- formerly Abelmoschus- moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow. |
ZDL-EWO-000073 | Aberr | v.i. | null | L. aberrare. See Aberrate. | To wander; to stray. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. |
ZDL-EWO-000074 | Aberrant | a. | null | L. aberrans, -rantis, p.pr. of aberrare. | See Aberr.] / Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal. The more aberrant any form is, the greater must have been the number of connecting forms which, on my theory, have been exterminated. Darwin. |
ZDL-EWO-000075 | Aberrate | v.i. | null | L. aberratus, p.pr. of aberrare; ab + errare
to wander. See Err. | To go astray; to diverge. [R.] Their own defective and aberrating vision. De Quincey. |
ZDL-EWO-000076 | Aberration | n. | Astron. | L. aberratio: cf. F. aberration. See
Aberrate. | A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and dairy or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amountin... |
ZDL-EWO-000077 | Aberuncate | v.t. | null | L. aberuncare, for aberruncare. See
Averruncate. | To weed out. [Obs.] Bailey. |
ZDL-EWO-000078 | Abet | v.t. | L. ad | OF. abeter; a (L. ad) + beter to bait (as a bear), fr. Icel. beita
to set dogs on, to feed, originally, to cause to bite, fr. Icel. bita
to bite, hence to bait, to incite. See Bait, Bet. | To contribute, as an assistant or instigator, to the commission of an offense. |
ZDL-EWO-000079 | Abet | n. | null | OF. abet, fr. abeter. | Act of abetting; aid. [Obs.] Chaucer. |
ZDL-EWO-000080 | Abevacuation | n. | Med. | Pref. ab- + evacuation. | A partial evacuation. Mayne. |
ZDL-EWO-000081 | Abeyance | n. | L. ad | OF. abeance expectation, longing; a (L. ad) +
baer, beer, to gape, to look with open mouth, to expect, F. bayer,
LL. badare to gape. | Expectancy; condition of being undetermined. |
ZDL-EWO-000082 | Abhominal | a. | null | L. ab away from + homo, hominis, man. | Inhuman. [Obs.] Fuller. |
ZDL-EWO-000083 | Abhor | v. t. | Canon Law | L. abhorrere; ab + horrere to bristle, shiver, shudder: cf. F.
abhorrer. See Horrid. | To protest against; to reject solemnly. [Obs.] I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. Shak. |
ZDL-EWO-000084 | Abib | n. | null | Heb. abib, lit. an ear of corn. The month was so
called from barley being at that time in ear. | The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called Nisan. Kitto. |
ZDL-EWO-000085 | Abies | n. | Bot. | L., fir tree. | A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus. |
ZDL-EWO-000086 | Abietene | n. | null | L. abies, abietis, a fir tree. | A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California. |
ZDL-EWO-000087 | Abietin; Abietine | n. | Chem. | See Abietene. | A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether. Watts. |
ZDL-EWO-000088 | Abigail | n. | null | The proper name used as an appellative. | A lady's waiting-maid. Pepys. Her abigail reported that Mrs. Gutheridge had a set of night curls for sleeping in. Leslie. |
ZDL-EWO-000089 | Ability | pl. | null | F. habileté, earlier
spelling habilité (with silent h), L. habilitas aptitude, ability,
fr. habilis apt. See Able. | The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send reli... |
ZDL-EWO-000090 | Abime; Abyme | n. | null | F. abîme. See Abysm. | A abyss. [Obs.] |
ZDL-EWO-000091 | Abiological | a. | null | Gr. biological. | Pertaining to the study of inanimate things. |
ZDL-EWO-000092 | Abirritate | v. t. | Med. | Pref. ab- + irritate. | To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate. |
ZDL-EWO-000093 | Abject | v. t. | null | From Abject, a. | To cast off or down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase. [Obs.] Donne. |
ZDL-EWO-000094 | Abjudge | v. t. | null | Pref. ab- + judge, v. Cf. Abjudicate. | To take away by judicial decision. [R.] |
ZDL-EWO-000095 | Abjudicate | v. t. | null | L. abjudicatus, p. p. of abjudicare; ab +
judicare. See Judge, and cf. Abjudge. | To reject by judicial sentence; also, to abjudge. [Obs.] Ash. |
ZDL-EWO-000096 | Abjugate | v. t. | null | L. abjugatus, p. p. of abjugare. | To unyoke. [Obs.] Bailey. |
ZDL-EWO-000097 | Abjunctive | a. | null | L. abjunctus, p. p. of abjungere; ab +
jungere to join. | Exceptional. [R.] It is this power which leads on from the accidental and abjunctive to the universal. I. Taylor. |
ZDL-EWO-000098 | Ablactate | v. t. | null | L. ablactatus, p. p. of ablactare; ab +
lactare to suckle, fr. lac milk. | To wean. [R.] Bailey. |
ZDL-EWO-000099 | Ablaqueate | v. t. | null | L. ablaqueatus, p. p. of. ablaqueare; fr.
ab + laqueus a noose. | To lay bare, as the roots of a tree. [Obs.] Bailey. |
ZDL-EWO-000100 | Ablaqueation | n. | null | L. ablaqueatio. | The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water. [Obs.] Evelyn. |
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