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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.